Lucifer looked up at his father. He never seen him before like this. He felt warmth engulf him and was blinded by the magnificence of his father.
“My son, the time has come. You are to answer to me alone for your actions against me.”
Lucifer stunned by his father’s statement spoke.
“ Father, I have done this all for you! Can you not see this in all of your infinite wisdom and knowledge!”
His father just stood above him. He did not answer. Lucifer began to pled to his father.
“You have to see all of this was caused by your vision! You created me for this! I am the ruler of the new world and must do everything to protect it!” His father shouted in pure anger.
“You are an Angel of the Kingdom of Heaven! You were granted the title of ruler by me! I alone granted you the power to rule the new world! You were created to follow my command! Guards bring Lucifer into my sanctum.” His father turned around and disappeared. The eternal guard picked up Lucifer and flew into the Golden spire. Two carried Lucifer himself and one carried his sword. The guards brought Lucifer before his father and his throne.
“My son, you must understand why this all happened the way it did.” Lucifer lifted his head and looked at his father who took his usual form.
“You were destined to do this treasonous act. That is true. You were destined to rule the new world, but not forever. Your ambition and demands to understand the plan set before you are what lead you to commit these acts. I am your father and always will be. You took the power that I gave you and twisted it. I gave you a path to understand true wisdom and knowledge. Your glimpse into your destiny guided you. You still do not understand nor will you. I will tell you this once more and will give you the final choice that will complete your destiny or destroy it.” Lucifer knelt on his knee in front of his father as he began to speak.
“Father, you knew I would do this and why I did this yet you did nothing? I feel strange, I have never felt this way before.” Lucifer grasped his chest in pain as his father began to speak.
“That feeling is hate Lucifer. I created you to be the best, to lead, to be ambitious. Now, you have two choices. You will continue to serve me for all of eternity or you will be destroyed and all memory of you will be forgotten by your brothers. The choice is yours to make.”
Lucifer thought about his visions and none of them had him before his father, none of them included a choice he had to make. Lucifer let go of his chest and said
“Father, I will continue to serve you for all eternity, but you will fall.”
Lucifer grabbed his sword next to him and tried to force it into his father’s chest. His father lifted his hand and as the sword got closer it would shatter all the way down to the hilt of the sword. Dawnbringer had been destroyed and Lucifer would drop the hilt.
“WHY…WHY DID I DO THAT!” Lucifer shouted in pure anguish as he feel to his knees. His father came close to him and said
“It is time.”
His father lifted his hand once again and Lucifer’s wings began to decay until they feel of his back. His armor melted away and his halo shattered just as his sword. Lucifer looked back at his father who grabbed him by his linen shirt and flew out of the Golden spire to the Golden gate. There, his father set Lucifer on the ground and began his announcement.
“My sons, this is your brother Lucifer Morningstar. He and his war council have rebelled against me and against you all. The dead who feel defending the Golden gate and the outer city will be resurrected, but for those who feel on the side of Lucifer will not be allowed to return. Lucifer and his conspirators will be punished for all of time and this will be the greatest lesson to all of you. They will be sent to the Prison of the Multiverse, in the deepest and darkest place of the Universe. Do not fret, you are all strong and loyal subjects as you should be. Now, witness their punishment first hand.”
Their father raised his hand as the armor, weapons and wings of Lucifer’s legion melted away into nothingness. Ares and Vulcan’s halos shattered into the air just as Lucifer’s. Michael stood above Lucifer and wept. His brother who had taught him everything would no longer be an Angel. His father raised his other hand and in an instant Lucifer and his legion disappeared. Michael feel to his knees and looked at his father and asked
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“Why did he do this father? Why would he fail you?”
His father replied in one word.
“Destiny”
Time passed and Lucifer opened his eyes. He saw nothing. He saw no one all he felt was pain. His body ached and he could not tell if he was on steady ground or floating in the air. Lucifer began to weep. He failed his father, he failed his brothers, and worst of all he failed himself. Lucifer had nothing and no one to talk to and began to think
“Why did I not heed his words? I should have never been ambitious enough to try and understand. I am…was a soldier. My brothers are gone, my world is gone, my realm is gone. My people will fall into madness. If only he understood, but it is too late. I will fade soon enough…then father will have his peace.”
Lucifer heard a familiar voice whisper in his ear.
“ You were just following orders Lucifer. You were just doing your job.”
Lucifer looked around but still only saw darkness. He asked
“Who is there? What are you?”
The voice whispered
“I am you Lucifer. Now that you lost that sword of yours we can finally talk.”
Lucifer looked around aimlessly but still saw nothing and replied
“You are nothing but an illusion sent to punish me for my crimes.”
The voice replied
“Lucifer, you need to stop saying that. You were doing nothing wrong. You wanted your father to see the truth. He did not see it, that means he already knew. He wanted you to fail and fail you did, but spectacularly.”
Lucifer replied
“What do you want, have I not failed enough already.”
The voice said
“No no, you were meant to do this. You are here now and I can help you. All you need to do is curse your father.”
Lucifer shouted
“I WILL DO NO SUCH THING! I HAVE FAILED HIM FOR THE LAST TIME!”
The voice replied
“Then why did you try to kill him.”
Lucifer said
“I do not know why, it was out of my control.”
The voice replied
“No, it was a choice. No Angel could have done that. You are more than that. You swore to follow him and then tried to kill him. I’ll give you props for that.”
Lucifer said
“This is no game, are you saying that I have free will?”
The voice replied
“No, that is too simple for you. You have more than that, you have the freedom to do whatever you want. Even while following his Light you still were able to choose to try and kill him. You are the most powerful Angel to be created and are the rightful ruler of the new world. Your father is meant to rule Heaven that will be forever, but you were created for more than being a servant.”
Lucifer listened to the voice and started to agree with it.
“All you need to do is curse your father and I will help you attain your true status.”
Lucifer stayed silent for a moment. He began to think to his last discussion with his father. He sent him to find the knowledge and wisdom that he wanted, he sent him on the path of damnation. Lucifer wanted to defend his father and his creation, but he would not listen to an Angel, a soldier. Now, as something greater than an Angel or the possibility of being greater was very tempting to Lucifer. He remembered his father telling he was sorry, he remembered his father telling him that he was destined to do this, but now he had a choice and a chance to be better than his father. Anger grew in Lucifer, hatred for what he did changed to hatred of his father. His father who all-knowing, all-powerful created him to fail. His father was not worthy of ruling the new world if he created them all just to fail. This was the breaking point for Lucifer as he let out with a mighty scream.
“I CURSE MY FATHER! I CURSE HIS WRETCHED RACE OF HUMANS WHO WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING! I CURSE MY BROTHERS WHO COULD NOT SEE THE TRUE VISION OF MY WORK! I CURSE HEAVEN AND ALL OF ITS GLORY FOR MY NEW DOMAIN!”
Lucifer sprouted wings once more, but these were not his white wings, they were wings that were purely made of flames, his white hair changed color to pure black and his blue eyes changed to pure black. Lucifer was no longer an Angel, but the direct opposite of it. The voice replied to the new Lucifer.
“Good, now let’s get started.”