I awoke, to see Mo Fang staring at me happily.

“W-what happened? Master Fang… why do I feel so… heavy?” I asked, scared.

Mo Fang walked to me and said:

“Apprentice, you have completed the first stage of the Death Talon style” Mo Fang said happily.

“What was the stage…?” I asked, confused.

“Growing your wings!” Mo Fang shouted as he smiled.

“My… what!? Wings!? What are you talking about!?” I shouted back as I felt my wings. “How… what happened?” I asked.

“You grew four wings, each representing the primal elements, Earth, Water, Fire and Air” Mo Fang said, still smiling.

“What… what am I? I’m not a human anymore… am I?... I’m a monster!” I shouted, trying to rip my wings off.

“Stop! Don’t do that! It won’t work!” Mo Fang shouted, pinning me down to stop me from ripping my wings off.

“What do you mean “It won’t work”?” I asked tears in my eyes.

“They grow back, they always do… there’s no way to get rid of this curse… trust me, I tried extremely hard… until I finally accepted it” Mo Fang said, with a small smile.

“What… are we?” I asked.

“First of all, we’re not monsters, we’re… well, I don’t exactly know what we are… All I know is, we’re the only ones of our “race” and the people I’ve met with similar curses such as Lycanthropy haven’t heard of this… transformation” Mo Fang said.

“W- what do you mean… similar to Lycanthropy?” I asked, slightly scared.

“Well, on the night of the full moon… we turn… berserk and try to kill anything in sight, similar to a werewolf… but, we’re worse since we can use various magics and fly” Mo Fang said.

“So… you just… cursed me!?” I asked, angrily.

“You’re the one that wanted to learn the way of the Death Talon… Frankly, I’m surprised that you survived… not a bad surprise though…” Mo Fang said, smiling slightly.

“You… you… I’m not a human anymore!” I fell to the ground, crying.

“Listen here, my apprentice… it doesn’t matter if you’re not a human… you’ll still be able to love… and lose… people… nobody cares about what you are… only who you are… if you show them, that you’re better than them, then you can easily be accepted… but, if you show your… dark side, they will hunt you, they will find you and… they will… kill you, and I won’t be able to do anything, so… stop crying, get over it and smile… got it?” Mo Fang said, extending his hand toward me.

“Y- yeah…” I said, grabbing his hand.

“Good, now… we’re getting out of this hole!” Mo Fang said as he started flying.

“Uh… how do I fly?” I asked.

“...Fuck… well, we’re not leaving just yet, are we… fuck it, I’ll teach you, and then we can get out of here… and remember, I’m only teaching you because you broke the seal… even if it was by accident” Mo Fang muttered.

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“Alright!” I said.

So, we trained for around a month until I was able to fly… “about as well as a chicken getting shot out of a cannon”... is what Master Fang said.

“Alright, now… let’s leave!” Mo Fang said.

“Yes Master Fang” I said, as we left the abyss.

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“And, publish… Finally, I’ve finished chapter 11! I hope the fans like it!” I said, smiling.

“Michael! Get up! You’re going to be late for school!” My mother shouted.

“Alright, mom! Give me a minute!” I said, as I got ready for my first day of high school, turned my laptop off and went to high school.

While I was walking to high school, I saw one of my friends from primary school last year. Connor.

“Hey, Connor!” I shouted, to Connor.

“Michael, that you?!” Connor asked.

“Yeah! Who else would it be? I didn’t know you were going to EaglePunch High!” I said, happily. (AN: Yes, EaglePunch High… can’t get cooler than that… well… yeah, it could be cooler)

“You never asked!” Connor smirked.

“Alright… good point, let’s go!” I smiled.

We walked to school and ran into some other friends of ours. Mica, Warren and Brayden.

“Guys!” I shouted as I saw my friends.

“Michael!?” Mica said, looking at me with… eyes that were in the shape of love hearts.

“Gah!” I shouted in surprise.

“Oh right, the glasses… sorry!” She took the love heart glasses off… and… her eyes will still hearts.

“That scared me! Why are you going to school wearing that?” I said as I chopped her head.

“Ow! Can you stop chopping my head? We’re teenagers already! Not five!” Mica complained.

“Mica, when we’re eighty I will still be chopping your head” I said, smiling.

“Guys, can you stop with that lovey-dovey romance shit! It’s seriously annoying, right Warren?” Brayden complained.

“...Y-yeah… i-it’s annoying…” The meek Warren said, due to Brayden’s command.

‘I seriously pity him…’ I thought.

“So, we’re all freshmen at EaglePunch High… that’s kind of cool” Connor said.

“Yeah, but why did they change the name to EaglePunch?!” Mica asked.

“Well, WombatWarrior just wasn’t “cool” enough… Personally, I prefer the wombat” Connor said.

“Yeah, it was so cute, like Michael~” Mica said, as she latched herself onto my arm.

“Yeah… wait, did you just call me cute!?” I asked.

“Yeah, well… you are adorable when you’re grumpy!” Mica said, and I replied with a chop to the head.

“Ow~!” Mica rubbed her head. “Twice in the same spot! You’re cruel Michael!”

“It’s not cruel, I could do a lot worse!” I said, with a sadistic grin on my face.

“M- Michael, cut that out… you’re scaring me!” Warren said, scared.

“Shut up you scaredy cat!” Brayden punched Warren’s arm and I swear, I heard a small “Ow” from behind me.

“Alright, alright… sorry!” I said, putting my usual carefree smile back onto my face. “This better?” I asked.

“Much better!” Warren said.

“Yeah… Even I have to admit, that grin of yours is… well, frankly… it’s fucking terrifying!” Mica said, and I gave her yet another chop to the head.

“What was that one even for!?” Mica asked, tears in her eyes.

“Remember the deal, if you swear you get a chop to the head, and if I swear-” “You become my husband! Right!” Mica cut me off, as I was in the middle of talking.

“Yeah…” I said as I remembered the promise we made ten years ago…

“I fucking hate those guys!” The four-year old Mica said.

“Mica! Don’t swear!” The four-year old me said.

“Why not?” The four-year old Mica asked.

“If you swear! I-I’ll chop you!” The four-year old me said, slightly flustered.

“And, if you swear, you’ll become my husband!” The four-year old Mica said.

“Okay!” The four-year old me said, not knowing what a husband was.

…

“Whew, who knew that a thirty minute walk would be that exhausting!?” Connor said, exhausted while the rest of us were completely fine.

“Dude, you’re just fat… might want to lose some weight!” Brayden said, laughing as he punched Connor on the arm.

“I’m not fat! I’m big boned you asshole!” Connor said, angrily.

“Still using that excuse I see… it gets less believable every time you say it” Brayden taunted.

I noticed Connor was getting madder, so I defused the situation.

“Guys, don’t fight! We’re right in front of the school! Do you want to be suspended on the first day!?” I said.

“Good point!” Connor said.

“...Yeah, he has a point… dude, sorry…” Brayden said, showing a rare side of him, the compassionate side.

“It’s… okay” Connor said, as they walked inside the school.

And, without any of us noticing, Warren left… probably ages ago.

“Well, have a good first day Mica!” I said.

“You too Michael!” Mica replied.

And, we went to high school for the first time today… and right before I went to sleep, I checked the comments.

‘Average 3/5’ -Yenshia

‘Meh 3/5’ -Ingoxia

‘I’ve seen worse! 3.5/5’ -DreadLord83

‘0.5/5’ -???

‘0.5/5’ -???

“God damn it!” I said angrily as I went to sleep, prepared to write a better chapter tomorrow.

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The end XD