Prophetized (book 2)

Chapter 4/ The Truth About Cat Rileys.

"We're here! Welcome to my hideout from 10 years ago!", said Cat as she teleported them to a dense wooded area that had a worn down tree house in the heart of the wood. Lucifer quietly looked around taking everything in.
The treehouse itself was old and clearly rotting away. You could see that there were old remains of a wooden table with a dirty faded pink table cloth. There were toys all over that were eroded beyond recognition and faded yellow drawings that were loosely hung up and some all over the floor along with broken pieces of plastic that was once a tea set everywhere.
"It's not much now, it's definitely been awhile", said Cat sheepishly,"But it was all mine and I could call it my own. I already showed Gabriel this place that I accidentally founded".
"It can be restored", said Lucifer looking around.
"Really?", Cat says excitedly.
Lucifer nods,"of course if you you'd like".
"Yay! Thank you!", said Cat jumping up and down excitedly like a small child.
Lucifer can't help but smile. He uses his grace to carefully restore the treehouse and everything in it.
Cat looked around in amazement. He little kid stuff was like brand new. From her puppet dolls that were sitting on the stumps for makeshift chairs. To her tea set back together and in place, to the dirty pink table cloth that lol brand new. To her yellow drawings that were no longer yellow still hanging up sloppily. Cat giggled and sat on a stump and pointed to another empty stump.
    "Please sit"
    Lucifer watches her as he took the stump that was from the opposite of her.
     Cat looked around in fondness,"Damn this brings back memories from my childhood. Waaaay before I met you and Gabriel".
     Lucifer looks at her, "Was this your escape from reality?".
     Cat shifts,"Something like that. It was a place where I could call my own. I would say that I ruled these woods and it was my version of freedom. Although it was very lonely"
    Cat took a deep breath and continued,"My parents were 16 when they had me so they were very young at the time. They were neglectful but that's because they were working at least three jobs to support me and themselves so they left me with babysitters often. But that stopped abruptly when I was four".
    Lucifer shifts a little, "That's behind you now though...".
    Cat smiled a little, "Yeah but that was the beginning of my so called powers. I was the victim of someone else's wishes"
     Lucifer tilts his head,"how so?"
     "Well I was four years old. The whole day was off. There was an ominous feel in the air. Like something bad was going to happen. I just didn't know what at the time. My parents had to leave for work. So they left me with a babysitter who was about 15 or so. I didn't like her. I never liked any of my babysitters except for one but I especially didn't like her. She just added on to the ominous feeling. I begged my parents to not leave me alone with her because I know that something bad was going to happen while she was here. But they wouldn't listen to me and they left. She was the worst babysitter that I've ever had. She just wasn't pleasant. Later on she told me to go to bed early because she was having friends over and she didn't want me in the way. So like the good kid I was I went to bed. Around midnight or so I woke up to my babysitter and her friends screaming. I didn't raise myself a coward so I ran downstairs to see what was going on. All I could see was her friends huddling behind her and a Ouija board in front of her. They all looked terrified. I couldn't see him at the time but I could feel him. The demon had a dark powerful aura and I daresay it was more powerful than your demons. I hid because I was scared. Fear finally kicked in. The demon and my babysitter were talking about a price to pay. But of course she didn't have anything of value and none of them were willing to sell their souls. I could feel this demon walking towards me. I guess they can smell fear because the next thing I knew I was suddenly snatched and as far as I was concerned I was in a vice hold levitating in thin air. I was screaming and crying and kicking, biting and hitting. They were talking about using me as a child sacrifice. Once my babysitter realized that she was in way over her head. She was crying and trying to negotiate like crazy. All the screaming, crying and begging seemed to go on for forever. I thought it would never end. Until they settled on that I had to bear the sight. It was a painful process. I thought it would never end. But it did. After that I don't know what happened but the next day I woke up in my bed. I was confused as to what happened but then I was overcome with painful flashbacks of what happened that night. So it was real and it really did happen"
    Cat continued,"My parents found out what happened the next day when they found my babysitter with the Ouija board. They fired her immediately but they had no idea what happened to me and they didn't even ask me what happened or if I was okay. But I don't think that they would have believed me anyways. That was the last time I had a babysitter. I was awful. I had painful headaches from the so called 'gift' that he gave me along with the flashbacks to that night. It was to  the point where I couldn't tell the difference. Also I was too scarred and scared as to what happened, I was practically afraid of my own shadow. I stayed in my room as much as possible. I still took care of myself and took care of my basic necessities but that was it. I would take care of them as quickly as I could and ran back to my room and huddled underneath the blankets. I was bed ridden for months. Then one fateful day. I could feel him again. That same dark powerful aura only this time I could see him. I was scared because what's a four year old going to do against an all powerful demon? Nothing so I ran. And I ran and ran until I came across this place. And that's how I got my ability to see the supernatural".
      Lucifer nods slowly trying to process the information,"I see"
    "Yeah so this tree house was like my sanctuary", said Cat.
     "How long did you spend here?", he asked.
      "The first time? I spent three days here. I lived off of the raspberries that were in season at the time and I drank water by the fresh spring that's not too far away from here. I was too scared to go back. Then by the third day I gathered up my courage and decided that I wasn't going to be a coward anymore so I went home, took
A shower, got something to eat and went to bed. The sad part was that they didn't even realize that I was gone. Anyways I got up the next morning to go to the library so I can get books on demons. My original plan was to find out which demon gave me my ability and have him take it away or at the very least not be afraid anymore"
   "After that I came here often and just let my imagination run free. I would play protector of the woods or sometimes I would take a break and play tea party", said Cat.
    "Then when you came along and I stayed here for a week until Sam, Dean and Cas found me and here I am today".
     Lucifer nods.
    "But on a lighter note did you know that Cat is not my real name? It's just a nick name I had all my life and it suits me better than my real name", said Cat.
"Oh then what is your real name then?", asked Lucifer.
"Angel", said Cat with a straight face.
Lucifer scoffs,"you've got to be kidding me. Why doesn't it suit you?"
Cat shook her head,"I'm not. If you look on my birth certificate it says that my name is Angel Valentine Rileys. My middle name is valentine because I was born in February 14th and I guess the Angel part just came with it. It doesn't suit me because angels are supposed to be soldiers of God. And the good guys. Well I don't serve anybody except for me or those I deemed loyal and trustworthy. I play by my own rules. I don't want to be the good guy or bad guy, I just want to be me".
"I see but why can't you just change your name?", asked Lucifer.
"Because I'm not old enough yet. I have to be 18 to change it myself", said Cat.
"Why 18?", he asked.
"It's human government law", said Cat.
Poor Lucifer was still confused about these human concepts and his confusion was visible on his face so Cat decided to change the subject.
     "Although I love the outdoors it's still relatively confined because it ends eventually. The road has freedom but there's only so many places that I can go. The place where I feel truly free is the sky. You can go anywhere, you're not confined and it never ends", said Cat.
     "Is that why you wanted wings?", asked Lucifer
       Cat nods sheepishly,"yeah but if you notice my little kid drawings were always a person with wings. Or sometimes I would draw myself with wings. They were my childhood dream. I remember when Gabriel gave me wings"
     Lucifer tilted his head,"how has living with Gabriel been?"
     "It's been really fun", said Cat as she let out an eerie giggle.
     "The day Gabriel gave me wings was the day I met him. It was fun flying for the first time then Sam, Dean and Cas came back. Sam was shocked and Dean was pissed, I guess that he was afraid of me because he's never seen a human angel before and that's why he has an intense hatred towards me. Cas was freaking out saying how Gabriel broke heavens rules 10x over and how he took away any chances I had living a normal life. Originally I was supposed to be pawned off to human strangers because neither one of them wanted me. But Gabriel stuck up for me and decided to take me in and I've lived with him ever since", said Cat and bshe giggled," can you imagine if I lived with human strangers instead of Gabriel? I can't imagine it any other way and I wouldn't have it any other way".
       "So Gabriel was a good thing?",he asks.
     Cat nods,"contrary to what people would say he was to me. They all were"
       "I see", said Lucifer.
        Lucifer retreated into his thoughts.
         "Wow she has been through so much and was so alone. I actually feel bad for her. She's so strong to make it through herself before Gabriel and I. She's an amazing human, the best human I have ever met. She did say that Gabriel was a good thing, they all were? Would that include me?"
     Cat was talking about something that lucifer was only half paying attention to as another tiny thought came from the back of his head and this thought filled him with a tiny bit of hope.
     "Could I be a good thing for Cat too?"