Angel Of Death Chapter 2.

“T- they took her away” I mumbled to myself staring at the rushed over bed. The whole room was dusty because of a fight that had taken place. The curtains were cut in a straight, horizontal line. What could have cut those curtains with that kind of precision?
I approached Kirinnee’s bed and started looking for possible clues that could tell me where Kirinnee was. I grabbed a pillow while frantically searching and found a worn out note. I couldn’t believe what it read. It read ‘In the name of our queen the angel of death Israfil we claim this creature for our army’.
I dropped the paper because the second I realized that I lost another important person paralyzed me. My legs felt weak and barely were able to support my body that suddenly felt very heavy and fell to my knees mumbling “I’ve lost her forever’” I stared at the ceiling with a blank mind, panicking because I didn’t want to lose yet another person. Who was this angel of death person? I couldn’t get a hold of myself due to sheer confusion. I tried putting all the pieces together until I remembered something what Kirinnee told me when I asked about her whereabouts she told me that all she could remember was that she met a being  with blue hair and milk white wings. Could they be linked somhow?

I heard light footsteps approaching.
I turned around and saw Sarah in her night gown rubbing her eyes. She wasn’t very tall so at first glance you’d think she would be a little kid but looking at her face and how her thick red hair shone in the moonlight with her natural stance proved different.
“What’s wrong Jestah?” she said yawning.
“Sarah” I almost yelled to her. I wasn’t sure if she would have been captured as well but she was safe. I approached Sarah and held her hands to make sure that this wasn’t a dream.
Sarah got startled and backed off.
“W-what are you doing?” she said with a red face.
“That doesn’t matter for now” I looked at her with a serious face.
“At least tell me how I get you to like me” she mumbled.
“What?” I replied because I couldn’t hear her.
“What did I say?” Sarah said while panicking.
“Sarah?”
“Y- Yes” Sarah said stuttering while flailing her arms around.
“Do you know of an angel with blue hair?”
“Where did that come from?” Sarah said.
“And also, where is your companion?, did she go out for more sweets again?” Sarah said jokingly.
The straight poker face I held a minute ago completely disappeared.
“She ehm..” I scratched the back of my the head while looking away.
“she was abducted by bandits”
Sarah took a step back and laid her hands on her heart.
“Aren’t you going to save her?”
“Of course I am but to do that I need you to tell me everything you know about a blue haired angel”
Sarah started thinking, it felt like forever when in reality it was only about 30 seconds.
“Oh I might know something” Sarah said.
“You do? Please tell me immediately”
“Have you never heard of the story the angels?”
“The angels?” I said with a confused face.
Another angel? Or was this the angel that took Kirinnee away? Thinking that there even were such things as angels felt weird as well but I had no choice. It was the first clue I had to finding her.
“Let me grab the right book for it” Sarah was gone for about 20 seconds and returned with a brown book with gold accents. The
“Legends say that in this world there are 3 of angels that  each had special duties governing earth”
“There was Gavreel, the angel of peace. Israfil, the angel of death and destruction and last there was an angel that wasn’t like the others”
“Her name was Phyrnna, angel of music and sound”
            I lighted up as soon as I heard the about this angel named Phyrnna since Kirinnee told me she heard music in her dream and that the angel had blue hair.
“Tell me more about Phyrnna” I interrupted her. I needed to confirm if it was really Phyrnna.
“Well according to this book Phyrnna is seen as a tender young lady with hair as pure blue as lapis lazuli. That’s the person Kirinnee described in her dream I thought to myself.
“Is there any way I could get to speak to Phyrnna?”
“There is only one way to speak to her but that is only a myth”
“Tell me” I said hastily.
“It is said that in the biggest city of Sysgraphelia there is a statue of a heavenly warrior that knows of Phyrnna’s location”
“Who is this warrior? What is his name?” I desperately asked.
“Legends say that he was the general of Phyrnna’s army, his name is Metaluca”
“Metaluca”
“Yes, a warrior that spent his whole life serving Phyrnna”
“Where is he? We must immediately find him”
“Unfortunately Metaluca died 236 years ago, all that is left from Metaluca is a statue”
“Where is it located?”
“In the main city you’ll find an old priest that may have a clue”
“Thank you so much Sarah, I must go after her immediately”
I walked towards the door with everything that I needed when I heard a soft cry.
“At least take me with you” Sarah said.
I couldn’t fully understand what she was trying to say so I looked her way wearing a confused expression. “Sorry I didn’t quite ca-“ midway through my sentence Sarah interrupted me, I didn’t really understand why though.
“O-oh n-nothing, it’s nothing”
“are you sure? You’re sweating all over.”
“Y-yea just go already” Sarah said with a blushing face.
I stared at her for a few more seconds and turned around.
I walked outside where it was still sunny and the scenery and nature couldn’t be more delicate.
           
‘I guess I’ll notify Anna that we’re leaving’.
I grabbed my pan flute and started playing. Not too long after that Anna came trotting towards me. This melody always calmed her down in the most intense moments but also had the ability to attract her to wherever this melody was played. Even though I saw Anna somehow she snuck up on me.
She jolted into me and grabbed my hat. I tried somehow dodging her but she was too fast. when it came to reaction time and speed I lost to her each and every time.
After distancing herself with my hat in her mouth she looked back at with a joyous face.
 Ever since the day I met her she had only become quicker. Seeing as she had at least a 10 meter head start I started dashing after her because she had this trait to not let go of anything for at least a week if you didn’t challenge her enough for the item she took from you.
I ran after her almost catching up when she randomly decided to take a sharp turn. I knew that she would take a sharp turn but I had put too much weight on my left leg and when she suddenly turned I fell on the soft ground of the grass that surrounded Sarah’s house.
Anna trotted over to the spot I was laying down and I could almost if not knowing Anna by her lovable nature I could see her giving me a condescending playful snicker. Anna dropped my hat on my face. “I will beat you someday at this” I said with a playful smile.
I went back to the stables to get the saddle. By the third month Anna had started trusting me I made the ability to ride on her back without a saddle mine.
 I used it only in extreme cases because of all the bruises that Anna carried on her back.
I knew it wasn’t justified to do such a thing only for the sake of not seeing what her previous owners had done to her. I saddled Anna and hopped on.
Looking down on her black thick manes with  blonde accents. She waved her manes around proudly as she walked around. Looking down at her leather brown fur brought back many memories.
I grabbed my map but it was all torn up. ‘Crap, how will I reach the capital now?’ I thought to myself. I already knew the answer to it and even though I didn’t like it and was against it I still went ahead to ask Sarah. Step after step closing in on where she lived. “It’s all for the sake of saving Kirinnee”. I said to myself. After a while Sarah opened the. It was obvious that she was sad which only made me feel worse about what just happened.
“I wanted to ask you if I could borrow a map” I said nervously scratching the back of my head. “you’re an adorable idiot aren’t you?”
“I’m not an idiot okay?” I replied immediately not knowing what to answer. After all I’ve never been adorable before.
“Unfortunately I don’t have a map, but I could sketch a simple version of it”
I smiled immediately after hearing that. “Thank you so much” I replied.
“Come in” she said . I went ahead and walked past her. Right after that I
I heard someone knocking on the door. “I’ll get it, make yourself comfortable” Sarah said.
I nodded and did as she said but made sure to make slow steps and stopped as soon as she turned her back to me. She opened the door and there were 2 tall figures standing in front of her. I thought I had seen them before because they were in the same guild as I.
The guy on the left was Jack, we didn’t get along with each other from day one and as time progressed we started to hate each other more and more. Wearing his extreme light yet deadly duo katana on his back. He looked at me with his poison green eyes, his brown hair blowing in the wind but averted them immediately, normally he would have thrown a few insults at me but this time he stayed quiet. Sarah didn’t open the door completely so I couldn’t see who the other person was but I could only assume that he or she was from the same guild.

 Something doesn’t feel right about this situation was the first thought that came to mind. Sarah couldn’t even speak a word before she was ruthlessly grabbed by the arm. “We finally found you bitch”

I rushed back but before I could act I heard the voice of the other person. I stood right behind Sarah when I faced Leonard.
I grabbed Jack’s arm ready to rip it off.
“Stop this at once”
“What do you think you are doing Jestah?” Leonard said with a slight irritated voice. It was rare for Leonard to show his irritation which made me wonder if this was important.
“I will not let you harm her in any way” I pushed Jack away, and got into a defensive stance.
“We have orders of the guild to seize her Jestah, do you understand?”
“How is it okay to take away someone who is innocent? Why won’t you question it Leonard?”
Leonard started snickering. “You really are an idiot aren’t you, if you wish to die that bad then you can protect her in hell”
“I don’t want to fight you Leonard, don’t do this”
Leonard snickered. “Fool”.
The same second, no maybe even quicker than that Leonard pulled out his rapier out of its sheathe and scratched my chest. Blood gushed out of my chest but I didn’t have time to care about that wound. I immediately pulled out my sword to defend against the next attack. Since the beginning Leonard had been better at fighting than me. The positive side of all this sparring was that I had memorized all of his fighting patterns. Due to the speed I needed to react immediately by hitting his rapier to the right resulting in his rapier hitting my right shoulder. I could barely withstand the constant fury of attacks. ‘Crap I’ll get myself killed at this rate’ was the only thing that raced through my mind. “You were doomed from the start” Leonard said wearing the same condescending smile he was only seen with when he was on the battlefield. ‘What should I do?. At this point Leonard was becoming cocky and lowered his guard by lowering his speed. Giving me a chance to counter him and put some distance between us.
‘I’ll try bluffing my way out I guess’. I relaxed and got into a rogue like stance holding my sword by the blade by pushing it against my chest with one hand.
“Oh great dragon that fills men with the lust and power of kings, I ask of thee to fill me with courage and the blood of the dragon”
“T-that can’t be” Leonard said. His voice wasn’t condescending but full with frustration and a little bit of fear. “You’re one of the 7 dragons chosen by the king? Don’t make me laugh”
I glared at him hoping he would back off after showing him what was about to happen.
The opposite happened. The calm presence that Leonard usually gave forth had disappeared and only his killer instinct was left.
Step after step Leonard got closer to me and all I could do was stand still.
The fear of him approaching me me paralyzed me. The sound of his rapier scraping against the ground forced me to look at him making me full aware of what would happen if I didn’t move.
“Oh phantom that that strikes judgement down on those that are wrong, release me of his state so I may kill” Leonard whispered. Leonard moved for another attack, did a sidestep and on the second one he disappeared out of thin air.
‘Damn, one of the dragons’
 I could move freely again because Leonard disappeared but that didn’t take away fact that his blood lusted presence had remained.
All of the sudden he stood in front of me, I swung my my sword at him but easily got deflected. I lost my balance which gives him a change to land a hit in my belly. Leonard disappear and reappeared right behind me. ‘Crap, when did he get behind me?’.
‘This is it huh, I’ll die without ever avenging my parents. Everything seemed to proceed in slow motion except for the rapier and the fear of dying. The rapier came closer and closer but just as the white steel of the rapier was about to pierce my heart through my back, darkness appeared. I heard Sarah scream ‘no don’t’. For a short period I couldn’t see but when I opened my eyes I saw Sarah opening a set of demon wings pushing Leonard to the ground, bound by flaming demon wings that came out of the ground. I turned my sight to Sarah whose appearance had changed
Her cute pink night gown that she wore with such a big smile on her face had been shredded and burned to a apocalypse black colour.
Two massive black demon wings had shown themselves but something felt odd about those wings, while they looked menacing they seemed quite peaceful. Her skin had become a tint darker with black fog surrounding it.
“Why won’t you let me lead a normal life” she whispered as she walked towards Leonard.
“Why won’t you just let me alone”
She grabbed a dagger and cut her hand open with it. I was shocked that a person like Sarah had this kind of power. The closer Sarah got the more intense the purple flames that surrounded her tender body became. The blood that dripped out of her right hand hardened and became a dark red spear made of blood and became blacker the more it hardened. There were bright red textures on the hilt of the spear but I couldn’t decipher what they were. Sarah stood right before Leonard and swung it at Leonard. I quickly stood up and stopped her. Knowing that I was in her way she stumbled over her own weight and fell into my arms. Her once smooth and pale skin had darkened and became rough. Her whole body was hot which burned me but I had to wake her up.
I looked at Sarah’s eyes but they had become blank, her eyes, once sparkling with passion, joy and the stars themselves had been extinguished.
Meanwhile Jack took the chance to approach Sarah and attacked her from behind but before he could land a single hit jumped in front of Sarah. ‘No matter what happens she is still the same Sarah I know’ I thought to myself as Jack’s pierced my back. Or maybe it was naivety that led me astray. The thought of acting before thinking had become my downfall, “This is death huh?” I whispered while looking into Sarah’s frightened eyes.
The last thing I remembered before passing  was a feminine voice screaming ‘no’,  after that I  heard an earthquake and a thunder strike that resembled death itself. “Crap, she awakened” I heard Leonard shout before I fainted. “Retreat”

             When I woke up I felt Anna poking me with her muzzle. Even though she had done this to me at least another hundred times I had gotten used to it and like that she almost became my personal alarm.