A new story, yay! :D This one is going to be a cross between Narnia and Agent Angel. Okay, that's pretty flippin' obvious...
Just a note on the first chapter. I hate first chapters, I really do! They always suck in my mind lol And I'm trying to bring in as much of Agent Angel as possible in the beginning, before Narnia makes an appearance. And another thing...this problem with Maia will be revealed later in the book. I have a good plot in my mind, but I have to develop it first. So yes, sorry this chapter is so sucky...hopefully the next will be better! :P
Her heartbeat was pounding in her ears, as her legs seem to fly over the landscape. No, she wasn't running, she was actually starting to lift off from the ground.
Fluffy, white wings from her shoulder blades did beat the air with tremendous force. As she started soaring into the heavens, the dark sky crackled and thundered with lightning, the pelting rain turning into the colour of blood.
One such lightning bolt hit a tree, setting it on fire. As the flames reached higher into the sky, a cruel laugh sounded out from all areas, as if the Earth itself was trying to destroy the girl.
"What do you want from me?" she yelled into the sky, narrowly missing a bolt that would have scorched her wings.
"I want you, don't you understand?" the cruel-but-sweet voice giggled in a psychopathic way. "It's time for revenge, angel girl."
A face appeared in the clouds, a girl of about eighteen. She was just like the angel in many ways, much prettier, but certainly evil. With the smirk upon her lips, her eyes glittered as she sent a fireball barrelling towards the angel.
She tried to block using a shielding force field, but she couldn't. The fireball hit her, sending her crashing to the ground with a blood-curling scream. The feathers on her wings continued burning, falling onto the dirt in the form of ashes.
"No!" Melanie Beeby yelled, sitting up straight in her bed. Her chest heaved as she breathed hard, the cold sweat on her face plain to see. She looked at her alarm clock. 3:02. "Shit" she whispered, leaning back as she tried to steady her heartbeat. It was a dream. But she knew full well who infiltrated it.
"Boo?" a girl called out as she knocked on the door.
Mel smiled in relief, still shaking as she got out of bed and walked over to let her best friend in. Lola Sanchez was her soul mate - the two had met in Mel's first year at The Angel Academy, located in the outskirts of Heaven. As the seventeen year old in Hello Kitty pyjamas came into view, her soft smile turned into a grin. "Hi, Lollie."
"I heard you in your sleep. Having another nightmare again?" Lola asked sympathetically, closing the door as she instantly went over to the fridge in her best friends dorm. "Best cure, my-"
"Grandmother's world famous hot chocolate," the two said together, laughing. Mel sat down by her window, clutching a heart-shaped pillow close to her chest. Pulling up her knees to her chin, she sighed, staring out into the beautiful scenery before her.
"I've been here for four Heavenly years and it still feels like a dream. I feel like I'll wake up and be back in my home, bunking with Jade and beginning my average day in Park Hall. I know, you'll tell me that after all the missions I've done, I should stop feeling like this. And yes, I did for awhile! But Lollie..." Mel faded off, trying to find the words but failing.
Her eyes focused on the flashing lights coming from the Agency. Being in the centre of Heaven, it was the hub of the city, where all angels would go for official guardian angel work. The 'fireworks' were angelic souls, either going to or coming back from their missions on Earth. A spectacular sight that always seemed to make Mel feel better.
"You're right. I was going to say that," Lola agreed, adding her special 22nd century cocoa into the milk, and then putting the two mugs into the microwave. "You've got to believe in yourself. You were so happy, so the true Mel after the mission with Cody. So you had one little run-in with Maia since then, so what? You can't let her get to you like this! How many times have you had nightmares involving her?"
"More than you actually know," Mel muttered miserably. Maia was a dark seed from her past, that seemed to keep on coming back to haunt her. "And it wasn't just a 'run-in', you make it seem so pathetic. You know how much she hurt me. I was in the Sanctuary for months."
"You kicked her ass once before, Mel. Why not this time?" As the microwave beeped, Lola took out the mugs, and handed one to Mel. Both took a long sip of the luscious mixture of chocolate and milk.
"I don't know, Lola. That's the thing, I just. Don't. Know." Mel sighed, running her finger around the rim of the pink-coloured mug. "She got me where she knew I was flawed."
"She did that the first time, too," Lola said simply, taking another long drink of her hot chocolate and putting the mug on a table that was close to her. Silence seemed to reign after that, as the conversation faded off, Mel still staring moodily out of her window.
It hurt Lola to see her best friend like this. She wasn't playing down the situation, she knew full well that Maia and her buds were hell-bent on destroying Mel, and they came pretty close to it. But Mel was strong enough to defeat Maia in Egypt. Why not now?
"How's Reuben?" Mel asked, changing the subject to something lighter.
Lola giggled, pulling out her blue bejewelled phone. "He sent me a couple of pics yesterday. Him and Chase are having an awesome time. Shame they even needed to be sent on the mission, though. Sometimes you wonder about the human race."
As Mel went through the photos of the gorilla babies in the wildlife sanctuary, her nightmare was totally forgotten. She cooed over the teeny animals with nappies on, being bottle fed by the humans, and constantly boosted with angelic vibes to help them pull through. The first few months at the sanctuaries were the toughest for the infants, their foster parents having to be their closest relatives.
"Looks like he having a great time," Mel said, a bit wistfully. It had been a year since they broke up. They just didn't work as a couple, the Universe wanted them best friends and that was that. But she still loved the time they spent with each other, and she missed having his company, especially when she was going through a tough time and he was off saving the planet, one human (or animal) at a time.
"He also said in his last text, that all you just need to do is remember his lyrics, carita," Lola smiled softly, patting her soul mate on the leg.
Mel grinned, wiping a tear that fell off of her lashes. "You're not alone," she croaked, her throat tight with emotion. "How did he know?"
"Come on, Mel! He is your best friend and former lover, surely he would know how you're feeling when he's not around," Lola winked cheekily, causing Mel to laugh.
"Scratch the lover bit. We didn't actually end up having sex," Mel blushed. She was okay with losing her virginity, but Reubs was too nervous, and he also didn't want to hurt their relationship by sleeping with her. "Maybe it was a good decision, seeing as we broke up."
"Well, you know the story with Brice," Lola commented slyly.
"Lollie, I know the story. You lost it when you were fourteen," Mel giggled, collapsing into her best friends lap. "Next story I'll be hearing is that you and Brice are propositioning me for a threesome!"
"Now there's an idea..." Lola mused, a sneaky smile on her face.
Mel shrieked, grabbing her pillow and flinging it up at Lola's face. "Britney Spears, much?"
Lola's eyes went wide as a thought entered her brain. "Bring Reuben in, and we could definitely have four on the floor."
The two ended up in laughing fits, nearly rolling around on the bedroom floor. Gasping for breath, Mel tried to stop laughing, but that set them both off again.
It took them a few more minutes to calm down, but soon Mel had relaxed with her head in Lola's lap. Her soul mate decided it would be fun to braid one side of her hair, which helped sooth the troubled angel even further.
"I might go down to Angel Watch tomorrow. I need to get out of my dorm and DO something," Mel sighed, looking up into Lola's eyes. "I've been cooped up for ages. No Calls, no school missions that seem interesting to me..."
"Good idea. Mind if I come with? Brice said he's going to be doing something with his guy friends tomorrow. I didn't bother asking. It's probably a day full of wrestling, drinking beer, and talking about their penis sizes."
Once again, the two girlfriends ended up in giggle fits. "As I once read, it's not the size of the sword that counts, but how you use it," Mel winked.
Having some one-on-one time with Lola late at night was a good thing for Mel. Just being in the presence of her best friend helped boost up her angelic system, the place of her soul that meditation and connection with Helix couldn't help.
"Want me to bunk with you? You know, in case of another nightmare?" Lola said softly, stroking Mel's hair as if she was just a child.
Mel nodded silently, smiling gratefully and getting up from the floor. The two slipped into her bed, both managing to fit. Lola cuddled Mel close, kissing her on the head in the big sister kind of way.
"Sweet dreams. And I mean it," Lola whispered. Mel smiled, and relaxed in her best friends arms. She felt a lot more safer now that she was there.