[A/N] I lied to you. I've decided to put an extra chapter into the story, so you'll have more reading pleasure! Also Will is going to hate me next chapter, not this one. =P

Chapter 10 Flying lessons

The girls patiently waited for two weeks for their wings to grow. During this time they mostly had theory lessons about the air, it's currents and what it symbolizes. Taranee also told Hay-Lin, Irma and Will about her ability to talk to them with her thoughts. They also had to coop with a very annoying Eros, who took great pleasure in teasing them because they couldn't fly. He did things such as stealing their food and hanging it in a place that was too high for them to reach alone or made loop-de-loops in front of them and spectacular dives and other tricks in the air while the girls could only watch. The girls took revenge by using him for target practice. He managed to dodge them in the beginning but, as the weeks went by, the girls learned to aim and managed to burn his tail feathers, drench him, pluck him, blow him into trees or shock him, though this didn't happen often.

Two weeks had passed since the arrival of Will, Irma, Taranee and Cornelia and the discovery of their wings. Their wings had grown a lot and were now big enough to cover their backs. This gave interesting effects. The girls had to find a different way of sleeping because else they would hurt themselves. Hay-Lin and Irma had managed to learn how to sleep while standing, though they often fell to the ground during their sleep, Taranee and Will slept sitting and Cornelia slept on her stomach without smothering herself. Now the 5 girls were anxiously waiting for their first flying lesson. They had tried to fly before, resulting into flying upside down, crashing into each other or a wall or flying circles while descending. This of course entertained Eros and he teased them about it, resulting in him flying at high speed to dodge attacks.

'We're finally going to learn how to fly!' Hay-Lin squealed happily as she flapped her wings.

'Can you believe it?' Irma said with a smile. 'We're like flying monkeys! Just which we had a tail.'

With that she turned around to check if there wasn't a tail and got disappointed once again. She had asked Grandmamma if they would grow tails as well but Grandmamma told her they wouldn't. Yet Irma kept hope that she would gain a tail, much to the annoyance of Cornelia.

'Irma, we will not get a tail! We are humans and no monkeys.' she said very annoyed.

'Can't blame a girl for hoping.' Irma said with a shrug.

A rustle of feathers was heard. The girls turned around and saw Granddaddy and Eros.

Taranee's POV:

'Girls are you ready for your first flying lesson?' Granddaddy asked.

I gulped. It was true that I liked the first time flying on Daddy's back but flying on my own? I was afraid that I would fall.

'Of course we are!' Hay-Lin squealed happily, making me feel sick and wishing that she hadn't said that.

'That's good.' Granddaddy answered. 'Now, you five, line up at the rim of the nest. Eros you take flight and watch over them as they'll try to fly.'

Eros gave a laughing sort of screech before taking the air. This just made me more nervous than I already was. We lined up at the rim of the nest and I looked down. I immediately wished I hadn't done that. Everything seemed so small from up here. In other words we were standing high above the ground and if we would fall, we would fall hard. I gulped again. I heard another rustle of feathers and turned around. I saw that Grandmamma had joined Granddaddy.

'Now turn around so that you all face the outside.' Granddaddy ordered.

Something in his voice made me calm down. I turned around and took a deep breath of air. Everything was fine, nothing to worry about.

Suddenly I felt that someone was pushing me. I fell towards the ground and started screaming. I closed my eyes and I heard the others scream as well. Suddenly I felt that I was slowing down. I kept my eyes closed but I could hear Hay-Lin squeal in joy and I heard Irma cheer. I also heard someone calling my name. I heard a swoosh and I felt that someone was flying near me.

'Taranee.'

I recognized Eros' voice immediately.

'Eros! Please help me! I'm falling!' I yelled at him in fear.

I couldn't believe that Granddaddy and Grandmamma pushed us out of the nest.

I heard Eros laugh and heard another swoosh.

'Eros why are you laughing?' Hay-Lin's voice said.

'Taranee still thinks she's falling.' I heard Eros say.

*Thinks she's falling?* I thought confused and terribly annoyed. *I'm not thinking! I'm really falling!*

'That's not funny!' Hay-Lin scolded. 'Go up, Will is doing loops and she has no clue how to stop.'

'Fine, you're sounding just as bossy as Cornelia now, you know that?' I heard him say.

'Am not!' Hay-Lin replied back angrily.

'Are too.' Eros replied.

'Am not'

'Are too.'

'Am not!'

'Are too!'

'Sorry, but I'm FALLING!' I yelled to no one in particular.

'Oh yeah.' I heard Hay-Lin say. 'Try opening your eyes.'

Opening my eyes? What good would that do?

I slowly opened my eyes and saw Hay-Lin flying in front of me, flapping her wings slowly to stay in front of me.

'Hay-Lin?' I questioned. 'You're flying!'

Hay-Lin giggled.

'I know.' she said. 'You're doing a great job yourself.'

I looked confused at her. I didn't get what she was saying until I looked down. I saw that I was hovering above some of the upper branches of some trees. I looked behind me and I saw that I was actually flapping my wings, at the same speed as Hay-Lin's.

'I'm flying…' I said shocked.

Hay-Lin giggled again.

'Of course silly! That's why your wings are moving.'

I looked at her with a smile. I hadn't noticed that I was flapping my wings but now that I did, I felt great! I quickly ascended to see how the others were doing. While I did that I had to avoid two blurs.

'Come back here Will!' I heard Eros shout. 'I'll pull some of your hairs out of your head, let's see if you think that's funny!'

I heard Will laugh out loud. I looked at Irma, who was now flying next to me and laughing her butt off.

'What happened?' I asked.

Irma stopped laughing and looked at me.

'While you were hanging down there, Hay-Lin, Will and I came up with a plan to get back on Eros. Will started to make loops and was moaning that she couldn't stop so Hay-Lin went to get Eros. When he came to help Will, she stopped making loops and pulled two of his tail feathers out of his butt. And now he's chasing her.'

I shook my head. It could have only been Irma's or Will's idea to do something like that.

'Hay-Lin, you're idea is fantastic!' Irma said with a smile.

I turned around to see Hay-Lin, also smiling.

'Thanks!'

'This was your idea?' I asked confused.

Hay-Lin nodded.

'Yeah, I was talking about it with Irma but Will overheard us. So she participated.'

'HELP!'

We turned around to see Will still fleeing from Eros but now Cornelia was fleeing with her.

'I swear I didn't know a thing!' she yelled.

'Oops.' Irma said with a small smile.

Hay-Lin's POV;

I watched how Will and Cornelia were fleeing from Eros. They often lost height and slowed down on several moments. I've seen chickens fly better than that. I rushed to them and stopped right in front of Eros. Eros had to make an emergency stop and was now flying in front of me while Will and Cornelia were panting behind me.

'Come one bro.' I said with my cutest smile. 'Can't you handle a little joke?'

Eros glared at me but I kept smiling. I heard Will laughing behind me.

'You call pulling someone's feathers a joke?' he said angrily.

I shrugged. 'You thought it was funny to steal our fur, so yes.'

Eros looked like he was thinking about doing that as a payback but luckily Granddaddy arrived.

'Knock it off you two.' he said. 'Eros, you can go now. I think I can handle this on my own.'

Eros glared one time at me and I heard Will hoot behind me. I turned around to see her holding the feathers she had stolen from Eros at the place of her eyebrows, imitating an old Owl. I of course laughed at this scene but Eros glared at her. Cornelia was also glaring. When Eros took off Cornelia started to nag.

'Why did you do that? You could have rammed into me!' she yelled at us.

I kept smiling while Will stopped her Owl imitation and looked down.

'Sorry Cornelia.' she said. 'I just wanted to play some more.'

Irma flew up and hang next to us.

'Lighten up Corny, it's just for fun. You know, FUN.' she said, angering Cornelia even more.

; I know what fun is, thank you.' she said coldly. 'But fun doesn't include ramming each other.'

'Of course it does!' Irma replied. 'Watch!'

With that she flew right into me. I got knocked back. I smile played on my lips.

'You're going to get it!' I said.

I rammed back into Irma. We kept going until Granddaddy stopped us.

'Okay, okay. Enough. If I'm not mistaken, this was a flying lesson and not a "how to knock someone out of the air" lesson.' he said sternly.

Both Irma and I hang our heads.

'Yes, Granddaddy.'

Granddaddy nodded at us before descending.

'Taranee, come up so we can start the actual lesson.'

Taranee flew next to us and gave us all a shy smile.

Will's POV:

*Flying is easier than I thought!* I thought happily. *Though I still have trouble with it, but hey! I bet everyone is having troubles.*

I looked beside me. Cornelia, Irma and Taranee seemed to fly just like me but Hay-Lin was another thing. She seemed to be born to live in the sky.

'Okay, listen up little bird wannabees.' Granddaddy said as he swooped past us. 'Today we're going rehearse everything you've learned so far.'

'Rehearse?' I moaned. 'But I thought we would learn how to fly!'

'And what you are doing now is what? Walking?' Granddaddy replied.

I blushed out of embarrassment. Suddenly Grandmamma flew by.

'Everything's in place.' she said.

'Good.' Granddaddy answered, making us confused. 'Now listen very closely. Me and your grandmother are going to ask you questions about the elements. Everytime someone answers right, she has to follow grandmother and try to get an apple from a secret place. There are a total of 10 apples.'

I nodded. It sounded all very simple. I just had to make sure that I was quicker than Irma in answering the questions that were about Water. Then I could at least get 1 apple.

'But, here's the catch.' Granddaddy said. 'You are not allowed to answer question concerning your own element. So Hay-Lin, you're not allowed to answer the questions about Air, Taranee not about Fire, Cornelia not about Earth and Will and Irma not about Water.'

This made me moan while Irma protested.

'Why?' she asked.

'Because you know the most of your own element.' Grandmamma replied.

'Yeah, but Will's element is lightning, not Water!' Irma argued back.

'But she grew up with you.' Granddaddy replied. 'Therefore she isn't allowed to answer the questions regarding Water.'

We nodded obediently.

'Now let's get a start with these lessons!' Granddaddy said.

*I've got an idea. What now if we used our talking by thinking to give each other the answers?* I heard Irma say in my head.

I stared at her.

*Wouldn't be that something like cheating?* I questioned.

Irma shrugged.

*I'm with Will, I don't think we should use our power for this.* Taranee's voice said.

*I'm with Taranee and Will. That would be unfair.* Hay-Lin's voice said.

*Don't think of it as cheating.* Irma's voice said, making me dread about what she was going to say. *See it as a way for us to practice this power and to gain all the apples so we can split them afterwards?*

*If you'd been awake during the lessons then you wouldn't be asking this.* Taranee's voice said simply and a little teasingly.

*I think it's a good idea to practice power more.* Hay-Lin piped up. *You never know when it comes in handy.*

Hay-Lin had a point. Practicing this power would be a good thing if we should need it in an emergency. We can also practice doing it on long-range…

*I don't know guys.* I said.

*Come on Will! This is a chance of a lifetime!* Irma urged me.

*Yeah!* Hay-Lin added.

*Taranee, Cornelia. What do you guys think?* I thought.

*Practicing this power could come in handy.* Taranee agreed. *I don't know, what do you say Cornelia?*

*Fine, let's just do it. That would at least shut Irma up for a while.* Cornelia agreed.

*Hey!* Irma said annoyed.

*Okay, we help each other.* I said.

Irma smiled at me and I smiled back.

'Are you finished with daydreaming?' Granddaddy asked me patiently.

I quickly nodded and stuttered some excuses. Granddaddy waved them away.

'No need to apologize.' he said. 'Let's get started.'

We all flew in a line while Granddaddy and Grandmamma flew in front of us.

'First question. Tell me the properties of air!' Granddaddy said.

The four of us were looking at each other, a little in shock, while Hay-Lin was trying her best not to blurt out the answer.

*Uhh… was it something like we can breath it?* I asked, feeling stupid.

*I thought it was used to transport seeds to different places and change the weather.* Cornelia admitted.

*I thought it was just around us… Maybe I should stay awake during our lessons.* Irma admitted stupidly.

*I thought it brought destruction in the form of tornadoes and hurricanes.* Taranee added.

*What about this.* Hay-Lin said. *The one who isn't allowed to answer tells through our talking by thinking power the answer to the others? Cause hearing you four guess is really, really annoying.*

*I agree, it's better that way for all of us.* I said.

'Well? Who is brave enough to answer?' Granddaddy said.

I raised my paw.

'I do!'

'Then tell me.' he said as he focused on me.

I gulped.

'Air is always around us, though we cannot see it. It helps us to breath and it can cool us off during warm days. It can also change the weather. But air can be dangerous as well, in the form of hurricanes and tornadoes.' I said, saying everything Hay-Lin just told us through our link.

Granddaddy nodded.

'Very good, young Will.' he said. 'I see that you've paid attention.'

I laughed a little awkward while the others had all a big, innocent smile on their faces.

'Follow me, I'll guide you to the apple.' Grandmamma said.

She dived and I followed her.

*Stay in contact!* Taranee warned as I struggled to stay close to Grandmamma.

Cornelia's POV:

I saw Will fly away.

'Okay next question.' Granddaddy said.

I looked surprised.

'But sir, shouldn't we wait for Will to return?' I asked.

'Nah, that would take too long. I want to do some other things then teaching you today.' he answered. 'Anyway. Tell me the properties of Water.'

I glanced at Irma, who was smiling big time.

*Mind if I answer this one?* I asked. I really wanted to fly a little more. At least so that I felt a little safer.

*Sure.* Irma replied. *Just say this…*

I stuck my paw in the air.

´Cornelia! Tell us.´ Granddaddy said.

´Water is used to…uhh… to help life. I mean, it´s a part of every living being. You can drink it to stop your thirst and plants can grow because of it. Water and Earth are always in conflict on which one is better and the one who is allowed to have the biggest area. Water can also be destructive. It can destroy whole forests with a tsunami or when, it rains too much, drown a lot of animals.´ I answered.

´Very good Cornelia.´ Granddaddy said. ´You will go as well. Eros!´

Eros came flying at us.

´Yes?' he said.

He then looked at me.

'Ah, I see.' he said. 'Okay blondie! Follow me.'

I growled when he used that nickname. It was even worse than "Corny". I sighed and followed him.

Everyone's POV:

The girls all conveniently knew the right answers to the questions. The apples were nicely hidden in the forest. The girls thought that they just had to fly to the apples, but it appeared that the apples were booby trapped. If they wanted to get the apples then they had to dodge branches, smaller birds who attacked them, nuts and stones that were thrown by squirrels or they had to chase a bird who had stolen the apple. After they finished their flying lesson, they were allowed to spend the rest of the day on their own. The girls decided to go swimming the rest of the day. Will and Irma were the ones who swam the most. Cornelia and Taranee quitted swimming after an hour and were drying in the sun while watching Hay-Lin making cannonballs. When the sun was about to set, the girls came out of the water.

Hay-Lin's POV:

'Ha! That was nice!' I said while I flapped my wings to lose some water.

'You said it!' Irma said as she shook her body like a wolf.

I heard a rumbling round. I felt a pain in my stomach. I noticed that the girls were looking at me. My stomach grumbled again, this time louder. Cornelia, Taranee and Will laughed loud while Irma smirked at me.

'Not hungry are you?' she said to me with a smirk.

I then heard a rumbling sound. Only this time it wasn't my stomach, but Irma's. I laughed at her.

'You're the one to talk!' I said.

We laughed for some time before stopping.

'I say that we go and catch our own meal.' Will proposed. 'We're old enough to do that.'

I agreed. It had been a long time since my last hunt and now I could go whenever I want.

'So does anyone knows what we should eat?' Will asked.

I looked at the group. I honestly had no idea what to hunt. Maybe fish?

'What about deer?' Cornelia asked. 'The last time we had that was at least 3 weeks ago.'

'Yeah, deer sounds good.' Taranee agreed.

'Fine by me.' Irma said.

I just nodded. Will nodded as well before turning to me.

'Okay, Hay-Lin. You now the forest better than we do. You will lead the way in the sky. Irma and I will fly with you. Cornelia, you and Taranee stay on the ground. You're nose is pretty advanced and both of you are good runners and climbers.' she said.

We all nodded. Will, Irma and I took the sky. I knew where the deer mostly were so I took of in that direction. We flew for some time, while Taranee and Cornelia jumped from tree to tree to keep up with us. We were nearly at the spot when I heard Cornelia.

*Stop!*

I stopped immediately.

*Smart thinking Cornelia. Talking like this will help us greatly.* Will said impressed.

*Well I first yelled at you but you didn't hear me…* Cornelia admitted.

We giggled a bit.

*Well what's the fuss?* Irma said.

*I can smell them* Cornelia replied. *Stay low!*

I looked at Will and she motioned us to descend. We stopped when our hind paws could touch the upper branches. We followed Cornelia and ended up at the rim of an open spot. The deer were eating grass and hadn't noticed us.

*Good.* I heard Will say. *Hay-Lin, search a weak looking deer.*

I nodded and took off. While I searched I made sure that the deer didn't notice my shadow. I spotted an old looking deer near the rim, on the other side of where the rest was waiting.

*I found one!* I said.

*Okay. Stay there!* Will replied. *Taranee, join Hay-Lin. You two will keep the other deer away from our prey, as well as scare it. Cornelia, you move to a spot near our prey. When Taranee and Hay-Lin started the distraction, you will bind the deer's paws so that it can't run away. I will stun it and Irma kills it. Everyone agreed?*

I had to admit, it was a pretty good idea.

*Yep!* I answered.

The others agree as well. Soon Taranee came flying towards me and I saw that Cornelia was almost near the deer. Will and Irma were close by as well.

*Okay.* Will said. *Now!*

Taranee started with shooting fire at the deer. The herd got scared and started to run away. I blasted the ones that wanted to go towards our prey away with air. I glanced over at our prey and saw that it couldn't go anywhere. I saw Will and Irma running on all fours towards it. Will's claw crackled with lightning and she hit the deer on the chest. It stopped trying to struggle free. Then Irma came. She had coated her claw with water and the water had turned to ice! Her claw looked now more like a bear claw. She slashed at the deer's neck and our prey was dead.

Ancestor's POV:

The ancestor dragons were looking at their viewing pool. They were all pretty impressed by the girls.

'They seem to have a natural ability to fly and their teamwork is phenomenal.' Mieko said.

'Yes, they will need that when they go on their first adventure.' Natsuko agreed.

'About that.' Ayame said. 'When will "He" come?' Ayame asked.

Xin-Ying looked a little grumpy.

'Do you really have to mention him?' she asked dully.

Takako walked to Xin-Ying and laid one claw on Xin-Ying's.

'Can't you just set yourself over it?' she asked. 'It was years ago. He left you only because of his new duty as Grand Dragon.'

'I know.' Xin-Jing sighed. 'I would have done the same. I just wish that he had said it instead of leaving a stupid letter.'

'Okay, okay.' Natsuko said. 'You can complain to him when he comes.'

'But WHEN does he come?' Ayame asked again.

'Over approximately 2 weeks.' Xin-Jing answered.

'I see…' Natsuko said. 'And when are we going to teach the girls English?'

Xin-Jing smiled evilly.

'I say, let Draganos teach them. It was his idea, after all.'

Natsuko smiled.

'That's pretty evil.'

Xin-Ying smiled back.

'I know, but it will be priceless.'

And that was chapter 10. Now I hear you thinking, "What? What do you mean with, the girls can't speak English? This whole story is in English!" Let me explain. When the girls entered the animal realm, they forgot everything. So they also forgot how to speak English. They've grown up with animals and I could of course write down "grunt" and "woof" and more of that sort of animal sounds but then you wouldn't be able to follow the story. Draganos is mentioned in Lexvan's story "Dragon Children".

Lexvan, I think this is quite of a surprise for you but PM me if something's on your mind.

REVIEW BTW!

PS: The next chapter will be the "last chapter" then you'll have to continue with the new story, which still has to be post, "When Fairies Meet Dragons". You can find it (once it's posted) in the Crossover section between the cartoon and the series of W.I.T.C.H.