Disclaimer: I don't own The Labyrinth, no matter how many times I attempt to wish myself away. I'm also not making a cent of profit from this; its merely for the funzys
Northern Hawk Owl - Surnia ulula
If she thought yesterday was a fluke, then Sarah was sadly mistaken; Jareth followed her constantly that day, and all the ones following. Refusing to leave her side for even a moment, almost as if he was afraid that if he turned around she would disappear.
Until finally she agreed to just take him with her everywhere; volunteering to care for the injured raptor over the weekend when normally she would have refused to take home with her anything but the most critical birds.
"You're just as spoiled as he is." she grumbled halfheartedly at the bird; he merely cooed and nibbled on her ear as she traversed the isles of the grocery, occasionally leaning over to grab a random idem from a shelf.
Children flocked to him; following her around the store and asking all sorts of questions about the Barn Owl perched daintily on her shoulder.
"Is he a hawk? Can we pet him?" one small child in particular asked, and she could have sworn Jareth huffed in disgruntlement.
"Nope," She cheerfully replied. "He's an owl. And I'm afraid you can't. See, he broke his wing and he can't fly; so he's not a very happy Owl. But if you ask your parents really nicely, you could come up to the Raptor Center up the mountain and pet some of the nice ones."
The bird on her shoulder squawked in indignation, flapping his good wing and glaring at her from his blue eye.
Note: Updates galore. _ Okay, when I mentioned yesterday that I didn't think many people read this; I didn't mean I was going to discontinue the story or anything, so I'm sorry to have worried you all.
