Author's note - please do not be confused when reading this, this is my version of fallen and will be different from the books. It is based off both the movie and the books and I envision all actors from the movie as the same characters in this story.
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Francesca greeted Luce in front of the large glass double doors with a warm and welcoming smile. She placed a hand on Luce's shoulder and guided her into the building, through a large white reception area and up 2 flights of stairs leading into a long corridor.

"Daniel told me you were a friend of his, does that make you..." Luce began.

"An angel? Yes Daniel and I have known each other for millennia. He called me yesterday and filled me in, asked if I could help you." her voice was so soothing, like dripping honey.
"Of course I said yes. You probably don't remember me Luce, but you and I have met many times in the past."

They took a left turn at the end of the hallway.
Luce examined her face again, soft shoulder length blonde hair, bright blue eyes and full pink lips. she seemed to be mid- thirties maybe? But Luce felt no recognition for this woman.

She shook her head,"I'm sorry, I wish I could remember you." Luce averted her gaze, looking instead at the door numbers to her right. 237, 239, 241.

"I know these last few days have been hard for you, but Daniel did the right thing in bringing you here, you'll be safe, protected. And we can help you uncover some of your memories."

Francesca stopped outside room number 248, and handed her a silver key.

"Thank you."
Luce took the key tentatively. She felt bad, Francesca was being so nice to her, but Luce was just too tired to say much more.

"Breakfast is served from 8 in the mess hall on the ground floor, and class starts at 9. I'll send someone to help you with directions. Good night Luce, sleep well."

"Thank you, again. Good night Francesca." Luce turned the key and opened the heavy door. The room was dark apart from a beam of moon light coming from the half open shutters. Luce noticed two double beds on opposite sides of the room, and as her eyes adjusted she could make out a bulge under the covers. Assuming that was her sleeping roommate, Luce tip-toed over to the other bed, slipped her duffel bag off her shoulder, kicking off her shoes, pulled back the fresh cotton duvet and promptly flopped onto the bed.

Luce woke to the sound of someone angrily opening and shutting drawers, she rolled onto her back and cracked her eyes open a fraction. A girl, about Luce's age with long blonde hair tied in a messy bun atop her head was rooting through a dresser and huffing in frustration.
As if she could sense Luce staring, the girl whipped around and they're eyes locked. She was wearing a baggy sweatshirt and yoga pants, her face red and sweaty as if she had just had a workout.

"um... Hi" Luce mumbled, still groggy.
The blonde continued to stare, then spoke up in an unnecessarily rude tone. "Frankie didn't tell me I was getting a roommate; I'm sure you can understand my surprise when she told me you were the Lucinda Price."

Luce pushed her covers off and sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing her eyes.
"Hang on, what do you mean by The Lucinda Price? How do you know me?"

Her roommate laughed, "Every nephilim at this school knows who you are, your famous here." she started bitterly, then paused for a moment and took in Luce's dumbfounded expression, and her own softened slightly. "My name's Shelby, by the way"

Luce nodded slowly and muttered "nice to meet you". She stretched and noticed the clock hanging from the wall in front of her, it read 7:35, and breakfast was at 8. Luce then realised she had fallen asleep in her clothes last night.

"You better hurry up and get ready before all the good tables are taken." Shelby said.

20 minutes later Luce stood in front of a full length mirror in the bathroom. She had just enough time to take a shower, brush her hair and apply a small amount of makeup. She had pulled on a pair of blue skinny jeans, and a white sweater that hung off her left shoulder.
She took a deep breath and stepped out of the bathroom, slipped on a pair of black heeled ankle boots and met Shelby in the hallway.

Two flights of stairs and a few corridors later they entered the mess hall. It was a large open room with smooth wooden flooring and crystal chandeliers hung high overhead. A set of large doors opened out onto a huge balcony full of elegant seating arrangements, there was a row of tables covered in fruit, cereal and fresh orange juice.
They were a few minutes early but the place was still packed. Shelby led them both over to a table outside. A set of stairs behind her leading down onto the grass. If Luce looked to her right she could see the ocean. It was beautiful, certainly an upgrade from the dingy cafeteria at sword and cross.

After taking her seat Luce looked up and noticed that the majority of students in the mess hall were gazing at her in awe and whispering. Feeling extremely uncomfortable she averted her attention to the fancy looking menu and decided on pancakes with syrup.
A waiter came over to take they're orders and poured each of the girls a glass of orange juice.

"Sorry for being rude earlier, I'm an only child so i'm not used to sharing. Can we start over?" Shelby asked holding out a hand to Luce, "I'm Shelby."

Luce smiled and shook her hand. "It's fine, I understand. So what exactly happens at this school? Is everyone here an angel?"

Shelby cleared her throat and shook her head. "No, Only Francesca and Steven are, they're our teachers. There's about 20 nephilim students; who are descended from angels. we have all our classes separate from the rest of the school."

Luce took a sip of her juice, suddenly feeling very out of place. "What kind of stuff do you learn about?"

"Mostly about the history of angel's, sometimes we-" Shelby stopped and stared at something behind her. Luce noticed that everyone outside seemed to stop and do the same. She slowly turned her head round and saw him. He was ascending the steps slowly, eyes boring into hers.

"Uh, I- I'm just gonna go over there." Shelby stuttered. Luce heard the scrape of her chair being pushed back, and in a flash Shelby was gone.

Luce's eyes followed Daniel as he reached the top of the stairs and sat in the chair opposite her where Shelby had been.
"Hey," She gave him a shy smile which Daniel returned.

"Hey, how you holding up?" He asked while taking her hand in his. Luce gripped his fingers in her own, letting him know that she was glad that he was there.

"I'm fine, it's just a lot to take in at the moment. I'm sure I'll adjust."
Daniel nodded in understanding, rubbing soothing patterns on the back of her hand using his thumb.
Daniel opened his mouth to speak again when a waiter came over with her pancakes and a jug of freshly brewed coffee. Luce held her mug out in anticipation of her favourite beverage.

She took a sip and closed her eyes in delight, She could her Daniel chuckling gently.
"You always did love your coffee,"

It was 8:52 and Daniel was walking Luce across the grounds towards her classroom, a large white building in the distance which was separate from the main school building.

Luce knew she only had a few more moments with Daniel, she didn't want him to go. She has so many questions and she doesn't know how long it will be before she sees him again, or if he will even give her the answers that she so desperately needed. like what it was exactly that he was protecting her from? Was it Cam? Or something worse? She had to at least try.

"Daniel what am I doing here? Who is after me?" Luce asked.

He furrowed his brow in concentration, contemplating his answer.
"This school will shield you, It's the safest place for you right now." He took a deep breath, "Word has gotten out about the curse being broken, and many beings aren't happy about it, they want you eliminated." He stopped them both just outside her classroom and took both her hands in his, his expression turning serious.
"But I swear to you Lucinda, I will kill every last one of them before they get within a mile of you."

Luce studied his face, his jaw stiff and his eyes shining violet. She slowly reached up with her hand and placed it on his cheek, running her thumb underneath his eyes in an attempt to relieve the tension.
Daniel cupped his hand over hers and placed the other on her waist, pulling her closer. He bowed his head and placed a feather light kiss to her temple, spreading warmth throughout her entire body.

Luce didn't want him to leave and she could feel herself about to crumble. So wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled into the crook of his neck and gently whispered, "please don't leave me."

Daniel sighed and ran a hand through her long hair, "I'm sorry Luce, but I have to go."

She pulled away slightly and nodded. "I love you." She said.

And then he was kissing her, slow and sweet and she didn't want it to end.

Too soon Daniel was pulling away.

"I'll see you soon Lucinda," Daniel eyes roamed her face one last time before he tore them away and began walking back to the parking lot, He forced himself not look back or he feared he wouldn't be able to leave her.

Luce gathered her thoughts and steadied her breathing and with a final glance at Daniel's retreating figure, she entered her classroom.