Chapter 39 - Birdbrain

As I drifted off to sleep, the field of wildflowers and the stream came into view easily. "Ah you're back to visit." I heard from behind me. As I turned, my unnamed Grandmother had finally made her appearance as usual with her shawl drawn up around her head and her cotton gown cascading loosely around her. "Thank you for waking me up." I said looking down at the ground and feeling my cheeks become blushed. "Oh Mia. You did scare me for a moment." she said, walking towards me and embracing me in a loose hug. "Why was it so important for me to wake up?" I asked her. "I didn't want you missing the beauty of this place!" she replied excitedly, linking her arm through mine. We began walking through the field until we came upon the little stream and walked along it. I scrunched my face together wanting to ask her questions but didn't want to come as rude to her. "What is it?" she asked me. I paused for a moment taking in the surroundings of the field before I stopped and turned towards her throwing my arms out to my side. "Is Lucifer right?" I asked, slumping my shoulders down. "About what Mia?" she asked calmly. "About the fail safes and Michael being a "first creation" and being bonded to me?" I groaned out. She nodded 'yes' at me so I began to ask more questions, "If that's the case then why? And why does it have to be me?". Her brow furrowed and she was quiet for a moment before finally saying, "Mia, it is more complicated than what I can explain to you.". "Can you at least give me a prophecy then?" I queried. "They don't work like that. You must still the beast." she replied solemnly. I squinted my eyes and grimaced at her, "I thought Lucifer was the beast?" I said annoyance becoming evident in my voice. "Mia you are at the very beginning of this journey. There are things that I cannot see but there are many meanings behind the prophecies you have been given already." she replied coolly. "Can you not just tell me what's going to happen?" I volleyed back immediately. She took another pause before speaking, "Mia they do not work that way. You will need to learn to accept Michael and finish the bond. You can only reach your full potential by doing so.". I sat down next to the stream as she decided to join me. She pulled a pebble from the stream and began to roll it between her palms. I rolled my eyes, growing more annoyed by the minute when she interrupted our silence. "Mia, you are here to keep the balance. You are a one of a kind being that even we do not know what all your gifts will be. Some of them are obvious since you were given the most common attributes, but there are other things that you will be able to do that we do not know what they will be. Now that you've been to heaven, you could always visit on your own accord." she said a hint of scorn in her last sentence. "You were the yellow string weren't you?" I asked her flatly. She ignored me as she continued rolling the pebble. "Have sweet dreams Mia. I will see you soon." she said as the field and her bled around me revealing darkness. I sat up slowly and stretched my arms up above my head before flopping down on the bed and staring up at the ceiling. "Ugh! What does she even mean?!" I exclaimed, flailing my arms up towards the ceiling. I rubbed my eyes trying to wake up when an audible "Achhem" startled me. I sat up quickly bringing my marks forward when I caught sight of the brown chestnut hair draping down over those golden eyes. "Are you kidding me right now?" I said as I fell back onto the bed. I lifted my head up catching my newest courter's eyes asking, "How long have you been there?" before flopping my head back down. "Lucifer had me come in here after you were asleep. He said I was to guard you." he said in a monotonous voice. "I don't need babysat and why are you listening to Lucifer? Shouldn't you be listening to me?" I asked him matter-of-factly. "Me and Lucifer will be sharing you as a partner. We cannot do that without mutual respect." he replied. I flipped on my stomach staring at him suspiciously, taking in every detail of him. His light marks dotted his pale skin like freckles even more so on his cheeks. His whole demeanor was taut. It was as if he made one wrong move he'd turn to dust. I leaned my face towards him before I decided to speak again trying to intimidate him and nothing. "Thought I was dirty?" I asked resting my chin on both my fists and kicking my feet. He then looked up at me, shame etched on him and I continued, "I'm dirty, but you're in my bedroom? Makes no sense." I said, rolling my eyes and pointing between him and the door. He stuck his hands in his pockets and began to kind of sway. The dots on his skin seemed to start to move slowly across his skin before he replied to me, "I'm sorry. I did not know what was happening but when I struck you and you passed out, I kissed you and was angry that I stepped out of line. I took it out on you and I should not have.". I could feel my skin starting to boil and got up off the bed putting my finger in the air at him scolding him, "So not only did you knock me out, but you kissed me NONCONSENSUALLY?!". He put his hands up and started backing up into the bookshelf, "I didn't know what it was. I put a bag over your head to keep me from doing it again!" he hurriedly replied back to me. "THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT OK!" I screamed at him. He slipped around me quickly to the other side of the room, "This is new for me! I don't understand any of this and I'm still saying sorry!". I turned as he slipped around me, his hands still up as he meant no harm and decided to take a seat at the desk. I took a deep breath, "You're going to spend time with B and Mika'il before you spend time with me. They can teach you the rights and wrongs of things in the human world.". He began to protest and his face lit up with disgust, "Mika'il is fine but spending time with a dirty demon is far below me.". I let my face fall and replied flatly to him, "I am half 'dirty demon', B is one of my best friends, and you're kind of in Hell. Get over it.". Before he could counter me, I got up and stuck my head out into the hallway. Seeing no one, I made my way down to the void in my oversized shirt. Looking through the large hole in the wall, I saw Lilith and B just lounging about. "B!" I called where he turned and looked at me replying "Yea?". "Grab Mika'il and come teach this bird brain some manners." I yelled motioning my thumb towards my door. "Ok! We'll grab him soon." B said and I went back to the bedroom. Making my way towards the bathroom, he was still in the corner. "Go to the void. You'll find B and Mika'il there." I articulated. Without a word he turned and left, wearing annoyance all over his face. I missed Lucifer and it hadn't even been 24 hours yet.