A Vampire's Heaven (on Hold)

Chapter 7

Rhea's POV

I continued with my story, filing all my emotions away before Jazz could get much of them, blocking them all slightly from him and Ed, exactly enough not to raise suspicions.

"It was in 1921 after Esme had joined us and became a mom to us both that we found out what I truly was. Everyone had left for hunting that day and I was bored to tears. Not finding anything and fed up of rereading my books, I decided to try dad's library. I was walking down the stairs, from my room to Carlisle's office. It was then, that I felt the most excruciating pain ever. It began from my lower back – the worse kind of cramps I've ever experienced and ended between my shoulder blades. I cried out so loud I'm sure it was higher than the human vocal range. I fell down six stairs and landed on my stomach, but all I cared about was getting rid of that pain. It felt like someone was cutting my back open with a hundred scorching knives."

I edited once again, perceiving Bhabhi's unease and Renesmee's green face but it was nearly too late when I realized Jazz was slightly hunched over. I quickly shielded my pain from him. It was too excruciating for anyone who was not an angel or worthy of being one. Killing may not be counted against vampires for judgment, but it is most certainly counted against anyone for being an angel. Jazz and Ed looked up simultaneously, Ed getting a small measure of my pain for the very first time.

"I cried for about half an hour before I realized what was happening. The burn started to simmer then but continued still for 3 hours and I realized the pain was me, getting my wings."

"You lied, didn't you?" My heart thudded unevenly, easily heard by everyone. I know he was talking about me hiding my pain but I still feared the outcome of my secret being known.

"I edited. Mom was still a newborn and you weren't that in control either." I told the truth, releasing my shield. "Anyways, let me continue. You lot interrupt too much." I scolded everyone, smiling.

"After I gained consciousness, I opened my beautiful white wings and realized it was very easy to fly. I soared to dad's office and then across the hall to Ed's piano, nearly crashing but handling myself perfectly.

'Bravo!' I heard a voice in my head. I think I'm dreaming. Voices in my head and wings! I'm losing it. I started mumbling to myself as I usually did when I was alone and scared.

'You're not hearing voices in your head Rhea! I was just invisible.' A man appeared in front of me and I fell backwards. That is how unfortunately Ed lost his first piano."

I was still ashamed about wrecking Ed's piano. He loved it a lot.

"The man who appeared in front of me was Damien, my guardian angel. Damien is about as tall as Ed is, with black hair and green eyes, and was dressed in red t-shirt and jeans with white wings just like mine.

He explained everything to me. Dams was a guardian angel, mine and had actually created me. The day I decided to die, he was pained and didn't wish for it to happen. The only way I could be saved by him was if he initiated my transformation into an angel. That is how he saved me that day. It took them 2 days to decide whether I was worthy. Once that was done, Dams postponed the wing- bequeathing to a couple years later, but now it couldn't be postponed any longer.

I rebelled against the idea because I couldn't leave my family, not even for a year to train. I wasn't sure how Ed would react. Moreover, how I will cope without his protection, dad's supervision and mom's warmth?

I learned all I could from Dams in the next two days, but he had to leave before my family came. I told them everything, we researched, and I trained the best I could. We moved from place to place; stayed together and separately, as we had to, and lived our lives contentedly. Mom would teach in schools if she could but preferred being home as she wasn't sure she would be safe around kids while dad was a doctor everywhere we went. Ed and I went to schools and colleges, at least where girls weren't banned from studying.

I stayed away from Dams and his missions for 5 years, helping him in the bare minimum way I could, not doing much. However, it had been too long and I was no more considered a child by angel years. I had to complete my training at the Little Heaven where all angels reside. I told everyone what I was supposed to do and after many tearful goodbyes, I left for Little Heaven. I was a perfect assassin and seductress and was sent directly to advanced classes. However, while I was away, I wasn't allowed to have any connections with my family. It was then, in 1927, that Ed slipped and left mom and dad. For two years, I trained, ignorant.

In 1929, I was given my first assignment and a timeline of 5 years to complete the task. I completed it in 3 months. It was an accomplishment and a very big one, but I wasn't allowed to share anything about it with anyone, especially my family, who weren't part of the council.

The council is a group of angels who pass best judgements. They take complaints from people's prayers and file the people who were corrupt and bring imbalance to the world's good and bad. The assassins for angels would then be assigned to these people and we would have to manifest ourselves into their lives and learn all we could about them. We could become anything; from their trusted assistants, to their spouses, to their kids. We would then learn their deepest secrets and try to find out if the accusations are true. Sometimes the person accused could be innocent and we have to be sure before passing any judgment on them. that is why we are given so much time for each assignment. Two times, I found out that someone else is the actual mastermind and the accused is actually a victim.

After the completion of my first assignment, the highest member of the council was very irritated with me. That could be because I may or may not have set alarms for every 2 minutes all around his house hidden in the weirdest places, at three in the morning. In addition, I may or may not have played lesbian angel porn on his projector while he was teaching and locked him out of his presentation.

He gave me a very difficult mission that would require 10 years minimum, as I would have to pose as  wife of the accused, coming from a poor background. I completed my mission in one and a half years all the while following all the instructions given. This mission made me lose a lot. Many things I was not yet ready to give up. Once I went back, I filed a complaint against the leader who was removed. The council then bestowed bonds upon me to my family as compensation and reward. Any guardian is given only one charge; I was given my whole family. As a fact, when others joined our family, they were bound to me too. Renesmee was tied to me long before she was born, and Jacob joined as soon as Nessie was born."

This is more of Rhea and Edward's story. One more chapter and we are about done with the storytelling. Then we move to the other aspects. Do vote and comment your views. I always love to hear your thoughts darling readers. :)

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