5 - Birds Of A Feather
/December, 2011, a Friday
Haven's Gates/
((A Quick A/N: Alright, we're finally 5 chapters in! I will say, this is farther than I've ever gotten in a story... a little shaming on my part, but I'm confident that this is only the beginning to AWF and many other stories I plan to write. Also, of anything I've written so far, this chapter was my favorite. I had a lot of fun with this one!
Warm regards, TheDaveOfGuy.
Ciao!))
The Gates rested on a bed of clouds, and those clouds extended like a floor away from them as far as the eye could see.
Karkat flew over to them, landing just before the Gates.
"Um... John... You can let go now."
John, who was still holding on to Karkat, didn't move.
"Karkat, I'm not sure if you know this, but you're standing on a cloud..."
The bird-boy sighed. "Yes, I'm aware. What else?"
"Karkat. Clouds. Condensed water vapor. Not solid."
Karkat clenched his fists. "You can stand on them! Just get off!"
John, by now, was convinced this bird guy was trying to kill him.
"Look, I don't know how you crazy 'Anima' can do it, but humans can't stand on clouds! If I step down, I'm going to fall through and I'm going to die!"
Karkat seemed to pause and consider.
"Hm... well, you technically aren't who I was sent to bring back... In reality, you don't mean a thing to me. I could easily drop you over the edge here and tell them that I couldn't find you." Here, he walked over to the edge of the cloud, and leaned John over the edge of it.
Through a gap in the cloud tunnel below, John could see all the way back down to earth. All. The way. Down. The distance turned the ground a blue color. John had been in an airplane before, but that was nothing compared to this height.
John screeched and clung tighter. "Fine! Fine! I-I'll stand on the damn cloud - just don't drop me!"
Karkat smirked. "Better."
He walked back a few steps, and John reluctantly touched his feet to the cloudy ground. They sunk in an inch or so, but then stopped. It didn't really feel... solid... but he didn't sink any further. His arms, however, remained firmly clamped to Karkat. He didn't plan on letting go.
"There... see? ...I'm standing..."
"No! I said. To fucking. Get. OFF!"
Karkat, thoroughly fed up, wrenched John's arms off of him and shoved the boy away. John flew backwards and hit the spongy ground on his rear end. He flailed around in a momentary panic before noting he was still atop the cloud, and not free-falling five thousand feet up.
John sighed in relief, while Karkat rolled his eyes.
"Come on, Egbert... introductions will have to be quick. You've made enough of a spectacle of yourself; I want to get you out of the public's eye."
Now it was John's turn to roll his eyes.
Karkat extended a hand, and John reluctantly accepted. Karkat helped him up, and let him get a little used to the feeling of the cushiony ground under his feet. Once he seemed steady, Karkat led him through the massive metal gates.
When they came closer, Karkat looked up towards the top of the great wall, at one ot the windows, where John could just make out the shape of a person. Karkat waved, and the figure waved back. Moments later, the gates swung open slowly.
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Angels Who Fall
Fiksi Penggemar[Angels Who Fall - A Homestuck AU] Karkat is an Anima -a birdlike person- who was sent to find a 'lost angel' who had been born on Earth, of which there are very few. But when he finds his target -one John Egbert- he realizes a mistake had been made...
