Dear readers,
In this story I speak of ceveral religions, if somehow this affends you then I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. But it's just a story so I hope you'll accept it. Further more of course have fun reading and I hope you review. I had to throw the rating up because of a lot of mentioning about sex and a lemon later on in the story. Comments, complains on the story are always welcome and so are wishes for the next chapter. If you want something to happen and it actually suits with the story then maybe I'll write it in. Anyway I hope you like the chapter!

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Vevina

Since the first year men walked on this planet, there have been fights for a
meaning far beyond them. Blood was shed for things that so easily could be
solved. Many children were raised without a father and many widows had to
take care of themselves and their children.

For all eternity people have been dreaming of a better place; a paradise
where no blood has been shed and where the ground is pure. Many dreamed of
such a paradise with singing angels playing on harps and many tried to
capture it in songs or poetry. But they could guess how it would look as
their eyes wandered of towards the sky. Up there, in the clouds, their dream
castles must be. Many tried to reach it; they tried to fly like a bird yet
all attempts failed. It was like trying to catch sunlight in your bare
hands, useless and disappointing.

As time went by, men started to believe in certain Gods, they started to
believe in certain ways of life. They created sacred places, the mountain
where Jesus Christ was christened, the wall of Jews. Buildings made by men,
showing what they believed in.

Yet in certain lands these religions collided and men started to fight. Thus
the era of the crusades began. In Jerusalem, a city where many stories of
different religions took place, did it all really happen? How could you
tell? All that we do know is that many people were slaughtered within the
walls of Jerusalem. Is this our sacred place; a place covered in ancient
blood?

Kingdom of heaven, they called this land. In the end, the men who fought
over it, wondered why they didn’t get into heaven. This land, this city, was
no more heaven then any other place on earth. It was a city made by men,
named by men and almost destroyed by men.

Many more wars followed. People fought for what they thought was right. They
killed people because the people didn’t believe in their Gods. Every book
about either one of those religions said that men should live in peace and
should accept each other. I guess most people didn’t read the entire book.

Some ideas of how heaven looked like came close to reality, but most of them
were far from it. They were right about the place being in the clouds, yet
no man would ever be able to reach this sacred place called Vevina. Or
better known as the first layer of the four layers of heaven. In this land
there was no difference between rich or poor; everybody was equal and no one
suffered. The ground was pure and nature offered them everything they
needed.

People took care of each other whenever they were in trouble and children
who entered this world where given a home and a loving family. The women who
took care of a child who just entered Vevina were called Eadwine, it was
more a title then a name. It replaced the word mother for most children
still had a mother on Earth.
Vevina, also known as a place where no blood has been shed, where nature
feeds you. Also where people help you and where everybody is equal. You
might wonder, could anyone be unhappy there? Well the answer is easily
solved as we see a girl laying on the edge of what looks like a cliff. She
was staring down. Her ebony black hair formed a beautiful contrast with her
cream colour skin and her ocean blue dress. Her deep chocolate brown eyes
were half hidden by hair falling in front of her face. She didn’t seem to
notice though.

She was staring at something that lay miles below her, something that always
fascinated her, but it was out of her reach. She was staring down at the
earth, at the people walking on it, observing what they did. But she was
never able to join them. Every time she lay there staring down, she imagined
walking through those streets and greeting all those people. In her eyes
that world seemed like a paradise, a new world for her to explore.

Fourteen years ago, she left the place she was watching right now. Her time
there was very short for she was only two years old when she died in a
terrible accident. Because she was a child and pure of mind and, because of
this, she was accepted into Vevina, where she was raised by Aurelia. Aurelia
was a beautiful young woman with long blond hair and bright blue eyes, she
was loved by all inhabitants of Vevina.

“Pan... Pan!” She heard someone yell as she looked up to see a young girl
with curly, brown hair running towards her. She was about ten years old and
she was waving to get her attention. When she reached Pan she stopped to
catch her breath.

“Pan, lady Esme is asking for you.” She said quickly.

Pan smiled and stood up. “Thank you, Seryna, I’ll go and see what she
wants.” She said as she walked off towards the house of lady Esme.

‘Funny actually, Esme is used as a name while it is actually a title as Esme
means gracius protecter. Therefore it was the title for the highest angel on
this level and a title you get when you’re chosen by the former Esme and a
council of other angels. They choose a new Esme when it is time for the old
one to move to the next level, Auvina. How do they know it is time for them
to move on, angels can’t die?’ Pan wondered as she walked towards a white
house, surrounded by a beautiful garden.

The house was not bigger or smaller then any other house in Vevina, it was
just as white as the others and still this was the house of Lady Esme. Every
house was the same, it showed that no matter who or what you are, as
everybody is equal. That’s why you don’t have to wait for months to talk to
the ruler of the land like some were used to when they just arrived. No,
whenever you had a problem you could just stop by her house and talk to her
about it.

Pan reached the house and knocked on the door, it opened and a beautiful
blond haired woman stood in the doorway. “Welcome my child,” Lady Esme said
as she invited Pan in, “let’s sit in the garden.” Lady Esme continued as she
walked through the house and into the garden. Pan obediently followed her.

They sat down on a white bench between beautiful tulips in all sorts of
colours. The sun was already going underneath the clouds, creating
spectacular scenes and beautiful shades on the white houses.

“Kayinou Eadwine.” Pan said as she smiled softly. Kayinou was the greeting
and a farewell of the angels. It means ‘blessing of the heart’. It was still
a bit hard for Pan that her Eadwine was now the highest person here, the
ruler of the angels of Vevina

“My sweet little angel,” Aurelia started, ‘How ironic...’ Pan thought.
“Everyday I see you walk off towards the edge of Vevina. Every day I see you
staring down at the earth, watching the people as they go on with their
lives. Why do you keep hurting yourself by watching them everyday when you
know a life on earth is out of reach?” Aurelia said with a worried look on
her face.

“With all do respect Eadwine, but you had your life on Earth. At least you
can remember it, not everybody can say that. Just this morning I saw a young
girl walking through a street on the Earth. She stopped in front of a window
of a shop, behind the glass stood a beautiful doll, but when she saw the
price tag you could almost see her cry of disappointment. She wanted that
doll more then anything but it was too expensive, it was out of her reach.
The glass of the window was a visual barrier between her and the doll, the
one thing she wanted. Imagine me being that little girl and the Earth being
that doll.” Pan said sadly as she stared down at the grass.

“Pan, you don’t know that place as I do. It’s not the paradise you think it
is. Every day hundreds of people die because of diseases, wars or other
reasons. Do you want to live in a world where so many blood has been shed?”
Aurelia asked determinedly.

“You only see the bad things of that world!” Pan almost yelled. “From what I
see, not all is bad. Try to see the things through my eyes, Eadwine. Try to
understand my urge to explore this new world. It has been denied to me when
I was little so I observe the world from up here.”
“You have seen nothing yet, my child. The Earth is slowly falling apart, the
amount of people going to hell instead of Vevina grows with the second. The
seven sins rule the planet, destroying it slowly.” Aurelia said as she
thought back about her time on Earth, almost two hundred years ago. “The
seven virtues on the other hand are slowly disappearing, there are only a
few on that planet who can tell what they are.”

“A few days ago I read in a book that Lady Esme with approval of the Council
has the power to send someone back to Earth for a while under certain
conditions. If you knew all along that I wanted to taste life on Earth, then
why didn’t you tell me before?” Pan said half angry.

“Only once in the history of mankind has there been an angel who wanted to
go to Earth, the conditions however chained him to certain rules and in the
end it went terribly wrong and the angel ended up in hell. I didn’t tell you
this before because I was scared that you might end up in hell as well. You
see this angel went down with a task, he had to teach men the seven virtues,
but as we all know, hardly anyone knows them.” Aurelia said with a sigh.

“But what if I teach them!” Pan said jumped up and started to pace up and
down. “What if I teach the greedy Generosity and the frightened Valour and
Liberality. I’ll teach them Diligence, Patience, Kindness and Humility. I
know I can teach them! Just give me a chance!” Pan said overexcited but with
fire in her eyes.

“That’s exactly what the other angel who now lives in hell said, you can’t
do all of that, my child. But please sit down and listen carefully.” Aurelia
said as she pointed at the place next to her on the bench. “I did talk to
the Council about you going down to Earth. After long hours of talking they
finally agreed, however on certain conditions. You said you were willing to
teach men the seven virtues and you will. Your task will be to find someone
who doesn’t know them and you’ll have to teach this person all the virtues.
If you succeed you have the choice to stay there or come back to Vevina, if
you chose stay on Earth then it’ll depend on your lifestyle if you may
return to Vevina. However if you sin in the period that you teach someone
the virtues then you go straight to hell. Your life on Earth and in Vevina
will end and you’ll stay in hell for eternity.” The worried look in her eyes
only came bigger as Aurelia saw how Pan thought about this conditions.

“Down on Earth, will I be able to reach you? Will I be able to talk to you?”
Pan asked, a bit uncertain about what she would chose. On one side she had a
perfect life, on the other side however she wanted to explore the Earth.
However those conditions were awfully hard, but it was her only chance.

“Pray my child and I will hear you, even when you’re down on Earth.” Aurelia
said comforting Pan.

“Eadwine, please give one night to think about it, tomorrow you’ll have my
answer.” Pan said with doubt in her voice.
“You’re granted night, my child. Think deeply and carefully and tomorrow by
the break of dawn I will hear your reply. Now go my child, think about it
carefully. Kayinou...” Aurelia said, you could clearly hear the sadness in
her voice.

“Kayinou Eadwine” Pan whispered as she walked off.

Later that night, Pan found herself wondering through the streets of Vevina,
above her the stars shone brightly, like ever night in Vevina. The birds
were quiet, they were all asleep and there was hardly any wind. Pan walked
into the fields and lay down on her back in the grass. She stared up at the
stars. Her two favourite stars were shining brightly tonight, the twins
Arian and Adriane. Suddenly she knew what she had to do, she would let the
stars decide. If Arian would disappear first in the morning then she would
stay here, however if Ariadne would disappear first then she would go to
Earth. All night she stared at the sky, focused on the twin stars and by
break of dawn she knew her answer. She ran off towards the house of Lady
Esme.

When she arrived at the house the door already stood open for her, in the
garden Aurelia was waiting for her and in the meantime watching the sun rise
about the clouds.

“Kayinou Eadwine.” Pan said while catching her breath.

“Kayinou my child, have you decided what you’re going to do?” Aurelia asked
curiously.

“I let the stars decide and Ariadne disappeared first, telling me that I
should take the chance and go to Earth,” Pan said still trying to catch her
breath.

Aurelia sighed. “I was afraid that would happen.” She said as she stood up
and walked towards the small pond in the middle of the garden. “Come my
child, I want to show you something.” Pan walked over to the pond and
stopped next to Aurelia. In the meantime Aurelia stirred the water with her
hand until she got a vision of two people sitting in a small kitchen, eating
breakfast.

Pan had no idea why but somehow those two people were strangely familiar. A
man and a woman, both with beautiful, ebony black hair. They were peacefully
enjoying their breakfast and talking about what they would do today. “These
people are your parents Pan. Their names are Gohan and Videl Son and you
were their only child, your loss almost destroyed them, they never really
came over it. They loved you more then anything.” Aurelia said before she
stood up again. “If you are completely certain of your decision then now is
the time to go.” She said as she helped Pan up who was still kneeled next to
the pond, staring in amazement at her parents who were slowly disappearing
again.

“I’m ready Eadwine, I will go back to Earth.” Pan said determinedly though
fear was reflected in her eyes.

Aurelia pulled her in a tight hug. “And you have my blessing, my child. Be
safe...” She whispered as she let go again and guided Pan towards the edge
of Vevina, “The only thing you have to do is to step over the edge. The
lights of Vevina will protect you and make sure that the fall won’t kill
you, it will however let you lose your consciousness for a couple of hours.”
Aurelia said as they stood on the edge of Vevina. “

Kayinou my child.” Lady Aurelia said as she kissed Pan softly on her
forehead.

“Kayinou Eadwine.” Pan whispered as she turned around and stepped over the
edge of Vevina.

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There were still a lot of mistakes in this chapter, but I'm too lazy to find an editor. Or when I have one I usually fire her very quickly. Anyway don't forget to review people, maybe I'll give you cookies for it just like in The Lake, my other big story which I actually finished... Yeah I know big shocker there huh?

See you all next chapter!