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“ HELP!- he LP HELP!- “
“ help…”
I remember that day I had screamed my lungs out as the cold water dragged me down pushing forcibly into my small body. Choking me but in a way it was like a cold hug ( that was killing me but that’s beside the point). I had been curious of the pretty coloured water creatures but pooko can’t swim and I learned that the hard way. I was lucky that day my dad saved me. I wasn’t so lucky the next time curiosity got to me…
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Future skip
The winter had been cold that year. So bitterly, brutally, boundlessly cold. So so…. Empty.
No one really survived.
The younglings were prioritised so Ollie survived. A handful of others also survived but they no longer had a happy spark pooko used to have. We don’t talk much unless it’s about finding food to store for next winter.
It’s all my fault.
I fed that stupid bird! My curiosity and ignorance killed everyone.
“ I miss you mom, dad and grandma “ I whispered under my breath as I hide under my stupid leaf!
Everyday the few of us left go out covered my leaves to collect scraps left by the Jarvan. It is not much at all we can’t risk getting the pods ourselves as the Jarvan guard them like the greedy hawks they are. So we are left with scraps left on the floor. As usual today there was barely anything. Such a shame as it’s such a nice day to starve.
I scuttle around in the colourful undergrowth ( why do we have brown fur again!?) I had found about 5 pieces so about one piplet. Uhhhhh…. My tummy is going to eat me alive!
Huh.
Wha- what was that?
I just heard a flap. Shit! I ran as fast as I could find long with my poor ,sore paws.
The claws reach!
Scraping against my back.
I can only hear my own panicking breaths!
All the smells!! It’s to much.
Then it stopped. Oop. I just ran into the hole.
“ aaaaaahhhhh!!!!”
I could feel the wind pass through my fur as I fell deep into the hole.
Bang!
Ow!!!!
“ oh. Thank the trees I’ve stopped falling.” I breathe a sigh of relief.
I’m on this platform with these fine ruts of some kind of silk like spider web maybe ivy? Uh! Stupid Jarvan. First they take our food then our home and now they chase me in a bloody hole! I huff walking a step infront before hitting something…
Poof
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“ uhhh my head hurts why do I feel so weird “ I shake my head I feel so weird what’s going on.
“ Hey! Ollie you down there? You coming?!” Lodd called down in his usual bored tone he now has. Lodd had survive sure but…. not the same. Never the same. They all hated him they made that clear. Many , many, many, many times.
Sigh “ ye! One minute “ I say reluctant to see them as I had grown accustomed.
I clambered out the hole. It seemed smaller than before. Eeh. Probably just my head.
As I blinked my eyes as I adjusted in the sunlight streaming down between the great trees. I shook myself off my fur seemed more ruffled that’s weird? I look around my eyes meet Lodd ( why’s he so short? I don’t remember him being short? How hard did I hit my head?! )
Lodd looked up in horror.
“ JARVAN!!!!! “ Lodd screamed. His quick thinking , which I used to admire, meant he realised rocks would scare a Jarvan off. That sadly being me in this case?
I looked at myself OH PIPS I’M A JARVAN! Green feathers covered my once paws.
Wha- what’s happen- ow
I blink looking down just to see a large amount of rocks which hit me right in the face. Before I could even think I felt feathers been torn out by an angry pooko another joining to break my tail feathers and soon I was covered in cuts and bites. I was so shocked I couldn’t do anything until a rock hitting my head brought me to reality and sadly…. The pain!!! I screech before shaking and flapping and running trying to escape the brutal attack. I was so panicked I ran right of the cliff. It all went black as I hit the freezing water.