The afternoon sun shone bright on my face, birds chirped a variety of different messages to each other in a language known only to them. I was outside, back in the school we couldn't really go outside so this is a whole experience for me. I was sitting under a tree watching everyone else around me train, they all did it in different ways, Wolverine chopped wood, Jubilee hit targets and Rogue threw heavy rocks but the one I was looking at was Warren Worthington who was preforming complex aerial manoeuvres. I stretched out my wings and started to copy his movements.
"Are you going to join him" asked Beast who was sitting on a branch just above my head.
"I wish I could" I replied embarrassed.
"Don't you know how to fly" butted in Rogue who out of nowhere appeared behind me.
"Yes" I replied annoyed, pausing I looked her in the eyes, my cheeks colouring I then added "no, can you teach me".
"Well Warren will be better than me, you know with the whole wing thing but I will be here for moral support and tips on aero dynamics" she smiled.
I nodded, speechless at the fact that in a few minutes I could be flying.
"Let me just get him" cried Rogue as she began to fly off.
I waited, the minutes felt like hours until finally there landed in front of me the tall angelic winged man of Warren Worthington.
"Open your wings" he demanded almost immediately.
I did what I was told and opened my mix of purple and blue jewel scaled wings (my scales and eyes normally change colour due to what mode I am in eg right now I feel normal but when I am angry they can go as red as my hair).
"There in the right proportion" he muttered "flap", he demonstrated.
I did what he said and after a minuet of flapping in different speeds I slowly lifted off the ground.
"Ok he praised nodding his head "now slowly decrease you speed and gently touch down on the ground".
In theory it sounds easy but in practice as I have just found out, it is not. My landing was not as smooth as it was supposed to be, I stumbled falling to my knees. I could tell he was disappointed in me but I didn't really care, I am young I can still make mistakes.
"No do it while running" his voice was excited, I am guessing this is the first time he has ever taught anyone.
Following his orders I extended my wings and started run and flap eventually lifting off. I angled round and stopped in front of a now flying Rogue and Warren. I followed them, lifting higher and higher. They explained many things to me but I only picked up a few of them because I couldn't concentrate with the dizzying height (can you believe that a person with wings is afraid of heights). I closed my eyes for a moment relishing in the fact that I was flying, when I felt a small pinch in my right foot. I started to fall it was nice at first until I hit the floor and everything went black.