The truth unveiled

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody waved aside her words, snorting his sudden disgust, "Then you truly do wish to become like those you fear."

He shook his head, "Only the weak give themselves completely to their instincts. Any you, Miss Jackie, are weak."

Cody knew temptation. His mother had instilled a strong sense of morals and values, but nonetheless the temptation of blood lust was strong. Mostly when he was angry, annoyed, or simply feeling arrogant. Killing was in his parent's blood, thus in his.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie growled, a fearsome sound coming from her chest. "You have no idea." She hissed, glaring at the small child now. "You have no idea what its like. You could never know." She finished, the intensity of her fury was directed at the five year old. She inwardly grimaced at herself for the way she was behaving toward Cody now.

She stopped realizing she had sank into a hunting crouch and straightened herself erect, taking deep unnecessary breaths.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody hadn't even flinched, vampires did not scare him. Instead his ice blue eyes narrowed, becoming harder and more intense.

"I do know, Miss Jackie." Even after calling her weak he remained polite, "I know a temptation worse than drinking the life force of someone else to substantiate yourself." His voice was calm, his features dark and demonic with his pale skin and black hair.

"I know what it's like to wish to kill someone beside you simply because you don't like the way they are so close to you. I know what it's like to have your hand twitch in anticipation of reaching out and snapping someone's neck. Miss Jackie, I am five. Temptation is a daily encounter in my life. I live for blood lust. It's in my blood."

He smirked at her, "Only the weak give in fully to temptation."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"Blood..." Jackie said, her eyes going a bitt hazy. "Could we try to not mention that in conversation anymore?" She said looking at Cody, listening to his heartbeat. Strange she wasn't tempted to kill him now... He didn't smell like normal human blood would to her. She stopped, in thought for a moment.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody continued to smirk, knowing her thoughts by reading the expression on her face. "My blood is mixed with that of the Fallen. Essentially, mine is better for you, it would sustain you much better because of the regenerative aspect." He explained, ignoring her request to not mention it.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"The Fallen?" Jackie repeated, lost. "You do know that I have no idea what you're talking about?" She said looking at Cody raising an eyebrow. "And what do you mean ragenerative? You sure don't smell better than other humans." She added, referring to the smell of his blood.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody grinned, holding his hands out, palms up.
"I'm only half human." He told her, as if to say, what can you do?

My mother is one hundred percent human. More humane than anyone I've ever met. My father is a Fallen Angel." He titled his head, "Didn't you ever see my wings?"

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"No, I don't believe I have." JAckie admitted, wondering what he meant.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody nodded, taking a small step back and glancing from side to side to make sure their were no trees in his way. He pulled off his sweatshirt, for he hadn't fixed it to allow for his wings yet. It was new, and he didn't want to rip it.

His t-shirt, though, had barely visible slits in the back, and it became apparent why as the false vanished state fell from his wings. Appearing slowly but surely, black feathered wings spread from his shoulder blades.

They matched his hair in color, and each wing was the length of his body. The feathers looked soft and satiny, shining in the soft light that was in the forest. They looked too large for his small frame, but he looked complete with them. Before it had seemed as if something was missing, but when one looked upon him now, the wings just seemed right.

Because they were. Cody folded his black wings behind him, bowing slightly at the waist, "So I guess you truly didn't know? I am the Fallen Prince."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"No, I was not aware of such." Jackie apologized. She looked at the silkyness of the wings, how it would feel to touch. "Hm... May I touch them?" She asked, wondering if she was breaking some rule.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody hesitated, his wings were vulnerable. His dad had mentioned in passing about wings being ripped off. And they could easily be broken, the bones inside were hollow like a birds. But he nodded, wrapping one around himself as if he were a preening bird. He gave her a serious look, "Be careful." He told her.

He'd never had anything bad happen to his wings, and he didn't want this to be a first.

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

Jackie quickly paced over to Cody and reached out her hand. She touched the wing with the tips of her fingers and rubbed her hand down it. "Wow, soft." She murmured, feeling the wing, gently, under her feather-light touch.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody couldn't help it, his wing twitched with the unfamiliar sensation of being touched. He jumped back, shivering, shaking his wing out to get rid of the feeling.

His ice blue eyes met hers and he frowned, "Sorry. No one but my mom has ever touched them."

He folded his wing next to the other on his back, folding his arms to keep away to chill.
"I smell different from humans because I am not human. Only half."

[Lola_La_Fringe7]

"Oh, I see. I apologize." Jackie said, still marveling at the silk like texture of the wings.

She stopped, looking at Cody for a moment. He had the appearence of his father, the same icy eyes and obsidian hair. But every time she talked to him, she thought of Ginny. "You know, you're a lot like your mom," SHe then commented.

[Ginny Weasly]

"Don't apologize. You've nothing to apologize for. I'm not sorry I'm a Fallen. I'm very proud indeed." he nodded his head gravely.

Cody smiled when she said he acted like Ginny, "I know. I'm bound to, she raised me for a long time by herself. I only met my dad about a year ago."

He paused, remembering the day he first laid eyes on Xaver.
"Who is he?" His grandfather has asked his mother.
Ginny had breathed the next name, softly, as if the word still hurt her, "Xaver."
"Xaver?" Cody had said, his eyes going straight to the dark haired man before them, "That was my daddy's name."
"Was your daddy's name?" Xaver had looked so hurt, so confused, and upset.

Cody shook his head, chasing the memory away quickly. He nodded to Jackie, "You see, You are not the only one with problems."