This is not my usual, but I was inspired so...


Death doesn't discriminate in between the sinners and the saints, it just takes and takes and takes.


Ever since Sophie and Tedros laid eyes on her, they knew it would be hard to classify her. She gave off that impression, she was evil despite being good of the heart.

She, Agatha, dodged and outwitted all of their tests gracefully without even knowing it. Or so they thought.

Sophie sends her devils in the form of Anadil, Dot, and even the most formidable, Hester. Hoping, that Agatha can be tempted into being an obvious sinner.

Hester was supposed to do anything and everything to lead Agatha permanently into evil. Agatha befriended the coven but remained her complex self.

Tedros was not one to be outdone easily so he also sent out his own task. He sent her a stray cat, dark and ugly, with bald patches all over. He felt sure that she would chase the cat away, certain that she would prove herself evil. Instead she caught him by surprise and made the cat her own, and named him "Reaper".

After that he was sure that she was good, certain that she was a saint and not a sinner. Agatha was a hot topic in between, Sophie, famously known as Lucifer or the Devil (Short for Dean of Evil) and Tedros, god of Good.

Tedros believed she was good, and Sophie believed that she was evil.

Maybe there were ulterior motives for their fights. Afterall, Tedros was quite smitten with Agatha's wit and pure heart. And Sophie seemed to be longing for some sisterly companionship. But you could not accuse them of that, since they would surely deny it.

And despite them both desperately wanting to claim her soul for either Heaven or Hell, they decided to wait. They couldn't take a soul without the elusive Death's permission; Death would surely get revenge.

But now the world was crumbling, begging to be made anew again. Crumbling with all the abuse from the sun, and all the chemicals humans believed essential for life.

Or at least essential enough to poison the earth with.

The earth was crumbling and there was one last human on earth.

Agatha.

And... while Tedros and Sophie blamed humans for the Earth's destruction, but they knew that everyone knew that they had a role to play. After all, it was Hester who rigged the earth's fresh water supply, and it was Tedros' angels that ran the hairspray industry, after all.

Agatha was the last living human, outliving her competition by 2 days.

Agatha dies due to food poisoning, or is it water poisoning?

Either way she died, and entered the judgment hall, her hair uncombed and greasy, her face pale and had a greenish tinge. But her eyes were curious and wide.

And Tedros was smitten, apparently love was blind after all.

Sophie was excited, practically glowing, her cape billowing behind her with seemingly no wind to support it.

"Welcome to the Hall of Judgment, Agatha!" Sophie squealed.

...

"So... is this Christianity or Catholicism or Judaism? Or what?" I ask, even though I already knew the answer.

Tedros, God of Good and Ruler of Heaven exchanges a look with Sophie, Ruler of the Underworld also referred to as Lucifer.

I study them, they have been alive since the beginning of Earth

Tedros clears his throat "This is the afterlife. Religion just helps prepare you."

I know.

"Oh?" I ask, widening my eyes and observing him.

He blushes and looks down bashfully.

Oh no, I internally sigh, it appears he has a crush on me.

This was unexpected but not unwelcome, in fact it might make my job easier.

I grin at him, crossing my fingers behind my back. He turns scarlet.

Sophie rolls her eyes and links her arm with mine leading me to the Judgment Room.

"Where are we going?" I ask, because they expected me to.

"The Judgement Room." Sophie supplies, her aura radiating with life and excitement. She radiated so much life, she was making me dizzy. I force down my nausea, the goddess of Hell, Lucifer, should not be filled with so much life.

"Is this how we decide where I'm headed? Can't you just automatically scan me or whatever?" I ask, wanting them to admit it out loud.

"You, my dear, are the first neutral soul we've had in a millennium!" Sophie says

"Not uncommon, we've seen people like you and had them sorted out in a week, at most." Tedros' says coolly striding towards the big doors.

Liar. I'm the first of my kind, I'm death. I'll always be around. I'll always be equal, always neutral to both good and evil.

Note; he has a mood swings, he is bashful then aloof. But that is information for later.

"You sure know how to make a girl feel special. "I say as I walk past him into the room.

He stutters and I relish my effect on him. I never got much done romantically while down as human.

I don't bother absorbing the details I had them memorized, I've guided each soul to their afterlife, whether I dragged them into hell or led them to Heaven.

When both of the gods before me die, I suppose I will have to find a new way to sort them. Maybe I can finally retire.

Sophie practically drags me to a seat, making sure that I'm surrounded by her and the coven.

She kisses my cheek and dashes off to the front standing besides Tedros. It is then that I realize that they are both extremely attractive people. Tedros is all his chiseled glory and Sophie with her princess looks.

I smile at him, he looks away. But does look back several times only, to meet my unwavering stare.

At the very front, the judge it seems. There was Merlin, pronounced (murh-lynn). He was an old looking man, obviously good but he did not care who went where only that everyone went where they deserved. Justice.

I admired him; it be a shame when he died.

"Agatha Woods, please rise."

I did.

"You are a neutral soul, and for the first time we will hold trial!"

I nod neutrally, and I do my best to hide my glowing fist. There was too much life in this room, the balance was off.

"I would like to call the first witness, Hester, Head Demon to testify that Agatha is indeed Evil."

Hester smirks at me and walks lazily to the front. Taking delight when people flinch away.

"Agatha is the least empathetic human to have ever walked this earth. She is sarcastic and rude and honest. She is evil and all we stand for."

Human? I never mentioned being human...

"You flatter me."

"OBJECTION." someone screeches, Reapers sulks to the front

"She is actually extremely empathetic and she proved to be as much when she let me in."

I blink, I may know much but I have not seen that coming...

My cat can talk, and it was Good?

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