Wings of Power: The Rising Tribe [SERIES CLOSED]

Chapter 9

At first, Vein thought that the hall was empty.

But all of a sudden, the TimeWings began to take shape. Vein was startled when one appeared out of nowhere and had a small chat with Marble. Then he outstretched his wings and flew back to his seat.

"How are they appearing?" Vein asked Marble.

Marble didn't look at Vein, but she still said, "we don't use fire, and since we don't have anything else to lighten the room, we just work in the dark."

"Well, that's stu---"

Then Vein suddenly noticed that all the TimeWings were staring at him. Even Marble scowled.

Vein rose his arms in a give up gesture, but suddenly he felt thoughts splashing into his brain.

I'm a huge idiot. I'm so dumb. Why am I even here?

Vein shook himself. He didn't think that.

I'm an---

"Who is doing that?" He bellowed. His yelling momentarily stopped what was happening. He guessed he startled them too much because four TimeWings momentarily fainted on the spot. One crashed into her seat, the other hit the floor, Marble fell face-first into the tiled floor and the TimeWing that she was talking to oddly leaned on his microphone. The TimeWings that managed to not fall were looking at him with an angry expression planted on their faces.

"No, seriously. Someone is projecting thoughts on my mind! Who is it?"

Nobody stepped up. Marble suddenly shot back up, and weirdly the other fainted Wings came up.

That's strange, he thought. How do they get up at the same time? Um, to be fair, they did collapse at the same time . . .

Vein noticed that it wasn't the case.

"Well," said the TimeWing who was up at the front. She straightened her glasses. Glasses? That's---okay, now I'm thinking TimeWings are the dumbest---and probably weirdest---tribe. They must be up to something. "A BloodWing. That's . . . quite a nice surprise. . . ." she slowly said.

Vein glared at her.

"Er . . . GET OUT OF HERE!"

Vein still glared at her.

"I mean . . . hello?"

Vein scowled.

The lady sighed. "All right, if I must. My name is Snuggly."

Vein froze. He could feel the grin starting to spread across his face. Over on his right, Marble whispered something like "shut up, you idiot," but Vein failed to hear her. His snout started to open, and pretty soon he was crashed on the floor, honking, snorting and coughing (temporarily). He laughed so hard that his head caught fire, causing the same TimeWings to faint (other than Marble). And then he was rolling all over the tiles, setting fire on the floor. This was the most he'd ever laughed, and that got him in trouble.

He didn't notice that the whole flooring around him was on fire. 

He finally stopped, still giggling and snorting. "Snuggly . . . oh man, what a name! You TimeWings . . . uh . . . um . . . hi, Marble?"

And then the world went black.