~Chapter 16~

   Caleb...
   Caleb, I remember everything...About you, about Ai, about us... Caleb!
   I looked up at the sky, covered by dark clouds, drenching me in rain. Where could he be at this moment? In Hell? Would they have taken him there? I wonder what he's thinking at this exact moment... Is he thinking about me?
   No. He doesn't love me anymore...why would he be thinking about me?

   Adri...
   I don't understand...after everything we've been through...Hell, we were even together in a past life! I mean...it's a little blurry...but I can see some random flashes of memories, of me and Adri, together, happy, beautiful. And even after all of that, how could she just leave me like that!? Damn it, that man, Kris, he told me, and I wouldn't believe him. I didn't want to believe him when he said that she didn't love me enough to stay with me. But he was right. He offered, and she declined, and he was right. Adriana doesn't love me. Not like I love her. Loved her. It's time to move on...
   Yet I still couldn't get my mind off of her... Her soul calls to me... I finally under stood why it was that Adri and I were so connected, when Kris helped me remember my past. It's because of our relationship in our previous life, as King and Queen of some small island named Heaven for its beauty. There was some sort of unbreakable string connecting us through life and death, causing us to be drawn toward each other. Which is why the second I saw her, I wanted nothing more than to simply be around her... She was so beautiful...with her cute dimples and her shiny brown hair... I still remember that first day I had transferred to our school like it was yesterday... How all through the day I couldn't keep my eyes off of her, but being too shy at the time to even speak a word... Even when she approached me the next day, I was so silent at the sight of her, my tongue was dry and I could barely manage a 'Hi'. But when I spoke, the smile that came across her face was something which could have blinded anyone. Because she too had felt the connection...
   Damn!!  Here I am again, thinking about Adri! I shouldn't waste my time, she doesn't even spare me a second thought.
   "Hey, come on man, cheer up!" I looked up at the man who claimed he was my friend, Kris. His face was completely familiar, as another blurry piece of my past.
   "I just..." I started. "I don't..." I was unable to form any complete sentence with my mouth.
   "It's not worth it," he said. "Girls are stupid."
   Daisy, a girl with long pink hair who I had begun wondering could even speak, finally raised her voice at this. "Excuse me?"
   Kris rolled his eyes then turned toward her with a sweet smile. "Except for you of course." I see, they must be a couple. Like me and-
   Nevermind.
   The smile was lost when his face turned back to me. "But seriously, she's not worth it."
   "Jeez," Daisy said. "Go easy on him, he's just been through a breakup!" Then she walked over and sat next to me. With a kind smile she said, "Don't worry, he usually isn't like this."
   Kris scowled. "Like what?"
   Then I turned my attention to the room we were in. It appeared to be a bedroom, with dark blue colors all around it, such as the paint on the walls and the bed covers. The furniture, which included a desk with a lamp on it, a dresser, and a bookshelf filled with old-looking books, was all painted black. Overall, it was a pretty dark room. And I had no idea where it was.
   "Where are we anyway?"
   Kris's answer was quick and rushed. "Don't worry about that now." Something about the way he averted his eyes made me suspicious. "All you should worry about right now is what we're going to do next."
   "Do next? About what?" I noticed Daisy had looked up at Kris with a look that seemed to be a mixture of worry, suspicion, and disappointment. I wonder what's going on there...? But I didn't ask. Kris's answer distracted me.
   "About the war."

~Chapter 15~

   "What do you mean Caleb's a demon?" Nolan had pulled on a shirt and came out to the living room with me and Liliana.
   Liliana looked at Nolan, his brown hair messed up and his eyes still a little hazy from sleeping. Then she looked at me, wearing a tiny white nightgown, my hair also messy. She raised her eyebrows at me and smiled out the corner of her mouth, void of all the panic she had just had. She turned her attention back to Nolan. "Wait, who are you?" She asked, still smirking.
   "He's..." I started. Nolan looked at me, curious of what I would say. I smiled. "My boyfriend."
   "Ooh," she smiled and winked at me. Jeez, she's thinking weird things... "Is he alive?" she asked, serious returning to her face.
   "No. He's like me." Liliana nodded. "So what-?"
   For the second time that night, someone banged on my door, screaming. "AI!!!"
   I opened the door and a crying, panicking Adriana stepped in. "Adriana! What are you doing here?"
   She...hugged me. Then she held me out at arm's length. "I remember! I remember everything!"
   "Really? How!?" Adriana spun around to face Liliana. She was immediately confused.
   "Liliana...?" She looked to me for help. "What...?"
   "Oh, Liliana is your protector. I believe she was given a small fraction of everyone's power, so she could protect you."
   "Oh... Interesting..." she said, though she didn't seem to really think that.
   "So how did you remember?"
   "I don't know... I was just sitting there, and my memories all just flooded into my mind. I think it had some correlation with-" Adriana stopped and fell silent, her tears acting up again.
   "With whatever happened to Caleb?" Nolan offered. At the sound of his name, Adri put her face in her hands.
   "Caleb! What happened to him? He wasn't himself..."
   Liliana put her arms around Adriana. "Adri... He's a demon."
   Adriana looked at her as if she were crazy. "What? How is that even possible?" She looked around, at Nolan, and then at me. I shook my head.
   "Kris," Nolan said through gritted teeth.
   "Who?" Liliana asked.
   "God damn it! That bastard!" Nolan suddenly yelled, causing me, Adri, and Liliana to jump. He sat down in a chair, trying to control his raging emotions.
   "Kris..." I said to Liliana. "He's the leader of the demons, and...he was Nolan's best friend in life."
   Nolan banged his fist on the table next to him. "I should have killed him!" I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around him, stroking his hair.
   "It's okay Nolan, calm down..." His breathing steadied as I held him.
   "Guys... What are we going to do?"
   "I just don't understand..." Adri sobbed. "How could he go with him? He killed us!!"
   "Maybe he doesn't remember that." All three of us looked up at Liliana, silent question marks on our faces. "Maybe he only brought back some of his memories, and twisted them to make Caleb evil."
   Nolan, still pissed off, said, "That does sound like something he'd do."
   Adri suddenly perked up, with a hopeful smile on her face. "Well that's great! That means all we have to do is make him remember everything!" All three of us were silent.
   "That might not be as easy as it sounds," I said.
   "Remember, Adri," Liliana said. "You're human. You can't just pray for it." She sighed. "And even if you could, he's already there."
   "Which means he has to make the change on his own," Nolan muttered.
   "No..." Adri's crying resumed. "Caleb..."
   "Hey," Liliana gave her a small smile. "It's okay. We'll find a way. You and me!"
   "And Ai and Nolan," Adri said, looking at me. I gave her a sorrowful look.
   "Actually, no..." I said. Nolan stood up and took my hand. "Heaven is in chaos without a leader. We have to go back."
   "No..." Adri whispered. I hugged her.
   "It's alright. Caleb loves you, they can't change that." I let go of her. I opened the door and Nolan and I stepped outside. "I know you can do it."
   Liliana smiled. "Hey, I'm going to see you again, right?"
   "Of course! We'll be waiting for you in Heaven."
   "Well, let's hope you don't see me there soon," Liliana laughed. I laughed too.
   "Yeah, live first. Then you can come."
   Behind me, Nolan had been muttering a prayer. Magnificent, white feathered wings branched out from my and Nolan's back.
   "Goodbye..." Adri whispered. And then we were gone.