Skyterriens ~The skies~

Chapter 2

"BROTHER!"

I stand there looking at my sister mercilessly killing the Infest and my brother. Gawping at her actions. I stand there helpless, I want to help but my body won't move. Blood cover the cobblestone path, the dark walls of the alleyway. The sound of the sword piercing his body. Before I know it, I jump out of the shadows. Standing between my brother and my sister.
"Daniel, what are you doing!"

"SAVING MY BROTHER!" I yell

She laughs.

"Such a heroic act."

I look at her confuse, but still stand strong.

"Daniel, do you think I mean it when I said I am sorry?"

I nod.

She laughs again.

"With your brother out of the way, we can go back to our old relationship. I was never sorry."

I am shock, anger bubbling up and my knuckles are white.

"I WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU WHEN I WAS IN THE HALL!" I yell

She laughs, an evil cackle.

"So naïve, Daniel. So innocent. I'll have to teach you something that Calvin failed to do."

I stand there. She is still holding the sword, dripping with blood. My heart is pounding as I stare at her.

"Daniel.."

"Brother?!"

Calvin struggles to stand up. Blood is dripping from his wounds. He coughs out blood on the cobble.

"We're not finish yet!"

She laughs.

"Oh, your serious. I'll give you more than."

Calvin charges towards here and strike his knife. She dodge it and counter attack it with her sword. My brother block with his knife. Their blades are lock.

"Daniel, I'm sorry."

Calvin pull out a knife and stab her. She coughs out blood and drop the sword. Calvin bring the knife closer and slit her throat, but she stab him with her sword. Both of them fall. I run over to Calvin and check his pulse. No pulse., I check Skylar's pulse. No pulse.

"Why were you fighting?" I cry.

My tears hit the cold cobblestone. The dark alleyways cover in blood. There lying in the middle of this bloodbath is my siblings.

"Rest in peace."

I grab Calvin's pendent as a memorial of his death and my sister's ring as a memorial of her death. Feathers drop down to where I am. Its black and have a soft texture.

"This can't be true."

I look up to see a dark figure.

"Sis, when did you get up there?"

I look down and see that her body is still there. I look up to see her standing there and look down again, looking confuse. She drop down and walks towards me. She lift her hand, I brace for impact . She pat me on my head and smile. She stand there smiling. Her wings illuminating the dark alleyway. Her wings are black and have a gold border around it. Her eyes are as bright as ever. she looks down at where her body lay.

"Oh, what are you doing to my brothers?"

"What's happening?"

"Daniel, that is an Infest's clone of me."

I am shock. Clone? What is she talking about. How does the Infest clone my sister.

"It seems Calvin figured it out. Daniel, you're not safe. Now that Infests know that there is such thing as a half blood."

My sister start to run and I follow her. We run deeper into the dark alleyway. She slows down to a walk and around the corner we see light. We walk towards the light. The light blinded us for a minute. I see Amelia and Timothy standing by the cliff. The sun is setting and I look behind me, that we are at the edge of the town. The floating islands and clouds makes the sight spectacular.

"Daniel, we are going to teach you how to fly and defend yourself against the Infest."

"What?! Now?!"

"Yes."

Then Timothy and Skylar jumps off the cliff. I run to the edge of the cliff and see them coming towards me flying. I admire their grace and beauty as they are just walking in the sky.

"Lesson 1, summoning your wings." Skylar shouts

"You need a strong emotion that empowers your flight, a strong will to fly." Timothy explained

Amelia push me off the cliff and I'm falling, I see the clouds and islands passing by as I fall.

"Wings come out!" I yell

"Daniel, you need to be patient. Imagine what will it feel like to fly, Imagine your wings being summon right now." Skylar adviced.

As I keep falling, panic rush over me.

"This no time to be panicking, Daniel."

I focus on what Skylar advice. I concentrate on my strong desire to fly. Soon time stop as I keep thinking about the feeling to be able to fly. Time keeps going slower and soon my fall comes to a halt and I open my eyes. My sister and Timothy comes swooping down and I see smiles across their faces.

"You did it Daniel, you summon your wings." Skylar shouts in joy

"Good for you, bro. Good job!" Timothy says

I smile, I tried to fly up, but I keep going to the wrong direction, the only I can do is float.

"It's getting late, why won't we continue our next lesson at first dawn?" Timothy suggest.

"Good idea,. Lesson 2: Mobility."

"Okay!"

My sister and Timothy support me to the cliffs. I see Amelia face lights up.

"Wow, your wings are so cool." Amelia points out

I try to get a good look of my wings. They didn't have feathers instead it is leathery like bat's wings. It have a white border, but one side is blue and the other is grey. I couldn't really see the shape of the wings. Timothy comes up to me and whisper.

"Your wings are very unique. Take good care of them."

The moon is full of its glory, I jump up and pump my fist in the air and Amelia gives me a fist bump while I am in the air.

"C'mon, we don't want you to oversleep." Skylar says.

We walk back to the dark alleyway and pass the corpses of the battle. My sister takes her blood drench ring and put it her pocket.

"Another battle is coming soon."