Chapters Author's Note
This story was a fresh idea for me to write.
Inspired by Lucifer and it's plots, storylines and actors.
Banishment: Chapter 1.
Kalaziel, the angel of time and one of God's most beloved sons sat on his knees beneath his father's throne. To be judged by him for his actions.
He had only tried to increase and expand humanity's lifespan, what was so wrong with that? Humans were mortals and had to die, grow old, suffer and get sick. But Kalaziel himself and his siblings, along with God, his father and Goddess his mother couldn't ever get sick, suffer, age or die because they were immortal.
Angels were much stronger than humans and demons. They had wings to fly between Earth, Heaven and Hell.
Another fallen angel had been banished before. Samael, now known as Lucifer Morningstar, meaning the lightbringer.
"Rise!" God boomed in his mighty and powerful voice. Begrudgingly, Kalaziel rose from his knees, wings out in agitation and fury. This trial was so unfair!
"You don't get it, do you Dad? All I did was try to expand a human's lifespan so they could live longer and do more." The now fallen angel kept his gaze focused on his father and creator.
"Did I ask you to interfere with my creations? No! And for disregarding my rules on humans and attempting to expand one's lifespan you broke a very severe rule!" The all-father glared down at his other most beloved son. Where had it all gone wrong? He and Samael had helped to create the universe millenia ago. Samael had helped make the stars for the night sky, and Kalaziel had helped create time for humans. Allowing them perception of time and reality.
"So, you're just going to keep humans mortal? Make them suffer for unfair reasons? What is it that they did to make you keep to such a limit on their lifetime?" Kalaziel was furious, he felt sympathy for all the humans on Earth. Many died young of conditions like Cancer and other horrible diseases that ate away at them.
Not even Raphael had tried to heal a single human in fear of angering their father. How selfish! He had always been the selfless one, helping a human with amnesia regain lost memories.
"I made humans to last as long as they did, to make them appreciate my world and what I did for them by bringing them into existence, son." God may have been angry with his son, but he knew that Kalaziel cared about the humans and had seen what they had been put through from their first few days on Earth to the current time.
"You're unbelievable, father! Letting your creations suffer when many of them worship you, pray to you and beg for your help! You aren't all perfect and all loving. You're a cruel god! How could you do this to your creations?!" The archangel only tried to reason with his father. He despised needless violence. Angels were pure and all loving beings. Not many of them except Amenadiel, Samael, Azrael and himself had Self-Actualized. In other words, gained Free Will.
God recoiled at his son's words and his brows lowered in anger.
"Son of mine, for your actions of expanding a human's life and rebelling against my rules on humanity, you are to be stripped of your powers and banished to Hell. Where you will spend your eternity in the cold darkness of angered and evil souls."
As soon as the command had been requested, Michael and Zadkiel grabbed Kalaziel's arms, holding him still as God held out a palm and drained away Kalaziel's powers.
After being drained of his natural gift by his father, the fallen angel fell to the ground. Weakened and tired by it all. However, he refused to give in to his father and tried to fight back, but was stopped by his two brothers.
Michael had always been a sneak and a liar. Spreading rumours of what Samael had never done. Samael had never caused the rebellion, it was their mother. He'd known for so long but didn't want to risk telling her and his father in fear of being ignored and being sent to Hell for treason.
"Dad! No! You can't do this to me! I am only doing what is right for humanity!" Kalaziel tried to break free from his brother's grip.
Without anyone noticing, Michael punched Kalaziel's left wing, damaging and breaking the bone.
The fallen angel didn't cry out in pain, it would be pointless since his father wouldn't likely believe him anyway.
With a grunt of pain, he looked at his father and mother in their eyes. Those of which were filled with betrayal.
His father's look only held anger and distrust, whereas his mother's had a smug look as if she knew something he didn't.
Smugness and pride. Pride from blaming him and smugness at seeing Michael break his wing.
Michael and Zadkiel removed him from the room and dragged him to the gates of Heaven.
Without warning, Michael smirked and slammed his fist into Kalaziel's right wing. Breaking the bone, leaving him unable to fly until it healed.
This time, Kalaziel let out a moan of pain and staggered backwards towards the end of the gates.
Zadkiel looked at Michael with disgust and anger. God didn't want his wings broken. God wanted the fallen angel to fly down to Hell himself. Alas, he couldn't now because of Michael's actions.
Samael's twin brother grinned and kicked Kalaziel's stomach hard, pushing him through the gates of Heaven and causing him to fall through the air.
Suddenly, a crack could be heard beneath him as his remaining remnants of stored time power fluxuated and opened a portal, one big enough for Kalaziel to fall through.
The archangel couldn't flap his wings without a sharp pain coursing through them. He could only yell in fear as he began to fall faster.
The fallen angel fell through the rainbow portal, and found himself falling into a unique looking world.
Unfortunately, he had no time to look at the scenery as he fell and became like a meteor, crash landing into Ponyville with a mighty BOOM!
His wings hit the ground first, the bones and joints reconnecting and healing rapidly.
His back then hit the ground hard, causing a twinge of pain in his back.
The last thing he saw was the bright blue sky and clouds before he blacked out.
Introductions: Chapter 2.
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. A heartbreaking truth: Chapter 3.
Heaven wasn't the same after Kalaziel's fall. The angels missed their brother dearly. After all, they had known him since their creation.
But most of all, God missed his son. After seeing the look in his wife's eye it all became clear.
Smugness and pride. Pride at banishing another one of her children.
Did that mean Samael never rebelled? It was his wife the entire time?
God couldn't help but feel guilty, but also shame for his actions. For not hearing his sons out.
Contrary to popular belief, God never intentionally favored any of his children over the others.
And despite what some of his offspring believed, his affection for humanity didn't hold a candle to how he felt about his celestial creations.
But having feelings and expressing them properly were two skills that many never mastered even without the added struggles of omnipotence and a sinisterly abusive ex-wife.
Still, God could only shift so much of the blame away. He wasn't perfect by any means. He made mistakes.
Like favoring two of his children slightly more than the rest.
It wasn't a conscious decision. He loved all of his children equally, of that he was certain, but he liked some much more than others.
Having coexisted with so many beings for so many millenia, God supposed it couldn't be helped that he wouldn't enjoy every single one of his offsprings' personalities.
He may have been a miracle worker sometimes, but that fell outside the realm of plausibility-even for him. Unfortunately, it often seemed as though reconciling with his two favorite sons was also out of reach.
God just wished he could find a way to reconcile with them, and try to rebuild those bridges.
Samael had helped make the stars in the night sky, and Kalaziel had helped create a consistent flow of time. He had made the first clocks for humanity.
God couldn't be prouder of his two beloved sons.
While he was still mad at Kalaziel, he understood that all he wanted was to end suffering and pain for humanity. He just wanted them to be like angels, immortal and wiser. Something which could never come.
God felt bile burn at the back of his throat as he saw Kalaziel fall from Heaven and through the reality warped portal.
That was when he'd noticed the condition of his son's wings. They looked broken. Who was it that had broken them?
Although he had a suspicion, he didn't want to confirm it.
Who else was with his son as he was about to be cast down to hell?
Zadkiel.
Without a second thought, God teleported out of his chambers and into Zadkiel's.
The sudden appearance of his father had startled him.
"Father, what are you here for? What's wrong?" The question seemed as though not only he but all angels currently feared the worst.
"Nothing is wrong, Zadkiel. I just wish to know who it was that broke Kalaziel's wings. I saw they looked broken as he fell through that rip in reality. I blame myself for that. I shouldn't have taken his powers. He's never misused them in any way."
That was true, the only time he believed he had misused it was when a human woman was dying of cancer. Kalaziel and Raphael had tried to heal and save her using his time powers and Raphael's ability to heal others.
Kalaziel would use his time powers to reverse the effects of the Cancer to before the lady had it by a few days. Then Raphael would try to remove and destroy the Cancer and restore the lady's natural hair back to how it was.
God had saved the woman and cured her of the cancer. Only for the benefit of his sons.
He wanted them to learn that not everybody could be saved all the time.
Kalaziel and Amenadiel were the closest brothers. Both having the ability to control and manipulate time.
Zadkiel, like Lucifer, wasn't a liar.
"It was Michael, he thought you wouldn't find out about it." That statement made God's blood boil. He wasn't mad at Zadkiel, but instead Michael.
Michael had always been selfish, arrogant, cocky and spiteful. He loved creating mischief like a demon. Spreading lies and rumours and using his power of fear to scare people to death. Purely for the fun of it all.
God felt like banishing Michael to Hell, but it would be pointless. He and Samael had always disliked each other. Almost like rivals.
God left Zadkiel's quarters and entered Michael's. He was going to give him a stern talking to.
Michael could see the anger and fury behind his father's eyes. Had he found out what he did to Kalaziel? Not like he didn't deserve it.
"Father, what are you doing here?" Michael asked with fake confusion. He wanted to make it seem like he hadn't done anything.
God could hear his son's thoughts. After all, he did create all of his children and could therefore hear all of their thoughts, but often left their thoughts to themselves. Not wanting to disturb them and their privacy.
God felt sick at what michael had just said. The little brat really thought he break his brother's wings and get away with it?
"What gave you the right to break your brother's wings?" God thundered, his expression darkening.
Michael felt fear of his own fill him as he saw how mad his father was.
"I was only messing around." That was a lie, he had always hated Kalaziel for his ability to warp time, space and reality itself.
God couldn't help but listen in to his thoughts.
"You thought that just because you were jealous of your brother for his gifts that you could assault him without me finding out?" The fury in God's eyes shone even brighter. He wasn't an unfair and injudicial God after all. He was fair and would show justice to those who had been wronged or had wronged others.
"As punishment for your actions, you are to remain in Heaven for a month until I deem you fit to be allowed to travel between realms once again." This was not a request, but an order.
Michael begrudgingly obeyed his father's command.
"Yes, father."
God felt pleased in that moment. Michael had deserved it after what he did to his brother.
God only wished he could recreate the reality portal Kalaziel had made with the remainder of his powers which he had stored subconsciously. He wanted to find his son and make amends with him. Even if it meant he would hate him for all eternity.
The Goddess arrives: Chapter 4.
Kalaziel sat on his couch in the living room of his new home. He'd asked Celestia's personal construction team to build a penthouse. Although he did add an elevator himself. That had been the tricky part but it eventually worked.
He was worried his father could hear his thoughts, that he'd think he had ill intentions.
Truth be told, he missed his brothers and sisters.
Even his father and mother.
He had never been so far from Heaven before. He felt homesick. He wanted to go back.
But he couldn't. He wouldn't be allowed in through the pearly gates.
He'd also had his own little bar added to the room so he could have a few drinks to numb the pain of being kicked out of his home.
The ponies had similar alcoholic beverages to beers on Earth.
He'd poured himself three fingers to sip and drank a glass of scotch, enjoying the feeling of the buzz it caused.
Suddenly, a ding came from the elevator behind him. Inside it was a woman who's soul now resided in Heaven.
The woman had flowing blonde hair, blue eyes, a small nose and a soft but fake looking smile. She looked to be in her early thirties with an ample bust and curvy body.
"Hello, son." He was enraged. He knew who that voice was. His mother who'd betrayed him and caused him to be cast down to hell by his father for apparently trying to give a human immortality. However, that in itself wasn't possible by any means.
"What do you want want with me now?" The anger and pain clear in his voice as it cracked. He wanted her to leave and never come back. He hated her.
"You know, your dad wanted to destroy you for what you did. I saved you by begging him to cast you down to Hell. I didn't want him to kill you." Goddess ran a thumb over her son's cheek. She had managed to make a copy of Charlotte Richard's body for a human Earth form.
"Get your hands off of me!" The fury began to build up in his soul. She, his father and his siblings had abandoned him, rejected him. That's what had made it all the worse.
"Am I not allowed to show affection for my son?" The question seemed forced, as if she didn't really want to say it.
"I know you abused Jophiel when Dad and the rest of us weren't looking. I've always been perceptive and I'm not going to fall for this trick of yours!" He wasn't blind. His mother had always been manipulative towards Michael and Uriel, hence why they were more fond of her and trusted what she said.
"I know what I did then was bad and I admit it was wrong. I was just dealing with Post Partum Depression and Psychosis-"
"But you and dad can't get mental diseases like those because you're not human! It wouldn't be possible!" This couldn't be true. She had to be lying to him.
"We can, your father just never told you all. He wanted you to think of him in a certain way." He felt his mother was trying to manipulate him. He didn't know if he could trust her at this current moment in time.
"I'm not going to Earth or Hell. I am staying here! I have friends here! People I respect, trust and care about!" He wouldn't let her or his father control him.
"Why not!? If you don't your father will try and smite you! He will try and kill you!" How could her son see through her tactics? They usually always worked on Uriel and Michael. Her favorite sons.
"Deal with it, mother!" He had decided to put his foot down. He will not let her boss him around anymore.
Goddess held back her rage and forced another sweet smile. She walked towards him and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead.
"Goodbye, my son." Goddess used her powers to teleport herself back to the realm of Heaven.
Once she was in her quarters, she summonded a punching bag and took out her fury on it. Her fury towards her son. He had managed to see right through her.
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He drank the glass and noticed the sky was now dark.
Time for sleep.
He walked into his bedroom which was connected to his living area and climbed into his bed.
Shortly afterwards, he had fallen into a deep and dreamless sleep.
Big brother Lucifer: Chapter 5.
Kalaziel drank a glass of scotch and thought back on what he had been through.
The only other angel who could relate to his issue was his big brother Lucifer, formerly Samael.
Lucifer had been kicked out of Heaven for wanting Free Will. To make his own choices.
Their father had been unfair to them, never allowing them Free Will like the humans had.
He wished that Jophiel or Remiel were here with him, so that he wasn't alone.
Suddenly, a loud flutter of wings came from behind him.
"Hello, brother." The voice had a British accent behind it with a sense of mirth.
"Hello Lucifer." How did his big brother get to Equestria? Was realm travel for angels possible?
"I heard Dear Old Dad kicked you out Heaven just because he wouldn't let you save humans and make them better." His words were true. Lucifer never lied. He had always been one for the truth. Lucifer despised liars.
"Yes, he did. I've decided I'm not going to work for him as his lackey anymore. I'm not going to play a part in his play anymore." He wouldn't let his father boss him around from here on out.
"You're starting to follow in my footsteps, I'm glad. Just don't do anything in this world that makes you look superior and dangerous." Lucifer had been a role model in his life along with his other big brother Amenadiel and his big sisters Jophiel and Remiel.
Lucifer took in his brother's broken look. Like himself, Kalaziel had been one to have strict control over his feelings and emotions. He pulled his brother against his arms and wrapped his wings around his younger brother in comfort. They both had been kicked out of their home and could relate to the issue.
Lucifer had not been close to anyone but Kalaziel as they had been twins along with Michael.
"Mother was here yesterday somehow." He was shocked but concerned at the same time. He needed to know his mother's intentions for this world.
"I'll deal with her." Lucifer would follow through. He never broke a deal or went back on one.
"I suppose you'd like a drink?" Kalaziel poured a glass and handed it to his brother. Lucifer gave him a look of surprise and swiftly drank the glass.
"How did you get this world's equivalents of beers, whiskey and scotch?" He'd just had help via the princesses.
"I know some people, well, ponies." That was correct. The princesses were friends to him. He hadn't revealed his wings to them yet. He didn't want them to know of his divinity yet.
Lucifer walked to the patio window and let his wings out. He turned and faced his brother. The older archangel smiled at him and flew back to Earth.
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God had realized that it was his wife who had caused Kalaziel's banishment along with Samael's.
"It was you from the start, wasn't it? You told Samael and Kalaziel I refused them Free Will. That they needed but to rebel and show that they were willing to stand for what they wanted. You, who whispered in their ears about power and greed?" God questioned, his voice resounding the heavens.
"I was not wrong" Goddess quipped.
"I did not deny them or any of my sons and daughters Free Will. I gave the humans Free Will, did I not?"
"They did not see it that way" Goddess sneered.
"NO! You did not see it that way. Kalaziel and Samael-"
"Rebelled!" Goddess snapped.
"Because you sealed them! You stole their powers like a leech! You sealed them piece by piece until they obeyed your commands as if they were mine! You fed them lies and ideas! Kalaziel and Samael did not rebel, you did! " God roared. Goddess paled. She had not known he had truly known all of what she had done.
"So you plan to cast me out the same way as you did your own sons? Make me burn over and over again until I land in the lakes of Hell? Want me to take over ruling Hell for the rest of eternity?" Goddess mocked, though a sliver of fear escaped her. Burning as her sons did was something Goddess would rather escape. She ignored the angry utterings of the rest of her children and focused on her ex. He held Azrael's blade which was lit and he walked towards her.
"What are you doing?" She demanded to know.
"Fixing one mistake" God replied.
God made a tear in space and time. He pushed Goddess through it and sealed it back up. Now his ex-wife could no longer harm and abuse their children.
God's next action would be to try and recreate the portal Kalaziel had made so that his siblings could visit him.
Afterwards, he would try and find his son so they could make amends.
Until then, he would give his second beloved son space. He deserved it.
Author's Note
This chapter uses the song Wicked Game which was written by Chris Isaak, in which the song was also used for the TV series Lucifer for it's 10th episode of it's 5th season Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam.
The song is not mine, as I am just using it for this chapter.
It is also one of my favorite songs.
Siblings: Chapter 6
Jophiel sat a table next to her sister Remiel and her brother Amenadiel.
Their father had informed them of the truth. Of what their mother had done.
Jophiel had taken the brunt of her mother's abuse, as did Remiel. She didn't want her younger siblings to suffer the pain.
Jophiel and Remiel had felt awful ever since their father had told them everything. They had abandoned their little brother. Now both of them were determined to find a way to get to Kalaziel and apologize to him.
Amenadiel had decided he would come along and try to reconcile with his brother. They wanted to try and bond with their brother again.
Jophiel and Remiel had always been closer to Kalaziel, being influences in his life. Jophiel had taught him how to write music as she herself would write it. Kalaziel had become the angel of music as a secondary gift she had taught him.
Remiel had taught him how to fly from a young age. Kalaziel and Remiel had been close siblings. Even though she was older than him they always got along.
Both Remiel and Jophiel loved their little brother dearly. They had never been so far from him before. Both of them missed him ever so much.
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Kalaziel decided to take a short flight around the castle and landed in the doorway of his room.
After putting his wings away from the view of the staff, he decided to take a shower.
His wings felt sore from being kept from flight often.
No one could preen them as well as his big sisters, save for his father.
Both Jophiel and Remiel had always been good at preening his wings when they were sore or tired.
Both of them had looked after him since he was a young angel. His father was often busy tweaking humans or parts of their home in Heaven.
He was also close with his big brothers Lucifer and Amenadiel. Both had taught him how to fight as well as defend himself.
Remiel had taught him hand-to-hand combat. Amenadiel had taught him Time Manipulation and wing-to-wing combat.
Lucifer, formerly Samael, had taught him how to play the piano, something he enjoyed playing to pass time.
Kalaziel snapped himself out of his nostalgia trip and sat down on the piano in the conference room. He laid his fingers over the keys and began playing one of his favorite songs.
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
What a wicked game to play to make me feel this way.
No, I wanna fall in love.
He closed the lid over the keys and turned around to find his sisters staring at him. They'd watched him play.
"When did you two get here? And how? Wait nevermind, let me guess, Dear Old Dad had something to do with it?" He quipped.
"Dad found a way to get here. We've all been looking for you." Remiel spoke up, her wings still out as she stared down her brother.
Kalaziel noticed that Remiel still had her wings out.
"By Dad! Put your wings away!" He didn't want any of the staff or the princesses to see his wings, along with Jophiel and Remiel's wings.
The two elder siblings obliged and furled their wings, hiding them from the sight of any other mortals.
"You still have such a deep and musical voice. I'm proud of you." Jophiel sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye.
"Drama queen much?" Kalaziel quipped, summoning himself a glass of scotch as he downed it.
"Always one for humor." Remiel butted in, giving her brother a playful smirk.
Jophiel walked over to Kalaziel and hugged him, wrapping her wings around him.
Kalaziel let down his guard and sobbed into Jophiel, wanting to release every ounce of agony he felt. His body trembled and shook as he sobbed into his big sister's arms.
Remiel couldn't help but also walk over and hug him. Both of the elder siblings could sense and feel their brother's pain. Both could barely hold back tears as they hugged him.
Kalaziel had missed this. He'd missed being with his siblings. Mostly Jophiel and Remiel. Not that he would ever admit it to them.
He heard the flutter of wings behind him. He knew which angel it was. Amenadiel.
He broke out of the embrace of his sisters and walked towards his older brother.
Amenadiel didn't know exactly what to say. He knew saying sorry wouldn't mean anything. He'd been close to Kalaziel due to having matching powers.
Both Amenadiel and Kalaziel had helped give humans the idea and perception of time and reality.
Kalaziel led the three other archangels to the princesses who were talking to their niece, Princess Cadance and her husband Shining Armor.
"Kalaziel, who are those three? Are they other archangels?" Celestia seemed to have taken interest in the three archangels behind him.
Amenadiel gave a sheepish smile and waved. Kalaziel couldn't help but groan and facepalm.
"Celestia, if I may ask, who are these two?" He'd never met these two before.
"Kalaziel, this is my niece Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, or Cadance. And this is her husband Prince Shining Armor." She had told them both about Kalaziel and some of his history.
Kalaziel walked over to Shining Armor and shook his hoof. The unicorn smiled at the archangel and let his wife get to meet the unique being.
"Hi, I'm Princess Cadance. It's nice to meet you Kalaziel." Cadance smiled and allowed him to shake her hoof.
"These three...are my siblings. My older brother and my big sisters. My two big sisters are called Jophiel and Remiel. My older brother's name is Amenadiel." The three archangels along with Kalaziel brought out their wings. Kalaziel had glowing white wings, Amenadiel had grey wings, Remiel had wings that looked like either eagle or hawk wings and Jophiel had golden wings that shone.
The royal family looked at their wings in awe. Only Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Twilight currently had wings.
The archangel family flew off to bond with their little brother. To make up for abandoning him many months ago.
God's arrival: Chapter 7.
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. Author's Note
This is one of my most dark chapters for this story.
God had grandchildren not only by Amenadiel, but also Lucifer and Kalaziel.
A dark secret: Chapter 8
Kalaziel dreamt of being back in Heaven. His home.
As he looked around, he felt an energy he knew was long gone.
"Samantha? Baby girl? Is that you?" The girl had been made intentionally ill by God. Once his father had found out what he and Samael did, he made the girl unwell on purpose.
The girl had died hours later.
Since then, the Spark Of Life had not been used after what had happened many millenia ago.
Whenever Kalaziel dreamt of her, the memories would come back, bringing back the pain and misery he felt when she had died.
Lucifer had used his ability which everyone had nicknamed, "The Spark Of Life" to give his brother a gift.
Samantha had been her Earth name. Her angel name was Sarathiel. Her name meant "Grandchild of God" and was something that was once written in the angel's mystical language of Enoch.
Her angel name and Enoch both were erased from existence.
God had used Azrael's blade of death to erase her soul from existence.
Ever since then, Kalaziel held a burning hatred for his father.
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Celestia had a burning question on her mind and decided to ask it.
"Did you have any other relatives apart from your siblings and parents?" The question reminded him of his daughter. The one being in the universe who he loved dearly.
Kalaziel froze at that question. His muscles tense.
She was his child, his little girl.
And yet his father had taken her from him.
Not that God would admit it to him, his siblings and his new friends. He wouldn't be able to. Because of his ego.
None of his elder or younger siblings knew of what had happened to Sarathiel.
God would never tell any of his siblings out of fear of them turning against him. Only his mother, Lucifer and Amenadiel had known. Their mother didn't care.
"Once. A very long time ago, Celestia. But she's not around anymore." He answered the question, barely able to hold himself together emotionally.
Celestia had another question on her mind she wanted to ask.
"What happened to her? And who was she?" The question was innocent, curious and with a hint of sadness.
Kalaziel felt tears flow down his cheeks, remembering what his father had done to Sarathiel.
Avenging her was partly a reason for Lucifer's rebellion and banishment. God had killed Lucifer's son Damael as well.
Kalaziel would have willingly rebelled alongside Lucifer so they could both avenge their deceased children. Both were fathers and desired to tear apart the heavens for their kids.
None of the other archangels knew of what God had done to both his and Lucifer's children.
Mostly, if not a few of their siblings were accepting of him and Lucifer as parents. The only ones who had been so accepting and had helped to raise Damael and Sarathiel were Amenadiel, Zadkiel, Remiel and Jophiel. Even Ezekiel and Raphael were willing to support them both.
God had found out and had made both Damael and Sarathiel purposefully unwell, the sickness God had given them caused them to die mere hours later.
He and Lucifer had grieved for their children, deciding to start a rebellion against their father. Kalaziel had decided to back out in the end as he was afraid of his father's wrath.
"My father killed her. Not only her but my other big brother Lucifer's son Damael. He made them both unwell and they died mere hours later. I could never forgive him for what he had done to me and my big brother."
Kalaziel turned himself to face his father as he looked God in the eyes.
"You killed my little girl. Of course Lucifer rebelled. There isn't a parent alive who wouldn't tear down the Heavens to avenge their child."
God could only sigh as everyone's eyes were on him. He had no explanation to give them. What he did was wrong. He'd come to that realization a few millenia after Samael was banished. If he could turn back time and revive both Damael and Sarathiel perhaps Kalaziel and Samael would be able to forgive him.
"You...killed our niece and nephew?" Remiel spoke up, tears dripping down her cheeks as she clenched her fists in anger. She wasn't the only one who was furious. So was Jophiel and Amenadiel.
"I understand now that what I did many millenia ago was wrong. Kalaziel, I am truly sorry, my son. If I could turn back time and undo what I did I would. Only you and Amenadiel can turn back time, pause it or forward it. I just hope you can forgive me for what I did to your daughter and Samael's son."
Kalaziel was furious, he hated his father for taking Sarathiel away from him. He wanted to yell and to scream at his father. He could never forgive him for his actions. Parental grief overtaking him.
"Dad, how could you? Would you do that to Charlie?! Take him from me?!" Amenadiel roared, he glanced over at Kalaziel and saw his expression and body language. Parental grief. Once their father was back in Heaven, he would comfort his brother and help him grieve her properly.
"I would never do that to Charlie. Ever! I realized my mistake and I won't ever do that to your son." God felt bile burn in the back of his throat as his eldest son asked him that question. Sure, he had done that to Damael and Sarathiel but he soon understood just what he had done.
The old God sighed and placed a hand on Kalaziel's shoulder, wanting to comfort his son.
"If it helps you at all, my son, Azrael, Raphael and Zadkiel are working on a gift for you and Samael."
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Michael, Raphael, Zadkiel and Azrael stood at the entrance to a room that all angels were banned from entering.
Michael looked to Raphael with a serious look.
"Can you do this?" Michael wanted to help his twin brother, but also Kalaziel. He had known about what his father had done to Damael and Sarathiel, his niece and nephew.
"I can do it." Raphael nodded, his eyes fierce and determined.
"Absolutely." Azrael nodded, she wanted to help her big brothers so they could all reconcile and maybe have them come back to Heaven. Their home.
Michael took a deep breath and looked at them both.
"I can." He said resolutely. "I know I can now. Let's begin."
The four archangels got to work with undoing what their father had done many millenia ago.
They were going to attempt the impossible.
Bring back Damael and Sarathiel.
Kalaziel sat in a waiting room, his right leg crossed over his left and his hands on the armrests as if it were a mighty throne.
Amenadiel, Jophiel and Remiel had advised him to see a therapist for what he had been through.
"Kalaziel Morningstar." Called a calm and young voice.
The ever-aware fallen angel got up and saw a white bipedal wolf with black glasses, dressed in a white button up shirt with a grey waistcoat and maroon tie.
"You must be Doctor Wolf, Celestia, Luna and Twilight recommended me to you." Kalaziel said. He'd never been to therapy but had been informed by Lucifer what it was as Lucifer himself had been to therapy with Doctor Linda Martin, or 'The Good Doctor' as he would have said.
"I am indeed, and you are Kalaziel Morningstar, a very majestic sounding name indeed." Doctor Wolf complimented, never in his life had he seen another bipedal being.
"I have the idea you wish to know what my name means, right?" Kalaziel quipped to the therapist. Always one for humour in stressful situations.
"Actually, I would like to know what your name means if you would like to tell me? I don't want you to feel forced to tell me, but only if you are comfortable with sharing it with me. I promise I will not tell anyone else. Doctor-Patient confidentiality." Therapist answered politely.
"Very well. Morningstar means son of the morning, like my brother, Lucifer, which means Lightbringer in Latin. Kalaziel is a random and unique name my father, God, gave me." Kalaziel was still confused on what his name meant.
"And if I were to shorten your name for a nickname?" Doctor Wolf asked with determination, wanting to help Kalaziel and put him on the road to recovery.
"It would be Kal. And Kal means 'strong' which could mean my father wanted me to be strong?" Kalaziel didn't know what his name had meant for so long.
"You mentioned your father and how he is 'God' to you? Could you please elaborate on that?" The bipedal therapist asked, curious to know more about his patient.
Kalaziel sighed and quickly made himself a glass of water.
"Very well. Once upon a time, a boy met a girl, and they fell in love. They had sex! The only trouble was they were celestial beings so that moment created the universe." Kalaziel couldn't believe he was telling the story of creation of the universe to his therapist.
"Mhm, 'The Big Bang'?" Doctor Wolf asked, becoming more curious about his patient.
"Never knew how appropriate the name was until now did you?" Kalaziel quipped. He found the term hilarious. 'The Big Bang' of all ideas humanity came up with and that was it? He internally laughed at the idea.
"So your parents are celestial beings, could you explain further?" the young therapist desired to know more about his patient's life.
"They had a whole litter of kids including yours truly. They built a house, they called it Heaven. They were happy. Dad was, well, Dad. And Mother..." He paused momentarily, clicking his tongue as he nodded to himself. "Mother was rather lovely in the beginning." Kalaziel remembered everything as if it had just happened yesterday.
Kalaziel felt like he needed to tell the rest of the story.
"But things change, don't they? Dad started going into the garage and tinkering with a little project he called 'Humanity.' Mother grew cold and distant. And pretty soon they were both neglecting their family."
"Oh? You have siblings?" Wanting to know more, the therapist pointed his hands to Kalaziel to continue.
"Indeed. Amenadiel, Michael, Samael, or Lucifer now as he tends to go by, Remiel, Jophiel, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Zadkiel, Azrael, Sariel, Ariel, Castiel, Metatron and Sandalphon." Kalaziel counted every sibling he had off of the top of his head.
"You must have been close with them. You must miss them every day." Doctor Wolf couldn't believe how many brothers and sisters Kalaziel had. It sounded biologically impossible.
"Mother was nicknamed 'The Goddess Almighty', 'Ashera' and 'The Goddess Of All Creation' yet Dad only gets 'God' and 'God Almighty' for nicknames." Kalaziel couldn't help but chuckle at memories of days gone by, no, eons gone by.
"Anything else you feel comfortable enough to tell me?" It seemed his story had interested his therapist.
"Well, Mother and Dad's marriage started to fall apart and they had begun to bicker constantly. Samael went to a planet our father created and named Earth where the paradise garden known as 'Eden' once was and met the first two humans called Adam and Eve."
"Oh? And did you ever get to meet Adam and Eve?" Doctor Wolf found Kalaziel an interesting patient.
"Eve seduced Lucifer but everyone on Earth these days thinks it was him who seduced her, caused original sin, caused her to eat an apple from the Tree Of Knowledge and gain Self-Awareness, consciousness and Free Will. That made Dad angry and he yelled at Samael. Dad then banished Adam and Eve from Eden claiming they wouldn't be allowed to step foot in the garden of Eden again." He recalled seeing Lucifer spread out his wings and take flight to Eden without any of their siblings knowing.
"What happened next?" The therapist signaled for him to continue.
"Samael started a rebellion and turned one third of our family against our father. Including Azazel and Camael. Nearing the end of the rebellion, or, 'The Fall' as humanity calls it, the angels who once sided with Samael were killed and he was thrown from the gates of Heaven, our home, and was punished harshly. His punishment was to rule Hell, a dark and empty place for souls full of self-hatred and guilt to be tortured by their guilt in a Hell Loop for eternity." Kalaziel remembered the story like it was yesterday. For him it had been many millenia.
"There's something you're not telling me but know that and don't want to tell me. Why is that?" His therapist had managed to see right through part of his facade.
He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"I sided with Samael in the rebellion. All we wanted was Free Will. The ability to make our own choices. Samael changed his name to Lucifer after the rebellion. He quickly became it's king and has been ruling Hell since. I was punished by having my powers to pause, forward, reverse and rewrite time and history stripped from me. I fell from Heaven and used the last remnants of my powers to create a teleport. I didn't come here of my own violition." He felt ashamed and sorry for fighting against his family. All he wanted was Free Will. Was that so much to ask?
Doctor Wolf looked Kalaziel deep in the eye as he realised it all.
This being in front of him looked young but was old. Oh so old.
"You said your parents were celestial beings, so what does that make you and your siblings?" Doctor Wolf asked curiously.
With a sigh, Kalaziel unfurled his long and majestic white wings.
"I'm an archangel. One of the highest ranked angels in Heaven. Above that are the Seraphim angels Metatron and Sandalphon."
The therapist gasped in shock and awe at the feathery limbs. They were amazing! He knew of how pegasus and alicorn wings worked. He wondered if archangel wings worked the same way.
"I think we have made good progress today. Would you like to come back tomorrow? Or next week?" He wanted to help Kalaziel open up more.
"I'll think about it." With that said, Kalaziel walked out of the room as his wings were caught in the doorway.
With a laugh, he furled his wings back in and walked through the door. Walking outside to a clear opening, he unfurled his wings once more and flew off back to Canterlot Castle at mach speed.
Harsh Truths Part 1: Chapter 10A.
Something has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter. Harsh Truths Part 2: Chapter 10B.
Cadance had recieved a letter from her auntie Princess Celestia.
Apparently she was involved because the matter of discussion was important.
Mostly importantly, her parents.
Her entire life she'd grown up without a mom or a dad. Instead, she'd been raised by a village of ponies who had been like a giant family to her.
Eventually, she had been adopted by Celestia and Luna and had been turned into an alicorn.
She wondered what her aunties had to say to her regarding her parents.
Cadance had gotten in a carriage and was being flown to Canterlot Castle.
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Kalaziel was spooning with Amore, making out with her passionately.
The two had immediately fallen back in love as soon as their eyes met.
Amore giggled and kissed his neck, kissing lower as she kissed his torso before going lower.
"Someone's a bit excited." Kalaziel teased playfully, moving his hand to her rump as he squeezed her cutie marks, causing her to let out a moan.
"Mhm." Amore giggled seductively, nuzzling his abs as she went even lower.
As they were about to get frisky, Celestia interrupted them with a knock on the door.
"One minute! Bloody hell! I wish I had my foresight powers right about now." Kalaziel muttered, climbing out of their bed as he quickly got dressed.
Amore quickly put on her crown and royal slippers as she brushed her mane.
Kalaziel smiled at her and rubbed her cheek comfortingly.
"I'm so nervous right now but so excited!" Amore giggled, trying to remain composed. She couldn't wait to meet her sweet little filly.
The two lovers left their room and walked down the hallway to the throne room where Celestia, Luna and Cadence were chatting.
Cadance soon took notice of Kalaziel and waved at him as she smiled. She then locked eyes with Amore as everyone went silent.
"Kalaziel, who's the mare?" Cadence asked, she'd never known that he'd pursued a romantic relationship.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, bracing himself for this conversation.
"Cadance. there's something you don't know about me. Next to me is Princess Amore, my lover. As to how she's alive, my father caused her to be turned into stone for two thousand years simply because we fell in love." The first half of the conversation was over.
"So you once came to Equestria and dated Princess Amore, who is one of my relatives?" Cadance asked, confused at the statement he had just made. He'd told her that he'd never been to Equestria before.
He sighed once again to brace himself for what he would tell her.
"Cadance, sweetie, Princess Amore isn't who you think she is as a relative, and you can say the same for me. The thing is...Well...Princess Amore is your mother, and I'm your dad." The words came smoothly to him, he took in the look of shock and hurt in her expression. Tears had begun to trickle down her cheeks as she had began to sob.
"You're my mom and dad? Why did you both leave me? Why did you abandon me and give me up?" Cadance asked heartbrokenly, sniffling as more tears flowed down her cheeks.
Amore saw the look of hurt and betrayal in her little filly's face. Oh how she just wanted to run over to her and soothe all the pain away.
"Oh Cadance, we didn't abandon you, it's not like that. My father, God, did this to me, to us. He wiped Amore's, Mine, Celestia's and Luna's memories of me and Amore being togethe. All our dates, our first kiss, us having sex and your birth. He wanted all of us to forget it ever happened like it was some grand mistake he made." Kalaziel was furious at his father, unknowingly to him, he felt his wings unfurl from his back as they were raised in agitation.
"My father, God, moved you through time to when you were found by a small village of ponies who raised you. We wouldn't have done that to you because we would've raised you ourselves as our daughter. We may not know you that well, but you're still our daughter and we love you and we always will." Kalaziel smiled and lowered himself to his knees, opening his arms invitingly for Cadance.
Amore opened her hooves for her daughter, hoping she'd want to hug her.
"MOM!" Cadance yelled, running into her mother's body, wanting her mother to hold her and never let go.
"Shh, Mommy's here. It's ok sweetie, I'm here." Amore cooed, running her hoof through her daughter's mane.
"Daddy." Cadance whimpered, sniffling as she gazed over at her father who smiled and walked over to them, embracing both Amore and Cadance with his wings, pulling them to his body protectively.
"Daddy's here darling, I promise you that we will never abandon you again. I swear it on my immortal life."
As if his father, or Faust heard him, he, Amore and Cadance had begun to glow brightly. As the light dimmed and eventually faded, they noticed that Amore had wings as well, becoming an alicorn like Cadance.
"And I promise it too, my sweet little filly." Amore cooed, ruffling her daughter's mane playfully.
Kalaziel smiled as another tear went down his cheek. Their small family had been restored. He remembered that Cadance had a husband which meant he had a son-in-law.
He wanted to have a small family dinner with Cadance and Shining and learn about his daughter's husband.
For now, the family wanted to spend the rest of the evening together. To make up for lost time and to make new memories.
