"Dimitri!"
I stood up from my seat on a purple, evening cloud when I heard the voice of my friend Ivan. I looked to see him waving for me to come over to his cloud, his expression told me that it urgent. I kicked of the fluffy substance and flew over to him. I folded my wings behind me as I landed.
"Ivan. What seems to bed the matter?"
"Gabriel had summoned all of the Angels for a special meeting. Something about the humans needing protection."
I sighed before we both took off towards the arena. Things like this rarely happened, but when it did, it was a long, drawn out process.
Ivan and I landed just side by side in the crowd of Angels that had gathered to hear what Gabriel had to say. I recognized my friends Christian, Lissa, and Adrian among the people. That's when I knew that it was important. If Lissa, and Guardian Angel, and Christian, and Angel of Death who ferries souls to the other side, are here at this meeting, than there was a serious threat that needed to be taken care of.
Lissa, Christian, and Adrian joined Ivan and me just as Gabriel began to inform us about the problem.
"Angels, a old threat has come back to Earth and is harming the human race. We need every eligible Angel out there to clean up the mess that has been made." Gabriel's voice rang out above the crowd and settled on ears that drank in every word.
"What exactly is the threat?" Christian called.
"Eris the Goddess of Discord and Chaos has been making even more messes and disasters than usual," Gabriel answered. From my position, I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was somewhat frightened by the Goddess.
The crowd murmured amongst themselves and Gabriel let it happen.
"That explains why I have been seeing more souls on this side of the veil," Christian said thoughtfully.
"I heard from Mia that her charge has had several close calls in the past week. Why on earth would Eris cause this much damage in such a short period of time?" Lissa wondered. She leaned in closer to Christian.
"Maybe someone on Olympus finally made her mad enough. You all know as well as I do that she doesn't get this mad without a cause. Look at what happened when Sinbad was alive. Eris made the whole city of Syracuse fall when he humiliated her," Adrian pointed out.
"It was Zeus this time if you must know, Mr. Adrian."
We all spun around to see Gabriel standing behind us with a grave expression on his face. He had has hands folded behind his back and his white robes and wings reminded us just how high on the ladder he was.
"Zeus, Sir?" Ivan questioned.
"Yes. The God had Eris banned from a party that he was holding. Every God and Goddess was in attendance, but she was scratched off the guest list. This is her revenge."
"Oh great. This is going to turn into another Trojan War!" Christian exclaimed.
Gabriel gave Christian a look that was slightly astonished. "I thought you enjoyed working."
"I do, but not when I have a million people coming through the gates. It's sickening how many humans die in a war." Christian's eyes hardened.
"Eris wouldn't start another war would she? She got in trouble with the last one," Lissa wondered.
"To be honest, Vasilissa, I wouldn't put it past her. Eris is the essence of chaos. It's what she craves and desires. If she doesn't get it, she'll make the next day even worse for the mortals," Gabriel stated.
"What if there was a way to get her to not crave chaos? What if something could be done to change her mind on things?" I asked suddenly. A plan was formulating in my head.
Gabriel looked at me with questions in his eyes. He picked the first, most obvious one. "What do you have in mind, Dimitri?"
"What if Eris had a guardian? An Angel that goes and becomes her conscious for lack of a better word." I threw out.
Everyone pondered this for a moment. "Are you volunteering to go and try to reason with Eris?" Ivan asked.
"Why not? It would be a challenge and I'm pretty sure that I could get her to change her ways," I replied comfidently.
"Okay. While the Angels are trying to rescue the human race, you, Dimitri, will be with Eris. Keep her in your sight and get your plan working. I don't want my Angels out there for long," Gabriel allowed. He then turned and left, melting into the crowd of winged people.
Ivan shoved my shoulder. "What are you thinking? Are you mental? Have you been flying around too high in the atmosphere?"
"No, I want the challenge. I can do this, I just hope that she'll listen," I admitted.
"I hope you know what you're doing, Dimitri. Eris isn't one to be taken lightly," Lissa told me.
I watched my friends leave while I stayed rooted in my spot.
"I just hope that I know what I'm doing too," I muttered before I took off to find the Goddess of Discord.
