Chapter 10-Liliana POV
Fang was right. Soon enough, Nudge and Angel had fallen back and started asking me questions faster than I could understand let alone answer. I tried to respond as best I could, but I could feel Fang silently laughing. Max remained ahead of us, and Iggy and Gazzy had their heads as close as flight allowed, talking about who knows what. We flew for several hours like that until Max spotted a cabin that was secluded and surrounded by a forest. Perfect hideout, if there was no one there.
"There is no one there." She shouted before looking back at me. I realized she was finding out if people were there using my power. But, it had stayed silent so I just shook my head and we flew down. When we got there Fang put me down, but my legs had grown stiff and I stumbled back into his arms. I could feel my face heat up as he steadied me, continuing to hold me as I regained my balance. Finally, I felt steady and leaned away. I didn't need to be anymore obvious than I probably already was.
Iggy quickly picked the lock (Which I didn't know he could do, but hey, I don't know very much about them anyway. It's not like we talked about it.). Angel, Nudge, and Gazzy all ran in to pick their rooms. Screams of, "This one is mine! I call that one!" echoed through the house. Max, Iggy, Fang, and I all followed them inside to take the left over rooms. The cabin was big enough that we all got our own room which was pretty nice. The walls were light green and there was a dark green carpet on the floor. It had a big double bed that I just sank into. I laid there for a moment before going back outside. I was going to work on my power a bit more.
The next few weeks fell into a predictable pattern. A group would go foraging for food for the day. The rest of us would exercise, read, or (in Max and Fang's case) search out more information on where Erasers were and where we could travel to next. I always found a quiet spot to work on my power because I discovered that I could do some pretty interesting things now.
The first thing was that I could shape the air into solid forms. They would still be invisible, but I knew exactly where they were. I could even make multiple ones at the same time. I was experimenting with this when Angel found me. I had been making stairs out of the air so I was about 20 feet in the air when Angel came over.
"Liliana, how did you get up there?" she asked sweetly.
I froze. I hadn't wanted to be found out yet until I could be sure that it would be useful. But, I couldn't lie so here goes nothing. I quickly ran down so I was back on the ground with her and wouldn't have to shout. "Well, you see. I discovered that I have this new power and it allows me to shape air. I suppose it has something to do with my ability to always know the truth." I hadn't realized I was going to say that, but that was a good thing to know. "So I've been experimenting with it. You saw me making stairs out of it."
She nodded at me with big eyes. "Could you make wings out of it?"
I was startled. I hadn't even thought of that. But if I could, then I wouldn't have to be carried by Fang anymore, not that I didn't enjoy that, but then I would be less of a burden. I could do more to help out then because I could travel at the same speed as the others. I had just thought that I could use that as a possible weapon. I spoke slowly, just in case I got stopped. "Yes, I could try that." It worked! It was possible! "But I could I touch your wings so then I can try to shape them better?" I really hoped that wouldn't be too horrible to ask, but I could always hope.
"Ok." She turned away from me and slowly spread out her small wings. I reached out hesitantly as I felt the softness of the feathers. It was like touching the wings of a bird and that told me all that I needed.
"One last thing Angel." She turned to look at me. "Could you keep this as our secret for now? I'm not sure I want everyone to know about it until I can actually make the wings."
She nodded. "Ok." Then she grabbed my hand and started pulling me back towards the house. "Come on, it's lunch time."
So, not the most exciting chapter, but leading up to a more exciting one. Please review!
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