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Lilly bit her lip. She was hesitant to poor the potion, but did it anyway. By the time the glass was to her lips, Leighton was in the room, leaning against the wall with crossed arms. His face showed concern. Lilly gave him a reassuring smile then took large gulps until it was gone. She set the glass down and stood silently, waiting for the pain. After a few silent moments passed, Leighton began to grow suspicious. "Why isn't anything happening?" he asked. Lilly tightened her shoulders, still waiting. She took in a deep breath. Then came the splitting pain of skin and muscles being torn and unevenly ripped in her shoulder blades. There were two loud cracks as black wings worked their way out of her shoulders. Lilly screamed out of the tremendous pain and crunching sounds. She clutched the side of the counter, her nails digging into the marble top. Leighton watched, knowing that if he got close to her she might hurt him out of her pain. Finally the tip of the wings was seen as blood rippled down her slender back, seeping into her dark clothing. Lilly fell to the floor on all fours, screaming, but no tears ever came to her eyes. Slowly the wings made their way out. Leighton let out a breath. "These are going to be big ones." he commented. Finally, after one last screech from Lilly, the wings stopped growing.

They were tremendously long like Leighton's, but not close to his wingspan. As Lilly stood, Leighton came closer and observed her wings. He gently felt them, feeling a quickened pulse and tight muscles. He shook his head in disbelief. "They're tremendously strong. The pulse is quicker than it should be, but that's normal for the first transition." he said. Lilly raised an eyebrow.
"First?" she asked. Her face was pale from the pain.
Leighton shrugged. "There's other transformations, but most are optional. Like for new night walkers, they aren't born with the characteristics as the true ones are. Such as eye color, long teeth, paranormal powers, what have you." he replied. Lilly only slowly nodded. Leighton felt her damp back. "You lost a lot of blood." he said slowly.
Lilly bit her lip. "Is that normal?" she asked, concerned. Leighton gave a concerned look to Suki. He carefully lifted up Lilly's shirt, just below her bra. His mouth gaped open a bit. Her whole back was covered in blood. He turned her body to show Suki. Lilly shifted her balance. "Is that normal?" she repeated with a worried tone.

Lilly leaned against the counter again. "I feel pretty light headed." she said weakly. Her face was more pale than before. Leighton looked at Suki and slowly shook his head, not knowing what to do. He pushed slightly down on her shoulders to make her sit at the table. Leighton grabbed a clean rag from the counter and pressed down just below the left wing, attempting to stop the blood. Lilly opened her mouth to speak, though she was too weak to even let out words. Then her head fell on the table once falling into consciousness. "Bloody hell." he said with a breath. He pressed down harder, then moved to the right wing.

Leighton took a step back as Suki sprayed. "At least it stopped the bleeding." he said. Though, Lilly was still unconscious. He threw the rag in the sink. "The sun is down. What are we supposed to do? We can't keep waiting for much longer." he said.

Leighton looked over at Lilly who still didn't wake. "I can carry her. I'll be able to protect her if anything happens." he walked over to Lilly and carefully placed her in his arms. "Let's fly." he said.

Alex bolted upright from his slumber, being awoken by a nightmare he couldn't remember. He walked over to the sink and wet a rag. With it, he cleaned his sweaty face then threw it back in the sink. He then tied up his black vans and was out of his cabin door and into the woods. This time he paid close attention to his surroundings.