Little Tsu: Ok, so...I might get hell for this cause so many have been apparently waitin', but I've been procrastinatin' a long time(over two years). Anyways uhh...*glances at the angry mob & quickly flees*

Here's the long awaited sequal ta the Orphan Chronicles!

Orphan Chronicles 2: Nia's New Life

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{Nia's POV}

It's been a few months now since I was saved from that lab and found myself with this new body.

Not only had my age shot up when those scientists awakened whatever they had put in me when I was still very small, my entire appearance also changed. My face remained human-like and my overall body was still humanoid, but...now I had these talons for hands and feet, my ears were longer and pointed with a pair of segmented horns curving up above my head directly above my ears, three studded horns each just above my magenta eyes, a long tail with three short, but slightly thick spines on either side at the end, and finally four leathered wings, the two bottom ones just above my waist nearly three times smaller than the pair right behind my shoulders. Even my skin had changed color as I was now a pale sky blue. As for my age, well,...before these cells had been awakened, I was just an eight-year-old human with a strange hair and eye color...Now that those scientists forced those cells they had put in me years before to awaken, my age had jumped at first to that of twelve. However, over the passed few months since Brooklyn had saved me, my age had continued to increase even more, though it finally slowed down and halted at fifteen. I now didn' look much younger appearance wise than Brookln does, who looked possibly eighteen at the most, though I know if I were to count the time he was sealed in stone, he would be much older than that in actuality...

As I thought about this, I couldn't help by sigh softly to myself as my heavy lidded eyes gazed down at my new attire. Black bands wrapped around my wrists and ankles, short faded blue shorts that were ripped up at the bottom, a bottom spiky designed black band around the upper part of my left arm, a red sleeveless top that showed my middrift with a black unzipped short sleeved vest over it, and finally a black metal collar around my neck with three chain links dangling from it. Even my orchid colored hair had grown and became styled differently, though my bangs still fell slightly in my face. My hair was down and fell almost to my waist in the back, but a portion of my hair that halted at my chest rested in the front over my left shoulder and tied in a braided fashion; a style that Miss Elisa had done for me, saying that it made me look cuter...

I don't really understand why she wanted me to look cuter, but when I had asked her about it, she just said that if I looked cuter then it might get Brooklyn's attention. I didn' have a clue as to what she meant by that, but for some reason my face had still felt hot towards her words that night. Maybe I'll understand better as time goes on. After all, my body may have aged, but my mind still wasn' quite up to par with it so I still had somewhat of my child-like innocence and mind.

Speaking of Brooklyn,...it was almost dusk. He and the others should be waking up soon. Since I was originally human and thus wasn' around in the time they were cursed with that stone spell, I don' turn to stone when dawn arrives. I do sleep inside of Eyrie Building though during the day, but I always wake up about an hour or so before the sun fully sets though. I'd gotten used to it during all my time with my best friend;...the very gargoyle who found and took me in...When I think about all that he'd done for me in that short amount of time when I was still human, the sacrifise he made for me,...I don' know how I'd ever beable to repay him.

The sun finally finished setting at this point and I slowly rose up onto my feet as I walked over to the large opening of the building we lived at. Cracks were forming in areas along the 'stone statues' before finally shattering as each of the gargoyles stretched out their wings and limbs as they roared to the endless skies. They did this every night when they woke; most likely a habit of their's or instinct for their kind...Well,...I was a gargoyle too now, but I still held most of my human mannerisms. I also wasn' quite as violent as them when it came to fights or getting angry. Still though, as I watched each of them wake up from their rest, a small smile found its way onto my features. I was still getting used to being a gargoyle and I still sometimes slipped up and fell out of the sky whenever I tried my hand at flight. Brooklyn was always close by though so he always swooped in and caught me. Even now, he watched over me like a hawk, but I wasn' bothered by it. In fact, I was relieved that he continued to still do so...It made me feel so much safer despite having the strength, agility, and the cat-like moves that all gargoyles had...Though the last two were more towards the younger ones; the old gargoyles like Hudson, I noticed, were slower and a bit more sluggish due to age, but it didn' lessen his strength all that much at all.

As I quickly snap out of my thoughts, I allowed my magenta gaze to finally focus on just one of the members of my new family before me. His brick red skin standing out like a beacon just like his long white hair and almost bird-like facial features. It was then that his onyx gaze turned to lock with mine and a sweet smile appeared onto his features as his eyes gently closed in a happy expression. To be perfectly honest, his smile alone was enough to have one of my own cross onto my features as I ran over to the older gargoyle and leaped up into his arms as I threw my own around his neck in a hug; his own arms wrapping around me just under my smaller folded up wings to hold me closely against his lean muscled chest.

"Evening my little Nia. Did you sleep well?"

Nodding my head against his neck and soft white hair, I nuzzled my face even closer against those areas as I enjoyed the sense of warmth, safety, and comfort that I was only ever able to feel around Brooklyn. I admit that I had gradually grown closer to the others of the group, but Brooklyn was special. He was everything to me as my best friend... "Yes, I did. I woke up only an hour or two ago though like I usually do. I was waiting for you and the others to wake up for the night."

That only seemed to make him chuckle lightly as he actually held me even closer and nuzzled his beak into my own hair. The others around us had long since gotten used to this so I didn' mind the affection he gave me in front of the others since I did it too. After all, we were only best friends so where was the harm in that, right? He finally pulled back after another moment and grinned down at me since I was still smaller than him, though I did come up to his shoulders in height now. "Everyone is going to do their nightly rounds around Manhattan and Goliath might actually end up spending some time with Elisa after he's done with his own scouting..." Brooklyn had trailed off at this point for a moment and I saw him glance over towards our leader with a playful smirk on his features. I didn' really understand why he did though. Was there something going on between him and Elisa? Something I didn' know about yet? I quickly snapped out of it when he turned back to me and spoke again. "After our own rounds, why don't we spend some time together at the park? It's been a while since you've been there."

Blinking slightly at this in surprise, I smiled again and nodded my head. "Yeah, ok! I'd really like that, but um...Brooklyn?...We always spend time together. We're kinda never apart, hehe..."

Brooklin seemed to aquire a look of surprised innocence at this before suddenly glancing away and scratching his cheek with a single talon sheepishly. "Oh yeah...I guess we do, huh? Sorry about that Nia. I guess I had grown so used to always having you at my side when you were just a little human that...it's become a habit and urge. Um...would you want me to stop or...?"

"NO!"

Gasping faintly as my eyes widened in surprise at my sudden outburst, I quickly had my talons covering my mouth in shock as Brooklyn's own onyx eyes seemed to widen in surprise as well. Luckily the others had already left on their scoutings by now so we were left alone together at Eyrie Building. Quickly trying to calm myself back down, I stuttered slightly in nervousness. "I-I mean,...please no...I like it w-when you're right there. I...I feel so much safer and warm and...loved." I had glanced away from him at this point out of embarrassment towards my earlier outburst and was fidgeting slightly, but if I had glanced up, I would've seen a darker tint of red coloring his cheeks at what I said. "Y-You're my best friend Brooklyn and...I-I always want you to stay by my side...I-Isn' that what you had promised me when I was still just a little human...?"

Brooklyn had stopped blushing at this time before chuckling softly, causing me to look up at him again as he smiled gently. "Yeah, I did. And you don't have to worry any Nia. I'm always going to be there till you want your space. Now...Lets get started on our rounds or we'll never have any time to spend some of it in the park together." With a cheerful smile now playing onto his features, he leaped up into the air and took flight as he glided off. Watching this happen, I quickly leaped up onto the ledge and leaped off as well; all four of my wings unfurling themselves from my sides and my top ones' mini claws resting on my shoulders. My wings easily caught the light breeze and I hurried off after Brooklyn.

This...was my new life as a gargoyle...

To Be Continued.

Little Tsu: *peeks around the corner of a wall & glances around nervously for the angry mob* Ok so that was the start of the long...long awaited sequal & this time, it's Nia's turn in her POV!...Thoughhh I might put in Brooklyn's POV as well for the sake of him bein' my all time fave gargoyle of the series.*-* Either that or I go alternate between the two with every new chap.

Anyways, hope ya enjoyed it & that ya won' kill me now that the sequal has finally started!