Young Writers Society

We don't wait for our personal aircraft to be ready. We need to get there fast. The three of us run to the highest point of our city which is actually above ground. The whole of our city has been built into the bottom of a mountain. It's been Sebastien's domain for thousands of years but now he has turned it over to the humans so that we can help them fight for equality in this demon filled place. I pull Kathryn with me to the edge of the cliff as the three of us prepare to take off. I look at Sebastien and he nods before diving off the cliff and unfurling his pure white wings. I put Kathryn in front of me and make sure that her toes are just barely over the edge so that she knows it's okay to jump from there.

'Unfurl right away. We don't need to be hitting any trees.' I tell her. She smiles before also diving off the cliff and immediately unfurling her wings. She has one black wing and one white wing. She's what we call a hybrid, born from a demon father and an angel mother. She's supposed to be dead but luckily she only lost her ability to speak, hear and see. I would say that she got the better end of that deal. I watch her catch up to Sebastien and just barely touch the tip of his wing as a guide. I close my eyes and jump off the edge of the cliff, unfurling my completely black wings. I'm a full blooded demon from the royal family of the second circle, which means that I'm actually not important at all. Clearly I'm not important because my family just kind of threw me away, they don't much like reform and I don't like following rules so we didn't exactly mix very well. One thing that I am hoping is that I don't have to hear from my father but I know that he has teamed up with the Inferno on this one. I catch up to Sebastien and Kathryn and fly up on Sebastien's left side because Kathryn is on the right.

"You're moving slow." He comments without looking at me. I fold my arms across my chest and just stare straight ahead. I see him peek over at me. "Are you okay?" I sigh and drop my arms.

"Yeah. Just lost in all of my thoughts." I tell him. We are travelling at high speeds to try and get to the fourth circle before any real damage can happen. I fly up a bit to peek over Sebastien, trying to see Kathryn but she's gone.

“Katherine what the hell are you doing?! You cannot act of your own accord! You are not ready to fight! You will die!” The general is yelling in my ear.

“Better me than them.” I answer him calmly. I take the earpiece out and keep pushing forward with Sebastien following close behind me. As we near the fourth circle we can see that there is already smoke from a fire and we can see the bombers floating overhead preparing for the attack. I turn around to see if I can tell where Kathryn is now and there is a huge aircraft coming out of the smoke. I put my earpiece back in.

"You should have at least let us get ready with your transportation home." The commander says.

"Sorry. It was a little bit of short notice. Did you see Kathryn?" I say. Then, Kathryn bursts out of the smoke with all of our weapons that we had left when we were in such a rush.

I thought we might want these because we won't be fighting against actual people so our powers are probably useless. Kathryn thinks at us. She is so much smarter than Sebastien and I.

Good thinking. I say as she comes up and gives us our weapons. She has her death scythe which is actually a giant black sword, I have my own hand made bow and arrows, and Sebastien has his own hand made weapons. We all turn around and get back in formation and head down into the district to protect the hospital from the bombs.

As we get closer I start to get an interference in my earpiece.

"Commander? General?" I ask into the mouth piece. The answer I get is the most shocking.

"I never thought that you my own daughter would be a part of the rebel team. I thought that I would have raised you to see that these low life people don't deserve to live like the royals do. I guess I was wrong. I will end you once and for all." My father. I was shocked when I heard his voice because he usually didn't accompany his men on any attacks. Maybe he just wanted to see if it was true.

"Katherine! You need to retreat now! Are you listening to me?! It's really not safe. You are going to get killed." The general comes back on.

"Well, I'm glad to hear your voice again but can you please stop yelling at me?" I say. Suddenly one of my wings gets hit with a bullet from the enemy craft and I start to fall. I land on one of the roofs and there is one of his men waiting for me. I slowly pick myself up cursing from the pain that shoots all the way up through my shoulder. I stand up and my injured wing hangs limply behind me while the other closes tightly against my back. I smirk at the man as he nervously stands in front of me with a gun.

"well, we didn't expect to be fighting actual people today but I guess we were wrong. What is your name and rank and why did my father send you?" I ask. I of course already know all of the answers I just wanted to hear him say it.

"He gave me direct orders to kill you. Any way possible. I think that you know what that means so I won't explain." He says. He gets a giant grin on his face as he moves closer to me. I close my eyes and summon my alternate.

"He gave you direct orders, huh? What will he do if I kill you? He will probably waste all of his men and then run away, right?" My alternate says. She opens her eyes and looks down on the man.

"He will send more if you kill me." He stops short as his eyes widen and he literally falls into a mutilated heap on the ground. My alternate personality has the ability to mutilate people without touching them. She has these invisible hands called vectors and they literally rip the person limb from limb if you look into her eyes. I created her as an escape from my father's beatings but then I ended up killing one of my best friends when my father decided to turn my alternate loose in front of three people that I really care about.

"Well, I guess you'll just have to send more." I shrug and look up at the aircraft. "What can I say? Beauty kills." I get a huge grin on my face. The craft turns and quickly flies away not even bothering to drop more than one bomb. I just made Sebastien and Kathryn's job a lot easier.

"Katherine. Let's go back. We successfully saved this circle. we should celebrate." Sebastien says. He walks up behind me and before I can turn around he pokes my sides and causes me to pass out and turn back to normal.