Chapter One
Dear Maria,
I am in great need of your assistance. I have found her, Luce, and I told her about me being a fallen angel, and she's still alive. But, Cam, and many other demons are after her. I ask for your help because you and Michael are the only ones I can turn to. I know I chose Lucifer's side but I beg of you to put that behind us and help me. That's all I ask.
yours always,
Daniel
P.S Don't let Sophia back in heaven if you want your neck in good condition.
Maria just kept reading the letter, over and over. She couldn't believe it. It was meant to be impossible, and yet, Daniel had managed it. Maria felt obligated to help, but she also wanted to help. Daniel was her friend before the fall. They were quite fond of each other and they liked to talk about art and literature ect. but they hadn't spoken since the fall.
Maria had to act fast because in the many times she read Daniel's letter she missed out one vital piece of information.
Cam.
Maria then quickly ran to Michael's chamber, which was right next too her chamber. She found him reading a letter and it looked like Daniel's handwriting. Michael looked at Maria and nodded. He wanted to help Daniel.
"How do we get down to earth?" Maria asked because Michael had gotten down to earth before to visit Daniel.
"We'll have to go to The Powers That Be and ask them to send us down," Michael responded, hoping Maria wouldn't object. She had a habit of questioning The Powers That Be, which was not good for her reputation because the man in charge almost relied on The Powers That Be.
"Ok," Maria agreed. Michaels mind took a second to recover from the shock. "Should we go now, or do you wanna' keep looking like a rabbit caught in a headlight?" Maria asked, giving Michael her adventure smile. She had that smile plastered on her face the day they explored paradise.
"Let's go," Michael said, standing up and neatly folding the letter and stuffing it into his pocket.
Maria and Michael walked out of his chamber and along to Chapel of Luke, where The Powers That Be where housed. When they got there, they didn't waste any time looking at the art or tapestry, they just went straight to the doorway.
A thought then occurred to Michael. They needed a gift to give to The Powers That Be.
"We need an offering," Michael whispered in Maria's ear.
"Well, I'll give them my watch," Maria replied and Michael was, once again, shocked.
"How did you get a watch?" Michael asked in a shocked whisper because they were almost at the door.
"Roland sent it to me," Maria whispered and Michael rolled his eyes. It was typical. Roland always sent stuff up to heaven, but he never sent Michael the cool stuff.
Maria and Michael then came to a big marble door with lots of designs on and some writing. One particular sentence was more visible than the rest.
Offerings are necessary for The Powers That Be.
"Well, lets hope they can tell time," Maria joked and Michael laughed, as he did to all her funny sarcastic comments. "Michy boy?"
"What?" Michael asked.
"How the bloody hell doo we get in?"
"What have I told you about swearing?" Michael said, smiling at her angry face. "We have to call upon then."
"Like, an incantation?" Maria asked because she was quite good at those.
"No, it's a summoning spell," Michael said, holding out his hand for Maria's watch. "I know what to do."
Maria reluctantly handed her watch over. She had become quite fond of the watch. It also went really well with her robes.
Michael took her watch and walked over to the marble door, motioning for Maria to stay back. He pressed he watch against the door and started chanting.
'Powers That Be, please grant me, Michael, and my friend, Maria, access to your chambers so we may ask you a favour. Take my offering, a watch.'
Maria's watch them sunk into the door and Michael motioned Maria towards him. He held her hand and ran through the marble door with Maria screaming, "You've lost it, Michael! You really 'ave!". Maria stopped screaming as soon as she saw that they were in a chamber. The chamber was empty, apart from the girl sitting under the marble arch at the back of the room.
"Hello, Michael, Maria," the girl said and looked at Maria and Michael, who were still holding hands.
The girl stood up and faced them. The girl had long, wavy, blonde hair, a slim figure and haunting crystal blue eyes. The girl smiled at them warmly.
"I am Faith, one of The Five," Faith said, looking at Maria with a puzzled expression.
"The Five? I've never heard of them," Maria stated.
"We do not like our existence known," Faith told her, still gazing her puzzling.
"Who are the other four people of The Five?" Maria asked curiously.
"I cannot say, but I can see that you will meet them," Faith said. "Now, why are you here?"
"We need to be sent to earth," Michael told her, deciding that they'd wasted enough time.
"Why?" Faith asked Michael, but she was still looking at Maria.
"We need to help Daniel and defeat Cam," Michael replied and Faith's body tensed.
"You may go down to earth, but for a different purpose than you intended," Faith told them, not taking her eyes off of Maria. "You will send Cam down to Hell."
"Why?" Maria asked for clarification, she wasn't objecting because Cam wasn't a good guy. He deserved a worse punishment than…
"Cam is making an army, which is not goo. If you send him to Hell then Satan can deal with him," Maria and Michael both flinched when Faith said Satan.
"His name is not Satan, its Lucifer," Maria said firmly.
Faith took a deep breath. She realized who Maria was, and that scared her.
Faith closed her eyes and put up her right arm with her hand facing up. A small necklace appeared in Faith's hand, but then it appeared around Maria's neck.
"The necklace will keep you on your path. Go down and find Destiny, another one of The Five and she will give you the spell you need," Faith told them reluctantly. She didn't like giving the names of The Five, but she had to.
"Ok," Maria said, tracing her fingers over the necklace Faith had given her. The necklace had a silver chain with a pendant made of Ruby. "Where are The Powers That Be?"
"They are everywhere, but I am their messenger. They don't have a solid form so I talk for them," Faith told her.
"But how do you hear them if they have no physical form?" Maria asked.
"They whisper to me," Faith said. She was realizing how inquisitive Maria was, and she found it wonderful. No other angel asked as many questions as she did. She was like a human in so many ways, but her intellect was far grater.
Maria looked at Michael, who was looking worriedly at Faith. Faith then started chanting.
'Powers That Be, I call upon thee!
Send these angels from heaven to earth!
Keep them safe, and out of harms way!
Powers, make them be gone!'
And with that final line, Maria and Michael were thrown down to earth where all they heard was "Bother!".