Glass Winged Angel
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Maximum Ride in which some of this story was based off of. Not much of it was though.
Chapter 1: Sora-A whole new world
.Sora's POV.
I rushed out the doors and away from the screeching alarms.
"Where is he?!" Someone yelled.
"He got away! Send out the Q.R. Team!" Another yelled. I pushed my feet harder into the ground building up speed. I could hear the team behind me.
"There he is! Don't let him get away! He's valuable!" They yelled. I opened my wings and jumped into the air. I began to flap them gaining altitude by the minute. I headed southeast. I was intent on getting away. The Q.R. Team started to fire at me.
"Stop that! He's worth more than ten of you idiots!!" Someone screamed. I rose higher yet, never looking back. The sun slowly arched over the east horizon. I was over the ocean. Looking down I spotted a small reclusive island a ways away from any major landforms. I slowly descended to a lower altitude. When I saw no one on the beach I began to lower myself onto the ground and then dropped. I made contact with the ground making my knees buckled. I fell to my knees in the sand. I curled my wings inward making sure they were tight to my back before I flopped onto my back in the sand. I have no clue as to how long I laid there. When I opened my eyes a pail young man with silver shoulder-length locks was shaking me. I jumped up almost hitting the silver-haired teen in front of me.
"I'm Sorry!" I said surprised by his presence. I went to stand up but couldn't. I left the Institute before they could feed us. I didn't have very much strength, in fact I basically had none at all. I collapsed and just laid there.
"Are you okay?" The teen asked.
"I will be, just need sleep…" I said dozing off.
"Hey!" He said waking me up, "You can't sleep here. If you'll come with me, you can sleep at my house." The teen said. I immediately went on full alert.
"I'm fine really! I'll just go swimming and I'll be fine! Don't worry about me." I said hastily getting up. The silveret quirked an eyebrow upwards.
"Whatever you say…" He said getting up from his crouched position. Then my stomach chose the absolute worst time to growl. The teen looked at me and laughed. "Come on! I'll make you a delicious dinner too!" He said. My stomach growled again and I decided I'd take him up on his offer.
"Thanks." I said following him up the beach.
"You're not from here are you?" He asked.
"Umm… No. I lived in Hollow Bastion before." It wasn't a lie. The institute had been in Hollow Bastion I just thought of it more as hell.
"So… You look tired. How'd you get here?" The silveret asked.
"Flew." I said not thinking about what was coming out of my mouth.
"Where's you family?" He asked.
"I don't have one." I said once again not thinking about the words spewing from my mouth.
"Mad at them?" The teen asked again.
"You could say that…" I replied.
"What's you name?" He asked.
"Sora."
"I'm Riku." From that point until we got to Riku's house we were basically silent.
"So where's your family?" I asked him.
"My parents are away for two months on a business trip. I have a little sister though. Her name is Awen." Riku said. I scanned his home looking from picture to picture.
"Awen! I'm Home!" Riku yelled up some stairs.
"Riku!" A little girl yelled running down the stairs. She looked about 13 or 14. She had waist length silver her and a light tan to her skin. "What were you doing?" She asked him.
"I was out getting groceries." He said holding up the bags I hadn't noticed before.
"Who's he?" Awen asked looking straight at me.
"This is Sora, Sora this is Awen. She can be a little brat sometimes but, all you have to do to get her to stop being mean is ask about her—" Riku was cut off as the girl launched herself at him.
"I told you not to tell anyone about that!" She said trying, and failing, to wrestle her brother.
"Alright, alright!" Riku said pushing her off and getting up. I chuckled some. It was fun to be around people you knew weren't going to die sometime soon.
"So, Sora, what brings you to Destiny Islands?" Awen asked.
"Umm… I don't really know. It seemed like a good place to get away." That wasn't an entire lie either. I was really trying to get away.
"What would you like to eat, Sora?" Riku asked.
"Ohmigod! Riku's cooking! Yes!! Riku absolutely rocks at cooking!" Awen said. Riku turned and headed into the kitchen. I followed him and Awen followed me. "Oh. My. God." She gasped. I gasped as she stroked my wings. I had forgotten to put a sweatshirt on over them. Somewhere in the background I heard Riku tell Awen his cooking wasn't that great. "Sora! You have—" I slapped my hand over her mouth and held a finger to my lips.
"Shhh…" I whispered quietly. I curled my wings so tight to my back that it hurt my muscles.
"What were you saying Awen?" Riku called from in the kitchen. I gave her a pleading look.
"Umm… Nothing! I'm gonna go show Sora upstairs. We'll be back down for lunch!" She yelled tugging me up the stairs. Once we were up stairs I let out a breath I hadn't known I had been holding in. "You have wings!" She hissed once we were in her room.
"Yes. I ran away from an institute in Hollow Bastion. They experimented on me since I was a baby. They gave me wings and other things I will not say." I whispered quickly.
"You have wings!" She hissed again, "Does Riku know?" She asked.
"No, I don't really want him to know at the moment. So could I borrow a Sweatshirt or something?" I asked in a hushed whisper.
"Yeah, let me get one from Riku's room." She said. She left the room for a short while and when she came back she was carrying one of Riku's sweatshirts. "It's gonna be a bit big because he's obviously larger than you." Awen said.
"Thanks." I said slipping the huge hoodie over my head. Then we started to head back down the stairs.
"There you guys are. I made hotdogs with chili sauce and all the fixings. Then for dessert I made lava cakes that we can eat with hot fudge and ice cream." Riku said starting to make a hotdog for himself. "Dig in." He said. Awen got two more plates out and handed one to me. Then she started to make her own hotdog. I started to make a hotdog for myself then. Once I was done making it I took a seat beside Awen and Riku at the table. I started to eat my hotdog. Riku looked at me and laughed. "Why are you wearing a sweatshirt? It's like 98 degrees out." He said laughing. I tensed.
"Umm… I'm naturally cold blooded." I said.
"Oh really?" He said.
"Yes." I said.
"Well, I guess you can wear it then." He said smirking.
"Thanks." I said finishing off my hotdog. I yawned, stretching my arms upwards.
"If you'd like to lie down you can use my bed." Riku said.
"I would, thanks." I said getting up and going up the stairs, and heading into Riku's room. I noticed his room was very clean. I laid down on the bed and almost instantly dozed off into a deep sleep. But it was one of those deep sleeps that you can hear what's going on around you too. I almost always sleep like that. It was a long, long while before I woke up. When I did wake up the sun was setting. I went downstairs and found no one around. Except there was a note on the kitchen table.
Sora,
Hey, Awen and I went down to the beach for a party. Join us later if you want. Hopefully we'll see you there.
-Riku
I read the note a couple times before I decided I'd got to the party. I slipped my shoes on and headed out the door. It was a 3 minute walk to the beach. By the time I got there I was really, really warm. I jumped off the board walk and into the sand. I sat back on the board walk and scanned the dancing mob of people. Quickly I spotted a mop of silver hair. I headed towards the person hoping that the person was Riku or Awen. I tapped the person on the shoulder and they turned around.
"Sora! I was wonderin' if you were gonna show up. Why are you still wearing a sweatshirt?" Riku asked.
"I was just a little chilly." I said trying to put off telling him until I left this island.
"Anyway, want a drink?" He asked.
"What do they have?" I asked in response.
"They have a lot. There's beer, soda, margaritas, and a lot more." He said.
"I'll take a beer." I answered.
"Coming right up." He said heading off to get the drink. I stood awkwardly in the middle of everyone. I felt really weird. Like something bad was going to happen. I shrugged it off as Riku came back with my drink and a whole lot of people. "Sora these are my friends, Kairi, Roxas, Axel, Demyx, Zexion, Leon, and Cloud." Riku said pointing to each one of them as he said their names.
"Thanks and it's nice to meet you all." I said taking it and popping open my beer. I drank almost half of it in one gulp. One thing I forgot to mention, because of my body being different, with the wings and all, if I got just one beer I can be drunk with in a matter of minutes. And because I forgot about that, that's exactly what I was. Drunk, Smashed, Hammered, totally and utterly drunk.
"Riku, this one is adorable! Where'd you find him at?" Kairi asked.
"Kairi, Sora is not an object. He is adorable though." Riku said. I laughed uncontrollably. They all looked at me as if I was on drugs.
"What makes you think I'm not an object? Hmm, Riku?" I said through alcohol slurred speech.
"Sora… Humans aren't objects. Therefore you aren't an object. What's up with you?" He asked.
"Why? What's up with me?" I asked sounding like quite an alcoholic. His group of friends looked at me like I was crazy.
"Riku… Are you sure this one is sane?" Axel asked.
"Yes! He was fine before he drank that beer!" Riku said.
"He must not be able to handle his alcohol well." Roxas said taking a drink of his beer.
"You're one to talk!" Axel snorted.
"Hey!" Roxas screeched indignantly.
While they fought a faster song came on. "Wanna dance?" Riku asked.
Because I had no control over my answer or my body, it was all alcohol, I danced with Riku. He spun me so I was in front of him but not facing him. He started to grind into me. I ground back moving in sync with him. I smiled as we moved together. Is this what being normal felt like? Riku and I danced for a while longer. Then I danced with a group of people. I started getting way to hot though. I just wanted to take my sweatshirt off, but I knew I couldn't with all those people around.
One of the persons in the group I was dancing with tried to take my sweatshirt off. I gripped it tightly shoving it down.
"Just a little peak?" The person asked.
"No!" I shouted.
"Fine, we'll do this the hard way!" The guy said picking me up onto his shoulder and starting to walk off with me. Awen soon spotted me pounding uselessly into the man's back. "Sora, you're coming back with me." He said. I immediately knew he was from the institute.
Awen came over with Axel, Riku, Roxas, and Kairi in tow.
"Sir, I'd like you to put that boy down." She said in a do-it-or-die sort of tone.
"Little girl what happens to this boy is none of your concern!" The man said back. Awen smirked along with everyone else in the group. She swung her leg under his feet knocking him over. I rolled away from him and sprang to my feet.
"Leave my friend alone." Awen said. She kicked him hard in the ribs. Then the others started to kick him too. A little while longer and we started to head for their house. I was so tired that Riku was carrying me by the end.
He laid me down on the guest bed, and I fell asleep almost instantly.
After a long nights sleep I felt wonderful in the morning. I just laid in the bed. A little while later the door opened and Riku stood in the door frame, arms crossed over his chest. I smiled at him.
"You have wings?" He asked, almost in a whisper.
My face fell. "How did you find out?" I asked him.
"When we danced. Why didn't you tell me?" He asked again.
"I can explain. When I said I lived in Hollow Bastion, what I meant was I was an experiment there. They gave me wings and… other things…" I said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I have to make sure I can trust you before I tell you! You could've been one of the institute's spies!" I said trying to get him to see what I saw.
"I understand. I guess it just shocked me a little. I mean… You have wings!" He said. I looked down at the blanket.
"It's not that cool… In fact it's not cool at all." I whispered. My eyes teared up and I pulled my knees to my chest. I hugged them with my arms and put my forehead against my knees as I cried.
"Hey… What's wrong?" Riku said coming over to me and rubbing my shoulder.
"N-Nothing." I said wiping my eyes and getting up. I put a smile on my face. "So did you cook breakfast this morning?" I asked. Riku laughed and we proceeded down the stairs. Awen was at the table eating chocolate chip pancakes when we came down.
"So, Riku, did you find out what you wanted to know?" She asked.
"I sure did." He said, "Except for one thing…" He turned to me, "Did you want to stay for awhile? To, you know, take a break?" He asked me.
I smiled again. "I'd love to stay. Thanks."
This is the redone version of this chapter! I'd very much appreciate all reviews! I'm starting a new thing, where I'd like to try to answer the reviews I get. As for the questions I got about Sora and that stuff last time: the questions will be answered eventually. Thanks for all who review and even those who at least read what I write! I'm very happy to have gotten a chance to hear from the public!