The Dome [O L D]

Chapter 5

I will no longer be posting the age/year until their/the age/year changes. That way it won't take up as much space! Thanks for reading!

Also: sorry for the short chapter, I have had a bunch of homework! I'll start on the next chapter as soon as I can.

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Location: Unknown, US

Subject: Cameron Pien

Date: April 8

I warily eye the soldier as he leaves and turns around once again and says, "Be good."

My eyes seek out the shiny black holster of a gun at his waist. What is this place? I hear a sharp tap as a girl raps her knuckles against the door.

Her black hair is tied up in a high ponytail and her green eyes flash. A scattering of freckles is visible near her nose and her mouth is twisted into a small smile. She wears a single golden chain around her neck, but most of it is tucked under her short-sleeved black shirt.

"Hey," she says. "I'm Clove."

"Cameron." I notice something.

Weighing down on her shoulder blades are two half-grown... wings.

The feathers are arranged in a harmony of jet black and dark gray. They rustle slightly from the breeze coming in from an open window.

I stare at them, bewildered, and she raises an eyebrow. "Is there something behind me?" she asks.

"Ah... yes..." I reply.

"What? Something wrong?" I fold my hands into fists.

"Yes. There's something wrong with you."

"Well, there's definitely something wrong with... you..." her voice trails off. I glance behind me and my eyes grow wide.

Velvety white feathers sprout from the bottom of two wings. Farther up, the rows are increasingly darker, starting with the white at the bottom and ending at the top with a deep blood-red. They are only three feet across, but still growing. I stretch them out and it feels like moving my legs. It comes instinctively.

I blink, my mouth dropped slightly.

I have wings.

This can't be real.