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"Come on, we have to go, it's getting too dangerous!!" Edd heard Matt yell. He was right, things WERE getting too dangerous. There was a war going on. A very horrible one, between two worlds. The demons, and the angels. Tom, Matt, and Edd weren't even meant to be participating in this war, but they felt that since they were angels, they should be ALLOWED to participate, right? And it was to protect their own people, it was for good use.
But things had become to get a little out of hand, and by that, i mean, it was really bad. Who knew angels and demons could die?
The fact is, being an angel or a demon was your last chance at life. After you die, you get one more chance to live a perfect life, but you can still die. After that, you just disappear, for good.
Although, life wasn't as perfect as you think. Only if you were an angel it was, but if you were a demon, you were a 'bad person'. Edd didn't understand it. In fact, Tom had almost been a demon when he died, but Edd justified his case as much as he could. Tom ended up becoming a fallen angel instead, and for that, he was judged, a lot. He had no halo like all the other angels. Instead of a light colored wings, like Edd's light green wings, or Matt's light purple wings, Tom had dark black wings. They had told Tom that he couldn't be a proper angel. They said he wasn't deserving of it. Tom always put himself down because of it.
"Im coming!!" Tom squeaked, beginning to flap his black wings, lifting him off of the ground. Why had they chosen Earth for the battle ground? Well, it was the only place that both angels and devils could go without being hurt. You see, Hell was too hot for angels to dwell in, and Heaven was too.. Bright, for demons. It hurt both demons and angels, badly. The only types of angels that could go into Hell for a short amount of time, was fallen angels. Tom thought that was the only perk about being a fallen angel.
Edd huffed softly, looking around. Every time an angel or demon would die, they would waste away into dust. Complete dust. And then the wind would blow it all away. How terribly sad.
Edd closed his eyes tightly as he saw another demon just get killed, then and there. It hurt his soul to see it.. He had always cared for all living things, no matter if they were a demon or not.
"Edd, come on!" Matt rushed him, breaking Edd out of his thoughts.
"O-Okay.." Edd opened his eyes, and began flying.
Though, he wasn't paying attention..
He slammed right into someone.
And it burned.
Edd let out a yelp of surprise, while the other let out a screech.
The two fell out of the air and onto the ground. Edd quickly looked up to see who he had bumped into.
It was demon. He wore a red hoodie, and his hair was spiked up. He had red eyes, and he looked badly hurt.. The poor thing..
The demon twitched, staring at Edd with fearful eyes. There was scratches all over his face, and his hoodie was a little ripped up, gashes in the places where his hoodie was ripped.
Edd could see little bit's of dust starting to fall from the demons wounds.
Edd widened his eyes. The demon was dying... He couldn't have this.
"Hey, hey.. Come here, I want to help you.." He spoke softly.
The demon's breath hitched, and he shook his head, scooting away.
Edd whimpered and slowly started to approach the frightened demon.
"I wont hurt you, I-I just want to save you, you're dying.. Please, let me try.." Edd begged. He didn't want another death.
The demon stared, before relaxing a bit. Well, there was nothing to lose.. He was going to die anyways.
Edd smiled.
"Okay, good job.. I wont hurt you, I promise.." He knelt beside the demon, and put his hands on the demons wounds. His hands started to glow, and the wounds began to heal up. Angels had the power to heal. It burned Edd, badly, but he wanted to help.
You see, demons and angels couldn't touch each other. It burned them, badly.
But since the demon was the one being healed, the demon wasn't getting hurt.
Soon, Edd pulled back. The demon had been healed, all the way.
He stared at Edd.
"..Why..?" He asked quietly.
"B-Because, I wanted to save you.. Everyone deserves to live.." Edd smiled a little, trying to hide the pained look on his face from the new found burns on his hands.
"Whats you name..?"
"Tord.. My.. My name is Tord.."
Edd smiled wider.
"It's nice to meet you, Tord.. I'm Edd..!"
"Edd!! Stop talking with that demon and come with us!! We need to go home!!" Tom snapped.
Edd frowned.
"O-Okay..!!" He stretched his wings out to start flying.
"W-Wait-..!!" Tord squeaked.
Edd looked back.
"Hm..?"
Tord looked away, rubbing his arm.
"Thank you.." He whispered.
Edd gave a soft smile.
"No problem.. We'll.. We'll meet again. Kay?" He tilted his head.
Tord nodded.
"O-Okay..!" He gave a hopeful smile.
Edd then began to fly back into the air, to where Matt and Tom were.
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"Why did you help that demon, anyways?" Tom mumbled from the couch.
Edd frowned.
"His name was Tord, and i helped him because he was dying.."
"Tom, Edd has a big heart, He cares about any and all life, and that's whats good about him." Matt spoke softly, earning a smile from Edd.
"Yeah.. I care about people." Edd spoke proudly.
"Well, what is Jon going to think about this??" Tom asked.
"I... I don't know.." Edd admitted.
Jon was the 'Ruler' of Heaven. He was the one to make the rules of what would happen, and he would judge who was pure of heart and who wasn't.
He had big rules on angels and demons interacting with each other.
Rule number one. No relationships. Demons are bad.
Rule number two. Do not touch each other. It will burn, and you will be hurt.
Rule number three. Never trust a demon. They lie and betray you.
Rule number four. Do not go anywhere near hell. It's too hot and you will possibly die.
Rule number five. Do not get anywhere near a demon. They will pretend to like you and break your heart.
Jon's rules were.. Quite strict, and rather specific. Nobody really knew why Jon had these rules, but there was always the rumor spread around that he had gotten his heart broken by a demon, and was bitter over it. Jon was a quiet, kind guy, and really, it wasn't expected from him, these strict rules.
Or, there was always the theory that since Eduardo, the 'Ruler' of Hell, was practically Jon's enemy, It caused Jon to judge every single demon.
But, still.. Jon's rules including heartbreak and betrayal? It didn't make sense.
Wait.. Maybe..--
Tom's voice broke Edd out of his thoughts.
"Well, I'm going to have to report this to him, you know.. It's my duty, and maybe doing it as a fallen angel will make him proud. I don't think Jon likes me much.." Tom muttered.
Edd frowned.
"You don't have to report it.. Please don't.. I'll get in trouble, I was just trying to save a life.."
Tom sighed.
"You know about his strict rules, and I'd be in a lot of trouble if it was found that i was hiding something from him. You know what happens to fallen angels who do that.. They get banished from Heaven.."
Edd looked down.
"I-.." He huffed out a breath. "Okay.. But it's only because i love you, and you are my friend. And don't want you banished."
"Thanks. I guess i better go now before it's too late." Tom yawned and stretched, stretching his wings out as well, before leaving the house and flying off, going to 'tattle' on Edd, or something.
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"A-And then, he said we'll meet again!!" Tord said happily, making Paul smile.
Patryk however, huffed softly.
"Tord.. You know the rule.. You can't be hanging around that angel."
Eduardo, the ruler of Hell, as I've said before, was much more direct about his rules, er.. Rule. He had one rule. Don't hang out with angels, or you die. Pretty simple.
"Yeah, but.. But Patryk, he saved my life!! If he hadn't, I wouldn't be alive, speaking to you right now!!" Tord exclaimed, throwing his clawed hands into the air in slight frustration.
The taller demon frowned.
"Look, it's very cute and all, but you just cant. There's no way you can hang out with him. You can't touch him and he can't touch you. He can't come down here, he'll burn up, and YOU can't go up there with him, because you'll die there as well. The rule is simple and the rule is just there to keep us safe. There's really nothing we can do about it, so there isn't any use arguing." Patryk ranted on the topic.
"Tord, how did you even expect to talk to him again?" He asked.
"I.. Well, I thought.. Maybe on Earth..??" Tord shrugged a little. "It's the one place Demons and Angels can go together.."
Patryk scoffed.
"With the war going on?? You wish!"
"What, you think we'd hang out around the war?? Fuck no. We'd hang somewhere safer where the war WOULDN'T be." Tord said in a confident voice.
"Tord-," Patryk was cut off by Tord.
"Shut up Patryk, you don't understand. Maybe we can't hang out!! Just, let me dream!" Tord said, before turning away, leaving the house, and flying off.
Patryk grumbled something under his breath, before turning and walking into his room.
Paul frowned.
"Well.. I guess i'm supposed to do something too then.." Paul mumbled to himself. He shrugged, deciding to go inform Eduardo about everything that had just happened.