Flashback (Anti's Memory)

I was back at home with mom. She was cooking up a whole gioap for the feast we were having in the scout's hall! She was even letting me come with her! I bounced around fluttering from time to time.

"Frith. Stop messing around! You undid your shirt!" She scolded me with a hint of humor laced in her voice.

"I'm sorry ma! I'm just so excited! When do ya ever let me go with ya ta your feasts!?" She chuckled.

"You just needed ta grow a wee bit more. And ya did, so ya can go." I let out a squeal of happiness.

"I can't wait ta become a scout like you ma!" She smiled and pulled the gioap out of the fire.

"Go stretch your wings a little. Ta journey ta the hall is further tan your use ta." I nodded and ran outside. "And stay CLEAN!" I jumped and opened my wings catching the wind.

I did a few flips and other tricks to pass time. I noticed some of the hunter's kids in the lilisian patch so I flew over to them. The oldest one noticed me and scoffed.

I waved slightly and gave a bright smile.

"Hey, guys!" I looked at them and waited for a response while also trying to remember their names.

"What do you want?" A tan black haired boy asked.

"Oh, um... I just wanted to see if you all wanted to hang out tomorrow." I wrung my hands and glanced at them while looking at the floor.

"Why would we want to hang out with a loser like you?" I flinched and nodded.

"I know I'm small but I can give ya a good race if ya wanted to..." The tan boy who I think was named Dark responded with a grin.

"You're on. If you can fly to the wall and back and still beat me then we can hang out." I looked up astonished he took me up on my offer.

"Really! Of course!" I smiled and we got in our positions.

I scanned his wings and saw how big they were, but they also looked extremely heavy so I might have a chance. I flew thru here so many time I could do it with my eyes closed. I pulled myself back and spread my wings on a slight angle due to the wind blowing underneath me. His friend Slade and Aob counted down from three. As each number went I got tenser.

"0! GO!!!" I pushed off and sped past Dark who was struggling against the wind.

I was overwhelmed with the view past the wall that I never noticed that I had flown past the barrier. I felt something slimy travel up my leg and I was yanked down into the mud. I struggled to my knees and looked behind me. It was a Watcher. I screamed and struggled against its tongue as I pulled me closer to its mouth. I tried to think back to when dad taught me about how to kill one of these things. But is as too terrified so I continued my fight against its tongue beating my wings helplessly.

"HELP!! PLEASE!" I screamed as I was flipped on my stomach.

I dragged my hands against the ground trying to find something to grab in the mud. I saw a shadow covering the sun.

"DARK HELP ME!" I watched as he disappeared.

He's leaving me.

I whimpered and my body started freezing up. I hung my head and my grip started slipping. The Watcher's angry growls filled my ears and my leg was nearly in its mouth. I closed my eyes and my world became dark. But the pain never came and my foot started slipping out of the creature's grip. I opened my eyes and saw the creature behind me with a large spear through its head along with the bright glowing eyes of Dark. He was breathing heavily and was sweating but was staring at me worriedly. He jumped off of it and ran over to me, slipping but he caught himself.

"Oh thank the God's you're ok!" He wrapped his arms around me.

I was shocked at his gesture but returned it after a second to process it. He tried to help me up but a pain erupting from my wing stopped me by making my world go black.

(Dark's Memory)

His wing was bent at an odd angle and the pain made him pass out. I mentally cursed and wrapped my arms under him bridle style and picked him up. I started pumping my wings as hard as I could and made the climb back over the wall. I saw a small shack which most likely belonged to a scout so I rushed over to it. I rapped my fist against it. A battle-scarred woman answered and from the scars that stretched from her eyes, I could tell she was a scout like I predicted.

Before I could explain anything to her she screamed and grabbed him from my arms crying.

"Oh my God's! My poor little Frith!!" She started crying even harder.

"What happened!? How did my son-" she took a breath composing herself.

"A Watcher attacked him with its tongue. I managed to grab a spear that I found and kill it before it could do anything else to him." She nodded and ushered me inside while setting him down on a couch.

"Can I ask who you belong to?" I nodded standing up straighter.

"My father is a first born hunter, my mother is a seer. I am currently training to be a hunter." She nodded smiling a bit.

"I'm glad Frith found a friend as noble as you. He doesn't have many due to my position as a Scout." I went to object but bit my tongue after looking back at Frith.

She walked over to Frith and wrapped her hands near the base of his wing and one above the fracture. She motioned me to hold him and his other wing down. She looked at me counting down from three and quickly gave a hard shove to the bone. Frith started beating his wing and I pressed against him harder holding my breath. He wailed and his mother gave one last push on the bone causing it to snap back in its place.

"Can ya carry him ta the healer's clinic, ask fer Anul she'll help. I'll be bright behind you." I was confused on why she wanted me to carry him but ran outside and pushed off.

His good wing hung limply against the wind making it hard to fly forward. I struggled for a bit before pulling it against his body allowing me to go faster. I reached the clinic with my personal best time and ran inside.

I ran up to one of the beginners, "Can I see Anul?" Her eyes widened when she saw Frith and nodded.

"ANUL! IT'S FRITH!" She called out.

Feet pounded on the ground and an older woman with tiny white wings appeared.

"Follow me." We rushed into her section and she threw something in a large bowl.

"Set him on the mat. It's his wing I'm guessing?" I nodded and she knelt next to him pouring the liquid on the dark green spot on Jim wing.

She wrapped a hand around it making Frith whimper and a white light emitted from her hand. She continued to mumble mantras under her breath incoherently until she removes her hand and grabbed some gauze. She wrapped them tightly around his wing grumbling due to the odd shape that his wings connected to his body. The base was near the top of his shoulder blades and a thin stretch of skin went from the top all the way done to just above his tailbone.

She managed to cover it and turned to me with a stern expression.

"Take care of him Dark. He'll need it." I nodded in direction and picked him back up.

He struggled against my grip and dropped onto the floor.

"I can walk." I helped him up and he babied his wing butt walked fine other than that.

"Thank you, Dark. I'm sorry for being an inconvenience to you. I can get home from here." I scanned the area for any sign of his mom.

"No way. I'll walk you home. I wanna get to know before we hang out tomorrow." His eyes widened and a smile spread across his face.

"But I didn't beat you." I laughed.

"I didn't care about that! I just wanted to see what you could do. And besides, even if I did I think you surviving a Watcher for that long alone is good enough!" I playfully clichéd his forehead.

"So does that mean we're friends?" I smiled even wider.

"Yup!" I was surprised when he started getting teary eyed.

"Thank you, Dark."

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I don't know about you guys but I really like writing these flashbacks! I would totally write a separate story dedicated to their back story! And you guys couldn't tell my story is heavily influenced by the amazing artist Maskman626. The artwork they do is amazing so go check them out if you haven't already!

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