I have decided to post my chapter 1 of this. So whenever I get around to posting, I'll let you know via this. For now, enjoy chapter 1!

Tum ad Invidiam in Angelo (To Envy an Angel)

(Brotherhood)

"What are we going to do about them?" Chastity asked, tapping his lip.

"Who?" Diligence asked, walking into the room.

"These guys. The Sins, our enemies." Temperance said, pointing.

The Virtues were in a white, round room overlooking a courtyard. The Sins were in said courtyard, looking extremely confused.
"What's going on?" Humility, the youngest at 9, peeked around Diligence's legs.

"We've got new people. Except, they're our enemies." I replied, leaning on the white railing.

My name is Kindness, and I'm a Virtue. I'm 168 years old, or 16 in human years. I have red, waist-length hair with a piece falling in my left eye, green eyes and tanned skin. All of us Virtues have a color or two, and mine's green and black. My closest sibling is Humility-she's nine, with crazy white hair that looks like she stuck her finger in a light socket, dark blue eyes and freckles. She's adorable. Our Mother is the King around here-she governs this place.

What is this place, you ask? I'll take the time to explain it to you.

First off, the place we're at is a portal between life on Earth and Truth. It's a pure white space. Us Virtues, the beings that run the place, can construct anything we want. Forgiveness is the oldest in human years at 30, but in reality-well, here anyway-this is the place between reality-she's the youngest at 53. I'm 168, or 16. Humility is the oldest, but looks the youngest. I'm not really sure why. It must've been while Mother was trying to figure out how to make us, and Humility is the first result.

We never age, just like the Homunculi that are underneath us. That's enough information, you'll learn as we go.

"So what should we do with them?" Chastity repeated himself, lazily leaning against the railing next to me.

"Let Mom deal with them?" Diligence suggested.

"I wanna meet them." I jumped up on the railing.

"Are you crazy, Kindness?" Charity, Chas's twin, gaped.
"Yes," I turned and winked at her. "I'm also curious!"

I jumped off, landing behind a guy in black. He whirled, surprised.

"Yo, Homunculus. What'cha doin' in a place like this?" I rested my hand on my hip, watching him curiously.

"Who are you?" He spat.
"Tsk, you really should be more polite to the person that decides your future," I sighed, then walked up to him. I waved a finger in his face. "First, you can answer my question."

I stared at his violet, slitted eyes; he stared back. "I died. But you should know that, seeing how much you already know." He growled.

I pulled back, folding my arms over my chest. "Look, dude, I don't know anything about you except that you're obviously dead and wound up here because someone thought it be a brilliant idea to torture us with you Homunculi. I gotta speak to Truth about that. . . So don't be hating me 'cause I can't control what happens except where you go after here, either Heaven or Hell, so the best thing for you is to be on my good side." I pointed my fingernail in his face.

"Understood?" I spat.

His eyes narrowed, before slowly nodding.

"Good. Now. To make things simple, tell me your name." I tapped my black lace-up boot impatiently.

"Envy."
"Mm, a sin, then. I'm Kindness."

"Don't sound like it to me." He muttered.

"Hey, shut up. Just 'cause that's my name doesn't mean I am. If I was too kind, there would be no hell, now would there?" I snapped.

". . . No."

Two huge, crystal door opened. Mother walked in in all her glory. My siblings each dropped next to a Homunculus from the balcony. I walked up to stand next to a shocked Envy.

"Who's she?" He gaped.

"My mother." I gave a small bow as she walked past me.

A smile graced her face. "Kindness."
"Mom." I greeted back, straightening.

"Gather in a circle!" She called, continuing past us.

Envy still looked dazed, so I grabbed his arm and pulled him in front of my space.

Just to keep everything straight, you might want to write this down. The room had a large star inside a swirl. Each point-five of them-my oldest siblings and I stood. Humility was at the top. Going counter-clockwise was Chastity, Charity, me and Diligence. Precisely in the middle between Chas and Chare was Temperance, and half-way between me and Diligence was Forgiveness. They didn't have a point, unfortunately.

I stood in my green circle, feeling a surge of power. I positioned Envy in front of me, about a yard,

then watched my siblings get into place. I mostly watched Humility, who was about 50 feet away. She seemed hesitant to touch the boy a little older than her, looking extremely uncomfortable. Diligence took pity on her and moved the kid into place, walking back to her orange circle, behind a huge guy about 8 feet tall. I mentally shuddered. Would not want to be her right about now. Envy stood stiffly as Mom's gaze swept around the Homunculi.

"Relax. It'll be a lot easier if you chill." I advised.

He tensed as her golden gaze settled on him. "She's reading my my mind." He hissed.

"Well, she has to. You don't have a soul." I waved my hand, nonchalant.

"How do you know that?" he growled.

"I'm an Angel. I know this stuff. You don't have a glow like us." I looked over at Charity. She glanced at me from behind a guy with spiky black hair.

I waved a mock-salute; she nodded in return, turning to Temperance. On my other side, Forgiveness and Diligence nodded.

Almost ready.

Humility was pale. In order to judge these guys to figure out where they go, she had to give the most power, as she was the first created. Forgiveness, the last created, had to give the least. The small circles we stood on had lines connected to the spot where Mom stood, and soon lit up with power. Humility's glowed white. Chastity's glowed red, Temperance's glowed blue, Charity's glowed purple, mine glowed green with black swirls, Forgiveness's glowed yellow and Dil's glowed orange. Mom accepted all the power, and the whole room seemed to glow like a rainbow.

Envy flinched at the bright light. "Don't move." I whispered.

"Pride, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony and Wrath, you are hereby judged for your actions on Earth." Mom's voice echoed throughout the room.

"You are sentenced to Hell!"