Guardian angel

1 : Realm angel

My final day working in the Equinon realm is today. I'm going to miss this place a lot. Despite the fact that several beings here have caused me trouble over the past five years, I have grown close to a few of them. But the one I shall miss the most my mentor Angel 100. However, now that we have finished our two decades of Realm Angel training, we are expected to watch over and take care of a new realm that will soon be appointed. Every Realm angel in training dreams of this day.

Today we are assigned a new realm to look after and care for, as that is what realm angels are intended to do.

Saying goodbye to Angel 100 last evening was tearful and if I were able to cry, I would have been weeping. Angel 100 by all means is like a third parent to me.
As I was leaving my dwelling for the final time, I saw angel 3034 leaning against the rails of the gate, he is my oldest and closest friend, and our parents were friends too this only aided in strengthening our friendship. 3034 and I were inseparable since the first day we met incidentally that was the same day we decided to be realm angels and two decades of training later here we are.

"Hey, triple o, are you all set to go to the castle yet?" he always called me triple o it was his thing. All angels will have a unique name after all we are 'named' after numbers.
"I've been waiting for you. Why are you late?" It was so typical of him to be late for all things important.
"I had a few business matters to attend to, like saying goodbye and stuff, you would know that if you had friends other than me." he shrugged. I know he is talking about Jezebel the fairy who he was really good friends with. I was pretty much content with him being my only friend. If you couldn't tell I'm not a social person and as a matter of fact most realm angels are not.

"You are aware that interacting with non-angel folks is dangerous, right?" I as I approach where he stands. This was not the first time I had asked him this question, and it is mostly accurate. Angels can be with any earth being, but they must first lose their wings and become a fallen angel.

"Stop 3000" he warned rolling his eyes and put both his hands in his pant pockets. "It's not like that, we were just friends and now I said goodbye and am moving on" This was good because I didn't want 3034 to lose his rank as a realm angel after all we became officially realm angels for all of 6 hours.

"Now let's go don't want to keep the king waiting. If we are late, we might get a bad realm and I really want realm red" he continues with clear elation in his eyes. He always got excited when he talked about realm red. Me, I don't really care which realm I get but I hope I'll like it after all it's where I'll be spending the next few decades of my existence.

"Well then, let's hurry" I said as we walked deeper into the woods nearby and took off. Flying is by far my favourite means of transport. The wind against my face and being able to spread my wings to its full length I loved the way it feels. Though we have to careful that nobody sees us. Flying above a certain height this can easily be achieved.

Because flying does not require much of my brain power, I let it wander. I'm curious about which realm I'll be assigned to. Usually, Angel 189, the chief of realm angels, decides who gets which realm. Sometimes more than one angel is assigned to a large realm. Any realm is fine with me. Though 3034 would like Realm Red. It is only a small realm with a large number of humans and a few fairies and merfolk. I believe there is an island in the realm.

I make a mental checklist of the tasks to do before I head off to my realm tomorrow. I have to send word to Angel 100 about the realm I will be assigned. He will be excited if it were any of his neighbouring realms.

I should also pay a visit to my parents. They have never encouraged me to become a realm angel. My father is the Guardian angles' chief, and my mother had been his second in command. My father had always wanted me to be prepared and trained to take over as chief of guardian angels. I simply do not see myself as a guardian angel. Most angels prefer guardian angel training that lasts only a half a decade. My mother always tells me that it's very fulfilling, and the bond formed with the guarded being is so pure.

It didn't, however, intrigue me as much as a realm angel. Something about it appealed to me far too much. The realm angel training is more intense than the guardian angel training, not to mention fifteen years longer. Though to be honest when we had a problem with the vampires in realm Equinon, I did have second thoughts about becoming a Realm angel. It was about three-quarters of the way through our training, and Angel 100 proposed that Angel 3034 and I handle this problem on our own. I was more than eager to prove myself.3034 shared my feeling. We had to fight off about 20 vampires and I am happy to say we were successful in the endeavour.

I slow down as I see the castle ahead and turn to find 3034 has also stopped right behind me.

"Are you ready?" he asks, his gaze fixed on the castle ahead of us.

I am suddenly quite nervous; all the training and classes have led us here. Our lives are about to begin in earnest. I can see 3034 reflecting my emotions. Admittedly, this is essentially the day we were prepared for all our lives. As I turn my attention to the castle, I notice angels flying in from all directions. The castle was enormous and appeared to be built on a cloud. It was a massive dome that appeared to be a hemisphere from the outside. There is only one entrance and exit to the area, which at the moment is quite crowded. The whole castle has a warm yellow light surrounding it attracting all angels flying nearby. I stretch my wings and flap twice and rush toward the castle.

"Come on!" I yell at 3034 who is following behind eagerly.