Chapter One : Riding Rails
"Excuse me? May I sit here?"
Pax's head jerked up, eyes open in in alarm. She pulled out her earbuds and looked up.
"The hell you want?" Her rude remark to a stranger shocked him.
"Uh, well the train is full...so, uh, I need somewhere to sit..." Pax eyed the stranger, he was a tall ish, skinny boy around her age, 17. He had a strange complexion, blond hair, but dark skin. His blue eyes stood out.
"Yeah, whatever." She put her earbuds back in, and looked out the window.
"So...uh, whats your name?" He tried to start a conversation, feeling awkward. She pretended not to hear him. "Hello?"
"I'd rather not tell you."
"Um, ok, I'm Nyle. Nyle Wells." He paused, looking for a sign of interest or an answer. "So...uh, are you in a guild?"
Pax eyed him "What's with all the questions?"
"Well that's how you get to know someone, no?" He smiled.
"Some people don't want to be known." Suddenly she ducked her head and disappeared.
"Um, what?!...hello...?!-"
"Shut up, it's a ticket checker." She saw the amused but worried look on Nyle's face.
"Tickets?" a tall man in a uniform walked up to where they were sitting.
"Um, wait a sec," Nyle checked the pockets of his coat, then his bags. While he was taking his time, Pax quietly started transforming. Two large bulges grew on her back. They grew and grew, developing a leathery texture. She jumped in the air over the officer checking tickets, useing her wings landed on top of the seats on the other side, balancing on the top.
At last Nyle shook a smal bag and a ticket fell out. "I'm sorry Sir, here." The man took the ticket, it glowed purple for a second and he gave it back. He looked around.
"Is there anyone else with you?" The ticket checker looked everywhere. "We had a report of a criminal boarding the train without a ticked. If you don't mind I need to have a look around for security measures."
"Um, no one was with me, but you should look around...I guess..." Nyle was nervous, but he hid it well. The whole seat glowed purple. Finding nothing the ticket man shrugged.
"Well, nothing suspicious. Have a nice trip lad." and he walked down the isle.
"Phew..." Pax reappeared once the ticket checker was out of sight. "That took longer that expected."
"Um, he said something about a criminal, and I don't know if this is how you usually are, but you've been acting strange." Nyle eyed her.
"And you are sayin?" She looked at him with a so what expression.
"I think...I think you're the criminal." Nyle looked scared, but Pax could make out some sort of excitement in his eyes. "Why did you disappear? How come he didn't find you? Why do this? Unless you don't wanna be found."
"I used a cloaking spell. And I didn't want him to find me so I..." She tried to come up with a lie to hide what she was.
"You what?" Then he noticed her uncomfortable position. "Wait...what the fuck?!" The fast cloaking spell wore off her transformation as well, and she sat infront the the frighten boy, with two large, dragon-like wings.