Finding Your Wings

Prologue

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" Annabelle. Annabelle wake up." My mother is calling me. But I don't want to get up. I think I'll sleep. " Annabelle, John is here. " With this comment I am wide awake. " What! John? Here? Now?! " " Hahaha. " My mother chuckles. " No, not yet. But he will be later. So you better get up and hurry! " I silently glare at her as I get out of my warm cozy bed. " You tricked me! " I state with my best pouty face on. My mother smiles.

" Yes, I did! And now that you are out of your little cocoon, I'm going to gobble you up! " I scream with excitement as I run away from her, right into my father's arms. " Daddy daddy she's going to eat me! " I yell while I bury my face in his coat. Daddy smiles at my mother, " Haha come on now my sweet little butterfly. It's time to get ready for the day. John will be over soon. " I smile. John is my very best friend. I've known him for as long as I can remember. He's what my daddy likes to call my " partner in crime! " We like to pull pranks on the palace guards and the cooks and the maids! It's fun.

Later that day

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" John! " My smile broadens as I race across the lawn to embrace my best friend. " Annie! " He yells, his feet starting to move quicker as well. I tackle him, laughing as we start to wrestle each other. We end in a tangled heap, laughing at how dirty one another had gotten. " Come on Annie! Let's go catch frogs! " John pulls me up and begins leading my to our pond. " Ok. " As long as I'm with John, I'm happy. I don't care what we're doing.

After a while of playing, mother and father approach us. " Annabelle, sweetheart, mommy and daddy have to run an errand, but well be back as soon as we can, " my mother gently says to me, caressing my check fondly. " Ok, " I smile up at my mother, " John can stay over, right? " My father smiles. " Of course John can stay over." My father has always had a soft spot for John. I think that it's because John is the son my dad wish he had instead of me. But that's ok cuz I'm the daughter my mom always wanted.

Mother and father hug me one last time before they go. But the hug was strange. It didn't feel right. I had this terrible plummeting feeling in my stomach, like something was missing. I just wanted it to stop. So I screamed. Mom and dad thought that it was because I didn't want them to leave when really, I was just scared. That was the last time I saw them.

Their errand was actually a mission, but no one really knows what it was about. They ambushed by outsiders. All I know about outsiders is that they're supposedly dirtier than dirt. They're the meanest of the mean. And the most dangerous and lethal men alive.

Author's Notes

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Heyyy :) So sorry it's so short and it's only the prologue, but I think this is going to be fun! Like, comment, vote please. I'll also take any suggestions on how to improve or move the story along. Thanks! - AshtonLouise