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Jake was half way through enjoying his breakfast when the soft, familiar knock came from the door, and his eyes lit up in an almost childlike way. He grinned, and hastily pushed his plate away, nearly tripping over his chair in his rush to get back upstairs. He knew that outside, Blaine would be waiting, and he couldn't have come at a better moment. Today, Jacob wasn't really in the mood for lessons and being cooped up in a classroom. He wanted to feel the wind in his wings, or in other words...simply skip.

Back in his room, Jake started humming lightly to himself as he crossed to the window and flung it open, welcoming the warmth of the day outside, and the breeze that beckoned him. Sticking his head out of the window, not worrying about falling at all, he looked down at the front door, to see Blaine there, looking impatient and irritated. Jake smirked and withdrew his head. His friend looked like he had had a long night, albeit a good one. He'd seen that look on his face before, and it promised a good day ahead.

Clearing a space in the middle of his room, Jake stopped humming, and closed his eyes, and focused. Inhaling slowly, and then exhaling, Jake went through the familiar transformation, and took on his phoenix form. The change had always come as natural to the Phoenix Prince, and it was a part of him that he wouldn't be able to live without. His sheer, unhindered joy in flight was a common sight in these parts, and the freedom felt better than anything.

Jake looked around his room, blinking a couple of times as he became accustomed to the rapid change in height and sight. In this form, his sight was both better, and worse. For one, red colors were more prominent, standing out irresistibly and making all other colors appear dull and boring in comparison. But he could see further, and shapes were sharper. Clicking a couple of times in his new form, Jake hopped up onto the post of his bed, where he could see himself in the mirror.

Cocking his head, his chest visibly swelled as he checked himself out. Even as a phoenix he was kind of hot. His feathers were of purest gold and scarlet, crimson, vermilion, and his wing span was more than twice the length of his body. To his enhanced eyes, he was a blaze of red feathers, with bright black eyes.

It was only then he remembered Blaine outside, and he ruffled his feathers with unbridled excitement. He had decided when he left breakfast that he would fly out of the window and land on his friend's shoulder. He wouldn't stay in this form long around Blaine as it did tend to make conversation difficult, however it had never stopped amusing him each time he made him jump.

Making the small jump from his bed to his window, Jake perched there, and for a moment he just enjoyed the feel of the breeze in his feathers, but then he flew. The transition between perching on the windowsill and letting the wind take the burden of his small weight, was nothing to him, as the breeze bore him up.

He let out a call of unchecked joy, and the sound of his cry would draw all eyes to him. He soared in the air, effortlessly bearing himself upwards, before he changed his course, and landed neatly on Blaine's shoulder. There, he looked at his friend with an expression that said 'You should have just come in', before playfully nipping his ear and ruffling his feathers.