"This year's 'Heavenly Light Festival' has been moved from May 31st to the 20th of this month, with rumours flying around that the next Light Spirit will finally be announced to all realms. According to our sources, both of the celestial goddesses will also be attending the festival's opening night; Mangle Stitch, the 'Goddess of Heaven' and Elizabeth Widow, Hell's Reaper Princess and newest 'Goddess of Hell'. These two young goddesses will be accompanying the newest divine spirit, along with the next Lights family heir, Seraphina Lights and her betrothed husband-to-be, Damien Doom, the Young Black Councillor of the Flare Wing. News also states that few of the Hell royal family and all the Young Black Councillors will also be attending and... class 1A from Rieannie's Ego University? The list of those attending is growing fast as all plan to be in the front-row seats of the Light Spirit's announcement so to all you angelic celestials, come to Lykros City Square on January 20th to see the new Light Spirit"
Lykros, Peace Region, Heaven
Sunday, January 13th 2002
10:07am
(Gamer's Pov)
I closed the news broadcasting app on my phone before turning it off and shoving it back into my pocket, then sighing... that's been playing on everything all day, at this point it was really bugging me. "It's just a fucking festival- nothing worth getting this fucking excited about" I stated out loud with a groan "Exactly what I thought at my first festival" a voice laughed a little as I froze up for a second before quickly turning around to see a ghostly bright body reflecting a darkened yet beautiful sunrise, a small fullmoon setted in place of her heart and a pair of glowing sky-blue eyes staring back at me. "...Aurea?" I hesitantly questioned with a confused face as the ghost-like woman nodded her head with a bright glimmering smile "The one and only" she answered "Wha- why are you talking to me? right now?" I questioned- it's supposed to take a while before any of the other past spirits talk to me, but it's only been a week since I talked to Elettra. "Well, of all the past Light Spirits... I was the one who really dreaded the Light festivals" Aurea stated "And it looked like you really needed another celestial to cheer you up" she said as I looked at the ground "....they're all gonna hate me-" "They can't hate you anymore than me" Aurea stated. I lifted my head with a raised brow "What are you talking about?" "Sweetie- I used to be so much worse whilst growing up as the Light Spirit, add your dangerous curiosity to Mangle's old overly childish thrill-seeking behaviour and you get me" Aurea told me as I kind of snorted a bit from holding back slight laughter. "Really?" I questioned, smile successfully showing as Aurea continued "Yep- why do you think Candace started using the word 'mooncalf' around the temple?" at that, I couldn't help the bit of laughter that escaped my lips "My god" I laughed "Seriously?" "Yeah... I wasn't exactly Candace's 'favourite'" Aurea laughed "But hey, I still got my fun out of it, especially in the ~love~ department-" "Ew, gross" I cringed as Aurea just laughed. "I don't need the image of you and Michael in my head-" "Yet I see plenty of you and Death" Aurea smirked as my face turned red "Oh come on, it's nothing we've never seen before-" "That's it- you guys really need to start respecting privacy" I stated yet it just made her laugh even more "Sorry sweetie-star, when it comes to being the Light Spirit, privacy's the last thing you get" she told me.
I groaned "Right- how do I make you go away?" "Pfft! excuse me?" Aurea laughed as I rolled my eyes before starting to walk over to the door "Wait! okay, I'm being serious now" she said as I sighed, turning on my heel back towards her "What do you want?" I questioned, folding my arms "Two things" she stated as I raised a brow. "Okay?" "One, be very careful of Simone, she-" "Is obsessed with making me her own- yeah, I already know that" I said, interrupting Aurea yet she shook her head "No- Simone tried killing Michael yet I stood in the way and got killed instead" she told me as I stood there, both shocked and dumbfounded with intense worry and fear rocketing up my throat "W-what?". "She overheard my prophecy about you and tried forcing nature to her own will, but Michael interfered... I used myself to protect him... you were born the very next day" Aurea stated as my eyes widened "B-but it takes at least a decade for another spirit to-" "You were an immediate prophecy, sweetie-star" she stated "Right after telling Michael the prophecy, I listed everything that'll happen, especially where to find you before the divine-crazed bitch could- really, this is something that Michael should be telling you" she told me. "But be careful, the Wallers have always had their eyes set on the Light Spirit" Aurea told me as I slowly nodded my head "Alright, Simone and Waller family equals bad... what's the second thing?" I asked "...I'd like you to pass a message to Michael" she said.
(No One's Pov)
The teenagers; Skyler, Seraphina, Anti, Leo, Dark, Mangle, Akire, Angel and Death walked out into the front yard as the EU school mini-bus parked in the driveway and out came the rest of the class.
Amethyst, Chase, Nilima, Asherah, Wilford, Noah, Alex, Bonnie, Isra and Broody. And all of them rushed over to the other teens.
"When one of the angel teachers took Mangle to Heaven the next day after you guys left, we were thinking the worst" Amethyst said as she gave Seraphina a big hug "Then we heard about what happened to Gamer and-" "He's okay" Death cut off Amethyst whilst assuring the rest of the arrived classmates "He's upstairs at the moment" "That's a relief" Isra breathed, holding her heart. "So why exactly is our class invited to this festival thing?" Nilima questioned, folding her arms as her eyes narrowed at the teens who've been in Heaven the past few weeks "Uh-" "Maybe we should all go inside first" Angel cut off Death as the other questioned teens nodded their heads in agreement before showing their classmates into the house.
Michael heard a knock on the door of the room the Lights family have kindly been letting him stay in, the archangel turned his head towards the door "Come in" he called and a couple seconds later, the door slowly opened to show Gamer, head somewhat to the ground "Gamer? is everything okay?" Michael questioned as the fallen stepped into the room and closed the door behind himself. "...Simone killed Aurea" Gamer quietly said as the archangel froze up "Where did you-" "Aurea told me" the fallen answered "She said you got in Simone's way and whilst tempting to kill you, Aurea stepped in and got killed instead" he continued as Michael's head fell. Gamer lifted his head, looking over at the archangel "It's true, isn't it?" he questioned as Michael silently nodded his head "...why was Simone trying to kill you to begin with?" Gamer hesitantly asked. Michael sighed, motioning the fallen to sit down on the bed beside him, and after both of them sat down, Michael finally spoke "I was good friends with two angels that were a couple, Simone was in love with the man and hated the woman" he started as Gamer listened, brows frowned and already concerned about where the story was going. "The couple found out they were pregnant and asked me if I'd like to be the godfather and the woman's sister to be the godmother.... a week before the child was due, Simone forced a corruption rune onto the woman in attempts to get her kicked out of Heaven" Michael continued "However, the woman was given special permission from God to remain in Heaven yet was restricted to only two regions, Simone was even more angry when she heard the news". Michael closed his eyes "Simone then heard of your prophecy then I found out her plans of taking you and killing that woman, I confronted her with Aurea yet... you know what happened after that" Michael stated before taking a much needed breath "I had her in my arms, and... Simone caught me off-guard with this" the archangel then pulled down part of his shirt collar to show a small rune-like mark burned into the flesh of his shoulder.
Gamer has seen the scarred mark whilst growing up under the archangel's care yet never dared to question how he got said mark.
"It's an Ubiem-urdar rune" Michael told the fallen "Forcing the wearer to obey whatever orders the brander gives them... only the king or queen of a celestial realm can remove it, but..." the archangel's voice went quiet as Gamer's face drew with sorry and hurt "You were ashamed and embarrassed to ask for help.... that you let this happen to you" the fallen stated as Michael nodded his head, confirming the boy's words.
"After you turned five, I worked up the courage to at least try talking to God about it yet Simone found out my plans and ordered me to never remove the rune" Michael told him as the fallen's face filled with more sadness "But now with Simone's arrest and trail, the royals have been made aware of the rune and plan to fully remove it by the end of this year" the archangel stated "So no need to worry about that now" he stated, pulling back up his shirt collar. "Anyway.... is there anything else you need or...?" Michael turned his head back to the fallen "W-well, Aurea asked me to give you a message... but I wrote it down instead" Gamer stated as he pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket "Thought it'd be better if you read it than listening to me say it instead" the fallen said, giving the archangel the paper. Michael hesitantly and slowly unfolded the paper.
My dear Michael,
I've heard your prayers and read your letters.
I forgive you.
None of this was your fault and I understand why you believe it to be so, but I assure you my love, you've done everything right so far. Continue loving our new Light as though your brother and guide him well, teach him what he needs to know, love him for who he is and support his decisions. Starlight may be young, but his heart and hope is exactly what all realms need.
I love you with all my heart and infinity more.
Your love and Morning Moon,
Aurea Sunne
P.S- beat that fucking Waller's ass into the stone and tell that bitch I still fucking hate her.
Michael laughed a bit as tears threatened his eyes "Same old Morning Moon" he laughed as Gamer gave him a hug "She really does love you" the fallen quietly stated as the archangel laughed a little more "Yeah... god, I miss her" Michael admitted as Gamer pulled away "And she really misses you" he told the archangel before a knock came from the bedroom door.
"I got it" Gamer said, giving Michael a little smile before getting up and walking over to the door, the fallen opened it to see Seraphina "Hey- the others arrived, they're downstairs at the moment... Angel and Death are explaining everything to them" she told the fallen "Alright-" "I've also got a couple things to run by you about the festival next week" she stated "Right, um..." Gamer looked back at Michael who was already waving him to go with the lysdon angel. Gamer stepped out of the room, closing the door behind himself as Michael's eyes fell back onto the paper, rereading the note.
"Right, so you already know about the basics of the opening night ceremony" Seraphina stated as her and Gamer walked down the corridor "Yeah" he confirmed "Everything but the revealing" "So you'll arrive with the royals, Angel and Mangle, the mother and head priestess of the Light Temple and a few archangels and basically stay with them the whole time, but the official 'Light Spirit revealing' actually takes place right before the 'Light Summoning' dance" she stated. Gamer raised a brow as Seraphina continued "You know how for that dance, all the lysdon and creation angels form all these rings with no one in the center?" "Yeah" "That's where you'll be" she stated and immediately, the fallen's brows drew as he bit back his nerves. "You have about a minute or two dancing with your 'fated partner' before everyone does the 'Light Summoning' dance around you" Seraphina explained "Woah- wait, fated partner?" Gamer questioned "Yeah- Candace said that you can do it with a chosen priestess from the Light Temple-" "Priestess?" he cut her off "I have to spend most of this night with some random priestess? one from the Light Temple?" the fallen questioned. Him and Seraphina stopped halfway down the hallway, the lysdon turned her head to Gamer "This one doesn't hate your guts whatsoever- she's actually one of the few that loves you with all their heart and she'll be on her best behaviour all night" Seraphina assured the fallen "Still... I'm not sure-" "Unless you're willing to ask someone else to be your partner in the most important moment of this dance-" "Right, okay" Gamer agreed to the idea. "I'll dance with the chosen priestess" he said, already feeling sick in his stomach at the thought.
Death stood still on the staircase, out of sight yet still in ear-shot of the conversation.
He heard it.
All of it.
The ripper forced himself to walk back downstairs, keeping himself quiet and forcing his real emotions.
Sad... and hurt.
Mostly hurt.
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