They say that the End of Times will happen with fire and brimstone, a final showdown between the forces of Good and Evil. The world, they say, will be destroyed and turned into a battlefield for the Forces of Heaven and Hell, each side killing and slaughtering each other, until only one side remained.

…. That did happen, though most people think that what happened was a natural phenomenon, a fluke that happened every million years or so. They would never know that two hereditary enemies, a demon cast out of Heaven for associating with Lucifer and his brood and a Principality shunned for his pacifist ways and love for all things materials, would stop it with the help of three normal human kids, the Antichrist, a Hellhound, a descendant of a witch with powers of prophecy, a descendent of a witch finder general, a modern-day witch hunter and a psychic who isn't very good.

Needless to say, most people wouldn't believe that had happened.

But, as someone who lives with said Principality and demon, who has spoken with and hung out the Antichrist himself, I can say for a fact that that has happened. It has been attested that the End Times has indeed happened, and had been stopped.

Both Mr. Crowley (demon) and Mr. Aziraphale (Principality) knew that that attempt was the first of many, and it was only stopped by sheer luck by the two beings who probably didn't know what they were doing and admittedly shared only one braincell (and Aziraphale hade it most of the time). And both Head Offices didn't return or mess with them because of the fear that they could withstand the tools that normally would destroy them.

Except…. eventually, they got over their fears of the two beings that had stood watch over the Earth for over six-thousand years. They tried again, tried to raze humanity off the face of the world and for the first time, Heaven and Hell worked in tandem to get the war going. And….

They almost won.

Fortunately for the world, another angel, a simple Messenger angel, took up the sword and shield to protect humankind against the entirety of both Armies. Along with her human friends, humanity would have another fighting chance.

This is that story.

The story where the Principality and the demon were, for once, not the heroes of the tale, but their ward was.

This is the story of how I, a simple Messenger, stood up against the forces of Heaven and Hell and nearly died.