Quartz opened her eyes slowly and winced at the pain. Her arm felt terrible and her back stung as if it had been stabbed twenty times. She raised her head and looked around. She was in a field, and she could see human homes. It was Night. She tried to raise herself up, but fell back down. Her front left leg was broken. She raised herself and sat on her hind legs. She had to fly. Quartz spread her wings and felt the most pain she had ever experienced. She turned and saw that her left wing was gone! Just gone! There was a scar that showed that it had been there but nothing. Her right wing was there, but her left wings was just gone. She turned away and felt tears in the corners of her eyes. She opened her mouth wide and made a musical howl. It echoed out. She fell to the ground and let her tears fall. She noticed her eyes were producing smoke, they did so when Fallen Angels were sad, scared, or mad. She cried and cried.

Quartz was interrupted by footsteps. She immediately stopped crying and got low to the ground. They were getting closer. Quartz couldn't stop her eyes from smoking because she was scared. "Hello?" a soft voice asked. It was a human. Quartz stood up on her hind legs. She couldn't do it for very long and sat down. She couldn't run away, she didn't know what to do. The human was female and wasn't an adult or child. She wasn't scared of the huge creature in front of her. "I knew you existed," she whispered. Quartz didn't know if she should speak. She let off a small growl. "I'm not scared. You're more scared of me than I am of you, correct? I also know you understand every single word I'm saying to you," she said. Quartz nodded. "My name is Quartz. Thank you for understanding," Quartz managed to whisper. The human smiled. "Rose. That's my name. Do you need help? You don't look well," she said. Rose had blonde hair and bright green eyes with pale skin. "Ummmm… No? I don't think so," Quartz said. "Yes you do. Admit it. Aren't you supposed to have two wings?" Rose asked. Quartz managed a smile. "Obviously," she said. Rose looked at her leg and pointed at it. Quartz looked at it and back at her. "Broken," She said. Rose nodded. "Maybe I can fix it. Come on," she said. Quartz didn't know what to do and nodded. Rose started walking towards a shabby looking barn. Quartz limped after her. Rose opened the huge doors and she and Quartz walked in. It was very old, but it had many things that Quartz could tell Rose put in. "You live here?" She asked. Rose laughed. "No, I live in the orphanage. I hate the orphanage and I stay here mostly," she said. She walked towards a small table that had many human tools and materials on it. "I had to make a cast for a dog one time. The problem is, you're not a dog," Rose said.

Quartz laid in the middle of the barn and listened to Rose working away on her table. "Quartz, I have a huge cylinder thing I found the other day. See if your leg will fit," Quartz got up and saw a large cylinder made of acrylic. She put her front leg through it and it did fit. "I put foam inside. Can you move your leg?" Rose asked. Quartz could move her leg just fine and nodded. Rose smiled. "Thank you," Quartz said and sat down. Rose crossed her arms and looked up at her. "Now you tell me how you got here," she said. Quartz sighed and laid down. "My job for the pack is to spy on humans. I was raised specifically for that. I was seen last night and my father yelled at me. My mother and my brother, Pike, were trying to explain to him. My father didn't listen. He never does. He grabbed me and flew into the air. He spun and let go, I couldn't open my wings and I hit the ground," Quartz explained. "But your wing! You'll never fly again," Rose said. Quartz nodded. She spread her one wing and refused to let her tears fall, but her eyes started smoking. They weren't smoking because of sadness, but of anger.

"He will pay. My father used the excuse of having two other pups to try and kill me. My mother cared for me. He didn't," Quartz hissed in a voice different from hers. She looked over to Rose. "Can I stay here? I don't want to be seen," she asked. Rose nodded. "If someone sees you, they will call the police. The police will report to the government. The government will come for you. If they find you, they will capture you and put you in a lab or Zoo," Rose said. Quartz covered her face with her paws. "I'm tired. I'm going to sleep. Are you going back to the orphanage?" She asked. Rose thought about it for a moment. "No. I'm staying here with you," she confessed. Quartz opened her mouth to speak, but closed it. She layed down and draped her single wing over herself. She peaked under her wing and saw Rose grabbing blankets. She brought them over to the other side of Quartz and laid them a few feet away from her. Quartz heard her lay down. She smiled to herself and fell asleep.