Chapter 4 ~ Sky
The boys watched on as Kimi made her way into the shadows of the woodland until out of sight. Embry and Quil's thoughts were a blur of similar brain waves; What was she? What kind of form did she take? Is their more like her? Is she like Leah? Infertile? Maybe that's why we aren't imprinting... Jeez, wouldn't mind imprinting on her! Whereas Jacob was; Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella Bella
Suddenly, they could hear a rustling and that all too familiar stretching sound... Then a whoooooooooooooooosh! Something moved past them so quickly and upwards to the sky. A normal human would have just seen a brownish blur, if even that. In the split second that pasted when Kimi revealed herself, the Quilettes saw it all. An eagle. Huge, powerful, streamlined, armed with sharp talons and fierce hooked bill. Golden brown wide eyes. Glossy flecked feathers, longer and flowing around her head and neck. She went straight for the sky, letting out an ear piercing "Keaaaaah!"
All three of the boys stood with their necks back on their shoulders, mouths open, staring up at sky where now she was just the size of an average bird. Kimi circled a few times before folding her wings back and dropping back down into the clearing. Gaining speed and creating a whistling sound only detectable to the supernatural. Once she entered the clearing she fanned out her wings and tail and glided around the clearing, hardly making the leaves rustle with her incredible wingspan before landing on her claws. Standing, she was only a couple of inches shorter than the wolves shoulder to shoulder. Smiling as much as possible for an eagle, she spread out her wings again and gave a little bow. Embry gave a clap and Quil gave a whoop! Jacob was still somewhat startled by the discovery.
Kimi decided to be brave. She walked over to Jacob. Stopped at his side and bowed down, dropping her wings again. She gave a head turn, beckoning him to climb on her shoulders. Jacob looked confused. "Dude" called out Quil; "I think she is offering you a ride!" Kimi nodded her head and turned back to Jacob. He smiled again. Smiled. His friends have not seen him smile in weeks! Maybe even months since the Cullens returned and Bella was once again inseparable from the family. Kimi could feel the sudden warmth from Jacob, the aura that his comrades always knew of. "For real? Can I?" he asked, almost too excitedly. Embry beamed, he was just happy to see this side of Jacob showing again. Kimi nodded her head again and Jacob made his way towards her. His hands brushed off her feathers gingerly, Kimi did her best to suppress a shiver. Carefully, he pulled himself up and swung his leg over her other side quickly, afraid of applying too much of his weight on one side. However, Kimi was no delicate chick! She straightened up as if she was not carrying a 200 pound spirit warrior. She launched herself from the ground with ease, Jacob grabbed onto the clumps of neck feathers just in time as they rocketed up past to trees and into the clouds. So fast, he did not even get the chance to scream out in surprise!
Kimi carried him over the trees, out towards the beach. They were high enough and moving so fast humans would not even notice. Just like her dramatic entrance into the clearing in spirit form, Kimi folded back her wings and divided down towards the sea. This time Jacob shouted out! Barely a foot above the water, she fanned out and pulled up, gliding so close that Jacobs toes hit the choppy swells. He was loving it, he mind was just a blur of thoughts, however these were light thoughts for a change;
Oh man! This is insane! As much as I love running in my wolf form, this is awesome! She is so fast and agile, I thought we were gonna dive into the ocean! Things are so different from up here... I have never experienced flying before, heck, I've never even been on a plane! Not that it would compare to this! The place is so big... There is miles and miles out beyond. Just seeing it from this angle makes me feel so small... and normal. For once! I was letting my feelings, my hurt and my anger get bigger than me, consuming me... I feel so light up here and... free.
Flying back towards the beach, Kimi and Jacob could see people gathering on First Beach. Looks like it was time to go meet the elders. Jacob spoke, directly to Kimi for the first time since they met; "Kimi, this is amazing, you have no idea how much of an effect this had on me! I could stay up here forever but it looks like the elders presentation is gonna begin. We better head back." Kimi smiled to herself, she knew how Jacob felt, she felt his emotion change. It seemed that spirit warriors could tune in on each other. She knew that some weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Some of the hurt and anger. That must be a relief... She turned her head to acknowledge his statement and gave a couple of flaps of her wings to power them back to the clearing. They had flown so far and seen so much but in reality timing, they had only gone for a couple of minutes.
Kimi swooped down into the clearing where Quil and Embry where waiting. Jacob vaulted off her back, turning around to give her a genuine smile; "That was amazing Kimi!" He was greeted by the boys who no doubt, almost noticed the change in his demeanour. Kimi nodded her head and made her was back into the shade where she had left her dress. Within a minute, she had phased back into her human form and returned to the boys wearing her dress and fixing her hair band. The boys turned towards her, asking questions animatedly. "Well, it's pretty much the same as you guys, I am a shape-shifter. However, my form is the eagle. The scared animal of my community. I assume the wolf was the main presence in your history?" They began discussing the details of their history as they began to walk back to First Beach. They discovered that Kimi was actually 27, so indeed, a decade older than them. Her first transformation happened when she was 18, when cold ones were rampaging near their lands. She had only ever known human blood drinkers which is how she found it difficult to recognised the scent of the animal blood drinkers. It had also been nearly 8 years since she encountered vampires. Continuing to phase was her own choice, hell it beat buying anti-wrinkle creams and surgery! She also just enjoyed it, the freedom and the escape.
Jacob was suddenly enthralled by her wisdom on the matter. He too thought he could never give up being a wolf.
He was also looking at her differently now, as in, he could see her properly... She is bright, happy with a bounce her step. Confident, talkative and smiley. Her straight black hair longer at the front and just touched her shoulders. Her eyes were a more of a honey brown, flecked with dark gold, reminding him of her bright golden eagle eyes. Long eyelashes framed her eyes and he noticed the tiny beauty mark under her right eye. Her cute dimples emphasised her cheeky smile and her tanned skin glowed. Despite being tall with long legs, she moved very gracefully over the rocks as they walked down to the gathering crowds. Her dress also showed a pleasing amount of leg and cleavage...
She is very unlike a certain someone... And for almost one whole minute, Jacob did not think about that certain someone...
Well I hope y'all liked the reveal! So what do you think of the eagle spirit warrior? I want to take Jacob and Kimi's relationship rather slowly, allow things to develop. Also, it pains me to write him all depressing!
Thanks again for those how reviewed! Shared my thoughts on Jake too. The angst in the books was almost too much. Then seeing the trailer for Breaking Dawn, throwing the invited on the ground and running away into the rain... Ohhh angst fest!
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