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Summary: A poem of Angel's long and undead life, starting from the beginning to LA. R&R!!
Angel: The Story
By T. Axile
In Ireland, when night was a promise
Liam fell into the arms of a vampire
Who sired him with bite and a kiss
That burned like flaming fire.
And in the night Angelus was born
The devil with the angel's face
In dark he hunted and slept in the morn
In shadow he crept to his father's place.
He killed them; killed them all
And the slaughter was fit for demons' dreams
Obeying the darkness' call
He drank; unheeding, of the screams.
For two centuries Europe was his playground
They called him he scourge, the devil
Where he walked, both city and town
The streets ran red with blood and evil.
Then, bound by the gypsy's curse
He was returned his soul
Sweet agony, the pain was far worse
Than the one that left him cold.
For he can see their eyes
Empty hollow pleading begging
And through time his mind flies
He weeps and cries at each new killing.
Thus armored with guilt Angel goes to Sunnydale
And falls in love with Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In silence and regret he tells her his tale
And joins her in the eternal battle between good and evil.
But their love is ill-fated
For Angelus returns in his full darkness
In the night he hunts, hunger never sated
And plots to bring about the world's last hours.
And to save the world Buffy knows
She must send her beloved to Hell
Tightly to her tears she holds
As she seeks the demon fell.
Thus even as his eyes fill with his soul
She drives the sword into his chest
Sending him screaming into the Hell both hot and cold
And prays for his eternal rest.
But the Powers That Be intervene
To return him to the arms of Buffy
As time passes, they know; have seen
That their love can never be.
So Angel goes to Los Angeles, City of Angels
And forms a new family
To fight vampires and devils
To fulfill the prophecy.
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Author's Ending Note: In case you have no idea, this prophecy is the one mentioned in 'Shanshu in L.A.'. The one that says Angel will someday become human. Thanks for reading this, and please review. Ta!
T. Axile signing off.
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