Laughing thunder [#Wattys 2018]

Prologue

     In a forest on a full moon night, a woman is trying to escape a creature cloaked in darkness, with its only visible features being its menacing reptilian eyes. The area around them shakes from the pounding thunder sounding overhead. The woman appears to be in her late 20's maybe early 30's,

     she has a brown skin tone with disheveled wavy black hair that reaches the middle of her back. In her hands, she holds a bundle of white and gold cloth, housing a baby boy. She continues to run with her body crying out in pain from the intense exertion, but to protect her little angel, she would soldier on no matter what happens. The chase continues with the creature narrowly missing her with its jagged claws, inevitably, the monster closed the gap and spears through her with its claws, but barely hitting the child, and causing her to collapse with a searing pain ripping through her. The creature, obviously pleased with its work, grew a thin grotesque smile as it stalks its beaten prey slowly, only to increase their suffering, the once white cloth was now stained red with the woman's blood.

The child begins crying as if sensing the coming death of him and his mother. The creature finally went to finish off them both but a bright light envelops the area and incinerates the creature.

"Begone demon". A masculine voice says.

"You damn angel, grr know this when this child reaches his 15th year I shall return!"

The only sound left was the pelting rain. The light subsided revealing a man in a white and gold robe with giant white wings. Shakingly, the woman says R...Ramiel "Elizabeth, I'm so sorry," his voice was deep and rich that seemed to bring hope to any who'd hear it l. With the angel speaking the child calmed himself.

"I should have been here for you and our son."

"Don't be, "cough", please take our son and take him somewhere safe ... were he can grow up, please hand me Thomas so I can speak my final words to him." He nodded and scooped up Thomas and handed him over to her.

"T-Thomas I want you to grow to be a good man and know that me, your father, and the Lord shall always be with you."

She kissed his forehead "goodbye my son", she whispered as Ramiel grabbed Thomas again.

"Goodbye my Elizabeth", with saying his last respects he flew off.

"Ti Amo tanto." ( I love you both ) she whispers as she waits for death to take her. But it never comes as an unknown figure drags her away. The child in this story is the child of an angel and a human his name is Thomas Di Angelo and he is a Demi-Angel. Ramiel leaves him at the door of an orphanage, "I am sorry my son I cannot raise you. I hope you will find happiness here." He knocked on the door and disappears. "Goodbye, my son" echoes behind him as a woman with greying black hair and a pair of glasses that rest on her hooked nose walks out and sees the child 

"a baby?" sigh." come let's get you cleaned and warmed up".

8~years later. Thomas has grown to be 8 years old he now has brown skin with messy black and grey hair with storm grey eyes and a faded raggedy oversized grey shirt and old black pants with a patch on his right knee, and right now he is getting chewed out by the same caretaker from earlier.

"I can't believe this we take you in out of the kindness of our hearts and this is how you repay us with this foolishness! Do you have any excuses, hm,

"like I told you he made fun of my parents and stole my book,

"and that's it!" "But he attacked first."

"Still it doesn't mean you fight and your parents they were deadbeats who left a baby on a doorstep. They were probably addicts or murderers,"

"no, no you're wrong," I muttered