Okay! Chapter two is finally up!
Shanima: Yes this is set in the near future…say ten years from now? I love Shoyru's too! They're such adorable little creatures. )
disappearer/Syani: Thanks for the compliments! It would be cool having a Neopet T.V show now wouldn't it?
Well here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
The Shoyru who couldn't fly
Part II
Who said life was fair?
Josie sat alone on the bench. It was recess at neo-school. Jubjubs curled themselves up into balls and rolled around the lawn. A group of gelerts dashed around in circles, chasing their tales. Josie looked back at the group of shoyrus. They were playing a flying game of a sort and were all airborne. Tommy was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly, a few shoyrus from the gorup eyed Josie. The bigger and stronger one of the trio, was painted a coat of fire. His eyes were fierce, and he had begun his procession toward Josie, followed by his other two mates. "Yipes" she gulped. These were the bullies of the school. They bothered her everyday.
"Hello Josie!" grinned the fire shoyru as he skidded a landing on the dirt, bringing up a cloud of dust at his feet.
"Why don't you come and join us?"
"No thanks" answered Josie.
"Aww…why not? Don't you know how to fly? Oh whoops! I almost forgot! You really don't know how to fly!" he bellowed out roars of laughter. His friends began laughing too. Soon, the whole mass of Shoyrus were laughing. It was horrible. Their laughter sounded through the yard. It wasn't your casual humorous chuckle. This laughter was terrorizing. They sounded fire alarms inside Josie's head. It made her body tremble. It rang and rang, the threatening laughter. She could feel her blood, bubbling underneath her skin. She didn't know whether to feel angry or humiliated.
"Stop it!" bellowed a familiar voice. Josie swiveled around to see Tommy fly toward the scene. His little body was puffed out with authority and he eyed the crowd in such a sinister way that the laughter ceased abruptly.
Josie stared in admiration at the swarm of shoyrus hurriedly flying away in fright. They were scared of a little nine-year old! She gazed at her brother in wonder. Tommy's features softened.
"Just ignore them" he said. "I know you'd be better than any of them at anything."
"Thanks" whispered Josie, and they embraced, yet Josie couldn't help but wonder, "What was she better at than any of them?", there was nothing she could think of at the moment, and just that, brought her spirits even further down.
That afternoon when Josie got home from school, she ran up the stairs two at a time before collapsing in a heap on her bed, and melted into tears. She hated school. She hated the neopets at school more than anything else. She couldn't believe that she needed her little brother to protect her.
"Don't cry, there are only 2 more years of school to go before I graduate. Then I won't need to worry about flying. Besides, before granddad died, he told me that he'd be watching over me in heaven – looking down on me. Stop crying, do something to make him proud." consoled Josie to herself, failing to suppress her tears. She buried her head into her pillows. It was a Monday. Four more days of enduring the nightmares of school.
Julia sat back in a chair opposite Tommy, who was stuffing his face with cookies, although her mind was elsewhere. She was concerned about her sister. Josie was such a beautiful Shoyru, only she had such low self-esteem. Not having the ability to fly had had an extraordinary impact on her since the death of her grandfather. The thought of what her little sister went through everyday at school, was breaking her heart and Julia was determined to do something about it.
To be continued...
