THE LAST NEPHILIM

Idiomas used in the story: Nephilim= child of an angel and a human Fallen= fallen angel, dark angel, an angel who is no longer a part of Heaven The 7 ones= are the first 7 Fallen Angels (=7 sins) Fae/Fae Folk=child of a Fallen and a human Dark Mother= the mother of demons, Lilith Demons= Lilith's children (with the first 7 Fallen) Supernatural creatures=children of the first few Nephilim and humans (they were abominations that created humans with powers!) Lythari= hybrid of a Fae and werewolf Dhampir= hybrid of Fae and vampire Grimm Rippers= from Eva's bloodline (Death helpers) Eva's bloodline= humans, Fae Folk, and hybrids of the two (to say that someone is good/ pure) Lilith's bloodline = demons (reference for evil/ tinted) Cain's descendant= supernatural with magic (as a witch/warlock, sorcerers, and mages) Juda's descendant= supernatural creature/beast (like vampires, werewolves, dragons) Onyx= the one being both Cain's and Juda's descendant (extremely rare!!) *all supernatural can choose to be a good or evil creature. When they choose the "dark path" (evil) they and their title change!! For example: -a sorcerer/ enchantress becomes a necromancer -a mage develops into a ghoul -a werewolf distorts in a lycan -a vampire comes to subsist to a strigoi ETA= European Triad Academy (as the story develops, if will be needed, I'll expand this section) __________________________________ Prologue Azrael, the Angel of Death, wandered Earth from the beginning. He was the one who took the souls to their eternal rest, or torture... Hells and Heaven Gates were the last stop, never going through any of them because he didn't belong to dark or light. His scythe wasn't an ordinary weapon; it was the judge for the soul, revealing the life and the true nature of the dying person. His lonely life got complicated with demons trying to snatch humans, turn them into something unnatural, or, as his brothers the fallen had done, procreate with them. Through time different supernatural creatures were created. God and Satan didn't interfere with man's free will, but after seeing the balance was starting to crumble, and the result would be fatal for all kinds, they gifted a few worthy ones to become Azraels warriors, called the Grimm Reapers. Grimms weren't immortal, so God allowed them to have children that, in time of need, would join the fight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and so it commences... Azrael paced through the centuries, pausing only occasionally to observe the dawn. He saw civilizations rise and demise, wars, diseases, fear, pain...but also beauty, love, courage, kindness... He whiteness all with his own eyes and with the soul he harvested. God decided to reward his impeccable service, giving him the possibility to love and give life instead of taking it. The angel thanked the Creator for the blessing that was given, asking if there was a woman who was meant to be his other part. God said she is an Onyx with the Sight he already met several times. The hint carried him to the hospital in Madrid he was very familiar with. There was a young woman, a human medic who seemed always to be looking directly at him, fearlessly, when he took the souls of the patients on that floor. She appeared in his thoughts plenty of times in the last five years... With her sunny yellow hair and vibrant green eyes, the small heart-shaped mouth...he was indeed captivated not just by her beauty but by the kindness reflected in every word and action. He approached her that night just to talk... he asked about humanity and all the things he didn't quite understand, while she inquired about herself and the power she had, as she saw all the supernatural with her own eyes but did not understand how or why... The friendship blossomed into love, and soon, the child was conceived. Not long after the birth, Metatron, the voice of God, descended to warn them of the advance from the demons and Fallen to find their child to be used for evil. To prevent such a thing, God sent all his Archangels to help raise, instruct, and prepare for a future battle. Azrael knew that his child was very special. A female Nephilim, the first one of her kind, the last born, the first from the Angel of Death, and a human mother, an Onyx....the first approved by God himself!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The world was changing as well!!! Wars, diseases, technology... all led humans to realize that they weren't the only ones inhabiting the Earth. For fear or curiosity, they formed a department to capture those monsters, things, as they called them, not to learn but to experiment. As a result, the supernatural creatures constructed a few academies over the globe, where their kind could hide and learn how to conceal and protect themselves from humans and the evil ones. For the humans, the Academy was just a school for wealthy people. Unaware of each other's doings, they both thrived and searched for the hidden half-angel because its blood was the missing link to achieve maximum power. ~~~~~~~~~ The child displayed her first power at the age of two, and from that moment, every day, she was attended by an Archangel. Raphael, Michael, and Gabriel were the first to assist, providing the child with knowledge and skills. The mother was grateful to see how much affection Azrael and the other angels had for them. Sometimes was difficult for her to pretend with her colleagues at work that she raised the child on her own because the father was a one-time thing. People never suspected the truth and the child trained her body and mind from dawn till dusk, every day for 20 years. To enable the powers to surge and be perceived, she was given two magical bracelets that imprinted themselves on the skin like a tattoo, forming different intricated runes from her index finger to her elbows and a little beyond. The color of it revealed how much power was being wielded. Ordinary, it was white, almost transparent, but increased the power surge, it became turquoise, silver, amethyst, and black. All was going well, too well... until the Grimm Reapers found out that the humans had help from the evil ones and were trying to make an anomaly, a hybrid monster, to defeat all the supers. Rumors said that the Academy was going dark too. "The time has come!!" Azrael said to his daughter. "I know father. Don't worry mother, I'll be ok!" she said kissing their cheeks. "You know how to reach me or the others?! Be safe!" he said hugging her and preying Him to take care of his child. Her mother was going to hide in Azrael's shadow, a place only she and the Grimm Reapers could enter. Worried for the sake of her child she hugged her once more. "I love you, my child, my heart, my life!" she whispered, kissing the top of her head. With a nod, she stepped out of their home and took the small car her mother had bought for her 17th birthday. Two hours later she was in town. She parked the white Beatle near the small coffee shop that she liked so much and asked the waiter for a latte macchiato. The boy smiled and brought her the drink. In the meantime, she put the car keys in an envelope and wrote her mother's name on it. Paying, she pleaded with the boy if she could leave the item till the next day when it would be retrieved. He agreed. Now she had to find some unnatural activity to disclose her. (Well, not her true self, but something that they fabricated for her to attend one of the academies!) Moving towards the town center she felt the aura of many supers, so she followed the one that was reeking of evil. It assaulted an older woman trying to kill her and feed off her soul. "Stop, demon!!" she commanded, and the tar-black creature froze. Two pairs of eyes were staring at the incident in the alley. With a motion, they restrained the demon and assisted the old woman. "You! Stop!" the bulky one spoke. "Me? Why?" she pretended not to understand. "What are you?" he smelled her. "Who am I?" she asked, blinking. "No, you heard right.. What?!" the lanky one responded. "I don't know what that means!" she shrugged. The two exchanged a surprised look and the bulky took out a device, like a phone, and talked to someone. "Your mother is human?" the lanky asked "Yes, why?!" she said, "Father?", "Yes, I have one!", "I meant, what kin is he?!" he interrogated, raising an eyebrow. "Ha?!", "Who is your father??" he asked again visibly upset. "Ah...that I don't know. My mother had a one-night stand and here I am!!" she said shyly. "Oh, ok. So how do you know that is a demon?" he said pointing at the growling thing. "If I tell you, you will think I'm crazy !! And there are rumors that there are facilities for people like me!!" she whispered before continuing "My mother was taken away when she said that my father looked like an elf or something out of this world!!". "Well, I'm not human, and I don't associate with those scientists!" he said sternly. "The first I noticed, the second I'm glad!!" she was getting tired of this pretending game. The bulky appeared and ordered "Take the demon down and the girl is coming with us to the Academy!". " I'm not going with you anywhere!!" she said angrily. "Yes, you are!!!" he yelled back. The lanky shook his head before adding "Please, obey. The Academy is a place for people like us. You'll be safe there and learn more about your ability". She exhaled and nodded. (Ok, so far, it is proceeding as planned!)