Chapter 15: A Tainted Angel

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Quote of the Week: "Tainted Angel, Fallen.

A knife cuts into her heart, tearing it apart.

her wings are clipped she can no longer fly,

stained with crimson as she falls through the clouds

from the heavens, to the ground.

God has forsaken her,

and Satan hasn't any use of this fool.

God looks down on what was once his child and sighs,

Her only mistake was falling in love with the enemy,

falling in the trap that Death had set.

Satan laughs as he watchs God cast her out,

he smiles as more fall from the sky and God cries.

Satan's plans come together on this gloomy day.

Rain falls on this fateful day, Gods tears,

and the cries of remaining Angels heard across the tainted land.

Their beautiful sister cast from their watchful eyes,

tossed from the sky to stay until the end of time,

She'll be known as the Tainted Angel, The Fallen."

-Fallen Angel Poem by mariana by .com

Thought conversations

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The next morning I awoke with a dark feeling in my gut that made me uneasy.

What is it my mate? Sebastian sent m when he picked up my feeling.

I don't know, but I don't like it. With that said I quickly rose from the bed to dress in a white sleeveless flowing dress that had a sweetheart neckline with silver ribbons that tied behind my neck and a bodice that clung to my sides and two bunches of silver silk roses that rested on each hip where stylish layers of white, pink, and silver fell in a pool to my feet. As for my hair I wove silver silk roses into my hair so that they wouldn't fall out easily but would come out with some gentle tugging. Then as a finishing touch after slipping on my silver slippers, I spritzed some moon flower water on me. Once done I skipped down the stairs of the manor where we were staying to the dining room.

"Good morning Ariel," Ciel greeted me while he ate his meal.

"Good morning big brother," I chirped happily with a large smile so that I wouldn't seem unhappy to Ciel. He looked surprised at my choice of words.

"It's been a while since you called me that," he smiled warmly at me. I couldn't help but smile back before stuffing my face with food. Although because of my upbringing, I elegantly stuffed my face. I could hear Sebastian laugh in my head at my thoughts.

"Sebatian!" Mei exclaimed as she burst into th room from a door that led outside.

"What is it?" he asked. "You're making a fuss."

"We can't find Angela," Finni answered who had entered the room behind Mei.

"Oh, she said that there was some medical herbs growing by the fen," Bard told them. "So she was going to go pick them."

"She went to the fen by herself?" Finni asked in disbelief.

"When they really might be a demon hound lurking about?" Mei pointed out. Well, I thought to myself. Yes, there is a demon hound lurking about but Angela will be fine on her own. Pluto wouldn't hurt her. While I assured myself with that, a metal picture of what had happened between the two last night made my face ignite with a blush.

"Oh hell!" Bard cursed.

"Why would she be picking herbs at a time like this?" Finni wondered.

"Oh, well, it looked like she was worried about how pale you were," Bard said.

"She did it for me?" Right after he voiced this he ran off through the door.

I'll follow after them to make sure they are alright, I sent to Sebastian. I could feel Sebatian's discomfort at me leaving, but he didn't voice it.

"C'mon Bard, Mei, let's make sure that Finni is alright," I voiced to the two servants. They both nodded before the three of us taking off out the door after Bard's little banter with Sebastian about his blood. I couldn't help but giggle when my brother asked what color Sebastian's blood was, but I quickly turned my thoughts towards calling out to Sister Angela through our heavenly bond while the others called for her. No answer was given to any of us as we called out. I sighed in exasperation until Mei let out a scream at something she saw.

"What is it?!" Bard asked as we rushed to Mei's side with me tensing up in preperation for anything. What met our eyes was the sight of many limbs sticking up from the ground. My eyes widened at this. What is going on here? I blocked out the others when I caught sight of Lord Barrymore's arm sticking out of a pile of dirt with his siver ring on one of his fingers. Pluto did all this? A howl was heard close by that made the others to hide behind a rock, forcing me to follow them. Pluto then appeared through the fog to sniff Lord Henry's arm then move it to a different spot on the dirt pile. What is he doing? Just as that thought had crossed my mind, Finni had shouted while jumping out from behind the boulder. Pluto's eyes instantly snapped over to our direction which met my own.

"Plu-," I managed to get out before there was a rumbling of the ground. What? I cast a quick glance to where I thought the rumbling was coming from to see a dust cloud. When I went to look back to where Pluto was, he was gone. It turned out that the dust cloud had been the villagers running. They were going on about erasing the wrath of the demon hound when Finni ran off from the group.

"Finni!" I called after him with the others rught on my tail. "Wait!"

After out little chase, we came upon a crumbled down building where we could hear Pluto's howling.

"Th-This voice," Finni whimpered right as I caught sight of Pluto in his dog form with fire blazing in his mouth. At the sight of the danger to the humans behind me, I shifted myself so that I was in front of them.

"Hey, is that," Bard began as the fog cleared enough so that they could see Pluto too.

"Pluto!" I yelled up to him. "I need you to call down!" He ignored me with a roar as he charged at us. Fine, I thought as my transformation took over me. I guess that leaves me no choice. With a tensing of my wings I was airborn in my angelic clothing blasting air at the large dog since I didn't want to hirt him. "Pluto! Stop this!" He let out another roar while turning his attention to me and raising a paw to swat at me. I grit my teeth at the sight but braced myself none the less. Right when his paw should have hit me, I saw that Sebastian had taken him on in my place.

You can relax Ariel. I will take it from here. I gave a nod before I flew back over to where the servants waited.

"L-L-Lady Ariel," Mei gasped when I tucked my wings into my back but didn't let my transformation go.

"Yes, Mei. It is me," I assured her softly as I saw my brother arrive out of the corner of my eye.

"Are those real?" Finni marveled at my downy wings.

"Yes. You can touch them if you like," I offered just as my brother yelled something to Sebastian. Four sets of hands reached out to stroke my soft feathers as sounds of amazement left thier lips.

"Who would have thought angels to be real," Bard commented breathily. While everyone but Ciel marveled at my wings, Ciel and I watched Sebastian tame Pluto. At least that was what I though he was doing.

"This is even more of a show than I imagined," Ciel muttered to himself.

"Show?" I echoed back at him, Sebastian's behavior now making sense. Sebatian's "show" then ended with the both of them hurtling underneath the ground. In my mind the first reaction was to freak out, but instinctively I knew that they were fine.

"What are you dwadling for?" Ciel demanded into the hole. "Get back here this instant."

"Very good, my lord," Sebastian replied as the ground shook right before a spray of very hot water rained over us. With a flick of my wrist I kept the water from touching us.

"Where is Sebastain?" Mei wondered while looking around. Without even having to look I pointed to the top of the spout of the large water tower. He then jumped down from the top to land in front of us. Pluto licked Sebastian's face, much to his displeasure, before he jumped out of Sebastian's arms and ran to me. I held my arms out to him which resulted in me falling on my butt by the force of his tackle.

"Are you better now Pluto?" I asked him softly, knowing that he wasn't himself earlier.

"Much," he suplied while placing his head in my lap.

"Pluto!" Angela exclaimed as she ran towards the two of us. A small growl built up in Pluto's chest at Angela's presence which surprised me until I felt the tainted energy rolling off of Angela that set me on edge. She looked taken aback when Pluto didn't take off into her arms, but she shrugged it off and sat by me on the ground to stroke Pluto's hair. Angela then began to explain Pluto to everyone while he continued to growl at Angela.

"What's wrong Pluto?" I whispered.

"You are my master, not her," he complained. "Plus, she has plans for you."

"Plans for me?" Pluto's hand clutched my skirt in warning before he quickly released it which meant that I was to stop talking.

"I can tell you once we get out of this town." I nodded my head slightly instead of talking as I pulled my transformation back so that I was in the outfit that I had dressed in this morning. It seemed like the perfect time too because that is when the villagers came running up to our group crying about some legend about the hot spring.

A week had passed, during which Sebastian had built a building for the hot springs, which found our whole party enjoying the springs. Ciel had one to himself, the male servants had one to themselves, Mei had one to herself, and I had one to myself. However, Pluto had tried to come into mine only to be barred out by Sebastian. After the scene I had showed him between Pluto and Angela, he has become wary of the demon hound. Though, the barring out of my hot springs didn't apply to Sebastain himself apparently for he was now placing a tray of tea and cookies on top of the water for me.

Are you sure that you don't want me to join you Ariel, Sebastian asked for the fifth time today.

Yes, I'm sure, I protested with a blush as I sank further down under the water. If you are barring men out of my hot springs, then why not send Mei in here?

I am your mate. I am different. I rolled my eyes at his answer while I picked up the tea cup, being mindful to keep my body under the water. I stayed in the hot springs for a few more minutes before I got out, after I had the hard taks of shooing Sebastian out, and dressed in a long white dress that had a v neckline bordered with pretty silver designs and sleeves that went down to the middle of my forearm that had the same silver border. At my hips was a v of the silver design where the skirt flared out down to my silver slippered feet. When everyone else was done, we all venture out to the carriages that waited to take us back home.

"Don't forget me Pluto," Angela told Pluto as she fastened a black collar around his neck before giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Pluto, if you're going into town, put some clothes on!" Bard complained as Pluto raced to my side. I smiled at the demon hound as I pet his hair.

"One day I'll be sure to come visit Pluto," Angela promised the demon hound laying on my lap in the carriage.

"I wish I could refuse," Sebastian told her in my place when he sensed my unease. I know I shouldn't feel like that around a fellow angel, but something about her seemed off. With that exchange everyone else boarded their carriages and we began our travel back home.

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