Chapter Fifteen

It was there in the bathing pools where Michael taught me how to raise my wings off the floor, so they didn't drag. I learned how to open and close the wings and how to prepare for take-off. He gave me the basic knowledge of how to work my wings. All I had to do was apply it in real life. When he felt confident that I could keep my wings raised off the ground without tiring. Michael stood in front of me and placed his hands on my waist. We took off into the air. “Spread your wings, I’m going to let go.” I did as he instructed, he let go, and I dived down towards the ground. I struggled to use the new muscles in my back attached to my wings and forced the primary and secondary into the correct position and was able to even myself out I flapped once, twice and I was flying up towards Michael. I squealed with excitement. Oh my, I did it, I actually did it I stopped myself from hitting the ground with my face. Michael just smiled at me “good job, soon it will be as if you had wings your w