I did most of this blasting Axel F, so it took awhile cuz I was busy dancing…Yeah… so… okay just read…

I was too busy dancing to work on my take over the Zelda Company plans… so I don't own it… yet!

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The Birdie Man

Chapter 4

New Hopes Shattered

That morning, Komali woke up walked to school by himself, filled with a new hope. After the visit from Arill the night before, he thought that maybe there were others that didn't feel hatred towards him being a Rito. Maybe if he tried, he could make some friends.

He had left his pearl at home, and instead brought some of Lenzo's photos he had taken from the dragon roost box, incase somebody asked about his island, or Valoo. He felt pretty confident.

Komali opened the door, ignoring the people that looked up, surprised to see him after what had happened the day before. He walked over to an empty desk next to Arill, and put his bag under the desk so he wouldn't knock it over if Tetra pushed him off again. Arill smiled.

"You came back!" she said. Komali nodded.

"Let's just home things go better today…" Arill nodded.

Ms Marie came in with an announcement. They were going for a field trip to a small island, a half hours boat ride from Windfall, to study the different types of plants and animals that inhabited it. She told the class to split up into groups of three. And they were all going to be studying something different. This time Komali wasn't alone. He paired up with Arill, and they started looking for another partner.

Saria stomped over.

"Can you believe that guy?" she said angrily. "He'd rather be with that Tetra girl then with me!" Komali looked over to see Mido, Tetra and Ivan in a group. What a surprise.

Ms Marie came around, writing down the names of all the groups. When she reached Komali's group, she looked up, and a surprised look covered her face.

"Komali, you're at school today I see," she said, writing down their names. Komali nodded.

"It's what I came here for."

"Very well, you three will be studying the different types of flowers on the island, and taking a sample of each." Arill cheered, and Saria sighed.

"Flowers? That's boring…" she said.

"Flowers are cool, what are talking about!" Arill looked over to Komali. "Do you like flowers?" Komali shrugged.

"Don't care much about them…"

Ms Marie rang the little bell, and led the class down to the docks.

The boat was pretty small, just enough to seat the class, and Ms Marie, who took up two seats. The ride there, Komali had to admit, was pretty fun. He showed Saria the pictures he had taken from Lenzo, since Arill kept talking about them. Saria thought it would be cool to live with a dragon. Komali agreed, but told her it was sometimes dangerous. When Valoo got mad, he would breathe fire at everything that moved. Saria shrugged, she thought it would be cool either way.

At their arrival, Ms Marie explained the rules. The only one that Komali heard over the chatter of students was that there was no fighting aloud. Great, maybe Mido would back off. But Mido wasn't one to play by the teachers rules. After the explanation, the class all split up to go look for the things they were supposed to study.

"Think we could go swimming?" Arill asked in a hopeful voice. Saria put her hand in the water, and snatched it back out.

"No way, it's like ice water!" Arill slumped her shoulders.

"Aww man…"

Suddenly, Mido stomped over.

"Hey birdie man," he said, pushing Komali back. "What happened to my pearl yesterday?" Komali frowned.

"It's not your pearl Mido!" Saria said, stepping in front of Komali. "So just leave him alone!" Tetra pushed Saria out of the way.

"Keep out of his way." Saria glared at her.

"I want that pearl, birdie man, and you'd better give it to me right now!" Komali smirked.

"Well too bad Mido, I left it at home!" Mido stepped towards him.

"You what?" Komali stood up straighter, determined not to let Mido scare him.

"I said I left it at home! You can't get it now!"

"Why you-" Mido was about to push Komali to the ground when Ms Marie came running over.

"Children, children, don't fight!" she said, splitting up the two boys. Mido glared at Komali, before stomping away with him group. Tetra looked back, smirked, and waved at Saria. Ms Marie looked down at Komali.

"Komali, why on earth do you keep fighting with Mido?" she asked. Komali was about to say something when Saria interrupted him.

"He didn't do anything! Mido keeps on bugging him!" she shouted. "It was Mido who started it!"

"Yeah, Mido's being a bully!" Arill added. Ms Marie sighed.

"Well, it doesn't matter who started it, just… don't fight, okay?" And with that she walked away. The two girls looked at Komali.

"Don't worry about it," he said. "Let's just grab some flowers and get out of here, okay?" The two girls nodded.

When Ms Marie rang the bell for lunch, Komali, Arill and Saria had already finished collecting all the flowers, and they now had the afternoon free.

Komali, once again, had forgotten to bring a lunch, and so he sat on a rock next to the two girls, and stared out into the ocean. Suddenly, he and the two girls got showered with…

"Seeds?" Arill said, picking them out of her hair. Saria looked around quickly. Mido was whistling, trying to look innocent. Komali brushed the seeds out of his hair, and looked over to Mido.

"Thought I'd be nice today and bring you a lunch." Mido said in a mocking tone, shaking a bag of seeds. Komali just ignored him.

"I don't see what wrong with him," Saria said. "I mean come on, just because you look like a bird doesn't mean you are one." Arill nodded. Komali sighed.

"Well, not everyone sees that like you guys.

"My grandma tells me never to judge a book by its cover!" Arill said. Komali nodded.

"But noone ever listens to that saying…"

After lunch, the group decided to go to the highest point on the island, a cliff with about a 30 foot drop from the water. Arill sat on the edge, dangling her feet. Saria stayed back a ways, she wasn't all that comfortable with heights. Komali looked out to sea, and wondered what his dad was doing at that moment. Komali smiled. He was probably dragging some scared little Rito up to see Valoo to get his wings. He wished that Rito could be him. He wanted so much to have his wings, he wanted to fly back home, back to Dragon Roost, and compete in the races. He wanted to see the look on his dads face when he won, and his dad would be so proud of him…

Down the hill, Mido was talking to his group.

"I don't see how those two can like that guy!" Mido said, fixing his hat. Tetra shrugged.

"I talked to Arill. She says he's really nice…" Mido looked at her?

"Nice? Nice? Tetra, she would be friends with a rotting dead zombie if he was nice! Niceness means nothing!"

"Well, good friends are usually nice Mido…"

"I'm friends with you though Tetra."

Silence.

Ivan looked between the two, and feeling the tension in the air, got up and left. Noone noticed.

"So why are you friends with me Mido?" Tetra was annoyed. Mido shrugged.

"No idea. Hey, you're a bully like me and together we ruled the class, isn't that enough?"

"So are you saying you're friends with me even though you hate me?"

"I don't hate you but…" He looked up to Komali's group.

Saria looked down, and saw Mido looking at them, Tetra looked hurt. She nudged Komali.

"What?"

"Komali, Mido's looking up here, can I give you a hug?"

"What?"

"I need to make him jealous! So he hangs out with me instead of that Tetra girl!"

"But-"

Saria pulled him into a hug, nearly choking Komali.

"What are you-"

"Shhh!"

Mido stared wide eyed.

"Tetra, is Saria… is she HUGGING him?" Tetra looked up.

"Yeah. Guess she got sick of you Mido. I know I am."

"You liked me?" Mido stared at Tetra. Tetra looked away.

"Before you said you hated me." Mido looked up at Saria, and suddenly felt an extreme hatred towards Komali, more then he did before. Noone touched Saria except for him!

"That idiot is gonna pay…" he said, running up the hill. Tetra stopped him.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"What do you think? He hugged Saria, and he's gonna pay!" He was really mad, madder then Tetra had ever seen him.

Saria noticed Mido coming up the hill, and she let go of Komali. Komali rubbed his arms.

"You almost suffocated me you know…" Saria looked nervous.

"Uh oh Komali, he looks mad…" She bit her lip.

"And he doesn't look mad at you either…" Komali said.

"Mido, I don't think this is a good idea…" Tetra said. Mido didn't listen. He just ignored her.

"Komali, get behind me." Saria said, stepping in front of him.

Mido stopped in front of Saria.

"Get out of my way." He said. Saria didn't move.

"Leave Komali alone."

"Saria, you're my girl, and noone's allowed to hug you except me!" Saria rolled her eyes.

"You can't tell me what to do Mido; I can do whatever I want."

"Hmph. You're just like Tetra. I don't know why I'm friends with you either." Saria gasped. Mido crossed his arms. "We're through, Saria."

More silence. Komali stepped up beside Saria.

"Mido, how could you do that?" he asked. Mido glared at him.

"What does it matter to you?"

"Saria only hugged me to get you to notice her, and maybe spend a little more time with her then your group!"

"Stay out of this Komali; it's none of your business!" Mido said. Komali was mad. He finally had some friends, and he was going to defend them like any good friend would do.

"No, Mido, I won't stay out of it. You're mad at Saria because of something she didn't even do!" Mido looked at him. "You treat everyone like dirt, and I'm sick of it!"

"Oh yeah?" Mido smirked. "And what are you gonna do about it?"

Silence.

"I thought so." Mido said. ""Ha, birdie man finally gets friends for the first time and his life, and he doesn't even know how to defend them!" He looked around. Saria was glaring at him, and Arill was standing up, looking nervous.

"Geez Komali, I would've thought you'd at least had the guts to throw a couple insults back."

Komali felt his fists clenching again.

"Well, I guess I had to expect that from a Rito like you. All Rito's are like that."

Anger was rising up inside of him.

"The only thing you guys are good for are slingshot targets!"

He couldn't hold it in much longer…

"Geez, are you not gonna say anything? Hasn't your dad ever taught you how to be a man? Oh yeah, that's right, you aren't a man, you're a Rito!"

Komali snapped.

"STOP IT!" he yelled. Mido stepped back, surprised. Arill and Saria looked at him. "JUST SHUT UP!" He felt tears coming. YOU ARE ALWAYS INSULTING ME MIDO! ALWAYS INSULTING THE RITO TRIBE! AND I WANT YOU TO JUST SHUT UP!" Mido frowned.

"Yeah? Make me."

Komali stepped forward and punched Mido in the face.

"SHUT UP!"

Mido looked up at him, hand over his eye.

"Why YOU LITTLE-" He tackled Komali, sending the two flying off the cliff!

"KOMALI!" Yelled Arill and Saria, both leaning over the edge to see if they were okay. Tetra ran over, and peered over the edge, a look of worry on her face.

The two boys rolled down the side of the cliff, rocks and plants tearing away at them, falling towards the water. Komali felt Mido let go of him. Mido managed to grab onto a hanging root of a tree, and that stopped his fall. He was bruised, and bleeding, but safe. Komali tried to grab hold of him to stop his own fall, but couldn't. He kept rolling down, and plunged into the ice cold water. Trying to keep afloat, he tried to grab onto a rock or something, but they were out of his reach.

After a feeble attempt at trying to grab hold of the cliff, he went under.

And Komali didn't know how to swim.

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Yay cliffhangers are your friends! Anyways, this didn't take as long as I thought it would because I got a lot of computer time these last two days, and I cut it short at the end because I want to make the next part another chapter.

If you want to see what happens to Komali, please review and I will tell you!