Reckless Heart
An Ahh! Megami-sama Fanfiction
By Underlord Backlash
Disclaimer: I do not own the AMS series. It was created by Kosuke Fujishima.
Prologue
Late one night in the maternity wing of a hospital, a phone call was made. It was intended to be merely a call from a new mother to her mother, but it reached someone else. "Hello! You've reached the Goddess Technical Help Line! We will be there in just a moment to grant your access request!" 'Klik.'
The woman did not know what that was about. Her greatest concern at the moment had been to talk to her mother about her beautiful baby boy, Terence. As she turned to the nightstand to grab a glass of water, she saw a young lady coming through the wall. The girl stepped onto the floor garbed in strange robes and with long flowing brown hair. The woman had thought this ghost-girl might be Death coming for her, but how could Death seem to radiate such warmth and kindness?
The girl displayed a bemused smile. "No Anna McCarron, I am not Death. I am the Goddess Belldandy. I am here to grant you a wish."
"A wish?" Anna said it aloud to herself, pondering it. She believed the girl when she said she was a Goddess, it simply felt right; but, a wish?
"Yes, a wish, Anna. I'm sorry if it confuses you, but I'm permitted to read your mind for the duration of this meeting. Now, whatever you wish, I will make it come true. Whether you wish to live forever, to be wealthy, or anything at all." She smiled at Anna, sending a feeling of warmth cascading over her.
Anna returned the smile, and gazed at her sleeping son in her arms. "I wish…. I wish my son could have someone just like you to take care of him, if he is ever left alone in the world."
Belldandy nodded and smiled. "Your wish is granted." Her eyes lit up with energy, and wind whirled about the room. Anna looked at Terence frantically, afraid he would wake up terrified; but he seemed, if anything, to be sleeping more blissfully than before. When the light and air faded, Belldandy was gone, and Anna fell peacefully into sleep.
By the following morning, Anna felt the whole thing had been a very pleasant dream.
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Seventeen years later…
Belldandy suddenly vanished from the breakfast table. Her sisters and husband did not think much of it. It was a fairly typical thing for a Goddess. However, her return shocked them all. She was holding a seventeen-year-old boy, who was covered in blood, and crying hysterically.