Flying is fun. Falling isn't.

At the same time, a young adult male wandered off out of the academy and towards his favorite place to be, the lake. A light breeze hit him in the face, blowing his long light brown hair on his head. On this occasion, he wore a white tank top and black jean shorts and carried a lightweight drawstring backpack. He opted to go for a little swim. In the backpack he carried his black basketball shorts he normally uses as swimming trunks. He hid behind a bush, changed into those shorts and pulled off the tank top, unveiling his athletic-like upper body and his black feathered wing tattoo on his back. He slowly approaced the shore and tested the water temperature with his toes. The water was fine, for him at least. He proceeded into the water and dipped his head in. After a few seconds he emerged with heavy drops of water crawling down his face. His hair looking like discolored seaweed, he stood there.

While he was in there he saw a girl, not much younger than him, nearby. While he looked at her briefly, he noticed her beauty. After a quick glance at the girl, he swam. On the surface of the water he stroked to advance himself around the surface, and there he stood on his own, doing what he enjoyed doing best.

The boy remained on the surface of the lake, flapping his arms inside the water to stay afloat. He looked over to the girl again and noticed the slight change in emotinal expressions. What could possibly be wrong? He watched the girl carefully as he now learned that the girl possessed a pair of pink wings. The boy knew that he wasn't the only one with wings in this school, but it was the first time he ever saw pink ones. That intrigued him. He could only look on as she had ascended into the air and flew above him and the lake. He took refuge as he noticed her approaching the surface of the lake quickly, but managing to stop herself just before she entered the water.

He stuck his head out of the water and there stood the girl, named Danielle, floating above the lake. The girl had introduced herself to him. He opened his mouth to respond before he noticed her eyes sparkling in the light. Wow, he thought. This boy was always one to follow his instincts; in this case his instincts were telling that this girl was interesting. He finally spoke. "Hi. My....my name is Cade."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Cade was nervous. He became even more nervous when Danielle smiled at him. When that happened, he slowly dipped himself back into the water. He rose up again after a few seconds. His head and face all wet, Cade couldn't think of much to say. It seemed that Danielle wanted to get a conversation started. "Its..its...nice..to meet you...too..." he somehow managed to say with hesitation between each word. It was obvious that Cade attends the academy; otherwise, he wouldn't be here right now. "Yes...yes I do." he then said having focused his attention mainly on her wings. "Umm...nice wings."

"You're welcome." Cade replied when the girl thanked him for the compliment. He dipped himself into the water again, then quickly rose up and moved some of his hair away from his face. He looked at her with his hazel eyes wondering what was so interesting about her.

Cade slowly nodded when the girl had asked to be excused for some unknonw reason. So there he stood, in the lake, alone awaiting her return. His body was now laying flat on the surface, alfoat. His instincts were bothering him again and they were saying that he should try to get to know the girl, but Cade was afraid, afraid that his instincts would be wrong.

Does he have a power, the girl asked him. Of course he does. If Cade didn't have a power, he wound't be here right now, he just wouldn't show it yet. He took refuge once again as she had now worn a swimsuit and plunged herself into the lake.

She apologized to Cade for leaving. Cade shook his head at this, for he was okay with it; he often preferred to be alone....but perhaps not in this case. "It's alright, really, and swimming is fun. I don't think there's anyone here who enjoys swimming more than I do."

As for his powers, he wanted to show her that he too can fly, and hopefully impress her. "Power? Why, yes I do have one. I think it would be better for me to just show you." And that he did. He dipped himself into the water then gathered himself and pushed himself upward. He was now above the surface of the lake with long black, feathered wings. "You're not the only one with wings around here." He began to glide around the lake with the tip of each wing gently caressing the surface. He stopped a few feet away from the girl and the wings faded away, allowing himself to drop back into the lake. He returned to the surface and looked at the girl to see what kind of reaction he would recieve.