Living Among Giants

by Monkeygirl77

She was adopted into the fold of Archangels and now she's learning how to be a fledgling again after the end of the war. She's got plenty of older angels to show her the way though. A new set of Guardians, a new home, and a present Parent, she's living among giants now.

169. Roots

Song listened to: 'Roots' by Alice Merton

Being outside of a flock in general was a rarity, there was a few more who came out of the war flockless; Zaveriel was passed around so many times he knew all of their little tricks, and his flock had been separated and never seen from again, little Akeelah had no flock (though officially adopted into the Archangels) her own flock having disappeared during the war and presumed either among those who were not able to return after or lost during the fall caused by the scribe (and how she managed to find her way back was a mystery she had yet to share) and had yet to be found again.

Being outside of a flock meant that you had no strings holding you back. You could be anything, an mixture, any class, and rank, and faction, anything.

Little Akeelah had been raised as a choir angel, but had watched the warriors train long enough to be able to mimic their movements, she had learned to be as quick and lithe as a messenger to escape capture during the war, and had taken to healing herself to the best of her ability from the 'second fall'.

Though all of these abilities could still be taught and strengthened, it still caused her to stick out among them, caused some to watch her as she went passed with whoever was escorting her or as she made her way hopping along humming under her breath.

Father had said before that He created her to be the best in all of them, and perhaps it was true, Father didn't do anything without meaning.

And so her roots were found in all of them; her friendship with Nisroc, her trickery with Zaveriel, her tending with Oren. She was truly a part of all of them.