//------------------------------// // The Fall. // Story: Angel and Demon. // by Thor //------------------------------// Celestia was lying in her bed. It had been a long day and she needed rest so she wouldn’t fall asleep in the court, after  an hour of simply lying in the bed Celestia got up. Maybe some fresh air will help her.  She went on the balcony and looked around. She hated Canterlot. She hated this place with with every last cell of her body. Everypony was so uptight and snobbish. She hated the castle itself too. It was so delicate, so weak. It would take one strong unicorn to make reduce this place to nothing more than rubble and dust. Celestia sighed. She had no choice, this was her kingdom and she had to lead it. The only thing that could get her out of this routine was a catastrophe, and those were too scarce to enjoy fully. Celestia looked at the sky. Since Luna came back it was more beautiful than ever. Celestia noticed a small flash in the sky and grinned. Luna seemed to have noticed that she is awake. Celestia still remembered  what Luna did when Discord dumped her. Ponies thought Armageddon  has come. She looked at the star. Luna really had worked on this one. It was two colored. Black and white. Celestia looked how it started going faster and faster. Suddenly a shock wave shook the sky and the star crashed. Celestia looked at it, paralyzed by the shock. She shook her head and turned around. Luna was in charge of the night sky. She must know something about it. 0-0-0-0 Luna was running to her sisters room. Celestia had to be informed about what was happening. After a few minutes Luna saw Celestia  running at her direction. They both stopped. ‘’You saw it too?’’ Celestia asked. Luna nodded. ‘’What was it?’’ Celestia looked how Luna shivered lightly ‘’There is a storm coming.’’ Celestia put her hooves on Luna’s shoulders ‘’What are you talking about?’’ ‘’The Fall of Angels.’’ ‘’That was an Angel?’’ Celestia was in shock. ‘’Yes, and he isn’t alone.’’ ‘’Two Angels?’’ ‘’No.’’ Luna shook her head. ‘’But...’’ ‘’I know what I said. But it’s not an Angel. It’s a Demon.’’ Celestia stepped back ‘’Demon? We have to get there before they start fighting. You remember what happened last time?’’ A image of burning landscape and corpses flashed in Lunas mind. She nodded. ‘’Good. Where did it fall?’’ ‘’In the Silver forest.’’ ‘’We have to go there.’’ Luna only nodded. 0-0-0-0 Luna teleported them to the forest. Celestia looked around, this was called The Silver Forest for a reason. Each fall the leaves turned to pure silver. But there was a reason why nopony gathered them. The silver was cursed. If you used it to become rich or make something, you were destined to slowly die. Celestia shivered, she remembered that once this curse destroyed half of Canterlots population. Suddenly she heard Luna calling her. ‘’I found them.’’ Celestia hurried to her. When she reached Luna her whole body froze. In front of them there was a crater that was at least twenty feet deep. But it wasn’t the size that shocked her, it was what was at the bottom of the crater.  The Angel and the Demon. Celestia had seen Angels a few time, but still stood in awe every time she happened to be blessed by one . Their bodies were much more graceful than a pony could ever hope to be. And now she had to accept that everything she knew about demons seemed to be wrong.Or was it just this one? Luna leaned her head to the right ‘’Look at their lips.’’ Celestia looked at them  ‘’They’re.... moving. What are they saying?’’ ‘’Five...four...three...two...No!’’ Both of them suddenly got up and literally bolted out of the crater, but froze as they felt weapons being pressed against their throats; the wielders none other than the Angel and Demon. The Angel was holding a long spear next to Celestia throat, the Demon a scythe next to Lunas. ‘’What are you doing?’’ Celestia slowly asked. The Angel thought for a moment, then shook his shoulders, ‘’I dunno.’’ Celestia looked in disbelief as both of them moved their weapons away. The Angel looked at her face for a second and suddenly started laughing ’’You actually thought that we will kill you? How would we find out why are we here?’’ ‘’You...don’t know why you’re here?’’ Celestia  was shocked by the impossibility of this moment. ‘’Nope.’’ He answered, still smiling. ‘’So, what sort of crap is threatening your country?’’ Celestias mind tried to analyze what was happening. All the Angels she had met were very...polite. This one...wasn’t. She shook her head. ‘’There is no threat to Equestria. I don’t know why you were sent here.’’ The Demon started speaking, ‘’So let me get this straight. We are stuck here until a major crisis appears, or a Seraphim comes here and we kill him?’’ The Angel shook his head. ‘’No. The Council said that this is a very pressing matter and we have to deal with that before it appears and causes wave effect.’’ ‘’Deal with what?’’ Luna asked. ‘’How the hell am I supposed to know? The Council simply says how hard the mission is and drops us in the world. We never know what our mission is!’’ The Angel waved his arms to accentuate his point. ‘’So you don’t know what are you doing here?’’  Celestia tried to understand everything what was happening. ‘’Exactly. So,  far as we will be forced to spend some time together we should introduce ourselves. I am Uriel, The Light of God, level two Archangel. ‘’ ‘’And I’m Eligos, The Holder of Solomons key. A Demon.’’ The other one waved with his hand. Celestia straightened her back. ‘’I am Celestia, The ruler of Equestria.’’ ‘’Luna, The ruler of Equestria.’’ ‘’Good, now that we know each other, take us to your castle and get us some beds.’’ Uriel grinned. Celestia said nothing. But inside she felt a little annoyed, because of the lack of respect. Luna lit up her horn and they disappeared. 0-0-0-0- Seven men were sitting by a stone table. ‘’Will he succeed?’’ One of them asked. ‘’Hope Seraphiel, hope.’’ Another answered. ‘’Holy,holy,holy...’’The rest chanted.