The Message

The window pale and shallow brimmed with light every so often as cars past by outside. It was late and quiet on the streets. A cat walked along the wall of a front garden outside, hearing a noise and darting off underneath a car. As a bright light shone high above in the sky and flew down towards a bedroom window the light passed threw the wall without a whisper. The bright white light dimmed and, as it did a women who was asleep had woken up and was frozen with fear. As the light dimmed she could see what appeared to be a man with wings dressed in white, silver and gold peering at her with piercing blue eyes. A still silence entered the room. They stared at each other, the Angel making sure that she was the one he sought and she wondering if this Angel was real or just her imagination. Just then the Angel spoke, "Why do you doubt your own eyes?"

The woman looked down realising she was no longer in danger and said, "It's not that. It's just I've never seen anything before like you."

The angel smiled a warm smile and said, "You have nothing to fear except your own turmoil, I am part of a place that needs your understanding."

"But me? I'm nobody. Surely there are others to impart your wisdom upon?" 

"Once, long ago I was not just another Angel learning to fly. Some of my kind did not know why they were here, and some of us searched for answers as your kind does. And in that moment, He who is most high spoke wisdom to me." 

"What do you want from me?" the woman, said clutching her bed covers.
"The most diverse beings in the universe have always asked the question, but your race are blocked numb to the fact that there is much more going on out there in the universe. Some have known this but choose to ignore it and some misinterpret it for others to keep them down and blind. While hoarding the knowledge and half believing the message. So now don't threat precious, I'm here. Step away from the window and go back to sleep, safe from pain, truth, fear, choice and those poisoned Devils 'cause they don't give a damn about you like I do, go back to sleep."
"What are you trying to show me? I feel like I'm dreaming but I sense I am wide awake." 

"You must awake even in sleep, something sleeps within us and seldom awakes. You must awaken the sleeper then it will grow into something pure and wonderful, commanding and protecting all around you."

"Look now as I take your spirit out of your body and you shall project with me to view what you need to understand in my message from Him most high." 

"I can't feel my legs and there's a humming in my ears and everything is so bright. I can't see anything." 

The Angel looked down at the woman and handed her a helmet which covered her ears and eyes. It looked Viking or Roman in design, but seemed to make the women feel more at ease.

"Come now, look upon what I need to show you."

 The woman removed the helmet and her eyes slowly adjusted. She could see a strange red mountain full of caverns and canyons, and mammal like creatures were roaming around eating green vegetation. From the side of the mountain cascaded a river of gold water flowing into the valley and strange humanoid children with blue skin played  by the river that came from from the waterfall that ran from the mountain. 

"Where are we? What is this place?"
"We are now looking at Mars in the past before a Great War that destroyed their civilisation. Now in the future Mars is barren and the beings that live there have built cities under the surface of the planet."
"But nothing has ever existed on Mars. We are taught that only Earth has the right orbit and atmosphere to support life."
The Angel slowed down as they where flying around Mars and pointed towards the clouds above and time started to forward almost like a forward button on a Blu-Ray player. The woman could see the war unfolding on Mars before her very eyes, but soon, this backdrop changed to what the Angel would speak of next.
"It is strange, but your understanding of your planet's history has been incorrect ever since the ones who came into power covered the race's eyes to the truth, more interconnected than they realise, more similar in many ways than they realise. All can be saved if you have the courage to realise that only certain ones on Earth are not what they seem and they push for war between those that would call themselves brothers.  Now put your helmet back on as we have another journey to make."
The charred remains of Mars remained below as it ceased to resemble a red planet and more like a burned out old ruin. They flew away from Mars and headed straight for Earth. Time began to speed backwards as they flew through the atmosphere and passed by the outer orbit and straight through the clouds down to the Atlantic Ocean,   

The woman realised they where in a shield completely made of light. As the white orb drifted down into the sea, they came to the ocean floor and went even deeper still until they reached a mountain ledge under the water. They looked down and could see lights at the bottom of the now dark Black Sea as the blue of the water began to fade with no sunlight to sustain it. Beyond that chasm, they could see the lights and what actually was a city below the sea, a great expanse of land covered with gleaming towers.

This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Vastarsia. All rights to this excerpt are reserved, and this may not be copied or reproduced in any form.