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The Birds

Angel/Demon story for CS AU Week Day 2 – Complete AU

Emma Swan was not a good person. She was an even worse angel. The single mothers was just trying to get through her eternal afterlife unscathed, while also raising her teenage son. 

But when members of the divine community begin turning up dead, Emma teams up with demonic (literally) Mayor Regina Mills, her hippie angel of a best friend, Snow, and her human brother, David to figure out what’s going on. Things become all the more complicated when mysterious demon Killian Jones joins the investigation, and he has every intention of making Emma’s life a living hell, or so she thinks…

Read the first chapter here

“You can see me?” Emma cried, hand tightening in what had to be an uncomfortable grip around the woman’s wrist, although Mary Margaret did not flinch.

The woman looked temporarily confused as she took in Emma’s wild expression, before understanding lit up her features. Her eyes suddenly had a mischievous glint to them as though Emma had just told her a secret. “Why of course I can, Blessed One.”

“No one else can,” Emma blurted. Maybe this woman was crazy, having just referred to her as a blessed one, but she could see her and that was everything.

“The humans can’t see you.”

Definitely crazy. “Pardon me?” Emma asked, suddenly wary. She straightened up from her crouched position and, because her hand was still grasping her wrist, Mary Margaret followed.

“You’re in an ethereal state, it’s our basic line of defense when we’re in distress. Humans can’t see you when you’re like this.”

“Who the hell is we?” Emma sputtered. She was surprised by the sudden feeling of lightheadedness that came over her when the word “hell” passed her lips.

Mary Margaret’s expression shifted back into one of confusion and a expression that Emma easily identified as pity flitted across her face. “Oh my dear, don’t you know what you are?”