The Lost Oocca
"Junior! Please don't fly so close to the edge! You know what happens if you fly too far! You will fall off and be lost in the land of the humans!"
"Aw mamma, that's just a story that you oldies tell us so we can't have any fun!"
"Junior! You are scaring your mamma! Come back this moment!"
"But this is so fun mamma!"
"Junior, please! I will have to come get you!"
"Ooh ha ha! Tag! Can't catch me!"
"Junior, I-"
Ooccoo flew to the edge of City in the Sky to catch her errant son. He had done this before, and had been lucky. But his mamma knew what could happen, what had happened, to those who tested the limits. She reached her son, and grabbed hold of him. Junior squirmed, trying to get free, but his mother held firm. But, unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew mightily forth, and knocked the ooccas back, far from their destination. Ooccoo scrambled to get to the ledge, but too late. She had been blown too far to fly back from, not with her fragile wings. And Junior definitely couldn't make it. Ooccoo noticed, distantly, that she was falling, as if she were a raindrop, raining onto the land below. But where was Junior-was he falling too, or had he somehow miraculously gotten back to the walkway? Ooccoo was wondering if maybe she should go to sleep. This rushing air was so calming. After all, who wanted to stay alert for what was to come? Death…or at the very best, imprisonment in the land of humans. But, no. Ooccoo knew that would never do. She must stay awake. Especially since the ground was rushing up at her so quickly now…was that ground? It was so blue, like the sky. Was Ooccoo having another silly dream? Probably. Ooccoo hoped so because…ow...
The winged creature was lost. This place was strange, with all this land and water, with the clouds high above, instead of where they should be. Ooccoo could not recall how she got here, but she knew this was not her home. Home was in the clouds. Stone and vine…not this water, and, what was it, grass? She was remembering now, a little. She had fallen off her home when her son had flown too far, and she had tried to get him back...but then the wind had blown with the might of a dragon and they had both fallen from their native land.
Ooccoo wondered where her son was. She had survived, by falling into this lake, but had Junior? She searched her mind for where she could be; glad now that she had chosen to be a scholar. Junior had been playing near the big cannon that flung creatures from City in the Sky down to…Lake Hilay? Lake Hial? Lake Hylia, that was the name. That must be where Ooccoo was now. But Junior…Ooccoo had to search for him, to find out the truth. And if he had died, to grieve him. Ooccoo had things to do.
Well, there it is: the first chapter. Let me know what you think!