Stars will fade…


She opened her eyes, her vision blurred by tears and an agonising pain. She sat up in a pool of her own blood, the wind gently blowing her red hair in front of her crimson eyes.

And there, in the middle of a dead battlefield, with a bruised body and broken wings, she knew what was going to happen and what she had to keep from happening.

The first angel of God, the oldest and wisest angel of fire Samael, had reset the world once again. But the future cannot be changed, and this world won't give her an ending. Doomed to watch her family perish, cursed to see the morning star burn out, she disappeared. She removed herself from the picture and erased her very existence from this universe.

"Her memory now forever lost and never to be heard of again, things go on without her ; like she never existed at all."

A majestic angel sat on a bed of grass, one his younger brother sat before him.

"Right, don't you think we'd know it if an angel had erased itself from existence ? Like God would allow that."

"God allowed a lot of things to happen." The older angel smiled at his younger sibling. "Why do you look so embarrassed, Lucifer ?"

"I'm not embarrassed !" He looked away. "But I don't believe you."

"Care to elaborate ?"

Lucifer turned his purple eyes back on his older brother.

"An alternate universe where magic doesn't exist ? Demons actually being good guys ? I don't buy it. Besides, if Samael really did exist and if we were even half as close as the story says we were, I wouldn't have forgotten her." His gaze sharpened and he eyed his brother calculatedly. "And if she was as great and amazing as the story says she was, no one would have forgotten her."

The older angel looked thoughtful, but never lost his kind expression.

"You're right. But maybe you're just angry that, if she was real of course, she left you alone."

Lucifer lowered his head, unsure of his feelings. Samael wasn't real, she was just a character in an old book. The first angel was never a Seraph, and there never was an angel with twelve wings. Yet…

"How can I miss someone that never existed ? And even if she did exist, how can I miss someone I never met ?" Lucifer asked.

"How can an angel erase itself from existence ?" He smiled softly. "Don't worry brother, a star this bright never burns out."

"What ?"

Michael, because it was him, stood up and stretched his majestic wings. Lucifer jumped on his feet, determined to get an answer.

"What was that ?! 'A star this bright never burns out', why did you say that ? What does that means ?"

"That, Lucifer," he turned towards his little brother, his red irises glowing for a split-second, "is a story for another time."


...but I'll keep shining


And that's it guys ! It's finally and officially over ! 15 chapters, 11 381 words and 105 days of writing ! It was an amazing experience and a great challenge for me since English isn't my first language, and I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I have !

I wanted to give a HUGE thanks to those who left reviews and faved or followed the story, and to everyone who read it and stayed until the end. It's a small fandom and I'm glad I contributed to its survival ^^ !

The Devil is a Part-Timer is the property of Satoshi Wagahara and the lyrics I used at the begining of each chapter are the property of Alex Beckham.

This is where this story ends, so take care guys, and see ya !