Chapter 10
The Outcast and The Outlaw
Kaitlin
I'm loosing inspiration for this story and now it looks like you guys want Nile to have a spirit animal! Ask and you shall receive... :3 switching it up lol
"Well it was easy, I could see her hair and see threw her voice, with your help of course"
Kaitlin rambled to Rowan who sat perched on her shoulder, his mighty talons digging into her shoulder for support. They sat on a cappperr plated roof that jetted straight out at the ends and tilted upwards the farther up it got. She swished her legs back and forth over the edge.
Rowan gave off a small shriek and shook his feathers, batting Kaitlin in the face playfully.
"Yeah I know, we have absolutely no plan on how to get Jack or Max back, they were going to Amaya right?" Rowan gave out a caw in reply.
Kaitlin sighed, feeling a small lonely as ever, it was just her and Rowan. That was it. The only one to talk to was Rowan.
"Why at you talking to yourself?" Kaitlin looked around, nobody was in the streets at this hour, they were all celebrating a good harvest at the docs, nobody would want a orphan girl to be there though.
"I'm down here!" The voice squeaked again, Kaitlin looked down, she spotted a boy with grey hair that looked shaved to about a half centimeter, he had a green scarf draped and wrapped precisely over his shoulders and neck, he wore a grey tunic with brown pants and black shoes, he smiled brightly up at Kaitlin, no signs of a spirit animal.
"Oh hi! I'm not talking to myself, I'm just talking to Rowan" she looked at her spirit animal who gazed down at him menacingly.
"How did you get up there?" He asked looking no more than 12.
"I climbed, you can join if you can reach me" Kaitlin smiled as the boy move to the side of the house and soon she saw him grip onto the ledge and pull himself up, he carefully scooted over to Kaitlin and sat a half foot away from her.
"Do you live in this house?" He asked again, she only shrugged.
"Depends if your gonna turn me in or not" The boy sighed and looked out.
"My names Nile, what's yours?" He asked after the 30 seconds of silence, even Rowan was silent which is odd.
"Kaitlin, and this is Rowan" she smiled at him and pointed to the red tailed hawk on her shoulder that once again shook his feathers. Nile nodded.
Silence again
"So um, what are you doing out here?" He asked again.
"You sure do ask a lot of questions" Kaitlin observed smiling.
"Well I ask them so I can get an understanding of where I am what type of people live here" he answered honestly, figeting with his sleeve.
"Is that the Evertree symbol?" She asked looking at his arm, he looked at it too and pulled up his sleeve.
"Yeah, my mom drew it on my, she says it will bring me good fortune and luck" Kaitlin nodded.
"Where do you come from Nile?" Nile shrugged.
"Itsa long story, but Sunset Tower, I kinda... need to get back there but um. I don't really know how" Nile shrugged and that's when Kaitlin got an idea, Rowan must've got it too cause he hit her cheek with his wing.
"I could help!" She offered quickly "My um, brother was delivered there a day ago, and I kinda need to find him"
Nile looked at her.
"I m-mean yeah you can come, but I don't really have a boat we can use..." Nile trailed off with a sigh.
"We could steal one..." Kaitlin mumbled looking away like she said nothing at all.
"Steal one? I'm sorry do you know how to drive a ship?"
"Ok fine, we could hop a board one in the morning, if we want to do this we have to get along" she sighed nad looked at him, reaching out her hand for a shake.
"Once at Amaya you help me find my brother and then I help you find Sunset Tower, do we have a deal...?" She asked as Nile shook her hand.
"Yes we do"
"Well I'm in"
Shriek!
"Rowan is too now, where to sleep for the night..."