Disclamier: Yeah I know I said I wouldn't do another one. So sue me.. No! Wait don't, I was just kidding. Anyway, I don't own Harry Potter. Never have never will. Unless I find some way to swap bodies with J.K Rowling. Hmm, that might be worth looking into. All right, enough of that, on with the story.
Authors note: Well I don't actually have anything to say. Give me a minute to get over the shock Ok that's enough time. Oh and I hope you like my story. Please review and let me know. K. And if you reviewed the last chapter, look at the bottom for my special thanks to you.
Chapter 4: Toren and the Falcon
Toren lay back in the soft grass, lazily watching the clouds drift by, and listening to Rowan's panicked yells. His sister was in fine form today. She'd only fried Rowan twice!
He listened as the sounds drifted away, indicating that Rowan was probably running to the nearest stream, with his sister following right behind and apologizing. Today was definitely a good day.
He frowned at the sky in confusion when he heard a crashing sound come from behind him. He sat up and turned around to see what was making it, but all he saw was blue, before something impacted with his face, sending him sprawling over backwards. Whatever it was moved on fast. When he got up again, and turned to see what it was, a lot of somethings, bigger than the last one, connected with the back of his head, again sending him to the ground. This time face first.
Toren laid there for a minute to see if anything else felt like walking on him today, when he heard a pained cry. He jerked his head up, and saw a group of clabberts surrounding the small blue thing that had hit him in the face. They were attacking it.
Toren stood up fast and searched around frantically for something to throw. All he saw was a stick. Without thinking he grabbed it up and ran at the group of clabberts, beating them off with it and sending them flying. They turned back around only to be faced with an irate eight-year old. They sneered and scrambled off.
Toren turned around and bent down to the small blue thing. It was a bird, and it was hurt bad. Toren gently picked it up in his hands, and walked back to the den. Once there he bandaged the unconscious bird's wounds.
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Toren had been caring for the baby bird for a week now. It had only woken twice. Both times to peck at his fingers. Toren had called it an "Ungrateful ball of feathers" and it had puffed up in indignation and pecked him harder. But no matter how bad it acted, Toren was always gentle with it. And slowly it began to trust him
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The day had finally come. The little bird was fully healed and ready to be released.
Toren took him to the entrance of the den and threw him into the air. The bird fluttered around, going sideways, upside down and backwards, before making it's way back to Toren and attaching to his face. Toren calmly peeled him off, and held him at arms length.
"You can't fly can you?" The bird looked up at him and twittered sadly. Toren thought for a minute and then said.
"Well, I can't teach you, since humans can't fly. But I know some one who does. We'll ask him. Ok?" The baby bird chirped happily at him and hugged his hand. Toren just smiled and began walking off to find his little friend a flying tutor.
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"You want me to do what?" a large dragon asked, staring down at Toren in disbelief.
"Come on Kazul, please, please, pretty please." Toren begged.
Kazul the dragon looked down at the dinky bird by Toren's feet then sighed and agreed. What was it about these kids that turned supposedly ferocious dragons like him into puddles of useless goo with just a look.
"Right then. Let's go." He said. Leading them over to a cliff edge.
To any onlooker it would have seemed very strange to see a dragon showing a bird, no bigger than a baseball, how to work it's wings, and how air currents affected flight, But to anyone living in that forest it was pretty much standard every day stuff.
"Ok. Well I've told you all I can. The best way to learn is really to just do it, so here ya go." Kazul said, picking up the tiny bird and dropping him over the edge. Toren ran to the edge and stared down in horror.
"What did you do that for?! He's gonna die! Save him!" He screamed at Kazul. Who looked very calm.
"Just watch kid." He said. Toren turned back and watched as his little friend plummeted to his death. Only to see him pull up at the last minute. Toren smiled.
"He did it!" he cheered. Jumping into the air and waving his arms. Kazul just smiled in a smug way. Toren watched the bird fly around, his happy feeling wearing off a bit at the thought that he would have to release him now. He was really gonna miss that bird.
He turned to go back home, when something attached to his back with enough force to send him to the ground. He sat up and reached behind him to grab it and pull it off. It was the bird. Toren shook his head at it.
"No, no. You gotta go be free now, ok." He said. Throwing it back into the air. It just zoomed right back and buried itself in his chest. Toren pried it off and folded its wings at its sides.
"BE FREE!" he yelled. Throwing it like a baseball into the forest then turning and trying to make a run for it. He never made it two steps, before it was attached to him again. No matter how much he pulled, it refused to come off, making aggravating noises all the while.
Kazul's amused laughter drew Toren's attention away from his current problem and onto him.
"Looks like your stuck with him, kid." He said in a cheerful voice. Toren looked down at the bird.
"You don't want to be free?" he asked it. The bird twittered and shook its head. Toren thought then said.
"Ok. I guess you can stay with me, what's your name?" the bird twittered some more. Toren looked shocked.
"You don't have one! We'll that's ok, I'll give you one." He said looking up at the sky in deep thought. Then his eyes brightened and he looked back down at the bird on his chest.
"I know! I'll call you Skye." He proclaimed. The bird, now named Skye. Chirped happily
Kazul smiled at the two, then looked up when he heard someone approaching.
"I see you've made a new friend Toren." Rowan said. Toren looked up and smiled happily. Rowan continued speaking.
"I saw you the day you saved him. You were very good with that stick. And I was thinking it might be about time to teach you how to defend yourself." He said. Then threw a wooden pole at Toren, who caught it easily. Then looked at it quizzically. Then up at Rowan.
"Since humans are so very weak, we will be working on that to. Here." With that Rowan threw some weights at Toren's feet. Toren blinked down at the weights, then shrugged and put them on. And that's how Toren's training began.
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Rowan taught him how to use the staff and Toren took to it like a fish does to water. Daily runs with Rowan and Selene through the forest with the weights increased his strength and stamina. As well as hauling water up mountains. Moving large rocks. And any other such training that Rowan could think up. Toren loved it. And his new friend skye helped out to. He would carry rocks and buckets of water. (He sure could carry a lot for such a small bird) Toren had learned that he was a blue falcon, some cousin to a bird called the phoenix or something.
He really didn't know just how strong he'd become, or that by human standards he was way beyond the norm. Oh well, its not like he cared about being normal anyway. So every day he would practice. And wait anxiously for his Hogwarts letter to arrive.
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Authors note: Hi all! I hope you liked this chapter. Don't worry Harry and them will be coming in soon. I've got lots of surprises planned for the coming chapters. Review and let me know what ya think. Thanks for reading!
To Blueberrie: I'll try to update every day. I don't plan on going any more than two days without an update. Promise! Oh and Sirius will be in this story, and boy will he be surprised when he meets Toren! That ones gonna be fun. Thanks for reviewing and keep it up. It helps to inspire me.
To Helena the Fair: Thanks for reviewing. Toren's mother is, unfortunately gone. More will be explained later when the kids meet up with their fathers. Keep reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Next time: Toren's Letter & Gifts from Rowan