Angelic conflict ( For Valen)

Astrea was taking her time and relaxed in front of a beautiful lake, everything was beautiful in the Garden. The grass was green, the water was blue, the sun was blazing and the breeze was cooling, it was as perfect as anything could be, and the Angel was relaxing and taking in the beauty of her own domain, a realm of her own that she controlled. She wasn't alone, but the Garden was enormous in size and there were not that many angels that had followed her, so they did have all the place they could have wished for in this paradise.

Astrea stretched herself out and flapped her wings a little as she raised her arms high, the angel yawned and then spoke, " This is so peaceful..but kinda boring." The woman spoke with a soft and soothing voice, almost always and it was truly the voice of an angel, she might as well have sung since her voice was to beautiful, " Over 4000 years and this is the first moment in my life that I have ever felt boredom....do you only feel boredom if you have freedom ? " Astrea asked herself as a sort of self philosophical question.

" It's kind of an odd feeling but it is kinda making me want to have some fun" Astrea said as she moved up to her feet and began to stretch out her body.

Aluria had always been a loyal servant of Heaven, but the current assignment she was given was troubling enough to make her uneasy. She was being sent to Garden, home to a group of angels who had left Heaven's fold after they had rebelled against and foiled an attempt by a corrupt Archangel to destroy the humans of Earth in a misguided attempt to bring about paradise. Although Heaven was now ruled by a council to prevent one Archangel from seizing that kind of power again, they had remained apart. The Council, for it's part, let them be.
Well until now.
Now, Aluria was being sent to confront Astrea, a leader among this faction, and try to get back several powerful weapons and artifacts that the angel had. What Aluria found troublesome was the fact that although she was told to try diplomacy first, if that fell through, she was to take them back by force. In all of her years, she had never brought her powers, to bear against a fellow angel.
However, her musings were brought short as she flew over the forest that surrounded Garden and spied, alone, Astrea, stretching as if enjoying the sun that shone down upon them. As she glided down behind Astrea, she heard the last part of the elder angel's musings.
"It is often said that its the free who have the luxury to feel boredom." she said as she touched down lightly, repeating something her friend Isolde, a scholar of Heaven's libraries, had quoted to her, possibly out of a human book.
She gave a slight bow of her head.
"I'm Aluria, a knight of the Council of Heaven." she introduced herself. "And you are Astrea, I'm guessing."

Astrea was quick to turn her head around when she heard the flapping wings of a descending angle. A familiar sound that she could catch anywhere. Astrea rolled back onto her back and then preformed a kip up to get up to her feet, after which she turned around and flapped her great white wings a little, right before settling them down against her back.

" My my, another angle. And from the council no less ?" Astrea said with a little smile on her face as she looked over towards the quite attractive angel that stood before her. It had been long since Astrea had heard anything from the angles of heaven, and she had left the matters to the council as it was. she had hoped that she would be able to just live out her life in peace and harmony, but this little meeting with an angel of the council seemed to indicate different things for her future.

" Of course I am deary, Astrea The baneslayer angel..former Angel of the highest order and currently the ruler of the Garden. " Astrea said as she bowed a little towards Aluria, " It's an honor to meet you Aluria was it ?" Astrea said as she soon enough began to walk towards the lake and cupped her hands together and bent down to get some water which she soon brought up to her lips to drink. " There is no better water in the world, than the water from a lake in the Garden." Astrea said after swallowing what could be said to be the freshets and tastiest water in the world.

" For what reason have you come here, Knight of the Council of Heaven ?" Astrea asked as she would turn around and stare into Aluria's eyes.

Aluria watched for a moment as Astrea drank from the lake. She had to admit, if Garden's water tasted half as pure and clean as it looked then Astrea may have a point. Then the elder angel asked the question Aluria knew she'd have to answer at some point. One that she guessed that Astrea wouldn't like the answer.
"Well, to be honest I'm here to ensure the return of several artifact weapons that you have. The Shield of the Maiden, the Sword of Sacred Flames and the Golden Spear." she answered, crossing her arms just under the swell of her breasts. "With relations between Heaven and Hell as tense as they are, the Council feels it would be good to have those weapons close at hand, in case war breaks out again."

Astrea shook her head as she heard what Aluria said, she knew well enough that this was the most possible reason for her to be here. That wasn't something that Astrea liked very much though, she didn't want to hand over her items and artifacts to Heaven, not now and not ever.

" I must apologize then, I can't help you with that. " Astrea said as she spread her wings a bit and let them flap twice, she then turned around to look at Aluria. " I Won't hand over the Shield or Sword, as they have been mine since before most off you new angles were born." Astrea then took a deep breath and looked on at Aluria with the most serious expression there was in the world. " And I do not trust heaven with the Golden Spear, more commonly know as the spear of destiny." Astrea turned as if to walk away from Aluria, but as she did she spoke. " Whoever wields the Spear of Destiny controls the fate of the world....Heaven has proven to be untrustworthy of it."

"It is exactly for that reason that the Spear cannot remain in the sole possession of one person." Aluria replied to Astrea's mention of the Spear of Destiny. "No matter the good intentions of the person."
She took a few steps closer to Astrea's back.
"I might be able to compromise about the Sword, perhaps even the Shield. While powerful, they don't have the ability to govern the fate of the human world. The Spear however, can, and it is something the Council wants to be locked away, leaving the children of Man free to choose their own destiny." she went on. "You're powerful, but what if someone was to steal the Spear from you, or if you were betrayed? At least in Heaven, it'll be guarded by all the forces the Council commands."
She gave a toss of her hair before continuing.
"Heaven itself has changed since fall of Micheal and the first Archangels. No longer does one angel command us, but a Council, to prevent any one angel from doing what he did. You are free to return with me, the ensure the Spear's security and to make sure that we don't have intentions to use it against Man." Aluria went on. "But...again...I must insist on the Spear returning to Heaven with me."

Astrea listened to what Aluria said, her words maybe had some meaning to other angels of Heaven or even other angels of the Garden, but they hadn't been scorned by Heaven and it's host as much as Astrea had in the past.
This new council that Heaven had didn't mean much to her, she didn't care if it was ruled by one or several. It wasn't even that that bothered her much anymore, what bothered her of the past heaven was all the restrictions and rules and the lack of freedom.

After experiencing it for herself she realized why free will was their fathers greatest gift, even though it had been a difficult task to teach angles about freedom, it was kinda like teaching a fish to breath on land. The more Aluria spoke the more Astrea would dislike what she said.

" Hmm, I think not...sweetie." Astrea declined the angels offer of joining them. So far she had stayed quite about most but now she was ready to speak her mind. " The Sword and Shield have always been mine and will always be mine." Astrea said as she would turn around and stare at Aluria. " I'm not coming back to Heaven, and the Spear will stay with me." Astrea said as she would start moving closer and closer to Aluria with each step she took. " Insist ?...Hmm, now you got me intrigued, what were you planning on doing if I said no ?"

Aluria frowned.
"So be it." she sighed. Her blade shimmered into being in a burst of golden, holy light before becoming a longsword. "Astrea of Garden, I've been tasked to bring back those weapons. I wanted to do this peacefully, but if that fails, you will yield the Spear to me through combat."
The angel's eyes focused on Astrea's. She knew once she drew steel, Astrea would most likely answer in kind. Still, she hoped the other angel would back down. Aluria leveled the sword at Astrea, the tip pointed just above the cleavage of the archangel's breasts.

Astrea looked on at the burst of gold and holy light that soon became a pretty nice looking longsword in the hands of Aluria, she smiled a bit as it was pointed at her and wasn't all to far away from her. Astrea had to let out a little giggle as she heard what Aluria said. " Aluria of Heaven, have you no shame ? to bare your fangs at the one who holds the spear of destiny, the golden spear, the Spear of Longinus, the holy lance ? " Astrea asked before she would raise her hand up to Aluria's sword and start to gently and slowly move it away from her cleavage, moving the tip down and down to then take a step back.

" You will not get it through peaceful means, or through combat. But I'll fight you if you wish, but the spear shall remain forever and ever with me." Astrea said with a cute little smile as her hand would then flicker with a golden flame that soon summoned her sword, the large blade know as The Sword of Sacred flames. " Come at me Aluria, let me show you why Archangels used to treat me as an equal." Astrea said with a much more serious tone and a more serious expression on her face.

"Shame? Yes, it does shame me to have to use both my blade and powers against another angel, especially one who has done much for the mortals of the world. But it's for their protection that I do this." Aluria said. "But...they must never be able to be subjected by the Spear."
With that, Aluria attacked, her sword flashing as she tried to use it bat the Sword of Flames out of position and open Astrea's guard some. Then, with a flap of her wings she'd rise into the air and kick out with both feet, wanting to score a solid double booted kick at the elder angel's chest. If the blow connected, Aluria's strength would give the attack more force than someone of her apparent build would usually be able to deliver, revealing the result of centuries training her body.