Eden Revisited- Paradise Shattered

Eden Revisited: Paradise Shattered

The years had passed for the Genesis Family. And all was perfect.

Wysteria and Orianth had grown up, and become very close. They would play for hours in the Garden. With each other.....

and with Lilith and Micha-El.

The Garden was filled with love, laughter, and companionship.

God watched from above. He was very happy for the young Faerykins. But a shadow crossed his features as a troubled thought, unbidden, entered His consciousness.

They were so happy together, caring for the Garden. Caring for each other, and it showed in all their actions. They would dance and sing, and admire all that they had.

One day while the younglings were elsewhere playing....Lilith and Micha-El spent some time in the Healing waters. Just being together....

when they noticed the strangest thing. It was such an unusual thing...but because they were surrounded by all of God's miracles...they didn't think twice about it.

Wysteria was a bit of a minx. She would use her magick to cause the fountain to foam up.....

and then pretend innocence when Orianth did the same thing.

Lilith and Micha-El were both amused and upset that the two younglings would do this.

And spoke to them about the misuse of their abilities. They were a gift, and not to be squandered in such a way. Poor Orianth always seemed to be the one to get caught, and always paid the price of their actions.

But Lilith and Micha-El, loving Wysteria and Orianth, quickly forgave them and let it go with just a stern warning.

That night Lilith felt a strange feeling. One she had never felt before. An unnamed foreboding of an intenseness that she couldn't shake. It caused her much discomfort and she didn't know why.

Orianth just couldn't seem to resist using his abilities. He went back to the fountain and caused it to foam once again. This was really awesome and he couldn't get enough of doing it. That and he was hoping he could finally get even with his sister.

That night, after a long day of playing with Orianth, a wave of exhaustion enveloped Wysteria. And she laid down, and slept. She dreamed, and the dream terrified her. The dream left her disoriented and apprehensive. And though she tried hard....she could not remember what it was. But the bad feeling would not leave her.

So she sought out her mother and tried to tell her about it. Which only deepened the foreboding feeling that Lilith was experiencing. And there was that unusual anomaly again. And this time Lilith did not dismiss it. But there was no release of the overshadowing sense of doom.

The dream had left Wysteria so exhausted that she fell asleep the next day. In the same spot...never realizing that she was unconsciously repeating her actions.

And while she slept.......paradise was shattered.

When Wysteria awoke...she remembered the dream in all of it's awful detail. Two fiery objects were falling from the sky.....and Orianth and Micha-El were no more. And she knew......it was not a dream....

Wysteria knew deep within that this had happened and she cried bitterly. For if she had been able to remember the dream, maybe she could have prevented this terrible thing from happening.

That night after Wysteria had cried herself to sleep, Lilith screamed at God in rage, and frustation. She didn't mean to be disrespectful...but she was filled with a pain that threatened to tear her soul in two. And for the first time....her faith and trust in God was shaken.

Lilith and Wysteria laid the remains of their family to rest in their favorite place in the Garden. And mourned their loss deeply. And Satan looked on with glee, laughing to himself at their despair.

And as Lilith and Wysteria held onto each other......God shed a tear for the two who had passed. And the Earth flooded. And the Angels who had tried so hard to please God, protected the Garden from destruction. And a plan was formed.....

In Memory of Micha-El and Orianth Genesis. Taken before their time....I pray the Angels comfort them, and carry them above. Easing all their burdens, filling them with love. Author's note: I just have to say thanks once again to all of the custom content creators. We all know why.

FYI: That is a flying skunk. It was born of a glitch in my game, and just wouldn't go away. No matter what I did. So I kind of had to include it as a portent of doom. What the heck. I had also intended for this story to go on, and maybe someday it shall. As soon as my pc can handle the game again.