* Like all ways, the Disclaimer: Okay people, you should know the drill by
now, if not, I'll fill ya in. I don't own any of the character and the
plot. All I have done was change the point of view of everything. *
Chapter One: That Bloody Bell
The bell that hung over the door sounded again. *How much we hate that little silver bell.* I thought. Opening my eyes, I glanced around the room, eyeing all the cages and their inhabitance. Ruffling my feathers and stretching my wings- that seemed to have gotten cramped while I slept- I looked down out at the stone floor and saw the human.
The same human I have seen since the first time I opened my eyes. She- the human- walked over to my cage and dropped some food into the small tray that was tired up to the side of the cage, and refilled my water.
Hooting my small thanks, I hopped off of my perch and on to a small bar that sat in front of the food and water tray, and began eating.
Shortly after being fed, other humans entered the store, making the bloody bell ring again. They would come up to my cage, try to stick their thick fingers through the narrow bars on my cage and breath at me with horrible breath, saying things like "here little birdie, birdie, birdie!" *What did they think I was? Deaf?* or "Polly wants a cracker?" Which I don't get at all, since I am an owl, not a stupid mocking parrot! But I get my amusement out of it by gently, but quickly, nip their fingers with my beak and watch them jump back as fast as they can, ripping their fingers out of my cage as if I was about to bite their fingers off and swallow it whole right there, as if it was possible!
But today was going to be different.
Normally, the humans came in, look at the cages that contain dancing rats, speeding snails, millions of different kinds of cats, toads, and turtles; but they seem to love to look at us owls.
As the day progressed on and I watched many of the other caged animals taken off of their shelf, taken to the counter in front, covered with a cloth, and leaves with the human, I finally saw a couple of humans enter the store that caught my interest.
The first one wasn't normal at all something was different about him. Well, you could tell just that by the way he looked: he was a giant next to the other humans and his whole face was hidden behind shaggy black fur.
As he walked over to the owl section of the store, the other human looked around as if he had never seen so many animals in one place in his life. The tall human's eyes scanned us one by one with care and respect. I could tell he loved animals.~any~ kind of animals.
*Pick me!* I silently said to myself.
All the other owls started to hoot and flap their wings when the tall human looked at them.
His eyes spotted me and stopped. He looked at me for a moment. "Well now, yeh have such pretty auburn eye, now do yeh?"
I hooted a small "hoot" and ruffled my feathers. My white feathers looked so white next to his dirty, hairy face.
A smile crept out from under all the fur and he nodded at me. "Oy, Harry, what do yeh think of 'er?" He pointed to me as the other human walked over to the tall one.
He was younger than the tall one. Straining his neck and standing on his tippie- toes, he tried to look into my cage.
Seeing him crane his neck in a sort of painful way, the tall one reached up towards me with such a huge hand that, I swear, was the size of me, and picked up my cage and lowered me down to the younger one, 'Arry, if I remember right.
His eyes were a brilliant green color and his hair was black too- like the tall one- but his was cleaner and shinier, messy, but at least it didn't hide his young face. His glasses looked like they have been sat on a few times and his clothes have had seen better days, but his smile erased everything.
"Well, do yeh like 'er?"
All he could do was nod.
I was then carried over to the counter in the front of the shop and was placed onto the top of it. The human that fed me that morning was standing behind the counter, smiling down at me.
The tall human borrowed his hand into many of his pockets on his jacket and produced 5 little silver pieces of metal that I had always seen as one of my follow animals were placed onto the counter in the front of the store.
As I watched the tall one place the coins onto the surface, fear rose up into my chest. *Wait a second,* I thought. *Every time I see one of us placed up here and the coins are present, I then see them leave, and they never come back. okay. now I'm worried!*
With that, I gave a hoot and looked up at the tall one. But it wasn't him that called to me.
"What's wrong?"
I turned my head to the left and saw that the young one was talking to me. He was smiling at me and looked straight into my eyes.
I gave a smaller hoot and stayed quiet.
His smile became wider.
"Right now. Ready to go, 'Arry?" The tall one asked.
"Yeah, thank you so much, Hagrid!"
*Ah! The tall one is called Hagrid!*
"Not a problem." He reached up and grabbed the handle at the top of my cage. He picked me and handed me to the boy.
I looked at him and then yawned. Amazing enough, I was tired.
The boy laughed as I hooted one more time and tucked my head under my wing.
I felt my cage shifting back and forth, I pace with the boys steps.
"When I get home, I'll find a nice name for you!"
*A name? A real name?* I kept my head hidden under my wing as I heard the door open and heard the last little jingle from the silver bell as we left the store and into the world beyond the door.
--- Okay, here is the first chapter! I hope you liked it! ^^ I know that in the book, Harry bought Hedwig from a store with only owls, but I started to write this fic during Equine Science (my Agriculture class) so I didn't have the book with me at the moment and I'm too lazy to go back and fix that.. so please bare with me!
.:Marble's Urban Cowgirl:.
Chapter One: That Bloody Bell
The bell that hung over the door sounded again. *How much we hate that little silver bell.* I thought. Opening my eyes, I glanced around the room, eyeing all the cages and their inhabitance. Ruffling my feathers and stretching my wings- that seemed to have gotten cramped while I slept- I looked down out at the stone floor and saw the human.
The same human I have seen since the first time I opened my eyes. She- the human- walked over to my cage and dropped some food into the small tray that was tired up to the side of the cage, and refilled my water.
Hooting my small thanks, I hopped off of my perch and on to a small bar that sat in front of the food and water tray, and began eating.
Shortly after being fed, other humans entered the store, making the bloody bell ring again. They would come up to my cage, try to stick their thick fingers through the narrow bars on my cage and breath at me with horrible breath, saying things like "here little birdie, birdie, birdie!" *What did they think I was? Deaf?* or "Polly wants a cracker?" Which I don't get at all, since I am an owl, not a stupid mocking parrot! But I get my amusement out of it by gently, but quickly, nip their fingers with my beak and watch them jump back as fast as they can, ripping their fingers out of my cage as if I was about to bite their fingers off and swallow it whole right there, as if it was possible!
But today was going to be different.
Normally, the humans came in, look at the cages that contain dancing rats, speeding snails, millions of different kinds of cats, toads, and turtles; but they seem to love to look at us owls.
As the day progressed on and I watched many of the other caged animals taken off of their shelf, taken to the counter in front, covered with a cloth, and leaves with the human, I finally saw a couple of humans enter the store that caught my interest.
The first one wasn't normal at all something was different about him. Well, you could tell just that by the way he looked: he was a giant next to the other humans and his whole face was hidden behind shaggy black fur.
As he walked over to the owl section of the store, the other human looked around as if he had never seen so many animals in one place in his life. The tall human's eyes scanned us one by one with care and respect. I could tell he loved animals.~any~ kind of animals.
*Pick me!* I silently said to myself.
All the other owls started to hoot and flap their wings when the tall human looked at them.
His eyes spotted me and stopped. He looked at me for a moment. "Well now, yeh have such pretty auburn eye, now do yeh?"
I hooted a small "hoot" and ruffled my feathers. My white feathers looked so white next to his dirty, hairy face.
A smile crept out from under all the fur and he nodded at me. "Oy, Harry, what do yeh think of 'er?" He pointed to me as the other human walked over to the tall one.
He was younger than the tall one. Straining his neck and standing on his tippie- toes, he tried to look into my cage.
Seeing him crane his neck in a sort of painful way, the tall one reached up towards me with such a huge hand that, I swear, was the size of me, and picked up my cage and lowered me down to the younger one, 'Arry, if I remember right.
His eyes were a brilliant green color and his hair was black too- like the tall one- but his was cleaner and shinier, messy, but at least it didn't hide his young face. His glasses looked like they have been sat on a few times and his clothes have had seen better days, but his smile erased everything.
"Well, do yeh like 'er?"
All he could do was nod.
I was then carried over to the counter in the front of the shop and was placed onto the top of it. The human that fed me that morning was standing behind the counter, smiling down at me.
The tall human borrowed his hand into many of his pockets on his jacket and produced 5 little silver pieces of metal that I had always seen as one of my follow animals were placed onto the counter in the front of the store.
As I watched the tall one place the coins onto the surface, fear rose up into my chest. *Wait a second,* I thought. *Every time I see one of us placed up here and the coins are present, I then see them leave, and they never come back. okay. now I'm worried!*
With that, I gave a hoot and looked up at the tall one. But it wasn't him that called to me.
"What's wrong?"
I turned my head to the left and saw that the young one was talking to me. He was smiling at me and looked straight into my eyes.
I gave a smaller hoot and stayed quiet.
His smile became wider.
"Right now. Ready to go, 'Arry?" The tall one asked.
"Yeah, thank you so much, Hagrid!"
*Ah! The tall one is called Hagrid!*
"Not a problem." He reached up and grabbed the handle at the top of my cage. He picked me and handed me to the boy.
I looked at him and then yawned. Amazing enough, I was tired.
The boy laughed as I hooted one more time and tucked my head under my wing.
I felt my cage shifting back and forth, I pace with the boys steps.
"When I get home, I'll find a nice name for you!"
*A name? A real name?* I kept my head hidden under my wing as I heard the door open and heard the last little jingle from the silver bell as we left the store and into the world beyond the door.
--- Okay, here is the first chapter! I hope you liked it! ^^ I know that in the book, Harry bought Hedwig from a store with only owls, but I started to write this fic during Equine Science (my Agriculture class) so I didn't have the book with me at the moment and I'm too lazy to go back and fix that.. so please bare with me!
.:Marble's Urban Cowgirl:.