THE MOON & THE DEVIL

After a prolong battle between the good and the evil the final triumph earned by the good over the bad and eventually the earth was free from demons as God ended all the evil forces but, yet, there was a prophesy left like ash remains after the bones ─ “When a moon will fall, the Devil will rise”. The prophecy was indicating the master of all demons but no one knew how and when it was going to happen. The earth was revolving in peace because of the moon, who had been keeping the earth calm and as the time passed, the prophecy became a history and then mere a legend among many other ancient legends.
      

The Moon; she was never so alone like she is today. She, too, had her admirer; a star, as bright and big as the moon. He was simple blinking yellow star who liked to see the moon every day each moment. For hundreds of years he loved the moon secretly and eventually as destined both fell for each other and for another hundred years they loved one another from long distance. Now the star seemed tired of the distance so one day he crossed the orbit and went near to the white Moon. As soon as his outer edge touched to her then a big collision took place which scattered many stars through the sky and the yellow star pulled down on the earth and made a big belly to the earth, unfortunately lost his all memory and his love of life due to the impact. When he opened his eyes, he saw the pit was illuminating. He looked at himself and was shocked looking himself radiating the light but gradually he turned darken so did the pit, and above in the sky the white moon was covered by dark black clouds and finally the darkness swallowed her entirely. Somehow he managed to come out of the pit but there was nothing to see except to feel the cold around. He walked but fell, again rose but again fell in the dark. Now he started scrabbling mud for hard place to stand. And the moon struggling with the clouds to help him by projecting her light on the earth for her admirer, in which she succeeded.

He found his way in her light. He cast sight on him then learned he was dull instead bright, standing on his big animal feet, his hands were too strong with sharp, big and strong nails, he touched his face and found elongated nose and incisors jaw, sadly a cruel face was the part of him now. He peered himself again and flew into passion looking at the sky but his roar couldn’t reach to the gods in fact it was an atrocious crying. Later on, he asked to the God frequently about his situation but didn’t get reply so to get god’s attention he started doing all evil things─ he demolished towns, sacred places, killed people, slaughtered innocent hearts and he brought every sin into reality he had imagined but the god was still silent. As the God was not answering him then one day he stopped doing all those things but it was too late because he had already become a demon.      
      

Finally on another day God decided to change him so gave him many opportunities to minimize his sins but the demon failed to understand the opportunities and to tackle them down. Though God was kind and kept creating different paths to clean the sins he had done but each time he disappointed all the chances.
      

One day Devil crossed his limit and slaughtered a new born baby on god’s name. The God lost his patience and punished the Devil for all his sins together by calling a bane on him “you will lose the one you love more than yourself” but the demon knew that he was a demon and no one going to love him so he smiled at the God, ‘I’m a demon, who do you think going to love me!’ 
      

God smiled at him and disappeared, God had his own ways! It was a small piece of giant puzzle beyond his sight.
      

One dark night when the demon was alone ─ looking at the sky ─ he saw the Moon. At the first sight, the Moon fascinated him very much so he smiled looking at her. It was the first time he had smile on his cruel face and a feeling in his devilish heart. He thought it was a sky-thing and all those belongs to the god so made his mind to make the moon earth-thing, his own. 

Very next morning the demon sat on his knees praying for God who was waiting for the moment and suddenly the God appeared before him and asked, ‘here we again face to face’. Demon answered very politely, ‘I’ll leave this evilness at all but in return I want something’. God asked though he knew what would be his wish, ‘what do you want?’ 
   

Demon omitted eagerly pointing at the sky, ‘the Moon!’
      

God explained, ‘you can’t change your evilness because it is not your nature neither it resides inside you but the evilness is you and you can’t change that. Though why the Moon, I ask? You can wish any better than this. Take your time, think big and then make a wish’.
      

‘I’m satisfied with the Moon and if I can’t change myself then I’ll hide my evilness until it turns into goodness, I answer’.
      

God was impressed by his choice of words and replaced the original Moon with a mimic and hand over him the genuine Moon since then demon used to see the Moon regularly and after several weeks he fell for the moon.
      

As the night came the phony Moon started to shine like the genuine used to but the God and the World never felt the same peace and the calmness as it was before and the whole world sank into the pit of sorrow- precisely it disconcerted the God! But now demon was only creature in that world who had peace and happiness- precisely he wasn’t the demon anymore!
      

God appeared in front of the him and requested to return the Moon.
      

Then demon refused God’s request, “I can’t return the moon back because I love it”. God felt completely helpless of the chaos so at last said, “it is my wish to you”.

‘I’m sorry’, the demon said politely, “but I’m not made to take the wishes. I’m a demon not the God as you are”. God folded his hands to devil but he did not agree even god begged him but yet there was no signs of hope.
      

Seeing the God really helpless the sweetest and the most melodious voice came from inside the Moon, ‘you are not the demon anymore; your evilness is changed into goodness as you intended, so please let me go with the God; the world needs me’. The demon looked at the Moon surprisingly. “No I can’t. I can’t let you go. You belong to me only”, he cuddled the Moon in his arm and said bleak and monstrously, ‘what will happen if I became the demon again?’ “You won’t because I’ll always be there, looking after you, from the sky, okay”. Demon looked at the God then relaxed his arms and the Moon started flying away toward the sky.
      

Demon yelled out, ‘stop!’

The Moon stopped and turned back. Demon cried, ‘but the distance will be too far, how would I feel you?’ the moon herself felt his pain in her heart thus she dropped a glowing tear drop from the sky and swiftly fixed in the night as she used to before belonging to the demon.
The dropped tear had fallen on the demon’s heart and sharply soaked inside his chest, may be found a place in his heart but suddenly the demon stopped crying, he stood passive, staring the Moon. The God too vanished from the scene.
      

Next night when the demon was on this bank of the river, saw the Moon, he felt hat the Moon wasn’t well; she seemed pale to him. The demon asked the Moon how was she but she didn’t reply, how could she, the devil was right about the distance. When he saw the reflections of their images in the river then realized that the Moon was pale as compared to him. He couldn’t understand what happened to his love. But it was the first time he realized how monstrous he looked like- first time he saw his gold big dead eyes.                                                                               

The demon called the God and asked, ‘what’s happened to her?’

The God replied, ‘the Moon has given you the gutta that has been keeping her cool and luminating but unfortunately it is inside your heart now’. 
      

In no time the demon said, ‘then take and give it back to her’. God warned him worriedly, ‘if you do this then it’ll bring a curse on you for denying the ultimate peace and goodness. And then you will not be the devil but will become “the sovereign of all devils” for forever.      

The demon insisted, ‘I’m ready just do heal her’.

“before that let me warn you”, the God continued, “you will have to suffer for the infinity for your heart will be final destination of rage and darkness and no one will be able to reverse it not even me. You will be immortal but opposite to the goodness and you will be crowned in hell as the Devil”.

“I don’t care”, he looked at the moon, “please give her back what belongs to her”
 
Then God touched to the demon’s heart, took out that element and gave to the Moon. As soon the Moon started shining again then the demon became the Devil- he grown two horns on head, counted four fingers on each hand, his jaw got wider and all teeth turned into incisors and eyes turned into red. The Devil sat on his knees and started crying uncontrollably loudly ─ squealed enough to echo his cry through the universe. 
      

The God was impressed by the Devil’s love for the Moon and asked him to make a wish again. 
      

“I don’t want anything”, The Devil said, ‘you can’t give me what I desire so what’s the point of wishing anything else?’  
      

The God said, “But I am made for taking wishes”.

‘Anyway’, the God said calmly, “She did sacrifice for you and you just did the same for her, so now it is my time to do something after all I am the God, so, I grant you a godsend- the dark and the bright will be one for transitory!” and vanished. And nothing happened for too long not even the God’s boom came in real.
      

One night while the Devil was staring the Moon suddenly an Eclipse of the Moon started and within no time the Moon covered by the Eclipse. The Devil was baffled ─ confused, it was terrible for him because not only he but also anyone had never seen something like that, very first time the earth sank into the darkness. 
      

The Devil was grumbling to the God.

Then someone whispered in the sweetest and the most melodious voice, “you will meet me not for forever but for instant”. 
      

He turned back and saw the most beautiful feminine of the universe; the Moon. 
     

He enswathed his hands around her and said, “I LOVE YOU”.  And she reflected the words to him.
      

From that moment the Devil becomes happy not for forever but for few moments because now whenever an Eclipse of the Moon starts, the Moon is in his arms making the Devil peaceful and happy, by indulging  the Devil.