The Prophecy

Rebuked

"You're a what?" I looked at him with a grave expression. "What's wrong with you?"

"Hey. Not everyone gets a choice. I was born a demon. You can't exactly change that. I tried."

"You may not have a choice to what you are, but you can always decide for yourself who you want to be."

"You don't know a thing about me. Being bad is literally in my blood." He grabbed the rope binding my hands together and pulled me towards him. "You were born a pure. You have a choice to be whatever you want. I never got that choice. Only the highest authority can change that. I tried."

"Kylan, look, I know there's no way for me to understand exactly what you're going through, but I can help you figure it out. You don't have to do this. You always have a choice about who you are. There's always a way."

"Why are you so innocent! It's so annoying, yet abnormally alluring." His blue eyes began to turn red as he stared into my pupils.

"Please. Let go of me." For the first time since my expedition began, I felt fear. I didn't like the devilish look in his eye. It was glinted with death.

"Not happening sweetheart." His voice had dropped almost two octaves.

"What's going on?" I tried to move away, but his grip was too strong. I closed my eyes tightly and I felt something. It was something instead of him. He wasn't full demon. Kylan had traces of human inside of him. That was one thing I was sure of. Suddenly, it was clear. He was going full demon. "Kylan! You aren't completely demon. I can feel remnants of human DNA inside of you. I can help you if you just let me."

"What can you do? You aren't a full angel. You're a human. Humans have no power over demons."

"That's it. I wanted to be nice about this, but you give me no choice." I spoke softly, yet boldly at the same time. My large wings sprouted from my back. I began to speak with confidence as my body rose into the air. "Demon, I rebuke you from this human. I know not what he will become with you banished, but I do know that he will be able to live in peace. Now. Leave his body!"

With these words, I dark red shadow rose from Kylan as he began to levitate. The red color left his eyes, returning them to their blue color that I had always recognized. Large wings began to grow from his back. One was black and the other white, showing that he had a choice.

I heard rushed footsteps coming down the stairs in the far corner. It was a girl. She was rather pretty with platinum hair that nearly reached her knees. Her black dress matches her wings. The girl had glowing silver eyes. "Kylan! What did you do to him?"

"I only gave him a choice to decide how he wanted to live his life." I told her, landing on the ground. I have no idea what's happening from his perspective, but I hope he chooses the lighter path. Kylan was shrouded in a glowing white mist.

Well done, Athena. Thanks dad, but could I do that with Malik? I doubt it. He made his choice. If you did rebuke the demon part of his soul, he may very well make the same choice. Couldn't Kylan decide to be a demon again too? Yes, but it's improbable. He was only a demon because his father was one. You did well to see the humane part of him. I'm a proud father today.

Kylan slowly fell to the stone floor. The wing that had been black started changing. He'd chosen to be pure. A smile formed involuntarily. The black-haired angel collapsed as soon as he was fully on the ground.

"Kylan!" The girl ran up to him and hugged his body.

"Ebony. When you are given a choice, pick the lighter one. It's much more beautiful." Kylan looked to me, smiling. "I don't know what you did or how you did it, but thank you."

"Any time, although, I'm not I did much. You made your choice." I nodded at him.

"Without you, I wouldn't have a choice at all. I never thought that I would ever have any chance to be a pure. You taught me something. Never give up hope. There will always be a way, if you are willing. You may need help, but nothing is impossible." He stood up. "I had given up hope of being good, but now, I know that anyone can become better."

"I hate you!" The girl called Ebony shouted at me. "You changed him! He's not the same Kylan that I fell in love with!"

"Eb, I have changed, but not that much. The only thing that's changed is what I am and a new sense of hope. I've changed for the better. I'm still the same Kylan that loves you, and I want you to feel this hope. Please, become pure with me." He gently grabbed her small hand.

Angrily, she yanked it away from him. "Stop. You are not that same! You were a demon and now. Now you're an angel. The difference is huge. I want my demonic boyfriend back." Tears began to form in the corners of her eyes.

"I'll never be a demon again. I'm sorry, but I enjoy the brighter path that I have turned to. I have repented, and there is no turning back."

The small female turned to me. "I should kill you! Do you know what's it like for something this major to change? Nothing will ever be the same again!"

"Actually, I have had something change this drastically in my life. It was only a year ago. I went from being a normal human in a village where everyone knew everyone to being a pure angel in a place where nobody knew who I was."

"YOU DESERVE TO DIE!!" She shouted as she started to run towards me.