Emily’s mind raced as she was falling, her wings no longer behind, only the smell of burnt feathers filled her lungs even if she was holding her breath. That smell, it was the most potent thing she has ever had to remember, stronger than any fragrant flower she once smelled behind the palaces and gardens in heaven. But as she fell, the heaven’s portal was growing further away from her grasp, yet she didn’t scream, she didn’t wail, but she did she shed tears. Her home was no longer her home, her friends were no longer around, her family.. didn’t support her. Emily thought back to how it all happened. After finding out about the exterminations, she had a terrible time believing it was heaven. She questioned the high council, the other seraphims, Sera. But the answers were never justified, exterminating souls? Even the most vile didn’t deserve it, no one should ever be erased from existence, she thought. So she tried to push to help Charlie and the idea of redemption, she went to the same people, the high council and the seraphim, but after being shut out, she decided she had to tell the citizens of heaven. These were the souls from the same earth, many likely had family or loved ones in hell, they had to find out they could be exterminated. So she told them, but it wasn’t even a day when He called for Emily and Sera, demanding their appearance. Once they showed up, He asked questions, asking why there were citizens of heaven panicking, saddened, and angry. Sera told him the truth and she didn’t dare look at Emily in the eyes as she tried to apologize on Emily’s behalf. But Emily didn’t feel sorry because they had to know, Emily stepped forward and in front of Sera, to stand her ground as she spoke. The people of heaven deserve to know! They could be losing their family without their knowledge, the people of hell are souls like the people of heaven! None of them deserve the fate of being erased! As Emily went on, Sera’s eyes widened in shock and horror seeing her own sister step up to god himself, not only step up but to lash out and rebel. Once Emily was finished talking, all they heard was a “Very well then.” And then a finger snap that sent Emily plummeting to hell. Sera’s shadowed face looking down through the clouded hole was seared into Emily’s mind. With a loud Bang! Emily hit the dirt of hell, some walk away from pentagram city, but Emily didn’t look over to it, she just stared up, up at the heaven’s portal before her eyes went to the slow moving pentagram in the sky while it slowly darkened the land below. She laid there until the land was as dark as can be, the lights of the city shining finally caught her attention and she sat up to notice her hair fading and dress too as the puffy sleeves were burnt away. She watched the ashes fall from her arms, her eyes widening as she is finally taking it all in, finally realizing the gravity of it all. She was no longer an angel, a seraphim, but now.. she was a fallen angel. She wanted to scream, to shout how unfair heaven has become but all that came from her were tears, falling down her silent face as she began to look around. The grass was a dark red color, the trees were twisted and sharp, the flowers around her were dark and ghastly. Emily: Her breathing became shaky, and she released a shuddering breath as she reached out to pick a flower, one that looked like a wicked parody of an orchid. She gasped softly and dropped it before looking around as she began to panic. Nothing was even remotely similar to heaven, nothing was the same, it was all dark and terrifying. Her panicked breaths left her lips as she stood up and hugged herself tightly and let out a sob, but once she brought one of her hands to her eyes to wipe away the tears, she saw something, a figure approaching her. All she could let out was a soft, ‘H-hello..?’ to the stranger.