AN: Hello! Just as promised on my Tumblr, I present my new fic. Haven't written in a while, so I might be a tad bit rusty. Constructive criticism is much appreciated. BotW is owned by Ninentdo, OCs are all mine (:3 / z).
In Hyrule, there lived a young Rito by the name of Revali. This particular Rito as rather different than most Rito children were. His parents had abandoned him due to being 'too weak' and 'not having a chance'. Although the whereabouts of his parents are unknown, Revali has been taken under the care of the village elder, Kaneli
Even though the other Rito are giving Revali glances of either sympathy or speculation on why he was abandoned, the elder always says to him 'never mind them' and 'to not worry'. Then one day the elder asked if Revali wanted to join the other children of the village learn the Ancient Rito Song. Revali, being the curious little Rito and always eager to learn from his foster father, gladly but hesitantly agreed. He was never around anyone besides the elder so he thought this might be a good opportunity to make some friends.
As another Rito awoke from his slumber, Archie, a young Rito like Revali, was shook in his sleep by his mother that urged him to wake up. But he simply replied "Five more minutes, mom..." and then went back to sleep. His mother was not in the mood for his morning laziness, so she merely had to take matter into her own hands, or wings rather, by pushing the youngling out of bed and onto the floor of the cottage they had. He landed with a resounding thud that startled passersby. Although their neighbors were used to these kind of shenanigans the two had, his father always deemed it a rather harsh ordeal that he, himself wanted to stop.
He just watched every time the two would do these 'morning rituals' that unfolded almost every morning, knowing that his wife was a force to be reckoned with. "Alright, alright already! I'm up!" complained Archie as he was rubbing his backside as the pain dulled a little.
"When will you learn Archie?" his father just sighed. His son never was one to wake up early nor was he an early sleeper. His wife having more of a spirit that of a Rito warrior than a caring mother.
"Eat your breakfast with haste now, because the village elder has called all of the young ones to do a sacred Rito tradition." his father urged as he soon ate the food in front of him.
"Huh? What tradition would that be father?" Archie asked as he finished the last bits of his breakfast.
"It's called the Ancient Rito Song, everyone here in the village, including myself and your father, have been taught since we were as young as you." his mother replied seeing as his father was preoccupied with eating.
"Everyone? Even my friends need to learn?" He was feeling mixed emotions about this. On one hand, he did like to try new things, on the other, he was never a good singer.
"Yes son, now go to the Warbler's Nest, the elder said for every young Rito to meet there." said his father as he too was finished with breakfast.
"Oh! Before you go son-" he didn't need to hear that last part as his mother nuzzled him with love as he started blushing furiously.
"Mom!" Archie shouted with embarrassment evident in his voice. He saw in his peripheral vision that his father was quietly snickering, he just mentally sighed.
"I love you son! Be careful on the way back!" his mother waved goodbye as his father just nodded in acknowledgement.
On his way to the entrance to the village, he saw a lone Rito about his age all alone and visibly shaking with fear. He approached the Rito with a warm smile on his face thinking that he might just have a little travel buddy on the way to the nest.
Revali heard footsteps behind him as he glanced to his right to see one of the children heading towards him. He mentally prepared himself as he was never around anyone else, besides the elder.
"Hello! Are you heading to the nest too?" Archie said with a positive atmosphere surrounding the both of them. Revali flinched as he was trying to think of a response.
"Uh-uh, yes.." he replied with slight hesitation.
"Are you waiting for someone else or do you want to go together?" Archie held out his wing to Revali. Revali just stared at the Rito's wing as he contemplated on whether he would wait for the elder or go with him.
"Come on, my arm's getting tired! Besides, we're gonna be late for the practice too!" Archie was getting a little bit impatient and he already wanted to get this done so that he can learn from his father at the Flight Range after the practice.
"S-sure, I guess. My name's R-revali." he took the hand as Archie dashed off to the nest. Revali had a little bit of trouble keeping up but he managed.
"Cool name! Mine's Archie!" he shouted with enthusiasm as they both sped off.
By the time they reached the Warbler's Nest, they were both exhausted and panted as the other Rito were chatting amongst each other.
As they approached the group of Rito, one of them grabbed the attention of three other Rito and pointed towards the two.
Revali flinched at the one that pointed to both of them and ran off to the tree near the edge of the nest, thinking that they might hurt him.
"Hey where are you goi-" but before he could even finish his sentence, a wing wrapped around his shoulder as he was pulled to the group.
"Who was that Archie? Was that a friend of yours?" a sky blue Rito, Kenneth, asked as he saw the cobalt colored Rito dash towards the tree.
"Sorta, I saw him all alone near the entrance of the village. I thought he might've needed a friend to go with here." Archie trailed off, wondering why Revali just ran off. Must be really shy around new people, come to think of it, I haven't seen him in the village before.
"Well whoever he is, let's just give him some alone time. He seems to be troubled." A maroon colored Rito, Dominique, piped in.
Archie and the others just nodded in agreement. As we talked amongst each other, Dominique's mother flew by and said that the elder has postponed today's recital.
Everyone seemed rather disappointed at the news, but just went with it and got to their respective homes. Archie, however, noticed that Revali was still beside the tree, just looking up on the pillar in the middle of the village.
Archie approached the unaware Rito and coughed to grab his attention. Revali flinched and looked back only to see his friend and calmed down.
He motioned Archie to come and sit by him on the tree and gladly obliged.
"Thank you." Was all Revali said with a warm smile plastered on his face when Archie sat down.
"For what? I didn't do anything in particular to get a thanks." Archie asked rather confused by his companion's sudden change of behavior.
"You know, only you, excluding the elder, has ever even talked to me." Revali stood up and motioned me to follow him.
"How's that somewhat important to you? Don't you have any other friends?" Revali stopped in his tracks when Archie asked.
"No, you're the only friend I have. The reason behind it is because the others think I'm weak, and just ignore my presence." Revali's tone sounded depressed right at the end.
"I don't think that you're weak. The others can't just see where your other strengths are. So cheer up!" Archie gave him a reassuring smile.
"Thanks." Revali suddenly hugged him and Archie.
Archie just smiled and hugged back.
When they parted, they headed back towards the village.
As they were nearing the entrance, a question was lingering in the back of Archie's mind.
"Hey Revali? Can I ask you a question? If that's alright with you." Archie asked, hoping that he doesn't bother the other.
"Sure, I guess." Revali nodded.
"Do you know the song that we were supposed to be taught earlier?" Archie asked.
"Oh very, the village elder sung it sometimes whenever we were eating." Revali scratched the back of his head a bit from embarrassment, he wasn't fond of talking to others about the elder and their personal lives.
"Really? Can you sing it for me? I'm really curious on what the song's like." Archie urged him.
Revali breathed in deep, not really of a singer himself. But he thought he was decent enough.
"The pride of the Rito, pillar in the sky,
it's heart lights up when the sun is high.
The heart shines upon a path not whole,
but a warming flame can stir its soul."
Archie was a bit confused with the lyrics, but he was amazed nonetheless.
"Wow! Your voice sounds amazing when you sing!" Archie praised Revali. The latter just blushed.
"Oh come on, I'm not that great." Revali's face was heating up, not much used to getting compliments.
"Hush! When I say you're good, you're good!" Archie retaliated. He was about to praise Revali some more when he glanced at the position of the sun.
"Hey uh, I gotta go to the Flight Range. My father's teaching me some archery today." Archie dreaded the thought. He wanted to hang out some more with his friend.
"Oh, it's okay. You probably shouldn't keep him waiting..." Again, Archie noticed the tone of his friend's voice. Then a thought popped in his head.
"Why don't you come with me? It'll be cool with my dad, plus archery's a really cool thing to do!" Archie once again held out his hand.
'The elder wouldn't probably mind it if I stayed a little bit with Archie. He did say he wanted me to get a friend.' Revali pondered, thinking that this was a win-win for both of them.
Revali grabbed Archie's hand and sped off to the Flight Range.
As they were speeding through Dronoc's Pass, they were met with the sight of Archie's father waiting inside the cottage while cooking some Staminoka Bass.
"Father! I'm here!" Archie shouted as he climbed the ladder. Revali just followed suit.
"Oh, so it seems. You've even brought a friend with you, what would be your name little one?" Archie's father beamed a smile towards his son's friend.
"I-It's Revali s-sir." Revali nervously replied.
"Although I do appreciate it, no need for such formalities here. Would you two care for some? I already ate some a while ago." Archie's father stood up and got a nearby Falcon Bow.
The two young Rito devoured the fish presented to them, savouring the rich flavour within the bass. Once they were done, they both turned their heads to Archie's father.
"I assume that you would like to learn how to wield a bow, hmm?" Revali just nodded in response.
"Very well then, we'll start with the basics..." As Archie's father started rambling on, Revali started to take mental notes on what their instructor said. Taking note on the stance, how to properly wield a bow, and the sort. He showed us how to replace a broken bow string and shot a few targets with all perfect bull's-eyes, which astonished Revali to no end.
By the end of it all, Revali was quite absorbed on archery. He wanted to try and shoot an arrow, but alas, the sun started to set.
"This took much longer than I thought it would. This concludes our lesson for today. Tomorrow, we'll see if you can shoot well enough on the ground." Archie's father gave us both a look of strictness mixed with a calm demeanour.
The both of them just nodded in unison.
By the time the trio had arrived at the village entrance, darkness began to spread, only the luminescence of the moon aiding them.
"I'll see you tomorrow, I guess." Revali seemed a little bit down on leaving his friend. But there is tomorrow, so there's nothing to worry about, they'll meet again.
Revali clambered up the stairs and headed for the elder's cottage.
"Hello? Father? I'm home!" Revali noticed a worried look on the elder's face.
"My, Revali, what took you so long? The practice for the song was postponed hours ago." The elder reached out to Revali to give him a hug, which the latter gladly returned.
"Sorry to worry you father, but I just went to the Flight Range with my friend. His father taught the both of us how to be a proper bowman." Revali's voice was a bit muffled by the hug of the elder.
"Oh? Do tell, what would be your friend's name? I'm glad that you finally made acquaintance with someone other than me." The elder set Revali down as he motioned for him to sit beside him.
"His name is Archie, we'll also continue our lesson tomorrow if that's okay with you." Revali hoped that his father approved, this was the only thing he's requested of his father from anything.
"It's more than alright my boy, just as long as you don't get injured." Revali started to yawn, only beginning to notice his fatigue.
"I suggest that we get some sleep now, don't want to lag behind your friend." The elder began to flap his wings and rested in the hammock above their cottage. Revali lazily flew towards his and as soon as he landed, he fell right into a deep slumber.