A/N: So, I'm re-uploading this story. Hope you guys like it :)

A shadow fell across her face. The light blocked by the huge...things that stood between her and daylight. Oh how she longed to be outside. Fresh air, the grass, tees, all of it. Krista had always been locked up, hidden away from the real world. Confined to her single room, that room is all she'd ever known. The only person she had ever spoken to was Jeb.

Jeb had promised to help escape. And true to his word here she was, so close to freedom. But stopped by these huge, hairy beasts. Krista didn't know what they were. They didn't look like Jeb. Jeb was human, so common sense told her these...things probably weren't. Not that it really would've helped at this moment to know what they were called. All Krista needed to know was that they were standing between her and freedom. During her time in the room Jeb had taught her to read and write, but he'd also taught her how to fight.

So in one fluid movement Krista jumped into the air and kicked the creature that was closest to her in the jaw with her long, powerful legs. It's head twisted and Krista heard a loud crack then the creature fell to the floor with a thud.

Seizing her opportunity she unfurled her wings. She ran a few paces then jumped straight over the head of an approaching creature and right out of the open door. At first she glided with the wind whipping against her face, her baggy T-Shirt blowing about around her.

Krista realised she was too low and beat her deep black wings hard. She surged upwards. Higher and higher, she loved the feeling of power that flying gave her. She was afraid she might not be able to fly, seeing as she had never actually flown before. But she needn't have worried. Flying came as natural to her as breathing and walking.

She flew, lost in her own world. She didn't know how far she'd flown or where exactly she was heading. But flying this way just felt right to her.

It was a while before Krista regained her mental functions long enough to reall think. Think about the fact that she was all alone in a strange new world. She didn't know how long she had been soaring through the air, but the sun was low in the sky and she knew it was probably quite late. That didn't matter to Krista, she'd been locked in a room her whole life. She felt so alive with the wind blowing her extremely long, extremely dark hair all around. Krista looked down at the world below, strangely aware that she wasn't part of it. That she would never go to school, wash the dishes or everyday ordinary things like that, ever. She let out the breath she hadn't been aware she was holding.

The air felt alien to her, she was used to the stuffy (occasionally air conditioned) atmosphere of the small box-like room she had called home for all 16 years of her strange life.

Not too long later, her wings became sore and tired and Krista knew she'd have to land soon. She hadn't ever flown before and then she'd flown for, possibly hours without a break. No wonder her wings were sore.

And if Krista was honest with herself, she was actually quite hungry. Then she made a sudden decision an and got ready to head in for a landing Krista didn't exactly know how to land, but the natural instinct kicked in again and she dived downwards, tucking in her wings. She didn't know why she was doing it and to be quite honest she was scared stiff. But when the time came, she pulled out of the dive, opened her wings and flapped hard, back-pedalling to slow herself down as much as possible.

Krista landed with a bump and skidded forward on her front. She groaned loudly as she got up from the dusty, hard ground. She wiped herself down as best she could and noted several grazes on her arms. Krista knew she probably looked a mess. Her pale face now had a rather nasty graze from her chin, up her jaw line to her cheek. Krista's dark purple eyes were accustomed to the dark so seeing wasn't a problem. There was a lot to see, a lot of trees.

She was about to take a step forward to find somewhere to rest. When her super-bird hearing picked up movement behind her. Krista spun around on the spot. Her eyes picked out a human shaped shadow.

A/N: So, let me know what you think :D