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"Stupid itch", I grumble as I'm trying to itch a spot in between my wings, it doesn't help at all I just end up either pricking my finger or making it worse. I sit up as a ding vibrates through the den I'm sat in, I silently walk over and press my arm up against the hole, I blow hot air out of my nose as I feel the prick in my arm, I quickly retreat when I feel the needle being pulled away and grab my food and go back over to the tree and start eating, halfway through I grumble as the itching comes back again. Frustrated I place my plate beside me and quickly walk over to the mirror, I turn and my jaw turns slack as I run my gaze over my wings which are covered in pin feathers tightly packed together like the fur on my tail, I have a feeling I'm going to be waterproof, I decide to leave the casings as I don't know which are blood feathers and which isn't yet. I remind myself of Lizzy and quickly race to the top of the tree, I smile as I wave at my best friend beaming back at me. We stay there for awhile until that annoying ass woman comes back again. As usual she grabs my arm but with more force this time and more or less drags me in the direction of the room. I'm on the table as they start to take most of the casings off, I watch as dust is flying everywhere around me and the scientists, oh how kind. I'm given my injections and took back to my room, well enclosure, as Dr Crewe is putting the code in she turns to me, "Your companion will arrive tomorrow" she says while forcefully pushing me into the enclosure which makes me land on my hands and knees. A light growl emits from my throat which makes me jump back in surprise, I quickly stand and look back to the door as the sound of dinner rings. Food is quite literally thrown out of the slot skidding across the floor, it stops as it bumps into my toes. I glare towards the window. I take my food and stay within the base of the tree until night time, it actually gets dark now, I definitely have night vision as I can see very clearly in the dark, I poke my head out as I look towards the window, I begin to head over to the mirror for a quick check up. Feathers of all shapes and sizes cover my wings and back, if I part them I can see some down feathers in between the longer ones and covert feathers lining the tops of my wings, my flight pin feathers on my wings are as long as my hand, they look weird as they look like skinny sticks growing out of me. I check my tail to find pin feathers still in their casings as well as long as my hand, guessing these are going to be used in flight too. I hum as I decided to do my exercises for the rest of the night taking my mind off of my new 'companion' as they call it.
The morning breeze circles itself around the tree and myself as I hear the ding again. I poke my head out to see two food trays shoved out, my breathing stops and my heart quickens as I eye the two trays, I hear shuffling coming from behind the door then the click of the lock, the door starts to open, I retreat back a small inch so I'm hid by the tree wall on the inside of the den, I catch a glimpse of my puffed up tail, must be because I feel threatened maybe. I slowly peek out the side and my eyes land on a boy, maybe my age probably older, I watch as he picks himself up and dusts himself off, he then looks up and freezes as his eyes locks with mine, he blinks as if just looking at me and he slowly puts his hands in front of him and begins to lower him self down, "Hey, what's your name? I mean no harm " he cautiously says his eyes not leaving mine, his voice is unnervingly calm for the situation we are in. I watch as he continues to smile at me so I decide to braven up a notch, I slowly stand and walk out into the entrance of the den, "My name's Jasabelle" I say as I keep my hands by my side ready to run if he comes for me, He notices my rigid form and he deeply inhales his nose lifted toward me, I tilt my head, "What's yours?" I tentatively ask as he brings his nose back down, "My name's Maxwell, you can call me Max if you'd like" I slightly nod, "Can I... Sit?" He asks as he points to the entrance, I look beside me and nod, he slowly walks over avoiding eye contact, as soon as he sits I notice his skinny tail curl around him, I slide down onto my bum and face him my tail twitching idly beside me, "Do you know why they are doing this?" I ask, he brings his eyes back up to me and then he looks at my feet, "Some parts yes, they want to see how long we survive, and... "He pauses biting his lips, "If we can make offspring" he says looking back up at me, regret circles his eyes, My eyes widen at the realisation, that's why they wouldnt put me and lizzy together. "That's.... Twisted" I say while pulling my face into disgust, I look up as Max inches closer, "Its going to be fine we will get out before they have time to even artificially inseminate you" I gasp as I stare at him dumbfounded, "What", I flatly say my eyes flicking to the window, are they planning it right now? Max shuffles again, I snap my eyes to him, he has changed to kneeling looking concerned at me, "It isn't going to happen we will be long gone by then Belle", I gulp at the nickname and let out a shaky breath, I watch from the corner of my eye as his hand finds my furiously flicking tail and lays on top of it steadying it until it starts to lightly vibrate against his hand and the floor, I gaze up at him and give him a weak smile. Wasn't experimenting enough for them? Now they were going to make me have a child I don't want, I have actually never really thought about children, I look from my tail to where his thumb is rubbing slow circles into my fur and I look up at his face as he looks at my tail with wonder, I blink and quickly flick my tail from under his hand and get up, I face towards the plates on the ground then turn back to a startled Max, "These plates of food isn't going to eat them selves", I clear my throat and laugh awkwardly, I head towards a plate of food and pick it up and go back towards where I was sitting and sit back down, I look up as Max sits down with his. "So what happened before you were captured?" He asks as he crunches on a nut, I eye my salad as I think back, "Well I was with my best friend who just so happens to be in the next room from us", I say as I see him look up in surprise. "Oh right," he says as he looks back down to his plate with sympathy crossing his face, "What about you?" he looks back up with a slight pained expression on his face. "I was on my way home from work, I got a text from my now ex that she had cheated on me", he says a little hurt. "Oh I'm sorry", I apologise, how horrible of her, "No need, we were only together a few days anyway", he says as he shrugs his shoulders, a silent signal was passed between us indicating the end of the conversation. We finish our food and we both set our plates back to its original spot by the door, I begin to make my way over to the mirror and check myself out, not much difference except the pin feathers have grew a little more. "How come you are nearly fully feathered?" Max says checking out my wings. I shrug my shoulders as I'm not sure myself. He turns around and I notice that his tail is skinnier than mine and darker in colour. His wings are no where near as feathered as mine is.
I then hear the door opening, I look over to see Dr Crewe standing at the door with the brute behind her, we both walk over reluctantly, we are both grabbed harsher today which earns a growl from me, Max looks at me with approval, I smirk at him. We are at the room and on our bellies, we are prodded and poked until my dust fills the air once more, the inject us again and she quite literally drags me out the room, I growl again which earns another tug from Dr Crewe which knocks me off my feet. She tugs me back up again and shoves me roughly into the enclosure which makes me land on my face. I'm absolutely furious at the humiliation she is giving me. I look up to see max which he then widens his eyes. "Belle your eyes", he says as he points to the mirror. I race over and lean toward the mirror to see two black slits surrounded by bright green irises, they are alot brighter than before, I gape my mouth open and catch sight of my teeth, I slightly gasp as I bare my teeth to see four elongated canines with sharp points on the end. I push my finger onto one of my canines and quickly retract my hand to my chest with a hiss, Max comes over concerned, I show him my finger and then my teeth he has the same expression I had just a second ago. "What the hell", he barely whispers as he stares wide eyed at me. "I don't know but it's going to happen to you too", I say as he slowly nods his head his eyes still blazing into mine. "Come on let's eat, exercise then sleep", I tell him, after a moment he seems to snap out of his gaze.
I show him the exercises I do and he quickly catches on, we do this until we are tired, we are walking back to the tree when Max speaks up, "Thank you, for showing me the exercises and not blaming me for everything that's going on here", he breathes out. I lightly bat him with a feather on my wing, "Its ok let's just go sleep you can sleep in the bottom with me if you want", I say as I give him a light smile and go inside. I curl up with my tail curled around me successfully keeping the cold at bay, I lay my head down as my wings instinctively goes over my body. I see Max looking at me from the darkness and copies my lead, I smile to myself at finally finding someone who is in the same situation as me.
asn't that disappointing, at least she has a friend now though right? Or will it be something more? Keep reading to find out, as usual comment what you thinks going to happen in the future or what you think about the story so far, also vote if you'd like it helps more than you know, other than that hope you enjoyed and here is the new characters from the chapter!
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