[ WP ] many have heard of the fallen angel but few of considered it going the other way around . Now as the first ever ascended demon reaches archangel rank the event itself causes an unprecedented amount of angels to fall .

I had been working towards this for a millennia. 
 
 Call it what you want- redemption, justice, a holy mission. I called it going home. 
 
 And here I was, home. 
 
 It's different for everyone. One of those places where you mostly see what you want to. I saw a forest. 
 
 My footsteps here made no noise, my breath made no sound, and yet I knew my presence was felt. 
 
 I touched everything. It felt so real- it might have been. I did n't know how places like these worked. The bark crumbled away beneath my fingers, thick red chunks tumbling to the ground. The twigs beneath my feet did not snap, but I felt them there. A sheen of dew coated everything in sight, and I felt it coating me, the mist nearly as light as air. 
 
 *Child. * I felt, more than heard. 
 
 I made no sudden break to look around. When he was ready he would show himself to me. 
 
 *It has been long. * 
 
 `` The years without me?'' I asked the air. `` I would know better than anyone. You know how time goes there.'' 
 
 *I'm sorry for that. * 
 
 I knew he was. It was just the way he worked. He could be as sorry as he wanted and he would still make the same choices out of pure obligation. 
 
 `` I forgive you.'' I said, and I meant it. You were n't allowed here if you did n't mean it. 
 
 I shared a silent moment of understanding with him. 
 
 `` The others-'' I asked quietly. 
 
 *Now they are the fallen. * 
 
 I reflected on this. I had thought it seemed awfully empty here. 
 
 `` They could not bear to redeem me.'' I said. It was not a question. 
 
 *Forgiveness is essential. * 
 
 `` Now they may understand how I suffered.'' I said. There was no malice in the thought. I did not wish suffering upon them. I was rather sad they were no longer here. 
 
 *It will be many years before they return. * 
 
 `` -if they return at all.'' I finished quietly. 
 
 *Lucifer. * 
 
 A thought occurred to me. I palmed the tree again, feeling the bark beneath my hand catch on my skin. You could not be hurt here. That was the price for absolute truth. 
 
 I toyed with it a moment longer before I dared speak aloud. 
 
 `` Do *you* think I can be forgiven?'' I said, and I waited. 
 
 A silence fell over the forest. Everything appeared the same, but I felt the difference sweep over me. 
 
 I was suddenly alone.
