Wings of Peace

Chapter 5: Gift

Storm stopped dead in her tracks. Cloud lay on the floor with her wings lazily stretched out and a long white and blue dress on. Her hair was in a messy bun, and her shoes were slipper like.

Storm stepped forward and put her bag on the floor. She reached out and touched Cloud. She hardly moved. Then Storm grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Cloud, wake up!"She shouted.

Cloud grunted, and shoved Storm off. She pushed herself to her hands and knees."Where-where am I?"She asked.

"Um, you are at our house,"Storm said, helping her sister up.

"What?"Cloud asked.

"I'm confused too,"Storm said, running her fingers through her hair.

Cloud let go of Storm's hands."Where's mom?"She asked.

Storm shrugged her shoulders and looked behind Cloud, where she had heard barking. There was a hall way that lead to a small room and spilt up into a staircase. The room down the hallway had a white sofa with a small wooden table. Behind that was a black sofa with the same kind of wooden table. On the other side of those was a bay colored sofa. Then behind the sofas was a window that was a door at the same time. By the black and the white sofa was a square table the same color as the sofa. On the white square table was a flower in a flower pat with pale blue petals, on the black table was a blue collar with a small circle on another circle. Next to that was a green frisbee, a tennis ball and a blue leash.

Storm walked into that room. The back wall had black, white and bay stripes. The rest of the walls were white."Nice choice of color, mom,"Storm muttered as she neared the black sofa. On the other side of it was a kennel with a brown dog in it. On the top of the kennel was a note that said, 'Happy Birthday, Storm! I named her Nushagak, since you loved that name and always talked about it! I hope this will get you out of the house. Love, mom'. Storm took the note in her hand and crouched down to the dog's level

It had floppy ears and amber eyes, on the front of the cage was 'Female Chocolate Lab' in black lettering. When it saw Storm it barked and wagged it's tail. Storm opened the cage and let the dog out. It did multipurpose high-pitch barks, climbed onto her lap and licked her face. 

Jay came up behind her."Love at first sight,"he said as he grabbed the dog's toys, collar and leash."Why don't we go and walk this dog?"

Storm petted the dog and grabbed the collar from Jay. She put it on Nushagak and stood up."Come on Nush, we're going for a walk,"she said as she stood up and walked over to the front door. She opened it and grabbed the leash and ball from Jay. When the dog saw the ball, she barked happily and wagged her tail harder. Storm laughed, and now she noticed the box of dog treats by the door. She grabbed a hand full and stuffed them in her bag. she picked it up and lead the dog out into the yard."Okay, so let's start with..."She trailed off as she rummaged through her bag. There she found the computer and punched in, 'How to train a dog.'

Storm found a website, and loaded it. Just as she did this, a voice sounded from behind her.

"Hey, you need help?"A voice asked from behind her. Storm looked behind her and saw a girl standing with one foot on a skate board, and the other on the ground. She was wearing cream colored ripped jeans, a black shirt, black beanie and black leather boots. Her hair was blonde with a black streak in it. Her wings were those of a NightWings, except instead of silver dots it was gold. She had eyes that were a pale gold with circles of gray around the iris.

Storm nodded."Sure."

The girl walked up to Storm with her dog."My name is Nightshade, what's yours?"She asked.

"Storm,"Storm said, stepping aside for Nightshade to help.

Nightshade grabbed the treat from Storm and commanded Nushagak to sit. She gently shoved Nushagak down then said,"good girl, good sit."Then gave her the treat."Now you do it."

Before Nightshade left, she told Storm how to teach Nushagak to heel, stay and sit. Then she told Storm how to train her not to go in the house.

"Take her out every half hour, and out the same door. And when it's potty time, don't play with her. After she goes, praise her,"Nightshade said, then waved goodbye and skateboarded home.

Once she left, Storm lead Nushagak into the house and lead her to where Storm's room was. Storm didn't know how she knew this, but she did. She lead her pet up the stairs to the top floor.

In her room was a brown dog bed next to her's which had blue sheets and light blue pillows. All of her walls were white except for one which was stripped with white, blue and light blue. Her only window was a window door that lead to a platform made out of wood and had railings. On one end of her room was a book case and on the other was a desk with paper, pencils and wrappers scattered across it. Next to her bed was a brown square table that held a lamp, a phone holder, a framed picture of Storm with a big smile and holding a book titled, 'The Way the Wind Blows' and an other framed picture with butterflies handing from the frame of Storm holding a different chocolate lab with the name of Chena. She also had a huge smile that reached her eyes. For some reason this picture made Storm's heart ache.

Jay came into her room."How's it going?"He asked. Jay was leaning on the side of her door way.

Storm turned around with her bag in her hand."I want to stay here,"she whispered."I want to save my world then come back here. It's so fun and I have a dog. I don't know why, I just love Nushagak already."

Jay walked up to her and held her hands. Storm dropped her bag, and Nushagak looked up from where she lay. Jay leaned close to her, and kissed her. Storm froze, her heart beat so hard she thought it would burst out of her chest. After what felt like an eternity, Jay pulled away.

Storm staggered back and collapsed beside her sleeping dog. Jay sat down beside her."We can stay together."

She nodded, to stunned to speak. Her heart was beating so hard she swore Jay could hear it.

"Yes,"she breathed.