It was only a few days after Lucifer had been banished yet again from Heaven, and Willow and Hiras hated it. They hated Heaven, because their dad wasn't allowed there anymore, they hated Cynthia, because she's a pure angel that decided to praise God, and they hated Jeena, their mother, for it was her fault they couldn't see their dad.
"Psst. Willow." Hiras whispered one night, shaking her sister awake.
"Hrrn... Wha-?" Willow asked, rubbing her eyes.
"I found something you might like." Hiras replied, taking out a book.
"It's a book. So?"
"It's not just any book. It's a photo album! I found it in Jeena's room."
"Really?" Willow asked quite loudly before Hiras hushed her.
"Don't be so loud, Willow." Hiras handed Willow the photo album.
"Hey, there's us and Dad!" Willow whispered excitedly, looking at the pictures of the younger Hiras and herself. "And Cynthia and Jeena." She added in a not so excited way.
"Wait. That's the wrong page." Hiras facepalmed. "I meant this one." She turned the page to a picture of Willow and herself as babies. Lucifer was there, standing next to a woman, smiles on both of their faces. Cynthia was nowhere to be seen in this picture.
"This means that the picture was taken before Cynthia was born. So?" Willow asked.
"Do I have to spell it out for you?" Hiras asked in exasperation. "Does that woman look anything like Jeena?" To this, Willow shook her head. "Do we look anything like Jeena?" Again, Willow shook her head. "Does Cynthia look like a carbon copy of Jeena?" Willow nodded. "Do we look like a combination of Dad and this woman?" Willow nodded again.
"What does this...? Oh!" She whispered in realization.
"Exactly. The only time when this picture was taken would be before Cynthia was born. Dad in this picture is seen with another woman, probably before he even knew of Jeena's existence. What does this mean?" Hiras asked knowingly.
"That Jeena really isn't our mom?" Willow asked. "And...?" Hiras encouraged. "And... this woman in the picture could be our actual mom!" She whispered.
"HIRAS! WILLOW!" An angry voice yelled, causing them to jump.
"Hide it, and let me do the talking," Hiras hissed to Willow before responding, "Yes, Mother?"
"Have you seen my book?" Jeena asked sweetly, entering the room just moments after Willow hid it.
"Which book, Mother?" Hiras asked innocently.
"You have so many." Willow added.
"The book that was on my bed. Have. You. Seen. It?" Jeena asked, losing her composure slowly.
"Nope." Hiras replied. "Haven't seen a book other than the ones in your library. Right, Willow?" She asked.
"Yep." Willow nodded in agreement.
"Oh well..." Jeena sighed. "Guess I might as well keep looking. Oh," she added, halfway through the door. "If I find out you've been lying to me, you'll be punished." She said darkly before leaving the room.
"That. Was. Terryfying." Willow stated, Hiras nodding in agreement.
"You know what's gonna happen now, right?" Hiras asked, looking at Willow deviously.
"We're taking a little trip to the Middle Realm to look for Dad and our actual mom?" Willow asked in return.
"Yep! Start packing. I'm planning for us to leave as soon as possible." Hiras stated.
"Well then I'm ready." Willow stated, pulling out two travel bags, each packed with the necessities and one packed with the picture album, the other with the demon magic book.
"When did you...? Nevermind." Hiras grumbled. "We just have to wait for Jeena to go to sleep and then we'll leave."
Turns out, waiting for their stepmother to sleep took forever, as Jeena liked to sleep at five am and wake up an hour later.
So Hiras and Willow played Middle Realm games until five o'clock.
Sneaking into the basement and disabling all of the cameras, they took Thanatos and Roux, snuck out of the house, and walked towards a part of Heaven that served as a gateway from Heaven to the Middle Realm.
"HIRAS! WILLOW!" They heard an angry voice shout.
The two looked at each other nervously before Hiras stated, "You go ahead, I'll catch up."
"But-"
"Just go. I'll be fine." 'Maybe.'
"If you say so." Willow replied in uncertainty before taking the bag with the book of the demon magic and descending down to earth, Roux following his mistress.
As Jeena walked closer, Hiras stepped closer to the edge of Heaven, almost falling off.
"Now, dear. It's time to come home." Jeena said sweetly before Thanatos stepped in front of Hiras and kicked Jeena in the gut, effectively knocking her out.
"Thanatos..." Hiras said in surprise, as she never did that to Jeena before.
She looked up at the sound of Angels yelling, Cynthia in the lead.
Taking a step back in slight fear, Hiras was unprepared to trip on the edge and fall, grabbing onto Heaven for support.
Cynthia looked down at Hiras with a look of indifference. "Seems like you'll die today in the will of God." She stated emotionlessly.
"Cynthia..." Hiras muttered.
"I could save you, you know. I mean, if you just started praising God, like the Angel you are."
"Yeah... No thanks. No part of me is an angel. I am 50% human and 50% demon." Hiras replied sweetly as she let go of the ledge and started falling.
"Thanatos!" Hiras shouted, the pegasus obediently and quickly flew underneath her.
"Hiras!" She heard Jeena shout. "Just know that some day soon, you will be caught and punished!"
"In the name of God? Puh-lease, Jeena. I don't believe in Him, so BYEBYE SEE YOU NEVER!" Hiras replied as she descended from Heaven.
