One Day I'll Fly Away....

Chapter 3

Lyra's POV

We arrived home shortly after our errands in town. I've seen that boy.He was always staring at us. Watching us. The twins were still on edge from his sudden pursuit. But unlike everyone else in town, his approach didn't seem aggressive, but intended to be friendly. We'll never know, the twins and I made a hasty retreat when a middle aged lady grabbed his attention. Like Adam, the twins were protective of me. Not that it was necessary. I'm not a baby. I can look after myself.

"Alright boys, do me a favor and put away the groceries please while I start ideas for dinner. " They twins happily obliged and got to work. I pulled out some pork chops, white rice and maybe some nice, homemade cornbread. Yea that'll do it. When the twins finished, they plopped down on the couch and turned on the TV, whilst I continued to clean until Adam and Lucas came home. The morning news was on.

"Good Morning, Albuquerque! Thank you for joining us this morning on channel 7 for your favorite mid-morning news. I'm Amanda Taylor and thanks again. Today in some astonishing news, Dr. Mason Alexander Shay. While on an early morning walk, the Dr. found some strange giant feathers around the perimeters of Blue Water Lake Mountain. As easily couldv'e been mistaken for a vulture feather, the Dr. compared the two samples and what he saw amazed him. The mysterious feathers were twice the size that of the vultures. This discovery leaves many residence near the area wondering, "What is this creature? Where did it come from? And most importantly, ' Is it dangerous and are we safe?". " I grab the remote and turn off the television. This is bad. Really, really, really bad. They're finding our feathers. They'll start looking for who they belong to. "Well maybe they won't." Seth mumbled quietly. "They wouldn't know where to start. ".

"Oh please. You know how the humans are. They're curious. Relentless. They always want to know too much. Always looking for answers to shit that's way out of their league. They'll have our asses in weeks, maybe days. " Kanani ranted. "Enough." I demanded. The twins looked at each other with concern and then back at me. "We will discuss the matter further when Adam and Lucas come home. Come, help me finish cleaning please." We finished the chores in record time. Finally, for the first time in hours I get to lie down and could relax for a while.

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Shay's POV

My buddy Alex and I were taking a walk through the desert, just a few miles away from town. It's where I come to think. "You seem to have a lot on your mind man. What's up?" Alex asked. "To be totally honest, it's that girl. I can't get her out of my head. She's such a mystery to me and that bothers me." "Dude, get over it. You've seen the guys she's with, she's obviously taken by one of them or maybe all of them, if that's how she rolls. Plus, your aunt. You know how much of a paranoid woman she is. This obsession of yours is getting a little too weird for my taste." Alex says. "Yea your probably right. But...I don't know man. I just can't let it go." "Well find a way becau - WHOA LOOK AT THAT!!" he said pointing up at the sky. I looked up. Two giant birds were in the sky and they looked massive. They looked like they had a wingspan of a semi. They looked like they were carrying something in their mouths. Probably a dead prairie dog or something. They flapped their wings and flew higher into the mountain. Near the top. A few of their feathers fell to the ground. "Aren't those the feathers that your uncle found out here a few days ago?" Alex asked. I rushed over and picked one up. They had strange patterns on them. Orange with black stripes. "Yea, but the ones he found are like a tannish color, but they are the same size." "We need to tell them. They could be dangerous. Look at the size of them. They can easily circle back around, swoop down and kill us." Alex looked scared. "Yea, yea um...yea we'll tell them. But not now. We don't want to scare people." I tried reasoning with him. "Le-Let's just go back man, please." "Quit being a pussy. Let's go before you piss yourself." We started headed back but not before I took a couple of feathers. For some reason they reminded me of her.

Seth's Griffin Form ———————————————————>