"Ai, go!!" Adriana yelled as she stopped someone from attacking me.
"But-!"
"No! You have to get out of here! Caleb and I will take care of them! You remember what I told you right!?"
"Yeah, but-"
"Ai! Get out of here!!" Caleb yelled.
"I'll save you, both of you! I promise!"
"Ai! Thank goodness, you're back! Wait...where are Caleb and Adriana?" Miranda said as I rejoined her.
I gave her a sad look. "They're gone."
"What!? NO! They can't-!"
"But it's okay!" I interrupted. "We'll get them back."
"What? How's that possible?"
"Well... Adri told me that when an angel dies, they're reincarnated on Earth. In fourteen years, we can get them back."
I am a ghost, or at least, that is my form when on Earth. The correct term for what I am would be an angel. Us angels live up in Heaven, a place above the clouds that people can not see. We were always peaceful, we never meant any harm to anyone. However, there is another race that did. This is a race of what humans would call demons. They are creatures made from the souls of the dead who were not able to make it to Heaven.
They live in Hell.
Hell tried to destroy Heaven, and a war broke out. Many were lost, but King Caleb and Queen Adriana protected all of Heaven, and ended the war. But, the price was their lives. I dread the fact that I was right there and I couldn't help them. Adri, my best friend from when we were still alive, died to save me and the rest of the angels.
That is why I must save them. Hell will rise again, and they will destroy us if we don't have Adri and Caleb with us. We need them. So, fourteen years now have passed since the war, and now it's time. Caleb and Adri will have been reincarnated on Earth after they died. Now, all I must do is find them, and get them to remember everything. Hopefully, I will get them before Hell does.
"Are you ready?" Miranda asked me. Miranda is my friend who I met after death. She died on the same day that I did. In Heaven, the day you died is sort of like your birthday on Earth. Miranda has shoulder length black hair and light purple eyes.
"I think so."
"You won't be gone long, right?"
"I hope not."
"Well, just remember that no matter what, I'll still be here when you get back." Miranda gave me a friendly smile.
"I know. Thanks." I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. "Through the clouds, between-"
"Ai!!" A familiar voice said.
Miranda smiled at me. "I'll leave you two alone."
"What...?" As Miranda walked away I turned away to see a familiar tall boy running towards me. He had short brown hair and bright green eyes. As soon as he reached me he wrapped his arms around me. "N-Nolan..."
"Thank goodness you haven't left yet," he said. "Ai, I know I'm just a friend to you, but...I love you, Ai. I know I do. I don't want an answer right now. Just, think about me while you're gone. Think about how you feel about me. I'll still be your friend, even if you reject me. I'll be waiting for you." I smiled and hugged him back.
"Goodbye, Nolan." I took a step back and gave him a smile. I again took a breath and started over my prayer. "Through the clouds, between Earth and Sky, grant me wings, so that I, have the power I need to fly, to go to Earth, and leave the sky!" Huge white feathered wings spread out wide from my back. I walked to the open window.
"Ai," Nolan said from behind me. I turned my head around.
"Hm?"
He gave me a kind smile. "Goodbye."
"Bye," I said. I jumped and let myself free-fall towards Earth. I landed somewhere in the ocean and was washed up on shore. As soon as I felt the sand underneath me and the cool salt water brushing against my skin, familiarity washed over me, and I suddenly realized how much I missed the real world. "Earth..."
