A man crouches low on a high skyscraper to watch the city below. The scene looks no different than it has for the 100 hundred years in his eyes. Jadyn takes a leaping jump from the top of the building comforted in how the openness made him feel free. He felt his foot knock against a piece of wood and barely registered the crash of other pieces of the structure. Jadyn came to a rolling halt in front of the debris quickly standing to brush his clothes off and stretch his arms. It wasn't until he heard a quiet clearing of someone's throat that he looked at his surroundings.
Damn. Double damn. He should have scoped the spot before landing. He spotted her not fifteen feet from where he had landed. How had I not sensed her? He took in her appearance and noted how she was petitely built, but stood as if she was much taller. She was holding a ceramic pot full of beautiful flowers in front of a tan smock dirtying the front of it even more. He could see long blond hair tied up behind her head. A few strands fell to frame her face. When Jadyn finally made it to her expression he was shocked at her angry scowl and piercing glare. Wow. She's beautiful but she's pissed.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked suddenly, biting out each word. Jadyn was a little confused as to why she was so mad. Most of the time when humans caught him doing stuff like this they couldn't properly handle themselves. She seemed pretty calm but her eyes gave away her anger.
This girl made Jadyn curious so he decided to answer her question. "My name is Jadyn, one of 7 protectors of this city. Keeping fairies and all fairy kind from causing misfortune upon the humans and their world. What is your name?" He spoke smoothly and slow so every word would sink in and bowed slightly as a way of greeting.
She only stared at him for a moment looking confused which shifted to very amused in seconds. He scowled when she gave way to loud guffawing laughs. Bending over and holding her stomach; Jadyn took it as his turn to clear his throat.
She stood up wiping tears from her eye. "Alright fairy boy but that does not explain why you felt the need to destroy my greenhouse. That took me a year to put together!" she yelled. He looked in the direction of her indignant pointing hand and couldn't help but could see small snatches of color here and there indicating where he had destroyed a place that a variety of flowers called home. His mother would skin him alive if she had been here. She had always said that plants were the last natural thing left in the human world, besides us, and they were to be treated with respect and kindness.
"Oops. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to hit anything on the way down. I wasn't really paying attention," apologized Jadyn trying his best to show his remorse for what he had done. He didn't even bother with the fact that she didn't believe what he said. Humans never do because they are too close-minded to accept the fact that fairies are indeed real and that they work, eat and sleep right next to them in their world. Some cause more trouble than others but that is where he came in.
"You weren't paying attention? Well that just excuses the fact that all my hard work just goes down the drain. Thanks a lot for the apology by the way because that just made it all better." Sarcasm dripped from her voice. She passed by Jadyn with a frustrated huff beginning to see what flowers she could recover.
"I really do not know what to say. I would like to offer my help in rebuilding what I destroyed, however." He began to help her shift through the broken pieces of wood and fallen tarp. He helped to lift a broken two by four so she could retrieve more of the flowers but instead she placed the previous flower pots aside to stand. She brushed he hands off on her apron before she looked up at him.
"I really do appreciate it but I'm going to have to say no thanks. This was just obviously not meant to be." Her expression was so sad and broken that Jadyn had to resist the temptation to reach out and offer comfort. She proceeded to pick up the salvaged flowers and make her way to the door that would lead to the apartments below. Jadyn continued to stand there holding the beam only feeling more foolish.
"Wait. I still didn't get your name." He made to follow her but stopped in confusion when she turned around with a sly smile on her face.
My mother always told me not to talk to strangers. Especially the crazy ones that fall from the sky. So you want to know my name? Not a chance." She quickly turned to enter the doorway and shut the heavy, metal door. Jadyn flinched when he heard the lock slide into the place assuring that he couldn't follow.
Jadyn stood there for several moments only staring at the place where her face had been. This mysterious girl with her sad face and fiery temper interested him more than any other human had the entire time he had resided in this city. I wonder what it is that has made her so defensive, he thought to himself. She was not affected by my presence in the least like other humans usually were and there must be a reason I had not sensed her when I first landed on this roof.
Jadyn turned where he was standing sparing one last glance at the door as if willing her to come back through the door but he knew that she wasn't coming. Bending into a crouch, strengthening the muscles in his legs, he launched himself to another rooftop noting the area and its surroundings. He already had plans to come back the next day.
Sorry that this chapter is so short and my apologies to anyone that read my first, very messy edition of this story. This is my first fanfic so good and bad criticism is welcome even if you totally hate it! Plz review!