A/N Here is chapter one. Please enjoy… you will all LOVE chapter two of this story… maybe I'll write Chapter one and Chapter two in the same Doc… Hmmmmm, R&R.

Chap one

A bright light was shinning in my face and I blinked, trying to return to the darkness. It wouldn't work though because once I woke up, I wasn't able to fall asleep until I did what I was forced to do.

I heard the door handle in the room move and I flexed my wings, ready to make a break for it. A male walked in and my breath caught in my throat, my heart skipped a beat and my wings folded against my back. This male came once a week and was gentle to me, unlike the short, ugly females that took care of me most of the time. I opened my mouth to speak but shut it quickly when his eyes flickered from the paper he held to me. I stared at him, awestruck, when he turned his beautiful jade eyes away from me.

I frowned and whispered, "Why did you look away from me? Are you afraid?" I tried to step forward and when something cut into my ankles, I whimpered and stepped back.

His head snapped up at that small sound and his eyes turned black. I hurriedly stepped back again, opening my wings so I could get away from me if he ran towards me.

"I will destroy this awful place that puts such a beautiful creature in so much unnecessary pain," he growled, and I stepped back once more, my wings scrapping the wall behind me. He slowly walked towards me, shaking violently, and when he stood in front of me, he kneeled and took off what had cut into me.

"Thank you," I whispered as he wrapped cloth around the gashes on my ankles.

He looked up at me; his eyes jade once more, and said, "I don't believe I've told you my name, X93R1MNT. I'm David."

"David," I whispered, I couldn't seem to talk normally around him, "my name is Shadow."

His brow crumpled as he said, "Experiments don't have names unless Onyx comes and names them. Who gave you that name?"

I was scared to answer, incase his eyes went black again, but he looked up at me with jade eyes clear of anger. "Um… the ugly females call me Shadow, so I thought that was my name."

"The nuns? They don't disobey Onyx unless there is a good reason for it," David mumbled.

"You continue to say onyx… what is that?" My wings flexed again, soft feathers caressing my body.

"She is the one owns this place. Onyx is the one that did this," he pointed at my wings and ankles before continuing, "and made me… I don't know what she did to me. All I know is that she altered my DNA in some way."

I felt something watching us and looked towards the door. There, staring at us, was a face; the face of a large, silver and black wolf, with sinister looking brown eyes. As I watched, the wolf changed into a female with a black and silver mane tumbling around her shoulders, brown eyes foggy with anger. I whimpered and David's head snapped up and looked at my face, probably seeing fright in my eyes.

He opened his mouth but shut it quickly when the door slammed shut. He stood up suddenly and turned around.

"Onyx," he murmured and knelt before her.

"Stand David, I'm here on important business and not to be praised by you. Now, get out of the way so I can see how much our little girl has grown."

The female pushed David out of the way as she walked towards me. When she stood in front of me, she looked me up and down slowly. I stared at David who was scowling at the female in front of me. When he saw me looking at him he smiled and mouthed greet her to me.

I smiled and said quietly, "Hello Onyx."

Onyx looked me coldly in the eye and hissed, "No one said you could speak."

I opened my mouth but one look at David told me to keep it shut.

"Very good girl," Onyx growled, her cold stare pierced me to the bone. She walked around me and paused, standing behind me. I had enough smarts to know not to whimper when she plucked a feather from my wing, although David, who growled at her when he saw the pain in my eyes, was not so smart, for moments later he lay writhing on the floor. My hands flew to my mouth to stifle a cry and it took all my strength to stay where I stood.

When she stood in front of me, she held up a single black feather, its color playing in the light. I saw the color and couldn't help but gasp. Are my wings really black?

"Such a pretty color dear," Onyx said, turning on her heel and walking over to where David was standing up. "Isn't it love?" David nodded stiffly and Onyx turned back towards me, "I don't know if I should do this, but I've been receiving a few complaints. The nuns have called you Shadow, have they not?" I nodded and she continued as though I didn't answer, "they say things about a girl who owns a set of black wings and her eyes were gray and clear, they say that she is soon to be of age and they complain that she does not yet have a name." she paused and looked at me again before continuing, "They call her Shadow behind my back, but I agree the name certainly fits her. Your name is Shadow from now until I disown you… David, finish your duty then visit me in my chamber."

David nodded and as she passed him on her way to the door she wrested a hand on his shoulder. I saw him stiffen at her touch and he didn't relax until she was closer to the door.

Falling on her hands and knees she started to shake. A wave of silver and black fur appeared on in a wave, stretching from her head to her tail, covering every inch of flesh. I heard bones pop as they grew and readjusted themselves and watched as her face elongated into the muzzle of a wolf. She turned towards me, a wolf once more, before padding towards the door. She stood on her hind legs and brought a front paw down on the handle. The door swung open and she disappeared into the darkness beyond.

David quietly walked over to the door behind her and closed it when the sound of claws clicking against linoleum dissipated. He stood there for a moment, breathing deeply, before turning towards me.

"Come on Shadow, you have to go eat something."

"Okay, do you know what there is?" I asked him carefully.

"I'm not sure, but let's go find out," he said more to himself than to me.

I started walking towards the door but then remembered the feather. I padded over to where it was and picked it up off of the floor. It felt coarse as I twirled it in my hands and when the light caught it a certain way it looked purple.

"Wow," I whispered, "David, I need to get new clothes," I looked up to see him standing in front of me, not even a feathers length away.

"No, we need to get away from here," he whispered urgently.

"What do you mean? Where is there to go?"

"Turn around and look out that window," he pointed to something behind me. I turned around and he leaned closer to me to whisper, "You may have to fly." I would have spun around, if I wasn't frozen in shock.

I nodded slowly and stepped away from him. I unfolded my wings carefully, so I wouldn't hit him, and heard him gasp.

"Rose," he whispered so softly I wasn't sure if he said it.

I ignored the sound; I'll have to ask him about it later, and pushed off against the ground, flapping my wings. Once I reached the height of the ledge of the window I grasped it and pulled myself up.

I looked out the window, blocked by metal bars, and knew instantly what David had been talking about. There was a green mass outside the window, lower than the building, but not by much. I saw creatures flying through the sky and wondered what that freedom was like, wondered what the wind would feel like after rustling through my feathers.

I jumped off the ledge and did a perfect back flip before landing perfectly in front of David.

"So, what's the plan?" I asked coolly and happily, looking at him with a grin.

A/N So I hope you enjoyed that and the more people that review the faster I'll update.