I woke up in a cave, and I was freezing. I was shaking, and the stone wasn't help seal in my heat either. I moaned a little, since my back and tailbone were still aching, but only dully. I heard some movement and a boy around my age swooped into the cave, carried by a set of huge, feathery, black wings.
My eyes widened and I gasped. "Holy sh-"
"Shh there are minors here." he smiled slightly, and then it was gone again. He had beautiful brown eyes and dark hair. He stood at around 6 foot 5. So, almost a foot taller than me. I hate feeling short.
"Where am I? What happened? Is that psychopath here?" I started chivering uncontrollably and he opened and shut his mouth a few times before coming over to me. "I'm hungry too..." I said.
"We'll get you some food... Are you cold?" he asked, coming to sit beside me, putting his... wings.. around my body, to try and keep me warmer. My coat wasn't made to keep me warm outside for more than twenty minutes or so. I tensed, and after a few seconds, leaned into the warmth. I mean, I was cold, and it helped that he was hot too.
"I'm Fang, by the way." he whispered.
"Leksi." I answered shortly, as my stomach grumbled.
"What's that short for?"
"Elektra." answered a little girl, with a golden crown of curls, and beautiful blue eyes, as she flew into the room. She looked around seven years old and yet her eyes made her look so much older. As if she knew alot more than she should. She shook her white wings out and then folded them against her back.
"How'd she-" I started.
"Angel can read minds, which is rude." A tall girl with long brown hair and pink streaks said, chiding Angel. A tall strawberry blonde boy followed, holding her hand.
"Iggy and Maya." Fang said, nodding to each of them.
"I've been trying to get her to stop Maya." said a girl who looked the exact same as Maya, except her hair, which had no pink in it. She was followed by a tall sandy blonde boy who looked like he should be off in New York, modeling.
"Dylan.. Max." Fang nodded at them as well.
A small blonde figure shot into the cave, followed by a dark mocha bullet, and they were both screaming.
"I'm sorry Nudge!" The little blonde boy screamed.
Nudge was fuming, and she just started talking. "I cannot believe you! You little twerp! How could you do that! How immature is that! You don't have any boundries Gazzy! Max help me out here! He needs to get his priorities set and fast or I might just have to set them for him and-"
"I would help you if I could get a word in." Max cut her off.
Nudge blushed and looked down at the ground sheepishly. "Sorry."
They all looked up at me and studied me closely, their attention fixing on my face. After about three minutes I started to get fidgety, and finally asked. "What? What is it? What's wrong with my face?"
"Believe me, I'm wondering the same thing." Iggy replied dryly.
I then noticed his eyes. He was blind. " Umm... well Elektra... you've got.. well you grew whiskers..." Gazzy said uncomfortably.
"What!" I reached up and felt my face, and sure enough, there were six whiskers protruding from my face, three on either side. Great. My stomach chose that time to growl too. "Do you guys have any food, I'm starved?" I asked, trying to forget about my new facial growths.
"Well I'd expect so, since you were out for three days." Maya said. Fang glared at her as I shrieked again.
"What!" I sucked in a breath and continued. "Why does nobody tell me this stuff? I mean really, don't you think it's a little important for a girl to know how many days of her life she's missed?" I asked, and got up, starting to pace in circles.
"Nice." Max said and shook her head, launching herself out of the cave, quickly followed by Dylan.
"I need some air." I said and stalked towards the entrance.
"No!" Fang shouted just as I stepped out of the cave, and immediately started to fall. I looked down and screamed.
"Holy crap!" We were a couple hundred feet above the ground, and I was falling fast. About twenty meters before the ground, Fang and Iggy each grabbed an arm and gently put me on the ground.
"Oh my goodness gracious me..." I whispered, walking away.
I then noticed people sitting around a fire. There were two guys, and two girls. One girl was tall, and had olive toned skin, and black hair. Her brown eyes were almond shaped and she was gorgeous. The other girl was very pretty as well, with blonde hair, blue eyes. The taller boy looked around 16 with dark hair and eyes. The other boy was short, with light hair and eyes.
"This is Kate, Star, Ratchet and Holden." Fang said, and they were in that order.
"Hi. I'm Leksi." I nodded, as they stared at my whiskers. Kate elbowed Ratchet and Star elbowed Holden, and they all looked away, and it made it kind of awkward.
Fang cleared his throat. "You said you were hungry?" he asked.
"Oh- Yes. Yes I am." I said. He passed me a bowl of who-knows-what stew and I dug in, and sighed when the heat warmed me up. "Thank you so much." I groaned in contentment, and Ratchet snickered after looking at Fang. He looked sort of, uncomfortable, and he was crossing his legs. Oh dear.
I finished my food quickly and Fang and Iggy flew me back up to the cave, which I did not enjoy in the least. When we got in there I lay down on the ground and winced when I layed down on my back. It hurt to lie on it. It felt as if there was a lump under me. I moved and looked at the ground. Completely smooth. Wierd... I lay back down again and the same thing happened.
I ended up getting so frustrated I smaked the floor hard with my hand, and I heard the back of my shirt rip. How does that even happen..? I heard a gasp from behind.
"What? What is it?" I turned and asked Nudge.
"Leksi.. you've got.. wings.." she breathed, awed. "They're golden too, like the colour of a leopard almost..." she smiled. "Now you are really one of the Flock!"
I twisted so I could see the little things pokeing out of my back, barely six inches long. How majestic. I decided to take off my jacket, and just drape it over myself instead, since there was a giant hole ripped in the back of both it and my tee-shirt now. I started shaking when I let myself down, and ended up laughing hysterically.
"Leksi... are you okay?" Nudge asked.. coming over to me.
Tears were rolling out of my eyes and down my face, creating salty tracks across it. I was clutching my sides, which were aching and laughed. Oh dear Lord.. I thought. "Yeah...it's... just...ahahah... that...my life... is... so... screwed..." I laughed again, and Nudge just looked at me as if I were crazy, too shocked to speak. I finally stopped laughing, my sides still twitching from all the pressure that was just put on them, and I wiped the tears from my eyes, and off my face.
Fang chose that moment to fly in, with my jacket, laying beside me, and my back turned to the entrance. He of course, saw my back, and gasped as well. He rushed over, and for some reason, decided to touch one. It tickled alot, and that made me laugh, and my sides flared. "Aha...ow!" I clutched my sides again.
Fang sent me a questioning look, which sort of had a double meaning.
"I honestly have no idea why I have them, and I was laughing alot just before you came in..." I smiled sheepishly at Nudge who giggled behind her hand.
"Yeah it's true she was reaaaaaally laughing, as if she was almost hysterical which I guess she was 'cause she hasn't always been a bird kid even though she is now but if I was her I'd be really happy because being a birdkid is fantastic but then again if I'd never felt like what it was like to be a birdkid then I probably wouldn't know that it was fantastic and I'd-" Nudge said, turning on again.
"Thank you Nudge." Fang said, cutting her off. I shot him a thank-you look and he nodded.
"I guess we'd better wait for her wings to grow before we leave then? Since then we wouldn't have to leave her with the others down there." Max said, just having landed.
I sighed and closed my eyes, not wanting to see the other's reactions. I am so not okay with this. But when has anyone ever given me a choice? "Does somebody want to take me down there for a bit?" I asked, opening my eyes and motioning out of the cave.
"Yeah." Fang came forwards and so did Max, and they each grabbed an arm.
"You know, you're fairly light for a almost full human." Max commented, while I was trying not to scream.
"Yeah. My bones are hollow, like bird's, and my muscles are formed more like a cat's then a human's. I've also got this wierd hollow in my back, which I guess must help a little." I said, squeezing my eyes shut.
"Where exactly were you in pain?" Fang asked, with mild interest.
"My tailbone and my back, right in the hollow, why?" I asked.
"Well, lets just say that I wouldn't be too surprised if you had a little tail peeking out of your tailbone." Max said.
They set me down on the ground, and Max let go of my arm. Fang kept hold of my hand, which I didn't understand. I left that alone and my right hand shot down to feel my tailbone, and sure enough, there was a bump there that hadn't been there before. I ripped my hand away and shrieked, something I seemed to be doing alot lately.
"What? What is it?" Fang asked, grabbing my shoulders gently, and kneeling, our faces at the same level. His dark brown eyes looked into mine and there was this wierd feeling in my stomach.
"It's.. nothing. It's just that there's a tail where there wasn't before..." I stated, trying to make my voice sound calm, and failing miserably. I breathed deeply, trying not to start hyperventilating, which was a huge possibility in this situation.
"What's so bad about that?" Fang asked, his brow crinkling slightly, and then going back to the ever-present mask.
Max face-palmed and Ratchet just walked away, shaking his head, Star, Kate and Holden in tow.
"I grew up as a girl with a difference that nobody could see, that I could pretend I didn't have, if I really wanted to. Now... well I now I can't." I said, starting to pace. Fang immediately let go of my hand.
"If that's how you feel about us, then fine." he turned and took off.
"Wait, Fang." he kept going without turning back. It was time to use the Theater Voice my Drama teacher had taught us. Not so useless after all. "FANG!"
He turned in the sky. He hovered there in the air, his wings going, as if he was waiting for me to say more.
"You know I didn't mean it that way. How would you feel if this was happening to you? I mean come on? I'm growing freaking wings, and sprouting a freaking tail! Give me a break!" I cried, turning away from him once I was finished talking. I started walking into the forest, and what started out as a walk turned into a run, and then a full out sprint.
The trees got thicker and branches started slapping my face, and my body, but I just kept going. Whoever said that you can't run away from your troubles probably never tried it before. It works perfectly fine. My sides started to ache, and then started to burn, which forced me to stop. I sat down on a rock, clutching my sides and gasping for breath, hoping that nobody'd come and find me.
I mean, some people run and hope people come for them, so they can be comforted, but if I run away, I really don't want to be talked to, it's not a gimic. Leave me alone if I go away.
So, of course, Fang comes hurtling through the tops of the trees, landing me and knocking me off my rock. Jerk.
"Sorry.." he said, getting up and brushing himself off.
"What are you doing here? Generally when a girl storms off, she doesn't want to be followed." I glared at him.
He must've gotten that idea from the movies, they tend to be super unrealistic. When would you ever find a guy like that? Ever?
"Oh well I thought this was one of those times where you storm out, but secretly hope that the guy will come over and comfort you. Sorta like Max did." he replied, looking at the ground.
Of course. This is where he got that idea. Well I guess he needs a bit of a wakeup call. I think I'll provide that.
"Okay Fang, here's the deal. The thing you need to realize, is that all girls are different, even if the only ones you've ever really met have had wings. What you really need right now is a clue." I turned and walked away, before he could say anything.
And this is probably why I've only had two boyfriends.
So here's the second chapter! Please review, it makes my day, and I really hope that you enjoyed it!