Hey guys!
I took a bit longer than I had planned this time, but I guess it's not too long...
I hope
Aurea let out a gasp of surprise, as she and her friend were sent down past the cliffs edge. She would've screamed, but her voice wouldn't seem to work, and she held onto Kai's hand tighter. He wasn't screaming either, he was almost completely paralyzed in shock. As they fell, Aurea felt the air around her, and she shut her eyes tightly as the grasped Kai's hand, now with both of her hands. She didn't know what was going to happen, or if this was the end, but her instincts worked themselves into her system and she closed her eyes even tighter, as she concentrated on a single object. Her friend's eyes. She remembered how they locked eye contact, and she saw the beginning of fear in those blue oceans, but then the emotion changed. It changed into something she couldn't ever betray. Trust. The plant mage's state of mind filled with complete trust for his light mage friend. And she couldn't ever betray that. She couldn't ever betray his trust.
As she fell, Aurea could feel the air rushing past her, as if it was trying to hold her and her friend up. They were rushing downwards so quickly that the children's skin was starting to sting as they impacted the air around them. Then the air stopped coming. Aurea waited for the pain to start flowing through her nerves, for her dear friend's cry of agony, but there was none. After a few seconds, Aurea was confused as to why the pain never came. She slowly peeled her golden eyes open, and look down towards Kai. He seemed to be in a state of fear, his eyes squeezed shut and his teeth clenched obviously waiting for the impact as well. When the girl tore her eyes from her friend's expression, she focused on the world around her. It was blue. That was it. That was all she could see; the color blue. Confused, she looked back downwards and looked past her frightened friend, but she soon wished she hadn't. Behind Kai, she saw the ground. Though, she also saw trees, and a river of sorts, all below her. She looked at her feet, and saw they weren't being supported by anything. It took a while for her mind to register what was going on, but she soon found the only logical conclusion; she was suspended in the air.
"Kai." she said, after a few moments of silence.
He didn't respond.
"Kai, we're not falling." she said, "Open your eyes."
With that, Kai opened a single blue eye and looked up at Aurea. He looked straight at her face, and saw the tiny smile that had formed there. He then looked a bit further, as if trying to find the cliff they were once on, and he started freaking out.
"Ah-ah-aa-aaa!" he started exclaiming.
"What!? What's wrong!?" the golden-eyed girl asked frantically.
"B-behind y-y-y-ou…" he tried to say through his shock.
"What? Behind me? What's behind me!?"
"W-w-w…."
"Come on! Tell me!"
"WINGS!" he suddenly exclaimed, pointing upwards.
"What? Wings, what're you…." She started to say, looking behind her.
When she looked behind her, she saw two pure white feathered….wings.
"What!?" she exclaimed, and twisted around, trying to find the owner of the strange things. As she twisted around, she soon saw them coming out from her own summer dress, but it seemed to go further than that. They were coming, from her. Seeing this, she stopped twisting around and stared at the wings in awe.
"What?" Kai asked, "What do they belong to?"
"They belong to…" Aurea hesitated for a moment, still in a bit of shock, "…me."
"What!?" Kai exclaimed loudly as he looked upwards at the sparkling wings. "Uuuh, this is weird…"
"No kidding." Aurea replied as they both visibly sweatdropped.
"Hey," Aurea exclaimed after a few moments of awkward silence, "do you think I can control these things so we can get back to Lucy, and, you know, get on actual land?"
"Uhhhh, I'm n-not sure, but—" Kai started.
"I'm gonna try." the winged girl said as she started to flap her wings.
"CAREFUL!" Kai screamed/finished.
The two children where now sloppily moving around in the air, almost completely out-of-control. They both let out feeble screams at random moments as Aurea tried to become stable in the air. Though she was still holding onto him, Kai clung to Aurea's legs for dear life. The sad part, was that that was what was causing Aurea to 'malfunction' because of the uneven weight. Noticing this, Aurea grasped Kai under his shoulders, while still flying of course, and pried him off of her legs. Though, he didn't realize she was trying to help, and started flailing around, thinking he was slipping from safety.
"Kai! Calm down or I WILL drop you!" Aurea exclaimed, struggling to keep her friend from falling.
After a few seconds, Kai slowly calmed down, and the two children were hovering peaceful in the air.
"Thank you." Aurea sighed in relief as she rose up back towards the cliff, able to control herself again.
When they were finally hovering over solid land, far from the edge; they both collapsed to the floor.
"LAND!" Kai exclaimed, kneeling down and staring at the dirt, "I MISSED YOU!" he continued, kissing the soil, before sitting up, spitting out dirt and wiping his mouth.
Though, as Kai was celebrating the land, Aurea had pulled one of her feathered wings in front of her, so she could see it, and observed the angel-like appendages. They definitely gave off magic energy, and Aurea knew they weren't normal. She was curious, but even more curious about what she could do with them. She released the wing and it settled back behind her. She stood up slowly, and allowed herself to rise gently into the air, hovering only about a foot from the ground. She remembered wings like this, and she observed her memories until she found the right one. They're like Happy's! she thought as she remembered the blue exceed's wings. She giggled lightly and flew in a small circle, already enjoying the feeling.
Before anything else could happen, Lucy came running from behind, or in front, of the buildings the children had emerged from.
"Oh, there you guys are." Lucy said, panting slightly, "I've been looking everywhere for you!"
Kai stood up, his head tilting slightly to the side. "But you told us to go over and play, so we found a good place." he said, a bit cutely I might add.
Lucy looked up from her panting state, and looked at the boy. "Yeah, I guess you're right." she said, ruffling his hair slightly, "Hey, where's Aurea?" she asked, noticing she only say the young boy of the duo.
"Over here Lucy!" Aurea exclaimed, only a bit out of her line of sight.
Lucy turned towards the voice and smiled slightly. "Well, I bought everything." she said happily, "Hey, and this dress kind a matches your wings!" she exclaimed.
Wait…she thought.
LUCY REALIZATION IN
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"WINGS!?"
Sorry about it being kinda short...
Review Replies!
PandaDerPepper: Yup! Oh wow, I didn't even notice that ^^;...Oh yeah, I meant to do that! Glad you got the 'reference-like-thing'. You're too nice!
Guest: ^^; It's okay! It's okay! Everything's fine! PLEASE CALM DOWN! X3
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Hasta-la-pasta!