Here is the second one!
I have been on the run for nearly a month, my birthday has come and passed during this time. I have been surviving in the woods and such as I travel across the world. I am currently in China resting for the night high in a tree. I have found that I have the ability to pick up languages from hearing others speak, so I can now go to several countries and speak their language almost fluently. I also learn really quickly, and if I read something I am able to instantly memorize it. I think the School has lost track of me, because I haven't seen an Eraser since I crossed the Atlantic.
The hole in my heart from leaving the flock remains, as a constant reminder of the only family I have ever known. I hope one day we will all be able to live together in peace. As I look up at the stars through the branches of the tree, I wonder how they are doing and if the miss me as much as I miss them. I started to sing.
Remember when we were lost at sea?
We would look at the bright night sky
Thinking of what we could be
What we could be, how to spend our lives
Remember when we had nothing left?
We were strung out in the cold
Holding on trying to save our breath
Trying to save our breath we would not let go
Whoa
Through the good and the bad and ugly
Whoa
We'll conquer anything cause'
One day we're gonna come back and laugh at it all
One day we'll look at the past with love, love
One day we're gonna come back and relive those thoughts
One day we'll look at the past with love, love
With love, love
Remember down in the forest heart?
We were lost, losing hope and faith
We put our trust in counting stars
We were counting stars
Trying to find our way
Remember up on the mountain top?
Looking out on the rocks below
Thanking God, will we never stop
We will never stop
No we won't let go
'Cause one day we're gonna come back, and laugh at it all
One day we'll look at the past with love, love
One day we're gonna come back and relive those thoughts
One day we'll look at the past
With love, love
(Love, love)
Like a scene from the past where we look back and laugh
With love, love
A thought like a flash black and white, hope it lasts
With love, love
Like a scene from the past where we look back and laugh
With love, love
A thought like a flash black and white, hope it lasts
With love
'Cause one day we're gonna come back and laugh at it all
One day we'll look at the past with love, love
One day we're gonna come back and relive those thoughts
One day we'll look at the past with love, love
(Love, love)
With love, love
I leaned back into the trunk of the tree and listened to the slight echo of my voice that surrounded me for a moment. I thought back to all of the fun jam sessions we had together, and a few tears fell down my face. That was my favorite song to sing, and the flock knew it, because it kept me hopeful for the future, and made me feel like everything was going to turn out just fine. I fell asleep up in a tree in China, far away from my siblings, in my ragged clothes, and using my backpack as a pillow. In the morning I had to gather as many berries as I could out of the few I was able to recognize, and ate the last of my jerky. I had spent the money I took from Jeb on non-perishable foods back in the USA, and I had made it last until now, but by tonight I should have a home and a grandpa. At least I hope I will.
After I ate I grabbed my backpack and took off, my ten foot wings stroking down hard to launch me up into the sky. I got high up enough not to be spotted easily from the ground, and above any airplanes, and headed toward Japan. There is nothing better than flying. The freedom of going where I want to, when I wanted to is one of the most amazing things for a kid like me to have. Up here in the thin air, nothing between my back and the sun, and high up using my own power, it is beyond words! The land sped by below me, and in a few hours, Japan was below me. I looked for a hidden area on the outside of the first city I found. I landed and tucked in my aplomado falcon wings and covered them in my torn jacket. I headed to the park that I had seen as I flew over, and sat on a bench to listen to the language. The park was very busy, seeing as it was the early afternoon, with families and children running around and laughing. The sight made me think of my siblings, and tears sprang into my eyes. I tried my best to hold them back, and I closed my eyes and leaned my head back. The words I heard lined themselves up in my brain with the words they matched in the other languages, even the one that the flock had made up while in the school. I still find myself talking in it, and I have made a goal to use it as often as I can, so I don't forget it. After sitting at the park for a few hours, I got up and began to walk towards the center of town, and all of the people walking around and talking filled in the holes in my language learning. By the time the sun set, I felt confident that I could speak Japanese almost fluently. I headed back to the park to find a tree to sleep in, and I drifted off high up in the branches. I dreamed of what my grandpa might be like, and all my family living happily together.
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!