Fallen Promise

Eight | Fallen Promise: The Appointment 1

DION SCHMITZ

          Leaving behind the people that I love, I crossed the light where I must go. I closed my eyes as I entered, the intensity of the light is blinding me. The light faded slowly, as I opened my eyes, a young man, his hair is ash colored and his eyes are ocean blue, I thought that he is about my age I think, he welcomed me in. "Welcome to the land of the dead" he said to me. I surveyed the place, it was like paradise, and so peaceful, it's not only me who is here, some are children, and some are already old. This is maybe the place where recently died people go to. I looked at him, he was still there looking at me. "Hi I'm Nathan" he introduced himself, and reaching his right arm to me offering a handshake. "I'm Dion, Uhm.. nice meeting you" I replied to him, then he suddenly smiled.

          He walked away after introducing himself to me. I was just left puzzled. What does that mean? He didn't even said anything after that. Well, I guess that's how it works here. Then another person walked towards me, but this time it was an old man. He was smiling, and he called my name. I'm a bit surprised he knows me, is he the care taker of this place?
"So you're now here, I bet you heard the song" he said, that left me puzzled. I don't know what he was saying, cause I didn't hear any music when I entered here. "What song do you mean?" I politely asked the elder. "The man, I gave him my guitar", as he said that, a tear fell from my eyes. For, I remembered myself waking up beside the person I loved rendering me a song, which I never thought would be the first and the last one. "Are you a guardian" I asked him. "I'm more than that" he said."I'm an angel" he added. I was shocked, and I can't believe that an angel is in front of me, it is not that I don't believe in angels, but I just thought that as an ordinary person as me, an angel is here showing himself to me. "I was there, in your last breaths, the grim reaper actually plans to get you the day you met your accident, but I heard your voice, your inner voice reaching for help, and there is this one person, a name you're calling, Clint. I begged the grim reaper to let you survive until the day that the person you're waiting arrives, and that's how you woke up" he explained to me, while reaching for my hand. "Thank you for giving me more time, for giving me the last chance to see him, and that I was able to tell him what I truly felt" I said.

          The old man reached for my hand as I was looking down, and as the sadness is being viewed from my face. He pulled and brought me to a place full of trees, not just ordinary trees, the trees were sparkling, like I was brought in a magical realm. In the middle was a table made of stone, with a golden color. "Where are we?" I asked him. "We are in the angel's lair" he said.

         He walked towards the table and ordered me to stand on the small circle just a few meters away from the table. He ordered me as well to close my eyes for a minute and then after that I opened my eyes. I found myself standing in what I believe a cloud I think, it's so smooth feels like a wool. And the old man is not there. And a voice suddenly echoed "my dear child, I am your father, say what you want and thy shall be granted". As I hear the voice, it sinked automatically to my mind, God is talking to me. I'm blessed. "Thank you Father, I know that this is an absurd wish, but this is what I wanted. I want to be with the people I love again." After I said that, the cloudy place suddenly disappeared and I found myself returned to the angel's lair.

          "You are a blessed child, among all the people who came here you are the chosen one" the old man said. A golden scroll suddenly appeared in the middle of nowhere. The old man grabbed and opened it, and read the words inscribed in the scroll.

"Dion Schmitz, as the chosen one, I saw the purest in your heart. I will hear your wishes. I appoint you as an angel. Fulfill your missions, and thy wish will be granted"

          After the old man or should I say angel, read the words inscribed in the scroll, a halo appeared above my head, and I suddenly felt something at my back. As I gaze at my back I saw, the formation of a white glittering wings. "You are now an angel Dion" he said. I went down on my knees and bowed in front of the angel, and thanking God, for giving me another chance. For giving me a sacred privilege to be back. "But before that, would you like your memories to be erased? You are appointed in a different way by the one up above. All of the angels, their memories of the past are being erased, but in your case, I was commanded to ask you first" he said.

          "I will keep the memories of the past, I will not surrender my memories, this is the only thing I have, and I'm going to cherish it til the day I return back, even if it'll be the cause of my sadness of the longing of my beloved" I replied to the old man. Then I saw him smile again. "Very well then, off you go Angel Dion".

          The lights suddenly reappeared covering the whole area, and here I found myself again in a place where all the angels reside. I didn't expect it actually, so this is how it looks like here. There were many mini houses floating in each clouds, each of it corresponds to a shelter home of the angels. I looked at somewhere and there is a new forming cloud and a new mini house is being built, I guess that's where I'll stay, so I flew up and went on it. I entered the house and I was in awe, because inside it looks like a mansion, and so wide. From the outside it may seem just a small house with one room, like an ordinary house it seems, but truly on the inside it's beautiful. I suddenly remembered what my mother told me, "It doesn't matter how it looks on the outside, because at the end, what's inside is the most important." My mother was right.

         I went outside, and sat hanging on the clouds, as I skim the surroundings more. I saw a familiar face. He is looking at me, and smiling while waving his hand. I looked at my back to see if I'm just mistaken, maybe he is calling someone and not me. He flew towards me. And now I remembered, he was the guy whom welcomed me when I entered here the first time.

          "So I see, you're now here" he told me. "You're Nathan, Uhm...Ethan, right?" I said his name because, I might be wrong, I'm not good in remembering names, so I just said it so he could correct me. "Nathan" he said. "I'm sorry" I said. "No, it's okay, I'm not good in remembering either" he said then laughed. "I'm actually shy, but when I saw you, I found myself approaching you and introducing myself. Honestly, I'm not even close to any or talked to other angels like this, in a hundred years of me being an angel." He said excitedly. "Well I guess, you were captivated by my friendly vibe" I replied to him, which made us both smile.