The front of the black cacoon exploded outdated without any warning, cannoning into the cliffside with enough force to make the ground shake slightly. The golden man briefly glanced over his shoulder to watch as another figure stepped out of the crystal, before turning back to watch the sea as of it held a great many secrets. The figure who emerged out of the darker crystal was also male, tall and well built like his companion, but with a lighter complexion. He wasn't pale, but he wasn't far off. He had dark hair which fell into his eyes, and matching dark blue eyes. He stepped out of the remains of his shell and walked over to stand beside his companion, not bothering to throw a glance his way. As they stood in silence, watching the tide, comparisons and contrasts between the figures where obvious. They were both tall and well built, each with a strong, athletic figure. Each held themselves with a measure of confidence, something you wouldn't expect too see from two individuals who had just crash landed from space. And both were unmistakably young and beautiful.
"Are you ready?" the dark haired one asked without turning, his eyes scanning the horizon without a hint of emotion, their cold gaze almost daring the world to offend him. The lighter one nodded and turned, gazing back at their wreckage with softer eyes, a slight frown playing on his features.
"You take care of the mess we've left behind, I'll go and find us some shelter." he turned to make sure that he was understood before taking off, a pair of white feathered wings spraying out behind him from nowhere. With two powerful beats of his wings, he quickly took off from the ground, soaring into the sky in a way only angels can.
The dark haired one watched him for a few moments, feeling the familiar twitch of his own wings, hidden by a incantation which shifted them into an ethereal form, invisible to all of those not blessed by The Sight. If you looked extremely closely, you could see a constant shimmer of the air, similar to that on a hot day of where the two forms, ethereal and physical met. Once he had dissapeared from sight, the angel turned and raised his hand, palm outwards towards the wreckage of their landing site. A rune flamed up on his palm, two overlapping circles with a straight line through them, and a sudden pulse of light shot out of it, engulfing the vale in a pale, white light. It pulsed again, and again, repeating every few seconds. A gradual change took place where the land and the area around where they crashed began healing itself, taking on the form of which it had before they came here. Their crystal cacoons turned to ash and began floating away in the wind. The earth gave a gentle sigh as it's wounds were healed, the trees blossoming into colour unlike they had ever done in their lifetime. Flowers bloomed and lush green grass sprayed up from the dirt, the pale sand glowed and everything just seemed so much healthier. Eventually, the pulsating stopped and he lowered his hands, looking around at his handiwork and nodding with approval as the last of the light faded. After a quick check to make sure the remains of the crystals had faded, the dark haired stranger stretched his black wings and took off into the distance.
Chapter One.
12 years later...
Cassandra Redfield stared out of the car window in a day dream, something she had become known for during her high school years. She watched silently as cars rushed past in a blur of colours, the clouds drifting lazily across the sky. A bad 90's pop song droned on in the background and Cassandra was faintly aware of her mother singing along to it, occasionally glancing her daughters way to make sure that she was okay. 12 years had passed since the day she had watched the two stars rush across the sky from her bedroom windows, unaware of the importance that they held for her. All her life she had lived in ignorance, living a life of a common girl. Going to school, making friends, being good for her mother, staying out of trouble and living a happy life. Now, at the age of eighteen, she had been invited to stay and study at an exclusive academy. A memory flicked in the back of her mind of the time when she received the invitation in the post.
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