"Ty! You better get your butt down here right now!", Husky yelled from downstairs. "And if you don't there will be nether to pay!"
"What is it mom?!", Ty replied from his bed as he rolled over, pushed himself up and opened his door.
"First, you have mail! And second why is there so much blood on the kitchen bench?!", Husky yelled.
"What the nether are you blabbering on about?", Ty whispered to himself as he walked slowly down the stairs.
When he got to the bottom of the stairs he could smell the distinct coppery, metallic smell of blood. And as he entered the kitchen he could see why Husky had been yelling.
Blood covered the bench top, dripping onto the floor and spreading in all directions. In the middle of the bloody mess was a brown cardboard box, tied up with string. As Ty ventured closer he could see a tag attached to the sting that wound around the box like ribbon on a present. He breathed deep and took the tag with trembling hands. Gold letters glittered in the iridescent light from above.
"'Dear Ty, I hope you enjoy this little present. Please be careful around the blood though. We wouldn't want you to slip and break your neck.' It's not signed. That's a little odd", Ty said as he read out the label attached to the package.
"That's what you find odd?! What about the blood and not to mention how they got the package in to our house without breaking in?!", Husky yelled.
"They could have gotten through the window", Ty murmured.
"No! We locked every window, door and entrance into the house. We don't have a chimney and there is no evidence of forced entry. And before you ask no there are no fingerprints, foot prints, shoeprints or any evidence of there being someone here apart from the blood and the package," Ian said, "It's kind of creepy really."
"You said it", Mitch murmured.
"Any way," he said, "What do you think is in the package?"
"Not sure", Ty replied, "But whatever it is must be supernatural or something, because that package isn't soaking any of the blood up like it would normally do."
"Well?", Jerome questioned, "Are you going to pick it up or not?"
Ty warily took the package in both hands and lifted it up. Blood slipped and dripped in chunks off the packages bottom causing Husky to turn away in disgust and the others to cover their noses and mouths. Ty carefully walked over to the table and set the package down on a placemat. He took some scissors and cut the string off, they proceeded to open the top of the box. He quickly shielded his eyes. When nothing happened He opened his eyes and blinked a few times.
Inside the box was a bird. A beautiful golden bird with amethyst coloured eyes and a sky blue, heart shaped chest. The bird opened its wings and flapped its way onto the lid Ty was holding. Then it began to tweet and chirp. A beautiful melody flowing from the white beak. Ty smiled and offered his right arm to the bird. Without stopping its melody, it flapped onto Ty's extended arm and walked to his shoulder. It stopped there to nuzzle the side of his face and chip quietly in his ear.
"What's it doing?", Sky questioned.
"I'm not sure, but it does seem very fond of Ty", Seto said and smiled, "maybe we should leave the two to perhaps bond a bit."
"Sounds good to me", Mitch said walking to the lounge room, he turned to the others, "First one to the TV remote gets it for the rest of the day."
He laughed as he ran to the couch to find the remote.
"You're on!", Jerome yelled as he pushed past Sky and Seto to get the remote before Mitch.
The others chuckled at the childish antics and walked to either their rooms or the lounge room. Leaving Ty with the bird and the blood all over the bench. Ty walked up the stairs with the bird and silently said a thank you to the person who sent it to him.
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I know not many people have read this or are going to continue reading this, but I would just like to acknowledge those of you who have kept with it. I think that those of you who have deserve some sort of reward. Unfortunately, I cannot give you one at this point in time. I will however acknowledge you in future chapters if I am allowed to. If you would like to message me you can. I would be grateful though if you could keep it short as I am under some stress at the moment. Have a good day, night ,evening or other.
Chaos xoxo
