Aly and Kat(Private) A Change of Luck

Katherine was just mildly surprised when she was suddenly hugged by the girl who was in tears. The Angel patted the young girl in the back and attempted to comfort her, but hugged her instead after feeling that it was natural thing to do. She wondered what she was feeling, happiness? Actual happiness for once in her life? There was a soft part on her heart that seemed to be beating, but what was it? Was it sympathy for the girl? She wished that she could feel anything properly...

Katherine said, "It's okay dear. Would you like to sing with me a bit? It usually makes me feel a lot better when I feel lonely." It really was the only thing that she could feel anymore, because singing echoed in her soul. And with a partner they could echo off each others soul to make a beautiful melody.

Alyia looked up at her mentor. She knew how to sing, but was she willing to singg with Katherine. Letting go of the pink haired girl Alyia took a step back and opened her mouth to start singing. When her voice exited her mouth she closed her mouth and stopped singing. Her voice had changed so much. It was prettier. Sure she has a beautiful sing voice before this, but nothing quite like what she had just heard. Her voice now was smoother and had a soft tone to it. It also seemed to echo more in her soul. With a blink she took another breath in and opened her mouth once more. Her voice ehoed through the trees, bouncing off of the surrounding objects and filling the forset with the sound of her angelic voice. Looking around she was the trees fail glow begin to get brighter as if her voice affected them. Looking away from the forest she looked at Katherine. Was she going to sing too, or was it just going to be her singing. She looked away from her mentor and back at the forest, she wanted to tdy something. Putting love into her voice she sung to the trees as if she was singing to Deniel. The trees glowed brighter. She suddenly changed her voice so that her voice was filled with sorrow from her past she watched as if the trees' glow seemed to travel to her, like they were trying to cheer her up. A smile gracinf her face she changed her voice again so that her voice was filled with happiness.

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Katherine waited a bit to let the new angels singing voice sink in. It was to let her get a feel for it and let it settle in her soul. It was beautiful, happy and sad mixed into a melody. After a while Katherine cleared her throat and joined her in song, her voice mingling with Aly's soul in harmony. The 2 combined songs complimented each other and let them feel each others souls for a bit. Katherine's soul danced with her's for the briefest of seconds as the singing continued and could feel each others life.

It was there that Aly could feel the ever tumbling bit of chaos in the soul. It was constantly changing through the experiences she had, but there was something missing. A piece of Katherines life was absent in her soul, like if someone drilled a hole in her and never bothered to plug it up.

It made her emotions ring hollow...

Alyia listened to Katherine's voice as she sung with Alyia. It was beautiful. But, it was as if something was missing from it. Still singing Alyia started to think what could be wrong woth Katherine. It wasn't her voice it was something that was in her voice or something that was lacking from her voice. Emotion, Alyia realized. Her voice was missing emotion. Sure she had loneliness in her voice, but was it happy lonliness or was sad lonliness. Alyia couldn't tell because Katherine's voice did not display it. Her smile that was on her face started to fade. She shifted her eyes to Katherine. Her voice faded out and Alyia closed her mouth only to open it again
"Katherine, what is wrong?" Alyia asked. Being worried was not a new emotion to Alyia, but Katherine was the second person that she had ever felt it for. The first of course being Deniel. The blonde looked up at her mentor with concern. Was she going to share what was going on, what she was going through that made her not have many emotions.

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Katherine stopped singing for briefest of seconds, before saying the most troubling thing an emotionless person could say: "What is the matter dear? I have no idea what you are talking about." She said it with the most blank and nonchalant way possible. Meaning that she could not see or feel what was the matter to her. It was as if she thought this was a normal state to be in despite the fact the world felt empty. She was not in pain, but she was not happy either. It was as if it was that blank emotionless state that she always kept was the norm. Katherine gave yet a small fake smile, "Let's return home, I can give you your lessons tommorow. Let your soul fit into your body better and feel more relaxed.~" Katherine took her hand gently and started the slow walk down the hill.

She felt that Aly was familiar somehow...

With a nod Alyia waled down the hill back to the base where she could then go back home.She was excited that she would be able to start training. It would be so much fun. But, on the way home her mind started to wander. How was she going to tell Deniel that she was not human anymore, or that she had died? With her mind going a mile a minute she began to worry that he would look at her differently. That he would space himself from her because she was like his mother. But, the main question was would he still love her. 'Of course he will,' Alyia thought, she had full faith in Deniel and his love towards her Now the question was, how was she going to tell him. Just walk up to him, 'Hey guess what, I died and came back as a Omen Angel.' Like that was going to end well. With the wheels turning in her head the head ache that came full blast knocked her to her knees. She gripped her head in her hands trying to block out all noise and sight, trying to calm down the head ache.

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Katherine took the girls hand and led her down the mountain. It was slow, but steady descent in case Aly felt faint. Eventually hey reached the point she wanted, a nearby cliff that overlooked the mountain range. Katherine sat Aly on a rock and simply said, "Well this is a good a place as any to teach a lesson. First off let me check your back for a second..." Lifting the back of her shirt, she pressed her fingers into her shoulder blade and felt around it. It may feel slightly ticklish due to the sensitivity, but the appropriate angel wings slit were there. That was a good sign.

Katherine said, "Good, you did not get this nasty defect. Some Angels do not fit in bodies well enough so a few cause a deformity where the wings grow inside the body, but the body does not produce the necesary exit for the wings. Those Angels require incisions to be cut in them, but you are lucky... Oh wait Omen Angel duh.~" Katherine set the shirt down and started to undress the top with just a bra left in place. Katherine continued, "But since you do, the only thing required of you is to flex your back like so to release your wings. Best part too is that when your done with them... They are retractable!~" Katherine gave a slight demonstration of the action, releasing a pair of beautiful black raven wings and folding them back into her body. She was trying to make discovery fun and not scarying her. Most angels had to learn about this on your own.

Alyia held back a gasp when she suddenly felt her shirt being lifted up aand someone touching her back. The fingers were cool and as they touched the wing slits it cause for Alyia to squirm. It tickled. Hearing Katherine talk she realized why Katherine had reached unfder her shirt. But, it did not explain why she was suddenly taking hers off. The confusion is Alyia's mind disipated as she realized what Ktherine was doing. She was showing her what she meant. Alyia watched in awe as black wings burst from the pink headed girls back and then returned. How did she do that? Releasing her wings did she say? Alyia wanted to try. Flexing her back she relaxes herself freeing her wings from confinement. Feeling a sharp pain and a slight burst of wind she looked behind her. There sprouting from her back werw a beautiful pair of wings. The exacr ones that she had, had when she was only a soul. Dhe gaped at their beauty. They were so elegant and almost twice the siz of her.

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Katherine grabbed a hankerchief and wiped the slightest bit of blood from Alyias back, "Always happens the first time in a new body. Shouldn't hurt anymore after that dear~" She then took the girl into the edge of the cliff and stood over to watch the horizon. The sun was setting and the wind was right so she continued, "First do not flap like  crazy, that does not give you any lift. You want to hold your wings and let the air catch and simply flap when needed. Grace and balance is more needed that speed. Your body is much lighter now although its much stronger. Lastly you may never need to diet again." She then dived with Aly at hand and let the breeze cath their wings. It was very liberating to fly again.

Alyia widened her eyes as Katherine pulled her off the edge of the cliff. She was diving head first to the ground. Taking a deep breath she knew that panicking was not going to help her. Letting out the breath she opened her wings and as soon as she had air filled them and she soared up into the air. She was not used to flying with the wing on her back. Sure she had her spell, but that was nothing like this, in fact. It was almost completely opposite. These wings were apart of her and she had to think of every flap that she did. While her light wings she only had to focus on keeping them on her body. Taking another flap of her wings she saw that she lifted higher into the air. She wanted to do it again, but she knew that today was a learning day and not an exploring day, well, at least not yet. Angling herself down towards Katherine Alyia swooped down so that she was fling right next to her Alyia smiled. She was extremely happy right at that moment.

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Katherine flapped her wings and glided in the winds of the mountain and let her glide with Aly in hand to guide her and steer. She could personally fly for hours and Aly could go anywhere, but Katherine was holding her hand so that she couldn't fall to the ground. Katherine sighed in relaxation as she said, "And to land you let the wings catch the wind and go backwards. Eventually this will all be unconscious thought to you. As natural as breathing and eating." Katherine then showed how to simply land on her feet. She would catch Aly if she fell incorrectly, but hoped it would come naturally to her.

Alyia watched Katherine descend to the ground. It looked much harder than taking off. She watched as Katherine wings angled and she lowered to the ground. With a small gulp she paused her flight and angled her wings, just like Katherine had. She felt the wind against her wings. It was weird for her. She was descending very slowly, but she had yet to fall. AS she reached the ground she started to feel proud of herself. Suddenly a large gust of wind came and blew her off balance. She shrieked as she wings tilted to a different angle and she fell to the ground and ran into the pink haired girl making both of them fall to the ground.

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Katherine was caught unawares when Aly's wings caught the wind and caused her to fall on top of the elder. She was light, but the wind made her crash like a projectile into the elder. Katherine was on the bottom and Alyia was on top, but the weight was meaningless. Then something did hit her emotions and for briefest of seconds Katherine felt something. She felt attached to the girl, but not in a romatic way. It was more familiar through... Why did their echoes resonate the same way? Why did she feel so familiar? Why was this happening? She sighed and hugged the girl softly, but also in a way that Aly got to see her ring. It was a ruby with swirls of blue in it and a figure of a human in it. Unlike Aly's gem however there was a single crack in it. Something broked her angel's grace, the part that stored her human side.

"I don't know why, but you feel familliar... Like if we met before all of this."

Alyia looked at Katherine as she had caught her. She saw the ring that decorated her hand and some strange feeling came over her, a feeling of recognition. She was taken by surprise when Katherine had said exactly what was passing through her head. But, she was almost positive that she had never seen Katherine before she had come to the guild. She a shake of her head she answered her question. Standing up from her fall she closed her wings. Feeling them close against her back she held her hand out to the pink haired girl. "I am almost positive that I have never met you before, but I feel like I know you as well."With her hand held out Alyia spoke what she was feeling. She hadn't noticed the feelings until she had run into Katherine because as soon as she had. The idea of trust rushed through her, as if she could trust Katherine with her life.

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Katherine just felt strange, it was a familiar sensation spreading through her. It was just odd, like if she was. Katherine looked at her and felt a familiar memory spread to her, one of them being her blonde daughter playing in the fields of the small hidden village in the outskirts. She was young and mischievous, but had a good spirit and soul. Katherine tried to raise her right, but the girl had no spark of the divine... Katherine felt like talking for first time in a while, for she actually felt lonely.

"You remind me of my daughter Harine. I raised her until she was an adult in a small village hidden from civilization. It's my fault that my origins discovery was found and doomed them into not having a normal life. My only regret in that life was that I never once got to see her child. My human died by then and when I came back to visit the village, it was gone... I never got to say how I loved her and was proud of her..."

The name Harine echoed through Alyia's head. She had heard that bame before, but she didn't know where. With her mind going miles per second Alyia tried to think of where she had heard that name before. Memories flashed through her head when one sudddenly hit her like a wall.

She was five at the time and was hiding behind a wall as her mom and dad talked.

"Your mother would be so proud," a male voice said, most likely her father.

"One out of four children. One! I had hoped that after she was born that the next would be the same, but the twins are as normal as our oldest," a female voice replied, most likely her mother.

Shuffling was heard and a sigh from the male was caught in the little five year olds ears. "She looks like you though, the twins and our oldest look like me with your eyes. Brown and purple."

"She has your eyes." The female voice giggle.

"She does. Now, I have to go. The council needs me. People have started to get close." The small Alyia knew what would happen next her father would give her mom a kiss and then leave.

She was about to go back to her shared room when she heard her mom sigh, "Katherine you would love our little Aly. She's just like you, fun loving, adventurous, sly. I can only wish that you would be able to meet her."

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"Katherine..." Alyia mumbled under her breath. That was her grandmothers name. She had died before Alyia was born. Alyis looked up at Katherine. A though passed through her head. Alyia shook her head. No, it wasn't possible. But, whaat had her mother meant by ordinary when she discribed her siblings. Looking at Katherine Alyia saw her mother. Not her actual mother but resemblances of her that she remembered. Could it be possible?

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Katherine sighed, "Well it matters little after all. Sad thing about mortals is that they do not last forever, they grow up, get old and die. There is very few creatures that get to live forever. Yet that is why I maybe like humans, they are always in such a hurry to make an impact in life and are so forceful. They are perfect sample of potential between light and dark." Katherine then stood up from where she stood with Alyia still in her arms. It was just so oddly familiar to her, but she knew that they never met before. It was just so odd...

"Tell me about yourself dear. I have spilled my story, so I'd like to hear yours~"

Me slightly hesitated before hopping out of Katherine's arms. She didn't liked to be picked up. Landing on the ground she turned around and looked at the pink haired girl that stood in front of her. She though about what she was going to say. Should she tell it all? Should she skip the parts that she did to cause the downfall of the village? Letting out a sigh she dipped her head and then looked back up at the sky, hoping that it would calm her down. "I don't remember much of when I was younger. Well, younger than the age of six. But, I do know that I too lived in an isolated village out in the middle of know where. There were lots of trees and it seemed as if it was hidden." A flash from her past ran through her head. It was her first finding the group of people. Alyia cringed slightly and then looked back at Katherine. "I had an older sister, and a younger brother and sister that were twin." Alyia's voice faltered for a moment as tears pricked her eyes. She had thought that she had gotten over it, but maybe not.

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Katherine was shockedout of her mind, it was her. The granddaughter that she never got to see. The one that was declared to be gifted and blessed by the gods themselves. It was her... Eyes wide before she fell on her knees from the sheer weight that was being said. Katherines fall on her knees was followed by a tearful hug to the young girl and how the tear flowed, this was both happiness and sadness mixed together as one.  She held the girl as if she was trying to never lose her again, holding what was precious to her. It was fate, for what else would bring the 2 together...

Katherine sobbed, "I thought that I would never get the chance to see you! I was killed before seeing the blessing that was your birth... Please forgive me..."

Alyia didn't know exactly what was happening one moment Katherine was listening to her story the next she was on her knees and then Alyia was embraced in a tearful hug. With her mind slowly piecing things together something snapped inside of Alyia and she knew exactly who Katherine was in her past. Exactly why her soul looked just like hers. Katherine was her grandmother... yes, a little weird for Alyia to process that this pink haired happy go lucky person was her grandmother, almost the complete opposite of her. The tears that pricked the corner of her eyes finally fell. There was someone from her family that was around her. Someone that she could actually call a family. True she was in a guild. But, she didn't see them all as family, more like people that she had to be responsible for. The exact reason that she didn't get to close to people. But, this was different, this was actual family. Alyia wrapped her arms around Katherine and embraced her in a hug. "Everything is fine, you are here now."

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