This blog is for me that others may read. I spend at least an hour on each prompt then go back and edit it then post it. If I come back to it I come back to it but if I don't then oh well. I have so many stories in my head and get depressed if I don't write something so this is more therapy for me. Enjoy!
There was no greater fall than from heaven. You've heard of falling from grace but for angels a fall was more physical than a figure of speech. From a distance falling angels look like meteors; or falling stars that one makes wishes on. Adiel fell from heaven's embrace and came flaming down to earth like said meteor and the impact shook the earth. Adiel’s whole body was on fire with pain; millions of needles being driven into his skin. It came in waves throughout his being that shook him to the core. Adiel attempted to move, his muscles cried out in protest with each gesture. There was a very intense shooting pain coming from his back. He smelled something burning, someone cooking meat. Rolling onto his hands and knees he felt light, a heavy burden lifted from his shoulders. Adiel turned to see that his wings were gone.
The shock from the fall did not compare to the shock of the thought that Adiel would never again take flight; he would never be able to come home. Adiel crunched up, touching his temple as he closed his eyes. The emptiness made him release a sob. Poets wrote ballads about angel tears, but angels in heaven never shed tears. Yet Adiel felt a warm wetness on his cheek. He took his hand and touched his face to find that his eyes were leaking. After a while the waves of pain settled into a numbness. Adiel felt numb inside as well. It wasn't real. This wasn't happening. It couldn't be happening. He was a good soldier. What did he do to deserve such a punishment?
Adiel thought back to his error. It didn't seem like an error at the time. Adiel was an angel of death. It was his task to cross off the names that appeared in the book of fate that were meant to die. Adiel felt nothing for these humans. He could never understand why God loved them so much. So weak, selfish, greedy, no impulse control. Worse than animals. But there was one human that caught his interest. A girl. Aster, her name was. Twenty-six years old and a singer. Adiel would listen to her sing. He found that he was spending hours listening to her until it went from listening to her to watching her every day life. He watched Aster cook, clean, wait tables at a diner, read her romance novels and even watched her sleep. Her life was a mundane one where she ate, breathed, and slept music. She could have been an opera singer. Then one day Adiel spied a very important man in a sharp suit. A record producer. Adiel couldn't understand why but he manipulated events that made the producer break down in front of the club that Aster sang at.
The record producer fell in love with Aster's singing. Aster quickly went from waitress to pop star in just a few weeks. Adiel took joy in Aster's happiness. Her entire being lit up making her more beautiful. Adiel didn't understand his feelings. Angels weren't supposed to have these feelings. They were messengers, soldiers. Not meant to think. Then came the horrible yet inevitable day when Aster was to die. Adiel had to cross off Aster's name as it appeared in the book of fate. An admirer, a stalker, cornered Aster in her apartment. He had broken in. Violated Aster’s personal space as well as several restraining orders. He was wielding a knife. Aster said she was flattered. Adiel saw her tremble with fear. He was filled with hatred for this insect. Aster rejected him. The man said he would slice her open so no one else could have her.
Adiel’s job was to cross off Aster's name. Adiel was about to do so until he suddenly decided to cross off the stalker’s name instead. Aster's assailant dropped dead of a brain aneurysm. That's when Gabriel came. He saw what Adiel did. Adiel changed fate that was not meant to be changed. But wasn't there a rule where one can change their fate in special circumstances? Only by their will alone. Adiel interfered with the cosmic order. Next thing Adiel knew he was being shoved out of heaven by Archangel Gabriel and hurdling down to Earth.
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