I ruffled my exquisite wings then stretched them trying to see if anything had been broken in the small war that had just started before me that I had had to help finish although I hadn't started it this time. I felt only a small twitch of pain, but it was in my shoulder and was just brought on by the movement of my wings.

Letting my eyes gaze over the scattered bodies on the land stretching before me, I noticed that my side hadn't had that big of a casualty. There were maybe fifty mangled bodies in my vision. Not all had been lost, I could see that a good bunch of them were still breathing lightly as the nurses from our small hospital arrived to see who they might manage to save.

I grimaced. I hated to have to fight, but when we had invaders on our land we had no choice but to help rid of them if they showed a threat to our enviroment. I couldn't deny the thrill that it gave me though, not the killing, just the speed and agility of the fighters. The thrill was even bigger when we had the victory.

Turning swiftly on my heels I headed toward the river on the other side of our land. There was a waterfall there and it was a quick, easy way to clean yourself after a battle. Once there I dusted off my tattered dress then pulled it from my body. There was a pretty deep gash above my right breast and I remembered now the metal like claw with lightening quick reflexes that had dug in there.

The pain had been almost unbearable then but I had ignored it, bringing a swift foot up into the unarmored gut of the enemy causing him to soar twenty feet back, he had collided with a well placed tree and one of our guys had finished him off.

Not many here were shy and modest about their bodies. Not with the other's of our kingdom around atleast, we most certainly did not strut around outside of L'Ange Island in the nude. There was also the law of no nudity at the rivers when the childen of L'Ange were out and about. Lucky for me, it was school hours, so no pesky little varmants were scampering around beneath my uncoordinated feet.

After stripping out of the rest of my clothing items, I flicked my long cherry black hair back over my shoulder where it fell down between my wings and halfway down my back. In my peripheral vision I could see that a few of the feathers in my strong, yet delicate wings were out of place. I would have to get Nataly to fix that for me later.

Gingerly placing one foot infront of the other I made my way into the water, praying all the way in that I could get through to the waterfall without busting my butt on one of the slippery rocks beneath the surface of the glistening, rippling water.

The icy liquid lapping at my naked legs, froze me to the core, but I would much rather be freezing than dirty with grime and blood. The spray from the waterfall had me recoiling away, shivering violently I finally gathered up the courage and without another thought stepped quickly through the thick wall of water.

My feet were numb by now and my legs weren't much up for the task of moving. Finally shuffling down far enough that I wasn't getting the full blast of the pounding water, I stood still just allowing the water to pour over me, my body seeming to accept the temperature and adjust to it was now coming back alive and I could feel my feet once again.

I hadn't even thought of stopping to pick up any shampoo or anything, I grumbled and shoved away the thought.

Hearing the arrival of the troops I made my way out of the water so they could have it to theirselves and I wouldnt have to deal with their rough housing. I scanned the small group. My eyes searched for a certain four, Travis, Rikie, Pablo and Oskar. Thankfully they were all among the group, these four guys were extremely important for our side to not lose. Not only were they some of our strongest fighters, but one happened to be my little brother and the others all close friends.

I could see Rikie's eye's were focused somewhere off in the distance. He must have spotted my dress even before I had stepped out from the shield like wall of water. Although everyone seen everyone naked, the men of families tried their hardest not to lay eyes on the women of their family.

Feeling the stares of some of the other guys I rolled my eyes and wrinkled my nose. They act like they've never seen a naked girl before. I quickly slipped back into my clothes trying my best not to ruffle anymore of my elegant feathers.

"Ameria."

I heard the hoarse whisper of my name. At first I thought it was just one of the guys being childish but as I spun around they were all busy shoving each other around and stripping as they ran into the water.

I cocked my head to the side and furrowed my brow listening intently for the voice again. I wasn't sure if I would be able to hear anything over the noise of the guys thrashing around. After a moment though I knew perfectly well that I heard it again, my head wasn't playing tricks with me.

"Ameria come forth." the voice croaked.

My eyes filled with fear. This was an unfamiliar voice to my ear's, I couldn't remember ever hearing it before. But somehow, against my will, my feet marched forward into the cover of the tree's ahead of me.

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