Chapter 11

This had to be the worst headache of my life. I was literally shaking, and the spot on the wall I was looking at kept dancing; left, right, left, right.

"BAM!" The door was flung open and Dimitri was standing there, with a bottle of what looked like medicine.

As I thought it wouldn't get worse, it did. My entire body hurt like the world crashed down on me, and the white light from before was pouring out of me, again. After a minute or so, the white light died down, and my back was feeling really, really heavy.

"Rose...you...you have...wings…" Dimitri managed to stammer out.

I swung my head around my neck, and was met with a white vision. I ran into the bathroom, and looked in the mirror. Wings, pure white and feathery like birds, were attached to my back. I moved my shoulder blades inward, and the wings followed, folding up until they aligned to my back. When I looked back into the mirror, they were completely gone, and only my back remained. A word popped up into my head, and I thought; Aita. My wings appeared, and I almost fell back in shock, but regained my balance in time so I didn't fall. I ran outside of the bathroom, and faced Dimitri.

"Out. Now. Is there a forest in Saint Basil's?" I asked Dimitri.

"Of course. Saint Basil's is in the middle of almost nowhere. What do you think covers it? Forests." He told me, I struggled to try to get my wings invisible again. Bai. I thought and sure enough, my wings disappeared.

I ran out of the room, and out the back door of the dorms, with Dimitri following close behind. Aita. I thought, and my wings appeared. I sprinted towards the mass of brown, green, and light in the distance, hoping it was the forest.

I pushed my shoulder blades outwards, causing my white wings to expand fully

"Dimitri, how long do you think the wingspan is?" I asked him.

"I can't be exact, but I can guess, 13 feet?" He replied, stepping forwards and feeling the softness of my wings.

I nodded in agreement, and ran towards a tree with low and wide branches.

"Rose! What are you doing?" Dimitri asked.

I ignored him and watched the approaching tree. 5 feet. 4 feet. 3 feet. 2 feet. 1 foot. I abruptly launched myself upwards, gripping the trunk and climbing. When I got up a few branches, I called down to Dimitri.

"I'm testing out my wings." I shouted.

I kept climbing, until I was almost at the top, and the branches were the size of a chopstick and paused.

"Rose, it's really dangerous. There are other ways to try this!" I heard Dimitri shout below me.

"I'm up here already, so I am going to try it!" I yelled stubbornly down.

I pushed my shoulder blades back and forth until I could smoothly flap my wings. I opened them up to full wing span, and started counting down.

Five

Four

Three

Two

One

I launched myself out towards the school, which was, really far away. My wings caught on to the breeze, and instead of falling, I soon found myself gliding through the air, the breeze ruffling my shirt. I flapped my wings once, twice, and three times, gaining more altitude with each flap. It was the most exciting experience ever. I looked down and saw Dimitri waving both of his arms back and forth, signaling to come down. I let myself drop to the ground, flapping my wings at the last moment so I didn't belly flop.

"Rose. In my entire history of crazy stunts, I never seen anyone do that. However, I am really glad that you didn't die and commit suicide." He told me, while I punched him in the arm at the 'committing suicide' part.

'Well, we still have one more experiment to try out, Comrade." I told him and again opened my wings.

I flapped once and a gust of wind blew Dimitri to the ground. I flapped again, and I was hovering off the ground, but still not high enough for my liking. I kept flapping until I was, again flying, and cutting through the air with my wings.

"Ok. At least that worked." I told Dimitri when I landed on the ground.

"Crazy Roza and her crazy suicidal attempts to kill herself." He muttered quietly to himself, but not softly enough.

"Crazy Dimitri and his cowering on the ground when his student blows him down." I replied.

Dimitri stifled a groan, turned around, and signaled me to follow him back to school.

Sorry for it being really short, I just wanted to get the idea out and stuff...

Rose now has wings, and they are white. The wings are like bird wings, and she can fly.

What is your opinion of this chapter? Please review, I really need some opinions on this crazy idea that popped into my head...

P.S. Aita means "Open" in Japanese. I am an anime fan, and although I'm not Japanese, I still like the language. Also, Bai means "Fold" in Japanese as well.