Modified: How It All Began (ORIGINAL)

28. Free roam

I Watch as Midnight manages to climb up the stones to the flowing water, I smile as she starts to take gulps of water, I look to my side as I hear two sets of footsteps wander into the large room, the curtains slide open with the boy in the middle of the room staring into the cage and then at me,
"Morning Belle", he quickly says as he goes to the kitchen, I wait by the dish holders as I look over to Midnight jump off the stones and run up to me her tail held high, she then notices the boy and her tail slightly puffs up, I slightly laugh and crouch down to pick her up, she instantly starts purring and rubbing herself all over my face, movement catches my eye as the boy inches closer.
I look over as Osiris comes over with three bowls as usual and puts them into the holders, I take no notice and carry on snuggling Midnight, I look up as Osiris is just handing the boy a walnut, he hesitates but then strides over and stops arm length away from me, I watch as he slowly extends his arm and opens his hand, I waste no time in slowly taking the walnut and eating it up.
Osiris goes to his usual place on the couch but the boy stays where he is beside my cage, I put Midnight down to her bowl and start to eat away at the fruit and berries, after I've finished I look over to the fountain, I think about having a shower but I feel like it it's still a bit too risky yet.
I look over as Osiris gets up and comes over to me,
"Wanna free roam for a bit?" Excitement bubbles up in me as I step back as he unlocks the big gate to my cage, I watch as he slides open the door and steps away, I look over to the boy to see him looking slightly terrified.
I take a step out but look back to see Midnight running over to me and looking out too, I look back out and around at the spacious area, my wings begin to shake with unused energy, I swiftly open my wings and beat down taking off into the air, I circle around the room until my eyes settle on the skylight, I go towards the ledge and hang onto the windowsill and drag myself up, I fold in my wings and comfortably perch on the thin ledge.
I look out to see the drive way with Osiris' car parked out front, turns out he doesn't have a garage after all, I look further out to the field which is lined with trees that forms away into a forest, I sharply intake a breath at the ache in my heart for the wilderness and especially for Caleb.
I clear my throat and look back down to see the boy gazing up at me, I watch as Osiris cuts across the room and to the front door, I turn to see him head to his car and drive out into the woods.
I take my chance and glide down to the kitchen door, I touch down and quickly fold in my wings as I push the door open and slip inside, I start smelling the air, my eyes fly open as I follow my nose to a set of cupboards, the feathers on my back raise as I feel a pair of eyes on the back of my skull, I carry on ransacking the cupboard until I find the bag I'm looking for,
"Yes!" I near enough shout as I quickly tidy things up and shut the door, I turn around to the boy with his eyebrows together, I blink at him as he grazes his eyes over my body, I tilt my head at him,
"Your not much different than us are you?" My eyebrows shoot up my forehead as I look him dead in the eye, wow he speaks.
"Well I'm a lot different than you think, my DNA says different", I say as I feel a walnut through the bag, he seems to chew on his words,
"How?" He begins to question, I sigh as I look over at him,
"Well, I feel things differently now, before when I was human I'd think about my college then if I was going to go to uni or my friends or how about I wasn't good enough for my foster parents," I pause as I look down,
"But now? I feel the need for survival, I can smell others emotions I can easily detect what would happen as I'm alot more quick-witted, I have wings that I rely on for more or less everything, I have claws that are like my own ingrown weapons, I have changed to adapt to survive against humans, wild animals, the mystical creatures of the night, I was built to survive anything, but I'm not the strongest the purebloods are", I finish off with a shakey breath, I look up to see him looking at me with generosity,
"When I first became who I am now I didn't like humans because of what they did to me, I'm scared that if I get too close to one they will turn me into those scientists and make me even more messed up than I already am, but now I'm involved with the government and there's no way for me to escape it, so I've always got to keep my guard up now especially towards strangers", I watch as he processes my words, he then moves aside for me to pass, I quickly walk to the doorway to see him next to it, my tail flicks to the side and I quickly scoot past him, I twirl around so I'm facing him,
"I'm sorry", he whispers, I gulp at him trying to find the right words to say to him but nothing comes to mind,
"I had the choice to be what you are or to be a slave," he confesses, I look at him my eyes wide, he gives me a light smile and my head snaps to the front door,
"Shit",I rush out as I bolt up to the skylight.
I watch as Osiris strolls in and stops right underneath me and looks towards the kitchen, I crack open a walnut sending shells falling onto his head, he flinches and looks straight up,
"Jasabelle, really?" He laughs as he watches me down the walnuts in the bag.

It's been a few hours since me and the boy talked, I start to get hungry so I glide down to my cage and pick out a leg of lamb, I go back to the skylight and start to chomp down on my meal. After the lamb is gone I look down to Osiris who stands, looks up at me and just smiles then he heads to the kitchen, I watch as the boy then comes through with a plate of food for himself.

Not long after I hear Midnight yowl out, I quickly glide down to the cage to be greeted by Midnight sitting by her bowl, I fill it up and watch as she scoffs it down, I lean over my food bowl to see that there is a few chicken legs so I gather them up and go into the base of the tree, while I'm eating Osiris comes over and looks in at me,
"Goodnight Belle, Midnight", he adds as he looks to me then to Midnight, he closes the gate then he unclips the curtain, I look over at the boy as he waves over at me, I smile as the curtain blocks my view of him and closes completely.