"Y'know, you're making this harder than it needs to be." Deadpanned a small figure with a baritone voice, waddling through a dark alleyway in the rain. As if something responded to his statement, he rolled his eyes. "Yeah well now we're lost, and wandering through the back streets lookin' for a place to sleep without a wild mutt tearing us to shreds!" He said with anger, "It doesn't help that I'm a freak pal!"
He shook his head in disappointment from the supposed opposing argument. "Oh really, I'm at fault?!" He yelled in outrage " Me?! The only one who even attempted to keep us hidden?! Is at fault?!"
He took a deep breath as if to calm himself down. "Listen, I know you wanted to help, but getting us kicked out doesn't help." The small person said in a berating voice "let's uh, let's just find a sleeping area for tonight, okay?"
Lightning suddenly flashed, and in the darkness the figure was lit up from the giant bolt of electricity, as he was revealed to be a…….
teddy bear. A small, light brown, chubby teddy bear. With bits of trash and unknown items stuck in the wadded wet hair. Small realistic eyes were on the stuffed animal and were brown.
Said teddy bear was settling down to rest on a pile of trash bags, Hoping that nothing wrong happened as he slept. Just as a dark haired, drunk man walked up.
Qrow never really considered himself to be a dumpster diver, but with his youngest niece's birthday coming up, he reconsidered his hobbies. Just for tonight anyway.
"This is probably gonna pile up the guilt, but I don't have any other choic- heeeeyyyy….." the birdish man drove off as he saw the stuffed bear.
"It's nasty, dirty, and smells funny…… but if I could clean it up pretty good, it could do well. Very well……" As he thought up a compromise to make ends meet.
The rain was picking up as he stood there staring at the stuffed animal. "I need to hurry if I'm gonna make it back home, so you're coming with me!"
The drunk said as he crouched and grabbed the teddy bear under the arms, and ran off. Back to…. Wherever he goes.
"You are gonna make a very special person happy soon"
*A couple days later*
A small crow with a string tied to its foot, flew over a forest at surprising speeds. At the other end of the string was a large brown paper bag.
The bird squawked as it picked up speed, flying toward a large two story cabin in the middle of a small clearing, in the middle of the forest.
The bird landed at the front door of the house, and nibbled the string off of its ankle. All of a sudden, shadows exploded in a swirl around the bird. As they faded, instead of the bird stood Qrow Branwen. The bag next to him shuffled, and a muffled voice called out " we here yet, man?"
Qrow seemingly jumped 3 feet in the air in surprise "JEEZ! Damnit, it's just you." He yelled, not expecting the unknown voice to speak up. " Yes it's me, dumbass, can you answer my question?" The voice said in annoyance at not getting his answer.
"Hey! Talking like that is going to make me rethink our deal!" He quickly said in anger. " Sorry bout that, a habit I need to break." The voice apologized, " hey uhh, thank- thanks for this y'know? I uhh, don't think I woulda made it very long if ya hadn't found me." The voice in the bag confessed. " So uhh, thanks. I really appreciate this"
Qrow sighed in annoyance, "I couldn't just, let you die out there." He said "and plus, I still need a present for my niece." The crow man said in an annoyed tone.
" Well, you'll be happy to know, I don't go against deals." The voice from inside the bag reassured.
*Flashback*
The bear opened his eyes, only to find him somewhere else than where he fell asleep. "Where the hell am I……?" He said as he sat up to see where he was.
The toy animal noticed that he was in a house of some sort. He was also cleaned up.
"Last time I checked I fell… asleep…. In.. the…" his eyes widened as they locked with another pair of eyes. "WHAT THE HELL?!" The person in front of the table he was on yelled.
"Um….. hi?" The bear slowly asked, "Did uhh, did you clean me up here?" The bear asked slowly.
"Y-yeah I uhh, I did…" Qrow said in a slow tone.
Out of nowhere the man lifted the bear and threw him out the doorway. "WAIT!" The bear yelled as the door slammed.
He tried knocking on the door, "please, ya gotta tell me. Are you the one who helped me!?" But no answer came…
"Fine, FINE! I'll just wait here, for as long as it takes." He said in defiance. He then sat next to the door with his arms crossed. Then waited all night.
Then all of the next day.
Then the next one.
Then the next.
He was losing hope… suddenly, the door opened, "Alright… what do you want?" The man behind the door asked in annoyance .
"I just want to know why you did this…" the bear said with a stern expression— not looking at the man, mind you.
The man started off with, "Did wha-" he was then cut off by the bear, "y'know, took me in? Cleaned me?"
"Oh that…" the man looked away for a split second, choosing his words. "I uhh, I didn't really mean anything by it, really."
"Then why do it?" The bear angrily asked, not caring about what the man said, "well you see, I'm strapped for cash as of right now, but my nieces birthday is coming up soon. I still wanted to get her something, so, by coincidence, I found you."
The man then sat next to the teddy bear, continuing his story, "and so I realized that you were, somehow, in the design of a really expensive stuffed bear on the toy market right now."
The bear was now putting the pieces together in his head "and so, you picked me off of the streets… to give to a little girl?"
"Yeah I know, now thinking about it, with your 'situation' it sounds dumb. But at the time it was all I had." The dark haired drunk then ran his hands through his hair in disappointment.
"What'd Ya mean 'at the time'?" The bear asked in absolute confusion. You see, he was still expecting to be a present.
"What, do you think you're still going?" The crowman asked in confusion and slight anger. "I don't even know what you are. Why the hell would I give you to my niece!"
"Oh I don't know, cause I'm a goddamn TALKING TEDDY BEAR?!" the bear said loudly, making sure Qrow understood. "And you said yourself, you got no cash, and except for me, no birthday present."
Qrow still wouldn't let up, "I barely even know you, I'm not doing it!"
The stuffed animal then stood up and walked in front of Qrow, "Here, how about this. I get to have a home, and people to live with, and you my friend, stay the cool, fun, uncle. Deal?" The cloth bear tried to reason.
"What's the catch?" Qrow asked, obviously not buying it.
"The only one with a catch affecting their part, is me." The bear reassured. "Y'see, I have to follow a set of rules you set up."
Qrow weighed his options, on one hand- he gets the appreciation, and love of his niece.
However on the other hand- he releases an unknown creature upon his family's home.
One hand, not being hated.
Other hand, bad bear
Cool uncle
Freak of nature
"FINE! But first, I want to know more about you!" Qrow reasoned. Although he was doing this, he was not going to release an unknown monster, that for all he knows could be a new type of grim created to infiltrate.
"That it? Deal!" The bear asked. "That's the least I could do pal!"
"So anyway you freak of nature, what's your name? Mines Qrow Branwen."
"Well Qrow? I can tell this will be a great time, names Brad. Hope ya like me."
*FLASHBACK END*
Author note:
So uhh, yeah. That happened, lemme tell ya, it sure as hell ain't easy. Especially by myself- they make this look easy. I wanted to make this 2k at least, but when I got this far I was like FUCK THAT! (I'm going to put so many swears, so cry about it if you don't like it.) But, I watched rwby and read up on Ted (if you couldn't notice, the oc is based off of Ted) (p.s. when I say based off of I mean, he's a teddy bear, and will sometimes act like an asshole nothing else is the same.) But nonetheless, this was fun, it was nice to get this idea out. But, if I do continue this, I will update this at random, until I finish or get bored and quit, I don't have very much spare time in my hands. So I hope ya enjoy pals!
