Birds of a Feather [Dream SMP + Hermitcraft]

2- Light in the shadows

Growing up is hard, thats true for pretty much everyone, but growing up is a lot harder when you've been raised in a lab for your entire life, and you're pretty much the only moral support for you're 3 little brothers, also you and your brothers all have wings.

Grian was never one to like the quiet, back at the school it meant the rest of the flock was being tested on by the white coats, it meant that he was alone and unable to help his brothers, it meant that he couldn't do anything to help them. So of course he was stressed out by the quiet that seemed to encase the abandoned building due to the fact that he and Tommy were the only ones there.

Grian wasn't able to sleep, he was incredibly stressed, it had been only a day since Grian and Tommy had escaped, but Grian was worried for the rest of his little brothers. The raven sighed, finally deciding to give up and find something else to do. He pushed open the door, cringing a bit as it creaked in the stillness of the night.

Grian began walking through the forest, it was dark, the clouds hid the moon from sight, so it was hard to see what he was doing, but Grian didn't really mind, he was just stressed and needed something anything to do to get his mind off of it. As he walked he noticed a light off in the distance, it bounced off the trees, and Grian carefully crept towards it, once close enough he flew onto one of the branches of the closest Tree.

There was a group of 3 people who were sitting around a fire that had a circle of stones placed around it, one person was wearing a green and white striped bucket hat, and a green and black hoodie. Another person was wearing a pink hoodie with something printed on it, but Grian couldn't make out what it was from the branch he was sitting on. The third person was wearing a yellow jumper and a red beanie. Grian watched as the group laughed and joked, fairly care free, he couldn't make out what they were saying, but Grian longed to join them, they just looked so carefree. Even when the flock was all together there was still the weight of fear and anxiety that hung in the air.

As Grian continued to watch the group he noticed that one, in the green hoodie seemed to be staring directly at him, and Grian went in to panic mode and jumped back into the darkness of the night. Oh crap oh crap oh crap, this was a bad idea! They're gonna tell the school or government and they'll take us away! Grian needed to get back to the abandoned building, and quick.

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"What are you looking at?" Wilbur asked, Phil pulled his attention away from the tree.

"Oh nothing, I just thought I saw something in the tree," Phil replied.

"I think the age is finally getting to you," Techno said, roasting another marshmallow over the fire.

"Alright mate, sure, also I think you're gonna get sick if you eat another one of those."

"At least i don't eat sand like Wilbur."

"HEY!"

Phil sighed, and shook his head a little, "I'm going to bed, please don't burn the forest down."

Phil walked into his tent, and thought about what he saw in the tree, it looked like a bird of some kind, but, like the size of the average teenager, and the wings were the color of a common raven, plus, Phil could swear he saw a human face in the mass of feathers, although it was dark so maybe Phil was seeing things. He decided that he would worry about this in the morning he needed sleep anyways.

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Phil yawned, as light filtered through the fabric of his tent, he stepped into the small clearing, and walked over to the tree where he thought he saw the bird thing the night before, it took only a few seconds for Phil to notice the strangely large feathers that littered the floor, they were the deep purplish color of raven wings, but probably about ten times the size of the normal thing, hell one of the feathers was longer than Phil's arm, "what the fuck?"

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729 words

Shorter chapter i know, but life is lowkey hell at the moment, but SBI are here, and yeah anyways enjoy! -Vee