Memories of Midnight

Part 30 *Vixen*

Nate took my arm and led me out to the courtyard. People watched us as we walked past. They were whispering to each other, but my super hearing caught every word.

~"The queen has wings."~

~"What kind of wings are those?"~

~"They're nothing like a bird's wings."~

~"How unusual."~

~"She has ears, a tail and now wings."~

I put my head down, wishing I could disappear until Nate put his arms around me. I looked up at him and saw the huge smile. Slowly we walked outside and stood in the middle of the training field. Nate placed me on a seat and he ran off to a few yards in front of me. I looked at him confused as he pulled off his shirt and rolled his shoulders.

Suddenly two large golden wings sprung from behind his back. I gasped as he shot up in the air and flew around the perimeter of the castle. He continued to fly until he motioned for me to join him in the sky. I hesitated for a moment then stood up. I looked around until I pushed off the ground and quickly into the sky. It only took two strokes and I was caught up with Nate. He looked at me shocked.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just, it only took you two flaps to get into the sky and to me."

I looked at him confused again, but quickly dismissed it as we soared through the sky. We flew toward the top of one of the mountains surrounding the valley and perched on a large rock. Nate looked at me from the corner of his eyes and smirked to himself.

"What are you smiling about Biggs?"

"Oh nothing, I was just wondering if my wings were larger than yours."

I laughed softly as we stood up and faced each other to size our wings. Slowly Nate's smile faded as he realized that mind had at least a 10 foot wingspan difference on him. I slowly reached out my hand and felt his golden wing. He shuddered softly as his face flushed red and I quickly pulled my hand away.

"Sorry."

"It's okay."

I sat back down and Nate sat on the ground in front of me. I watched him carefully as he shook his head and laughed.

"What's funny?"

"You're different."

"Oh?"

"But in an amazing way. You're not a fully angel but your power is obviously stronger than mine. You just became alpha, but yet you're stronger and more powerful than Ophelia."

He smiled at me softly and looked up at the sky.

"You'll defeat Miracle and become the greatest ruler of Spirit Realm ever."