Seven Wings

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I groan and roll over, a soft pillow under my head. I mentally thank god my headache had lightened up and it was easier to think. Opening my eyes, soft lamp light illuminates the room. On the next bed, V and one with soft pink hair were fast asleep. The clock on the night stand read 4:02 in bright red lights. No wonder I woke up, it would only be 5:02 in the afternoon for me if I was still in New York.

If I was still in New York.

I sit up and rub my eyes. I felt so tired but at the same time so energetic. I know I shouldn't leave the small two-bed room, and I didn't want to walk around in fear of waking the others up.

Whispering a silent sorry, I grab the black smart phone that was sitting next to the clock. Turning it on a picture of a fluffy Pomeranian puppy pops up. I glance at the two sleeping on the bed: their personalities seem far away from a fluffy dog. Not expecting it to unlock with out a password, I was surprised when the home screen popped up.  Not wanting to snoop, I go to google and search up "BTS".  If I was to actually be stuck to them for a awhile it was best to match their names to the faces. I wasn't completely clueless, I knew of BTS...but only that they were a boy band in South Korea. I cant believe I ran into them 8,000 miles from their home and ended up 8,000 miles from my home afterwards.

Site after site I looked at, awards and accomplishments kept popping up. Being praised for their soft personalities and their "Love Yourself Tour". To stories of their fandom ARMY being emotionally saved by them.  Their YouTube videos breaking records and setting high standards. Many little shows based off of them and endless videos with them. Un-doubtly they were famous. Google was stuffed with information on them.

Looking at Jimin and V asleep on the bed, I was astounded that know one knows their true self's.

The scary wings and claws that I only knew to fables, was all them.

Locking the phone, I put it back on the night stand and silently slip into the bathroom. Flicking on the light, I winced. But it wasn't until I saw my eyes in the mirror did I scream. No longer did my light brown eyes shine, but instead two mis-matched ones did.

"Novalee!?", come the shouts of a panicking V and Jimin. But if anyone should be panicking it was me. I rip the door open and point at my eyes, "Why is one black and the other w-white?"

v and Jimin both stood there, looking at me. V sighs and rest his head on the door frame. "Let me see better," Jimin says and pushes me farther back into the bathroom and under the light.

"I have never seen this before. Its definitely a first. Don't panic though," he adds after seeing me tense. "It just represents what you are gifted with," he finishes. I look at V who stands leaning up against the door frame, arms crossed.

"The black could represent any number of gifts on the necro side. Yoongi would know more about that since he has a necro gift. As for the white, I have no idea why you would have it. Normally only one eye changes..." he cocks his head, "But both of yours did. Not only that, but you have a white eye. Jhope would know about that, he has a white eye."

I look at Jimin, "What the hell is he talking about?" I ask completely dumbfounded. Jimin cracks a smile and leans against the sink. "Every one of us has a different color eye based off out dominate gifts. We just learned to hide them unless we want to show them." Just then, I watch as on of his brown eyes turns dark red and speckled in sliver, his iris becoming silted. I gasp, my hand flinging to my own eyes. "Oh my god," I mumble.

"I can control the flame," Jimin says. I move my hands and watch a tiny butterfly made out of flames flutters its flickering wings in his palm.  It kicks into the air and soundlessly beats its wings to land and fizzle out on a flower made entirely made of water that V held between his fingers, one of his eyes blazing a bright blue with gold speckles and the same silted iris.

Holy. Ever loving. Shit.

Wings? Time? And now flames and water?

"Not going lie, its cool...but terrifying. How do I make my eyes brown again?" I ask. V clears his throat, "Your going through the change. Many things are going to happen over the week to you become one of us. Your not the first human woman that has went through this."

"So I'm changing?," They both nod their heads. "And im changing in what ways?"

"You are becoming a Da Terra, which is what we are. You will get gifts, and a better body able to withstand great things, along with wings. We will explain everything more when its time. We don't want to overwhelm you," Jimin speaks. 

"I'm going to get wings?" I say almost to quietly, choking on my own spit. I was in complete shock. I felt almost guilty that a small part of me was excited.  But a bigger part of me was shocked, sad, and lost.

"Holy Shit," I say and Jimin burst out laughing but stops short when he notices V and I not joining in.

"Its 6am. The others will be waking up soon. We need to get ready," V says and goes back into the room.

"Take a shower if you want, Ill leave some clothes by the door for you to change into," Jimin says. I tell him thank you and shut the door behind him as he walks back into the room.

Looking at my self in the mirror, I was a mess. My long brown hair was a frazzled and my clothes I changed into while in the car were rumpled and twisted about. I still couldn't get over my eyes though. Coming nose to nose with myself in the mirror I looked at them. It was like I was a completely new person. Violet flecks speckled the black eye and the white one was pure white, almost blending in with the whites around the actual eye part. My iris wasn't slited like a cat eye unlike V and Jimin's, instead it kept its normal circular look. 

I finally let go of the breath I didn't know I was holding, the steam racing over the mirror and covering my eyes with a fog. I turn the shower water to scorching hot and  quickly undress and hop in.

It was time I faced my new reality.