Little Stories (Discontinued)

Volume 4

The Wise Words Of An Angel -

The Encounter

"Hey!" I heard a voice before I turned and saw my friend Annabelle running up to me. "Hello Anna." I said quietly as I turned my body towards her. "Hey, do you remember yesterday when you said you had a dream that my parents would buy me a switch?" I sighed and shook my head. "I never said that, I said I had a dream of you playing on a switch, I never said you'd get it." She shook her hands at me. "Yeah yeah, but my parents bought me a switch this morning! I think you're psychic"

I shook my head at my simple minded friend. "It was a dream, don't try to use that psychic shit on me." I said with a small hint of disgust. "What was your dream about last night?" She asked as she leaned close to me. "If you think it's a vision of the future, I'm not telling you." I said as I crossed my arms. "C'mon! Do I need to ruffle your feathers? Like a genie thing?" She said right before her hands brush her fingers through my wings. "Will you stop it?" I asked before I grabbed her hands and pulled them away from me.

"Can you please tell me?" She said as she pouted her lips, tilting her head downwards as if she was trying to recreate puppy dog eyes. "Fine, but don't call it a vision." I said as I released her hands and she backed up a bit, giving me some space. "So, we were sitting in church, and everything was normal. But then, a fire broke out and killed Father Luke, and Sister June." I rubbed the side of my head trying to remember what else happened. "While we were standing outside, watching the church swallowed with flames, a man stepped out of the burning church with what seemed to be horns, bat wings, and a tail." I finished my thought, and looked at her for a reaction.

Her jaw was dropped and her eyes were wide. "You saw Satan himself?!" She shouted, forcing me to cover her mouth with my palm. "Don't shout, you'll worry people." She removed my hand and continued to freak out. "But you saw Satan! Or at most a demon! And he burned down our church. I'm totally skipping today." She said as crossed her arms. "You're not skipping church just because of a dream. It will be fine, I promise." I said, holding out my pinky. "You promise?" She asked as she looked at my pinky then at me. "When have I ever lied to you?" I asked with a smile. She smiled back and wrapped her pinky around mine.

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"You told me nothing bad would happen!" Anna's voice screamed in my ears as I watched the church go up in flames. I sighed and knelt down near Anna, who injured her knee. Really badly.. "I-I'm sorry.. I don't know what happened.." I said as I took off my jacket and wrapped it around her leg to stop the bleeding. It all happened to fast, I couldn't think quick enough. I'm still trying to process what happened.

"Im so sorry Anna.." I said as I pulled her close to me and held her tightly. "Let's just get out of here before Satan shows up." She said as she pressed her hands on the ground, trying to pick herself up. I got up and helped her up and she had her arm around me as we tried to walk away. "Aww.." I heard what can only be described as a sadistic voice call out. I glanced at the church and saw the same individual from my dream. "You think I'm high ranked enough to be called Satan? How precious, maybe I'll spare your pet, angel." He said as he smirked at me. His voice sounded distorted, as if it was being layered with another voice.

I gulped at the thought of the demon hurting my friend. Mom.. Dad.. Michael.. Gabriel.. I'm so sorry but.. I have to keep my friend safe. I sighed heavily before I grabbed her and leaned her against a tree. "What are you doing?! Just use your wings and fly us out of here!" She shouted at me, I could see the fear in her eyes. "I wouldn't get far, and he'd find us regardless." I said to her before I faced the demon and began to walk in his direction with my head down.

"Willow, I know what you're thinking of, but don't do it. Please." I heard her plead and protest. "I have to, if it keeps you safe, I'll do anything." I said before I was finally standing across from the demon. I brushed my hand through my wings and pulled out loose feathers. "You demons like angel feathers right? Because it clears you of sins and it's good for creating things like potions? I'll give you as many as you need, you can pick every last feather from my wings, but only if leave my friend, and town, alone from here on out."

I spoke, trying to sound brave when in reality I was terrified. I've never been face to face with a demon before, he doesn't even look too much like one. He has Almond skin tone, mute green eyes that pop, flushed out blonde that turns to a mute green near the tips. He smirked at me before he began to approach me, it made my whole person shake in fear.

"Such a bold move, you're practically selling your body to a demon, right in front of your highly religious town just to keep them safe." His overlapping voice sent chills down my spine, I don't know why. "But fortunately for you, I am highly into angels." What does he mean?! Is he gonna try to take me instead of the feathers?? He grabbed a clump of my hair strands and looked at me with his green eyes. "I want your body." He said as his eyes glanced downwards at my chest. "But I'll spare the rest of this lowlife town." He said as he glanced around at the town's people, and I heard a number of gasps and yelps.

He backed up a but and held out his hand to me as it caught on fire, with green flames, matching his eyes. "Deal?" I looked around at the town people then at Anna who was heavily shaking her head and mouthing 'No!' I looked back at him and sighed. "If I give you my body, you won't hurt anyone in this town, from here on out?" I spoke loudly enough for the group of people behind me to hear. I don't want them to think I'm a whore.. He nodded and moved his fingers around slightly.

As I brought my hand closer to his, I saw how much jewelry he had on one hand, about seven gold rings and two watches. I felt the flames seep into my skin as I grabbed his hand and gently shook it.

"Good Angel. I'll fetch you once you're done packing."

And with that, he disappeared into a cloud of smoke. I immediately dropped to my knees once he disappeared and began to cry heavily.