Happy Reunion (Vlad)
Apr 19, 2016 0:56:22 GMT -7
Post by Mari on Apr 19, 2016 0:56:22 GMT -7
She could sense his mind working and just as she was a worrier so Vlad was very negative in his thinking. His mantle seemed only to reinforce this and it would be up to her to help him see that things were not as dire as he thought they might be. He needed his family to remind him of his humanity and remind him that he was loved and cared for. He may not have believed it or wanted to but it was true.
“Vlad, I have gone through all of this to help you. Marriage isn’t always easy or kind. It takes work and sometimes its not always the stuff of romance novels and that is okay. Give me credit for being of stern stock if nothing else. If I can deal with Lucifer at his angriest as he lashed out at my father I can handle you when your mantle clouds your mind. My sister is unaware of the way this world works. Her beliefs are… antiquated it will take time for her to adapt to the realm in which she finds herself. I want you to learn control of your power and not be a victim to it. Love and Death may not be exact opposite but they are close enough that I should be able to help ease some of the strain you are under. As for Ingeras, he is his own man. He controls his own destiny as Katya controls hers. I want them to be happy. For Ingeras that means serving you loyally or making you proud of him.”
Moving closer to him she tilted his face up, “Your son has only ever wanted you to be proud of him. His first steps were to you, so many of the things he did growing up were to make you happy. He loves you. He would be miserable without you.” Her eyes were kind, “The children never needed or wanted me half as much as they needed and wanted you. Sometimes that is the way of it but regardless I would not sunder his connection to you unless he chose to do so. Any woman could have born them but YOU are their father. Even Katya’s anger at you was born out of her anger at her perception of your abandonment of her. It is impossible to be so angry about something the way she was with you unless she deeply loved you at one point.”
She exhaled softly, “I understand why none of you heeded my words. You have your own opinions and minds and my perceptions of things do not suit yours but I do know that your son worships the ground you walk on. Anything you ask of him he would do without hesitation. He will always need his father.”
Cupping his face in her hand she smiled, “As for me? I love you. Surely you realize that if I was not meant to be with you that no spell you could cast would have worked on me? If I was not meant to be here now then I would not have been able to come here now. Fate would have prevented it. Now I cannot know the future but I do know that for the moment we are meant to be together.”
His words made her sigh and she fluttered her wings briefly to stretch them, “There is nothing new in war. Do you think that humans existed a mere two thousand years since Christ’s birth on earth? I saw them crafting stone tools and hunting Mammoth. I have seen civilizations wiped out and floods wipe clean the horrors that humanity has wrought on old Earth. If we can see humanity destroy the first world they were born on then it stands to reason we can survive whatever the races of this world have to offer us. Do you honestly think Earth was the first time human kind or even your own species have existed? There are billions of solar systems and universes. We are all star stuff my love and no matter what you think we will always come back in some fashion even if we do not recognize ourselves right away. To fret that it will all end so soon is to miss out on the joy you could have in the present. There is always hope no matter how grim the situation may be.”
“You seek to punish the dragons as if you would punish God for turning a caterpillar into a Butterfly. Can you not see that in order for me to be able to help you as an equal I had to be reborn? Can you not show gratitude and forgiveness to the being that facilitated that even if he was a clumsy vessel to do so? I saw the horror in Samael’s eyes, he has been tormented and tortured by the blood on his hands and he has been a victim of the demons as much as you have been. No species is purely evil my love. Even demons, as difficult as they may be, can find the way to the light if they chose the road back. The angelic war we had with them was over their method and the harming of innocents. Our destruction of them was merely an attempt to force them to grow beyond their petty selfishness. Granted it fails more often than it succeeds but the true purpose has ever been so. My brother Michael thinks a great purge has to happen when in truth it is more that a great Forgiveness needs to happen. Demons and Vampires remain trapped because they see themselves as being so. If they knew the true forgiveness of the Creator and truly repented the Fall they would find themselves raised from Perdition as an Eagle soars in the sky. If you do not believe me then ask yourself how it is you come to be both an angelic personage AND a divine being of Death? If you were not meant to be so you would have been locked in the Abyss and never found your way out till true repentance had filled your soul. The Creator has given you this admittedly mixed blessing to help you see past the sorrow you hold and into the light of change and rebirth. You have only to accept it for the responsibility it is and move forward.”
Placing her arms around his waist she hugged him, “Agreed, although I suspect you would decimate your own kind rather than forgive them.” She said wryly. “Is it too much for me to ask you to try and relax, My Love?”
“Vlad, I have gone through all of this to help you. Marriage isn’t always easy or kind. It takes work and sometimes its not always the stuff of romance novels and that is okay. Give me credit for being of stern stock if nothing else. If I can deal with Lucifer at his angriest as he lashed out at my father I can handle you when your mantle clouds your mind. My sister is unaware of the way this world works. Her beliefs are… antiquated it will take time for her to adapt to the realm in which she finds herself. I want you to learn control of your power and not be a victim to it. Love and Death may not be exact opposite but they are close enough that I should be able to help ease some of the strain you are under. As for Ingeras, he is his own man. He controls his own destiny as Katya controls hers. I want them to be happy. For Ingeras that means serving you loyally or making you proud of him.”
Moving closer to him she tilted his face up, “Your son has only ever wanted you to be proud of him. His first steps were to you, so many of the things he did growing up were to make you happy. He loves you. He would be miserable without you.” Her eyes were kind, “The children never needed or wanted me half as much as they needed and wanted you. Sometimes that is the way of it but regardless I would not sunder his connection to you unless he chose to do so. Any woman could have born them but YOU are their father. Even Katya’s anger at you was born out of her anger at her perception of your abandonment of her. It is impossible to be so angry about something the way she was with you unless she deeply loved you at one point.”
She exhaled softly, “I understand why none of you heeded my words. You have your own opinions and minds and my perceptions of things do not suit yours but I do know that your son worships the ground you walk on. Anything you ask of him he would do without hesitation. He will always need his father.”
Cupping his face in her hand she smiled, “As for me? I love you. Surely you realize that if I was not meant to be with you that no spell you could cast would have worked on me? If I was not meant to be here now then I would not have been able to come here now. Fate would have prevented it. Now I cannot know the future but I do know that for the moment we are meant to be together.”
His words made her sigh and she fluttered her wings briefly to stretch them, “There is nothing new in war. Do you think that humans existed a mere two thousand years since Christ’s birth on earth? I saw them crafting stone tools and hunting Mammoth. I have seen civilizations wiped out and floods wipe clean the horrors that humanity has wrought on old Earth. If we can see humanity destroy the first world they were born on then it stands to reason we can survive whatever the races of this world have to offer us. Do you honestly think Earth was the first time human kind or even your own species have existed? There are billions of solar systems and universes. We are all star stuff my love and no matter what you think we will always come back in some fashion even if we do not recognize ourselves right away. To fret that it will all end so soon is to miss out on the joy you could have in the present. There is always hope no matter how grim the situation may be.”
“You seek to punish the dragons as if you would punish God for turning a caterpillar into a Butterfly. Can you not see that in order for me to be able to help you as an equal I had to be reborn? Can you not show gratitude and forgiveness to the being that facilitated that even if he was a clumsy vessel to do so? I saw the horror in Samael’s eyes, he has been tormented and tortured by the blood on his hands and he has been a victim of the demons as much as you have been. No species is purely evil my love. Even demons, as difficult as they may be, can find the way to the light if they chose the road back. The angelic war we had with them was over their method and the harming of innocents. Our destruction of them was merely an attempt to force them to grow beyond their petty selfishness. Granted it fails more often than it succeeds but the true purpose has ever been so. My brother Michael thinks a great purge has to happen when in truth it is more that a great Forgiveness needs to happen. Demons and Vampires remain trapped because they see themselves as being so. If they knew the true forgiveness of the Creator and truly repented the Fall they would find themselves raised from Perdition as an Eagle soars in the sky. If you do not believe me then ask yourself how it is you come to be both an angelic personage AND a divine being of Death? If you were not meant to be so you would have been locked in the Abyss and never found your way out till true repentance had filled your soul. The Creator has given you this admittedly mixed blessing to help you see past the sorrow you hold and into the light of change and rebirth. You have only to accept it for the responsibility it is and move forward.”
Placing her arms around his waist she hugged him, “Agreed, although I suspect you would decimate your own kind rather than forgive them.” She said wryly. “Is it too much for me to ask you to try and relax, My Love?”