Rayraychan: First LABYRINTH FANFIC YUS!
There Will be illustrations up with in a couple week, its summer but I chose to take summer classes ... I never said I was practical *sigh*
It is a little known fat that Barn Owls mate for life.
Once interested the male puts on a series of displays to attract a female such as various songs, aerial dances and arrange their head feathers in a particularly fluffy and emotive display.
Once chosen The Barn Owl will "croon" or call out to his "precious one" from the shadows. The game is played, and if The Barn Owl succeeds he spends the rest of his life dedicated to his female and what ever offspring they may have. Hunting solely for them he will be little more than their slave, to the point of refusing himself nourishment for the contentment of his family.
Mate for life, stubborn dedication, and loyalty that is the way of the Owl.
However, if the Barn Owl looses the challenge or its singular desired mate it can become neurotic, overly agitated and refuse sustenance, activity and all other semblances of health. And simply will themselves to die.
He had offered his world to her,
Sung to her,
Offered to be her slave,
He meant forever.
It was over he had chosen, they played, she won, he lost.
They both lost.
Nestled high in the tree out side her window,
he sang no more,
he hunted seldom.
And that was where he sat, day in to night, month after month until she noticed him.
Until she noticed him, and smiled,
but he had nothing left to give, and even less strength.
He flew toward the open window, so tired…
He let the darkness claim him,
*Thud*
He heard an answering scream, and he knew no more…
Barn owls mate for life,
She had forgiven him for taking her brother,
for his curious methods of getting her attention.
It had taken time but she had been ready to make amends,to start anew
She went to the window to gaze at the tree she knows he resides in. He hadn't left her side for all the time since they had parted.
They locked eyes; she smiled and opened the window.
It feels like a new beginning when he glided through her window,
Until he drops,
until he lands with a sickening thud
He is the Owl, and she weeps,
because it is not a bird that lies dyeing on her bedroom floor it is a man. Who despite had being able to move the heavens and bend time,
Had left none for himself.
Barn Owls are Fragile creatures
But it is a little known fact that Barn Owls are stubborn creatures and when given enough incentives can make miraculous recoveries in captivity. The bond between a caretaker and an injured Owl can even return such fragile creatures from deaths door.
"Jareth…."
I wish you would stay
And that is where our story begins