Chapter 1~ Broken Memories

"Honey, I have to go" Willow said as she walked to the door. "Don't leave yet" Jaxon yelled from the kitchen. He ran to the front door, " I made you lunch, I'll be out on the farm till late but I do have a special dinner planned." He said as he went in for a hug. "Okay honey, I'll be home as soon as I can." Willow said as she pulled away from the hug. Everything goes black...

"Lust, Lust! Wake up!" someone yells in the distance. Who is that? Slowly, my eyes pry open. The bright light hurts my eyes as they adjust. "Why did you wake me up?" I ask, turning my head toward the door where Sloth is leaning against the frame. Sloth is the youngest out of all of us, at a whopping age of 16. She only stands 5'2", short black pixie cut with bright hazel eyes. She might be the laziest out of us but she is the most caring. Besides me, she is the only one everyone listens to and trust. "You were yelling again, calling out his name" She says, concern in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I can't help it. I keep getting flashbacks to that night. The last thing I remember is saying goodbye that morning." I say as I sit up. Sloth walks over and sits down next to me. Everyone but me, remembers their past. I'm not sure why but the only thing I can remember is a morning where some guy, I assume is my boyfriend, telling me he had something special planned. Sloth is the only one who knows the truth.

"Its okay, Lust. I know its hard, especially since you don't remember. Was it the same one?" She asks, turning to look me in the eye. Suddenly my hands seemed very interesting. "Yes....it never changes. It is the same guy, same day, and same conversation then everything goes black. I just don't understand why I can't remember anything" I say while looking up into the vanity mirror. I have never really understood why I was picked for Lust. I don't see what others see, I don't see the so called 'beautiful' face they see.

"Are you okay?" Sloth asks, snapping me back. I turn to her, "Yes, i'm okay. I just zoned out. Let's go see what the others are doing." We get up and walk to the living room. By the time we got there everyone was already in there. Pride is sprawled across the couch, Envy is sitting in the recliner next to him, yelling. Greed is sitting on the kitchen isle next to Gluttony, teasing her with a cupcake "Finally, Lust we need you to solve an argument." Pride says, glaring at Envy.Envy just smiles back. "What now" Sloth and I say same time. I roll my eye and she giggles. "What did you do?" I turn to Pride with a knowing look on my face. He shot me with a surprised look, "It wasn't me this time. Envy started it. She said that I took her damn yogurt. Everyone knows i am lactose intolerance"

Envy just smiles at us, we all know that Pride is lactose intolerant but he eats everything. Sometimes we joke that he is actually Gluttony, who acts like Pride sometimes. I turn and look at Sloth, she is biting her lip, trying to fighting back a laugh. "What does it matter? You know that Envy only eats the yogurt. It is the only thing that she thinks doesn't make her fat. So apologize and lets go." I say, giving Pride the to well known look. He glares at me, I don't budge. "Fiiine, I am sorry for taking your yogurt Envy," He says as he is staring at me. "I will buy you more the next time we go back to the surface." Envy stands up, "NEXT TIME!! That won't be for another two weeks, thanks to you I'm going to starve." She yells as she walks up to Pride. He stands up and looks down at her. Pride stands about 6' while Envy is only 5'8. She looks up at him, glaring. "You starve yourself anyways" He says calmly. Envy freezes, shock-ridden. I just shake my head. "Will you two quit it . We need to go and train, the fight is in a year and a half." I say as I walk to Pride. He glares at me, "You are not the boss of us. Why do we even listen to you?" He says as he walks toward me.

I turn to him and stand straight, much like Envy I must look up to him. His 6' next to my measly 5'4 looks quite interesting. "I am in charge, thats why." I say, face to face with him now. I look up but I stare deep in his eyes, not moving an inch and daring him to say something. He looks down at me, determination in his eyes. "And who put you in charge? I am the oldest here and I also have more experience with fighting than you." He says with a little envy in his voice. "Someone sounds jealous, maybe you should be Envy." I said as I turn to walk to the training room.

"What did you say?" He is fuming, his ego is hurt. "You heard me," I shout over my shoulder as I walk into the door to the gym which is just to the side of the living room. No one was surprised at Prides attempt to threaten and question me. He has never liked the thought of a girl being his boss, let alone a younger one. He has only been here for a few months, while I was the first one here. I was by myself for a year just training, before Sloth joined, slowly others came every few years. Everyone is training together in the gym, when we hear a loud crash and someone saying "Hellooo? Anyone here?" I knew exactly what happened. "Last one is here" I shout as I walk into the kitchen to find a boy not much younger than Sloth, looking around confused and scared. "Welcome, I am Lust," I say as I slowly walk towards him. He is as short as Sloth, maybe 5'2 and has straight blonde hair with brown eyes. "Where am I? Who are all you people?" He asks as he backs away from me. I realize everyone followed behind me. The boy looks scared, misplaced.

"Everyone go back to the training room," I say, making eye contact with the new guy. "No way, you don't tell me what to do" Pride says, still trying to argue. I turn and look at Sloth. She nods and grabs him by the arm, he resists. Sloth places her hand on the back of his neck and he is out cold. Envy helps Sloth carry him to the training room, everyone else follows, silently. "Now that it's just us, what is your name?" I ask him, taking a step forward. He looks at me, "Who are you people? What did she do to him?" I stop just a few feet away, his hands are shaking out of fear. "As I said I am Lust, one of the Seven deadly sins. Sloth there just used one of her many gifts to help Pride sleep." I say cautiously because if he is who I think he is, he is not supposed to be here. He backs up again, his back hits the counter. "I am not going to hurt you, I swear." I say. I take a step back and he relaxes a little, hands in a fist still shaking.

"Where am I? Why am I here? " He asks, panic seeping through. "We call this the base. Have you heard the story of the battle?" I ask. His eyes widen in shock. "NO, No, no, nno...n..o." He says, slowly falling to the ground. "Why me? Which one am I? I havent done anything." He asks, looking down at the ground. He is still on the floor, knees to his chest. Somethings wrong, he is not the last one. I think he got switched which means that ours is with the heavenly virtues. "Stay here, I am going to be right back," I say, turning around. "Please don't leave me alone," He says with pleading eyes. "I will go get sloth and she can sit with you. I have to figure out why you were sent here," I tell him, walking to the training room.

"Sloth, come here please." I ask, motioning for her to follow me. Without hesitating, she follows me out the door. "What's wrong? I know that look on your face." She says. I look back at him, rocking in the corner with fear on his face. She follows my gaze, "He isn't supposed to be here." She states. I nod, "I am going to inform Lucifer. Can you stay with him and keep the others away? He is terrified and I think you are the only one I trust to calm him." I say. She nods and walks over to him.

I leave them behind and walk into the office thats just a few doors down from the training room. I grab the landline and dial 666. The phone rings 3 times before I hear a "What do you want" on the other end. "We have a problem," I say, taking a seat in the chair behind the desk. "What now" the voice asks, annoyance breaking through. "We got a new person, but it is the wrong one," i respond with an equally annoyed tone. "What do you mean?" He said, intrigued. "We got one of the seven heavenly virtues instead of Wrath." I hear a 'damn' distantly on the other side. "Lucifer, what are we going to do?" I ask him. "WE are going to go see God. I have a meeting with him today and I want you to come with and explain what happened" He says smugly.

Later that day, I am getting ready to leave when Gluttony knocks on my door. "Yes?" I say as I slip on my red converse. "What's going on? Who is he and how did he end up here." She asks, kinda scared. I stop and look up at her, "I am going with Lucifer to see God. The boy is one of the seven heavenly virtues. I don't know how or why he ended up here but I will find out," I respond calmly. She just nods her head and walks out.

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"Are you ready' Lucifer asks, appearing behind the couch out of nowhere. Everyone jumps and I just turn to look at him. "Yes" was all I said before he touched my arm and we were transported to the gates of Heaven. "Hello, name pl.. Oh! It's you." the angle at the gate says with spite in their tone. "Yes, tell him I am here" Lucifer said with confidence radiating. The angle bends down and grabs a landline from under the podium. "Hello sir, yes they are here" He says quickly then hangs up. "He is ready for you. You know where to go" He says snipply. I glare as we walk to the gate, it opens as we get closer.

"Welcome back Luci," God says as we enter the huge mansion. "Don't call me that," Lucifer says with resentment edged in his voice. "Honey why don't you go and roam while us, men talk." God says as he turns his attention to me. "As you wish sir" I say. I turn around and walk out the door. Everything is bright and white, I walk down the little path to a koi pond garden. I decide to sit and get lost in thoughts. "Well well well, who do we have here?" Someone says behind me. "I don't know but she doesn't look like she belongs here," Another voice says. I just choose to ignore them and let my eyes follow the koi fish as they swim around. "Ya know it's rude to ignore someone." Voice one says. Someone touches my shoulder, I go stiff and freeze. "Let go of me, this is your one and only warning," I say without looking at them. The person removes their hand. "OooOOoo so now she speaks."

I can feel them behind me, laughing. "What's your name?" Voice 2 asks. "I don't think she is gonna answer you, Diligence. You might have to touch her shoulder again,"Voice one says to Diligence. I could feel the shift in mood, Diligence wasn't sure if she should. "I don't know Patience. She looks like she is one of the 7, like Wrath." Diligent turns to Patience. "Nonsense, they cant come here. Wrath was a mistake which is why he is in the jail cell," Patience says as she reaches her hand out. I can feel the pressure of her hand, I snap my head around and grab her by the wrist. "I told you not to touch me." Shock all of over her face, she did not expect me to do that. "My name is Lust," I snap at them.

"Whats going on over here? Are you two causing trouble again?" I hear a voice say coming from the other side of the tree. "She is trying to hurt us." they say at the same time. I let go of Patiences arm, she runs next to Diligence. "Like hell I am. I told you not to touch me," I say with a glare in their direction. I look back at the tree and see a figure walking towards us. "Girls, go find Temperance and get ready for dinner." The figure says as he gets closer. The voice is so similar, where have I heard it before. "Willow? Is that you?" the man asks, once he is closer. I look at him, he is the man from my memories. "Jaxon?" was all I got out before he grabbed me in a hug and spun me around. "Stop" I snap at him. He freezes, surprised I told him to stop. He sets me down and looks at me.

"What's wrong, Willow?" He whispers. I turn away from him and sit back down next to the koi pond. He follows me and sits down no more than an inch away, "What is wrong." I just stare out into the pond. "I don't have my memories," I tell him. He falls silent, we just stare at the pond. Each little koi fish swims in circles. The bright orange and white one, the all orange one, then there is the famous yin and yang. The all black and white circle each other in a never ending dance. It felt like hours before he finally said something, "What do you remember?" I turn to look at him, meeting his eyes. "I get a flashback of one day and that is it. You were excited and said you had something planned for me. Something big, I would assume with the way you were acting. Next thing I know everything goes black." I stammer out, turning into a whisper. I fight back the burning tears in my eyes.

"That was the day I was going to propose to you. I had planned a great dinner and had the ring all ready when I got the call. The Sheriff called and told me you were in a car accident. I was terrified. I went straight to the hospital, you were in surgery. After lots of hours, they finally let me see you and told me everything was fine. I believed them until you started coughing badly. There was blood, I yelled for a doctor but you knew it was time. You grabbed my hand and said 'honey it is okay. It's time, I love you' and stopped breathing. I was lost without you. " He confesses, tears rolling down his cheek. I can tell it hurts him to relive that day.

"Why can't I remember anything from that day?" I whimper, letting one tear fall before wiping my eyes. He shifted and pulls me in to him, his arm draped over my shoulder. I pull away, "Jaxon, listen... I can tell I feel or felt something for you but I also don't remember anything but that one morning. Even then, it seems like a distant memory or dream." He looks hurt and stands up, "I understand, I need to go check on the others."

I watch him walk away, knowing I will see him again one of these days....