"Just put on a Brave face,

And go out and face the ugly world."


"Sky are you sure were going the right way?" Someone asked, letting her wings stretch out more to glide with the wind.

Her name was Blade. Her hair was a pale Red, with a couple blue streaks in her hair, wearing blue jeans with a white jacket, and red sneakers. Her left hand had a cross on her outer wrist. There was another one under her right eye, which were both a bright Green.

Her wings were a light brown with a darker brown and black painted around the edges. And just like Sky, her wings were attached to her shoulder blades. No one knows much about her, except that she is amazing at close combat, and is almost a level 7 in her magic strength, which is almost as strong as a teacher. She also had a thing for messing around with sharp objects, so nobody got extra close to her.

She yawned a bit and rubbed her eyes. "Seriously though, we've been up here for hours, all through last night, and we haven't stopped once, even though it started Snowing! And were in Texas, How can it snow here?!"

A bird flew by, and Blade tried not to lick her lips at the sight of it. "I'm also so hungry, I could eat a bird."

Sky laughed. "Alright, and I must admit, I'm getting tired to."

Blade smiled before tucking in her wings, making them fold closer to her back, and Sky followed her example. Rapidly, they started to descend, falling through clouds and turning them to small rings of white. Just as one of the buildings came into view, they snapped open their wings again, landing silently on the rooftop with both feet.

Someone yelped at the sight of them. Sky turned his head in their direction and smiled.

A girl stood on the rooftop a few feet away, startled by their sudden appearance.

She had long, black hair with artificial blue streaks that went past her waist. She had Silver eyes, and was quite skinny. Her skin was a tad more colored than a Vampire. She wore a Black hoodie, with dark blue pants, and black sneakers. She was actually 3 years younger than Sky, but was almost just as tall.

Her name was Faye. Next to her stood Mr. Roi, who stood unfazed at their appearance.

"Impressed?" Sky asked, folding his wings underneath his shirt so no one could see them. "Or Scared?"

"N-neither," Faye said, regaining her balance. "J-just startled, that's a-all."

Blade laughed a bit, while Sky smiled and rolled his eyes. Faye turned a little red in the face and pulled her hoodie over her head farther.

"Well anyway, were going to rest for today," Sky said turning to Roi. "You okay with that?"

Mr. Roi shrugged. "It's fine by me. But I'm going to contact Ms. Chen first."

Sky nodded and walked towards the edge of the roof, unfolding his wings for a second and looking down at the ground beneath him.

He was at a normal Elementary School. Which means, no brewing stands, no magic floating objects around the classroom, just normal.

He was stunned a second, and hesitantly spread his wings out. "I'm going to see if anything is down there."

Before anyone could reply, he jumped down.

"What the heck is he doing now?" Blade asked, looking over the edge and scowling. Faye shrugged while rubbing her hands together for warmth as she looked for a ladder to climb down to the bottom with.

Sky circled the building once, keeping far way to look like a large bird, but enough to look through the windows. Most of the kids were laughing and teasing each other, or were reading a book in the corner with others. Some looked like they were struggling a bit, and others read perfectly.

He tucked in his wings a bit and landed next to one of the windows, watching one of the kindergarden classes taking a test. Most were looking down at their papers, and the teacher was reading a book, glancing up every few seconds to make sure no one cheated.

Except one of the girls. She sat a few feet away from the window, looking bored and staring at the books that were lined up on the shelfs. Then she caught sight of Sky.

She wore a bright orange shirt, with small blue jeans, and blue shoes. Her dark brown hair had a few curls at the front, and her Green eyes stared at him in curiosity. She didn't scream at the sight of him, looked terrified, or scrambled out of her seat to tell someone. She most defiantly saw his wings though.

But, she didn't looked fearful, in fact, she actually looked amazed.

Knowing he probably screwed up, Sky waved a bit. The girl waved back, a smile on her face.

That was when the teacher looked up.

"Victoria?" She said, giving her a look that said 'Get Back To Work.' Victoria glanced at Sky once more before working on her test again.

Sky smiled and ducked into the shadows until none of the students could see him anymore. He looked through some of the other windows for the next few minutes. He was amazed at how different the humans acted from people like him. Just as he was about to take off and find the others, a bell rang.

Almost Instantly, kids started to pour into the playground behind him. Sky rushed into the shadows, slowly making his way back to Victoria's classroom.

Only to find nothing there.

On her desk however, was a sheet of paper. He tilted his head to get a better look.

"Dear, Um, Man with wings," It started. "I'm outside with my other classmates from my classroom. Meet me there?"

Sky smiled a bit and headed back towards the playground.

He didn't know why he was following a human, but he just seemed like she was different from the rest of the humans.

Not Quite Human, But Not Quite Magic either.

Which could mean 2 things.

Either she was cursed, which seemed unlikely. Or she was a Halfway.

Halfway were extremely rare these days. The only way to create one, was for a Vampire and a Werewolf to mate. But because of the war that had been going on for over a hundred years now, they almost never spoke to each other, let alone fall in love.

He scowled at the thought, and peeked out from around the corner around the building.

It looked like some sort of mini mob. The kids were laughing while running around and playing Tag. Some were on the swings, having another older kid push them as they tried not to get hit in the face with their swinging feet. Others were playing on the courts in front of them, dodging the balls that other kids were throwing at them.

The sight of the kids playing made him smile. He had almost never had that much fun went he was a kid, and he started to consider if it was a good idea to stay there for the evening.

"Are you the person with wings?" A voice behind him asked, making him jump. He turned around to see Victoria, who had a gray hoodie on that helped her to blend in.

Sky opened his mouth to say something but shut it again, not knowing if he wanted to speak.

Victoria looked at him another second before sitting on the ground with her head on her knees. She waved for him to sit down, and he obeyed.

"I never knew it was possible to fly," she said after a moment. "I didn't know that I would meet someone who could ether."

She looked nervous for a second before holding her hand out. "My name's Victoria by the way."

Sky hesitated a moment before retching his own hand out and shaking hers. "I'm Sky."

"Really?" She asked tilting her hand to one side.

Sky nodded.

"I have to ask, are there more people like you?" She asked. "That can fly I mean."

"Yeah," Sky said, unable to look her in the eye. "There's a lot of other people like me."

"Do you all have the same colored wings?" She was obviously a curious child.

"No," he said. "We have different colors like Black, Brown, White, and Gray."

"Wow," she said, looking amazed. "I never knew people could actually have wings. Are they real?"

"Well, yeah," Sky said, unfolding his wings. A feather somehow managed to fall off and he picked it up, handing it to her. "See for yourself."

Victoria stared at the White feather a moment before taking it gently from him. She carefully felt along the side of the feather before standing up. Then she reached out slowly and touched his wing. Sky flinched a bit. Usually no one was allowed to touch another person wing, mostly because they were a huge weak point.

Victoria gasped lightly as she felt the muscles and bones in Sky's wing, confirming that it was indeed, real. She felt along the edge, where she felt some of the veins underneath his skin and his heartbeat.

"... This is..." She started, unable to finish her sentence.

"Amazing?" Sky said.

Victoria smiled. "Yeah. How does it work?"

"It's Magic," he said, looking away. "Not very many people are born with them though. We have to wait a few years until they start to actually grow."

"And how long does it take for them to grow?"

Sky thought for a moment, trying to remember. "I believe my wings took 43 years to grow until I could actually use them."

"43 years?" Victoria asked. "How long do you guys live?"

"Um, it depends," Sky said, trying to remember what he learned from school. "But on average, everyone lives about 450 years, unless your immortal."

"What does immortal mean?" She asked a lot of questions, but that was in her nature. She was the kind of person how was interested learning about everything.

Sky tried to think of a way that she would understand. "It means that you live forever, unless something kills you. Like if Notch decides your time living is up."

"Notch? Who's Notch?" Victoria looked confused for a moment.

"Oh, that's right," Sky said, realizing his mistake. "I forgot, humans have different Gods than we do. You have God and the Devil, while we have Notch and Herobrine."

"So Notch rules your heaven, and Herobrine rules your underworld?"

"Yeah," Sky said, shrugging a little bit.

Victoria thought about something for a moment. "So does that mean there are more people who can use magic?"

Sky nodded. "Yeah, we have almost every Magical user you can name, go ahead, guess."

"Wizards?"

"Yep."

"Vampire's?"

"No doubt."

"Werewolves?"

"Can't miss 'em."

"What about Fairy's?"

Sky murmured a swear word under his breath, quiet enough for Victoria not to notice of hear, and sighed. "Unfortunately, yes."

"Unfortunately?"

"They're sneaky little creature's. If you see one, it's better if you run away. Trust me."

"Fine. Do you have Witch's?"

"We actually don't see them that much anymore."

"Why not?"

"They're to busy making potions and experimenting with spells."

"Oh. I also heard they try to hide their ugly face's."

Sky almost laughed. "That's only a a myth. If you ask me, they aren't too bad looking."

"Is that good or bad?"

"It depends."

~An hour or 2 later~

Sky and Victoria were still talking, Sharing information back and forth. Victoria was apparently an orphan, somehow her parents had been murdered, and she lived with one of the teachers. She only had her education here because it was one of the cheapest school's around.

Sky had told her everything about the magic world, despite risking the whole secret society itself. There was still no sign of Blade, Faye, or Mr. Roi, and he took that as a good sign. For now.

"Well, Well, Well," someone said, stepping out from the shadows behind them. "Look what we have here?"

Luckily Sky's wings were already folded out, and he scrambled to his feet. Five men wearing black scarfs around their head were there, 2 of them holding guns. Victoria almost screamed, but one of the guys pointed it at her and made a 'shh' noise. She was to scared to argue.

"Look at this guys," the first one said, smirking. "Looks like we hit the jackpot."

"How much do you think Notch's son will cost on the market?" The third one said, holding a Pistol and taking lazy aim at Sky.

Victoria looked at him, confused, before looking at Sky. He had gone stiff, trying to figure out who these guys were. Sky hadn't seen them at the School, or he would have remembered their voices.

"Remember, we need the girl alive, I heard she's powerful enough to stop an army." The forth one said, and Sky recognized them as a girl. The fifth one didn't say anything, and instead shifted the gun in his left hand to the right hand. Under the mask, Sky could see he had gray hair and red eyes.

He was just about to place their voices, when the first guy ran up and tackled Sky. Before he could react, he was pinned against the brick wall behind him, with a knife pressed against his throat.

He hasn't expected them to be so fast, but he quickly recovered from the hit.

Sky glared at his attacker before his fist connected with their nose. The attacker's head snapped back, their nose already bleeding. Sky took advantage of his pain and punched him in the stomach, hearing a snap as their ribs broke and punctured the lungs underneath.

The attacker fell to his knees, clutching his chest as blood dripped out of his nose and mouth. Sky frowned a bit, and kicked the attacker where his broken ribs were.

He wasn't a supporter of this kind of violence, but these guys were attacking him and Victoria, so he just defending himself.

The attacker collapsed, going unconscious from the pain. Sky's head snapped up when he heard Victoria scream. The second and fourth were stuffing her into a bag, muffling her scream's, while the third was yelling and the fifth. The fifth guy still wasn't speaking, instead just standing there, staring at Sky.

"Do Something You Idiot!" The third was screaming. "You Were Given The Gun For A Reason!"

The fifth guy shook his head, refusing something.

The third guy grabbed the gun from his hands and took aim at Sky. "Fine, Ethan! If you won't shoot him I will!"

Before anyone could even move, Ethan elbowed him in the neck.

The third guy dropped the gun and stumbled back, coughing.

"What the Nether man?!" He said, trying to regain his breath.

Ethan picked up the gun, and aimed at the second one. They both dropped the bag, (Victoria managing a small 'Ouch!') and the second one lunged for the fallen one's pistol. Ethan instantly shot him through the chest. He then whirled around and stabbed the fourth in the chest twice before she fell to the ground. The third guy scrabbled away, but Ethan shot him through the head before he could get very far.

By now Victoria had scrambled out of the bag, running over to Sky. She practically tackled him with a hug, and he hugged her back, noticing how she was crying.

"S-s-sky!" She wailed, starting to hiccup. "I-I was s-so scared!

"Shhh," Sky said, trying to calm her down. "It's okay, they're gone now."

He looked up at Ethan. But before he could said anything, he heard the wail of Sirens coming closer.

Sky cursed, and pulled Victoria away until she was facing him.

"Listen, I know your scared," he said, wiping her tears away with his thumbs. "But I need to listen to me for a moment, okay?"

Victoria nodded, sniffing loudly.

"Okay, you just saw how those guys wanted to harm you, right?" Another nod. "So your not safe here, and your going to have to come with me, alright? It's just to make sure other people like them don't try this again, okay?"

Victoria nodded and hugged Sky again, still crying, but less now. He tried calming her down again, seeing red and blue light's flash in the corner of his eye. He looked back at Ethan, holding out his hand.

"You can come with us to. There are a few others with me, but they won't mind another person along with us, please?"

Ethan nodded, taking Sky's hand and giving a small shake.

Sky smiled and unfurled his wings.

In another few moments, police cars were surrounding the four remaining attackers. They held there hands up in surrender. As they were wrapped in bandages and stuffed into handcuffs, stepping into the back of police cars, they scowled.

On top of the rooftops, Sky stood at the edge, watching the scene. Victoria was still hugging Sky, and Ethan was behind him, leaning against one of the air vents. He had pulled the scarf down to his neck, revealing his gray hair and red eyes. His skin was paler than a normal person, and his hair was a little messy. Other than that, he looked perfectly normal.

Sky gave a slight grin before unfolding his wings again.

In a few seconds, the roof was empty again.


I'm Finally done! That chapter took way longer than needed, but here it is! Anyway short A/N I know, but it's all I got. Anyway, leave a follow and a favorite, or don't, plus a comment! Anyway, BYYYYEEEEE!