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Angels Fall.
Chapter I.
The entire world knows about the first Colossal War, the first encounter between opposite forces and the fierce battle between light and darkness. Some people assume it was a war for power and balance but in reality, there are no many people that can tell the true story. This is because most of the involved died on the battlefield. However, there are books that try to understand and recreate what happened in that fatidic night.
That Colossal War was more a cry for justice and a plea for forgiveness than cruel acts moved by hate, but Heaven was deaf to agony and turned its back to a needed soul. There are rumors about that night, rumors about what triggered such a cold response from Heaven and the wrath of the four guardians. Angels destined to protect paradise, to grant eternal peace to the worthy and deny it to those with a tainted soul. Four guardians with unbelievable power that needed to pursue balance and compassion over all things and yet, a mistake sent them spiraling into chaos.
There's a legend born since the start of time itself; a legend about the creation of the world of Remnant and how everything was before it. It's the legend of a Fallen Angel that saw his end on the darkest pits of Hell. It's the legend of the woman that refused her destiny to serve and sought her own life out of a paradise to find her way into a prison with no way out. However, even the smallest spark of hope can ignite light. Both souls destined to oblivion found each other, turned a prison into a paradise and the sour regret on their hearts bloomed into an everlasting love. It is the legend of two different beings, both made of a light so bright that nothing was able to consume them. Not even the unforgiving flames of Hell and even if she didn't have wings, she learned how to flight.
He, a divine creature, bestowed great power. He was almost as powerful as the four guardians together and perhaps his major sin was that he wanted to be one of them. He had the power, the abilities but also a noble heart to protect Heavens. But that was against rules he never understood and therefore, he was condemned.
Once he found that part of himself that he never knew was lacking, his power only continued to grow until he was able to change the burning flames into a glimmering lake. He grew in strength until he was able to give his wife her own wings. He took away his chance to escape giving up half his wings to give her the chance to fly. None of them would be able to reach such heights as to grace the doorway to paradise but at least, they would be together.
In time, a new being was born: a little girl born from love, passion and blinding light. She had charcoal hair and bright amber eyes that from time to time would reflect the sparkling flames that burned alive occasionally. She was beautiful and would grow even stronger than her father and mother. She was born from Dust and Fire and so, her name was Cinder.
There was something amazing about her, more than the gleeful glint on her eyes or that pure wide smile on her face. It was more than her giggles and her curiosity from the world above them. She had two strong black wings. They were so soft to the touch but more importantly, they were able to take her out of Hell and show her the way to the light. Some day, when she would be ready to face the darkest test waiting patiently just out of the gates, she would conquer her fears and prove herself worthy of a better life and a better destiny.
Humans call it "Limbo". They believe it to be the place that divides death from life but in reality, it's just the thing filling the space that separates Heaven from Hell. It's a dense fog that clouds not only the path but the mind of the unlucky bastard trying to find a way out of it. Hidden into the white suffocating mist are two paths, the stairway to Heaven and the gates of Hell. If a forgotten soul is worthy of one, they will find the way without losing their minds. But if they have done wrong and are not strong enough to conquer their fears, regrets and the weight of their prior miserable lives, then they would be consumed by oblivion and their eternal cycle of resurrection will come to an end. Desperate souls have tried for agonizingly long days to find a way out but only a handful had survived.
Cinder was barely more than a child when she first tried it. She left the security of her home even if it was also a prison to find her way into another realm. That mist clouding her vision would have been enough to scare everyone away but not Cinder. She let go of her parents to take this as her own task. She wasn't afraid when her slim figure disappeared from view and the prospect of her soul getting lost forever came true. She wasn't afraid to die because she would be fighting with all she was for what she thought was right. She deserved better than Hell and she wasn't asking for entrance to divinity. She was just asking for a chance to live and experience the world like any other human. She was asking for a non written destiny that she could create for her own and if after all her efforts her destiny was still in Hell, she would accept it. The fact was; she wanted a chance to prove herself better.
However, the lines and rules of Heaven were harsh and unforgiving despite common knowledge. Four guardians proved themselves to be cruel and without a second thought turned their backs to the angel of black wings. They didn't listen to her story. They showed no compassion and in a feral battle the four guardians took away one of said wings. Cinder was able to fly but never again as high to see above Limbo and much less to land her feet on Heaven's doorway. They took away not only her innocence with an unfair battle, not just her light with a broken wing, not only her noble heart with pain or torture. They changed whatever she believed of Heavens and angels. They gave her weapons to trust her parents above anything else because if Heaven was like that and angels neglected a pure soul, then they weren't better than the corrupted souls finding their way to Hell.
The four guardians caused the rage of the King and Queen of Hell that against all odds, made their way out of limbo to face the place that shout them out a long time ago. They didn't care about their purity or what it meant to stand in front of the golden doors. They only cared about Cinder. Four guardians took away everything she was. They turned Cinder, a pure angel filled with light, into someone broken to every extent. They made blood taint her wings and they made sorrow fill her gaze while silver tears trailed down fair cheeks.
Cinder's father was stronger than any of the four guardians but he wasn't able to fight the four of them. Cinder's mother was powerful too but she never faced a battle before. Both were blinded with ire and the wrath they hold against "paradise" made them weak and vulnerable. It took less than a second, a moment already lost in time, a blink of an eye followed by bright lightning. A second of total silence followed the boisterous thunder. A cry of agony and regret lost in darkness and the last amount of purity falling in the same way angels did.
That was the moment the storm broke on. There was fire in Hell burning hotter than ever. Demons found a way to fight for their rulers. They found a way to break free from Hell, free from Limbo and the first Colossal war started. A battle that Heaven feared for a long time but one that demons weren't ready for. Dark versus light. Good against evil but nothing was like it seemed and most light was extinguished with the fall of the King and Queen.
It was a mistake.
Four guardians changed the world for the better to their judgment. They defeated a thousand demons and no soul made it to another life, to another day. But four guardians did something worse than breaking balance. They brought strength to someone already powerful. They gave a mission to someone willing to give up. They turned Heaven into a target for someone ready to make the shot. They put blood on pure hands and pain into a prior joyful heart.
Cinder's tears dried and the blood of her parents never let her memory. The glee on her gaze was gone and the fire of Hell shone on her eyes instead. Her heart was turn into stone because that way no one would ever be able to reduce her to tears again. Her smile lost its happiness to become cold and cruel. It turned into a smirk capable to freeze everyone in place while her powers turned to be greater than her father's, greater than her mother's and suddenly Heavens understood the storm they unleashed.
No one is quite sure how darkness earned more souls than Heaven but soon enough and army was ready to change things. Cinder was ready to take her revenge, to paint clouds red with the life of innocents and show to whomever dared to question her power, that four guardians weren't enough to take her down.
Cinder had the power to dissipate the dense clouds of Limbo and lead her people to that hatred stairway. She was able to invert the roles and turn paradise into Hell. She was waiting for the exact moment to strike, to take every advantage and leave every creature of light defenseless. What they did to her, the four guardians, broke every ounce of consideration. The Queen of Hell had no consideration, no pity and no remorse.
However, when time came, she sent a letter to the four guardians. It was a request, the last chance to save heights without taking lives and without shedding blood. Cinder asked for something simple.
"A pure angel?"
"That's what she wants."
"What's a pure angel to start with?"
Three angels were engaged in deep conversation trying to understand the meaning of that letter that could be their salvation or their doom. Three angels that were confused, angered but above all that, they were afraid. Now, this wouldn't be that bad if they weren't three of the four guardians of Heaven. But they were, and the time was running out on the hourglass. They had to take a hard decision, sacrifice one for the sake of the greater good or try to protect everyone and probably; fail.
"Guardians, please." The older angel of the four called fixing his glasses upon his nose once again. "James, a pure angel is one that has never been on the mortal realm. It's someone born on Heaven from two angels. Let's say someone innocent, with a kind heart and free of sin. We have several options in here but we're lacking information."
"Ozpin, are you really considering her offer?" The only female said.
"I'm afraid we have no other option. In twenty days from now, a pure angel will be condemned to Hell." Ozpin said turning the hourglass upside down to start another hour. "We've trained a warrior for the past few years. She's a strong angel. She's powerful, kind and noble but she knows how to follow orders and if we have a chance to win this war from the inside, she's our only option. After all these years, I think she's ready."
"Wait there, old man." Another voice interrupted. "Are you seriously thinking about sending the angel that could easily take one of our places later on and send her down with the Queen of Darkness?" The male voice asked with just a glimpse of boredom in it. Most people thought that the guardian was drunk almost all the time.
"Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying, Qrow."
"Ma'am. It's here." A green haired woman bowed to her Queen while giving her the information.
"Just in time." Cinder said with a smirk on red lips. "How interesting. Let's see what they sent to us, shall we?"
Cinder stood up and walked to the gates of her Kingdom. Crystal heels were clicking softly on the marble floor while she made her way. She grow up and turned into a beautiful woman with ebony tresses framing her face, fair skin and the intense golden color of her eyes that would easily burst with flames at any moment.
"Open the door." Cinder said to the silver haired guardian.
"Yes, ma'am."
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