Prologue
(5 year old Kim's point of view)
I walked towards the park. The wind blew softly, blowing my hair in diffrent directions. My only friend Emma, skipped by my side. Her flower covered dress was flowing in the wind. I smiled, and looked up at the cloudless sky. Her dad looked serious like always. Emma kind of complained that he is too boring, at least she gets to see her dad. My heart started beating faster once we entered the park's gates. That's weird. I wasn't really excited to go to the park, I've been here a thousand times. I don't remember having sugar for breakfast either. In the distance, I heard yelling kids at the playground. I shook my head. Great, because there is nothing I would rather do then sit on the park bench, thinking of ways to start taking karate classes, without being laughed at. All while being surrounded by kids screaming, and giving me a headache.
"Um, Emma's dad, can we go to the forest insted of the playground?" I asked. Yeah, this park also has a small forest. I wonder why I haven't been in there before. Emma's dad looked at me weirdly.
"Okay, why?" he asked. I shrugged. Hosnestly, I really don't know why I wanted to go. I just did.
"But I want to go to the playground!" Emma whined.
(15 minutes later)
In the forest, it was kind of scary. I mean there were no kids, and lots of wild animals. But I'm Kim Crawford, I'm not afraid of anything. At least that's what my mom says. Moms would never lie to their kids, right? A man walked by us with a sparrow perched on his shoulder. It must be a spirit bird. Oh, right, spirit birds are birds with human intelligence, that befriend a little kid. They all possess a magic power, but some are stronger then others. They even live as long as humans! But mom says there hasn't been a spirit bird in our family for a really long time. Emma was complaining about how the mud was ruining her shoes. I rolled my eyes. I then heard a screech. Not like a bat, it was a lower pitch. I looked up into the sky, and saw the biggest bird I have ever seen in my life!
"Ahh!" Emma screamed, while I stood there in awe. Well, I only stood there for a second. As the giant bird flew away, barly flapping it's wing, I started to run after it. Can you blame me? The bird was awesome! It was almost impossable to keep up with. Next thing I knew I was tumbling down a hill. Good thing there was a rock to stop me.
"Ow!" I said rubbing my head. I looked up at the sky. I could no longer see the bird. I sat up, trying to remember which way to go. But I couldn't figure it out. My vision was a little blury from the fall, but I think there was something underneath a pile of leves. I unburried it, it looked like an egg. Not the ones you buy at the grocery store, this one was larger and had brown dots on it. I stood up, and walked away, but something was holding me back. I couldn't leave the poor thing lying there! I picked the egg up, and placed it in my pocket. My body felt really warm for a moment, but then went back to normal.
"Kimberly!" I heard someone call. I knew that it was Emma's dad.
"It's Kim." I said under my breath. Yeah, I know. Kimberly was my real name, but daddy says Kim suits me better. So that's what people call me, or eles I attack them. Unless it's a honest mistake. I started to run back, following his voice. I don't think I ever ran so fast before. When I saw them, I slowed down so I don't crash into them. I came to stop, and they eyed me suspiciously.
"What were you doing?" Emma's dad asked. I looked at them nerviosly.
"Uh, I was chasing birds." I said shakily. He just laughed. I felt around in my pocket to see if the egg was still there. It was. At least I have something eles to think about at the playground.
(3 hours later: Kim's house)
The sound of screaming kids are still echoing in my ear. I looked at the egg, wrapped in blankets so it would stay warm. I couldn't find out anything about it, my bird book didn't have anything about eggs in them. Then, I heard tapping coming from downstairs. Someone was knocking at the door! I walked down the stairs and opened the door slightly. The next thing I knew two men barged in. They were both wearing orange gi's.
"Uh, come in?" I said. They started to look around the house like they were robbing the place.
"Hey! Cut it Out!" I yelled. One thing I noticed about these guys was that they had no hair. There was an older one, and a younger one. The younger one turned to me. He was extremely tall.
"What did you say?" He roared. I knew he was not playing around. But neither was I.
"I said to stop trashing my house!" I yelled, looking him in the eye. He was turning a bright shade of red.
"Calm down, Wang Chi." A softer voice said. It was the old man. He walked over to me, and smiled.
"Little girl, have you seen a brown spotted egg anywhere?" He asked. I nodded, gesturing upstairs. The two men follwed me, whispering to eachother. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but it seemed serious. They walked into my room, and gazed at all of the karate posters, and photos of my family. Their attention then went to the egg, and Wang Chi walked towards it. I looked down at my feat, I kinda liked having it around.
"Wish me luck, Master Po." Wang Chi said. Luck? Why would he need luck? All you have to do is pick up the egg and get out. Or so I thought. When he picked up the egg, it shocked him.
"Ow!" He yelled and tried again. But eveytime he tried to pick it up, it shocked him. I was laughing a little. Come on, it was funny.
"That's it!" He yelled, and picked up the egg.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" He sreamed. Wang Chi kept on screaming in pain, and eventually collapsed on the floor. He dropped the egg and it rolled away from him. I feel really bad for the thing inside it. I giggled and picked it up. They both gasped. They were shocked that I wasn't, well, shocked.
"If you wanted it, you could have asked." I said smiling. Neither of them said a word. I was confused.
"Would you like it gift wrapped?" I joked. Still nothing. Until Wang Chi spoke up.
"How did you do that?" He asked shakily.
"Do what?" I asked, extremely confused.
"Pick up that egg without being electrocuted?" Master Po said, explaining the question a little better. Wait, this egg shocks everyone?
"It is a sprit bird egg you kno-" Wang Chi started. A expresion appeered on his face that has not been named yet. He stood up, and walked over to Master Po. They started talking to eachother, when I started to feel some slight tapping aginst the shell of the egg. I held my breath. I saw Po give somthing to Wang Chi, it was a box. What was in there? He walked over to me silently, and handed it to me. I opend it, and inside it, there was a brown necklase, with a bird charm. I put it on, and the charm glowed. I've seen something like the before, but only people with spirit birds have it. Wait, was this egg that I held in my hand, my spirit bird? I have a spirit bird? The egg suddenly burst open, and a pink, slimy bird crawled out of it. I stared at the newborn bird. Po walked up to me.
"Kim, right?" He asked. I nodded.
"Well Kim, meet your spirit bird, Aurora." He said softly. I smiled. Aurora was a really pretty name.
"Hi Aurora." I said. The little bird tilted her head up to look at me. Her she just barely opened her eyes.
"H-uh-hi." She said. I gasped. Po and Wang Chi yelled. I looked at them.
"She can talk?" I asked.
"I guess so." Po said. I looked at her and smiled, this was going to be interesting.