Dangerous Bliss

Daniel's Past

When the light reappeared in my vision i saw a clearing in the middle of what seemed to be a forest with a little boy about the age of six and a woman who looked to be in her mid twenties in the middle of the clearing. The little boy had short spiky black hair with shining emerald green eyes. The woman had the same playful eyes as him but her hair was blond instead of black. They looked a lot alike, and they both looked very human. He was wearing a pair of jeans and blue t-shirt while the woman was wearing a light blue Sunday dress. She was beautiful. They little boy was running away from the woman, laughing while she chased him around. She finally caught him and they went rolling onto the ground in a fit of laughter. The little looked up and towards behind me where a tall man in a blue and black suit walked towards the boy and the mother. He had sleek black hair like the boys but he had reddish gold eyes. He wore a sweet smile as he approached them and the boy came running up to the man. The man knelt down, engulfing the small child in his arms. "We missed you daddy." Said the small boy as he hugged his father. Once the boys feet were on the ground he grabbed the mans hand and dragged him towards the woman that was still standing in the middle of the field. All of a sudden i was swept forward through a grey tunnel that brought me to a new memory. Daniel was now around eight and was sitting in his fathers lap at a table. They were in a nice and cozy looking dining room while his mother was standing in the kitchen making what looked to be breakfast. They were laughing about something that Daniel had done the day before in school. He looked so happy. Again i was fast forwarded about two or three years. Daniel was around ten or eleven. He was standing next to his father with a man standing in front of them with a saddened expression. Then suddenly i saw Daniels knees hit the ground as tears streamed down his face. "No she can't be gone!" He screamed. "Mommy!" He continued to scream and cry. I couldn't help the tears that slid down my face when i realized what had happened. His father stood there motionless as a single tear slid down his face. Guilt, anger, sadness, and an overall loss of love made its way over his face. "Daniel go upstairs." He said in a harsh tone but the little boy didn't hear him over his own sobs. "Daniel! Go upstairs." He shouted this time, causing the little boy to jump and scamper up the stairs to his bedroom. His father had never yelled at him before for no reason. When he got to his room he closed the door and sat in the corner crying, his knees pulled up to his chest hiding his face. I wanted so badly to go over and comfort him but i knew i couldn't, i was merely watching as if it were a TV show. Below you could hear the crashing of things being thrown and breaking. Daniel sat there for what seemed like hours and it probably was. He has cried so much that he had exhausted himself and fallen asleep in the corner. Slowly the door to the room swung open to reveal Daniels father but he looked different. He had long black horn, a tail with a tip sharper than Daniels, and instead of his reddish golden eyes they were burning bright crimson red, as if a fire had replaced the color. His father grabbed Daniels sleeping figure and placed him in bed, tucking him in. Again i was whipped through the grey tunnel to another time. Daniel was older. A banner above him read Happy 14th Birthday. It didn't look much like a party so it must have been the day after. Daniel was screaming and and crying out in pain on the floor, writhing as if being burned alive without the flames. Horns were growing out of his head and his tail was out, whipping around furiously. His father was standing against the wall watching him with a blank expression. When Daniels horns fully grew out he lay there on the floor drenched in tears and sweat. This must be when his demon genes fully kicked in. "Go shower and change. We have work to do." His father sounded so cruel as Daniel slowly picked himself up off the floor and made his way to the bathroom. The grey tunnel reappeared but it only looked to be maybe a few weeks after the last. They were in a conference room with two other people. One i recognized as Lucifer and the other was dressed in black army gear. "Daniel you have been chosen to hold the highest honor. You are to help keep the balance between us and heaven but helping the girl to choose a side, by making her want to choose our side. Your training will start next week so pack what you need, you will be staying here for the rest of your training." Daniel looked tired and drained still as they talked to him. The tunnel came and took me away again but the next scenes were in flashes instead of taken through the tunnel. Daniel standing there in concentration, learning to control his demon side, learning to harness his powers and learn what he could do, him learning about me, and him learning to fight. Next the tunnel took me to a scene in the middle of a lake on a dock. Lucifer was standing with Daniel while Raphael was standing opposite them with Michael beside him. They were meeting each other and laying down the rules for my decision. They looked at each other with such hate that you almost wouldn't think that they were the same boys i was now traveling with. They got along so well now it was like they were brothers or best friends. But that was because of me. I had changed the both of them. The tunnel took me again without warning and placed it to the exact moment that i first met Daniel. He was standing behind me with the Coffee i had been trying to reach in hand. I saw myself turn around to face him in surprise and i could feel his feelings, hear his thoughts. He couldn't believe how beautiful i was in person compared to the photographs he had seen of me. A smile crossed his lips as he looked down at me with such love that i was surprised to be feeling since he had just met me. But he had known me before meeting me, it was like long distance lovers meeting for the first time. And this meeting only made him love me more. The next place the tunnel took me to was one so recent that i remembered it like it was yesterday and i still had the scar from its events. Its the day that i was supposed to choose a side. Daniel was standing beside me near Lucifer thinking that i inevitably was going to choose heaven like everyone else whether it was because of Raphael or not. He was sad thinking about losing me after knowing me for such a short time. And then hearing my answer shock and glee filled him as he thought he wouldn't have to lose me. When him and Raphael were told to fight he didn't like it, he didn't want to kill him, but if it meant not losing me it was worth the price. He loved me. Suddenly a bright light flashed in front of me, pitch black darkness took over, and i was opening my eyes to find myself back in the car holding Daniel's hand with the warm sun kissing my back.