Other side

Ch 5// James

Girl turned around and saw him. She no longer understood anything. Why right now he appeared when the girl most wanted to be alone. Of course, she was grateful about driving away the stage figure, but because of this situation, the girl was very tired and at the time she least wanted some kind of conversation. 

"Well.. if you want me to leave, I can go. But sooner or later you will have to listen to me anyway," replied the guy, although Kerry hadn't said anything out loud. He had probably read her mind again.

“If I listen to you, will you leave me alone?” Kerry asked.

"Yes, but you have to understand one thing, now you have to listen carefully, all right? Otherwise nothing will work out."

"Can I at least know your name?"

"James," naming his name the guy moved closer.

"But I am..."

"Don't. I know your name Kerry," he told that and smiled.

'Oh yes, of course. As always I'm saying something stupid. How typical of me.' Kerry scold herself.

"Stop condemning yourself once. All people occasionally err. So... what I wanted to tell you is...

"Wait," Kerry interrupted him in halfway, "what will I hear now, will it affect my future life? Just if so, then I have to prepare a little because..."

"Yes, it will."

Kerry thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, you can start telling me why I see you. And why right now, after all these years. what happened that you talk to me?"

The guy sighed and began to speak:

"Well... in fact, you've seen me before and other guardian angels. But when you looked you didn't understand what you saw. In short, you looked but you didn't see it. You didn't realise that you see. You have..." the guy fell silent a little, but then he started talking again, "you can see me now, right? But you can see me even when I don't want to, when the other guardian angels don't. Because you... well you, unlike others, see us."

"But why? I don't understand."

"How can I explain it to you. I probably won't be able to explain it all to you so well."

"Please try."

"I will," James took a deeper breath and began to tell, "from time to time people with such abilities appear on Earth. And it's called 'the vision'. This ability is most common in children, but over time this vision disappears. So to speak, its strength decreases. But sometimes this ability does not disappear, but on the contrary - intensifies until a certain age, I think it was until fifteen or sixteen, and later lasts until the end of life. It rarely happens, but it does happen. And this vision is expressing like this - you can see us and them," noticing the misunderstanding in the girl's face, James immediately added, "but I said that it is not very easy for me to explain the essence of the vision. One of the Light Keepers would be better able to tell you about it.""Wait, who?"

"Light Keepers. These are old guardian angels whose souls are old enough. The older, the higher the seniority among the Keepers. The guardian angel becoming the Keeper, attain to the highest degree. To become a Keeper, a guardian angel must do something important, prove himself worthy to become a Keeper. One soul can change the body several times. If with the body happens something, the soul must seek a new guardian angel  to not lose knowledge," James calmly explained, "when the fateful moment comes, they are given a choice. Because not everyone chooses to become a Keeper, they can also refuse it. You can become a Keeper of Light, a new guardian angel teacher, continue living as a guardian angel or... you can refuse all this and become a mortal. In this case, the memory of the guardian angel is erased and he given the mortal body of man. Because, as everyone knows, guardian angels are immortal."

"I didn't know that. I have no idea that such guardian angels exist at all. I believed that someone is protecting us. I sensed that there were higher forces, but something like that didn't even appear to me in my dreams. I'm not even sure if I believe in God"

"I can not force you to believe. It is your own free choice of what to believe and what not. Speaking of God, I should not say whether He exists or not, but I am one hundred percent sure of the guardian angels and demons, - said the guy, closer to the shore.

"Wait. So 'they' what do people with vision see are demons?"

"Yes."

"But let's say vampires, werewolves, wizards and similar creatures. Do they exist?"

James stared at the shore, he was watching something. Hearing the question, he sighed, bowed his head down. Then, straightened, he turned to the girl.

"I'm not sure if you should now know everything about the world that we've been trying to hide from people's eyes so far. And about which you had no idea till now. It is not a place for sand castles and bright rainbows. There are no ivory towers and castles in my world made of polished marble. Everything is possible in here."

'Is this really happening to me? Maybe I am crazy! Maybe I will wake up tomorrow morning and it turns out that this was just a strange dream. That no hidden world and guardian angels exist at all!' Kerry thought to herself, hoping a little.

"You still don't realize it's serious," the boy's dark eyes darkened even more.

"No! Now I understand it, but I can't cover it so quickly! Because yesterday I didn't know that there were people like you at all!" the girl said angrily.

There were tears in Kerry's eyes, but she didn't let him see them, and sitting on the bench, Kerry pressed her face to her knees. Seeing this, James sighed a little. He approached the girl closer and sat down next to her, continuing to look into the distance.

"I understand. I won't make you rush. But some things I have to explain to you before something bad happens. The sights, it almost happened, would have arrived a few minutes later, that demon, the guardian of the Shadows, would have dragged you underground and drained all your energy so that only a lifeless body would remain," the girl looked at the guy anxiously to see if he was really serious. Seeing the serious face, the anxiety did not subside. The guy continued to explain, "like the guardian angels, the Keepers of Light, so are the guardians of the shadows and the Keepers of Darkness. Underground, you see, there are slightly different laws. There the Main is Lucifer, the fallen angel. He is called by various names, the devil, Satan, the Evil. He rarely appears above ground because he is busy underground. Other times I will tell you in more detail. The underworld has its own hierarchy, so every demon has its own title. After Lucifer, the lord, comes Abaddon, the king of demons and an angel of destruction, he is second only after Lucifer in strength, he is Lucifer's right hand, he would even trust his life to him if he were not immortal. Then comes Agramon - the demon of fear. There are many titles. To keep the title, you have to fight, others sometimes lose lives, everyone fights as much as they can. The strongest wins. All demons are counted as Keepers of Darkness. After them come evil spirits. They are less dangerous. For example, Ahriman - the spirit of darkness, death and destruction. Shadow guardians.. other words the Abysses - energy greedy shadow spirits," all this was quoted by James as a verse.

"I see you this topic goes well to heart."

"Well... maybe, yes. But I have to know this as a guardian angel, because I can't know who will attack. Spirits and demons must be destroyed differently, the most powerful demons even differently and harder. They are all divided into groups, also we cannot be confused with forms of intimidation and types of killing against various demons. Some are shadow demons, others are underground, surface, dark and so on."

"It thought the guardian angels were defending not killing."

"We only kill them in emergencies, only if we can't do otherwise. Because don't kill just like that. If they don't touch us, we don't touch them. This is one of the main provisions of the agreement."

"But one thing still does not give me peace of mind."

"What is it?"

"Why did this demon attack me!?"

"I will explain. You see, you can see me, so you can see them too. Demons. Knowing that you see me I will be surprised but I will not do anything to you. This is a problem for demons. They get frustrated, they get confused and don't know what to do. You see, the shadow guards are pretty silly. They are greedy, that why they are doing first and only then think. Abysses are not the smartest, but dangerous anyway. So here.. the figurer that approached the river in your direction and paralysed you was Abyss, one of the guardians of the shadows," James explained.

Listening to James, Kerry gradually began to understand what it was all about. It was already dark, the girl promised her mother not to be out for more than an hour.

"I'm sorry, but I should go now."

"I know. You promised to her."

"How did you... right. You are that telepath here."

The guy smiled. The girl sensed that the boy was amused.

"Now, will you leave me alone!" Kerry asked annoyed.

"No."

"But you said if I will listen to you, then..."I lied. And by the way, I haven't told you everything, so until later."

Without adding anything, the guy was gone. James with charcoal black hair and eyes faded in front of the girl's eyes. To her surprise, Kerry held her breath. Exhaled, Kerry lowered her legs and looked into the distance. Disturbing the peace and quiet a branch behind the girl, a little further away, cracked. She turned quickly, but calmed down when she heard the dogs barking. It was simply a person who took his dog for an evening walk. But this was no ordinary person, he spoke: 

"Kerry, is that you?"