Dark Beauty

Dark Beauty Chapter 4

Chapter 4....Enjoy!

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*Layla*

I don't like Saturdays. Kayla doesn't either, but of course she doesn't show it. Why? Well, there is nothing to do. Our parents are authors, so most of the time they are in they are in their office. And we are not allowed to go out with a friend.

But all of that is a thing of the past now. We have wings, and were anxious to try them out now.

"Hey, Layla." Kayla looked at me with eyes I haven't seen in a while. "Let's go to the backyard. We can practice there."

"No." It was my turn to object. Was she crazy? Anyone could see us out there.

"No one can see us. If we pretend to jump, we can-"

"What?! Pretend to JUMP?! Yeah, then we will just say oh we are being acrobats for a competition, and wings are part of the act!" She is totally insane.

"Well, we don't know how strong they are anyways. They probably won't take us high. We can jump off the porch for an added boost."

I was reluctant. Oh if we died, I would haunt her. "Alright. BUT first sign of trouble, we run. Got it?"

"Yes, I know."

We silently left our room and tiptoed down the hall. Our parent's office was at the end of the hall. We were at the other end. It was a good thing we were wearing socks, because our floor creaks a lot.

Just a little more, I thought passing the bathroom and the spare guest room. The door to the yard was in the kitchen. As we opened the screen door, it started to make a screechy noise.

"Oh no," Kayla whispered.

"Ssshh," I said.

We stood there silently until we were sure no one was coming.

"Let's go," I whispered.

Closing the screen door silently behind us, we jumped around the yard and whispered shouts of joy.

"Ok Layla, let's try out these wings."

I nodded in agreement. But there was one thing we overlooked.

"Hey Layla. How are we going to try to fly with our shirts on?"

She was right.

"Ummm......"

"And, is jumping off the porch a good idea? Our wings aren't very big and strong."

She was right. Our wings were only 3 ft. long and 1 ft. wide. And we were tall. And, not light enough for something we considered to be wings. We hardly knew anything about wings, much less how to use them. But I am yet determined.

"Ok first question we take off our shirts. Second, lets warm up our wings first them try some stunts."

She looked at me like if I were being funny then got scared.

"WHAT? What if someone sees us?"

"Kayla, it was YOUR idea to do this. Now are we going to do it or not?"

She hesitated but agreed.

We climbed up to the top of the railing of our porch, which was about 15 ft. off the ground. Oh yeah, we are not trying to be suicidal here.

"Ok, you go first," said Kayla.

"Sure," I shrugged. I took off my black Hello Kitty t-shirt to reveal my black wings to reveal my black wings peeping out above the strap of my bra. I slowly flexed them out and spread them as far as I could. Then I tried a few flaps. My muscles felt weird, but that worked at least.

"Ok, here I go."

I flexed my wings out as far as possible, crouched down into a squat, pushing my elbows back. Flap, flap, flap, I thought. Then I jumped.

And......I was in the air then before I knew it I hit my head on the grass. Not hard though.

"Ok Kayla go next!" I saw her get into position as I did. And..........

"Heads up!" Kayla fell right on top of me.

"Well, that was smooth I said as I helped her to her feet. Our wings weren't damaged in the least though. Mine was still black, and even Kayla's lily-white wings didn't have a smudge on them.

"Let's try again." Kayla ran back to the porch. She's got energy. But so do I.

"I'll go first."

"Ok."

This time we agreed to go at the same time. And, to our surprise, we actually stayed in the air for a few seconds and landed softly. For a few months we continued doing this, until our wings grew stronger and we were able to fly above the EmpireStateBuilding (we practiced this at night). We were happy we had something to keep us entertained, no matter how crazy it was and how much we still couldn't believe it. A happiness like that doesn't last long, as we were to figure out. Marks started to show up on our back. No matter how hard we tried, they wouldn't come off.

Then he came.

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Ok so I know not a lot happened BUT I promise everyone I will not drag off on this story. Please keep in touch for chapter 5 it will be coming out hopefully sooner than a million years. Its my personal favorite and I think you guys will like it too. :D