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"He what??" Jon squeaked out, with wide eyes. Jon was not very big or intimidating, honestly. The only reason why he ruled here, was because he was one of the most pure of heart people, and despite what people thought, he was also quite smart.
Tom sighed and nodded.
"Yeah, he helped out a demon and promised to meet him again sometime soon.."
Jon puffed out his cheeks, crossing his arms.
"Why?? What?? How dos he even expect to meet the thing again?? The rules CLEARLY state that-!!"
"I know, Jon. You've gone over this before." Tom interrupted. He didn't want to be rude or anything, but he really didn't want to hear his ranting again.
Jon frowned. He was going to make another remark, but decided against it.
"Tom-. Can you just-... Hhh.. Can you just get Edd for me, so i can have a chat with him about this?" He asked, now going to sit down in his little 'throne' chair. How cute.
Tom nodded.
"Right away, sir." He fluttered his wings a bit, before leaving the building, and flying off as quickly as possible to get to his house with Edd and Matt.
Geez, these wings weren't as durable as normal angel wings seemed..
Tom would get tired out easily, and he couldn't fly for long before he had to land and take a break.
Regular angels could fly for as long as they wanted and didn't get tired out. Oh how Tom envied them. He wished he was a regular angel like everyone else here..
Tom stuck out. He was the only angel with jet black wings. Everyone else had a bright, light color, or even sometimes white.
It wasn't fair!
Tom didn't even like himself much, and even HE thought it wasn't fair, this 'special treatment' he was getting.
He was avoided by most angels, sometimes hearing the words "Oh, stay away from him, he almost went to hell. He must be bad."
It angered Tom, but he tried not to let it show. It wasn't going to help.
He always had the dream that maybe if he was super loyal and did good deeds, he'd become an actual angel, but so far, he hadn't had any changes. And it had been 3 years since he died.
Whatever. He was still going to keep trying, and ignore the fact that he could possibly never get ranked up to a normal angel.
Tom landed by his house, sitting on the steps for a moment to catch his breath and gather up a bit more energy.
After he had gathered his energy up, he stood once again, and made his way into the house.
"Edd!!" He called out.
Edd walked down the stairs, looking Tom over.
"Hey.. Did you, um.. Tell Jon about stuff..?" He asked quietly, half knowing the answer already.
Tom nodded.
"Yeah.. He said he want's to talk to you. Don't worry, i doubt he's angry, and if he was, i honestly wouldn't be scared." He shrugged.
"Heh.. I know.. Alright, I'll be back later then." Edd smiled softly, before exiting the house.
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"Okay, but, what's your problem with it anyways??" Edd snapped at Jon, frankly getting pissed off. He didn't understand Jon's rules, at all.
The conversation had just started out with him being reminded of the rules a couple times, and Edd saying "I know, i know," Over and over, and then it escalated into Edd getting fucking pissed off.
"Whats MY problem with it?? The thing you saved was a demon. Even if it acted nice to you, it was tricking you. That's what ALL demons do. It wants to meet you again so that it can betray you, and kill you!!" Jon exclaimed.
"HOW WOULD /YOU/ KNOW?!? YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED TO A DEMON!!" Edd screamed. He didn't mean to yell, but he was getting so fucking angry. He wanted to smack Jon, but he knew that wouldn't do him any good.
After Edd yelled that though, Jon got quiet. Very quiet. He looked away.
Edd blinked a few times, slightly calming down.
"Wait.. Have you..?" He asked quietly, almost to the point where he couldn't be heard. Jon heard him though, but was still utterly silent. He kept his gaze on the floor.
"Is that why you have all those strict rules? You can talk about it to me, you know."
Jon sucked in a breath, and sat down.
"Well, I.. I did, you see.. Um.. You know Eduardo..?" He started. Edd began to realize where this was going. Though, he didn't say anything. He only nodded.
"Okay, well um.. A really really long time ago, we uh.. Didn't hate each other that much.. At all, that is. We used to.." Jon thought for a moment about what he wanted to say before speaking again.
"Well, we used to date. He cared about me and I cared about him. But.. That all changed when we died.. You see, he for whatever reason wasn't considered good enough to be an angel like me, and was forced into being a demon. That would have been fine for the both of us, if it weren't for the fact that demons and angels can't touch each other without being burned and all.." He took in another deep breath, crossing his legs as if he were uncomfortable.
"But we continued in our relationship anyways, even if we couldn't touch. Even if it hurt, we still wanted to be together. Slowly but surely, though, he began to get.. Nasty. I don't know why he did.. I felt betrayed. We just parted ways and never spoke after one big fight that we had. It.. In all honesty, wasn't the best thing to do. I had been working my way up to be higher in command here. When our previous leader got ambushed by a higher up demon, I was next in line to lead. In spite i guess Eduardo decided he had to be at the top for demons as well, and one thing led to another, and here we are, with all these stupid rules. Its really stupid." He admitted sheepishly.
Edd stared for a moment.
Well, it made /sense/, but it was stupid what Jon decided to do in spite of things.
"So, just because your heart was broken, you decided the best thing to do was to ban /anyone/ from just talking to a demon? You know what you and Eduardo have caused? A war, Jon. You've caused a war."
"I know, but we-"
"This isn't even worth my time anymore, so i'm going to go. See you around, Jon." Edd shook his head and turned to leave. He wasn't called back or anything, so he left without another word.
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"Fine, fine, I'll leave the angel alone. Its just, I like him.." Tord muttered out, frowning bitterly at Eduardo.
Eduardo narrowed his eyes.
"Do you think I care about what /you/ think, Tord?" He asked.
"Mind you, you break the rules here quite a lot. You weren't even meant to be up there, on Earth, and that's what got you in this little predicament." He stated.
"I think i'll punish you for a bit. Banished from here for a week, should do the trick.. Visible by humans. Humans don't like demons much, kid. I assume you wont have a very fun time up there."
Hell actually wasn't bad for demons. It was quite nice for them, but everyone preferred Heaven.
Tord's heart sped up a bit. What if he saw Edd in his time up there..? He nodded a little, but tried to keep it like he wasn't looking forward to the punishment.
"Oh.. I understand sir. I'll take my punishment and be better for you when i come back.." He spoke carefully, staring into Eduardo's eyes to make it more believable.
Eduardo nodded once and looked over at Paul who had been waiting in the corner of the room.
"Paul. Escort him out, please."
Paul squeaked slightly, not expecting to be talked to. He looked up with wide eyes and nodded.
"M-Mmm..!! Yes sir!" Paul blinked a few times, walking over and grabbing Tord's arm. They left the room, and Paul escorted him out of hell, and to Earth.
Before leaving him, Paul put his hands on Tord's shoulders.
"Okay.. You sure you're gonna be okay here?" He asked.
Tord nodded.
"Of course, Paul."
Paul nodded after him, taking a deep breath.
"Kay.. I'll be back for you, when its time to come back. Stay safe and out of humans way.. If they interact, try to avoid them or just tell them what you're wearing is a costume-"
"Okay, thanks dad." Tord joked, rolling his eyes.
Paul pouted.
"I only want you safe!" He protested.
"I know, i know. See ya." Tord waved him off. Paul nodded and retreated back to Hell.
Tord took in the sights around him. He guessed the best place to be was the forest.. It was least likely that he'd be found there.
He trudged on, finally stopping after a while when he did reach the forest, plopping down by a tree and closing his eyes, crossing his arms.
10 minutes..
20 minutes..
30..
40.
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"Tord??" Squeaked a surprised voice.
Tord had almost fallen asleep, the sudden voice snapped him out of that. He opened his eyes quickly and scrambled to his feet, looking at whoever had spoken to him.
He gasped.
"Edd!!"