Over the hills and far away

A faint breeze coming from the ocean ruffled the delicate feathers on the outer edge of his wings, and he suddenly thought that it had really been a long time since he had last stretched them. He didn't have much time for flying right now, with both attending and holding classes, making pendants, visiting the old teachers at their homes, giving them reports... It eat way too much of his time.

He liked being a teacher. He did. It was what he had always wanted to do. But lately, he was starting to miss his freedom. And a thought emerged in the back of his mind again, something that had refused to leave him for days now. A thought of leaving Starlight.

Not now. he said, shaking his head, and taking another step forward. He was standing at the edge of the roof now. Yet another thing he hadn't done in a while now. Well, it was time to change that now.

He jumped, having tucked his wings in before doing so, letting himself fall for the longest time, before opening them right before hitting the ground and flying up, up, up...

Come to think of it...he hadn't done this ever since he had met William. The thought made him freeze in the air.

Michael didn't expect to see William there. Of all the places in school, roof was the last one where he would imagine anyone, let alone the boy, going at this time. Thus, when he caught the silhouette of him while rising up in the air, it made him stutter, considering that he was already frozen in mid air because of previous thought, and do something that he hasn't done in ages: lose control of his flight.

The wind suddenly blew harder, pulling him strongly to the left, and he found himself crashing against the nearby tower, before falling back down to the roof.


Auch. That hurt.