Forever Night
Chapter 12
The Miracle of Flight
It's inexplicable that I could feel such joy.
Why did I wait until I was fifteen to feel this? Why did I wait so long to try? I've thought about it before, but … Well, I'm fifteen now, and this is my first flight. No sense on dwelling on the past.
My first flight. My first wings. Why would anyone choose legs when one could create wings?
Ah. That might be it. Getting tired already and I haven't even been in the air for ten minutes. My bones are too dense. I'm no bird. My body is too heavy for wings. Or wings so small. Next time I'll try larger ones.
I laughed as I released the magic and fell into Cana's arms. Jet and Droy were fretting nearby.
Mira suggested that I use magic to make myself lighter. She was right of course, but I always felt a little wary talking to her. She could be so scary sometimes! All that leather didn't help.
If she'd just uncross her arms!
But I know that she'll be who she is. And scary as she is, I love her anyway. She's my nakama and guildmate. I can't imagine loving her any other way. So scary or not, I could always muster up a smile for her.
Joy and fresh air. Bright sunlight and tousled hair.
No hardship with the memory of flight still alive in my skin.
"I'll try that," I told Mira.
Erza was scowling. Glaring through the curtain of her red, red hair. She began a lecture on the inadequacies of trying, and the necessities of doing.
I blushed.
Embarrassed. Maybe even ashamed.
I'd never be able to stand up to these other girls. I'd never be as strong as them. If I didn't know that they only wished to help me, that they loved me as much as I loved them … in their own ways … then I might cry.
As it was …
Well …
Next time, I resolved, I'll do this alone!
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