Two days later, 9:41 AM

—-Angela's POV—-

"Flap your wings! Flap your wings! Flap your wings! Flap your wings!"

As the other students keep chanting around me, I look down at my feet on the practice launchpad.

I'm never gonna get there unless I try.. I'm never gonna get these feet off the ground unless I..

'If you believe and have faith, of course you can.' I remember...

..Oh!

I extend my wings and back up.

"Flap your wings! Flap your wings!"

I start to run. I close my eyes..

"Flap your wings! Flap your wings!"

I can feel the ground disappearing as I flap my wings..

"Flap your wings! Flap your wings!"

I open my eyes and..

"Yes! I did it!"

I'm flying! Probably only a few feet from the ground, but I'm flying!

"O-ok, professor, how do I get down?"

"Flap your wings less often! With less force!"

And I did so. I was slowly descending to the practice launchpad. When I landed, the crowd of students around me gave a round of applause. I spot and run to a girl with short blonde hair who is wearing a simple yellow dress, who is also my best friend.

"Phoebe, did you see that?!"

"You did it! You did it Angela!"

"I did it! Woohoo!"

"How did you do that?"

"I don't know!"

"Miracles are so amazing!"

"Eeeek!" We both squeal.

"Be quiet, girls. Audrey needs to focus on flying." Says professor Will, gesturing to a young boy on the launchpad.

"Sorry."

"Since you are both done, you are dismissed for today's flying lesson. Remember to bring your books tomorrow!"

"Okay!"

As we walk down the golden street, I ask Phoebe some questions.

"How long have you been here?"

"Just the same as you. This is my second day."

"Cool! Do you know the people around here?"

"I know my neighbors."

"Has your mom died yet?"

"No. But my dad died of old age one week before me, so he's here with me now. He's the one who taught me everything I know about this place!"

"So do you know the rules around here?"

"Basically, love, respect, and no sinning."

"That's it? I thought there would be more."

"Oh yeah, theres another rule. Don't jump off the edge of the floating island."

"Floating? Oh! I remember He said that this was a floating island from a human's perspective."

"Yup. Wanna know why He doesn't allow anyone to jump off?"

"Sure!"

"Okay. So a long time ago, Heaven was.. well.. Heaven. Except people were allowed to jump off. And Peter didn't have the keys to Heaven yet because there was no gate to stop people from jumping. But not many attempted to, either because they were so happy in Heaven already or they were too scared to do so. But one day, there was a woman who had such strong curiosity, she jumped off to see what was down below. Before she was out of sight, her friends saw her descending. They say it was as if something was pulling her down. They say her wings were still flapping, but she couldn't get anywhere. They say that after she disappeared, she could never return. The King made Peter in charge and created a great big, golden gate and fence to prevent people from jumping off the island."

".....Woah."

"Crazy, right?"

"Yeah."

"Oops!" Said Phoebe all of a sudden.

"What?"

"We were so immersed in our conversation, we passed our homes!" Said Phoebe, pointing over her shoulder.

"Oh! Okay, Phoebe! Bye! See you tomorrow!"

"Bye Angela!"

As we enter our own homes, I can't help but wonder..

What is down there? Below our island? Well.. nobody here knows..

Yet.