Eduardo Chapter 2 (Part One)
It was late and Eduardo had been wandering for several hours now. His father had dumped him deep in the forest and Eduardo realized that he would have to scavenge for his own dinner. Noticing several plants with berries but also admitting the possibility that they may be poisonous, he decided that he would search for an animal to eat and, alas, a squirrel approached. Cautiously nearing the rodent, Eduardo slowly reached out but it hissed at him and flew onto the nearest branch, all the while surveying Eduardo with beady eyes. Somehow, the beady eyes looked familiar. It… it… it couldn't be! He thought on it a little more and realized that he did know those beady eyes. The squirrel came swooping down from its branch and clamped onto Eduardo's neck. He knew he should be scared but he wasn't. Eduardo began to succumb to the squirrel's tight clench even thought he couldn't quite tell what the bat was doing. Suddenly, or not so suddenly, considering the squirrel had been hanging on for a minute before it did so, he felt the teeth sink into his neck. The squirrel broke away after a few moments and spit out the blood that it had in its mouth, causing Eduardo to look offended.
"Why do you bite me squirrel?" He said softly, feeling a bit woozy.
The squirrel started to shift form, into a person that was not immediately identifiable as a boy or girl. "I thought you would taste good because your skin is tender like a female, but you actually taste like rotten eggs."
"Excuse me?" exclaimed Eduardo, still offended. "I have been lying in the forest for a long time and have probably eaten about five bugs while I was asleep so I don't think you would taste so nice either."
The man, who was now identifiable as a man, just looked at Eduardo and began to smirk. This only frustrated Eduardo further, who had originally found the squirrel to be familiar and comforting, but now felt as though they shared a mutual long-harbored hatred and distrust.
"Boy," the man breathed out, "you are to be my apprentice." Eduardo began to back away slowly but the squirrel-man was by his side in an instant. Once again, he stared at Eduardo and, facing him, loosely grabbed both of his biceps.
SO, WE WERE DOING THIS ON THE TRAIN FROM SAN DIEGO (COMIC CON!) AND THE TRAIN GOT TO R STOP BEFORE WE WERE FINISHED AND WE NEED… INSPIRATION TO DO THIS PARTICULAR STORY SO THE SECOND HALF OF CHAPTER TWO WILL BE POSTED WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS…LOL