I got an idea tonight for a flash fiction and just ran with it. I hope it worked out just right.
enjoy.
It was my
responsibility to protect…
…to guard…
…the garden, and I
couldn’t even do that.
Now, I’m here. I’m
locked away in these large cells, left to rot for thousands of years – so long now that Humans have
never known who I am. My name has been scrubbed from the records; and most of
the Angels have never met me.
Father trusted me
the most to care for his fledglings – the new Humans – of his new world he
called Paradise and he left me to make sure nothing evil entered through those
sacred gates. Most of all, I had
to guard that tree: The Tree of Life. Now, what a tree! I’ve never seen
anything like it. And yet, when the whole thing collapsed, I was blamed by all
and imprisoned.
Nobody wanted to
know my side of the story – especially not Father – and yet no matter how I
told it, it seemed that I was at fault. Lucifer’s little
pets were always the dreaded evil of all. Why wasn’t I warned he’d try to tempt
me? Or was I supposed to be stronger than Father designed me to be?
I will never know.
But I have time to
think. After all, I’m not alone; and yet nobody will pass the time of day with
me because of my crime. Yes, this makes me the longest serving inmate… and so
long I’m here, I will stay here without parole, because my crime was unforgivable.
In case you missed
the hints about who I am: my name is Gadreel. I am the Angelic Guard who let
the serpent into The Garden of Eden.
I destroyed the
world as you know it.
If there’s anyone to
blame for how Earth has turned out, don’t blame each other. Don’t blame your
politicians. Don’t blame global warming. Don’t blame war, famine, rising oceans
or the extinction of species…
Blame me… if I hadn’t
let the serpent into The Garden – allowing evil into the world – you’d be
living a very different life right now.
