My Dealings with Devils, Spirits, and Gods

Who Wants To Be Normal Anyway?

Today started, out like any other day for me but it ended completely different. As I woke up then heard the ever so common voices in my head telling me to go get ready for school so I took a shower, fixed my breakfast, and then I hear a knock on the door. And, when I opened the door, it's a physically well maintained redhead biker, who's looking a little uneasy. To give a better picture of my life, lemme say this if you're oblivious to these facts. Normal kids don't live by themselves, normal kids don't have voices in their heads that tell them things like "do your homework Demi", normal kids don't know their weird but awesome uncle as their only living relative. I'm Demetrius, a slim 5'9" 17 year-old, mixed kid (my skin is a coppery brown) with choppy pure white hair and bright yellow eyes and I live alone. My life is NOT normal but you've got a front row seat as it gets way beyond weird. And, before you go and say "you live by yourself and you're 17; that's so cool, I wish I could do that." No you don't, it sucks. I've been working since I was 13, just to be able to pay for everything that I have here; which isn't much compared to most people my age. But, just because my life is weird, doesn't mean I don't have friends. Like my bestfriend Valerie, she's a cute, petite, African American and British girl with strawberry blonde frizzy hair but she's a bit of a hothead. And, that temper won her this yearly mixed martial arts tournament 3 times in a row, in short don't piss her off or she'll turn you into a pretzel in 15 different ways. She's also big on me getting to school. There's Gabe, who's like a brother to me. We've known each other since 3rd grade; when, we ended up fighting each other for no reason other than for fun. Val broke up the fight and called us both idiots. Me and Gabe just laughed. And, I've never known my parents let alone seen them. People say my dad was like the worst of the worst he'd get what he wants no matter what but never got convinted with anything. They tell me that I'm nothing like him except the pure white hair but his was pretty evenly cut at shoulder length. No one really knew my mom but some people think my dad raped her but my legal guardian has guaranteed me that wasn't the case. Speaking of which, the silver-eyed rugged but devious looking "38 year-old" redhead man who's dressed like Ghost Rider is my Uncle Amadeus. He's my Dad's brother and my legal guardian. He comes by from time to time, to check on me. He's a pretty lax person but has some crazy antics about him. For example, when I saw him almost get hit by an 18-wheeler that time we went up the coast and back on motorcycles, he said and I quote "nice breeze, huh?" so, seeing him even the slightest bit nervous is more disturbing. As I'm sitting here, I consider asking the voices in my head that I call my "mom and dad" why Amadeus, of all people would be nervous. As I'm trying to decide what I'm gonna do, my phone starts ringing. No doubt it's Val saying I'm late to class again which is normal when Amadeus is in town cause we end up doing the type of bonding a Father and Son would do for a good week. By the way my hair turned permanently white about 3 years ago. Nothing works on changing the color whatsoever. The cause of the change was never found out but it's not like I can complain, I like it. I finally answer my phone before the last ring and say in a cheerful voice "Heyyyyy Val, how's it going?" here's the response I got "DEMETRIUS ALEXANDER NEPHELTUS, WHERE IN BLAZIN' BLUE HELL ARE YOU DAMMIT!!! YOU'RE WAY PAST LATE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU SNOWFLAKE!!!" I'm pretty sure all that yelling helped Amadeus' current condition since he seemed to calm down a bit at that familiar scene. Amadeus took the phone and said with a smile "Hey Val, loud and violent as ever, I see. I'm going to be taking Demi on a trip so can you get all his work for the remainder of the year and bring it by in December" and he hangs up. I immediately panicked since I'm going to be fired if I'm gone that long. 'Dad what's Uncle Amadeus on about?' I asked one of the voice in my head. He says 'Amadeus is here to tell you something very important, ask him if you're curious.' "Hey Amadeus, what's the thing you gotta tell me that so important?" I asked in a weary tone although the voices aren't normally wrong and guide me like I suppose parents would if they were around; December isn't for another 4 months, what could take that long? Amadeus switches to a stern look and the scars that were under his eyes seemed to burn with an embery aura (the scars are from our camping trip 2 years ago, don't hug raccoons kids.) "Demetrius, I'm going to inform you of your heritage and that your parents are alive but personally death would seem much more enjoyable than their current situation" he says. "Okay but why is that so significant that I miss 4 months of school and get fired?" was my reply. "Well, We have to stop the end of the world. Your mother was an Angel who was specifically made to destroy the Lucifer Morningstar, one of your grandfathers" Amadeus says nonchalantly but also stern (an odd combination I know but he was able to pull it off). Naturally I had the response of "Are you fucking crazy Uncle Amadeus? There's no way my mom was an Angel, she hasn't been around since I was bor-" he cuts me off "trust me she was definitely an Angel, a one-of-a-kind one at that. And, my brother, your dad was a demon, a damn strong one. Also Amadeus is a alias by the way. Asmodeus is my real name" before I can make another rebuttal, he puts his hand up to say stop and stands up to take off his leather jacket. Once he drops the jacket on the floor, a pair of jet black bat-like wings spread out from around his shoulder blades about 10 ft long each from the tip to tip. "This proof enough that I'm not crazy? You weren't told because everyone thought it was best to hide that you are a Nephalem from you. But, I need your help in saving the world; there's some rumors going around on Earth and in Hell saying 'another Great Holy War about to happen' but Lucifer and Jehovah aren't the ones going to be leading it. They agreed on a truce when you were born. " Oddly enough I took all that pretty well all thing considered. I mean, I passed out after confirming I heard what he said correctly.