Hi everyone, I know I said that I would post yesterday but something came up so I didn't have the chance to. I'm so sorry. Please enjoy this chapter! Thank you.
Winter's POV
"Awaken, my child. Open your eyes. The time has finally come. The time has finally come for you to open your eyes." A deep, familiar voice says to me. My eyes were closed and they remained closed, though I desperately tried to open them. "The time has come, Winter. Open your eyes." The voice was fading now, getting softer with each word.
"No!" I scream, trying to reach out to the voice. "Don't leave me!" I yell, feeling the presence disappearing.
"Goodbye, my child."
And with that, I can finally open my eyes. I was in an unfamiliar room. There was a machine beside me. It was beeping obnoxiously. A hospital. The smell of disinfectant hung in the air even though there was an open window to my left. As the rest of my sleepiness fades away, a new wave of pain overcomes me. I let out a small whimper and I notice that I was hooked up to the beeping machine. What the hell happened to me? My whole body was screaming in pain and my breathing becomes shallow automatically. I look over to my right and notice that someone was in a chair about ten feet away from me. I strain my eyes and realize that it's Rin. He was slumped in his chair, watching me with a dark expression on his face. What was wrong? Before I can find my voice, Rin speaks.
"Who are you?" He asks me. His voice wasn't right. It was low, almost like a growl.
"What?" I ask. My voice sounded weird, too. It was crackly. Like I hadn't used it in a while.
A blue glow radiates from Rin as he furrows his brows together and glares at me. "Who are you?" he asks again. His voice was hard, making me want to recoil.
"What are you talking about, Rin?" I ask.
"Did father send you? Hm? Did he send you to keep an eye on me and Yukio? Well?" He spits at me.
"Rin, what are you-?"
I'm cut off by Rin. He was at my side now. He was wearing a scornful expression as he glowered down at me. In an instant, there was a blue flame consuming Rin. The flames of Satan. I had read about them in an ancient book before I came to True Cross. A tail poked out from behind Rin and flicks from side to side. I bring my eyes back up to look at Rin. "Who are you?" He asks again, his voice full of power.
I shake my head at him. Why did he have Satan's flames? Why did he have a tail? A sudden frustration overcomes me and I glare back up at Rin. Who the hell did he think he was? He stares back at me and starts to bring his hand towards me. Pure white flames erupt from me. They flicker furiously and Rin backs up a little. I harden my glare at him and sit up, ignoring the throbbing pain coming from my stomach. The flames engulf me head to toe. I cross my arms over my chest and I see the flame climb up from behind me until it towered over me. I'm about to say something when a disgusting smell hits my nose. It smelt of rotting flesh and trash.
Then out of nowhere, a man drops in from my window. He cackles loudly as blood spews from every opening on his body. His nose, mouth, ears, and eyes. His eyes were wide as he stared at me and Rin. Then a sudden blinding light spears the room and an old man suddenly comes into view. He has a long white beard and a robe that reached the floor. He has hair that reaches to his elbows and light grey eyes; almost a silver. The old man glances at me before cutting his gaze back to the bleeding man.
"Why have you come, Satan?" His voice. I knew his voice. It was the one in my dreams. The one that sounds as if it has lived a thousand years and more.
The bleeding man cackles and looks back at the old man; unblinkingly. "Oh wow," he starts. "The old man decides to reveal his self. Welcome, oh holy one." He says sarcastically. "Don't worry, God," he says the word with disgust. "I'm not here to hurt the little bitch. I just thought that we should explain to our two lovely fucking children what the hell is going on."
I stare at Rin and he stares back at me, confused. My anger and frustration at him from earlier dissolves and I look back to the two men. The old man sighs before turning to both me and Rin.
"Since your father decided to reveal himself, I, too, shall uncover the truth. Winter Jasmine Crossly, I am your father."
I blink. "What?"
"Shut the hell up, bitch. This body ain't got much more time and it took me forever to find such a good vessel so just shut your damn trap and listen."
"Satan." His voice bellows angrily. "If you talk to my daughter with such foul language again I will take your life with my own hands. They only reason I have even let you live this long is so you can punish the wicked of the world by damning them to Hell forever but if you think that you are living on your own accord, you are fairly mistaken. You may talk to me however you please but say one more filthy thing to my daughter and I shall show you what Hell truly is." The temperature in the room drops about twenty degrees, making me shiver. Not only from the cold but the power behind it. "Now, Winter, I said that I was your father. I had given the gift of a child to a lonely woman who could not bear children. She had the gift of seeing both demonic and angelic creatures. One day, while she was taking a walk, she came across an angelic being that was injured terribly. She had helped the creature and nursed it back to life. She hadn't told anyone about her encounter with one of my own so I allowed her to live. Her name was Emma Maree Crossly. She was a beautiful woman who had done nothing wrong in the world. Only good. She intrigued me. For I asked her what she wanted in return and she had answered me, 'A child.'" He looked at me, raw emotion in his eyes. "So that is what I gave her. But instead of just a normal human child, I had given her a child that had me with it. I had given her you. But," his voice falters. "after your birth, her body was failing her. It could not take the toll of bearing God's child and when I finally got to her, she had only enough strength to utter one last sentence. 'Winter Jasmine Crossly.'"
I feel hot tears rush down my face at the story of my mother. She had died giving me life. Suddenly I feel comforting hands rubbing my back. My flames were long gone. And so were Rin's. He was now trying to comfort me, making 'shh' noises and whispering how it had happened to him, too. I basked in his warmth and cried harder. Looking away from God himself to look back at Rin.
"Winter. Rin. We have something very important to tell the two of you. Winter, Rin is Satan's offspring and you are mine." He starts and I look up at Rin with surprise and he smiles sadly back at me. "Befriending a demon is forbidden in Heaven, Winter. You must know that the fact that you have even touched him is revolting. I have come to bring you back. To Heaven. You need to be cleansed and treated for your wounds better. For you-"
"I'm not going." I interrupt him.
"What?"
Ooh~ Winter interrupted God himself. Hahaha. I will post the next chapter tomorrow. I hope you all are liking where I am going with this. Please leave a review. Thanks, bye~
-TheLovelyWriter204
