Wow, fast update huh. Well this is gonna be the fastest in a while seeing how I need to work on my other story as well as this one, sorry. I'm glad everyone is enjoying my story and crappy cover art haha. Anyway, I'll shut up now and let you all read. :)

AUGUST 15th, 2014 6:00AM

"I.A.! Get up!"

Instead of the usual song of her pet dove I.A had grown used to, a pillow to the face and screaming was what woke up the girl from her sleep.

"AH! K.A.! Stop it!" She yelled as laughter from her older brother filled the room. His laughter, however, was son replaced by a shout of pain as his sister kicked him in his "special" place.

"OW! Damn you I.A.!" Her blue-haired brother dropped the white pillow and unraveled his wings and covered himself in the protection of his egg-white feathers. At once, the downy feathers each turned into blades of pure metal. "Haha, can't get me now!"

"Ugh, Father said not to use your Divine Powers unless it's a real emergency." I.A. mumbled before sitting up. Even though K.A. was born two years before her, she always believed that she was the superior one of the two in brains, brawn, and well, basically everything.

"Oh well, the old man will never know." K.A. said, winking.

"Every time you say that, it seems that he somehow finds out." His younger sister said bluntly.

"Killing Accusations!"

Instantly, like the sound of his father's voice was some magical artifact, K.A. went from his real devilish demeanor to the perfect-child he was only around his father. His wings quickly transformed from their protective state back to their usual fluff. "Yes Father? I was just waking up my darling sister!"

"Oh, give me a break." I.A. said, rolling her blue eyes in annoyance. Swiftly she picked the pillow up from the ground slammed it onto his head.

"Children!"

I.A. froze when she heard her father's voice snap, and she rapidly threw the pillow on the ground before facing the open doorway. There stood her Father, his arms crossed and his purple eyebrow raised in question. His long dark purple hair was tied into a ponytail and went down to the floor. As the highest ranking priest in all of Beyond, he was always dressed to impress.

"What is going on here?" He asked, his low stern voice filled with annoyance. "Killing Accusations, what are you doing waking Imperial Adversary in such a manner?"

K.A. moved his dark blue hair out of his eyes before he continued to speak. "U-Uh, well Father, it is my little sister's birthday today, so I thought I'd surprise her by waking her up like this! It's only a joke Father…"

"Well you are no longer young doves just spreading your wings." He said, furrowing his brow. "You are both old enough to stop your childish acts once and for all. Imperial Adversary is turning fourteen today, which makes this talk even more ironic…"

I.A. nodded at her father and stared at her feet in response. She had learned from experience that talking back to Father would only enrage him, which was not a pleasant sight. She saw in the corner of her eye K.A. do the same as she.

A few awkward moments of silence passed between the three before the father of them spoke again. "Now, get ready for school you two. I refuse to have tardy children."

"Yes Father!" K.A. said before zooming right out of his younger sister's room. I.A. watched him go before she began quickly braiding her hair.

"That boy…" The purple-haired priest said as his son left, "Oh right, happy birthday Imperial Adversary." A smile painted his lips as he spoke the words, but I.A. wasn't fooled by his act.

"You're thinking about Mother aren't you?" She asked softly, her bird-like voice barely reaching her father's ears. "Not me…"

"I am thinking about both of you." He reassured her, his fake smile still plastered upon his face like a lifeless doll's. "It is true it is the day of her death, however I am not thinking about that now. After all, years ago a beautiful girl like you was born into this world. You were a gift to all of Beyond from Mysterious Interruptions, our wonderful Goddess."

"It may be the day Mysterious Interruptions gave me life here, but it was also the day that She took Mother's life away forever…" I.A. tossed the rest of her snow-white hair behind her and stared at her father's violet eyes. "I am the very reason she is gone, and yet you continue to celebrate this day as if it twas the best day in the world."

Her father only shook his head in response. "Dearest, Mysterious Interruptions has a reason to do everything. She has planned everything in Beyond, and I'm sure She has a plan for you and your mother's death was merely a part of it." Her father paused and stared at her for san unlikeable amount of time.

"Father, if I am to be as special as you say, why haven't I received any prophesies…? K.A. gets them for everything, even simple demeaning things like if his girlfriend is to break up with him! If I am so important, why is it that I, the daughter of the best priest in all of Beyond, have never once had a prophesy addressed to me at least once?!"

Her father didn't reply at first, and instead only stared into her blue crystal eyes. Right as impatience began taking over I.A., her father finally looked up and smiled a real smile at her. "Come straight home today after school, and I will give you something I'm sure you'll be excited about."