Title: Heaven, Hell, and Somewhere in Between
Authors: Stara and Nataku
Ratings: R
Genre: Romance/Alternate Reality
Disclaimer: Something we put here to save our own butts. Umm...we don't own Heaven, Hell, er...Sailor Moon or...yeah, basically anything. No, wait, WE DO OWN IT ALL!! BWHAHAHAHAHA! You'll never find us, yes, we own it all. Just try and sue our butts, we have a tax lawyer on our side!!
The mighty tax lawyer of power. Um...yeah, actually Stara's best friend's dad....so...yeah. We should end it here I suppose...yeah...um...In case you are trying to find us and have lots of sugar and pretzels we are staking out in the "Psychology" section of the New Yorkk library...OK!
SCARY WARNING AUTHOR NOTE: Okay, on a more serious note, let us tell you that we do not ACTUALLY believe in the conecept behind this story. This is not meant to brainwash, convince, or convert any person/persons/things/obsessed zombies. We are merely using this system as a way of our "creative liscence". Um, please do not flame us because you don't like the way we portray religion. Any flames will go in your file and you know what THAT means. Of course, we accept flames for other reasons, but not just because you don't agree witht the idea of the story. I mean, come on, no one flames the people on Touched By an Angel now do they? So, have mercy on us. (Remember your file!!!!) This story was just made to be amusing and is a romance, or well, eventually will be a romance. This is just the prologue and the purpose of it is to introduce the plotline and some of the story. (As it is with most prologues) So if you prefer, don't think of it as "religion" think of it as a Justice System. Yeah, that's right. So...
REAL AUTHOR NOTE: Now, we're going to say the stuff that we really want to say instead of all the crap we're forced to say in order to save our butts. ^_^ Where did we get the idea for the story, exactly? Well, actually, it's a funny story. You see, Stara was watching the movie DOGMA one day (which we ALSO own)(Remember, the "psychology" section of the new york library, in case you want to meet up with our tax lawyer and sue us) and then she was wondering, what if the devil was in Heaven and God was in Hell? Well, of course, this lead to lots of theological discussion and more times of watching Dogma before she realized that she must NOT use the devil and God themselves but rather their spawn. (Angels and Demons) This still leaves us with a rather interesting scenario. Somehow, after lots and lots of bribing of pretzels, she finally talked Nata-chan into helping her, and thus this story was born!!!! In case you're wondering, we are writing this together so there will be two writing styles in the story. Oh yes, very interesting indeed. Very interesting...they should write a story about it...wait, WE ARE! Sorry, I'll behave now...*pats her head where Nata previously hit her* THAT LINE WAS JUST CUT BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY IT IS TOO VIOLENT FOR YOUR EYES. AHHHH. Um, you should be at least 13 if you're reading a Rated R story, though I heard you should be 17 or something, right? Well, we're not even 17 and we're writing it! ^_^ So all you kids who want to destroy your innocence enjoy! *shakes head* Soon you will be living off of pretzels and sugar too...
We know that was long, but necessary considering the nature of the story. Now on with the proglogue. ^_^
Existence.
The meaning behind it has been pondered by so many people that the mere
mention of it seems cliche, yet none of these people have figured it out yet. Oh yes, there
are those with their beliefs and theories, but what is the purpose of Earth? Why are we
here?
In most religous studies people learn of two things that are spoken of quite often in
the holy scriptures: heaven and hell. These words are said to represent the final resting
places of all humanity. The higher being, God, is said to reside in one of these places, the
one known as heaven. In heaven there are things greater than anyone could ever imagine,
there is peace, harmony, and sanctuary for all.
Everyone is given a chance to be in this place of eternal joy for forever, next to their God, but only those worthy may enter the golden gates. Each day, every move one makes is closely watched and graded by some unseen and myserious race. Every lie told, every evil thought that enters one's mind, all of it is recorded in a file and stored until the day that one dies. When a person dies, they are handed their folder and then sent into a judgement period. A council takes the folder and then seals their fate with one word, the name of the place one will inhabit for the rest of eternity.
Those who are not worthy of entering the golden gates must take the long,
treachorous journey into the fiery pits of Hell. There Lucifer, also known as Satan, waits
for them, planning out the torture and pain that he will inflict upon those who made
people suffer and whose souls will now suffer for all of eternity.
And so, the system goes, all those who are evil being placed into damnation, which alone would be hell, and all those who are pure and good are surrounded by pathicism and harmony.
The system works.
The system is flawless.
Or is it?
There was one day on this Earth when only two people died.
Just two.
No one knew why it happened this way, but it did. These two people could not have been more
different. One was a girl, with pale skin and deep blue eyes. She had never commited a
single sin in all her seventeen years of existence, and so she carried nothing. The other
was a man, with ebony hair and eyes of sapphire. He had commited more sins in his
twenty years than any other person in the entirety of existence. He struggled under the
weight of his folder, not knowing that it held his fate, and stumbled a couple times. He
had been ill when he died, and his eyes rolled into the back of his head as his weak arms
tried to carry his load. The girl, being good natured and healthy, took the folder from him
and offered to carry it. Not recognizing what it was, she approached the judging table,
and was immeadiatly sent down the long path. The man, however, approached the golden
gates, with a smile on his face and no mark on his conscience.
That is how a demon went to Heaven and an angel went to Hell...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
So what did you think? Wasn't it funny how our Author Note was longer than the prologue? They'll be longer next time, we promise! (the chapters, not the author notes) Um, well, please review and let us know your opinions!!!!!
Authors: Stara and Nataku
Ratings: R
Genre: Romance/Alternate Reality
Disclaimer: Something we put here to save our own butts. Umm...we don't own Heaven, Hell, er...Sailor Moon or...yeah, basically anything. No, wait, WE DO OWN IT ALL!! BWHAHAHAHAHA! You'll never find us, yes, we own it all. Just try and sue our butts, we have a tax lawyer on our side!!
The mighty tax lawyer of power. Um...yeah, actually Stara's best friend's dad....so...yeah. We should end it here I suppose...yeah...um...In case you are trying to find us and have lots of sugar and pretzels we are staking out in the "Psychology" section of the New Yorkk library...OK!
SCARY WARNING AUTHOR NOTE: Okay, on a more serious note, let us tell you that we do not ACTUALLY believe in the conecept behind this story. This is not meant to brainwash, convince, or convert any person/persons/things/obsessed zombies. We are merely using this system as a way of our "creative liscence". Um, please do not flame us because you don't like the way we portray religion. Any flames will go in your file and you know what THAT means. Of course, we accept flames for other reasons, but not just because you don't agree witht the idea of the story. I mean, come on, no one flames the people on Touched By an Angel now do they? So, have mercy on us. (Remember your file!!!!) This story was just made to be amusing and is a romance, or well, eventually will be a romance. This is just the prologue and the purpose of it is to introduce the plotline and some of the story. (As it is with most prologues) So if you prefer, don't think of it as "religion" think of it as a Justice System. Yeah, that's right. So...
REAL AUTHOR NOTE: Now, we're going to say the stuff that we really want to say instead of all the crap we're forced to say in order to save our butts. ^_^ Where did we get the idea for the story, exactly? Well, actually, it's a funny story. You see, Stara was watching the movie DOGMA one day (which we ALSO own)(Remember, the "psychology" section of the new york library, in case you want to meet up with our tax lawyer and sue us) and then she was wondering, what if the devil was in Heaven and God was in Hell? Well, of course, this lead to lots of theological discussion and more times of watching Dogma before she realized that she must NOT use the devil and God themselves but rather their spawn. (Angels and Demons) This still leaves us with a rather interesting scenario. Somehow, after lots and lots of bribing of pretzels, she finally talked Nata-chan into helping her, and thus this story was born!!!! In case you're wondering, we are writing this together so there will be two writing styles in the story. Oh yes, very interesting indeed. Very interesting...they should write a story about it...wait, WE ARE! Sorry, I'll behave now...*pats her head where Nata previously hit her* THAT LINE WAS JUST CUT BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY IT IS TOO VIOLENT FOR YOUR EYES. AHHHH. Um, you should be at least 13 if you're reading a Rated R story, though I heard you should be 17 or something, right? Well, we're not even 17 and we're writing it! ^_^ So all you kids who want to destroy your innocence enjoy! *shakes head* Soon you will be living off of pretzels and sugar too...
We know that was long, but necessary considering the nature of the story. Now on with the proglogue. ^_^
Existence.
The meaning behind it has been pondered by so many people that the mere
mention of it seems cliche, yet none of these people have figured it out yet. Oh yes, there
are those with their beliefs and theories, but what is the purpose of Earth? Why are we
here?
In most religous studies people learn of two things that are spoken of quite often in
the holy scriptures: heaven and hell. These words are said to represent the final resting
places of all humanity. The higher being, God, is said to reside in one of these places, the
one known as heaven. In heaven there are things greater than anyone could ever imagine,
there is peace, harmony, and sanctuary for all.
Everyone is given a chance to be in this place of eternal joy for forever, next to their God, but only those worthy may enter the golden gates. Each day, every move one makes is closely watched and graded by some unseen and myserious race. Every lie told, every evil thought that enters one's mind, all of it is recorded in a file and stored until the day that one dies. When a person dies, they are handed their folder and then sent into a judgement period. A council takes the folder and then seals their fate with one word, the name of the place one will inhabit for the rest of eternity.
Those who are not worthy of entering the golden gates must take the long,
treachorous journey into the fiery pits of Hell. There Lucifer, also known as Satan, waits
for them, planning out the torture and pain that he will inflict upon those who made
people suffer and whose souls will now suffer for all of eternity.
And so, the system goes, all those who are evil being placed into damnation, which alone would be hell, and all those who are pure and good are surrounded by pathicism and harmony.
The system works.
The system is flawless.
Or is it?
There was one day on this Earth when only two people died.
Just two.
No one knew why it happened this way, but it did. These two people could not have been more
different. One was a girl, with pale skin and deep blue eyes. She had never commited a
single sin in all her seventeen years of existence, and so she carried nothing. The other
was a man, with ebony hair and eyes of sapphire. He had commited more sins in his
twenty years than any other person in the entirety of existence. He struggled under the
weight of his folder, not knowing that it held his fate, and stumbled a couple times. He
had been ill when he died, and his eyes rolled into the back of his head as his weak arms
tried to carry his load. The girl, being good natured and healthy, took the folder from him
and offered to carry it. Not recognizing what it was, she approached the judging table,
and was immeadiatly sent down the long path. The man, however, approached the golden
gates, with a smile on his face and no mark on his conscience.
That is how a demon went to Heaven and an angel went to Hell...
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
So what did you think? Wasn't it funny how our Author Note was longer than the prologue? They'll be longer next time, we promise! (the chapters, not the author notes) Um, well, please review and let us know your opinions!!!!!