I AM GOD!

In the hospital bed was a dying woman surrounded by crying family members. Her body battered by illness as she lay silent and still. She could be mistaken for a corpse if it wasn"t for her chest rising and falling but her breaths were obviously getting weaker and weaker. Death was near.

Ariel stood next to the woman, looking at her with a gentle gaze.

She was still ingrained in her memory. It didn"t matter how many years pa.s.sed, she remembered every detail. Sadly, this woman...her mother was the only version of her she could remember. The beautiful woman she once was, she couldn"t remember her at all.

Lain stood to the side curiously, snacking on some skittles. The two of them were completely invisible and none of the family gathered could see them.

A young Ariel was staring blankly at her mother, her eyes were a little wet and she constantly mumbled "G.o.d" under her breath.

The woman finally took her last breath, her heart finally giving out never to beat again. The family gathered around burst into tears as they heard the machine monitoring her flatline.

In that moment time stopped. A glow of gold appeared around Ariel and large shining feathered wings spread out from her back.

She waved her hand over her mother and a wisp of light came out. The light floated towards the side and gradually turned into a stunning woman with beautiful red hair, healthy glow to her skin and a spotless robe covering her body.

The woman blinked her eyes and rubbed them, a groan escaped her lips as if she had just awoken from a long dream.

"Uh.. where am I?" Her voice was as gentle as the summer breeze.

"Child, I have come to take you to the kingdom of heaven." Ariel replied in a holy, dignified tone.

"I.. I.. " Tears began to flow down the woman"s cheeks, she quickly knelt down and made a sign of the cross.

She looked up at the angel that stood before her, she was so beautiful it was rather otherworldly. Even the rather odd head wings just added to her grace and bearing. Her dignified expression and holy aura gave her a different feeling. A feeling of peace and acceptance.

Looking towards her family which were frozen in place with grief stricken expressions she meekly asked. "Can I say goodbye?"

Ariel nodded.

After tearfully saying goodbye to her most of her family she finally reached the small Ariel.

Looking at the blank expression of her little girl, the woman"s heart wrenched.

With a motherly gaze she spoke to the little Ariel. "Mama won"t be here anymore to see you grow up but I know you"ll be okay. I knew from the moment you were born that there was something special about you. You didn"t cry at all and you worried your mommy sooo much but the moment I held you I knew you were alright. I could feel it, you could say it was a mothers intuition." She chuckled.

"One day I feel you"ll grow up to be something great, I hope you can tell me about in heaven. All the ups and downs, mommy will listen." Even though the woman had been crying a lot, the tears never seemed to end like an endless waterfall.

"I want you to be happy and live long my little darling, mommy loves you." The woman gave the little Ariel a peck on her forehead and stood up. When she turned around she was startled, a tear had slid down the angel"s cheek. Now that she thought about it, something about this angel felt familiar but she couldn"t put her finger on it.

"Come, paradise awaits." Ariel stretched out her hand towards her mother, it trembled the moment her mother held her hand.

Ariel"s ma.s.sive wings spread wide, with a mighty flap, they both zoomed through the hospital roof as if it never existed.

The two broke through the grey clouds at tremendous speeds and eventually they saw the sun which was shining brilliantly upon the clouds.

In the distance was a ma.s.sive grand gate, gold and transparent like crystal. Beyond the gate was a city of such grandeur and sacredness that even the greatest works of mankind paled in comparison. It"s buildings pierced the sky to unfathomable heights, surrounding it was various gra.s.slands and forests bathed in misty clouds.

The woman now had wings of her own and apart from her astonished expression, there was clear excitement in her eyes.

"Go now child, may you live eternally in happiness." Ariel looked towards her mother and smiled.

"Thank you miss angel, G.o.d bless you." The woman bowed towards the angel and used her new wings to fly towards the gates of heaven. Her beautiful red hair fluttered in the breeze.

Ariel watched her mother leave, a hint of longing in her eyes but she quickly shook away those feelings.

A chuckle came from the distance. Lain stepped out from one of the nearby clouds with her usual lazy expression.

Lain clapped her hands in surprise. "I thought you"d just cure her, not create and entire parallel world with real heaven to boot!"

"Is it necessary to go so far?" She asked curiously.

With a serene gaze, Ariel replied. "To mother, except for her family; her religion was everything to her just like my obsession was everything to me. If she found out that her religion wasn"t real she would"ve been broken. Her entire life, her belief would have been a lie. The greatest gift I could give her was to make her belief a reality. I hope she can live a blissful, peaceful existence forever.. "

As if she was reminded of something, Lain"s eyes became distant as if in deep remembrance.

A group of angels in striking armor came out of the city and headed towards their direction. When they finally reached them, they all knelt towards Ariel.

The one in front, a dazzlingly handsome man with grey hair spoke humbly. "Greetings almighty father, we haven"t seen you for thousands of years. We have wished to hear your great voice for so long."

Ariel replied grand monotone voice. "h.e.l.lo Michael. I"ve delivered a very special guest personally, make sure she is taken good care of. Do you understand?"

Micheal nodded furiously. "Of course almighty father, we have already settled her in. We shall give our best performance and make sure she is happy and well."

"Splendid, continue the good work." Ariel gently nodded before turning around.

"Um.. almighty father, Lucifer has been getting reckless lately and has been creating a few troubles on earth, do we need to discipline him?" Michael hesitantly asked.

"Don"t worry, it"s all part of my grand design." Ariel replied mysteriously.

The angel released a sigh of relief as if a great burden had been lifted from his shoulders. Michael bowed again towards Ariel before taking his leave with the other angels.

Lain burst out into laughter. "Grand design?" She laughed so hard she hiccuped.

Ariel turned her head and snorted.

Recovering from her laughing fit, Lain asked while pointing towards the earth below. "So what"s going to happen to the Ariel down there?"

With a smile, Ariel replied. "She will live a happy life free from my obsession. She will have the love of her family, become a pioneer in the ways of science and have several beautiful children. Her life will be fraught with many events happy and sad and eventually she will pa.s.s at the old age of 89 and join mother and many of her family in heaven."

"A peaceful, ignorant existence...how nice." Lain remarked absentmindedly.

The shining wings receded from Ariel"s back and gradually disappeared.

"So? Are you planning to do anything now that you"re all powerful?" Lain asked curiously.

Ariel smiled. "I"ll be doing what most G.o.ds do, that is to create! I want to create something substantial."

Lain looked knowingly at Ariel. "You want to create something? Like a world?"

Ariel shook her head and looked at Lain with glittering eyes. "I want to create a universe!"

"You sure? That"s a lot of work?" Lain folded her arms lazily.

Ariel nodded. "You know a good place where I should start?"

"I know an interesting spot, could save you some time too! Follow me." Lain beckoned before tearing a hole through s.p.a.ce and disappearing.

Ariel looked back towards the and heavenly city and mumbled. "Goodbye mother."

Turning around, she flew through the tear in s.p.a.ce to destinations unknown.