The Daughter of a Fallen Angel

Prologue - Back on Neutral Land

Unity Academy. How wonderful it is to arrive back to the place I’ve spent most of my youth. The large gates are silver, the bars entwining into swirls and shapes too complex to understand. I always admire these gates, the strong metal represents freedom in a way; to be free from the hatred surrounding the neutral land and to be free from the worlds expectations of a teenager. Get good grades, make friends, be ready for the future, and be prepared to follow in the footsteps of those you represent. You see, all those attending the Academy are here because it is the only chance we will really get to meet others until we come of age. After this year, I still have another, I’m turning seventeen soon and I’ll leave this place entirely when I’m eighteen, hopefully with some idea as to what I have to do.

Until then, we learn, we adapt, and we try to get along as best we can. Like we at the Academy have always done.

It has been about six weeks since I’ve seen these grounds, walked these paths that I’m so very used to and rather fond of. It’s odd to see new children walking near me, they look cautious and concerned and for good reason. No doubt they have an idea as to what kind of people stay at the school. We will remain here until the winter when we go home for a week, only to return and not leave again until July. It really is a long time when you think about it, the trick; don’t think about it, time will fly.

At the steps of my dorm there are girls screaming as they see their friends that they probably saw less than a week ago... Urgh... The stone steps are always shining as are the pillars that hold up the cover above the door of Jenkins Hall; my living quarters of the last four years. Oh the joy.

I open the door to see the usual group of misfits I share my dorm with, all sat around the small table in the middle of the living area with the radio playing quietly in the background, they chat about the summer fun they had and most likely shared with various other members of the school. Eddie is the first to see me,

“Look who’s back!” He exclaims with a grin his teeth gleaming against his tan and black hair. Everyone looks in my direction knowing exactly who has walked through the door, of course Angela pounces and latches on to me. She is the opposite of Eddie; long blonde hair that cascades down her shoulders, her skin pale and clashing with her red lips. These people have no need for cosmetics.

“Tabitha!” wailing into my ear as she clutches onto me, the small audience laughs and one by one begin to join us leaving a group of people laughing into each other’s hair, the six of us slowly break apart.

I’ve spent four years with these incredible people, we’ve been through so much together and I couldn’t imagine better friends at all; the memories we’ve shared and the nights we’ve endured either with someone down, angry or just flat out annoyed and the rest of the gang just waiting until we think of something good enough to cheer them up. Some would say that we’re the popular kids, and that’s fine I guess. I mean we just stand out because of how different we are. The glowing complexion of the gorgeous Angela Redwood compared to the rugged and cheeky character that is Eddie Connor. You then have the twins; Zak and Ursula Checkworth, they look about the same really, the same brown hair, the same dark skin and the same eyes; one blue, one brown. Lastly you have Rei Maki, unusual long blond hair that covers most of his face; he’s one of the only Asians to attend Unity Academy for a reason no one really knows. But he’s smart, witty and charming needless to say; all the males in the dorm are in fact. Lastly you have myself, a short red head with freckles and oddly coloured eyes; of course, I stand out and am rather annoyingly, easily recognisable.

Of course as you can guess this isn’t exactly your everyday boarding school. This is a school based on Neutral Land. Meaning when we arrive back here we can’t be harmed like we all can when we go home. Home being either Heaven or Hell as known by the humans. We call them Abbadon and Nirvana; it’s just a nicer way of saying it I guess, I would personally prefer to admit I live in Abbadon than in Hell.

But that rather goes without saying, out of those staying in Jenkins Hall, the majority call home Abbadon; those people being Eddie, the twins and myself. Rei and Angela on the other hand call Nirvana the place of their families. I guess that is why people find us so odd. I mean, although this is meant to be a place of peace; the students very rarely mix let alone live together.

Although all of us are recognised rather often because of the power of our parents; believe me, we are treated differently due to our heritage; it is only Eddie; son of Azazel and myself who are recognised on a regular basis and dare I say feared by our class mates?

I am the daughter of Lucifer after all.