Scribe
by Woman of Letters
Chapter 2: Stumble
SPN100 Challenge. WOW: Train. The genesis of Angels, as told by the Scribe. General Spoilers for Seasons 8, 9 and 10. A multi-chapter drabble story.
Chapter 2: In which first questions are asked.
After the beginning, the question,
Sour, murky, quicksand,
festering in the brain.
Brought by the deceiver,
Lucifer.
Young, brash, insolent,
Telling the other Angels
How Heaven-dwelling sons
had been set aside
for strangers newly arrived.
Glaring fiercely, challenging Michael to deny it.
"Why them, these… trained monkeys?"
he sneered.
"Why does he need them at all?"
Michael argued fiercely, but stopped
at his brother's terse "We are more perfect. We do not fail."
I frowned, hurried to Father,
framed my question carefully.
"Father," I said, "Why were you not happy with us?"
"Metatron," He answered, "Who says I was not?"