This world isn't exactly what you'd call a home, but for some of us it's nothing more than a cage, keeping us bound to our set path and guiding us from our beginning to our end. However, there is always that one stray, that one life that pulls away from their path and follows another. That stray always breaks from his cage, but he never gets to see the light. He never gets to see anything except for his own blood and pain.

"I guess it's true, those who are alone are either thoughtful or empty." I laughed shaking the edge back into my voice, they wouldn't get me. Because they'd already killed me once before, for now I'm just an empty shell, a walking corpse if you prefer that. I don't prefer either because I made that promise, they'd suffer for this. I smiled, my hand grasped the cold bars, "You hear me! I'm not done fighting not the least bit!" I shouted and frowned, of course they'd never hear me, and they never did. It was the same thing day by day. New ones entered, old ones left. Dying, just like they intended for us to suffer through. You see I've come to accept this world, normal people live as if they can't die, but we. Our world lies between following our paths and abandoning them.

I lifted my gaze narrowing it when the door opened, I've never been wrong before, but then again there was a first, perhaps they had heard. I frowned and leaned against the bars letting out a simple sigh. The same kid, day by day she would come in and I'd question why she even was here to begin with. These cages keep us contained they keep us in because of the dangers we are, or rather the dangers they think we are. I smirked leaning against the bars, she would walk by every cage and it's been years since she even bothered to stop, years since I first spoke to her and years since I had even been acknowledged as a living being.

I almost wanted to laugh I leaned my back against the bars listening to the sound of heels clicking against the floor and as her footsteps grew closer to my cage until finally they stopped. I frowned slightly when I heard a sigh followed by an annoying tapping sound. "Don't you ever get tired?" I grumbled to myself and glanced over my shoulder to be met with a dark outline that soon came into view to be a girl. I rolled my eyes and looked away, "Get tired? Of what silly?" the girl said smiling her blue hair framing her dark blue eyes, "Of being their precious little bird pet." I said finally, I had no proof that she was a winged kid like me, but I didn't think they'd make a girl into an eraser.

I heard a huff and I smirked, "Something wrong cerulean not your color anymore?" I asked a hint of laughter to my voice. "He's not coming back for you. He never will, won't ever; he doesn't care about you, just about his own freedom." Despite everything I thought I knew it was a lie. I shook my head crossing my arms, "Do you have anything better to do then bug me?" I asked honestly wanting to know why she always did this. "Hmm Nope! It's fun, besides you're different and I'm not their pet." "Looks that way." I mumbled and sighed, "If I offered to help you track them what would you say." I asked and blinked waiting a while only to get no response.

Frowning I shook my head, "Thought s-" I began to say until I went to lean my back against the bars only to fall backwards and hit the ground. I blinked my gaze finding blue eyes almost immediately, "Okay ow." She smiled and held her hand out, "I'd say that's nice and I just might enjoy training you as a new recruit, let's go! By the way, I'm Nyx." She said bolting out of the room. I smirked and laughed, "I won't be controlled by the likes of you. I won't accept this world because it isn't anything to me. This world…is a dream." I mumbled and followed her out of the room.

AN: I was really skeptical on uploading this, because of how it is written, I just am not sure, so please no flames, I would like your thoughts on it though. Umbra belongs to my best friend, originemMaliacne. Nyx belongs to me. I hope it is okay, it's mostly just the point starting with when Umbra's brother Vesper escapes and when Nyx gets Umbra to agree to join the school. These chapters may be short, I apologize, but because they aren't all my characters it's tough for me to write them out I have trouble sticking with how a character tends to act even if they are my own character. I apologize.