First off sorry about the lack of quick updating I've been pretty busy and I've been having a major lack of ideas, I apologize profusely to you my patient and probably few readers:D Trying to create a story as successful as my first it rather difficult work, so please bear with me. And on an offnote have any of you heard don't mess with me by temposharks? Yeah that's a pretty awesome song. Anyway here's chapter three!
I walked to the headmaster's office alongside the talon.
He was really someone of no importance but annoying as hell. He kept trying to talk to me as we had our fifteen minute walk to the main building.
"Si do you think you'll be graduating?" A talon pulled up beside me.
"Yeah" I said staring ahead concentrating on my surroundings. "Hopefully" I added, I didn't want to sound too full of myself.
"I graduated top of my class" He said.
I tried to appear as uninterested as I actually was but apparently that wasn't working. I've always hated people that found reasons to talk to you for no reason. I clenched my hands. I had gloves on, but I knew my knuckles were white. He didn't seem to notice how tense I was. I would have just sat and nodded like I always did until people realized that I was truly uninterested. That often took a while. I scanned the surroundings of the main garden dully. I saw a skimmer rise and speed across the sky into oblivion.
"That's nice" I said looking up as more flew through.
"You like flying?" The talon asked, finally noticing my absentmindedness.
"Yes, it's the best part of the training" I said truthfully.
Flying the skimmer was one thing that I was fairly good at right off the back. I loved it really. I didn't fear falling or crashing, I just loved to be so high in the air that I couldn't see the ground below. Even when I was a little child riding in an airplane I loved it. I spent the entire four hour flight peering out the window.
"I liked it too, yet I preferred the staff fighting"
"Me not so much" I said dully.
We finally approached the building. The talon grew somber. We entered the doorway and began walking down the halls, silent now. In the eyes of the officals Talons were supposed to be diciplined and emotionless. It was very imortant for them to hold up their reputations. I became quiet too, but not out of pride. At the open door of the Headmaster's study stood a very familar figure.
"Hello Danii" The same chilly voice.
"Dark Ace" I said unconciously rubbing my neck.
"We were discussing your progress" The Dark Ace said smiling as if this were some inside joke that I wasn't in on.
The talon stood beside me awkwardly, not quite knowing what to do, he hadn't been dismissed and it would have been rude to leave now. In fact to the Dsrk Ace he seemed to be invisible. He had a way of tuning everything unnecessary to him out. It was scary. In a room full of gossip he could hear and distiguish the one bit of information that was remotely useful to him. He also had the ability to use it.
For the past year he would visit and often had a talk with me. He was trying to sound polite, but it was obviously businesslike. I didn't know why he was so interested in my affairs but obviously, he was.
"Excuse us a moment" The Dark Ace said, "I will talk to you in five minutes"
The Dark Ace motioned towards the chairs in the hall and I nodded. I watched him close the oak door. I sat down in one of the rather uncomfortable chairs. The talon sat next to me, since he still hadn't been dismissed.
"I can't believe the Dark Ace is here!" He exclaimed in a hushed voice.
I however was staring at the door. I stood up and walked towards it, trying to make my steps silent. I pressed my ear up against the keyhole where I could hear the headmaster and the Dark Ace's voice with surprising accuracy.
"What are you doing?" The Talon hissed.
I just motioned towards the door. He ended up crouching down next to me trying to listen.
"You promised me you could tap into it!" I heard the Dark Ace's cold voice.
"I didn't promise, I said I'd try" The headmaster's voice was shaking "How do you know? She's had very average results all around, what if she's just a bloody person?"
I heard shifting and the scraping of chairs.
"I know she is" The Dark Ace said. "I think she's more of a passive type"
"What does that mean?" The headmaster asked.
"A ticking time bomb" The Dark Ace said "She's suppressing it purposely, we need to put her out in the field to release any of it"
I heard more scraping and the Talon and I quickly raced back to our seats, trying to be as silent as possible. The headmaster opened the door and motioned for me to come in. I walked in trying to process what I heard as I went. I sat in one of the more comfortable chairs in the room. The Dark Ace remained standing. He had that same smile the I know something you don't know smile. I halfsmiled back at him then looked down, trying to look shy.
"Sorry to keep you waiting" He said "And for a very short thing I suppose, congradulations Danii you've graduated the academy."
Sorry it's taking so long but I will start updating quicker soon