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She saw Lucifer raise his hands, his index fingers pointing outwards and the rest of his hands clasped.
He let one little spark of fire, the size of a grain fall from his hands.
Alessi watched it fall to the ground, wondering what the flea sized thing could do.
It turned out that the grain could do quite a lot. The world behind Lucifer burst into a sea of flame, everything, everything was on fire from behind Lucifer.
And then Lucifer threw an entire fireball at her.
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Alessi rose from the ground to meet the blow.
She spread her arms and wings out, and from the world behind her rose the very ocean itself.
And good met the bad, darkness against light.
The two seas of pure elements, fire and water, met.
There was a bang, a sound so loud Alessi had to cover her ears with her hands, and even then her eardrums popped.
She forgot to flap her wings because of the shock, and dropped like a stone.
A few seconds later, she was flapping madly, trying to fly out of the smoke filled air.
Smoke from when those two opposite elements met. Smoke, smoke smoke, it was everywhere.
Alessi, carbon floats and oxygen stays at the bottom, Alessi thought she heard a voice, probably hers, somewhere deep in her mind.
She should be going downwards, not up.
As if on cue, her wings folded like paper, and she dropped.
When all of a sudden pure, clean air filled her lungs and she'd descended from that cloud of poisonous gas, Alessi shot open her sooty wings, and glided. Unfortunately, there seemed to be little wind, so she couldn't pull the gliding off. Alessi plunged headfirst into—
Water…
It took several seconds for her brain to register that she was in water. And there was no fire, no flame, not even a tiny ember anywhere.
Water had won!
You see, Lucifer, I can't be selfish, and I am not a coward. I'm not like you. If I was like you, nothing holy would have helped me. I would have lost to you. But it is you who is defeated, Lucifer!
Alessi tithed her head back, splashing in the water, laughing for what seemed like hours with childish delight.
A long time later, she stopped. Something had been nagging her all the while unconsciously, and now that she had calmed down, she figured out what it is.
Wasn't she supposed to die when she completed her duty?
Alessi pondered for a moment, and then it dawned upon her that she would probably die when she turned back into a bird.
So the girl with white wings waited, floating in the water. She didn't really mind what happened now.
Soon, it was midnight. Time for her nightly transformation.
Alessi smiled as she shifted and shrank, and her clothes fell off from her body.
Then, she gasped. Well, squawked. Examining her creamy feathers tentatively with a brilliant orange beak, Alessi could hardly believe it.
She was not a sparrow.
She was a white swan.
And she wasn't in the Artic Ocean.
Alessi found herself standing in midst grass and flowers, near the tip of a cliff. And below, were miles, and miles of greenery, trees after trees, and bushes after bushes.
It was paradise.
Behind her, was a dark shape. Alessi felt her breathe catch in her throat. Dare she believe it?
It was James, or the black swan, a wing outstretched for her. He'd been waiting.
She hopped over. "Come on. Let's go and make our own haven."
And two birds glided across the horizon, both having for once, not a care in the world. They were completely and utterly mesmerized with each other.
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Author's Note:
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry
I'm sorry for the, well, too late update.
Ok, here's what happened:
Originally there were two chapters to follow after chapter 10. Then I wrote chapter 11, and I thought I posted it. Only I didn't, but I thought I did. So the next few days there were no reviews, and I was like, sigh, ok, it probably sucked so bad everyone hated it.
(actually, I still think this story's really bad, but anyways-)
The original chapter 11 had a sort of ending, it was the final ending of chapter 12, but I thought, ah well, I'll just end it there.
But then I didn't even post chapter 11, and it wasn't till a couple or so nights ago when SkyHighFan (earning probably my eternal gratitude) asked me when I'd update that I realized my mistake. So I put chapter 11 with chapter 12 together and posted them as one.
Thank you very very very very much, SkyHighFan! Love yah! Even though u'd probably hate me now…
I'm really really sorry!
Oh, and thank you, thank you, all reviewers, flames or not.
And special thanks to MinnieMouseLover, who helped edit the entire story! XD!