Protectors

Chapter 2: A Letter

After 8 long and confusing hours, the plane landed in the London City Airport. The girls stepped off the plane, with carry-on luggage in hand. As they entered the airport, they looked at each other.

"This is it." Amber said, looking at Faith. It's the moment that they had waited for for so long. A moment that they had dreamed of since they met at age six. A moment that they had planned for since they were juniors in high school and decided to return to England together for school. A moment that was now filled with curiosity and uncertainty.

"Yep. We are back!" Faith smiled at Amber, but both of them knew that that smile masked the worry of what happened back at the plane.

"Ok, so we find our luggage."

"And my car... but Amber," Faith added.

"And bring it all to the school for orientation in..." Amber checked the schedule on her phone, "5 hours..."

"Amber!" Faith interjected. "What are we going to do about..." She gestured to her back.

Amber nodded, giving in to the reality that there was no sense in just moving ahead after what they saw on the plane.

"Wait, no one else saw them, right?" Faith said.

"I don't think so, I think we would be in a laboratory right now if they did notice."

"So, what if we took off our jackets for now? We can still make it to orientation, and we can process what just happened." Faith suggested.

Amber nodded. "Sure"

The two slowly took off their jackets, and watched as the wings unfurled once more. Trying to keep calm, both girls headed towards customs to begin their new life in London.

***

After parking Faith's car by offices at Alcott School for the Performing Arts, the two girls joined the crowd of students awaiting to get their new dorm assignments and class schedules.

Amber and Faith were called up to the counters, where student employees gave them room keys and packets of information.

"...and welcome to Alcott!" a man said, as he gave Amber her packet, and flashed her a smile.

"Thanks!" She said, and turned to join Faith.

"Who was that?" Faith asked, "I think he was flirting with you!"

"Oh, I am sure it was nothing..." Amber said, with red cheeks, as they left the building and headed towards their dorm.

"10, 11, 12, 13, 14, here it is number 15." Amber grinned and pulled out her key to open the door. They turned on the lights to see two beds, two desks, a dresser, and a closet, all in one small room

"Ah, dorm life." Faith said, as she set down the boxes that she was carrying.

Once they had brought all of their boxes up to the room, Amber smiled. "Let's start unpacking and decorating." Amber smiled unzipping her suitcase. Faith unzipped her suitcase and started hanging up and putting clothes away. As they worked, they watched the wings on each other's - and their own - backs, and talked about them. What could this mean? How could it happen? Curiosity ate away at them, but all they could do was keep working. Within a few hours, they were finished setting up the room.

"Well that didn't take too long." Faith said, flopping down on the bed. "Hey, what's your schedule tomorrow?"

"I think I have guitar lessons at 9:00, Music 104 at 10:00, Language Arts 100 at 12:00, and Dance 120 at 2:00. What about you?" I asked.