sun and shadow

Demon metal birds...of course

     Everything started with some birds. Some dumb, stupid, demonic birds in a park. That probably made no sense so I'll explain. 

     I'm Melody Solace. 11 years old with dark wavy blond hair, blueish green eyes, a fairly cheerful smile, and LOTS of freckles. I have a twin brother named William but everyone calls him Will. He's a lot like me but less reckless as I'm told. Plus his hair is curlier and more of a golden hue, and his eyes are fully sky blue. My mom's name is Naomi. She's a country singer. Which makes sense being we're from Austin, Texas. We don't know our dad, apparently he had to leave when we were born. I never got why but oh well. Anyway the day my life changed was my 11th birthday. We were in New York for my moms tour. Specifically we were in a park. Me and will were having fun with a game of tag when I saw them. "Them" were metal birds with razor beaks, claws, and wings. And they wanted to kill us.

"Will?" I asked frantically.

Will turned, "yeah?" 

"You see the stymphalian birds too, right?" 

He just nodded, then fell into silence. I didn't blame him, I mean how do you fight Greek metal birds without weapons? Fortunately for us, and our mom who apparently was blind to the killer birds, someone had a weapon. Next thing we knew there were arrows flying at the birds, who screeched in pain when one hit its mark. I was amazed at how accurate the arrows were. I turned to see where the arrows came from and was met with a boy about 16 with brown hair and blue eyes. He kept firing his bow until there were no more metal demon birds in sight before turning to us. 

"You three okay?" He asked.

Me and Will nodded as did my now confused mother, "were fine." I called back. 

The boy nodded and walked over to us, speaking with my mom for  while before turning to us and brandishing a small smile.

"I know this is going to sound weird and sketchy but you two need to come with me." He said.

Will stepped protectively in front of me, which I found annoying, and addressed the older boy, "why do we need to come with you?" 

The older boy chuckled  as he looked between me and Will, "because more of those things will come after you, unfortunately."he explained.

I thwacked Will on the head before voicing my own thoughts, " mom already agreed, didn't she?" When the boy nodded I continued, "so she wants us to go with you...because were in danger somehow?" I asked.

The boy nodded again, "exactly. But I'll have to explain fully later, ok?"

Me and Will nodded but then I asked a question that had been on my mind, "So what's your name?" 

The boy grinned at me, "Lee Fletcher