Chapter I: The Angel Is Back
FD: NO! My account has been down because they took one of my stories off. Don't know why, but they did. Oh well. This is the first chapter of the story where Alara comes back. If you enjoy, send a review. Until then.
"A message? For me? To come back?" Alara asked. "What's the catch?"
"None. Except, of course, that you're true love doesn't see you," Gabriel spoke.
"My true love? Fine, like I have any. Since I died, everyone's moved on," Alara said.
"Don't be so sure. There may be someone out there who still loves you, or are starting to. Name someone who once liked you," Gabriel said. Alara thought hard. There was Tala, they were once best friends, but he didn't love her. In fact, the last time they saw each other, they had a fight, and Tala said he would never like her again. He didn't even go to her funeral.
"No one," Alara spoke.
"Are you sure? How about we make a little bet," Gabriel said.
"Fine," Alara spoke. "If there is no one down there that loves me, you have to take care of my garden for a month."
"And if you end up dragging your feathers up here, then you have to deliver all messages for a month," Gabriel said.
"Hmm… deal," Alara spoke. They both were going to get in trouble for making a bet, but because Gabriel and her were such goodie-too-shoes, it would be the first time.
"Oh, there's something you need to know. You're going to be alive, but as a human-goddess," Gabriel said. "You'll look and live and act human, but you won't be. You'll have all your powers, and be able to transform to be a goddess."
"Cool," Alara said.
"Here," Gabriel said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small silver device. She caught it flawlessly. It was a mirror-communicator.
"Is it necessary?" Alara asked.
"Yes. The reason why is because you might get into trouble down there and this will help you contact us to bail you out," Gabriel said.
"Trouble? Like what, Gabe?" Alara asked. Gabe was a nickname she gave him just to annoy him.
"Like telling someone you're an angel, or maybe someone gets in trouble, that kind of trouble," Gabriel spoke, annoyed by the fact she called him Gabe again.
"Don't worry, nothing will happen. I'll be fine," Alara said. Then her mind drifted to her home, her brother, her mother. "What about my family? How can I explain to them I'm alive?"
"Best you don't. Try finding shelter somewhere else. If your family sees you like this, they will not believe you. Tell you what, I'll ask the big guy what to do. Maybe he'll create a secretive place just for you," Gabe said, crossing his legs under him and floating in the air. Alara remembered that she once watched over a guy named Mystel who seemed to be like them, though not like levitating and floating in the air, but somehow, it seemed like he had the ability to fly. Alara liked him. He had a real nice personality. She wondered if she would see him down there.
Tala was walking down the street, heading toward the park. His mind was lost in a cloud of memories. Didn't he get over her years ago? He thought he did. But he guessed he didn't. But how could he? She was such a big part of his life. In fact, when he was in Biovolt, she was the very light to keep him going. Nothing else mattered but her. But now she was gone? How?
He never found out how she died, but he wanted to know. By now, he was already in the park, walking in the shadows of the trees. He needed to figure out a way to get over her. And fast.
"Gabriel, I'm going to kill you!" Alara screamed behind the gold gates. Her eyes glared at Gabriel, smiling and waving in a satisfied attitude.
"You can't kill me. I'm already dead!" he laughed. For a really old angel, he looked really young, especially when he laughed. Light dirty blonde hair, gorgeous blue eyes, he looked Alara's age, though he wasn't. He also acted like her age. A lot of the female angels thought he was adorable, but not Alara. In fact, she thought he was annoying.
"Why didn't you tell me that you had the ability to visit me!" she yelled.
"I thought about it, then thought it would be pointless!" Gabriel laughed.
"Oh, so now you think your job is a waste of time!" Alara groaned. Gabriel smiled and she smiled back. Though they acted like they hated each other, truth be told, they were good friends. Plus, surprise, Gabriel had a little crush on her. There was something about her that impressed him a lot.
"Well, good luck, Alara!" he said. Alara waved goodbye to him and then walked from the gates. It was peaceful. Heaven. You know when people say it's all but clouds and gates and frilly angels flying around? Well, they're not even a quarter right. Heaven is Eden. Peaceful, lovely, and harmoneous. Whatever world you would believe would be chaos-free, beautiful, and relaxing, that's what heaven is.
But to add some FYI, Alara wasn't paying attention as she walked from the gates, because there is a hallow center in the clouds where spirits fall to the Earth either to be excepted into Hell, or to live again, and once an angel falls through, they cannot fly to the ground. Well, needless to say, Alara fell through this hole and tumbled to the ground.
I've become so numb since her death, will I ever feel again? Tala thought. His sleepless nights were now filled with nightmares of how she died. Now, since they left Biovolt, the boys have been living on their own. Tala lived in a cozy little apartment just down the way. The boys had meetings in the park where they trained and battled each other, hoping to take Boris down and get their revenge. But then, of course, they had plentiful obstacles in their way.
A distant scream filled the air. Tala thought that some kids down the walkway near the junglegym were playing and screaming. He remembered when he was kid, his innocence was taken away. He could never enjoy the things that normal kids could. And she, though able to, refused to, for his sake. That was a real friend.
The screaming got louder, and sounded like it was coming from above. Tala looked up and saw something falling down right toward him. It was a person. He ran forward and instinctively caught the person as they fell just a few inches from the ground.
Tala looked at the person. It was a girl. She looked sixteen, her hair was black and long, her face lightly tanned. Her figure was perfect, but she was unconscious, as it seemed. Why was she falling? And how? Tala laid her on the ground and knealed over her, waiting for her to wake up. Something about this girl was familiar in some way. The long black hair, the gentle face, the perfectly formed lips. Tala touched her face, but as soon as he did, voices aroused from behind the trees. His instincts took over and he darted out of there in a heartbeat.
Alara woke up to the sound of a light, heavenly ringing and something at her waist was vibrating. She grabbed the mirror-communicator that hung at her waisy and flipped it open to find Gabriel's face smiling at her.
"Smooth move, babe," he said.
"Just shut it! I fell, so what? It's not like no one else has done it, too," Alara scolded.
"Not that, Als. You fell right on top of him," Gabriel said, shaking his hand impatiently.
"Who?" Alara asked.
"Who else, dollface? Your true love," Gabriel said with a satisfied smile.
"Nuh-uh," she spoke. Gabriel smiled malevolently at her, and then his smile went to a pure, innocent, schoolboy smile. That face, she thought. Why do I always fall for it? That dirty blonde hair always fell right in place with everything he did, including getting on her nerves.
"Yep. In fact, he broke your fall," Gabriel said.
"Who was he, Gabe?" she asked. Now she was losing the bet.
"Your old friend, Tala Ivanov," Gabriel said with a pleased smile.
"Shut it!" Alara warned. "He got over me long ago!"
"Hmm. It appears I've pushed a button. No matter, I'm telling the truth. Tala, your old friend, has never gotten over you. As a matter of fact, deep down, he's obsessed with you," Gabriel said.
"Uh-huh. And you know this how?" Alara asked.
"I'm the class favorite, you know that. The big guy tells me everything," Gabriel boasted.
"Keep it up, Gabe, and I have a mind to tell him all," Alara spoke. He gasped, and then frowned. Then the line disconnected and Alara was left alone in the trees, shrouded by the shadows they sent down on her. She looked up and smiled. Though she was wrong about how there was no one that was her true love, she was happy now knowing that Tala still had feelings for her. Was this the beginning of their new relationship?
FD: That's all I got for now. If you enjoyed, please review. Thanks.
