CHAPTER 5
I got out of bed and ran to the window. The little white bird shivered in the wind. I opened the window and picked the little bird up. Then I walked carefully down to Grady and Edaline's room.
I knocked on the door.
"Um... Guys?" I asked.
Edaline opened the door.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"This bird has a broken wing. It was perched on my windowsill, and it was shivering, so I couldn't just leave it there. I was wondering... could I fix it up?"
Edaline smiled gently.
"Of course. I've dealt with this kind of thing before. Let's brace and bandage its wing first." She said. "Grady! Come help us, please. I know you're listening."
Grady came over, and we all walked to the kitchen. Edaline showed me how to properly set and brace the bird's wing. Grady showed me how to bandage the wing without messing up the feathers.
"Are you going to name her?" He asked.
"Silveny." I said immediately. The name had just popped onto my head.
"You already knew what you wanted?" Edaline asked.
"No... It just felt right." I said.
"What kind of bird is she?" Edaline asked Grady.
"It's a moonlark." He said. (a/n I know it's not a real bird, but I really wanted to put the reference in.)
"She's very pretty." I said.
Edaline found a large birdcage for me to put Silveny in. I put her on my vanity, and turned out the lights.
...
I woke up the next morning to the sound of Solvent singing. It was beautiful. I sat up stretched, yawned, and got up. I took a shower and got into my uniform. I walked downstairs, ate, fed Iggy, fed Solvent, and left for school.
The rest of the week passed the same way. I went to Elwin's office several more times.
One very memorable day, I got hit by a dodgeball so hard in P.E. that I got knocked out.
I didn't see Keefe very much the rest of the week, we just passed each other in the hallway.
Finally, it was Saturday. I woke up, fed Silveny and Iggy, and went outside to let Iggy get some exercise. There were two kids standing outside of the house next door. They looked about my age, so I went over to talk to them.
They were a boy and a girl, obviously twins, with silver tips to their black hair.
"Hello." I said.
"Hi there! I'm Linh, and this is my brother Tam. It's SO good to meet you." The girl said.
I smiled back at her.
"I'm Sophie. It's good to meet you too." I said. "I love your hair, by the way."
"Thanks. Our parents hate it." The boy, Tam, said.
Linh laughed.
"Don't mind him." She said.
Iggy walked up and rubbed up against my legs.
"Awww!" Linh cooed and even Tam smiled.
"This is Iggy." I said grinning.
"He's so cute!" Linh squealed.
"Do you want to come with us to the park? We were just getting out of the house, so we have time to kill." Tam said.
"Oh yeah! Let me go tell Grady and Edaline." I said.
I ran to the house. Grady was in the kitchen.
"Hey, Grady. Tam and Linh from next door invited me to go to the park with them. Can I go?" I asked.
"Of course. Could you walk Verdi for me?" He asked.
"Sure." I said. I put Iggy up in my room, and put Verdi on a leash. Then I walked out to meet Tam and Linn.
"Hey guys! Sorry about Verdi. Grady asked me to walk her." I said.
"Oh, it's fine!" Linh said. "I've always wanted a dog. Who's a good girl?" She said, petting Verdi.
"Do you want to walk her?" I asked.
"Do I?" She said, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
I laughed, gaver the leash, and we all set off to the park.
"Do you go to Foxfire?" I asked as we passed the bus stop.
"No, we got expelled." Said Tam.
"I got expelled. You just wanted to stay with me." Linh corrected.
"Why?" I asked.
"There was an... Incident." Linh said.
Tam snorted.
"Do tell." I said expectantly.
"Well, I was walking, and I tripped, and I knocked the water fountain off the wall. The whole hallway was flooded. Even though it was an accident, I still got expelled. Now we go to exillium." Lihn told me.
"Our parents were so mad. It made it worth the trouble." Tam said.
I decided I didn't want to know about their complicated sounding family relationship.
"What's exillium like?" I asked.
"Basically, a cheaper version of Foxfire." Tam said.
"Huh. Sounds... Interesting." I said.
"It is." Linh said.
"I'm pretty sure Linh set a record for biggest disaster." Tam smiled.
Linh blushed and laughed.
"I set Ms. Galvin's pants on fire." I said. It just slipped out.
"Really?" They asked together.
"Yep" I said. I told them the story.
"Watch out Linh. She's coming for your record." Tam said, nudging Linh.
"Shut up. I flooded a hallway." Linh retorted.
We reached the park. Linh ran over and picked up a stick.
"Can I play fetch with Verdi?" She asked.
"Sure" I said, taking Verdi off of the leash.
"Yay! Come on Verdi!" Linh yelled, throwing the stick.
Tam and I sat down on a bench, watching Verdi and Linh.
"She's going to be so tired later." Said Tam.
"Who? Verdi or Linh?" I asked.
"Both." He laughed.
For some reason that was funny to us. Before we knew it we were laughing so hard we couldn't breathe.
"Sophie?" Said a voice.
I tried to stop laughing as I looked up to see Keefe, Fitz, and Biana staring at Tam and I.
...
Wow. I really need to get more creative with the cliffhangers.
So far the ships are Sokeefe, Finh, Tiana, and Dexella. So yeah. If you want it to be Dexiana, just tell me though. I can't really decide anyway.