Because of Autumn

Aura's Notes: Hmmmm, not much to say here. I like this chapter quite a bit and... wait for it... MAY HAVE A SEQUEL! Yay? Yes, yay! Though BoA isn't finished yet, I'm already considering a following story with a plot I think you'll love... Mwahahaha!


-Chapter 10-

A School's Secrets

3rd Person: Omniscient

The Flock, hysterical, was on their way back to Autumn's house. Max kept the tears back, but barely. Fang flew beside her, matching their rhythm so that they didn't crash.

"Max… it's okay… we'll find him… we'll get him back." Fang soothed, but it didn't seem to work.

Back at the house, Nudge's fingers dashed about the keyboard at lightning speed. And speaking of lightning, it flashed outside, lighting up the whole sky. A shiver went down Autumn's spine and her breath became cold.

"Nudge…" she breathed out. Nudge looked up at her from the computer. Autumn's eyes were darting about, their gaze untraceable. "Something's wrong…"

Nudge's uneasiness grew. What is Autumn feeling? I don't feel a bad energy here… "What do you mean, Autumn?"

As she opened her mouth to speak, the Flock burst through the backyard glass doors and rushed up to them. Of course, Angel closed the doors so that the storm wouldn't interfere. Just then, thousands upon thousands of letters were covering the computer screen.

"Guys…" Max choked out. "I-I…"

Autumn's eyes never left their spot, but they did widen. "Iggy's been captured…"

The whole Flock gasped and gathered around her. "How did you know?"

Shoot! Lose the weirdness, Autumn! She looked up at the Flock with a saddened face. "I… I just know, okay?"

Gazzy clutched his head. "I mean, we were attacked by Erasers and Iggy ran off on his own and… and… we… we didn't see him again…"

Autumn closed her eyes, held onto her heart, and drew a sharp breath. "Dark… cages… all around me is silence… twisted memories fill me with horror, sorrow, and most of all, regret. The regret I left…" Autumn instantly shut her mouth.

The Flock exchanged glances with each other and then back at Autumn. Autumn saw their mixed emotions and tried to ignore the fact and in doing so, changed the subject. "Uh… let's see what the computer says!" And she began awkwardly laughing.

Nudge, shaken, shrugged her shoulders and went back to the computer screen. The Flock huddled around. The numbers and letters decreased in size and dropped to the hundreds. Now, ancient writing joined in and the three seemed to form together to make a-.

"LOOK!" Nudge held her breath. The mix of words and such became full out writing.

Autumn read it out loud:

"In the 12th year of the Millennium, in the month of Sagittarius, near the date of a world's change,

The date too far,

The pain too deep,

We must foresee promise in shifting the way of life.

In the 10th year of the Millennium, in the month of Virgo, on an Autumn storm,

Red."

No one said a word. Autumn read on:

"Now, we will change the world at our own pace. We're engineering our own weather patterns and devastation. For now, writher they choose to survive or not is not our decision, but humanity's."

The whole Flock and Autumn were taken back.

"Autumn… you were right! It did have information on it!" Max said, shocked.

"All of this…" Angel piped up. "Is happening now…"

"It's a prophecy!" exclaimed Autumn, "It's our death wish!"

Fang grit his teeth. "That means Ig's at the School… they have him under lock and key, no doubt."

Autumn bit her lip, knowing that what she was about to say was a leap of faith. "I'm coming with you."

Max put her hands on her hips. "Sorry kid, but this is for wings only."

"Then take me with you!" she protested.

"Sorry, no way-!"

"But I can help you!" Autumn blurted out. "Believe it or not, but I can be the help you need!"

"Not believing, and besides, we've gone solo without help for years." Max retorted, rudely.

"Wait Max," eased Angel, "we need Autumn there."

"No way!" Max sneered. "I'm not dragging her unskilled butt to the School!"

Though, against all odds, Max was outvoted 5:1. So, the team of five bird kids and strong-willed girl made their way across the country via sky to the most dreaded place on Earth… the School.

Iggy's PoV

I still waited in the cage and never yet made contact with anyone. Odd. I sighed and held onto the bars that locked me in this death-hole.

A storm was raging outside with thunder and lightning plenty. Even if the Flock did notice I was gone, I doubt they could make it in this weather. I mean, not only is it horrendous outside, but unusual beyond compare. The desert may only receive a few inches of rain if they were lucky, but right now, it's a straight out torrent!

Even more memories kept surfacing and I had no control over them… This one was before I became blind…

It was a surprisingly quiet day. The flock and I were still locked in our cages, no surprise there. My wings had grown recently, almost outweighing me now. The feathers were cushioned up against the cold and unfeeling metal that surrounded me. It was painful, actually, and left gashes in my wings that healed the next day. The others have been luckier for their wings grew at a steadier pace.

The door opened and a cage was shoved/ kicked through, sliding up between our cages. You see, my cage was separated from the rest of the flock. I was the healthiest out of the six or us, so they didn't want their possible illnesses to infect me and ruin "their experiment".

We all looked at the new cage with disgust and interest. Inside was a middle-aged girl with light brown hair.

Her cage was much larger than ours so that her teen body can fully lay down in it. She grunted, sat up, and rubbed her head.

"Uggg… uggg… Where am I?" she questioned. One look at us and her face became twisted with sadness. "Oh my God…"

All of a sudden, her nails gradually grew. She rotated her hand right in front of her face, eyeing the claws that now came to a point and were sharper than glass. The other hand did the same.

Now she suddenly hunched over in pain. The girl clutched her head, careful not to jab herself. From the base of her spine slithered out an extremely long and furry tail. The girl was taking short and hard breathes. All of us gasped.

Her ears grew out, long and pointed at the top. Those too, grew furry and, scaring/ shocking us all, they began to move up her head. She screamed out in agony as they replanted themselves as full-out cat ears on top of her head.

Her tail twitched back and forth as her eyes faded over into a sharp blue color. Her hair became slightly fluffier and faded into a soft orange. And abruptly, it all just stopped. She slowly moved out of her position and inspected herself. She ran her hand over her newfound ears, gasping. After that, she pulled her tail over to her and it fell limp. The girl closed her eyes tightly and with much concentration, the tail twitched once again.

"I-I'm a cat…"

I spoke up in a whisper. "I'm a bird… please don't eat me…"

The girl practically threw her hysterical emotions away and looked once again at her claws. "I'm going to set myself free… and free you poor souls too." Her claws slashed through the bars like butter… or even softer than that.

For once, no sirens went off and she leapt out of her cage with lightning speed. But just as she was about to slice us out of our cages, her one ear twitched back. As she whipped her head around, a bullet skinned her arm. The cat girl yelped out in pain, but as White Coats filed into the room. She protected us… she protected us…

3rd Person: Omniscient

After about 7 hours, the gang made it to the School and was on the verge of breaking into it. Once inside, the group stealthily made it inside of the building.

Guards, already prepared, met them in the main hall. The Flock took battle stances, but the men pulled out heavy duty guns.

Before any bullet was shot, Autumn jumped out in front of the Flock angrily.

"I'm tired of you, School!" she yelled. Autumn pulled the quartz necklace from her pocket and held it out in front of her.

"After all, you killed my parents!"


Author's Notes: Mwahahaha! I love plot twists! Well, I'm going to have A LOT of twists coming up, so don't get too confused! Thanks everyone for everthing!

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