Chapter 1

It was just a normal day. Sky and Deadlox were just beginning to race through a lava parkour, trying to beat the other to the next stage.

"I'm going to beat you there." Sky called back, for he was way ahead of him.

"That is true, as long as you don't fall that is." Deadlox replied back, just a few jumps behind Sky.

"Shud up." Sky retorted back.

Deadlox just laughed. After a while, Sky joined in.

Sky landed on the platform that had the door to the next stage.

"I win!" Sky shouted triumphantly.

"Dammit." Deadlox pouted. "I thought for sure that you were going to get too cocky, and fall."

Deadlox stated. "But I guess I was wrong." Deadlox said.

"Yep, well anyways I'm going to the next stage. I'll greet you at the end when you get there." Sky replied, racing through the door laughing.

"Wait up Sky." Deadlox shouted. "I know you're probably not going to wait, but it was worth a shot, right?" Deadlox asked, shouting towards Sky.

"Nope, not really." Sky replied popping the "p", after he heard what Deadlox shouted.

"Shud up." Deadlox shot back, as he started the next stage.

Sky didn't hear him though. He was gone; his adrenaline had gone haywire, for it had taken possession over Sky's body and mind. So he didn't notice Deadlox was catching up with him.

"Hey, I'm actually catching up to you. I can't believe it." Deadlox said astonished.

Deadlox was just two jumps behind Sky. He leaped again, but he couldn't stop the momentum. He yelled at Sky, "Adam watch out!" Sadly he wasn't heard.

Sky felt something hit him in the back, causing him to lose his balance. He started to fall towards the lava below.

He wasn't thinking straight at all. He was lost in the depths of his adrenaline rush, and his instincts kicked in. Enormous golden wings grow from his back. Before he fell into the lava, he flew up. His adrenaline rush giving him possession again as it left him behind to realize his mistake. The secret that he had kept hidden for so long finally came into a rushing reality.

Sky flew over and landed by the next stage door. His wings returning back into his body as he turned around to see Ty on the same platform, just staring at him.

He ran through the door and left him behind. He was trying to run away, even though he could hear him running after him. He knew that Deadlox was just running after his mysterious unbeknownst winged friend.

"Adam, wait!" Ty shouted, racing after Adam.

Whenever Ty saw Adam, it was only for a second, if not shorter. But he still followed in pursuit.

But after a while he lost sight of him completely, but he knew that Sky was still trying to run away.

Sky's POV

I was two stages ahead by now, but I still went faster. I just wanted to put as much distance as possible between me and Deadlox.

'I'm so stupid," I thought as I ran. 'Why had I let myself go like that?' I questioned myself sadly as I reached the end of the map.

I leaned against one of the walls, sliding down it into a sitting position. I pulled my knees up, and wrapped my arms around them. I closed my eyes as I begin to bang my head gently against the wall. I start to think about all the times that I could have told him… tears run down my face as I think of all the times that I had the chance, but yet I never said a word. "Why didn't I tell him?

Third Person's POV

"I've known Ty for so long, but I haven't told him yet. I haven't told him and here I am paying the price for it. I should have told him sooner. He's probably scared of me now. Great, just fucking great. I fucked up, but this time I fucked up big-time. And I don't think I can get myself out either. If… If I lose my friends too… it will be the end of me this time… I… I just can't take losing any more people that I care about. Not again." Sky sighed before he continued. "I should have told him, that way I wouldn't have to deal with the shit that I just got myself into. But I didn't and look were that brought me, it brought me to a living Nether, and I don't know what to do." Sky broke out into a quiet sob as he placed his head in his arms, oblivious as a silhouetted figure cautiously approached him.

"What haven't you told me yet Adam?" Ty asked sitting beside his friend.

Sky's POV

I jumped, and snapped my eyes open, turning to look at him.

"Ty, don't sneak up on me like that!" I say, wiping away the tears on my sleeve.

"What haven't you told me yet, Adam?" Ty asked again, noticing that Adam had been crying.

"It's just... I'm not… it's hard." I stutter, feeling another tear trail down my cheek.

"You can tell me, I'll understand." Ty said in a cooing voice. All he wanted to do was help his friend.

"It's a secret that I have kept hidden for almost all of my life. I'm not like other people." I said, whispering the last part. I closed my eyes and looked back down, not knowing that it caused my sunglasses to fall off and tumble to the ground.

"Sky... You're a little more than a normal human aren't you?" Ty questioned him, slightly hearing what he said. He wanted to hear it for himself not just guess.

"Y-yes." I answer, still looking down.

Ty got up and retrieved Sky's glasses, and walked back over to Sky. "Here," He said holding out the glasses for his friend to get.

I looked up, only to see the glasses that hid my eyes. My eyes grew wide, revealing big green cat-like eyes to Ty. I quickly grabbed the glasses to cover them.

"Whoa." Ty chimed after seeing Sky's eyes.

He kept staring at me, and it made me feel uncomfortable. "Don't look at me like that!" I yell, standing up and turning my back to him.

"What are you then...?" Ty asked after the shock went away. He still couldn't believe that one of his human friends were not quite as human as he had once thought.

"I... I'm a-" I was interrupted by Deadlox who I guess had a theory that he wanted to say out loud.

"Does it have something to do with your necklace?" He asks stepping forward taking the amulet into his hands and turned it over looking at it with curiosity as it glows.

"Yes." I replied back watching him for reactions that would tell me either to run away, or to stay.

"What does your amulet hide exactly?" Ty asked, still holding the small jewel in his hands.

"It hides a lot more than you might think, I can tell you that. It even surprises me sometimes." I replied chuckling as a memory crossed my mind.

"Like what?" Ty asked, looking at it. He wanted to know just how much the small necklace could hide.

Third Person's POV

"Well..." Sky trailed off watching Deadlox for reactions. Then the ice breaks. Deadlox pulled on the necklace breaking its chain and pulling it away from the surprised Sky. Deadlox runs several feet away from Sky before he feels safe. Sky lets out a gasped cry as he falls to the ground clutching his stomach in pain.

This is a story that I have been working on for quite a while now and a lot of my friends said that I should post it, so I gave it a shot. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of SBS. Leave a review to let me know that you liked it.

Also, I didn't completely come up with this story by myself. I had a little inspiration from a friend on deviantart. If you would like to check out her stories go onto deviantart and look up riversongpond.