When I was told I was special by mom and dad when I was younger I never really believed them even when they try repetitively, now, at this very moment I still find that fact to be true.
I'm lying in an alley after getting stabbed with what seemed to be a dragon wing, crazy right, so I assumed i was just fucking losing it at the thought that my life was about to end and I was just trying to make my death seem more important. With each passing second my body grows colder and it gets harder to breathe.
I wish I had done more in my life, granted I was only 16 but I had numerous regrets even though it seemed like I had lived for 30 or even 40 years. I had the best academic scores for the country yet I still felt like I had so much more to learn, I wanted to learn to be more comfortable around people yet I never once talked to anyone outside my family except for teachers at my school. There's so much stuff I won't be able to experience all because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Why the fuck does death have to be so scary yet at the same time so eye opening, I never thought about this stuff until I was lying in a puddle of my own damn blood. Whatever the reason why I had to be the one to die in this alley today it must be quite important. Huh, wonder what my family is going to think when they find out.. Will my mom cry? Will my dad be furious? Will my sister be shocked? There's so many things I'd like to find out but I never believed there was anything once you die. I always thought, Poof, you die and then you're gone.
Well, it seems like my time has run out since I can no longer feel the oxygen entering my lungs. I'd like to believe that I've made peace with dying, in my next life, I'd like to make sure I don't have any regrets. Well, who am I kidding, this is all I'll ever think for the rest of eternity.
"Wake up kid" I heard as my vision began to darken, was it someone in the alley? Although it sounded like it was in my head. The voice seemed calm and soothing like he had talked to hundreds of people before. It was the type of voice you felt you could tell anything and you would trust it to keep it.
"Cmon kiddo, we didn't stay with you all this time just for you to die now" this time it was a different voice, this one was slightly raspy and had a sort of lust to it, this voice instead sounded like it could get you to tell you anything even if it was a life ending secret.
They were so similar yet so different.
"We can save you but you have to want to live, all you have to do is say yes and we will make sure you live to see the sun rise tomorrow" it was the first voice again. I understood what the voice said but he sounded insane, Save me? After I've lost this much blood with numerous holes fragmenting over my body, yeah right.
It doesn't matter though, i have nothing to lose by saying yes. So I might as well just give it a whirl. "y-ye-yes" My throat is so dry, but I managed to stutter the word.
"We will see it done, Leo" huh my name, it's been a little over a week since I last heard it, they must know who I am or at the very least, know someone who does.
What? Suddenly my body starts warming up like a warm heat is entering my body, it's so soothing, I have no choice but to submit to it and it begins to tire me, so I'll just take a nap.
I don't know how much time has past but it's been dark for at least 3 or 4 hours, then I begin to see a light, and eventually my eyes open. Huh, this wall, it's my room? Yes, I must've had a nightmare.
"Oh good, the kiddo has rose from the dead!" That raspy voice again but when I look around there's no one, but one thing does remain, the holes on my body that were in my nightmare, they had instead been replaced with outlines of scarred skin like I had a wound like had healed for 20 years.
"I wish we could've healed you to completion but I'm afraid even we cannot heal one of the Nepheli" this was the other voice yet no one was around. "I'm sure you have multiple questions, we would be honored to answer any you have"
Now that I've woken up completely I've realized that the voices weren't around me but in my head. It was right tho, I did have questions and I wanted them answered.
"Ok for one, who are you?" I said my words out loud since I had no way of knowing if they could hear my thoughts.
"My name is Indra, and I am rank 2 of the 5 Seraph ranking Archangels in the service of Heaven" angels? Sure, I'm assuming that the other guy is a demon from hell?
"And I'm Azazel, the 5th Demon prince of hell as well as the 4th sin of lust, you can just call me Azel" what. "And you Leo are one of the Nepheli, a race of human who can harness the souls of a Angel or devil, however you are one far superior, you can harness both Devil and Angel." Whatever "Indra" was saying made some amount of sense to me but I still believed I was losing my mind.
"So, I'm a Angel, Devil and a human? And you saved me because?" I tried Relentlessly to try and understand what was happening and whether I was moments away from landing myself in a mental asylum.
"We saved you because 16 years ago two humans gave birth to a baby boy, You. And the boy contained the potential of a Nepheli but was fated to die 9 days later due to heart failure, When I had seen the potential you possessed, I had to save you but in order to, I asked help from Azel because even then my Energy wasn't enough to save you, we knew that we would never be able to walk among the physical, or even touch the halls of heaven or the lands of Hell" So I was supposed to die not even a month after being born? Wow that is a kick in the nuts if I've ever heard one.
"Wait but, Angel and Devil, aren't y'all fated enemies in both the new and world of testament?"
"Once, but no longer, a few hundred million years ago we had established peace and began working in unison, then we both had a reason to form a alliance. A race called the Revenants attacked Heaven and a war broke out, my sister who was in line to becoming the next god was poisoned and fell into an eternal slumber, and yesterday a revenant tried to kill you because of the nephelis mark. Revenants in a sense, are far superior in strength compared to angels and devils" Everything that Indra had told me felt like something out of a fantasy story. Yet I believed every single word.
"Ok so now that I'm apparently one of these nepheli, what does that mean for me? For my family?" I obviously had worry for my family because anyone in my situation would wonder that and second I would wonder..
"Does that mean I can use both Angel and Devil type abilities?" To be honest, I was quite curious since the moment the Angel told me I was both Angel and Devil, and human obviously.
"Oh hell yeah kiddo you can all sorts of things now, Read people Hearts, seduce the hottest girl at your school, kill a murderer in the most painful way possible, the possibilities are near endless, of course, those are only my powers, little Ine-ine here is even more of a powerhouse"
Although I would never kill anyone regardless of who they are or what they did, the fact knowing I had such an ability calmed me for some reason, it was scary knowing that I thought that way.
"Azel! Don't do that, he just found out about what he is.. ugh, Leo, we understand if you want to think things through and come to terms on what you are and how much your life may change, so we will give you time to think, just let us know how long you need or how we can help" although there was no proof that they were both real, the very scars surrounding my body seemed more than enough to convince me.
"Alright, if it's okay with both of you, I would like at least 3 days to think this over without either of you making me believe I'm crazy" I wanted to be nice with my wording but I couldn't keep a straight head with the confusion and thoughts that were racing through my head.
"If that is what you want, We would be happy to give you the time you need, although do try not to take longer than a few weeks, if that Revenant discovers you are still among the living, they may try to finish the job, and we may not be able to save you this time" it made sense, if I really was apparently that much of a threat that I needed to be killed there is a very high possibility he would try it again.
"I won't take longer than 2 weeks, I swear it"
Although knowing that Indra was a Angel and Azel, a Devil. I automatically believed that I could truly trust them, they stayed beside me for 16 years knowing that there was the possibility of death at an early age and the possibility that I would fear both of them and they would be stuck in the body of someone who feared for their life each time they stepped outside. I could only decide that if I wanted my family and everyone else who deserved life I would have to trust them, I would decide that I would accept being a nepheli.
Writers note, Please read lol, I'm desperate :/
Hi, I know this was a very long 1 chapter of a book that probably was written in the most confusing way possible so I have to give an explanation.
My name is Cain (Id like to remain as an anonymous writer lol) and this is the first book I've ever written so obviously there are a ton of parts that make no sense and are rough around the edges so please bear with me
I wanted to write something because I've always loved reading novels and I wanted to try it out for myself
Of course I am very new so I have a lot to learn.
To anyone who may read this chapter or even Story I ask that you give honest feedback such as my writing is shit, my pacing is horrendous or I'm talking like a crazy person.
I really want to learn how I can make a story enjoyable for anyone wanting to read.
Now that I've taken up a ton of your time, I'll bid you farewell.
Hope you have a good day:)