Chapter 1 – A phone call
As another gruelling day drew to a close, two friends walked inside their house. Mordecai, a 6-foot tall blue jay and his best friend Rigby, a 3-foot tall raccoon, loaded up a video game. Halfway through the game, the phone started ringing. Mordecai went to .
"Hello?" he said, wondering who could be calling.
"Um, hey Mordecai…it's Margaret. I need to talk to you for a sec." Mordecai couldn't believe this, because Margaret had never phoned him before. Margaret was a 6-foot tall robin who worked at the local coffee shop.
"Sure, what do you want?" Mordecai happily replied.
"My boyfriend is starting to take advantage of me, and I don't want this yet." Her voice started to sound sad. Mordecai's heart dropped.
"I need you to help me. Please, I don't want to lose my virginity yet!" She started to cry, and at the same time, Mordecai's eyes started to sparkle a little.
"Okay, I know what to do. Meet me outside the coffee shop in 10 minutes, I'll pick you up there and you can stay here for a bit. Trust me, if he went looking for you, he'd never think of looking here!"
"Thanks Mordecai, you're a true friend." And she hung up.
Mordecai put down the phone. Margaret's boyfriend was tough and a thug. A few months back, he'd punched Mordecai in the face for saying 'hi' to Margaret. Long story short, it was a very bloody nose. He knew if he and Rigby were put together they still wouldn't beat him in a fight. But he'd do anything to help Margaret.
"Hey, Mordecai!" Rigby yelled, starting to get impatient. "Are we playing this game or what?"
"Can't, I have to go help…a friend." And he walked out and drove off in the golf cart.
A few minutes later, he arrived at the coffee shop. Margaret was waiting, her face looked really scared. A single rucksack was on the back, containing most of her belongings.
"Hey!" he yelled. Margaret caught sight of him and ran over to the cart.
"Thanks for doing this Mordecai; no-one else could help me." She said, and she weakly smiled at him. Mordecai smiled back and started the cart up. They reached his house in less than 3 minutes, and Mordecai showed her the way in.
Rigby looked so bored that it looked like he'd spent his whole life in an orphanage.
"Mordecai, why's Margaret here?" he asked innocently.
"It's a bit of a long story." He simply replied. Mordecai showed Margaret where she could stay, and talked to her about what had happened.
"You don't seem to have much stuff. Is everything ok?" Mordecai asked.
"My boyfriend hid all of my stuff as a prank, and he won't give anything back until we…well, you know." She sat down on Mordecai's bed and hugged him. "Thank you so much for helping me Mordecai. You're a true friend helping me hide from that jerk." Mordecai smiled at her.
"Hey, just try to relax for a bit now you're here. I truly promise you, nothing bad will happen to you."