Serenity

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in heaven there lived an angel who was yet a child, she was loved by all the angels and most importantly God who named her Serenity, and gave her power that controlled serenity, peace and all things calm and gentle, but he secretly gave her the Elixir of Life which would drip from her finger each day and each night, unknown was this to the other angels because God was sure that if this was known Serenity would be in grave peril because, man alone does not seek eternal life, angels, devils and all creatures whether they reside in heaven or hell seek the Elixir of Life reason being that man alone does not die angels do too, as the ‘Our Father’ prayer, says “thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” God did this to give everyone both angel and man a chance to repent. Everyone though in their own rite wants to live forever.
God however did not think that the horrible event that He so many years foresaw would happen. God saw that an angel witnessed Him giving Serenity the Elixir when Serenity was sleeping but God thought that the other angels had learnt from Satan’s terrible mistake so he gave that angel the benefit of the doubt but even that angel did not witness God planting the Elixir of death in her luminous wings this would drip from her wings only, and only if her beauty touched the earth. God did not suspect anything because no harm came to beautiful serenity, and for years she continued to entrance the Lord with her innocence and intelligence. She made a garden for herself and the Lord to go if they desired serenity; she also invited the other angels to her magnificent garden of wonders. She loved the other angels and regarded them as sisters and brothers. Though the angel who had witnessed her receiving of the gift of the Elixir never regarded Serenity as anything compared to herself even though she was older and more cunning than poor little Serenity could even dream about.
For one day and one night God decided to lock away His powerful all-seeing eye, God wanted to live a normal life amongst the humans for one day and one night. He wanted to take sweet Serenity with him but he remembered about the second gift that he bestowed on her He left her with His divine protection and love and He then set off leaving Serenity alone. Serenity did not mind though because she knew that wherever God is, He is always with her in spirit and will always be with her now and forever. She was playing with her winged ball, Diane, Diane was the first toy that God had given to her on the day of her creation. She loved Diane for Diane spoke and was always truthful with every word that she uttered, she loved little Serenity, and always tried to keep Serenity safe for she knew of the Lord’s prophecy. Unknown to Serenity, Diane was a mini-angel in the ball which was her home. Serenity played and played all over heaven until she reached the end of heaven, near to which there was a throne in which God sits to look at the earth. She did not sit on the throne for she knew that this was forbidden.
All this time the angel who had witnessed Serenity’s receiving of the gift followed Serenity. “Serenity what are you doing here?” she asked, “Playing” came the reply. “Well why don’t you look at the earth for a while?” asked the angel, “Serenity look, look there!” and the angel pushed Serenity, little Serenity hit her head on the throne an fell from heaven unconsciously, she descended slowly and with a dull thud, she hit the earth. A few hours later, the five year old Serenity revived to find herself in a strange new place this place had lots of carvings and statues of the Lord, Serenity, not knowing that the statues were statues, she panicked and went up to each statue and asked, “Is that you Lord?”. A priest came and said “Child, these are naught but mere representations of the Lord, the only way to talk to the Lord, is through prayer”, “Kind sir where is this placed to which I am now condemned?”, “This structure is called a church, a house of our God it is but a small tribute to him on this vast earth”, intoned the priest. Serenity looked at her wings, they were blue, the colour of poison, it was only when Serenity gasped did the priest actually look at her, he gasped as well and dropped the stick of incense, that he was holding and clutched tightly, the crucifix that he wore around his neck.