Jack knew what his parents would say if they saw him right now. They would say "jack stop cover your wings up it's not safe." Jack also knew what his reply would be "but I want to fly. It's no fair. I don't care who sees me" the three of them would have this conversation about 3-5 times a week. It was so common jack knew everything they would say down to how their faces would look. Jack and his little sister Emily their mother who had died five years ago. His father had remarried to a woman named Elizabeth. Lizzy was such a nice woman that when she heard about their mother she resolved to raise them as her own. Emily who had only been 6 at the wedding had warmed to lizzy quickly. Jack had at first been hesitant to accept her not wanting to quickly replace his mother with a stranger but once she told him to do that he soon learned to love her. She even insisted that if he didn't want to refer to her as his stepmother than he could refer to her as lizzy or aunt lizzy. He chose lizzy. Besides her cooking was amazing, his father couldn't cook a decent meal even if his life depended on it. Jack looked up at the sun and saw it was close to noon. Sighing he flew from the tree he had perched on and grabbed his brown cloak from the branch he hung it on. Folding up his wings he slid the floor length cloak on and threw up the hood. All of a sudden he heard a rustle from behind him. He located the source of the sound and walked overhead searched the bush for any signs of life but couldn't pinpoint the cause of the rustle he reassured himself that it was just a rabbit. He turned a round and went to the marketplace. It was noon when he arrived at the town center where people gathered to sell their wares. He pulled out the list lizzy gave him and a small sack of money his father had left in his cloak this morning. After he had grabbed what lizzy asked for he grabbed for his and Emily's wings? He grabbed a couple cheap oils and a new straw brush and quickly paid. When jacks father married his mother jack built a house in the woods where his mother could live in peace with their secret. Jack hurried down a small dirt path in the woods until he came to a small wooden cottage with 2 floors. Smoke was pumping out of the chimney letting him know lizzy had a fire going. He opened the door and set the bag of food on the table. "There you go lizzy." He said puling his things out. He went to Emily's room where he found her playing "Emily!" She looked up from her dolls and upon seeing jack a huge smile spread across her face. She dropped her dolls and ran to jack. He picked her up smiling and twirled her around. "Come with me." he said setting her down. She nodded and followed him up the stairs hand in hand. He led her to her bedroom and pulled out a stool from under his small desk. He led her over and had her sit down. Then he removed a to big cloak she insisted on wearing that once belonged to their mother. He set down the oils and brush on his desk and put a little on his hands. "mother used to do this for me when I was your age, she sometimes allowed me to attempt to do her wings. She always had to fix it afterwards." He said rubbing his hands together. He unfurled her tiny brown wings and started rubbing it on the wings. Soon her wings were glossy and smooth. Next he started brushing out the feathers and occasionally plucking a stray feather. Finally he rinsed her wings off and put lotion on them. "There that should keep them clean for the next month. He said stroking her feathers lovingly. "Can I try?" "Yeah I guess." He said she stood up and commanded him to sit. He chuckled and sat down. "now apply a tiny bit of oil on your hands and rub them together. Remember a little goes a long way." usher did as he said and started rubbing the oil on his wings. He instructed her the entire way. They finished a little while later. Then she led him into his room and they played with her dolls until lizzy called them down for dinner. "beat ya." He said grinning mischievously at her. "your on" she said in return and dropping the dolls in their hands raced out the door way. Jack reached the stairs first and ran down them. He glanced over his shoulder and saw... no Emily. He stopped confused looking for Emily. Then he heard a thump on the stairs and a giggle and knew where Emily was. Emily had flown over him and in front of him. "Cheater!" He yelled to her back. She only giggled in reply. Smirking he ran after her. She beat him to the table (A/N POOR JACK! ;) .) they sat down and after doing their nightly prayer ate and went to bed.