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Chapter 1: Getting to know each other
-"You´re an angel" he said nonchalantly.
His green eyes, bore into mine. I struggled to stay calm.
-"No,I´m not. But thanks I guess" I said putting up a perfect amazed-by-your-courtesy face.
-"Can´t fool me."-he said, sipping his coffee-"You are a guardian angel. But the question is do you know what you are guarding?" he said raising an eyebrow.
-"I don´t know what you-" I started objecting.
-"Drop it. Your charms won´t work on me. Just answer the question" it was almost an order.
I hesitated.
-"Yes. I am guarding you, a human. A mortal. My job is to help you find your way to heaven"
He laughed bitterly.
-"Heaven hm?"-he stared at me, as if he didn´t really understand-"Been there, done that. And I don´t think it´s that great."
-"What do you mean?" what was he talking about?
-"What´s your name?" he asked, not answering.
-"Ummm..."-he already knew I was an angel, how much harm can he cause?-
"Isabella but people call me Bella"
-"Isabella means vow and Bella means beautiful. This is you real name right?"
-"Yes"
-"I mean your angel name"
-"Yeah..."
He opened his eyes, they were the size of saucers. He barked a laugh and looked up before looking at me again.
-"I´m your first asigned mortal! You are new to this are you not?"
Did I hear correctly? Was he mocking me?
-"Yes. What is your name?" I was getting frustated...
-"You are not supposed to tell your angel name. Didn´t they tell you?" and he
kept avoiding my questions.
-"No. And they also refused to tell me your name"
-"It figures" he muttered. Suddenly pensive.
-"What figures? I am supposed to be your guardian angel and still I know nothing about you! How am I supposed to guard you from your personal demons if I don´t know you?!" I almost screamed at him, almost. Luckily for me, the cafe was empty.
He chuckled.
-"I don´t have a name. I used to have one, but I chose to leave it behind"
-"What do you mean?"
-"Bella, have you ever heard of fallen angels?"
-"No. I mean, yes, but they are only legends. What do they have to do with this?"
-"Nothing... I wonder why they assigned you to me..." he seemed thoughful.
-"Because I am the best guardian angel that there is... well, almost."
-"What do you mean?" he asked eagerly, like a child waiting for a story.
-"I mean there is- was only one angel better than me"
-"Who?"
-"One day I shall tell you"
His face fell.
-"No, I want to know. Now" Again with the commanding tone.
I thought for a moment.
-"Let´s make a deal"-I could get something out of this too-"Tell me everything about yourself and I will tell you the story"
-"Deal. But you go first."
I sighed. I only just met him, and he appared to be always one step ahead.
-"Well... the angel that was better than me was called Edward- which means guard- and he was the best at fighting demons. Only a few were lucky to have met him and he had so many legends surrounding him. I remember some but the one I remember best is when one day I heard someone say that he must have been Hercules or one of the great greek warriors, when he was a mortal. Others say that he was born an angel, he was of the few who had been created to live in heaven, created by Him, to be his ultimate defender.
"Younger angels would look up at him, he was what we all wished to be, he had beaten more hell hounds than any of us... elders spoke highly of him and encouraged us to be as good and devoted as he was...and if I had been mortal I would have given everything for him to be my guardian angel..."
-"What are hell hounds?"
-"What mortals call demons, but these hounds create the illusion of being what you most desire. They are our enemies, what we fight. Pure evil. They want to have mortal souls to devour in hell, they are hunters"
-"Hunters huh? Interesting... tell me more about this Edward"
-"I never met him, though I would have loved to...
-"You speak in past tense, what happened to him?"
-"He is no longer with us."-I saw the question in his eyes-"But where he is? Nobody knows, except maybe Him. The elders tell their students that he was sent on a impossible mission and he never returned, although they never mention what kind of mission it is; but the younger angels say that he was sent to another place, far away where new worlds are discovered and new demons are everywhere. But nobody talks about him anymore, nobody is allowed to be like him, to look up to him, like he did something wrong...and so his name was forbidden..."
-"And what do you think?"
-"About his location?"-he nodded-"I think that he is still in this world, just waiting, maybe even hiding, getting a break from being an angel..."
He snorted.
-"Why is it so funny?"
He looked at me and suddenly rethought it.
-"It´s not funny... it´s just your blind faith in him, how you look up to him even though you don´t even know what he looks like. I used to believe like that too, you know, once upon a time..."
He stared off, remembering.
-"Now tell me your story" it was an order. He wasn´t going to avoid my questions anymore.
-"Why? You just told it" he said nonchalantly.
My mouth hung open.
-"What?!"
He looked at me, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
-"A long time ago, I was a guardian angel and my name was Edward. I was the best and I knew it. And I knew everybody knew it."
-"Yeah, I got that part. But what happened to you?"
-"I went on an impossible mission. In a way it was my first and last."
I was stunned.
-"Something went terribly wrong didn´t it?"
He nodded.
-"What happened?"
-"I was assigned to a mortal. She was on a very dark path, she was the kind that don´t deserve saving. And they still asigned me to her, they said she had potential for the dark side and losing her to them would be the worst thing ever. And I obeyed them, I guarded her, trying to steer her away from the path of evil. But I fell for my mortal and I gave up my wings for her, to spend a lifetime next to her. I fell from the sky to be next to her, I rejected heaven, to be a mortal. And for the first time I felt happy, really happy. But she turned out to be evil, and I understood the term `broken-hearted´. She had sold her soul to the devil, before I came along and nobody ever knew. She told me she had never wanted me and that a hell-hound was always watching over her, over us. She took advantage of the fact that I was her guardian angel, she knew I was the best, and that losing me would mean a terrible loss to Him; she had made me believe that I was what she wanted, only to destroy my illusions; she only wanted me to give up my wings. She died after, and eventually, became a hell-hound, the worst or so I hear; but not matter how hard I tried, I could never go back to being an angel. I found others, other who had tried going back and no one knew how to get your wings back... So I had no choice but to stay and I learned about this world and now I know why everyone needs an angel; this world is the worst one I have ever visited, there´s pain everywhere. And the only way to get rid of it, is by sleeping... the best sleep is the eternal one; but, alas, death has been denied to me. I will forever walk the Earth as one of the fallen ones. Never part of anything; praised by some, denied by others. Always looking back at what I was, but somehow moving forward."
-"I´m sorry, Ed-"
-"Don´t call me that."-he said sternly-"I am nobody. Once I was that brave one you love and admire, but not anymore. "
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