Spiritus Animalis (Empath #2) ✔️

Chapter One

Abigail and Althea were hanging out despite Althea having a photoshoot. They'd worked their asses off ever since they fought against a demon of hell. Now here Althea was, dressed in her graduation wear and ready to take on the world. Despite the situation, Abigail had this large pit in her stomach like she was ready to throw up. She still couldn't get over how easy it was for them to defeat the demon. Ever since then, they'd work tirelessly practicing their powers and learning more about themselves. However, Abigail had been struggling by only summoning her weapon. She'd gotten all the other abilities down, from the shield surrounding her body to her mental shield. Her brown eyes watched as her friend and Ezra were talking. With Ezra being an angel, she had to adjust, and wondered if she herself had an angel and why her angel hadn't shown up.

Although, she remembered that Althea also had a special gift, being an angel conduit. Althea was laughing her smile going from ear to ear but things in Abigail's head would not cease. Her friend had an ability, why didn't she? How could she find out what her unique ability was? After all, everyone had their own special gift. Right? A photographer had made an appearance so she could take Althea's graduation pictures. Allowing for Althea and her angel to talk, Abigail made her way over to a bench swing by the lake. It was late afternoon, so the sun was in the middle of the sky. She sat on the swing waiting for the photographer to call for her.

Looks like she's moping again. A high-pitched voice rang in her head. Abigail paused confused and wondering where the voice came from.

"Who said that?" Abigail said to no one in particular.

What do you expect? The voice repeated. She's probably upset that she can't figure out her gifts.

Abigail sprang to her feet, the swing moving rapidly as she stepped out from the Gazebo and onto the soft green grass. She looked up at the trees and saw Black crows with beady chestnut eyes staring down at her as if they were staring into her soul.

"Did you say something?" Abigail asked hoping that no one around her noticed. But then again, not many people really cared. Rather than hearing the voices the two crows tilted their heads at her and all Abigail heard was the kraa kraa sound that crows genuinely made. "Okay? I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."

"Abigail!" Althea called, Abigail turned and found her friend waving her over. Althea wore her graduation cap, recently the girls had also gone to get their hair cut. Pushing her thoughts about talking animals aside, Abigail walked over to her friend Althea had her gown unzipped revealing that she was wearing this beautiful white and black dress with it being nice warm weather, Abigail decided to wear a short sleeved  The Photographer, a red head with a blue blouse and blue jeans held her canon camera in her hands and guided the girls to where they needed to sit so, she could take a picture of them.

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Ezra watched his charge and her friend take pictures; they were sitting on a rock as the photographer posed them. He'd been leaning up against a tree and thought back to what he experienced in the fall. He was so lost in thought that his green eyes landed on someone standing behind a large tree peeking around it. A girl with long curly hazel-blonde hair and brown eyes stood watching, Ezra followed his gaze toward Abigail and paused. The girl hid behind the tree as quickly as she appeared. Ezra shimmered out from view and appeared behind the tree he saw.

"Can I help you?" Ezra asked. The girl jumped and turned around surprised that she'd seen him. "Why are you spying on them? Who are you?" The olive-skinned girl vanished leaving Ezra alone, Ezra grumbled to himself despite the disappearance of the girl. Something told him that he knew the girl. Shaking his head, he made his way back over to the site and saw Althea and Abigail getting ready to go to the next photoshoot location. He paused. His stomach dropped before he even had the chance to go anywhere. His navy-blue feathers ruffled uneasily like something was watching him.

"Ezra?" Althea called the minute the Photographer wasn't looking.

"What?" Ezra said. And raced over to his charge. "Sorry, I thought I saw something. Are we done with this photoshoot yet? I'm so bored!"

"You'll be fine," Althea responded. "We only have one more thing to do." Abigail came walking over with an impatient look in her eyes.

"Are we going to get this over with?" Abigail asked. "My feet are killing me from these shoes." Abigail pointed toward her brand-new flats; they were black with small diamonds on the front. Althea shrugged. The trio made their way to the football field where the school was getting ready for the graduation ceremony.