Magical Journey of the Elf Queen

Chapter 20 - Wings from Hell

Though the prospects of sightseeing in Los Angeles was liberating, we got worried when my supposed “Wings” became a no show. Even after spending about two weeks in the city.

So, discouraged and disappointed, we had decided it would be best to head back home since we’re starting to run out of money.

We were packing up when a sharp pain pierced my spine, and a sickening c***k can be heard as if the bone is broken in half. I doubled over with a scream onto the floor, the painful, horrific sounds of my bones shifting beneath my skin causing me to claw at the ground in fear.

It felt like they were morphing and reshaping themselves, which I gotta say is no picnic. When she said I will be getting wings, I thought they’d just sprout magically out of my back. I didn’t think the process will try to kill me by breaking every bone in my back.

Katie could only watch helplessly in horror, tears in her eyes, as I continued to writhe in agony on the cold floor.

I don’t know how long my pain or the shift lasted, but what I remember about the experience was the weird feeling of something sharp protruding out of my skin, tearing through my shirt and causing me to bleed out helplessly on the floor while I screamed my head off.

I’m pretty sure I passed out like 3 times during the entire thing, but at the end of it all, two very heavy wings rested against my back and they felt like they weighed 10 pounds.

I could barely move a muscle without crying out or whimpering. Once Katie finally got over her shock, she shakily helped me lay on the bed and I whizzed out jokingly. “You sure you don’t want out now?”

I never got to hear her response though, because I lost complete consciousness after that.

The next day I woke up and felt Katie patting my back with an item of soft, wet clothing on the bruised parts of my back, making sure to avoid touching my heavy wings.

For a brief moment, I got the chance to weakly enjoy the cooling sensation before passing out once again. Two days later, I woke once again and felt refreshed, the pain completely gone and almost forgotten.

“Well, look whose finally awake.” Katie drawls while I sat up slowly in bed, she stood at the edge with her arms crossed and a concerned frown reshaping her features. Dark bags shadowed beneath her eyes. “Are you okay, you scared me?”

Nodding slowly in reply, I throw my legs over the bed and stood, giving her a reassuring smile even though I stumbled due to the unexpected weight of my new attachments.

“I’m fine,” I say, hands raised when she lifted a brow in disbelief.

Stretching my hands above my head, I couldn’t help but wince when the action made my back throb a little. She stared at me in silence for a couple of minutes before she nodded, relaxing.

“Alright, if you say so.”

Sighing in response, I can’t help but pinch my lips with a sheepish look. “Thanks for being cool about all of this, I know I would have freaked out and run out screaming if I were in your position.”

She scoffed, moving around the bed to grasps my hands in hers. “Please, I was very tempted to do just that, you cannot imagine the horror I felt watching the bones in your back make those cracking sounds while they shift beneath your skin. And when you wouldn’t wake up, but continued to fall unconscious, I was beside myself with worry.”

“I’m sorry for putting you through that.” I frown, feeling truly terrible for bringing her along to experience crap like this all on her own.

I know she’s constantly told me she’s fine with the weirdness now involving my life, but I can’t help feeling guilty for dragging her into this. I’m mostly surprised she hasn’t gone off screaming for the hills just yet.

“Are you crazy?” She laughs, and with care pulls me into a hug. “Eva I don’t care how weird or crazy your life gets because I will always be here, living that weirdness and craziness with you. You’re my best friend, and I would do anything for you. You have to stop thinking I would leave you to deal with all of this by yourself.”

“And why not?” I ask, pulling back to stare at her in bewilderment. “My life is becoming a major freak show, and I’m pretty sure it’s only going to get freakier from here on. Do you honestly want to continue being involved?”