Lullaby

Chapter 19 - energy

 All I could hear was screaming, where was it coming from? It took a few minutes to realise that it was me.

“Jen...Jen! Snap out of it!” but for the life of me could I? No… instead the screaming continued, I couldn’t and would not open my eyes, I knew that I had sat up though from the way my back was beginning to throb. “JENNIFER!” he screamed, the next thing I knew there was a loud slapping noise and my cheek began to throb, my eyes sprung open. Leo was kneeling in front of me, his face pale and gawping at the reality of what he had just done, he’d smacked me full force across the face to get me to shut the fuck up… it worked… but ouch!  “Now… what the fuck was that!?”His chest was rising and falling as he calmed himself down so I cleared my throat and began

“I had a dream, I was in this exact spot… as I looked around I realised something Leo… the forest was dying… but not by any natural cause… oh no… I met Lucifer” his mouth fell open and he fell back slightly, running a hand through his hair I waited for him to stop before I continued “Lucifer explained to me that he wanted my soul, I mistook it that he only wanted the Angel Hybrid part… of course he laughed at me and informed me that he would have to have all of my soul… which required me dead… he told me that he had informed Romain of everything that he had done, thus sending him out to kill me the first time, then continuing to do so until Lucifer could obtain my soul, he even told me that the Hags that cursed me, also cursed him… ensuring that he could never harm me himself, and that should he wait longer than one hour to collect my soul once my body died… then I would be reborn into the next generation…”

“Wh-What… how...” he stammered, I think he was more shocked than I was… although I wasn’t that shocked to tell the truth “How didn’t… how do you… how did… Shit Jen…” he placed his head between his legs and started scowling

“What’s up with you?”

“We don’t have a lot of time…” ‘No shit Sherlock’ and I mentally rolled my eyes… he sure does state the obvious “Don’t stare at me like that! This is serious!”

“I know”

“Then why are you so calm?”

“Because I trust you’ll help me in what I need to do” which I totally did… somehow I trusted him completely… as wacked up as everything was… I knew I just had to accept it… had to just... shrug it off and get on with things “Now… what do we have to do first”

“Urmm… you meditate” I raised a brow, was he serious? “Well you asked, you need to meditate, every angel has to go through this in the early stages of their development, and it’s how we find our wings” I stared at him for a moment, not sure what to do… so I crossed and looped my legs then waited for what he had to say next “You look so cute doing that… sorry… now close your eyes” and so I closed them “clear your mind… let everything just.. Slip away… you leave your mind blank but your senses alert...” I breathed in slowly and exhaled, allowing myself to fully relax “Good… now picture yourself weightless… there is no such thing as gravity… you are totally free…good… now picture yourself as an animal…” I envisioned myself as a bird… such freedom and elegance as it claimed the sky... I envied it…  “Now open your eyes” I didn’t, I stayed concentrating on wanting to fly… I wanted to soar just like a bird… I wanted to become free, weightless and not have to worry about the world… “Open your eyes Jen…” this time I complied, but instead of seeing a smile… I saw shock and his deathly pale face

“What?” I croaked, was that my voice?

“Jen… your eyes…” I tilted my head, unsure of what to say I reached in my pocket for my phone and glanced at my reflection… my eyes were golden!? They were actually the colour of gold!