Little Bird [A Niall Horan Fanfiction]

Chapter 1

Phoenix is wearing this on the plane

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SO. Here we are, 6 months after that VERY odd day..... I'm best friends with the boys andmay have developed theteeniest crush on a certain Irishman we all know. Atleast the fans trusted me with their boys, though.

Of course, I still got hate everyday, but most of it was the worst insults I had ever seen, so I got a chuckle from those. Some were really hurtful, too. I don't tell the boys because they would throw a hissy fit over it on Twitter.

Right now, we were on a flight to Nashville, Tennessee. I had literally gotten down on my hands and knees and begged the boys and Paul if I could stay behind in London and meet up with them in LA. They refused to let me stay because I refused to tell them why I didn't want to go to Nashville.

Now, here I was, using niall's lap as a pillow and Louis' lap as a footrest. These plane seats were huge compared to me. You could literally fit 3 of me in them.

Niall was running his hands through my hair and it made me relax. I absolutely HATED planes with the burning passion of my Phoenix spirit. They made me feel confined without any hope for escape and it freaked me out.

Niall running his hands through my hair made me so relaxed and comfortable that I actually fell asleep.... DON'T HATE ON ME...

I don't know how much time had passed when I woke up, but I was being carried on someone's back. I raised my head, "'Bout time you woke up, kid." Zayn said, amusement ringing in his voice.

"You're not that much older than me, weirdo." I groaned, sinking back against Zayn's back and resting my chin on his shoulder.

"Well, you're up now, so you can walk by yourself." He said, trying to drop me, but I wouldn't let go.

"I'm comfy and my legs don't work."

"Hey, Niall, help me, I've got a leech on my back!" Zayn called,

"Hey!" I said, offended.

Suddenly, I felt Niall pinch my sides, Zayn earning a well deserved kick in the ribs and me a spot on the airport floor, "Thats low!" I said, pouting.

"Sorry, Love, I meant to catch you." Niall said, scooping me up into his arms.

The sound of fangirl screams reached my ears and I grudgingly jumped out of Niall's arms and onto my feet, fiddling with the tips of my hair. Simon had advised me not to be seen by the fans when the boys are carrying me. Somthing about it making them jealous.

Niall grabbed my right hand to keep me from running ahead or around the fangirls, Louis stood on my left side, Harry, Liam, and Zayn stood behind me, and Paul stood in front of me. Just like the first time I had been seen in public with the boys. I didn't know carrots could be so violent......

A realization hit me. So, you know how I'm originally from America? Yeah, well this is my home town... I'm kind of forbidden to come back here unless the soul purpose is to speak with my father.

So, my family could be in this airport plotting my kidnapping and torture for re-entering the city. I knew they knew where I was because I could sense them, which meant they could sense me. I was going to have to serve my punishment for re-entering the city.... I didn't even know what the punishment was.

Well, this is going to be fun. I thought worriedly. My grasp unconciously tightened on Niall's. He looked down and gave me that "We'll talk later" face. I gave him a slight nod and he looked satisfied.

We passed through the fangirls and insults and compliments were thrown at me. "EWWW SHE'S SO UGLY. WHY DO THEY EVEN LIKE HER?!" "AWWWW PHOENIX IS SOOO ADORABLE I WISH I WAS HER." Can you guess who I smiled at and who's shoes I melted to the floor? Yeah, me neither.

In about 30, maybe 40, minutes, we were heading up to our rooms in the hotel we would be staying in. It was common knowlegde to the people involved with One Direction that Niall and I always shared a room. Now I was pacing that room, thinking of a way to explain to the boys what might happen to me during our stay.

Don't worry, I'm not telling them anything about my transformations.

About 20 minutes after THAT, my hands were shaking in anticipation, "Guys, could you come here for a second? I have to tell you something." I called, sitting down on the couch.

"Watch need, 'Nix?" Niall asked while the boys filed into the room.

"Oh...ummm... I just wanted to explain to you why I didn't want to come to Nashville...." i said quietly, only Niall heard me. He grabbed my hand and laced his fingers through mine. It was kinda comforting

"What?" Harry asked.

I sighed, "I just wanted to explain why I didn't want to come to Nashville." I repeated.

"Ohhhhh, go right ahead then." Liam said, acting like Daddy Direction.

"So, I was freaking out about coming here, and It's not a big reason.... well maybe it is a big reason, but I'm not allowed to come here and if I do, I'm going to be punished and I don't know if they'll hurt you boys or not because I'm associated with you, I just don't want you guys to be hurt because of me, and-" I rambled very quickly before I was cut off by Louis.

"What are you going on about, 'Nix?" Louis asked, confused. 

I took a deep breath, "I am forbidden to enter this city unless the soul purpose is to speak to my father. Now that I am in the city with you boys, I will most likely be punished severly. I'm not worried for myself, I'm worried for you boys because they might punish you boys for being associated with me." I said slowly, seeing the realization dawning on their face when they realized what I was talking about.

"Who's going to punish you? We can get security to watch the area more, or we can get someone with you at-" Liam began to freak out.

"Liam." I said sharply. He stopped and stared. I had never spoke to any of them like that and it shocked all of them.

"Don't worry about me. You don't know how used to these punishments I am. Worry about yourselves, please, for me?" I asked, trying to get them to understand this wasn't their burden.

"We can't do that, 'Nix. You mean too much to m-us." I noticed Niall's slip, but I ignored it. I sighed

Why didn't they understand? Why did they let me stay with them in the first place? I'm a freaking walking hazard. I can set whole cities on fire if I wanted to. I could kill thousands of people but I choose not to. Not that the boys knew that. I didn't want them to know.

"Why can't you just let us help you, Phoenix?" Harry said, agitated.

Anger shot through me, "Haven't you been listening? If you helped me, you would end up hurt or dead. my injuries aren't as important as your's would be." I said.

"Do you hear what you're saying? You're saying that your life isn't as important as ours are!" Louis said, completely angry. Atleast he was keeping quiet so no one outside the room could hear us.

So he had finally grasped the concept?

The boys must have understood by the look on my face because all of them got up and left. Niall went to Zayn's room. Now was the perfect time for one of my family to target me. I was vulnerable, angered, and didn't care what happened to me if it saved the boys.

Of course, I did leave a note for them... if they noticed that I was gone. They tended to do that when they were upset with me.

And speak of the devil.... or animal, I guess.