What he didn t expect was that he was in his own room, and the wind blowing through his open window was only cool enough, but the sun made him feel warm on his face.
What had happened? Had it all been just a terrible nightmare he had? Had Marahute, the great golden eagle, been a dream? Finding her on the high ridge, releasing her from the poacher s trap, getting saved by her and then tortured by her, by tickling him to death! Had all of that been a dream too?
If it had been, then it certainly had felt like a really sore dream. Cody felt like he was aching all over. As he slowly pulled himself out of bed, he began wondering how he had ever woken up feeling like this. It had been a dream hadn t it?
Cody s mom was sitting at the table when he came down.
Ah, you finally woke up, she spoke. You really slept in this morning! Did I? Cody looked over at the nearby clock. 11:30? Where did the morning go? You must have been really tired, Cody, to have slept in so long, his mom inquired. Not even those noises echoing outside disturbed you. Noises what noises? Cody asked, getting a suspicion.
I m not sure, but it sounded like somebody blowing through a didgeridoo. Cody nearly jumped, but barely restrained himself. Oh okay. Well, maybe I ll go and check what it could have been Not so fast, Cody, his mom suddenly stopped him from getting up. You can t go without something to eat. Cody was just about to try and make an excuse when suddenly, his mom held up his backpack, and put it on the table. So I made you some more sandwiches new flavours, too. Will you promise you ll be back for supper tonight? Feeling a pang of relief wash over him, Cody sighed and nodded. Yeah, sure mom. Thanks. And with that, he took the backpack, and kissed his mom goodbye.
The great golden eagle called Marahute, looked up from her hidden perch behind a rock close to Cody s house. Finally, she could see the young boy running out of the front door.
I never imagined it would take so long for a little human boy like him to get up, she thought to herself. Could I really have exhausted him so much the other day that he slept almost like the dead? Well, he may do the same tonight, because he s going to experience a lot more with my talons today!
She grinned evilly as she watched Cody running across the fields, in the direction of the forest. She was intending to simply spring out from her hiding place and seize him, but when she heard a sound coming from the forest, where Cody was going, she decided to see what was going to happen. As soon as Cody was out of sight, she lifted from her perch and flew up over the forest to see what was happening.
The moment she saw him, her eyes widened and she stopped blowing through the log structure, thinking that her summoning hadn t been in vain after all. Cody! Cody laughed and ran up to his kangaroo friend, both of them sharing a big hug. When Cody pulled back, it was then he noticed that she had tears in her eyes. Are you okay, Faloo? Is something wrong? No, little friend Faloo sniffed and wiped the tears from her eyes. We thought you had died the other day when you went to save Marahute. Huh? Marahute? Cody s own eyes widened the moment he heard the name. You mean Don t you remember? the kangaroo asked him. The other day you climbed up the ridge to save her at the top, and then the last thing we saw was you falling down, before the big golden eagle Marahute swooped down as well and then took off out of sight. We couldn t find you anywhere. Oh, Cody put a hand to his mouth. Then she was real! Marahute saved me from falling to my death, but after that she began to tickle me with her claws and feathers, and once we got to her nest she did even more of it. She just wouldn t stop and I m so ticklish! You are? I didn t know that, a slight devious smile became evident on Faloo s mouth.
Yeah. But if she catches me out here she ll probably do even more of it to me! Maybe I should find someplace to hide before she comes But before Cody could say another word there was a sudden swoop, and Faloo gasped as Cody suddenly disappeared right before her eyes. She turned her head in time to see something golden disappearing through the trees.
Cody s mind immediately buzzed the moment he heard the sound of a huge swoop, and then something latched on to his arms and yanked him high off the ground. As the trees disappeared from under his feet, he looked up and gasped as he saw who the culprit was.
Marahute had been listening the whole time to the conversation between the young boy and the kangaroo. When she heard the word hide, she knew immediately that if she didn t get him fast then she wouldn t get him for the whole day. So she immediately glided out from her hiding place, and immediately swooped down, talons at the ready, ready to seize the young boy and make off with him.
It was a successful catch. As she took off from the forest and flew high into the sky, she looked down and smiled down upon Cody, who looked stunned upon seeing her. Hello, young Cody, she cooed teasingly as she continued to flap up towards the clouds above them. You weren t thinking of playing Hunt the Prey without me now, were you? I would have never been able to find you if you had. Uh h-hi, M-M-Marahute Cody whimpered. I, uh didn t hear you coming! W-What are you going to do? Marahute grinned at him as she flew through the clouds, and while sight was limited, she secretly uncurled one of her talons on each side, ready to run them down Cody s sides. I think you know what I want to do with you, my little friend. The moment Cody felt the talons gently touch his sides, he jumped. Marahute wait, not that! He immediately began to struggle, hoping that she wouldn t keep doing it. Please can you let me go? Marahute finally burst out through the base of the clouds, up into the clearer sky above, before stopping her flight and hanging still in the air, with Cody hanging below her. Are you sure you want that, little one? If I let you go way up here, you ll fall a long way down. Wouldn t you feel safer up here in my talons? Cody shivered in fright. Um n-not really Oh, come now! You re not afraid of this now, are you? She began stroking her talons up Cody s sides, slowly at first. Cody flinched, but he couldn t hide the giggling that was evident within his mouth. N-No not that anything but that ! All Marahute did was stick her tongue out at him. She loved the sounds she was getting from him, and she started to speed up her strokes, feeling the tips of her claws slide up the fabric of the boy s shirt, feeling for the skin underneath.
I ve already caught you, little human now I m going to have some more fun with you! She increased more pressure in running her talons up and down the boy s sides. Cody immediately burst out into insane laughter, going red in the face and squirming as much as he could to get her to stop.
But the resulting effect was no different from the previous day that he had been through. No matter how much he squirmed, he couldn t get Marahute to loosen her grip on him, and instead held him tighter, holding him in a straight T-shape while she ran her talons across his sides and listened happily to his laughter.
Yes, laugh for me, little boy, Marahute chirped playfully. I love the sound of your laughing it s so nice to my ears. And she picked up even more pace with her talons, eventually getting up to the armpits. Cody shrieked with laughter at an even higher pitch, turning even redder than ever as the tension on him was building up even more than before.
P-Pleaahahhhaa please sstaaaaahhahaa ahahahh stopppp Cody squealed as he jostled about, his legs flailing about everywhere, desperate for the unbearable sensation to stop. Tears were streaming down his face, and dropping off into the vast sky where they disappeared into the vast white clouds above them. Eventually, after a little while, the sound of something ripping could be heard, and pieces of torn fabric started to fall too as the sides of Cody s new shirt eventually started to give way to Marahute s sharp claws.
Deary me we d better get rid of this before it gets too much in the way Marahute cooed and lowered her head close to the hysterically-laughing boy, before nibbling at the front of his shirt and tearing it off, revealing his small exposed chest. This time Cody didn t have a vest on underneath. As she dropped the piece of shirt into the clouds, the back of Cody s shirt also came off him from behind and fell to Earth too.
All the while her talons never stopped tickling her little torture-victim.
Nooooooo no ssttttttoppp .ahahhhhhhaaaaaa Cody wailed as Marahute looked back down at him, half-exposed, hanging in her clutches. The way he looked so vulnerable and helpless, the golden eagle loved the sight of him. He was just like all those tasty little morsels, like rabbits and weasels, the types of animals that eagles naturally hunted and fed upon. Here was something different; a little human boy that, despite being an eagle s prey too, had saved her life and had instead become her own little plaything.
She lowered her head further down to him and gently nosed his chest with her huge beak. Cody yelped and nearly exploded with insane laughter as the feel of her beak on his chest continued to inspire the tickling sensation even more. Cody s face was now a pure cherry-red, and the tears that were coming off his face were more constant enough to become waterfalls.
However, all of the action eventually became too much for the young boy, and all of his thrashing suddenly began to slow down and his wails became weaker, before they finally stopped altogether, and Marahute pulled her head back to see that he had passed out. Already he was finished with the first round And they hadn t even started yet.
You re about to feel much more than this part of fun, my human toy, she grinned evilly at him, sending a long eagle tongue hungrily over her lips. She then rearranged his limp body in her claws so that she was now holding him by his chest and legs. But first let s travel over to my nest where we can have a bit of privacy! Taking her eyes off Cody, she immediately flew in the direction of her nest.
If Cody had been awake at that moment and heard what she had said, he would have been nervous to think about what was going to come when they got there, but would feel a bit of relief at least that Marahute wasn t ticking him along the way.
When they finally got to the nest, Marahute hovered over the middle of it for a moment, and with her beak, she gently pushed away the hidden eggs inside and nosed enough of the nest to make a small hole in it. Then she carefully dropped Cody s body down, head-first, into the small hole, where she then took the liberty of gently pulling off the boy s shoes with her beak, and tossing them to the side.
At that moment, Cody was just beginning to wake up. Huhhhh wh-wwwha? Then as Marahute began to carefully pull off his socks, revealing his bare feet, he gasped as he realized what was happening. He struggled to move, but found that the hole he was placed in was only wide enough to fit around his waist and arms. He was trapped.
I m glad you awake again, Cody, Marahute cooed, leaning her huge head above his upside-down form stuck in her nest. But now it s time for your next round and I have just the method to start your happy sounds again. NNNNNNOOOO WAAITTTTT AHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAAAAAA! Cody bawled out and then started letting out muffled laughing sounds from under the nest as suddenly, Marahute began to run her soft, dainty feathers on her wings across the soles of his bare feet. His legs twitched as hard as his whole body was wriggling about, struggling to get away but to no avail. Marahute s nest had been made much too strong, and not even one strong twig could be moved even with his pressured strength.
Your small little feet feel so nice, my boy, Marahute spoke softly, before she brought one of her claws forward, and with talons at the ready, she put them in place of her feathers. Cody nearly lost it again as he felt the change from softness into strong hard lines tracing all the way round his feet the tickling was so incredibly strong! Not even the most firm, solid man in the known universe could stand something like this even if you weren t ticklish in the slightest you couldn t avoid laughing. There was something about the way a huge golden eagle like Marahute could tickle a person and make them laugh every single time.
Deciding to try a third method, Marahute lowered her head down and opened her beak, and poked one of Cody s feet with the tip of her tongue. Cody squealed yet again as he felt the sudden change again, this time another softness combined with wetness, as he felt the eagle s tongue slowly slip up his heel and across to his toes, making an even more unbearable tickly feeling rise up within him. His laughing continued to rise in sound that pretty soon it couldn t be muffled anymore from under the nest. As Marahute continued to lick and tickle his feet, Cody felt burst after burst of overloading laughter escape from his lips as he continued to do the one thing that would result in nothing but more torturing tickling struggle.
Marahute began to cycle through her tickling now, letting her feathers, claws, and tongue take turns in torturing the poor innocent feet of the little human boy she had taken into her custody. She absolutely loved the sounds that Cody was making, and wished that she could hear it for all eternity.
As time went on and she continued to tickle the helpless little boy, different thoughts began to run through the eagle s mind. If he had been one of her little eaglets, she would have him all to herself! If he lived out all on his own, she would have him all to herself! If he had survived a calamity out in the wild but was presumed dead, she would have him all to herself! She grinned as she thought of all the possibilities she could think of, to make this human boy of hers into her own property Marahute was suddenly brought out of her thoughts as she realized that the sound of laughing had died down again. And once again, all of Cody s struggles and desperate attempts to escape her torture had stopped. He had passed out again.
Marahute gently slipped her beak into the nest, and nosed her way in until she was able to hook the top of Cody s shorts, and then carefully pulled him out, setting him down upon the firm floor of the nest. She gently pushed his arms carefully out into the familiar T-shape that she admired about him the most. She then positioned herself above him so that his T-shape looked upside down, and carefully curled her talons around them, so that she was holding him securely.
Then she roosted deciding to let him wake up by himself this time
When Cody once again woke up, part of him was really hoping that all the cruel torture of tickling was finally over.
But the moment he felt a tight feeling around his arms, that thought vanished altogether. He looked up and saw Marahute roosting just behind him, using her talons to hold his arms securely. His movement was enough to make her aware he was awake.
Marahute please no more tickling! I can t stand it! he begged her silently as she looked down at him.
The big golden eagle stared down at him. Awwwww, you poor little human boy. You look so overwhelmed and exhausted she gently nuzzled him with her beak, almost in a motherly-like way. Cody would have smiled at her caring embrace, but was finding it hard to do, as his forced face of laughter had been so severe during the last two rounds of torture that his mouth could hardly peek up at the corners.
But it didn t matter, not when he suddenly saw a slight change of manner in Marahute s eyes.
But that won t stop me from putting you through the next round! she cackled, sticking her tongue out at him and poking it gently into Cody s exposed chest. Cody squealed again as the wet fold of muscle lapped at his skin, tasting him, sending a chill of tickle up his spine. He struggled to pull his arms free, but the claws holding him so tightly refused to give way. He was still a firm prisoner of the great golden eagle.
Marahute gently lowered her feathers down towards Cody s bare tummy, and without hesitation, she began to trail her feathers lightly over it. The unbearable sensation sent Cody over the edge, laughing even more maniacally than a hyena might, squirming and wriggling even if his arms were held tightly by the huge claws. Cody had a feeling that if Marahute could squeeze his arms any tighter, they might end up like long, stringy noodles.
The feathers continued to swipe over his tummy for a little while longer, and Cody couldn t bear the feeling that was overwhelming him, and he could feel his mouth muscles beginning to ache as they continued to hang wide open, letting out laugh after laugh escape from his throat, and his legs thrashed almost like crazy, tossing everywhere where his kicking range could go. Even if Cody had thought of kicking the eagle to get her to stop, her position behind him made it impossible for him to reach her.
Marahute moved her feathery reach up the boy s tummy and began to gently poke underneath Cody s shoulders, sending an even worse wave of tickling up Cody s armpits, causing his entire body to shake uncontrollably, bouncing up slightly from the nest floor. If Marahute hadn t been holding his arms then Cody might have even had enough strength to bounce high off the nest, as if he had gained the bounce of a kangaroo.
Then Marahute brought one of her feathery wings over to Cody s head, slowly running yet another wave of tickly feeling over his neck, making him cringe and desperate to get her to stop. But at the same time, she sent her other wing over to his bare feet and rubbed those soft feathers over his soles in motion with rubbing Cody s neck. The youngster squealed and giggled, chuckled and shrieked, begged and guffawed, but no matter what happened, absolutely no change took place. The torture remained in motion, even if Marahute now had not just her talons holding his arms, and her feathers tickling his feet and neck, but now her tongue was resuming its tasting, this time on Cody s tummy. The painful tickling was now quite beyond unbearable Cody wondered if this time he was really going to die at being tortured and tickled to death.
With that last thought lingering in his mind as his inner strength slowly faded away, he screamed out a huge scream, sounding even sharper than even an eagle s cry. It even made Marahute flinch. Then Cody, finally doped and worn out to the limit, lay completely motionless upon the nest floor once again, this time looking even more worn out than ever before.
The golden eagle finally stopped her playful game and released Cody s arms, stepping carefully to the side of him, inspecting him closely. The red in his face was now beginning to look a slight shade of purple, particularly where his eyes had been trickling tears, stained badly. Even where she had gripped him on his arms, there was evidence of severe pressure. Marahute was now actually beginning to wonder if she had really gone too far on her little friend this time.
Perhaps she had been a little too careless all she had wanted in the first place was to hear that sweet little human sound of laughing. Hearing it was such a sweet lullaby to her. But that scream all of a sudden, that scream had taken a different effect. It had been caused by having taken her love for tickling too far it upset her to think there was a limit to it, but it couldn t be denied.
Looking up into the sky, she saw the sun slowly dipping towards the horizon the day wasn t completely over but would soon end after a hour or so. There was still plenty of time left, but now Marahute felt as if she had actually worn herself out with her little naughty habit. She was now actually beginning to feel quite hungry.
She immediately dismissed any thoughts of choosing her little savior as an appetizer. Perhaps he was so adorable and cute and tasted good, but she owed him her life, even if she had taken him to the extreme. She couldn t bear the thought of eating up the little human, so she simply decided to hunt for something else.
Carefully picking up Cody s body and holding him firmly with her talons once again, she started to fly up out of the nest, and down towards the forest below. She decided that she would leave Cody with his other animal friends for now, so he could have a chance to breathe the free air again, at least for now. Even if it was now hunting and resting time, Marahute still wanted to hear her friend s cute laugh in the future
The moment she heard the sound of wings beating in the distance, Faloo immediately began hopping in that direction, wondering what it could be.
She reached the edge of the clearing just in time to see Marahute, the great golden eagle, lower her little human friend down to the ground, before taking off into the high sky above and vanishing into the distance.
Faloo watched for a moment, and then looking down upon Cody s limp form lying on the cool forest floor, her heart beat for him. She loved him dearly, almost like a second mother to him, and she was grateful to see that Marahute had at least left him in one piece.
She gently hopped out of the shrub, and looked him up and down. Cody s hair was totally messed up, and he had lost most of his clothes again, including his shirt and shoes, with his shorts once again being the only thing to survive Marahute s ordeal. Faloo gently picked up the unconscious boy, cuddling him in her arms before gently putting him into her pouch, where he would be safe. Faloo began hopping off into the forest surrounding the clearing. She would take young Cody to her own home, which was a cave, hidden well in the forest. There he would be able to rest.
But as she travelled, a slight thought sparked back into the kangaroo s mind. Before Marahute had taken Cody away, the young boy had mentioned that he had been ticklish. Had he perhaps meant that strange sensation that Faloo sometimes got whenever she felt ants running over her big feet when she slept at night?
If that was true, then perhaps maybe It probably wouldn t hurt to try it.
Faloo felt a slight devious smile form upon her face, and she eyed her precious cargo with a plan running through her mind as she continued to hop in the direction of her cave
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