The high gates of the entrance had moaned open steadily and the light had rendered me blind. I fluttered my eyes until they had adjusted and as they did, many pairs of widened eyes were facing me. I stuck out like a sore thumb.

The scenery was almost exactly how I expected it to be. The fog of the clouds covered the grassy ground. The sun brought down rays of its light everywhere. It was a change from living underground in complete darkness. Ancient Greek-like structures and buildings have taken up every crevice, it looked like. The small Greek structures were homes of the middle class angels, I had to guess, considering they made up more than half of the Above's land. It was like a kingdom with its astounding village.

Children giggled in the distance. The air was still and everything had seemed peaceful. By the increasing dead silence of the children and hushed voices between the angels as they looked my way, I had utterly disturbed that moment of happiness. I saw some mother angels hustle their toddlers into their homes as if I meant trouble, while all they could do was protect them.

The hardest moment was taking that first step towards the village, though I didn't know where I was going exactly. The angel folk would step out of my way on the dirt streets, keeping their eyes on me like they might blink and would get burned at the stake by me for doing so. They looked petrified.

"Why are they all looking at me like that?" I mumbled the question to Star, who I was still carrying in my arms.

"Well, it's not everyday that they witness a demon come through the Above." She whispered back.

From there, Star had directed me towards the stone castle ahead. It seemed like an endless street of the same styled houses and sidewalks until we had reached the castle that stood mightily on the hill that laid on heavy, cumulus clouds. When we had reached the open entrance of the castle, I had put Star down and we stepped inside together.

Almost immediately, I was sure I was going to be ambushed from the moment I entered the castle. I felt exposed, instinctively folding my wings tighter behind me as if to hide them behind my back.

Everything was mesmerizing and classy. The inside of the castle shined brightly with radiance. Everything was all color, even symmetrical paintings on the walls and gold for the columns and ceiling. There were lights that hung down from the golden ceiling, crystal chandeliers. The bright sunlight came down and through the wide windows and reflected off of the clean marble floors I stood on. If I stared closely enough, I could make out my own reflection.

Just as I had feared, someone had heard us coming and made their presence known. It was an angel, of course. His wings were a bit different from the traditional white feathered wings of the angels of the village. They were a bit bigger with more of a swirling pattern in the center of them. They reminded me of wings of a big bird, almost like a falcon's.

He had noticed Star first, probably because she was in front of me as I used her open wings as a way to somehow hide myself. His face lit up, surprised and relieved at seeing Star, recognizing her right away. As the young man had approached closer, I couldn't hide myself any longer and he had spotted me, his face dropping down to a frown, a cold and unwelcoming frown. I could tell he was judging me, almost like I was a criminal with a long history of horrible crimes. Truthfully, I knew I hadn't done anything wrong and to him, I didn't need to give him a reason to hate me. I couldn't help it if his mind was naturally judgmental and bias.

"Princess," the young angel began in a delicate but frightened manner. "You mustn't move. I-It's right behind you. It must have followed you in."

From there, it only escalated. Star tried to tell him I wouldn't hurt anyone and begged for them not to throw me out and send me back to the Underworld, but all her attempts were in vain. The decision for the angels was final and they had us each forcefully dragged away to different destinations. They took Star and I, but as soon as we reached a hallway in the castle, Star was ushered to another hallway to the right meanwhile I kept going down the same long hall. I struggled, trying to break free from the guard-angels.

"Have him locked up! He's dangerous! We don't know what he's capable of!" One man's voice exclaimed.

Even as Star was dragged away, I could still hear her very clear and loud pleas echo behind her. "Please," She said over and over. "Please, don't hurt him!"

"Star, I'm fine." I reassured her, though I didn't know for how much longer I would be. "It's gonna be okay."

Besides, this is what we wanted, right? We were here because we were desperate for help and one way or the other, we were going to get it. Star would be saved from her dark transformation.

This is what we wanted... right?