Gravity Defiant

Chapter 4

"Incredible." He said. "Does it still hurt?" I asked

"No. It feels great."

"Awesome. I'm glad it worked." A breeze blew onto my face. The stars were slowly disappearing. Giant black rain clouds covered the sky. One drop. Two drops. Three drops. And rain started to fall. Skye made her way to a willow tree and lied down. I had got out of the pond, and was in Jacks arms.

"Dance with me?" he asked

"Of course." I replied. So we danced in the rain. His chest was warm, and I had never felt more safer in anyone's arms. "I love you," he whispered in my ear. I hugged him tight. He kissed me on the forehead. The rain got harder and the trees swayed in the wind. Lightning cracked in the sky. We both watched for a moment. At first it was blue and white....then it turned black. I gave Jack weird look.

"We better get home. " He said.

"We can't fly in this storm. I don't know how dangerous.....black lightning is"

"Well I guess we are staying. But we should probably get more into the forest." We both rushed into the woods. Jack held on tight to my hand and I held Skye's lead rope. A giant hollow tree was sitting in the middle of the forest. We climbed in. It only had room for two so Skye was sitting outside. It gave great protection from the wind and rain but smelt like decay.

Jack put his arm around my shoulder and we laid there. I looked at him and his eyes no longer sparkled. They were just plain blue. Like everyone else's. he kissed me on the lips this time but harder. I had to reposition myself because his arms were around my waist. I naturally put mine around his neck. He was still kissing me. Our lips moved in sync. His were softer then a cloud. It felt like I was in a world I didn't have control over. It felt like what I think heaven would feel like. He is the closest thing to heaven.

But he kissed me harder. What was he trying to do? he laid me down. I don't like we're this is going. He pressed he hands on my face. My wings shrank into my spine. My feathers were shaky and tingly. I grabbed his face and rubbed on his soft hair. He stopped only to breathe. My body hurt from being in this position. I couldn't take it anymore. I tried to sit up. He didn't like that. I pulled away a little bit. "Jack we can't do this. Not now." he sat up and embraced me. "Ok we won't." it's great to have someone who understands. But I still wanted to kiss him.

I fell asleep in his arms. The next morning brought fresh air. Jack was still asleep. I hopped out of the hollow tree and looked out at the sky. It was covered in black clouds. My heart melted. I really wanted it to be a beautiful day. The air around me smelt like last nights rain. I knew there would be more to come. Maybe even more black lightning which I knew nothing about. I kissed Jack awake. He smiled. "Hey, how did you sleep?"

"Amazing."

"That's good. We should leave now. I'm sensing more rain. "

I gave a high pitched whistle out. Minutes later Skye came running through the trees. She was wet and cold. She had to be. As we flew, the wind picked up. Very unusual. Just two minutes ago it was a calm breeze.

I'm so glad no body was awake when we arrived. Jack walked me to my bedroom so I could change. I decided I needed to do some research on this black lightning. I walked up the spiraled stair case that lead to the palaces library. I spent my days up there as a child. The windows rapped around the whole thing. You could see most of Angilis from there. It was empty this time of day. I searched for any type of book that had something about the weird lightning we saw. Nothing.

Maybe it could be in the secret room. That room had all the things that the council has hid from the city. Im normally not allowed in there, but since nobody is here and I know the code...i guess it won't hurt anyone. The marble stone door opened up to a whole new reality of books. I searched. And searched. And finally I found two books.

I looked through the first one and read out loud to myself. "Black lightning is caused when white lightning is tampered with. The only black lightning none to this world could only be created by Sin Marvel. Black lightning is highly dangerous. Its purpose was to strike enemies on the battle field." Sin Marvel. Where have I heard that name before? Then I remembered, it sent chills up my wings. Sin Marvel was a dark spirit sent from the gates of hell to mess up the balance. But he wanted to do more. Destroy more. So he found a way to transform into his dark state. Darkness is the exact opposite of being a guardian. Dark angels are the exact opposite of angels. You get the point. But he died one day. And was never seen again. I guess he didn't even turn to a spirit. Just ash.

The second book wasn't of any use to me. I grabbed the first book and stuffed it under my white dress. When I left the library, I could smell food. Must be time for breakfast. Laughter echoed through the main hall. I entered the dinning room and someone was sitting right next to the king. Someone I've never seen before. And I know almost everyone. It shocked me because just like me, I knew he was trouble. His hair was black instead of white or blue. And he was starring right at me.