Zayn felt his mouth drop open as he walked into the large tent. It was the same tent that he had stumbled into on the boardwalk last night. Inside the tent was a huge open space. In a circle around the edges of the inside of the tent were metal framed bleachers. The floor of the tent was just sand, tamped down from being repeatedly walking over.
"You work here?" Zayn asked the snake man behind him, looking around in awe. He had agreed to let Edward show him around where he lived and worked while they waited for his owner to get up. His owner was going to hopefully take Zayn home. Edward chuckled, nodding.
"Yep. Six nights a week." He said, slithering over to a group of other hybrids that were gathered on one of the bleachers. Zayn swallowed a bit, but followed behind Edward, feeling self-conscious as he neared the group.
"Edward." One of the female hybrids spoke." You know you aren't supposed to be bringing outsiders in during rehearsal." She sat with her arms crossed, glaring at Zayn suspiciously. Zayn struggled to figure out what kind of hybrid she was. She had normal ears, and no tail. Her legs appeared normal aside from-
Zayn let out an involuntary gasp as he noticed that her feet were like that of an eagle. He looked away quickly, trying to play it off. She definitely noticed, however.
"What? Never seen a hawk hybrid before?" She scoffed and stood up, fanning her wings out behind her aggressively. Zayn tried to apologize but was far too mesmerized by her massive and beautiful wings.
"They're gorgeous." Zayn muttered, She frowned and huffed, turning and flapping her wings down. She lifted her body off the bleachers with a harsh gust of wind, flying up to one of the high tightrope poles in the center of the tent.
"That's Tatianna." Edward explained as Zayn watched her fly. "She's a little...self conscious about her wings and legs. Don't mind her." He assured. "She'll get over herself in a few hours." Zayn frowned at that.
"I didn't mean to make her upset." He said quietly. He jumped a bit as he felt someone touching his tail.
"Issss he just a normal hybrid? That'sssss not like you, Edward." One of the other male snake hybrids said, petting Zayns black tail curiously. The man had a much smaller tail than Edward did and the pattern was different. His tail was black and yellow, and thinner than Edwards.
"That's mine." Zayn frowned and pulled his tail away, stepping back. "Please don't touch me." He couldnt help but hiss. The snake hybrid chuckled at him and hissed back, his jaw unhinging and two massive fangs poking out of his mouth as he did so. Zayn scrambled behind Edward his ears dropping.
"Jake. Stop being an ass." Edward scolded. He reached back behind him and petting his head. "You're alright. He just likes to show off his fangs because he has venom." He explained gently. Zayn frowned at that and peeked around Edward.
"He has venom?" Zayn asked, narrowing his eyes at the man. "So hes...poisonous?"
"Venomousssss dear." Jake smirked, slithering quickly around to place himself directly in front of Zayn. "You can bite me all you want and you'll be fine. And feel free to do ssssssso." He winked.
"Back off." Edward said and cleared his throat, his tail tip slithering its way around Zayns calves subconsciously. Zayn noticed and tucked closer to Edward.
"What kind of snake are you?" Zayn asked curiously, focusing his eye on the mans fangs which were very pronounced even when he was merely talking. "You hiss when you talk." He murmured.
Jakes smirking faltered a bit. Edward tightened his grip on Zayn a bit.
"Itsss not nicccce to-"
"I didn't mean it in a bad way!" Zayn insisted quickly "It's just that Edward doesn't hiss and-"
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More Scales- Larry Stylinson
Fanfiction(sequel to 'Scales') Harry has found his forever home, something that he had dreamed about for years. He even has his first ever boyfriend, his owner Louis Tomlinson. However, unexpected occurrences, mixed with an unannounced arrival bring up demons...
