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Rain

Chapter 1

"Torch, Daisy, get up, it's time to leave!" I yelled over to the two members of my flock.

"Rain! Five more minutes or I'll burn your butt off," Torch mumbled sleepily. Daisy was already up and putting on her backpack.

"Torch! Now!" She only rolled over, obviously forgetting she was balanced on a tree branch that was at least fifty feet off the ground. With that fact in mind, I should have been more concerned when she fell, instead, I laughed. Luckily she snapped out her black and dark red wings before she hit the ground.

I put my backpack on and grabbed hers before hopping out of the tree and landing somewhat gracefully next to her. Daisy landed with a quiet thud beside me.

I think I should explain. Torch and I are fourteen years old and Daisy is seven, we have wings, and we each have powers. Torch is actually my cousin, and Daisy is like my younger sister. There used to be another girl in my flock, but she was captured about a year ago. Her name is Metamor, but we call her Tori, and she is also fourteen. We have been looking for her ever since she was captured, with no luck.

When we were born, we were 98% human and 2% bird. We were taken from our parents and brought to a place called The School. We grew up in cages were we couldn't even sit up straight. The scientists, we called them whitecoats, would experiment on us and put us through painful tests. We were put in a field and had to fight off dozens of Erasers, 50% human 50% wolf.

One day there was an explosion in the chemical lab, which was conveniently next to the room where we were being held, and we somehow managed to escape. After ten long years, we were finally free.

For the first two years of being on the run, we were tracked down and attacked by Erasers on a regular basis, but after that, we saw them less and less often, like either they got bored with us or they forgot about us altogether.

During the second year of being on the run, we started developing powers. Daisy can control plants and water. She normally grows food for us to eat, which is good because we eat a lot.

Torch can control fire and earth. She can't make fire shoot out of her hands or anything like that; she needs a source of fire to control it. She always keeps a small lighter and a small bag of gunpowder in her backpack.

Tori can turn into any animal she has ever come in contact with. It's kind of confusing because if she touched a horse, she could turn into every type of horse she could think of. We could always tell her apart from a real animal because of her bright green eyes. No matter what animal she turned into, her eyes always stayed the same.

I can control the weather and electricity. I try to keep the weather conditions nice for flying. Also, using my electricity to light up a flashlight is a lot easier than having to worry about batteries.

"But Rain, we haven't even eaten breakfast yet!" said Torch grumpily.

"Fine!" I snapped. "We'll eat a quick breakfast then we need to move. Daisy, can you grow some food for us?"

"Yeah, sure." She sat down and put her hand flat on the ground with her fingers stretched apart. She closed her light blue eyes and bent her head down in concentration for a few seconds before she moved her hand and stood up; pushing her chin-length, strawberry blond hair out of her eyes. About a minute later an apple tree stood where she just was, filled with big red apples.

She smiled when I picked her up so she could pick her own apples. It took all of ten minutes to stuff ourselves with so many apples, if we ever ate another one again, it would be too soon.

I pulled my waist-length, black hair into a ponytail, before stretching out my thirteen and a half foot wings. They were almost all black except for the very tips which were dark gray.

Daisy jumped out of my arms and opened her seven foot wings. They were white with a few light brown speckles scattered across them. She giggled and grabbed my hand; her pale white skin contrasted against my dark skin. No matter how long that girl is in the sun, she never seems to tan any.

Torch walked up to us and said, "Let's go," and with that she took a running start and jumped into the air. Daisy and I followed behind her.

After about an hour of flying, Daisy asked, "Where are we?" Torch looked at me and shrugged.

I sighed as I said, "I think we're somewhere in Arizona."

I looked down and saw a town beneath us; Daisy saw it too. "Hey, Rain? Can we land? I'm getting kinda tired and hungry and I sorta have to pee. I wonder if we could stay at a hotel or something. Maybe they'll see that we're just kids and feel bad for us and let us stay for free! That would be so awes-"

"Fine!" I yelled before my ears literally exploded. It wasn't often that she talked this much, but when she did, it was dreadful.

She has been quieter since Tori's disappearance. They used to be the over-talkative people in the flock, but I guess it's hard to keep that up when the only people you can talk to don't feel the need to talk back.

We landed in the woods by the town and made sure our wings were hidden by our shirts. We barely took a step before I heard something behind us. I spun around to find myself facing six Erasers. For some reason they just stood there, looking really confused, and we did too. I mean, they completely disappear for a few months and just decide to show up now?

The one in front shrugged its shoulders before lunging at me. I quickly reached my hands out and grabbed it's head, then I sent a jolt of electricity through it. It's eyes rolled back and it passed out. Torch seemed to be having a fun time catching them on fire, then putting it out before they died, a little too much fun actually. Daisy was making tree roots shoot out of the ground and wrap tightly around the Erasers.

I had just finished electrocuting what I thought was the last Eraser, when I heard Daisy scream behind me. I snapped my head around to see Daisy lying on her stomach, her back gushing with blood, and an Eraser standing over her. I ran up to him and tried to get my hand close to his heart; I was ready to kill. Before I could reach him, he swiped at my stomach; I could already feel the blood soaking my shirt, but that only added to my rage.

I could feel the electricity moving through my body as it made it's way to my fingertips, but before I could lay a hand on him, he ran away, leaving me very angry, and very confused.

I slipped off my back pack and fished out an extra shirt. I started ripping it into strips and placing them on Daisy's back.

I turned my head slightly towards Torch and pointed to my left, "Torch, go that way, stop at the first house you see, and," I took a shaky breath then continued, "and ask for help. I'm gonna stay here with Daisy. Keep an eye out for anymore Erasers. Please be careful." She nodded and headed into the woods.