Chapter 3

Misunderstood

Airiana was felt shivers up her spine as her teacher blabbed on about angels.

A common subject in supernatural history.

Airiana didn't believe one word. Well, she believed in angels, just, her teacher was getting it all wrong. Mixing up the names, personalities and connections. She had moved onto the archangels.

"Now, Micheal was the strongest archangel. He was god's assistant. His most loyal soldier. But there was more. Gabriel, a nice, quiet angel, rumour has it, he's never spoken a word to anyone but God himself. And then, there was Lucifer. A horrible traitor of the clouds. He was cast out, bringing his hatred for humans down with him, into the fiery pits of hell forever. If he is ever released, he will end this world." Miss Mcritchie said mystically.

Airiana just knew. She was wrong, Airiana knew the truth.

She rolled her eyes.

"Do you have a problem with my statement, Miss Airiana." Her teacher challenged.

"It's just, wrong." Airiana admitted.

"Oh, and I suppose you know the truth, then do you?" She asked.

"Yes."

"Well, I'm sure the class would love to hear it."

"The whole truth?"

Miss Mcritchie nodded.

"Well, there is three original archangels that God created. His three sons, Micheal, Gabriel and Lucifer. Micheal was loyal, never disobeyed, never cast out. Gabriel was not quiet. Gabriel's the trickster. He wasn't cast out, he fell, on purpose. He ripped out his grace, like cutting your kidney out with a butterknife. He wanted to live among humans, plus, they were so much more fun to trick. Lucifer, was misunderstood. He was cast out because he loved God too much. God asked his son's to bow down to humans, to love the human's more than God. But Lucifer refused. So God locked him in his own cage in the fires of hell for possibly eternity. But Lucifer was risen, and there's a show, Supernatural, with an accurate scene." Airiana went over to the projected laptop screen. She typed in 'Youtube'.

In the youtube search box she typed 'Supernatural-Hammer of the gods'.

She clicked play and allowed everyone to watch.

Gabriel appeared behind Lucifer, "Luci, I'm home." He sung.

Lucifer went at him, but Gabriel held up a dealy weapon, an archangel blade, "Not this time." He said.

It played through the scene, Airiana looking up as Gabriel explains were his alliegence lies, "I'm loyal to them."

"Who, these so called gods?" Lucifer asks.

"To people, Lucifer, people."

"So your willing to die for a pile of cockroaches, why?"

"Because dad was right...they are better than us."

"They are broken, flawed, abortions!"

"Damn right, their flawed. But a lot of 'em try, to do better. To forgive."

Airiana looked sad as she predidcted what was coming.

The class watched through the whole scene of Lucifer plunging the archangel blade into his brother's heart, and he actually cried. Cried. The devil, Satan, King of hell, as some call him.

But he had a heart of his own.

"So you see, Lucifer had to kill his own brother. His younger brother, and he could never bring him back. He regretted it, of coarse, but Lucifer saw it as necessary. Lucifer was locked up in his cage again, denied the legendary battle between Micheal and himself. If Lucifer is raised, he will bring on the apocalypse." Airiana shrugged.

She was done.

"And you would you know this?" Miss Mcritchie asked.

"I just know."

"You just...know?"

Airiana nodded.

"Right." Miss Mcritchie said, unconvinced.

At recess, Andy managed to find Airiana.

"Hi there." Airiana said as he plopped down at the cafeteria next to her.

"You are not an easy person to find." He sighed, placing his tray in front of him, consisting of a bottle of water and a bowl of salad.

"Oh come one, that is not real food. Are you vegetarian?" Airiana asked, chuckling.

"No. Look, I even lashed out and got a bottle of water." Andy smiles.

Everyone else at the table looked confused.

"Oh, everyone, this is Andy. That's Rashel, Quinn, Poppy, James, Keller, Galen, Hannah, Thierry, Jez, Morgead, Jeremy and Sam." Airiana was almost out of breath by the time she finished.

"Nice to meet you, I'm gay." Andy said, shaking everyone's hands.

Airiana smiled and shook her head.

Blood initiative was a practical class today. They were going orienteering in the forest on campus. Airiana was teamed up with Riley, Ashley was teamed up with Triston.

They had to find 4 pegs to win. Bloodlust, Control, Stealth, and Hunting.

Airiana was twisting the map around, trying to decipher which was the right way up.

"You know, I thought your archangel story was very interesting." Riley quotes as he dodged a tree in his path. "But is it true?"

"Uh, I guess so." Airiana replied, finally getting the map in the right position.

"Where'd you hear it?"

"I don't know, it just came to me."

"By the way, I noticed your twin brother had purple eyes, but yours are gold...?"

"I was touched by a shadow, I don't know, it changed me. Permanently."

"Are you ok. Do you mind?" Riley asked.

"Yeah. I feel different. Like everythings out of place. I don't feel at home. But I...don't know."

"Sorry for asking all these difficult questions, I'm just trying to figure you out."

"It doesn't bother me."

Airiana was watching her feet as she walked through the forest.

"So, Triston, is he your boyfriend?" Riley asked.

"Yeah, what about you, you gotta soulmate."

He swung his head to look at her, "I did."

"Who is she?" Airiana asked.

"Her name was Wynter Stevenson." He said, looking toward the tree's.

Airiana stopped. She slowly looked at Riley.

"Your not Riley Vadehalen?" She hoped against hope he wasn't.

"Yeah, that's me." He said. "What's wrong?"

"Riley...It's me." she said, almost crying.

Riley looked confused.

"It's me." Airiana whispered.

Riley's eyes widened and he straightened up as he truly recognised her.