180 Paper Cranes
Chapter 1
Though I use two minor characters, I hope someone will have the understanding to read the story and give me some feedback on it through reviewing or Pming me. Please tell me what I can improve on this story, because I really really want to know what I can do. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy this story about 180 Paper Cranes.
Toad sighed as he opened the tattered journal, ready to make another entry to his memoirs that no one would ever read. The pencil he was using was short, and broken. The led kept falling out, forcing Todd to search the wreck of the house to find a pencil sharpener. But once back in his room with the door closed, he opened his journal and began to write...
Day 211 living with the brotherhood,
Its my birthday and no one knows, and I doubt any of them would even care if I told them. Its not like I'm complainin or nothin, Its just that I thought things would be different here, ya know dawg? I thought that now I have... I guess I can call them friends, that somehow my life would be better. But I guess no one cares about us freaks... even us freaks. I'm pretty sure I smell something burning, which means that Freddy is up by now, so I guess I'd better put my journal away before anyone walks in, no one has privacy in this old house, not even...
But before Todd could finish the sentence, he felt a cool breeze rush past him, as the door to his room swung open. With a gasp Todd snapped his journal shut, not wanting Pietro to see it. He knew he would get hassled the rest of his life if one of the other guys found out about his journal.
As Todd went to slid the notebook between the dingy old mattress and the floor, the gust of wind whipped past him again, This time dislodging the journal from his hands. "Pietro!!! Give it back!" Todd demanded as Pietro leaned up against the doorframe, the journal opened to a random page.
"What's this wart?" Pietro laughed, flipping the pages pretending to read them. "Is it your diary? Are you a little girly?"
Todd glared daggers into Pietro, knowing full well that he'd never get the journal back from him even if he tried. "Give it back, Dawg!" Todd ordered, knowing full well that Pietro wouldn't listen, but it was worth a try.
Pietro flashed him one of his smart-ass smiles as he dangled the journal just out of Todd's reach. "Not till you tell me what's in the notebook!" He taunted.
Todd clenched his hands, attempting not to spring at Pietro and strangle him with his bare hands. He had to think fast if he had any chance of retrieving his notebook. "It's a project for school!" Todd lied. "For English!"
Pietro just grinned at Todd, a menacing look on his creepishly joyful face. "Hmm... when did YOU ever become interested in your school work?" He asked, flipping through the book once again, all the while Todd attempting to look calm. "I don't think you care about your work."
Todd just heaved a sigh. "So what if I don't, man?" He asked. "Its still possible for me to do an assignment now and again!"
Pietro grinned evilly at Todd as he turned to the back of the notebook and proceeded to tear a page out. "Then you wouldn't mind if I did this...?" Slowly Pietro began to fold it into a bird.
Todd watched in horror, not knowing how to respond to this torment. "Dawg! This ain't funny!" He pleaded. "Give it back!"
Pietro raised an eyebrow at Todd, knowing full well of the torment he was putting Todd through. Slowly he tore another page from the book, watching Todd squirm as he folded it once again in to a paper crane. "Really? It's not?" He asked with a grin. "I think its really funny."
With that, Todd launched himself at Pietro, attempting to grab the book from him. But his attempts were futile as Pietro whipped into a running frenzy, zipping around the room, cackling all the while. As Todd watched in horror, his entire notebook was transformed into dozens upon dozens of paper birds that slowly drifted to the floor in Pietro's wake.
Once every piece of paper had been transformed into a paper crane, Pietro stopped in front of Todd, giving him a smirk as he placed the empty covers of the notebook on his head. That was the last straw for Todd as he launched himself at Pietro, knocking him to the floor. "NOT funny, Yo!" Todd screamed in rage, as he laid a good hard punch to Pietro's pretty face. "You Didn't need to do that! That was uncalled for Dawg!"
Pietro gingerly touched the reddening spot on his cheek as he grinned up at Todd. "It was only an assignment, why get so worked up about it?" He laughed, knowing full well what it had been.
In a split second Toad found himself on his back amidst the paper cranes that had been his journal only moments before. Rage built up in him as he dusted himself off and threw his hands in the air. "That's IT!" He screamed. "I don't need this!"
