|The next morning|
Paintbrush wakes up to the sound of rain and thunder outside. The weather was always gross on the middlegrounds. They sigh and sit up. They notice some books on a small shelf. Lightbulb was still asleep, so they had nothing else to entertain themselves.
They stand up and grab one. It didn't have a title on it, weird. They sit back down and open it. The first page read 'Cabby's diary. DO NOT READ!' It's a diary.. They grew curious, but they knew it was wrong. They had nothing else to do, so they did it anyways. They turned the page. The first thing they notices, there was an old picture taped to the bottom of the page.
Cabby had both of her eyes, glasses, and she had braces. She was with someone else in the photo, but not much of those were seen. Cabby seemed amazed in the photo, as if she were looking at something she's never seen before. They couldn't see what was in the background, because something feathery was in the way. They looked like wings... "Wings?"
They figured it was Cabby when she was a teenager or something. They decided to read the text on the page for some context.
𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦
𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑! 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑎 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟? 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤!
𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 1 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑒! 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒! 𝐻𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑏𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠.
𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛. 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒; "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛. 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒?" 𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒! 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼'𝑚 𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟. 𝑂𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒!
𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑; "𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔? 𝐼'𝑚 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑟, 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝! 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑀𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛."
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