Change of Heart

Explained

My eyes flew open at the sound of birds chirping. I groaned as I rubbed my head. What had happened? I looked around and realized I was in a forest. All I remembered was that Father had told me to sleep and-

Wait. I remembered.

I actually remembered! Father had kept his promise of granting my requests. I sighed in relief. Thank you Father.

I had my own wings now so I could fly out easily. I just had to not be spotted by humans. I got up and wobbled a little. A jolt of pain rushed through my head. Slow down Ellie. This is your first time on Earth ever since you defeated Sammael and Lilith and saw Cadan.

Cadan. I couldn't wait to see him. I pictured his beautiful ethereal face with his soft, shining, silky, gold hair and his fiery opal eyes. My heart was pounding and skipping a little, with butterflies in my stomach. I froze. The only time I had felt that was with Will. And when I was with Cadan before. Now it happens with Cadan. Not Will. What on earth could that mean? I rubbed my stomach, trying to get rid of the butterflies before taking off to the sky. I looked around, careful to make sure that no human eyes were watching.

After flying for a bit, I noticed that I was in town already. That means I'm close to Nana's house. A few seconds later, I saw my school. It brought back memories with Kate. I'll get to see Kate soon.

Finally, I had found Nana's house. I landed on the porch and took a deep breath before slowly walking towards the door. I raised my hand to knock but before I could do so, Nana opened the door.

"Ellie?" she hugged me, "Ellie, dear! I was so worried! You didn't come back for at least three weeks! I had poor Cadan explain some things to me. He looked like he was going to break down. Kate has been extremely worried about you too. She's been constantly wondering why you haven't come to school and I had to make excuses. Come in dear, come in. I need you to explain to me everything. Personally."

I clearly heard Nana emphasize on 'personally'. I smiled weakly. "Alright Nana. It's a long story."

After half and hour of explaining, I felt strange to be back on Earth after everything that had happened. Nana finally understood the whole story and had stopped asking me questions. I sipped the coffee Nana made.

"Nana, you said that Cadan explained things to you?" I asked.

"Yes, dear."

"What did he tell you?"

"Oh, he told me how you defeated Sammael and Lilith and how you ascended to Heaven. It was a great shock to me at first. Took me some time to understand." Nana replied.

I hesitated.

"Nana, do... do you know where Cadan is?"