Chapter one:
AN:
This is a really really old story but I hope it's still good.
Since I have decided to continue this story you might see a difference between my past writing and my writing now but I still like what I had written in the past. I may or may not have tried to work on it before but I don't remember what I did or when I did it. So I'm going to keep it even if I touch it up here and there. Plus this is a good way to compare my writing from years ago to now.
I sincerely hope that you still will enjoy this story.
Mello.
No one's P.O.V.
Sixteen year old L Lawliet of the Feather freedoms group puts the wood, he had gathered for his group's fire, down on the ground.
There are two groups in the forest and two different territories. Each live in a gigantic house on their own territory. Both of them are different by their traditions. Feather freedoms have partners in flight while Barens do not.
L's partner in flight is a robin and like any other Feather freedom he wears two feathers of his partner in flight in his hair. It's tradition to.
Little Four year old Nate runs into the gigantic home with his twin Silver, or as he prefers Sin, chasing him.
Sin is a few seconds older than Nate and Nate is more of the shy one. Sin looks identical to Nate but unlike Nate Sin has chocolate brown eyes that change to red when under any kind of darkness, he wears tinted blue clothes instead of white and the two boys personalities are a little different including their talents. His voice lastly has something different in it so it sounds like Nate's but at the same time there's a small hint of something else in it that you just know when you hear it.
The two have twin telepathy that they've had since birth, it allows them to be connected through their minds including talking, sensing if the other is close by and sometimes if the two establish a stronger link then they can find each other as long as they keep it so the link stays in place until they stop or can't hold it any longer. They sometimes send what they see or have seen to each other through their twin telepathy.
Twin telepathy is rare especially gaining it at birth like the two did but it can also be obtained by a pair of twins getting close to their own twin in which there's the possibility that they can gain it.
Both Nate and Sin don't have their partner in flight yet.
"Come on brother!" Nate calls back to his twin.
Sin grabs Nate into his arms. "Gotcha."
They both laugh.
L goes over to them. "Why hello you two. Enjoying yourselves?"
The two brothers look up to L.
"Yes." Sin answers with a smile.
Nate nods in agreement.
L smiles. "Don't forget you two will be going to get your partners in flight soon." He reminds them. "On your fifth birthday that's in two days."
"We know." Sin lets go of his brother and jumps happily. "I'm so excited to find out who will be my partner in flight. I think Nate's partner in flight should be one with white feathers. That way he'd look more like an angel than he already is."
"Sin!" Near gives his brother a small glare. "Please don't push the attention to me."
Sin smiles at his brother. "I was just saying. No worries."
"How about a small test." L suggests.
"Okay." Nate and Sin look back to L this time speaking in unison with each other.
L sits down on a close by chair. "Tell me about the partners in flight. You'll need to remember everything about them."
Sin stands up proudly and takes a step forward. "The partners in flight are the birds that we kill as our first kill. We wear two of their feathers in our hair to bind us to them so in the afterlife we have wings and will not be stuck on the ground in the afterlife. Even when we bathe our partners in flights feathers stay on us no matter what. They don't get ruined even as we wash because it is connected to us and we treasure them."
Nate steps forward to his brothers side but he looks a little more slouched but not too noticeable and its easy to miss. "And if we kill them respectfully then they will let us fly in the afterlife. Our partner in flight is our treasure and must protect our feathers because if we die without them then we will be stuck on the ground like everyone else who has no partner in flight. Also our partner in flight helps keep us safe. As long as we make sure to kill them respectfully and wear their feathers in pride then we can do things such as jump from a fetal height and land without a scratch. But even our partners have limits so we need to make sure we understand ourselves as well as our partner in flight the best we can so we can better understand the limits the best we can."
"Very good." L congratulates warmly. "Now you two should take some food to your mother and one year old sister." L is close to second in command of the Feather freedoms. If the other second in command died L would take his place, so needless to say L is respected in the group.
"Of course. Come on Nate."
The two leave.
Elsewhere…
Fourteen year old Light of the Barens group and his fifteen year old friend Misa stand by the border between the two groups. Like all Barens neither Misa or Light have a partner in flight or have even heard of it.
"I wonder what the Feather freedoms are like." Light inquired.
"Are you crazy!?" Misa gasps. "They'd kill you! They are people you don't want to meet. Anyone who has ever tried to walk into their territory has never come out. And I wanna be heard from!" She whines.
"Ugh." Light sighs in annoyance. "Have you ever met any of them? I want to meet one and see what they are really like. Heard that they follow a tradition of some sort. I want to learn more about it." Light stares off into the territory of the Feather freedoms. "If I could meet just one and we have a chance to learn about each other. It could solve all our problems."
"Light!~" Misa throws her arms around him. "There's no way we can reason with brutes like them. Let's go home and away from their territory." She then let's go of Light and starts walking in the direction of the gigantic house that is deeper in their groups, The Barens, territory away from the border between the two groups for obvious reasons as the Feather freedoms have done the same.
Light watches Misa go then looks back into the Feather freedoms territory.
A flash of black like a human running at quick speeds in the Feather freedoms territory is seen by him. It disappears quickly though.
"Was that a Feather freedom?" Light wonders as he stares at the spot where he saw the person flash by.
"Light! Come on!" Misa calls.
Light turns and with a last glance back into the others territory he double checks for anyone then follows Misa.
They get back and see two of the younger ones in the Barens group playing in the afternoon sun just outside the gigantic house.
Six year old Mihael and five year old Mail. They call themselves Mello and Matt though. Mihael is Misa's little brother and the two friends are running around chasing each other.
Misa heads inside while Light stops and watches Mihael and Mail play.
"So you two." Light clears his throat and continues when he gets their attention as they stop playing. "Both of you keeping up with your studies?"
"You bet!" Mihale's face brightens.
Light's P.O.V.
Mihael and Mail along with myself are some of the smartest people in our group. Always on top of our studies.
"What about your studies on the Feather freedoms?" I question.
"We are making sure to stay on top of every subject that has ever come up!" Mihael grins but his eyes hold a small glare, most likely because he feels I insulted his intelligence. "The Feather freedoms are scums that kill intruders on their territory and have traditions that don't make sense to us. They also wear two feathers in their hair for some reason but no one knows why."
I was about to reply when something catches my attention.
My older brother who is Misa's boyfriend comes out of the house. He looks kind of like me but his hair is more of a gingerish red color and his eyes are tinted red. He is fifteen years old and is the one most likely to become a killer between the two of us. He gets into trouble a lot and is pretty much fearless. His name is Kira. "Hey Light!" He comes over to me.
I look to him. "What is it? And you two." I glance at Mihael and Mail. "Conversation done."
Mihael and Mail leave my view.
I turn my attention back to Kira.
He has this evil grin on his face. "Let's go pull some prank on one of the adults." He laughs. He is also one of the smartest people in our group but it's kind of sad he just uses his smarts for trouble most of the time.
I sigh. "Kira. You and I both know or should know that it isn't right to do that." I walk into the house calling over my shoulder. "Don't bring me down with you!"