Chapter 2
Lucifer's Perspective
4 years later
"Come on, Gabe. Pick up your damn sword and fight like a man!" I screamed, throwing my sword in Gabriel's direction, but he was not there. Just then, I felt a sword point on the back of my neck; I slowly turned around and faced my little brother, hands in the air.
"I win!" shouted Gabriel. He dropped his sword and vanished, then reappeared behind me.
"Good Job, Gabe. You've learned well, and you are getting really good at vanishing and reappearing. But we have more to learn."
"Do we have to, Lucifer? It's been a long day."
"Do you want to learn or not?"
"I do, it's just really hard…" Gabriel said, crying. He had gotten multiple cuts on his face, arms, and legs. I didn't care that he was my brother, didn't care that he was only 4 years old, he needed to learn fast and well.
"Get up, Gabriel. I only have one more thing to teach you." I grabbed my little brother by the arms and pulled him up, wiping off the blood on his face with my robes. He smiled at me and wiped a tear from his eye.
"Ok, so the last thing you need to learn is called reality warping. It means that you can make things appear out of thin air, reshaping things into something else, and create unreal dimensions and time loops. This is one of my favorite powers to use when I visit earth," I said, rolling up the sleeves on my robes.
I made a table full of food appear before us, and when Gabriel went to reach for a pear, I made it disappear again. I made a horse appear in front of Gabriel, and after he climbed on to it, I made it vanish; Gabriel fell to the ground with a loud thump.
"How'd you do that?" he asked, wiping some dirt off the back of his robes.
"The way to do it is to think of what you want to make or make happen, then concentrate really hard on it. If you do it right, whatever you want will appear. Go on, try it," I said, leaning against a column.
Gabriel rolled up his sleeves and shut his eyes; after a few minutes, an apple materialized in my hand. I took 1 bite out of it, then Gabriel made it vanish. Gabriel looked at me, seeking my approval, and I started to clap.
"Well done, little brother. Very well done in deed."
Just then, Michael appeared with Raphael at his side.
"Father has called us. All of heaven is to attend," Michael said, dressed in his robes and battle gear. Father had told him 4 years ago to be ready at a moment's notice for battle, though we were the only things other than the animals on earth that existed.
We all went to Father, and when we arrived in his great hall, every other angel in existence was there. We were seated at the front of the room beside our Father, waiting for him to tell us what was going on.
"My children, I have an important announcement. I have created something wonderful!" Father announced, pacing the floor in front of all the lesser angels.
The whole room gasped and waited in anticipation for Father to announce what he had created.
"I have created the first non-angelic, non-animal beings. They are to be called 'Humans', and they walk among the animals; they are not immortal. They are my greatest creation," Father continued.
"What the hell?" I muttered under my breath.
Everyone in the room began to clap, everyone except me.