This story had gotten more alerts and reviews for just the first chapter than any of my other stories so I have decided to write another chapter!
F.Y.I. the song in the last chapter was Gotta Go My Own Way from High SchoolMusical2
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Nudge slowly opened her eyes, rolling over in the process, an image of the flock flashing in her mind when she felt the rough sand underneath her finger tips and along her bare arms.
A memory from long ago, but it felt like it was happening right then and there. Fang and Max were playing a game of go fish with Angel and Gazzy, while Iggy sat staring in their general direction looking left out as a full plate rested on his lap. "Iggy?" her own voice echoed through her mind causing her to squeeze her eyes shut tightly.
Slowly Iggy turned to face her though he appeared to look right through her "huh?" He tilted his head to the side, some of his strawberry blond hair falling into his face and giving him that innocent puppy look that Total always tried to use on Max to no avail. A single tear slid down her face as her hand reached out automatically as if to take the plate he was offering to her, for a second she could have sworn that she could feel the smooth texture of the Styrofoam plate.
But another hand took the plate and she watched as she herself sat down next to Iggy, smiling brightly as she bit into a warm slice of bread. "Thank you" Iggy nodded and with a sigh rested his head on her shoulder, closing his eyes and ignoring the strange looks the flock were casting their way.
More and more tears streamed down her face until she turned her head away quickly, her curly brown hair hitting her own face as her shoulders shook and her tears fell into the sand.
"Go away…" she whispered and stood up, her hands clenched into fists in a desperate attempt to keep her shoulders from shaking from the force of her tears and bottled up emotions. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" Her shouts echoed off the solid cave walls as she spun back around, her fist well aimed.
But her fist passed through the image and crashed into the stone wall before she had anytime to register what she was doing. And when it dawned on her, the tears came harder and faster. The room started to spin, her stomach started flipping, her face grew pale and suddenly she was throwing up into the sand.
"Ugh" Nudge slowly crawled out of the cave wiping off her mouth with the back of her hand as the blood began to return to her face. She could hear people off in the distance and readjusted her direction to lead her as far from other people as possible.
"Pull your self together, you're stronger than this. Who needs them?" she pushed her self up slowly and stumbled to the water's edge, her legs feeling like rubber. As the water ran over her shoes she glanced down and caught a brief glance at her own tear stained face. "Rrrr!" She angrily kicked the water catching some of the wet sand and small rocks on the top of her shoe and flinging them farther into the water.
With a sigh her wings snapped open and she jumped into the air, hovering a mere foot off the ground as she watched the water peacefully move across the sand, first trying to force its way onto the land then retreating silently just to try again with the same amount of determination as before.
It kind of made her want to smile, though she wasn't entirely sure why. With a deep breath she flew out over the lake. New beginnings… She thought pulling her wings in. A shriek filled the air as she plummeted downward to meet the cold water head on.
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Max sighed picking at her plate much to the dismay of her mother and sister who compared to the flock's slow manner had inhaled their food. Max was pushing a piece of pasta to the opposite side of her plate for the tenth time when Ella's hand shot out and snatched away her fork, sending the piece of pasta flying across the table where it landed on the floor.
Total frowned and looked up with a glare "Don't even expect me to get that!" The flock smiled and burst out laughing at the disgusted look on his face, but returned to their somber mood when the door swung open and Jeb walked in, leading Iggy both looking somewhat confident.
"Anything?" Ella asked quickly, obviously missing the overly talkative friend she hadn't expected to disappear. Iggy fell into his chair with a thud while Jeb moved to the head of the table, setting a brief case down gently and quickly unlocking it before looking up with a slight smile.
"I know how to find Nudge…."
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Dun Dun Dunnnnnnn!! Ha-ha a cliffy! Third chapter coming soon, but first I want YOU to tall me what you think should happen!!