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 Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:33 pm
After another long day of school, Chadrick called home to ask if he could go to the park before going home. With the approval of his guardian, he headed out the back of the school to take the shortcut across the back property and though the woods.
He loved the park with its open air, space to run, and fun things to climb and play on. He liked climbing the trees and going as high as he could, though now he knew to stay on the bigger branches. ...and to not jump. He looked forward to the day he could jump, and then spread his arms and fly into the air. And some days, there was even an ice cream cart there, pushed by always cheerful adults.
Grinning to himself, Chadrick stuck out his arms and flapped as he ran thought the woods, not realizing he was being followed. While he usually paid attention to walking after school got out, the playground was calling to him.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:34 pm
 Kristopher was already at the park that Chadrick was heading to. He had talked Blue into letting him go off to play by himself since she was so busy with Conan and Nergüi. She finally agreed making him promise to stay only at the park until she came and got him. Like he'd keep that promise. He'd just make sure to be back by the time she came to get him.
Somehow he ended up staying at the park since it wasn't very interesting elsewhere. Here it was interesting since school had just gotten out and kids were filing in. Already he could watch some drama that was better than anything on TV. So he began to climb one of the trees to sit down to watch. It was easy to climb with his huge talon feet and soon he was sitting on a big branch. His tail hung off the side of the branch and one of his feet dangled too.
He was soon absorbed in the drama between a couple of little girls and their fight over a doll. The drama didn't really start until the boys arrived. Then it got good.((Let me know if the color bothers you. I can change it))
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:40 pm
Reaching the park, he stopped and took a deep, happy breath. Freedom! Sweet freedom! The classroom was so constricting, like a child sized cage. It made him feel bad for the birds he owned, but they seemed happy enough in their home. Plus, they didn't have to share their space with twenty or so other birds.
His first stop, as always, was the swing set. He hurried over before the little seats could be filled by the other children, jumping eagerly. Without a care, he pushed back and started building up his momentum. He was one of the children who pushed the swing to its limits. If he could, he'd swing right over the top bar.
The higher he swung, the happier he was. He loved the feeling of the hair on his face and in his hair. He could close his eyes and feel like he was flying. Well, he was swinging happily... until his swing was suddenly yanked out from beneath on his backswing, his momentum launching him a few feet backward until he skid to a halt on the grass, staring up at the sky in surprise. Even that was short lived though as child-shaped forms leaned over his supine body.
"Hey featherbutt." The girl with curly hair, aka his class nemesis, giggled in her high voice, nudging her brother and his two friends, the two who had grabbed the swing chains. "What happened? Didjya fall down? Why didn't ya spread your fancy wings and fly off?"
((it's fine ^_^))
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:37 am
The drama with the girls and the doll didn't last long after the boys got involved. The boys took the doll away and the girls ganged up on them. Soon there were parents involved and a broken doll was the result. Why were these regular human kids so stupid?
He scanned the park looking for something else to watch. His eyes fell on the swing set where a kid like him was swinging. The boy was very blue.... and not like a sad blue, he was seriously blue! Kristopher tilted his head as he saw the feathers sprouting from his arms.... making them wings. He was suddenly curious about this other feathered being.
His curiosity spiked when he saw this curly hair girl and boy with two other kids approach the swing bird-boy. He couldn't help but smile as he watched the two kids pull the swing out from under bird-boy. His smile faded as he watched bird-boy and the curly haired girl interact, clearly seeing the girl was trying to bully bird-boy. Things certainly weren't fair in this situation.... he really should see about fixing that. So his smile came back as he moved on his branch getting ready to jump down.
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:36 pm
At first a little stunned, it took him a moment for him to realize who exactly was standing over him. Curls. His mind seethed with irritation. Stupid girl. Sighing heavily, he rolled to push himself up. "Don't you guys have some dolls to torture?" He grumbled, standing slowly from an ache in his back. He clenched his hands, his claws digging into the ground. No fighting... But Corny wasn't around. Neither was teacher...
The boys rolled their eyes and the girl giggled far too sweetly. "You silly bird." She stuck out her hand, attempting to poke at his nose. He dodged, but being surrounded didn't give him much room to move around. When he finally swatted at her hand, she perked up brightly. "Bird! Don't you know it's not nice to hit girls? Don't you agree, brother?"
The boy with curls similar to the girl's nodded, leaning in to loom over Chadrick. "Not nice. You should know better. You need a lesson."
Puffing up his body, he bared his teeth in defense. "You the ones needing lessons." His fist swung up, hitting Brother Curls right on the nose. Chad wasn't very strong though, and only a little blood came from the other boy's nose. Curls, thoroughly not expecting a fight back, shrieked at the sight. His moment of victory was short lived though, as two bodies heavier than him tackled him to the ground.
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:35 pm
Kristopher was jumping to the ground as the bird-boy stood up. His grin grew when bird-boy swatted at the girl's hand and then punched the curly haired boy. He didn't even wince when the two other kids tackled bird-boy to the ground.
"Now I say that's not nice and certainly not fair. How about I even up the odds?" He said as he approached. His wings spread out menacingly, since they were getting bigger, and his tail swished behind him. He immediately zoned in on the leader, curly girl. "Now little missy don't you know that it's not good to let others do all the work. You should do some of the fighting too." He bowed slightly to her before standing up straight with an evil grin, "Of course if you don't want to fight you can call off your boys here and I'll make sure you won't get in trouble. Cause I'm real good at getting others in trouble."
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:32 pm
Curls laughed when Chadrick was tackled, scurrying over to check on her brother. "Bird! You hurt him! You gonna pay for-" Her voice squeaked to a halt when she saw who was headed toward them. Her face dropped, both she and her brother nearly wetting their undies. This thing was more a freak than Bird! The boys sitting on Chadrick, no more than thugs, bolted when they saw the griffon. Curls aimed a weak, "I'mma tell teacher about you!" before running off with her brother in tow.
Having his face ground into the dirt, he couldn't see who had made Curls stop so shortly. When the boys stopped sitting on him he gasped in a desperate breath, he groaned as he turned to see what had happened. First, he saw the children running. An adult perhaps? Then, he saw.... What was that? ....Someone ....like him! "Who are you?" He asked bravely while spitting dirt from his mouth. Yes, the other boy looked scary, but Chad wasn't as afraid if him as the others were.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:34 am
Kristopher rolled his eyes at the girl. Typical. See someone tougher than herself and scarier (oh he knew he was scary looking and yet good looking) and then goes running off. "Oh yeah I'm so terrified you're going to tell the teacher. Whole lot of good that'll do. I don't even go to school." He watched the kids go running off in terror before looking down at bird-boy.
He frowned at him and shook his head. "I'm Kristopher. And bird brain you really need to learn how to stand up for yourself and defend yourself. Cause that was pathetic." He looked at bird-boy for a moment longer making no move to help him up. In fact he was soon turning away ready to go back to his watching spot. This was much more boring than he thought.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:49 pm
Standing and bushing dirt off his clothes, his eyes widened and then narrowed irritably. "My name isn't bird brain!" He scowled, hurrying after the retreating boy. He slowed as he neared the other boy, giving him a quick inspection. Kristopher was at least the size of the Curls sibling's thugs! And those wings... Kristopher wasn't a regular avian... He'd seen something like the other boy in a story book. What was it called?
"And they're bigger! I can't help it." His head ducked slightly at that admittance. He had been wanting to get tougher. He didn't like being picked on by that crew. But they were little tanks compared to him. His muscles didn't have much to show.
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:16 pm
"Well it's what I'm calling you." Kristopher shot back. You'd think if someone didn't want to be called something they'd say their name or something. This kid certainly did have bird brains. He stopped and scowled when he realized bird brains was following him. It was then he saw him looking him over. "Why don't you take a picture. It'll last longer."
Hearing bird brain's excuse he just stared/glared at the kid. "Then learn to be quicker and more sly. Sneaky even. I mean Nergüi could have taken those kids down and she's a girl and your size. Not everything is about strength. Course if you want to be big idiots like them then go ahead and work out. You'll get muscles and lose your brains..." Not that there seemed much to lose.
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:43 pm
Chadrick shook his head roughly. "No, you're not calling me that! And I'm pretty sure your face would break the camera if I tried!" He scowled back. It was bad enough the human kids were ganing up on him. He didn't need someone similar to him doing the same thing. "Why did you bother helping if you're just going to be a bully too? Talk about no brains." He huffed, crossing his arms, biting his tongue on the fact that the other boy had more muscle than he.
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:52 pm
Kristopher shook his head before slapping a hand to it. He rubbed the hand down his face and then glared at bird boy. "If you don't want me to call you bird brain then tell me your name! My god how dumb can you get!?" He paused for a moment thinking the kid had come up with a good retort about his face, "Hate to break it to you but I haven't broken any cameras yet. My guardian has taken some pictures of me already and no broken camera."
He sighed at bird boy's question. "There is a difference between verbal bulling and physical bulling. Have you seen me try to hit you yet? Nope. Those kids were the ones to go all physical on you." He then began to walk away again, this time heading for the jungle gym set.
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:17 pm
The last bit of happiness toward his savior faded as Kristopher talked on. His hope to have a fellow feathered ally was crushed. He had to stay tough though! Sighing softly, he watched the other's back for a moment. "You don't care what my name is..." His chin fell slightly against his will. "Verbal.. Physical.. They both end the same for the one recieving it..." Kicking the ground, he turned and shuffled for the tall slide. From up top, he could pretend he was in the air. The wind didn't blow like on the swing, but he didn't have to hold onto anything.
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:25 pm
Kristopher stopped for a moment at looked at the other bird kid. "You're right I really don't care but there is the off chance that I might call you by it." He didn't care one way or another about bullying. He didn't have to deal with it.... nobody wanted to go against him. So he climbed up on the metal bars of the jungle gym which was suddenly clear of kids. They had all ran to other park equipment as soon as they saw him coming. He sat at the top his clawed feet and tail hanging through one of the gaps.
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Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:39 pm
It was a few weeks later, and the kids had become brave again when they realized that scary big freak wasn't actually Chadrick's friend. For his part, Chad avoided the larger gryphon, but had taken the words to heart. He needed to stand up to the bullies better. Become more sly and such. Still, it was hard for the day dreamer to be sneaky.
Today, he was simply laying on the grass, looking up at the clouds. One day, he'd be able to fly up there... Hearing shoes thumping on the ground toward him, he jumped to his feet just in time to avoid getting crushed by one of Curl's body guards. Unfortunately, he was so excited about dodging the first bully that the second one was able to tackle him from behind, face again shoved into the dirt while Curl's and Curl's Brother laughed joyfully. Great... The break had been nice while it had lasted. He tried to push himself up, or wiggle out from underneath, but the thug was simply too heavy.
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