Sapphic Voices Fantasy

Phoenix Rising

This Story is rated 'Adults Only' for its sexual content.

Charlie lived a solitary life, though she was always surrounded by people, mostly her family, she always felt alone, like her parents didn’t care. She had decided at a young age that she wasn’t meant to have friends though she couldn’t help but have the odd one or two.

Her story starts when she was 7. She was at school, in first grade, she had one best friend he was 6 months younger then she but they had been best friends since his birth. She remembered stories his mother told them, that Matt would only fall asleep when Charlie was with him for his first 6 months of life. She was a small girl but considered tall for her age, she wasn’t skinny, but she wasn’t over weight and she had a slightly boyish figure or at least that was what everyone though since she was always wearing boys clothes, her older brothers hand me downs. She was for intensive purposes a boy at least she preferred to think of herself that way, it was easier to be part of her group that way.

She was a tomboy and had been since she started to walk, always in her brothers hand me downs. She preferred the boys also felt more comfortable with boys then she ever did with girls as she was basically raised as just another son. Forced to do things a little girl wouldn’t normally have to do but she didn’t mind at least not at that age she didn’t.

It was a nice warm sunny day in late summer when she went back to school, she loved school and prided herself on her good grades, at such a young age her teachers were rather shocked but never the less pleased with her education level. The day started well she and Matt were fooling around before class started, playing a game where they both were animals of their choosing. When a new boy walked up to them he seemed to like how much fun they was having and asked to join in. She and Matt told him the rules and soon all three of them was having fun.

Weeks later Carl, the new boy, was part of the group and they all had a lot of fun together. One day Matt was away sick and Carl and Charlie decided to go and play in the preschool area where they could jump off the fence into the hedge, they had a blast crawling around in the hedge as if they were lithe animals racing through the thick undergrowth of a jungle. Neither of them noticed Sam, Charlie's older brother and his friends had been watching them.

A week after that day when Matt was away sick Charlie was called to the Headmaster’s office though she didn’t know why. As she walked there she knew something wasn’t right and she started to feel uncomfortable. On entering the office her fears were confirmed by the look on the Headmaster’s face and the strange lady that was in there with him.

That was the day Charlie learned about sex, that was the day Charlie truly started to feel alone in her world. She was accused of sleeping with Carl one week prior to the day, though she didn’t understand how they thought this she soon realised denying it was only going to prolong the amount of times she would have to spend with the counsellor. She admitted that she had slept with the boy, though in actual fact she hadn’t, and it wasn’t long after that that her parents were informed.

They didn’t say much, just the odd remark here and there, and Carl was no longer permitted to visit. Not long after the first session with the counsellor Charlie started to withdraw, she didn’t enjoy playing with the boys as much as she used to, she cried when ever her brother mentioned Carl, as he had been transferred to a different school, but mostly she cried because the people that were meant to be there for her, her parents, just seemed to ignore her.

Months later was when Charlie and Matt had there first real fight and Charlie finally realised what she was. The day started as any other day, it was early spring and the river had finally run to its usually depth. Matt and Charlie had snuck out while there mothers talked and they was down by the river. Matt asked about the sex, it was the first time he had mentioned it, and he had apparently been talking to his aunt, who was a few years older then them about it. She told him she didn’t know what It was like and he laughed at her, that was when he asked, asked if she would sleep with him. Hurt, she refused but he continued to ask and when she continued to say no he got angry and started saying hurtful things. Charlie was usually a very calm and accepting girl but she was hurt and her temper flared.

Her eyes snapped with fury and her body began to shudder and contort under her clothes, she felt sharp pain flare up her back and her muscles stretched and contracted painfully. She cried out as Matt struck her in the face, but the punch didn’t hurt nearly as much as the skin her back tearing apart to left something free. She fell to her knee’s tears streaming down her face and with one last heart wrenching cry her skin tore completely and two large black wings burst out of her back. Shock drover her to her feet and she ran into Matt who tumbled back over the river bank, hitting his head and knocking him unconscious.

Diving into the river her new wings folded against her back she fished Matt out of the water and pressed on his chest until he coughed up the water that was on his lungs. He was frightened, they both was, she helped him up the bank and she walked away with him following slowly behind her she got her emotions under control and surprisingly she felt her wing retract, and a minute later it was as if they no longer existed.

Matt and Charlie didn’t speak of that day to anyone except between themselves, but the damage of that day was done and there friendship began to fray at the edges. A year later a boy in the grade above there’s was playing alone, he was known as the trouble maker and his best friend was made transfer as they were too much trouble together. Charlie and Matt went up to him and soon they all started playing on the fort.

Weeks later there friendship between the three of them had progressed and they played together ever day, and it was like a sense of déjà vu, Matt got sick and one day Charlie and Mark were playing in a very leafy tree and to no surprise at all, she was being watched by none other then her brother who was in his last year. Also to no surprise a week later Charlie was called to the Headmaster’s office again. And it all just repeated itself.

After that Charlie didn’t play with boys as much, she tried to befriend some of the girls in her class though being around girls always made her nervous. She spent less time with Matt and Mark and more time with girls in her grade. Time went on, she got increasingly sad but she always pushed it aside so she didn’t appear weak in her uncaring family.

It was in her second last year of Primary that she realized she was gay and that fact didn’t please her at all. Not because she wanted to be strait, but because she felt like her life had been hard enough so far as to not have to deal with being gay and shunned even more so. In the three year’s after first being ‘caught having sex’ her entire town had found out about it and in one way or another had shunned her mercilessly. Some harsher then others but for the feelings of a small girl each word was soul shattering. Yet she always put on a brave face and let people say what they wanted, she pretended to be un-phased by the words and looks of her small community, but her mind was storing everything away, every hateful word and emotion she heard and felt.

Then, when she was 11, she developed her first crush, and with that crush came the realization that she was gay. The person that she had developed more then friendly feelings for was her younger friends eldest sister. She was 16 and Charlie was 11. Though it was easy to tell the feelings were mutual between them the friendship never progressed. It started one day when Charlie was visiting with her friend Nadia after school, Nadia was helping her mother in the kitchen while Charlie was playing with Nadia’s pet ferret in the lounge when Marie walked in, just getting home from high school.

Marie sat down in the lounge with Charlie and they talked a little as they played with ferret. After days of meeting in similar manners Marie asked Charlie over and they spent some time talking away from Nadia. They got closer but never to the point of anything you would actually call more then friendly. After a while Charlie’s mother decided that it was unhealthy for someone of Charlie's age to be spending so much time with someone of Marie’s age and there friendship was destroyed in one simple phone call.

So be it, Charlie moved on though she protested valiantly. Time went by her grades dropped but were still good and by the end of her last year of Primary School she had developed and incredibly Introverted personality. High school came too soon for Charlie and she wasn’t happy, She was went to a school that none of her classmates were sent to and she was alone. For 6 months Charlie grew quieter and more sad, her emotions were getting the better of her and she became severely depressed though no one seemed to care. She was left to herself and never asked if she wanted to talk. It was late in the year when she was made get to know a girl in her class, they soon became the best of friends, having a lot in common and things got better. She got more friends though she was always quiet.

All through her high school year’s Charlie avoided males, and the pressures from her friends to date. She was quiet, but still very intelligent. She was what her friends came to call ‘the go to girl’ as anyone that needed advice would go to her for just about everything. Mostly it was advice about boys and she was very disinterested but she always had the time to talk to her friends and even people that she didn’t consider her friends.

She got through high school with a lot more ease then she did with Primary school. And then she started to get quieter again, she didn’t keep in touch with her friends, though they visited on occasion and a year later she did nothing but sit around her house with her parents.

That was when it happened again, her brother was off work sick and they was sitting in the lounge room, quietly watching TV when he turned to her.

“How is Carl?” He asked snidely.

Instantly her face went red with embarrassment.

“Shut up.” She said coldly looking back at the TV.

He kept it up and Charlie grew increasingly furious. Her mother walked inside, she had been visiting with there neighbour and she hands Charlie a newspaper clipping. The Article was about a boy that had blown himself up playing with his stepfathers home made explosives. Charlie read the name of the boy, it was Carl. She screwed up the article and threw it at her mother who was standing there grinning at her.

“Was that your boyfriend?” Sam asked in a jeering tone.

“Fuck off, I didn’t even have sex with him.” Charlie had said quietly, shaking with rage now.

“That’s not what you told the counsellor.” Her mother chimed in.

“Yeah well the counsellor only wanted one answer. Who the fuck told her anyways!?” Charlie said her voice louder now.

“I did.” Sam said with a nasty sneer on his face.

Charlie snapped then, her Rage and Anger over flowed and her body shuddered and pain sliced up her back.

“And it’s a good thing too. It had to be stopped you was 7 for fuck sakes.” Her mother said looking at Sam proudly.

Charlie fell to her knees tears streaming down her face, back contorted and her muscles stretched and contracted, her skin pulling tight.

“Look at her, she is all upset because her boyfriend blew himself up.” Sam said nastily.

A loud sound came from behind Charlie that sounded similar to tearing fabric, and a moment later her skin tore open and her massive black wings burst forth, they spread wide filling the width of the room. There was one difference this time though, the pitch wings were on fire.

“What the hell, you’re a freak!” Sam cried jumping off the couch and moving away from Charlie.

Charlie stood up then and her eyes snapped open and she looked at her mother, with cold furious eyes. Her mother took an involuntary step backwards as she looked at the now deep amber eyes.

“I appreciate all the love and support over the years.” Charlie said sarcastically folding her wings back against her back.

She stepped back turning on her heels and walked out the front door, she leapt skyward and spread her wings flapping them hard to gain altitude. She flew for along time, looking down at the world below her, she was low enough to see that people turned there faces up towards her. She didn’t think, didn’t want to think she just enjoyed the feeling of freedom that swept over her for the first time in her life.

She flew for miles, the flames left her wings and she was worried her wings would disappear like the first time but they didn’t. She flew until well after dark until she was completely exhausted, she didn’t think to find somewhere sheltered to stop she was to tired, she simply flew to the ground and fell asleep on the ground in a meadow her only cover was her wings but they seemed to be enough.

She woke several ours later to see a man looking down at her, he was a few years older then her, in his early 20’s. She leapt to her feet and stepped back and glanced down at herself, she had on a bra and her trousers but the wings bursting from her back had shredded her shirt.

“You’re a pretty little thing. I will give you some breakfast if you pay me.” The man said suggestively, though Charlie was naïve and missed his meaning.

“I have no money.” She said quietly looking around her.

“I didn’t mean money gorgeous.” He said with a grin and he boldly rubbed his crotch.

“No thanks.” She said stepping back again, she was bout to turn away when the man leapt on her pushing her to the ground.

She struggled but he grabbed the base of her wings and pulled on them hard and she cried out. The man was straddling her butt pulling hard on the wings trying to get them off and Charlie was in pain as she struggled. There was an approaching sound, that sounded like hoofbeats but Charlie couldn’t be sure until suddenly the man was thrown off of her. She didn’t hesitate she leapt to her feet and with a hard beat of her wings she leapt from the ground and hovered a few meters from the ground and looked back.

She saw the most amazingly attractive woman she had ever seen in her life. And she lost some of her height as she stared at the woman who was staring at her in shock. The woman then turned her gaze from Charlie to the man that had been attacking her.

“Kurt, you son of a bitch!” She said furiously.

“Oh get off your high horse Lex. I wasn’t going to do nothing.” Kurt said innocently.

“Wasn’t going to do nothing my ass, you was attacking her.” Lex cried out stepping toward the man who stepped back and bumped into his horse.

“Was not. I just rode out here and found her asleep in my meadow, I was just seeing if she was ok that was all.” Kurt said trying to make excuses.

Charlie watched the two people bickering and she slowed her flapping so she could drop to the ground. She folded her wings back against her back and stood warily watching the two people.

“Yeah right you son of a bitch, you will be lucky if she doesn’t press charges.” Lex said her face portraying her anger.

“You wouldn’t would you?” Kurt asked almost afraid as he looked at Charlie.

She shrugged and looked down at the ground, “We will see how I feel when my back stops hurting.” She mumbled.

“Aw shit, miss.” Was all he said to her and then turned back to Lex, “What are you doing on my property anyways?”

“I was looking for you, your bull is in with my yearlings again.” She said still angry but her face soften slightly.

“I will come help get him out then.” Kurt said getting onto his horse and then looking at Charlie. “Do you want to come back to my house and get some food?” He indicated the saddle.

“Hell no.” Lex said before Charlie could open her mouth. “She has leg’s and wings evidently, or she can ride with me. She is not getting up behind you.”

“I would ride behind you please.” Charlie said quietly to Lex, she was still incredibly tired and her back hurt where her wings had been pulled.

“Of course.” Lex said and she got onto her horse after throwing a disgusted look at Kurt and held out her hand for Charlie to get on the horse.

Charlie took the hand and stepped into the stirrup swinging herself into the saddle behind the stunning woman. Lex kicked the horse and they started to trot towards an open gate at the edge of the meadow. Kurt had spurred his horse in the other direction.

Charlie was falling asleep in the saddle when Lex spoke to her.

“What’s your name?” She asked quietly.

Charlie could tell that her wings unsettled the woman.

“Charlotte. I prefer Charlie though if you don’t mind” She said sleepily.

“Charlie. I like it. I’m Alexandria, Though I prefer Alex.” The woman said quietly.

“You can ask, I know you want to. But be warned I don’t have many answers.” Charlie said quietly referring to her wings.

“They’re real though yeah?” Alex asked, Charlie could hear excitement in her voice.

“Yes, I don’t know what the deal is, I wasn’t born with them, I got really mad when I was 7 and they came out, hurt like hell but when I calmed down they went away. Then I got mad yesterday and they came out again, this time they was engulfed in flame and they never went away when I calmed down.” Charlie said in one breath feeling the need to be honest with the woman in front of her.

“What got you so mad little one?” Alex asked gently.

“I would rather not talk about it please.” Charlie said and then yawned before she could stop herself.

“Alright. So I have a plan.” Alex said as a house came into view just up the road.

“Oh yeah?” Charlie asked closing her eyes tiredly.

“Yeah. We’re going to my place and I will get you something to eat, then you are going to go to sleep while I get that rotten bull out of my paddock and check my fences.” Alex informed, her voice said she wasn’t about to take no for an answer.

“If you don’t mind feeding me and letting me sleep then I’m not about to argue, I’m exhausted.” Charlie said while smiling at the Alex’s back.

“Of course I don’t mind little one.” Alex said softly, she had called Charlie little one again and it made her smile.

At the house Alex made Charlie scrambled eggs and showed her where the bathroom was before leading her to the bedroom, it was a small one bedroom house and Alex said she didn’t mind Charlie sleeping in her bed while she was out working. Charlie took her jeans off when Alex left and she climbed under the sheets rolling onto her stomach and folding her wings against her back, it was hardly a minute later and she was asleep.

It was dark when she woke up and it was a moment before she was aware of her surroundings and she remembered where she was, she moved and then became aware of something else, something soft and warm pressed against her back and wings. Then she heard the soft breathing of someone in the bed with her.

She didn’t move for she didn’t want to wake Alex but she was in need of a bathroom and not sure how long she could hold it but she tried. She was doing well and almost drifted off to sleep when her left wing started to tense and the muscles ached and continued to do so forcing her to roll onto her stomach again.

Alex stirred and moved her hand over Charlie's back and rested her chin on her shoulder. Charlie smiled and closed her eyes after a while falling asleep again. It was just before dawn when Charlie woke up again and this time Alex was awake and stroking the feathers on Charlie’s wings. She smiled and shifted a little bit as she looked at Alex’s face.

“They’re so beautiful.” Alex said still stroking the wings as she looked at Charlie.

“I think so yes.” Charlie said blushing slightly.

“For the sake of being blunt, you are quite stunning as well.” Alex said boldly smiling at Charlie.

Charlie blushed and looked away burying her face in the pillow and blushing more. She felt the gentle brush of fingers on her neck then and she turned to look at Alex again. Alex wasted no time leaning forward and catching Charlie’s lips and kissing her tentatively. Charlie parted her lips mostly due to shock but Alex took advantage of it and deepened the kiss. Charlie responded kissing her back a little unsure as she had never kissed anyone before. The world seemed to drop away from her then but soon came crashing down with the need to use the bathroom.

Charlie broke the kiss and leapt out of bed striding out of the room and into the bathroom, she relieved herself and then splashed water on her face before walking back out. Alex was fidgeting nervously outside the door and she looked at Charlie apologetically.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that, I don’t even know why I assumed your gay. I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” Alex said nervously.

“I’m glad you did that. And I am gay. I didn’t want to stop to be honest but I really had to pee.” Charlie responded blushing.

Alex looked at Charlie for a moment longer before she burst out laughing and Charlie blushed as she smiled gently at the slightly older woman. After almost a minute of laughing hard Alex calmed down and wiped her eyes before she looked back up at Charlie.

“Let me have a shower and then I will make us some food while you shower.” Alex said and stepped around Charlie who nodded in agreement.

Five minutes later Charlie was stepping into the hot water of the shower and enjoyed the feeling of it running over her back between her wings. She held her wings half folded against her as she showered and a few minutes later she stepped out and dried herself. She put her jeans and Bra back on and glanced down at herself blushing due to being half naked.

“Oh joy.” She mumbled stepping out of the bathroom and walking towards the kitchen.

She walked into the kitchen and stopped when she saw Alex at the counter cooking what smelled like bacon. She stood quietly and watched Alex busying herself over the food and she couldn’t help but smile. She took a real hard look at the woman in front of her for the first time since they met and her smile broadened. Alex was rather tall about an 3 inches taller then Charlie which was a surprise cause she was just under 6 feet tall. She had a very feminine figure and very healthy looking shape, she had long dark brown hair that she seemed to prefer tide back in a ponytail. As she turned around Charlie couldn’t help but notice the way her shirt clung to her breasts and she didn’t notice she was staring until Alex snapped her fingers to get Charlie's attention.

Blushing fiercely Charlie looked up at Alex’s face and was relieve to see her smiling.
“Sorry.”

“Its ok, you seemed to like what you was looking at so I’m not complaining.” She said with a giggle.

Charlie grinned and sat down at the table, her wings folded tight against her back so as to not bump into anything.

“I will fix one of my shirts for you after we eat. Cant have you running around the place like that when I have neighbours like Kurt.” Alex said seriously as she turned to the food in the pan and dumped it onto a plate before bringing it to the small table.

“Oh don’t go to any trouble for me.” Charlie said a small hitch in her voice as she thought about what may have happened if Alex hadn’t showed up.

“If you wanted to press charges I would back you.” Alex said as she sat down, evidently she noticed the hitch in Charlie's voice.

“No. I don’t think I would be taken seriously having these.” Charlie said quietly gesturing to her wings.

“Yeah it would certainly be hard to explain. What are your plans? Where was you heading?” Alex asked curiously changing the subject.

“I honestly don’t know. I was just so mad and upset. I didn’t really think about where I was going, I just had to get away.” Charlie said her eyes filling with tears at the thought of her family being so cruel.

Alex saw the tears in Charlie's eyes and her heart broke, already she felt very attached to the young woman she had watched sleep in her bed just the night before. She saw those tears and realised that the woman had to have had a rough life.

“Well little one. Your more then welcome to stay here and work on my farm with me, it’s a bit of work, too much for one person and I like your company.” Alex said softly.

Charlie looked up at Alex and smiled as a tear escaped her eyes and slowly rolled down her cheek, She was about to wipe it away when Alex grabbed her hand and leaned forward and gently kissed the tear away. Smiling Charlie dipped her head when Alex moved back a little.

“I would like that. At least until I come up with something. Though having no money and no friends I don’t really have many choices.” Charlie said her face flushed.

“Good then you will stay here with me, I have another horse, how would you feel about training him and using him?” Alex asked as she sat back, she let got of Charlie's hand and scooped some eggs and bacon onto her plate before piling Charlie's.

“Really? I have always wanted to do that.” Charlie said excitedly.

“Yeah. You can go and get acquainted after I fix you a shirt while I go and see Kurt about that damned bull of his.” Alex said glaring at her plate of food.

It was obvious to Charlie that Alex didn’t like the man, which Charlie understood all too well, her wings were still a little sore after being pulled so hard. Charlie took a mouthful of the eggs as she was more hungry then she realised and she watched Alex eat her own food. She was watching Alex’s eyes and noticed for the first time there color, they were grey, and not just a light blue grey, they were a deep storm cloud grey with small black pupils. Alex looked up at Charlie then as if she felt her staring at her eyes and she smiled.

“Your eyes are amazing.” Charlie said quietly staring into the captivating gaze.

“Yours are something else too, they are so warm and beautiful.” Alex said smiling still, and small blush covering her cheeks.

Charlie smiled and looked down at her food, she had noticed that her eyes had changed color when she got out of the shower that morning, they was no long the soft brown that she was born with but instead they were a deep amber.

They finished there food without anymore words and Alex got up and put the plates in the sink before walking to her room. She came back a moment later with a black button up shirt and she draped it around Charles shoulders. She moved once she seemed to have figured out what she was doing and laying the shirt on the table she found some scissors and cut the shirt in two places.

“That should do it. Put it on and stand still while I find some Velcro.” Alex said handing Charlie the shirt.

Charlie struggled with the shirt as her wings were In the way but after a few moments she got it around her shoulders and spread her wings so to the back of the shirt would fall into place.

“Hold them like that for a minute.” Alex said walking back in with 4 Velcro strips.

Charlie did and she was told and moment later the back of the shirt had been altered perfect to cover her back without covering her wings, the Velcro held the shirt together where it had been cut but still made it easy to take the shirt off. Alex moved around to stand in front of Charlie and she pulled the shirt together buttoning it before she stepped back to admire her handy work, or her new flat mate?

Charlie was standing in the round yard with the young colt that Alex had introduced her to, he wasn’t named yet and Alex said she could call him what ever she liked. He was a tall buckskin colt with a well defined black dorsal stride that connected his black mane and tail. She talked to him quietly as she watched Alex ride off towards what she assumed was Kurt's house in the distance.

“Hey boy, lets see if we cant get you working with a bridal huh?” Charlie said to the colt and grabbed the bridal, the cold stood still and accepted the cold steel bit with ease.

Charlie started lunging the colt keeping her wings against her back. She smiled when the colt bucked and kicked when he first started before he calmed down and he listened intently to Charlie, she was amazed at how easy he was to work and soon she had the saddle on him and was lunging him more. The colt was very intelligent which Charlie new could mean trouble with his as he was so young, but after a few more minutes of lunging the colt she decided she was brave enough to get in the saddle. She walked over and talked to him quietly before moving back to his side and putting her foot in the stirrup, seeing the colt quietly watching her she slowly pulled herself into the saddle.

The colt stood quietly as Charlie shifted in the saddle moving her weight from side to side and still the colt stood still, grabbing the reins she clicked her tongue gently and the colt started forward, he started to buck and little bit but quieted down when Charlie growled at him. She was elated that she had gotten on the colt so quickly, Alex had said that he had been broken in but never ridden because he had a boisterous attitude. She got off the colt and walked to the gate opening it. She lead him out and mounted him again and clicked her tongue, obediently the colt walked forwards.

She trotted the colt down to a small meadow beside a paddock with what must have been Alex’s yearlings and she kicked the colt into a slow canter, she revelled in her riding ability as she had never had a horse of her own and had only rode her cousins horses a few times. She forgot about keeping her wings against her back and she unfurled them spreading them wide. The colt spooked at the sight of the wings but he soon calmed down with Charlie crooning to him.

Alex sat on her gelding at the top end of the meadow just watching Charlie with the colt and she realised she was quite possibly in love with the younger woman that she knew so little about. Her heart ached with the sight of her sitting on that colt with her glorious wings spread wide. Most people would have balked at the sight of such a thing, never in the history of the human race was it documented that a person has had fully functional wings. But they only added to Charlie's beauty and Alex was smitten.

Charlie was having fun, real fun, since she was 7 years old and she enjoyed it grandly, she laughed out loud as she let the colt have his head and he started into a hard gallop across the paddock. She was still laughing when she heard hoof beats behind her. She looked over her shoulder as the colt slowed down slightly and saw Alex right on the Colts flank. Alex laughed as she caught up with the colt and she leaned forward and grabbed the reins bring him to a stop.

“Sorry to ruin the fun.” She said with a smile.

“Ruin it? You couldn’t if you tried.” Charlie said with a big grin on her face.

“Glad to hear little one. Just wanted to know if you wanted to come help me move the yearlings a few paddocks along.” Alex asked smiling, her eyes were on the pitch wings at Charlie’s back.

“We’re so there!” Charlie said excitedly as she patted the colts neck.

“Good to hear, race you to the top of the meadow?” Alex asked with a mischievous grin.

Charlie didn’t wait to respond she nudged the colt into a hard gallop and laughed when she heard Alex call her a cheat. She was standing in the saddle when she slowed down to let Alex catch up and gave a yelp as Alex slapped her ass on the way past. Laughing she urged the colt faster and they raced to the gate leading into the paddock that the yearlings were in.

“I win!” Alex cried as they pulled there horses to a stop at the gate.

“You surprised me.” Charlie said rubbing her stinging butt.

Alex burst out laughing the sound spooked the colt and he balked and Charlie fell to the ground, she twisted on her way down and landed on her back, her wings spread wide beneath her. Alex jumped off her gelding and went over to Charlie looking down at her.

“Sorry. Are you alright little one?” She asked looking down at the winged woman.

“No I think I hurt my lips…” Charlie said mischievously, a glint in her eyes, “Perhaps you could kiss them better.”

Alex reached out and helped Charlie stand and then before Charlie could move away she put her hands on Charles hips and tugged her closer, tentatively she brought her mouth to Charles and kissed her softly.

Charlie parted her lips and deepened the kiss wrapping her arms around Alex neck as she lost herself in the kiss, moving closer she pressed her body to Alex’s and she moved her wings to enfold them both with in them like a cocoon.

It was in that kiss that Charlie realised she was in love with Alex and she then realised that the woman whose arms she was in was basically a complete stranger, and with that realization she broke the kiss and stepped back a little putting some space between her and Alex.

“We should….”

“I think we…”

They both spoke at the same time and gave a little giggle.

“I think we should get to know one another a little more.” Alex said, her hands still on Charlie's hips.

Charlie moved her hands down over Alex’s shoulders and stepped back a little more before smiling at her.

“How long will it take us to move the cows?” Charlie asked as she continued to move her hands down Alex’s arms to her hands.

“About an hour give or take, then we will come back to the house for lunch.” Alex said grabbing and holding Charlie's hands.

“That sounds like plenty of time then.” Charlie said giving Alex’s hands a little squeeze as she moved her wings back to her back.

“Lets get on with it then.” Alex said stepping past Charlie and grabbing the colts bridal and handing it to her.

Charlie smiled and mounted the horse and waited for Alex to open the gate, they rode into the paddock and began to talk, Alex told Charlie about her life and how her parents had died when she was young, they have both gotten hit by a falling tree and though her mother could have survived she said she didn’t have the will to live without her husband.

“It sounds like true love. Not the kind people say they are in but then go and cheat, but like the lasting kind. Soul mates.” Charlie said with a smile as she looked at the cows plodding along in front of her.

“It really was amazing, they rarely fought and they was always looking at one another.” Alex smiled at the memory of her parents.

“How old are you Alex?” Charlie asked looking at the woman beside her.

“25 in 2 months. And yourself?” Alex asked preparing herself to feel old.

“18 last month.” Charlie said trying not to sound sad but she knew by the look on Alex’s face that she failed.

“I think its your turn to tell me about you.” Alex said smiling gently.

“I…” Charlie sighed and new she wouldn’t be able to lie to Alex even if she wanted to.

“Come on little one, do you think I will condemn you or something?” Alex asked gently.

“Others have.” Charlie quietly replied looking at the ground in front of the colt.

Alex reached over and gently tugged on Charlie's wing so she would look at her.

“I'm not other people little one.” Alex gently replied smiling encouragingly.

“I know. It’s just hard. I had an ok life then I turned 7 and it went to shit.” Charlie said angrily.

Alex watched Charlie and could see that it hurt her to think about it, she didn’t want to press her too hard but she was curious. She waited for Charlie to continue.

With a sigh Charlie pressed on. “I’m a tomboy. I loved hanging out with the guys, girls made me nervous. I just hung out with the guys when I shouldn’t have. My brother, told the school headmaster that I was having sex with one of them. I was 7 years old for god’s sake.” Charlie finished with a sob.

Alex was shocked, that wasn’t at all what she expected to hear and it shocked her to her foundations and she waited for Charlie to continue.

“Of course, at the time I didn’t know it was my brother that had done it. I didn’t know what sex was, but even at that age I wasn’t stupid. I knew if I didn’t admit to it I would be going back into that room every day. I admitted to it and they told my parents, my parents didn’t do anything, didn’t talk to me. I was seven years old and they didn’t give a toss to ask me how I was feeling.” Charlie said angrily.

Tears welled up in Alex’s eyes but she held them back and watched Charlie, she noticed the muscles flexing in her jaw and new that she was fighting with her emotions.

“Well I got over it, or pushed it aside at least. A few months later was when the wings came out the first time. My best friend asked me for sex. I got so mad. I almost killed him. Accidentally knocked him into the river and he hit his head. I fished him out and calmed down and the wings were gone. Two years after that it all seemed to repeat itself, my brother yet again told the headmaster I had sex with a guy.” Charlie said quietly she willed herself not to cry.

Alex was furious, not with Charlie but with the people in her life, she fair shook with rage.

“Well it went the same way, I admitted to it to make it easier on myself, thing was since it happened a second time people were a lot less shy about it. I practically got shunned right out of town. There was the odd family or two that was ok with me, I was 11 when I got my first crush, she was 5 years older then me and we hung out a lot. My mom decided it was a bad thing me spending time with someone so old. With the crush came the realization I'm gay.” Charlie said with a sigh she continued to look at the ground.

Alex gave a little smile but she wasn’t feeling it, she was still angry at Charlie’s life.

“Well mom called my crushes mom and the friendship was forfeit. Life went on, I got more withdrawn. I went to high school and… and I wanted to kill myself.” Charlie said softly admitting her thoughts out loud for the first time.

Alex gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. Charlie glanced over and gave her a weak smile.

“I like to consider myself strong. Clearly I'm still here. I got to know some people through high school. But then after wards I withdrew again. A year later, 2 days ago, I was sitting in the lounge with my brother watching TV when he started to ask about the first guy I apparently had sex with. I got mad but it wasn’t too bad. Then my mom came home and handed me a newspaper cut out. It was about that guy. I got furious. But what really topped it off, was my brother telling me that he was the person who started the rumors.” Charlie ended in a snarl.

“Then the wings came out and you ended up in Kurt's meadow?” Alex asked quietly.

Charlie nodded and gave Alex a weak half smile.

“Little one…” Alex began to cry, right there on the horse, plodding along behind 50 head of cows she started to cry for Charlie.

“Alex please. I’m trying my hardest not to break down here and its breaking my heart to see you cry.” Charlie said moving the colt closer to Alex’s gelding.

“I'm sorry.” Alex sobbed.

Charlie reached out and grabbed her hand, her heart twisted at the sight of the tears running down her face.

“Please don’t cry for me.” Charlie said softly.

“Why not Charlie? Why shouldn’t I! I love you, already I know its absurd. You deserve to have someone to cry for you!” Alex said and spurred her gelding into a canter to get ahead of the herd and open the gate.

Charlie pulled the colt to a stop and she watched Alex, shock all over her face and her mouth gaped open. Alex didn’t come back to her she was mad or something and she opened the gate and then wheeled her gelding back around and galloped off towards the house. Charlie sighed and pushed the cows into the next paddock before she turned back towards the house.

She put the colt in the round yard after she unsaddled him and took the tack back to the shed she got it out of earlier. She walked back to the round yard and clicked her tongue at the colt who walked up to her.

“I think I'm going to call you Cima. Like Cimarron from the movie.” She said softly to the colt before she turned back towards the house.

With a powerful beat of her wings she took to the sky and flew the short distance to the house. She stopped at the front door before opening it and stepping inside. She saw Alex standing at the end of the hall watching her.

“I thought you had left.” Alex said breaking the silence.

“Why would I have left?” Charlie asked confused.

“Well I have known you for like a day and a half and I'm in love with you.” Alex said blushing.

“Again, why would I leave?” Charlie said softly.

“I hope your not staying just because you have no where else to go.” Alex said she was getting upset again.

“Alex, I love you too. I cant explain it, but the moment I saw you something inside me shifted.” Charlie said honestly, her wings unfurling.

“You… you do?” Alex was clearly surprised.

Charlie smiled and nodded.

Alex didn’t know what to say, or what to do, she just stood there staring and Charlie who then held out her arms beckoning Alex to come to her. And she did, without hesitating she moved forward right into Charlie's embrace and kissed her. She poured all her emotions and everything she couldn’t say into that kiss.

Charlie was elated, she had found true happiness in one being, the one person who willing walked into her arms knowing everything she has been through and knowing what she had become and it meant the world to her to finally feel that peace. She returned Alex’s kiss eagerly.

“I think we should skip lunch.” Alex said softly breaking the kiss to breathe.

“I think I know what you mean, but I have never…” Charlie trailed off blushing fiercely.

“Everyone has to start somewhere.” Alex said taking Charlie’s hand and leading her to her bedroom.

Charlie was all of a sudden incredibly nervous, contrary to popular belief she had never had sex with anyone and she didn’t know what to expect. She stood beside Alex’s bed while Alex shut the door and smiled when she turned back to her.

Alex didn’t step closer to Charlie, instead she stood by the door and slowly unbuttoned her shirt keeping her eyes on Charlie the whole time. She tossed the shirt aside before moving to the buttons of her jeans. She smiled to herself when she saw Charlie fidgeting and she pushed her jeans down over her legs and letting them fall to the floor before stepping out of them.

“Would you mind helping me with my bra?” Alex asked, her voice sultry as she turned around to face the wall behind her.

Charlie was still fidgeting when Alex spoke and she almost moaned just at the sound of her voice. She stepped up behind Alex and instead of unclasping the bra she put her hands on the band in Alex’s hair and pulled it out letting the hair fall loose down Alex’s back. She bunched the hair up in her hands purposefully brushing her fingertips over the soft skin before kissing Alex’s shoulder.

Alex sighed when she felt Charlie's lips on her shoulder and closed her eyes as she felt her kiss her way over her neck. She nearly yelped with surprise when Charlie nipped her soft skin but found the sensation travelling from her neck down her body to pool at the junction of her thighs.

Charlie moved her hand form Alex's neck to the clasp of the bra and slowly undid it moving her hands to Alex’s shoulder she pushed the bra straps off her shoulders moving her hands with the straps before reaching forward and cupping Alex’s breasts through the material of the bra, eliciting a soft moan from Alex before moving her hands away and taking the material with her.

Alex turned slowly to look at Charlie who was just dropping her bra to the side wit her other clothes. She reached forward and started to unbutton Charles shirt crowding her as she did forcing her to sit and then lay on the bed. She got the shirt unbuttoned and pushed it open before leaning forward and gently kissing the swell of one of Charlie's breast.

Charlie moaned softly and pushed Alex back so she could tear the Velcro on her shirt and take it off, she slid her hand back behind her and undid her bra while she looked at Alex’s body. She smiled when Alex reached forward and grabbed the straps of her bra and slid them down her arms pulling the bra away from her breasts.

Alex moved forward again capturing one of Charles nipples in her mouth as she moved her hands to Charlie’s jeans and unbuttoned them tugging on them gently so Charlie knew her intentions. As soon as Charlie was laid back on the bed again her wings spread out over the bed beneath her Alex pulled the jeans down, taking her panties with them.

Charlie's whole body blushed as she watched Alex’s gaze move over her body lingering at the dark triangle at the junction of her legs before moving up to her breasts. She positively jumped out of her skin when Alex knelt down in front of her and put her hands on her knees pushing her legs apart.

Alex knew exactly what she wanted, since she went to bed the night before she had wanted nothing more but to taste Charlie. She leaned forward and slowly pushed her tongue against Charlie's already aching clit. She was rewarded with a groan from Charlie and she was soon eagerly pleasuring her lover.

It didn’t take Charlie long before she reached her climax and still Alex didn’t relent. It was several orgasms later when Charlie grabbed Alex’s hair and tugged on it making her move up her body. Alex looked down at Charlie and kissed her and Charlie could taste herself on Alex’s lips. After a moment Charlie pushed Alex onto her back and leaned over her, propped up on her elbow and kissed Alex again. She moved her hand to Alex’s thigh and slowly brushed her fingertips up the inside of her leg towards her most sensitive area.

Alex kissed Charlie with renewed fervor as she felt Charlie's fingers move over her thigh up to her wet, aching sex. She moaned into Charlie's mouth arching her back as Charlie slid her fingers between the hot folds covering her clit. She spread her legs wide as Charlie began to move her fingers over the sensitive bud in slow rhythm.

Charlie broke the kiss then and looked down Alex, her heart fluttered at the sight of the beautiful woman laying half over her wing with her luscious brunette hair fanned out around her. She continue to move her fingers as she watched Alex’s face before she gently moved her wing from beneath her and slowly moved down Alex’s body, gently brushing her lips over Alex's nipple as she went.

Alex thought she knew what to expect, having had flings with women previously she knew the pleasure that being eaten out gave her, but she wasn’t prepared for the intensity of pleasure she felt when it was Charles mouth roving over her sensitive aching clit. She cried out her hands going to Charlie's head as she trust her self into Charlie's mouth.

Charlie smiled to herself as she moved her hand, slowly sliding two fingers into Alex’s tight entrance and being rewarded with a loud moan. Slowly she stroked Alex’s spot with her fingers as she continued to nibble and lick her sensitive clit.

Alex was close she could feel it, she revelled in the feeling. She moaned and closed her eyes a smile forming on her face as she thought about how much she truly loved the woman in front of her and she was surprised by just how much it was. She didn’t have time to think about it how ever as her body exploded in a mind shattering orgasm that had her crying out Charlie's name.

Charlie smiled and slowly began to pull her fingers from Alex but stopped when Alex grabbed her wrist holding her still.

“Please wait just a minute.” Alex practically begged.

Charlie grinned and watched Alex's face and slowly withdrew her hand when Alex let go of her wrist, she moved laying down on her stomach beside her lover and leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

“That was… there are no words to describe.” Alex said softly turning to look at Charlie.

“I definitely agree with you.” Charlie said smiling.

“We have to go back Charlie.” Alex said after a few minutes of just staring at one another in silence.

Charlie knew what she meant but she dreaded it, she had no desire to return to the source of her unhappiness but she knew Alex was right. She needed clothes if not closure but she didn’t know if she had the courage.

“Will you come with me?” Charlie asked in a small voice.

Alex rolled onto her side, one of her legs moving over Charles legs and brushed away a lock of hair out of Charlie's eyes before she spoke.
“Charlie I wouldn’t leave you to do that alone. Never.”

“It means a lot to me Alex.” Charlie said as she leaned over and gently kissed her.

“In the morning Charlie.” Alex said softly before kissing Charlie again.

They renewed there love making and only got out of bed to eat dinner before they returned, making love most of the night It was early morning before they slept.

Charlie woke not even 3 hours after she fell asleep and lay in Alex's arms thinking about what was soon to come. She tried not the let it get to her but she couldn’t stop the tears that were streaming down her face. She buried her face against Alex shoulder and silently cried.

Alex woke to the sound of Charlie's soft sobs and the feeling of cooling tears on her warm skin. She wrapped he her arms tighter around the younger woman and held her close letting her know it was ok to cry. It was minutes later when Charlie was finally quiet and she brushed a kiss on her forehead before looking down at her.

“I’m sorry I woke you.” Charlie said softly her voice hoarse.

“Its ok little one.” Alex said gently kissing Charles cheek before she sat up and looked down at her.

“We have to do this Charlie. I know you don’t want to. But in the long run it will make you feel better.”

“I know, hon. I just hope I am strong enough.” Charlie said gently sitting up as well before grabbing Alex's hand so she could brush a kiss on her palm.

I'm here for you. Always.” Alex said softly with a smile as she stood up and tugged Charlie towards the bathroom.

An hour and a half later they was walking hand in hand to Alex’s car. Charlie struggled to get into the car as her wings were making things awkward but after a while she was seated in the front seat beside Alex.

It surprised Charlie to see just how far she had flown, it certainly felt like a lot bigger distance on the ground. It took them almost an hour and a half to drive back to Charlie's home town and Alex pulled over just outside the town before turning back to Charlie.

“Ok little one, all we are doing is getting some clothes, and telling your parents that your staying with me, will you be ok?” Alex asked tentatively.

Charlie glance down at her hands before she looked at Alex’s face, her heart twisted when she saw the look on her face and she smiled encouragingly at her lover before she spoke.

“Sure Alex, I lived with them for 18 years a few minutes wont kill me.” She said confidently.

Alex smiled and squeezed Charles hand before she turned the car back on and followed Charlie's directions to the house. She pulled up outside and looked through the window at the house.

Charlie got out of the car slowly and turned and waited for Alex to join her before she turned back to the house. She was looking at the front door, she could feel her hands shaking and reached out and grabbed one of Alex's as if she was an anchor. She heard the sound of someone walking towards her on the side walk and when she looked she saw a woman who she knew despised her.

Levine stopped when she appeared to notice Charlie's wings and she stared at them. Charlie shifted uncomfortably trying to press her wings closer to her back.

“What are you doing back here? We thought we was rid of your sorry ass.” A voice on Charlie's other side drew her attention, she looked over at her mother and tightened her grip on Alex’s hand.

“I just come to get some clothes.” Charlie said glancing back at Levine who had stepped closer.

“I burnt all your clothes.” Charlie's mother said a nasty grin on her face.

“What is she doing back here, Margaret you said she was gone for good.” Levine said to Charles mother.

Just then Sam walked out onto the verandah to stand next to Margaret. He glanced at Levine before looking at Charlie and then Alex and then at there joined hands.
“The freak is back, with her girlfriend.”

“What?” Levine said her eyes opening more, it was well known that Levine was a homophobe.

“Your queer? Had enough of men already huh?” Margret asked noticing Charlie holding Alex's hand for the first time.

“You will go to hell Charlie.” Levine said softly, a look of disgust on her face.

“Hell wouldn’t even accept a freak like that. She is a monster, she has wings for god sakes.” Sam said nastily.

Charlie felt the fire, she felt it in the pit of her stomach growing until it was lapping at her skin trying to get past, she fought for calm but with each word she found herself losing the battle.

“Your right boy. Stupid dyke what are you doing back here?” Margret asked nastily.

“Apparently nothing. You despicable, how can you treat your own daughter like that?” Alex asked angrily.

“don’t you speak to my mother like that you stupid bitch!” Sam said stepping off the verandah and towards Alex.

Charlie moved stepping in front of Alex spreading her wings wide as she faced her brother. The fire broke past her skin engulfing her body and spreading to the tips of her wings. The heat was too much for Sam and he stepped back glaring at Charlie and then gasped with shock looking past her.

Charlie turned to see Alex standing there, huge black wings sprouting from her back and what looked like frost covering her body, Charlie was completely shocked to see that Alex was just like her, only about 150 degrees cooler.

“I can teach you to hide your wings, and develop your powers little one.” She said quietly, her deep dark grey eyes looking right into Charlie's fiery amber ones.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Charlie asked softly a small smile spreading across her face.

“I was waiting for the right time. Apparently this is the perfect time.” Alex said smiling back at Charlie.

“Apparently.” Charlie said she gently brushed her lips over Alex’s right there in front of her mother brother and neighbour.

There was a sound behind Charlie and she looked back to see that Sam had stepped forward again, he had a nasty look in his eye and his fist was clenched. Charlie turned back to face and grinned when she saw that he couldn’t get any closer to her.

Alex, her wings folded by her side and the frost now gone, stepped away from Charlie and got the keys out of the ignition of her car and tossed the keys to Margret.

“Payment, for the roof and food you gave my woman for the last 18 years.” She said to Margret bluntly.

“It cost me more the price of that car.” Margret said snidely.

“Well you can drop dead if I think you deserve anything more. You did nothing for her, believed she slept with boys at the age of 7 and was never there for her. You don’t deserve to have ever had the choice of calling her your Daughter.” Alex said it coldly, she started to shake a little as she was trying to control her temper.

Margret was about to say something but stopped when Charlie's father, Frank stepped out onto the verandah and looked at Alex, he reached into his back pocket and pulled something out.

“Your woman's right Charlie. We shouldn’t have believed you had actually had sex but in our defence you did admit to it.” Frank said quietly looking from Alex to Charlie.

“Of course I admitted it dad, you know I inherited your brains, I knew I wasn’t going to get anywhere denying it. But I didn’t do it, I was 7 I didn’t even know what it was.” Charlie said quietly.

“I believe you Charlie. She was right though, we never deserved the right to call you our daughter.” Frank said a small sad smile coming to his face.

“I don’t want her as my daughter anyways.” Margret said with a snarl.

“Be quiet Margret, we all know what you don’t want so just drop it. Charlie here is some money, you will need some clothes after all.” Frank said, pulling two 100 dollar notes out of his wallet.

Charlie stepped forward to grab the money but Alex tugged on her wing making her stop.

“Your hot, and fire melts plastic.” Alex said with a smile.

“Why thank you.” Charlie said with a cheeky grin as she watched Alex step forward and take the money from frank and put it in her pocket.

“Thank you.” Alex said to frank and smiled at him.

“No, Thank you. You have made Charlie happy, you can see it in the way she looks at you.” Frank said with a smile.

“I would like to think I have, she deserves it.” Alex said coldly looking from Sam to Margret.

“She does. You both should leave, it looks like a mob’s forming.” Frank said gesturing to the other side of the street were there was half a dozen people standing there looking at the winged women.

Alex smiled and grabbed Charlie's hand, she nodded at Frank before turning to Charlie.

“You want to get out of here?” She asked already walking toward the intersection to be clear of overhead powerlines.

Charlie followed Alex willingly without saying anything and when Alex leapt into the air beating her wings to stay airbourne she turned and waved to her family before she leapt into the sky to join Alex. They flew for a few minutes in silence before Alex hovered in the air gesturing to Charlie to do the same.

“Fire and ice huh, who would have thought we would go so well together.” Alex said with a smile.

“Who would. What are we?” Charlie asked drifting closer to Alex and grabbing her hand.

“I don’t know exactly. Phoenix perhaps.” Alex said moving up against Charlie as they both flew on the spot.

Charlie kissed Alex then, wrapping her arms around her lovers body pressing close as they beat there wings in unison. Charlie was truly happy, she had found the love of her life and discovered that she wasn’t so unique after all and it pleased her. In each others arms they kissed, saying everything with there mouths that they couldn’t say with words.

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