(okay, so this first part is before the attack)
~Hana
I left Pierces room and walked slowly to my own. The advice that I had given the cow had been the advice I had been trying to follow myself. When ever I tried to get close to someone, I ended up pushing them away. Even Fai. Reaching my room, I closed the door by leaning it, my palms and arms flat against the wood. When it clicked, I slid slowly to the ground, pulling my legs towards me. Finally, warm tears started to roll down my face. This is the reason I had pushed my one companion away. No matter what, I couldn't let him see me cry, I couldn't let him wory about me. But what I had said... I knew it only made him wory, and probably hurt him. Why was I so stupid?! If I'm so d*mn lonely, why do I push away the people to try to help me? Fai...
My thoughts drifted to the person I had traveled with since that day long ago...
[START FLASHBACK]
"Well, hello! You're that halfer that terrorizes the other children around here, aren't you?" I jumped to see the one who had spoken, emitting a low hiss. A boy of about my age stood there. But his scent was different from the other kids. It smelled like a bird. "I'm Fai! I'm a halfer too!" His speach did nothing to soothe my nerves, and seeing this, he sighed. "The other kids say you're wild and stuff like that, but I don't think you're like that at all!" At any second, with any sudden move I was ready to transform and attack, or run away. "You're just... lonely, huh?" His words caught me off guard.
"Lone...ly?" I repeated like a little kid learning to talk.
"Yep! Lonely! You can't play with the other kids, and you don't have anyone to talk to, huh?" My eyes were wide, then I shook my head and glared at him.
"Oh..." he looked down. His smile didn't drop, but I saw the sad look in his eyes. "I guess I was wrong. Um, sorry, to bother you..." he turned and started to walk away.
I wasn't sure what came over me that moment. All I know is that something made me reach out and grab his shirt. He stopped, and looked at me surprised. His face changed back into a smile, and his hand fell with a soft pat on my head.
"I thought so!" I giggled. I was speachless, unsure of what to say. "So, what's your name?"
"Hanatsuki." The word came out like a vile term. He thought for a second.
"Then I'll just call you Tsuki!" he said determinedly. I blink, then smiled. It was the first time I smiled in a long, long time. Thus began our journey together.
[END FLASHBACK]
Chewing my lip, I knew he was my closest friend. Now that we were in a group, we kind of clung to eachother still. Infact, I didn't know a single other halfer besides Sky and Pierce. Of course, I knew some names, but that was about it. If I couldn't let my closest friend into my life, how would I act with others?
Just then, there was a knocking on the door behind me.
"Tsuki?" came a tentative voice. I could almost hear the hurt he was feeling, since I had known him long enough to tell when he was hiding something. It just made me mad. Mad at myself for hurting him, then mad at him for making me resort to that. In general, I was just mad.
"Go away!" I growled. I heard a sigh from the other side of the door, and a few tear rolled down my face.
"Tsuki, please. I-"
"D*mmit! I said go away!" I yelled standing up and facing the closed door. There was a soft footstep as he was take back by my sudden out burst, then the sound of running steps, fading away down the hall.
Realizing what I just did, more tears streamed out my eyes, and I fell to the floor in an (unintetionally) anime style pose.
"Why the h*ll am I so d*mn stupid!" I whispered shakily to myself. Half of me wanted to run after him, the other half didn't want to be seen crying. Suddenly, there was a crash from downstairs, and a lot of yelling. The smell of bounty hunters rose to my nose. No! Why now?!
Looking out the window, they had the entire place surrounded. Bursting out of my room, the chaos was already spreading towards the upper floor.
"Tsuki!" Fai's voice came from futher down the hall, looking quickly away, I ran toward the on coming attackers.
"Watch her! The mistress has her eye on this one!" called one. I growled, revealing pointed fangs, and I felt my nails extend as small claws. Jumping into their midst, I started stabbing, biting and slashing all the anger built up inside of me. But my energy was running out quickly. Suddenly, there was a sound of ruffling, then a great white form rose up, almost balled up in the small hallway, and came barelling though the mass of hunters. Fai. With a smile, I turned to the guy I had been previously fighting before the interuption, but he was gone. There was a great shriek from the giant white owl, and too late, I sensed the presence behind me. Turning, I met a cudgel to the head, and was out before I hit the ground.
~Fai
I watched Tsuki fall as if in slow motion. Already, men were rushing to pick her up, but I perched in their way. If I had a say, they weren't taking her anywhere.
Unfortunately, I forgot the men behind me, and suddenly, the was a large force hitting me in the back, and I was pressed down on the floor my a large, heavy net. The men with Tsuki rushed around me as I desperately struggled to break out.
Calm down Fai! Think! I told myself. As I rotated my head to see the men running quickly down the stairs, I started to rip at the net with my beak. It took too long for my liking, but finally, I had a small hole. Pulling my feathers in a close as possible, I stood up through the hole, much to the dismay of the men still watching me. After ripping each one apart with my talons, one by one, I realized that none of them had Tsuki. Outside, however, I saw them throwing Tsuki's body into the back of a van, along with other halfers being loaded onto other vehicles. Crashing through the window, the truck was already moving out, and the sight of the window breaking scared them enough to speed up and haul their sorry butts. I was thankfull for the cloud cover to blend with my feathers, when I suddenly realized how grey the clouds actually were.
There was a whizzing as something brush my wing, only barely missing. I didn't have time before another one struck, this time straight in the middle of my wings. A tranquilizer dart. My vision blurred and my wings numbed, and suddenly I was tumbling and falling towards the white, snowy ground. Tumbling like a giant snowball, I did my best to change back. Finally, I stopped, human again, laying sprawled out and numb on the groud, the dart stuck in my arm.
"N-no..." I muttered as I passed out, my last vision being the truck driving away, almost out of sight...
~Vana
Excellent. Everything was almost as planned. The trucks were starting to drive away, and the men were starting to retreat. "I think its time we go home and see what we've caught ourselves!" I smiled. The driver pulled out, and we were finally leaving.
~Hana, Fai, and Vana
Okay, so carry on with your stories, but they are starting to leave now. Sorry it took so long to post this! ^^U
