Chapter 3

Sneaking out

Alex left to go back to school so I was only one there besides the gargoyles and the adults for the next few weeks. And it was awful. Without their son, their attention was only focused on me. David made me train everyday with him so I could defend myself. It would be better if I didn't get bruised so much and knocked on my ass every day. Owen was my teacher now and it's not he was a bad teacher; he just had a voice that made me want to sleep if he talked too long. Which was a lot.

Spending time with Fox was weird. She was in the middle of the Xanatoses. She was like David, in that she was smart and cunning, and she was like Alex too, kinder and teasing. Those traits of David's were in Alex, too, but they weren't as dominating. I think Fox was trying to bond with me, but I was exhausted. They all needed to back off.

"C'mon, just one flight." I begged Goliath.

"I don't know, Talia." He hummed.

"I need outside. Without them. You'll be with me." I frowned.

"Father, we could take her." Angela said, gesturing to Broadway.

"Talia cannot defend herself..." Golialth thought.

"Oh my God, not you too!" I groaned and walked out.

"What's wrong, kiddo?" Brooklyn asked.

"I wanna go fly, but Goliath won't let me." I said.

"Ouch." He sympathized.

"It's not fair. David and Fox are watching me 24/7. I need out." I growled.

"I remember when Alex went through this. Although, he did get more trouble because he used magic on Xanatos." Brooklyn chuckled.

"What, really?" I asked.

"Yeah. A forgetting spell." He smiled.

"I gotta get away from them, man." I sighed.

"You snuck in into the castle, right?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"So, sneak out." He smiled again.

"But I don't know how I did it before." I frowned.

"I'm not supposed to encourage rebellious behavior, Tai. I've already done too much." Brooklyn shrugged.

"Thanks anyway." I left.

"No prob, kid." He waved.

It turns out sneaking out was as easy walking out the front door. Ok, it wasn't that easy. I had to take some money from David because I didn't have any. Then I had to hide my identity or at least, get the stuff to. Then I was ready to go. Nobody seemed to notice that I walked out the door and I wasn't in my disguise yet. Kinda like at the store when Fox thought I disappeared. Oh well. I wasn't going to about shout at people to notice me.

I put on the sunglasses and one of Alex's hoodies when I had the chance. It was all I could find on such short notice. I chose the plainest one I could find, a red one. It was huge on me. The sleeves flopped around if I moved my arm too much. Fox's clothes were probably more my size, but I doubt that they were what I wanted.

I walked around and found a coffee place. I went inside and it looked clean. But it was dim so I had to take off my glasses.

"Hello, what can I get you?" The cashier asked.

"Uh, give me a minute." I replied.

I looked over the board and chose a caramel latte. He asked for my name and I told him Taylor. I sat at a chair while I waited for my drink. People walked past me and ordered their drinks without pointing me out. My fake name was called and I got my drink and left. I went to put my glasses on and my eyes weren't green and brown anymore. They were brown, fully brown. The green returned as I stared into the dark lenses. I pretended to wipe them off with my sleeve. Is that why no one recognized me?

"What the hell?" I muttered and put the sunglasses back on.

I walked around and drank my latte. Fox said Alex could make people invisible, but changing eye color? That was a different thing. Brooklyn and Hudson said there was unusual about my eyes. Something about the green. Green… Alex's magic was green, almost the same shade as my eyes, but mine were like liquid, and a bit darker. I hummed and sipped my drink.

Could I have magic? Like the kind Alex has. Was I making myself invisible when I didn't want to be seen? I looked at my hand and gathered energy. It was harder than Alex made it look, but he probably had lots of training. My hand glowed green like Alex's magic and I threw my hand out in front of me. An energy blast hit the trash cans and scorched them.

Talia's POV End

Owen's POV

My eyes widened as I hit the mat.

"Owen, you should have dodged that." Mister Xanatos helped me up.

"I just remembered something urgent." I told him.

"It better not be too late to fix." He warned.

"Hopefully not." I walked out of the room.

I texted Alexander. "Talia discovered her powers. We must tell Oberon your request quickly."

He replied imminently. "WHAt?"

Owen's POV End