{A New Start to a Broken Future}

{Freedom, Or So We Thought.}

Delta POV (3rd Person):
Current Ages: 7

They were finally free.

Though, all Delta could remember was running.

Lots, and lots, of running.

It felt like they were going nowhere. There was just trees and trees. Nothing looked any different. And then, everything went black.

He woke up to Phoenix calling his name.

"Delta! Please wake up!" Phoenix was shaking him slightly. "H.. Huh..?" Delta looked around, confused. They were in a clearing, having an open view of the sky, which was pitch black. 

"Brother! You're okay!" Phoenix hugged him. "What... what happened....?"

He was in so much pain. His head hurt and his whole body was cramping. Things were slightly spinning. He didn't like this feeling one bit. 

"Well.. we were running away... and you passed out..."

Delta hugged him close. "And I'm okay now. Plus, by the looks of it, we're safe now. We don't have to worry."

He couldn't have been more wrong.

Sure, they were safe for the time being, but as the years passed, things were just going to get worse.

Phoenix POV (3rd Person):
Current ages: 11

"Awww, what's wrong freak, don't have your brother here to protect you?"

He was corned in an alleyway.

This is the 5th time this week they've corned him. 

This is also the first time Delta wasn't with him.

A group of older kids. All about 15. All male. There was 6 of them. Phoenix could barely tell what they looked like half the time, but from what he could tell, they all dressed similar, plain hoodie and jeans, some wearing baseball caps, some not. All of them had messy hair and light tan skin, the hair and eye colors varying.

{Trigger warning: violence and slight gore.}

One of them grabbed Phoenix's head, lifting his hair up a bit, then shoving his head into the wall. "Jeez, for a dragon your really weak. Oh well, more fun for us I guess." The kid, still holding onto his head, threw him onto the ground. He hit the ground with a small thud, wincing a bit.

He tried to get up. 

He felt something heavy on his back, and then there was a slight tugging on his wing. "Oooo~ How pretty, such a shame these are attached to your weak little body." A different kid this time. His tone was sinister.

He tugged on his wing some more, this time it feeling like he was trying to rip it off.

"And what do you think your doing?"

Phoenix knew that voice anywhere. It was Delta. He was pissed. His claws were out, and he was glaring at the group of boys. 

"Aw, look whos decided to finally show up. Just in time." The kid pulling on his wing said. All of a sudden, the pulling was on both wings, and it was painful. And then, the pulling stopped. His back hurt. So. Much. He let out a small cry of pain. "The fun is just starting."

Phoenix looked at his back. 

He was horrified. His wings were gone. Well, not gone, but no longer on his body. They were in the kids hands.

His back was a bloody mess. He tried getting up, but was grabbed and thrown at the wall.

Then everything went black.

Delta POV (3rd Person):

6 kids. Leon, Gabe, Nate, Zack, Liam, and Ryan. He only knew their names from observing. Names weren't too important to him in this moment. He had more important things to deal with.

Nate had just ripped Phoenix's wings right off.

While Phoenix had been getting up, Ryan threw him at the wall. He must've passed out from that.

The other 4 boys were just standing around, some laughing, some just watching.

"Heh, how pretty, guess I've got myself some pretty little dragon wings. Say, you've got some pretty wings yourself, Delta. Theres 8 of them, why not share some with us?" Nate said, looking over at him.

"Try taking my wings and I'll rip your head off." Delta said, glaring at him.

Nate dropped Phoenix's wings. "Challenge accepted angel boy." 

He started walking over to Delta. He tried grabbing at one of Delta's wings, but he grabbed his wrist before he could. He twisted Nates wrist down, then pushed him into the wall, face first, still holding onto his wrist. He held Nates wrist on his back. With his free hand, he held Nate onto the wall by his neck, Delta's claws being just inches from scratching him.

Delta let go of Nates wrist, grabbing the back of his head and bashing it into the wall, multiple times. 

He stopped, and Nate fell to the ground. His face was a bloody mess. 

He decided to keep his word and knelt down to him. He clawed at Nates neck a bit, then got up a bit, grabbed his head, and pulled. After just a bit of pulling, Nates head ripped clean off. The other 5 boys were just watching this happen. They looked horrified.

"Hold on, I mean zero harm here, so I'd like to ask, how did you even do that..?" It was Leon who had asked. Delta decided he might as well answer, freak them all out knowing he could do it to any one of them next.

"Simple. My claws are sharp enough, so they cut through most of the muscles and such holding his neck together. And then with enough strength and pulling, I'm able to snap the bone, disconnecting the head from the body."

That did the trick. The five looked horrified, and ran off, all in different directions.

Delta calmed himself down, then went over and picked up Phoenix. He left the alleyway, heading off to the only place they could really call "home".

{And that is all for chapter 2! Some parts may not be very anatomically correct, such as the thing with the head, but hey, this is a fictional book and I dont really feel like searching how to rip a persons head off- so just bear with me alright-}