My smile turned into a grin as I only just heard what she said. As we got higher I could feel the pressure and was thankful for the earplugs. My body panicked a little which is the complete opposite thing I want to do in the air. I tried to calm myself by breathing properly and trying not to look at the distant buildings and trees below. Her tight hold on me made me feel more secure and my mind pleaded with my body to trust her. I had no idea where we were going, partly because it was hard to keep my eyes open in the wind. I would have closed my eyes, but then I would have no sense of where I was and was afraid of panicking.

I felt the wind blow my hair back and forth. We only had a little more left to go. I was glad we had made it; well almost made it. It was so not hard; and I panicked and worried for no reason. I looked down at james. He seemed to be enjoying this as well. "You okay down there?" It was a good thing I had given him the ear plugs. We were now way far away from school and no one; not even others; could see us because from down there we would look like a small little airplane. I took in a breath through my nose as the wind would not let me take it in through my mouth. I gulped. I didn't even know why. The worst that could happen right now was a filthy change...my flying slowed down a bit and my smile faded. I concentrated on my flight and pushed away thoughts that would distract me. Just a little more anna...I thought to myself.

It was unbelievable how high up we were. For her, it probably didn't seem so, but for me it was absolutely unreal. I hadn't been on an aeroplane since I was very young, and the clouds reminded me of that. I was enjoying it so much, but I was also feeling very weird being in the air. I loved flying with Anna, but my human instincs were too strong and I missed the feel of standing on flat ground. I didn't want Anna to know I needed to stop. My mouth was dry, so instead of speaking, I nodded my head lightly as not to make me feel anymore dizzy. I tried to see where we were and tell if we were any closer to where we were supposed to be. I hoped it wasn't much further.

I saw the community and angels floating around./ I know it was too early for James to see but I saw them. I slowed down a bit. "Were basically here..." I muttered and flew a little longer. I stopped a little bit far away from the rest of the angels. I knew James would stand up straight and not fall through because the clouds there were made of something even humans couldn't fall through. I softly stopped flying and sighed. "I'm going to put you down okay? It's just land..." I looked down at him just so he would be okay with it...

I frowned, wondering what she meant by 'we're here'. I couldn't see anything. To be honest, I didn't know what I was expecting. But I thought there'd be some sort of place to go and maybe a doorway. She was slowing down, though. When I heard what she said, my body stiffened in panic. She was going to put me down? She was going to let go of me? Up here, in the air, with nothing but clouds? My eyes stared hard to try and tell where she meant for me to stay. "W-What?" I said, scared that she would let go of me. I gulped, but I knew she was going to be right. When was she ever wrong? My legs stayed straight, ready to land.

I kept my breathing even as he asked me. "Don't worry, I got you..." I smiled. Even though we could not see the angels, well I could but james couldn't, the clouds were built strong from a certain point. I slowly and gently put James to the cloud; letting him relax. I put hs feet on the cloud but still held his shoulders. I didn't touch the floor until I knew for sure that James was okay. I looked around and saw no one; just some faint houses around us. The angels could be seen in the distance and they could probably see us if they looked this way. This made me shiver and kind of rushed. I waited for James approval...

I relaxed as I felt my feet touch a steady surface. "Okay" I whispered, confirming I was set. Was I really standing on a cloud? This was impossible. I turned my head to look at Anna as she let me stand. My arms reflexively went out to the sides and my feet slowly searched the surrounding area to check if there wasn't just one little platform. I let myself look up, but it wasn't too easy to see. I tried to look harder as my breathing slowed and I took deep breaths. I looked back at Anna, admiring her flight with the white clouds framing her graceful position.

I let go of him and stood back a little. I giggled at his amazement. Of how he found all this. "Come on.." I grabbed his hand and led him to the east side so that no one could see us. We would just want to head straight to the head angel and not have to worry about the guards and angels and everything else. I put my fingers through his for the satisfaction. I kept feeling that he fell down or ran away because of some freak show. I went to the upper cloud facing east and stopped to look around. I could have phased back but I didn't know if it was safe too...I looked at James.

Her hand in mine felt comforting, though I felt like I was being guarded, or maybe I was unsafe on my own? I had no idea what the others here were like. I wished they were like Anna. I looked around, trying to make sense of it all. I leaned closer to Anna, my eyes still looking out across the clouds. "Humans.. come here.. don't they?" I asked and my eyes moved to look at hers. Hopefully she understood what I meant. I hadn't really considered being the only human up here, but then again I hadn't considered anything, just that I needed to sort this out. That brought back the reason for why we were here. It seemed such a dark concept for a beautiful place in the sky. Surely the angels here would not want such a thing to happen..

I listened to his question and kept us moving. "Yes...I was a human when I had first come here..." Now where should we go if we want to meet the head and not have to go through drama. There was a way up the clouds on the north east side but thats where all the angels gathered for socialization. And that was the only way that I knew. I figured that if I phased and walked with james it would look as if we were angels just not phased. That would be good enough for right now. I walked a little further, but it was still quite a long way; and that I knew, a way for us to sneak up to the North east...

I nodded, I should have thought about that. I wondered how if there were humans visiting this place, how no speculation about this angel world had been exposed. I walked along side Anna, not knowing where we were going. I could feel that my skin was much cooler, and if not for my soaring temperature for the last week, I would have definately been freezing cold here. Looking at Anna, I saw that she looked so much more fitting with the surroundings here than in her dark dorm room. I pictured her in her human form stood here, but she still didn't look out of place. I guessed that I looked very out of place up here.

I stopped still holding his hand. "Okay...um I'm going to phase so it looks as if were both angels. They can't tell if your an angel or not when were both in human form..." I looked around and saw a few angels. "And besides, someone so cute could pass off as an angel.." I smiled at him trying to lighten the nerves. I was ready to phase. But i was waiting to see, once again, if he understood the plan. I was still smiling and grinning at him.

I was relieved to know I wouldn't be obvious as a human. I didn't expect her to phase back though. Her comment made me laugh and return her gorgeous grin with my own. I wasn't used to people saying nice things about me, and it felt even more special from someone I liked. "Okay" I said still smiling. I took another glance and some angels caught my eye. It so weird, but amazing to see. I had only seen Anna as an angel, and whilst I was looking at them, I saw the differences, but never more beautiful than her.

I sighed and smiled again happy that he was. I let go of him and phased making my wings disappear and my eyes melting to my usual color. But yet again my skin glowed. I looked at him as he looked at the other angels. I never even liked the guy angels, and none more cuter than james. And I wasn't just saying that. I looked at him after I phased "Don't worry they all look the same..." I grinned. I ws now a human standing on a cloud with another human. Time to get all this fantasy junk down. I giggled at my modern talk. We would head off in a few; right now I was overly tired from the flying, and my back ached just a little bit. I smiled so it would not look as if I was.

I looked back at her, seeing that her wings had disappeared. Something about her being human up her made me feel she wasn't as safe, so I took her hand back in mine. "Hmm.." I replied. Even if they looked human, they still weren't, and I was very wary of them. "You seem.. more okay about me being here.." I said, looking down at her lovely smile.

I sighed and twitched in is hands. I wanted to make these last few moments great. "Well, I figured what you want is more important than what I want..." I smiled at the faint cloud that was beside us. Yes. It was true. I just wanted to do it james way because what would be the point to do it my way and not like it after I'm dead. I didn't tell him all this because it was all ready too late. "and this is probably the only time we come here...ever again..." I looked down and I had a small frown and I was hiding it. I looked up and smiled. "Come one, we should get going..."

It made me cringe as she implied she didn't want this. I understood what she meant by never coming here again, but I didn't believe it. It could still be true, as we may never need to come here again, besides the way she meant it. I doubt an evil creature would be welcome. Anna, however, was going to stay safe and alive. That didn't mean she could never come here again. So I pretended that that was what she had meant. I frowned but agreed "Yeah". Going to wherever we were going didn't seem as appealing now she had said those things. Even though doing this made me feel like I was going against her in some way, I knew, and she knew it was for good. She just didn't want to believe it. My mind repeated that I was doing this for her, and that maybe one day she would see that and appreciate it.

I nodded at him and let him towards the north east gather. I walked us up to the place where all the angels were floating. I stopped when they all stopped. I heard everyone quiet down and whispers. 'Oh my god its that girl...' and 'that depressed child...' I stuttered and looked down and towards James. I looked at him and nodded slowly again. I held his hand by me and we walked slowly through the aisle; the stupid owl stares. I even saw an angel drop her set of training wings when she saw me. I gulped and I knew I was nervous and shaking lightly. I kept my eyes up front and didn't look at the others. How long was this going to be? I could see part of the head castle in the back. It was faint. My mouth opened as if to yell at all the angels to stop staring. And I wasn't even in my angel form! And James, I wondered if they bought him as an angel...He looked pretty satisfying to me. But mostly I could feel the eyes on me. On me because I was that girl who came up here long time ago because I was depressed. I felt strong at the moment because I wasn't afraid; especially of the head. I straightened up a bit. All the angel guys wouldn't stop looking at james, they probably want to know who he is and why they never saw him before. The looked at me and james back and forth; and I could tell because I peeked ever so often. I looked up at james once more but as a glance. I'm going to die anyway...I thought...

I'd never known what it would be like up here. I was astonished by the amount of angels. I felt like the odd one out, but I wasn't in the least bit scared of them. I stood straight, and as I was tall anyway, I was above alot of the others' heights. I held a blank but determined look on my face. Instead of looking straight ahead I took in the stares of each and every angel. This, I had expected; I thought there would be attention on me. I considered them knowing I was going to be an evil creature, but I'd never asked Anna about that so I couldn't be sure. They seemed shocked, but alot of them were looking at Anna too, which confused me, as she was no different from them. I heard their mutters, which brought back memories of her telling me how her angel life started. She was practically famous here, and the attention she was getting contrasted greatly with the isolation at our school. This made me feel protective of Anna and I held her hand more tightly. I was walking close to her, our hands pulling us and securing us together.

Finally, we made it. Through all those stares and surprises; James and I made it. I sighed as we were away from them and on the trail up to the Head Castle. Now there was only a few angels floating around and not as much as the North east gather. I loosened my grip on his hand as a sign of relief. I whispered to him "That was weird..." I still felt strong. The trail to the castle was clear and it looked long but easy. I walked with him and avoided the angels that flew around the castle and looked straight ahead. Once we were inside we wouldn't have to worry anymore about the other angels because they don't fly in the castle but then there was a whole other story to worry about; James and him defending me against the Head. I wasn't worried about me not getting the death roll; but more worried of what I got james into, he could face death because of what I told him and exposed. I should have never even told anyone I was an angel, especially James. That would get me in more trouble from the Head. We reached the stair that were also in the trail and took steps up towards it. I glanced in James direction and smiled. He was going along with this all. He accepted to watch me phase, fly with me, keep my secret, walk in front of a bunch of angels and still defend me, and to top it all off...he believed me. I smiled and felt a little better than before.

We hadn't talked walking through all the other angels, and when she whispered, her comment made me laugh. "Yeah.. weird.." I repeated under my breath. She had no idea how weird it was for me. I guess it would have been like the first time she came up here. I thought about whether things would still be the same if Anna and I met before all this angel nonsense happened. Would she still like me? Would I still like her? If so, would she still have been as depressed as to accept this task? The large castle stood before us and I frowned looking up at it, feeling slightly annoyed which built up my strength. I looked to Anna when she looked at me. I doubted her smile was sincere, however I forced a small smile back. I couldn't say any more. I knew we were both thinking alot, emotions building, and there was nothing I could say to make us feel better about this. I focused my eyes on the door of the castle as it got nearer, until we reached it, and then I looked at Anna.

I didn't smile but squeezed his hand. "This is it..." I took my other hand to take the big knocker and knock. It echoed through my ears just like the day it did when I had first came to the Heads castle. First the head's helper would come and answer and then lead us in. And just as I expected she did. She opened the door and peeked with one eye. I was about to tell her why we were here but she interrupted me and said "The head is not available right now. Thank you for stopping by." She shut the door and I looked over at james. How rude was that. I heard the head yelling at her in the back. I flinched at the noise. She didn't open the door. I was about to walk away but she opened the door and this time the whole way. I answered this time thoroughly "Hi. I'm anna and I----" mI was cut off once again and she led us in. I stepped into the castle that was so beautiful and blue and white. It was different than how I had remembered. The helper stood behind me and kept looking between me and James. She looked at me and told me "This way please." She led us to the head.

I raised my eyebrows as the woman closed the door on us. Hmm, what a nice woman I thought sarcasticly. Angels are supposed to be kind and gentle, no? This only gave me an idea of what the head angel must be like. However, I didn't find the woman intimidating. She was only a little taller than Anna, and much smaller than me. As we stepped inside, I took in the clean shiny open castle. It was so light and extraodinary. We followed her further inside and through another grand door beside an enormous oak desk. This room was just the same, with the white marble floor. Except at the far end of the room, a large red rug covered the floor, with another desk and chairs. I squinted my eyes, knowing who it would be sat behind the desk. I took a look at Anna as we walked forward following the woman. I was worried she might be scared, so my thumb moved in circles on the back of her hand, trying desperately to soothe her.

I kept my eyes down. The helper warned us to cover I eyes. She handed us two blindfolds. I let go of his hand all though I didn't want to. I took a look at james and nodded. I tied mine back and it took me some time because my hands were shaking. I sighed softly and got it on. I found james hand again and put my fingers through his. Now this was it. I wish we could do this un-blindfolded. I could feel the head hear and see us. She probably all ready looked at us and went through the shock. I leaned in closer to James; I felt scared now that we were here. I didn't where she was and what she was doing. And so I grabbed onto what I could for as long as I could. I heard the helper and head whisper something and the helper stepped out with a large door bang. Uh oh.

My eyes opened wide as I was handed a blindfold. What? A Blindfold? Is this what everyone has to do? I tool a look at Anna as she was putting hers on, and did the same. I held my hand out and she reached for it too. I held hers in both of mine for a brief second. I listened hard to hear the head and determine where she was. She was probably stunned to see us. It was silent until footsteps came closer towards us. I heard her laugh once and my teeth hit together. I squeezed my other hand and my muscles flexed.