Chapter 2: Alex

Alex glared at Eshana. Nick was hers. Bhavana didn't deserve him. She cleared her mind. Okay, Bhavana's my best friend. I cannot be jealous, after all Nick likes me. I read his mind about that. Anyways Tim already likes Bhavana, they're a way better couple.

"Come on guys," Bhavana said, her face flushed, "I want to go to Abercrombie."

"Okay" Alex said, "I saw this cute new top."

"Oooh, it must be really pretty, after all you've got good taste, unlike some people." Eshana said. Bhavana whacked her with her purse.

Alex's phone rang. They had finished shopping at Abercrombie and were going back to Nick's car. They were going to go to Forever 21 but Nick started complaining about how he was utterly exhausted and swore that he wouldn't even be able to fight a dryad. Alex thought it was super cute. She loved how he flipped his hair and how his green eyes had glints of gold in them. His black wings were so beautiful in the moonlight; they were the exact opposite of her pure white wings. He was totally, extremely, awesomely super hot.

Alex took her phone out of her pocket. Without looking at who it was she hit answer. It was Ruidi, a poison type-avian-human, with some of the powers of a phoenix and son of Morpheus. His tone was urgent. In the back Alex could hear Caiyi, a Lammergeier-avian human, with some powers of a wyvern in him. He was the son of Erebus, and was shouting something at Ruidi.

"Alex you guys have to get back to camp now. Where are you?!"

"At the mall." Alex replied.

"Oh shit, Nick's car won't be fast enough at this rate, I'll send over Carina."

"Okay, we'll be ready." Alex told him.

"Kay, bye." Ruidi hung-up.

"Guys we have a situation, gotta get back to camp, Carina's coming." Alex told them all, shoving her phone in her pocket.

"But... my car..." Nick whined.

Alex's face softened, "We'll pick it up later. Here comes Carina."

Insert: Alcyone

Meanwhile, far from the world of malls, clothes and friends, a young girl bent over and plucked yet another daffodil from its stem. She looked up at the sky, as if waiting, waiting, waiting.

As you guessed, the insert is mine. But the journey of Alcyone becoming Raven, or her being replaced by Raven, is another story.

~Innovation