Hi! This is my second fanfic and I hope the characters are not O.P. Please follow, review, and enjoy!

Prologue: Dark Dreams

She was running, her breath came in short bursts that steamed in the freezing air.

Her head turned for an instant and saw a tidal wave of darkness swallowing everything in its path, she tried to scream but no sound came but a hoarse whisper, the only sound in the enveloping silence.

Then like the scream of a thousand crows the voices came.

The cries of a lost child, the wails of families torn apart by war and laws, the final thought of a man knowing he will never see his loved ones again.

Kestrel collapsed in tears hearing the cries of her twin brother Nikolas as the scientists carried him away.

The darkness towered over her rushing closer each second threatening to consume her…

Chapter one: Kestrel

9:00 am, Saturday March 19th, 10 miles outside of Portland, OR…..

Kestrel bolted awake, the screams still echoing in her head. "Raine, where are you?" She called out to the forest around her.

Out of the trees flew a small falcon to her, perching on the branch next to Kestrel, shaking the dew from the leaves above.

The girl winced as the freezing drops settled on her face, which was already quite cold.

She had an angular face, her nose showing the evidence of many battles, a crooked bit here and there.

She shook long blue-grey hair out of her eyes, her fox ears twitching as she stretched her wings.

Slight hints of a Latino heritage showed in her skin & high cheekbones. Some thought her gaze was un-settling, one eye ice blue and one a deep chocolate brown.

She stood up and preceded to make a small fire, once this feat was accomplished she reached into a large back-pack and retrieved a coffee pot and filled it with coffee.

…. …. … ….

A few minutes later she sat fully dressed, cup of coffee in hand.

She was hardly half way through breakfast when Raine screeched three times, their signal for intruders. Kestrel jumped to her feet, Raine's voice in her head,

"Three erasers approaching from the west!"

"I thought they couldn't find us here!"

"Apparently not so true"

Kestrel thought with a smile, haven't had a good fight in a while.

"Do they have any back up so far?"

"Not that I know of "

Right then three wolfish men stepped in from the trees. The first charged at Kestrel, whom dodged quickly and delivered a kick to his stomach, knocking him over.

Suddenly she felt a hard blow to her chest, pushing out her breath.

The big ones faster than he looks and smarter too.

Kestrel whirled around and punched biggie in the nose, a satisfying crack sounding through-out the small clearing.

The third eraser cried out when Raine scraped a deep gash in his cheek. Kestrel ran over and body-slammed him into a tree, knocking him out.

Biggie rammed into her, both of them falling to the ground. She kneed him in the tenders & pushed him away, as she got on her feet he turned and sped off into the trees.

As she spun around she noticed the other one had left. All that was left was the one Kestrel had knocked out, interrogation time sucker Kestrel thought with a smirk.

…

It took her about five minutes to tie the eraser to a nearby tree, get the fire going again, and make another batch of toast and coffee. A few minutes later the eraser woke up, and it was interrogation time.

"who sent you, and how did you find me"

The eraser spat at her and gave her a dirty look.

"Ya wont get anything from me ya mangy bird mutt"

Kestrel ignored him and whistled for Raine, secretly pleased at the brief flash of fear on his face as he saw the falcon. The scratch she had given him was now a large scab.

"I repeat, who sent you, and how did you find me."

"ya know who sent us, and ya friend at the coffee shop was quite useful. Such a sorrow that he was in it when it burn't."

Kestrel closed her eyes and swiftly broke his left ankle, the eraser shrieked in pain.

"The School sent you? Do you know where Nikolas is?"

"He is where he belongs, as the School hitman. You should be at his side, a pile of bodies at your feet!"

Hatred burned in her eyes, an unhuman snarl escaping her throat. Swift as a cobra her hand flashed out, nails lengthening into sharp claws that tore through his throat like a razor through butter.

"Nooo!"

Kestrel cried as she realized what she had done. The eraser lay bloody at her feet, yet his eyes showed thanks.

He whispered in spurts of blood, "Thank you for freeing me from them."

Then he was still. "It's not your fault Kestrel, it's the Schools" Raine said in Kestrels mind.

"But it's another thing dead because of me." Kestrel muttered under her breath.

Why did they make me into this monster? Why can't I control it?

Slowly she stretched her black, blue, and pale gray wings and took off to the sky.

Here is the S.Y.O.C form, please only 3 S.Y.O.C's per person, per story ( twins count as one) also please make enemy characters. Thank you for reading, please review, and enjoy!

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