Okay, finally the end! Hope you guys like this. I've had this planned forever. I do not own the song. And by the way, "bold and underlined" is song lyrics (what Libra is listening to.), "bold" is her fear 'speaking' to her, "bold and italic" is a voice her head makes up for comfort, it's pretty self explanatory. I really love this chapter! Enjoy...
Libra POV
I was flying alone, coaxing the winds and mindlessly wandering. My thoughts whirled with what Jeb had told me, when I heard the soft buzz of music below me. A concert, for someone called Sara Bareilles or something like that. Having nothing better to do, I listened to the song playing. It was just starting.
Just about the time the shadows call
I undress my mind and dare you to follow
Paint a portrait of my mystery
Only close my eyes and you are here with me
Ha, shadows call. It was dark now, I thought back to all the times I'd sat with Fang in the dark with only a small fire to cast shadows on our faces. No, I hadn't ever done that. Fang wasn't real, I hadn't met him or Iggy or the flock. It was all a dream, while I was stuck in the school. The escape was all a dream. No, it was real. I didn't imagine them, my mind is not that complex. They were real. Don't fool yourself, an evil voice whispered.
A nameless face to think I see
To sit and watch the waves with me till they're gone
A heart I'd swear I'd recognize is made out of
My own devices...
Could I be wrong?
I thought of Fang and I on the beach, the first night after I left the flock. He had saved me from the Eraser, he had touched me and I had ran away. He had listened to me tell him about the stars and we had laughed at the winged horse. He had been my first friend after I became a freak, I had felt like I didn't- couldn't- hide my secrets from him. There is no way I imagined him, I can't fall for my own creation. Can I?
The time that I've taken
I pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of one sweet love?
No, I didn't imagine Fang, I loved him. Was he all I had? Was I doomed to be an outcast forever because of a fake heartbreak? Little bitty Libby, confused and hurt, all because of Mr. Dark, Silent, and Winged.a voice whispered, controlling my thoughts.Libby, scared. Libby broken. Libby dying. Missing Fang, miss Mr. Fang... Shut up, concious! I growled at the voice. The singer started the next verse:
Sleepless nights you creep inside of me
Paint your shadows on the breath that we share
You take more than just my sanity
You take my reason not to care.
There were nights, even now, that I couldn't sleep and wished he were there to scare away the dreams that haunted me. I would open my eyes, expecting his obsidian eyes to meet mine, only to find myself alone among the leaves of a tree. I'd realize it was all over and fall asleep again, the dreams staulking me again.
No ordinary wings I'll need
The sky itself will carry me back to you
The things I dream that I can do I'll open up
The moon for you
Just come down soon
Fang had loved my powers, envied that I could fly without wings. Has loved them, Libby. Past tense.The voice whispered. It was against me. I wished Fang were here to chase it away and wash away my doubts.
The time that I've taken
I pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of one sweet love?
Ready and waiting for a heart worth the breaking
But I'd settle for an honest mistake in the name of
One sweet love.
I knew that I hadn't wasted my time, it was real. Fang, the kidnapping, Iggy, the flock, the flying Eraser attack. The hospital where he'd been so tense until I convinced him it was okay. But it wasn't okay, Jeb had taken me away from him. You never knew Wingboy, Libby.Shut up, Voice. I knew them, it was real. I can't imagine love. No one can. Jeb can make you, Libby. He did make you.
Savor the sorrow to soften the pain sip on
The southern rain
As I do, I don't look don't touch don't do anything
But hope that there is a you.
If Fang was real, he was probably out there somewhere. Safe, with the flock and Iggy. He was probably helping Angel with something she couldn't reach or playing a game with the Gasman, or smiling at Max. While I was crying over him, listening to a concert from the sky. While I did nothing to find him, I was a failure. Jeb was right, I failed my objectives. I hoped Fang was real and waiting for me somewhere, missing me as much as I missed him.
The earth that is the space between,
I'd banish it from under me...to get to you.
Your unexpected love provides my solitary's
Suicide...oh I wish I knew
Don't give up Libra. I am waiting, don't forget.I knew that voice. It wasn't the evil voice, it was Fang's. Sara was right, only the earth separated us. I could banish it, I could fly to my Fang. His unexpected love had caught me by surprise, oh God he was waiting for me. I felt like crying out in joy and doing a flip in the air. He was waiting for me, so what was I waiting for?
I zoomed off in the direction of Colorodo. I heard the final chorus of Sara's song as I flew, I found myself singing it quietly:
The time that I've taken
I pray is not wasted
Have I already tasted my piece of one sweet love?
Ready and waiting for a heart worth the breaking
But I'd settle for an honest mistake in the name of
One sweet love.
Fang was waiting and I was on my way to him. I'd find him, if it was the last thing I ever did. I had to get back to him, or I wouldn't be complete. It was all part of my programmed destiny that wasn't programming at all. It was me and my piece of One Sweet Love...
I flew unhindered, to Colorado. Spotting the E house I sped up, my heart swelling at the thought of seeing my friends, and Fang. I was wearing that stupid whitecoat dress again, so I must've looked odd when I flitted down to the balcony and pushed open the door.
"Hey, what'd I miss?" I called, putting my hands on my hips and grinning real wide.
The flock all looked at me, quizzical expressions for a moment, until I lost my own grin and adopted a worried look of my own. Fang suddenly broke out in an all out smile, a rarity for him, and strided over to me. He stood over me for a moment and then took me into a massive hug, another first for him.
"Missed you." he whispered into my hair.
I smiled into his chest, "Missed you, too."
Fang let me go and the rest of the flock greeted me. Nudge, a hug. Max, a smile. Angel, a hug, grin, and giggle. Gazzy, a grin and a shy hello. Iggy, a hug and a quick vision. Fang surprised me by taking my hand and leading me away from the rest of the flock. They let it go, they must know what was coming.
"I'm sorry." he mumbled, leaning against the hall wall.
I stared him down, "Not your fault, Fang. Don't fret." I smirked.
"But, you got captured. You were gone a month, we all missed you." he protested.
"Oh, yeah. I gotta make up for all the time I've lost. Will this work?"
I leaned in and kissed him, smirking against his lips. I felt him stiffen in surprise, but then he softened and kissed back. I loved the fact that I had startled him, imitated him, and was now, kissing him. Me, kissing him, unlike before when he always made the first move. I don't know how long Fang and I kissed, just that when we both broke away, we were breathing hard and our eyes were dancing. Fang's hands had traveled down from my neck to my waist and I was really close to him.
"Damn, that will work." he murmured, a half smile breaking his serious features.
"Good, wouldn't want you mad when I live here. I'd hate to be on your bad side." I joked.
"You're staying here, even after-"
"Duh." was all I replied, cutting him off with another kiss, this time much shorter.
All I can say is, man, was the flock cool on a daily basis. Max was a wonderful leader and she didn't mind Fang and I. Nudge was talkative as ever, worse than Laron some days, and she absolutely adored me (weird right?). Iggy was fine with Fang and I, he and I played Visions all the time now, only slightly altered for his lack of actual sight, we were the best of friends. Angel decided to be Fang and I's personal-embarassing-thought-relayer. Everytime I thought of Fang, she'd giggle and a funny look would cross Fang's face. I gathered that she was telling him exactly, no editting, what I was thinking. Gazzy was funny, normal little kid reactions to PDA, the normal "ewww!". Always won a smug smile from Fang and a flying-something-or-other at his head from me.
Fang was... indescribable. He smiled at me every morning, at breakfast, sitting beside me. Holding my hand beneath the table, rewarding us a knowing look from Max. The way he'd scare away my nightmares when I'd wake up screaming. The way he held me in his arms, smiled me at me when I said something funny or stupid. The way he kissed me when I was in the middle of protesting something Nudge or Angel suggested. The way when Truth or Dare rolled around he and I ditched knowing quite well what sort of dares were gonna be passed out.
The way he was just...Fang. And I was just Libra. His Libra.
I was no longer lost, I belonged with someone, with that person's family, with my family. I even kept in touch with the humans in Iowa, but I spent most of my time flying, with Fang. I loved my new home, my new family, my new life. I wasn't the Lost Expirement anymore, I was the Found Expirement.
The End
Now don't ditch this story just yet, there is a sequel and one last chapter. Will be up momentarily. Thanks! -Athena