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Bolt.
Characters and personalities not to be used without my
expressed permission.
Based loosely around the Disney animated movie The
Lion King.
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Beginnings
The Valley
was a beautiful golden hue from the sun as it was slowly disappearing behind
the Cliffs. The same Cliffs that safeguarded this Heaven from the rest of the
world.
The weird
half lion cub half bird nestling sat on one of the small gorge walls that ran
along either side of the Blue River as it snaked its way through the gorge and
into the Valley.
He loved
this time of the day. ÒTwilightÓ A bird had once told him.
To him,
it was the best time of the entire day. Although he could not give a reason as
to why he enjoyed it, he just did.
A slow
smile of ease spread across his lips as he lay down onto his back with his
wings fully extended along the ground either side of him.
He laid
there staring up at the sky, waiting for the first stars of the night to
appear.
ÔThe only
problem with being half and half at the momentÕ he thought to himself ÔIs that
my wings STILL aren't strong enough to let my fly.Õ
ÒOne day
though. One dayÓ He said to himself, shifting his body so the small pebbles
digging into his back would move into a more comfortable position.
ÒHA! Tag
your IT!Ó cried the 2 year old half bird-cub.
ÒNhut-AH!Ó
cried the female who was still only one.
She dove
at him, but missed by centimeters as he launched into the air, not very high
but high enough to keep in flight, and quickly flew away from her laughing.
ÒHa. You
canÕt get away from me by flying anymore Bron!Ó she yelled at him with a smile
on her face as she too launched into the air on a pair of brilliant white
wings, which shone like beckons at this time of the night.
ÒYouÕll
have to catch me first Sas!Ó Bron laughed as he took a big wide turn into the
gorge.
He flew
right above the water and every now and then would descend just enough to dunk his
talons into the almost warm, but still cold water.
ÒHA! Got
ya BACK!Ó Sas cried as she landed on his back laughing, making him crash land
into the one of the multiple deep holes along the River.
Water
went everywhere and they both came up spluttering and laughing.
The stars
were just beginning to come out, when the young bird cub could hear the echo of
wings flying along the inside of the gorge.
He rolled
over and crawled to the edge and peered down.
He got to
the edge in just enough time to see a girl bird cub land on an older boy
yelling ÒHA! Got ya BACK!Ó The boy bird cub could not hold both of their weight
and had crashed into the water.
After
they had remerged laughing, the bird cub started making his way down to them.
Once the
pair had managed to swim back to shallow water, Sas slowly lent over towards
Bron, and with exaggerated slowness tagged his shoulder saying ÒTag your It.
ThereÓ and slowly laughed as she shook herself to get rid of the water on her
wings and back.
Bron
joined in and was going to reply, when they both heard a rather significant
splash.
They both
turned to find the source of the noise, and noticed a younger flying lion
standing in the River.
ÒHiÓ was
all he said, in a friendly way, as he examined the two others.
The male
was clearly older, as he stood a fair few inches taller the female, he had the
beginning of a light brown, which almost looked orange, tuft of fur for a mane,
a dark chocolate hide with a lighter but still dark brown strip down his chest,
with midnight black wings and tail. What he didnÕt notice until later, was that
each of the maleÕs wing tip feathers were a silver grey colour, as was his
eyes, which stood out at this time of the night. He noticed that he had the
same front legs as himself, the fur ending just above the knee joint, and was a
hard tan coloured skin, that ran down to his talon armed claw for a foot
instead of a paw, which his back two still were.
He turned
to look at the girl bird cub. She
was almost the exact opposite of the boy; she had a golden tan body, with pure
white wings and tail. She too had the exact same front legs as the others,
ending in talloned claws instead of paws, what he also noticed, were that her
eyes were mismatched in colour, her left was a beautiful floral green, and her
right a warm butterscotch gold, very close to the same shade as his own eyes.
Both Bron
and Sas looked at the newcomer with a happy look in their eyes and a smile on
their faces, they were both glad to find another bird cub their own age for
once as they took in his appearance as well.
He was a
little bit shorter then Sas, with almost the exact same butterscotch golden
eyes. He had light brown coloured fur that was similar to the beginning of
BronÕs mane, which made his almost tan front legs really stand out. A dark red strip of fur on his head
betrayed what colour his mane would turn out to be once it fully grew, and his
wings and tail were as dark as BronÕs dark brown hide.
ÒHi!Ó
Bron said, taking a few steps towards him through the water. ÒMy nameÕs Bron,
whatÕs yours?Ó he asked the smaller bird cub with a smile.
ÒWell, a
bigger bird lion once called me ÔA Silver BoltÕ, so I guess thatÕs my name.Ó He
said looking from one to the next.
ÒSilver
Bolt. Hm. I like it. My nameÕs AnasaÓ The female said, smiling as she walked
forward to great Silver Bolt.
ÒItÕs
finally good to meet someone my size for onceÓ Silver said smiling as he walked
over and softly head butted BronÕs lowered head.
ÒYou mean
you have never seen anyone else?Ó Bron asked looking sideways at Anasa with a
puzzled look, as she returned the same look.
ÒNo, IÕve
seen birds and big lion birds before but never oneÕs as small as you two.Ó
ÒLion
birds?Ó Anasa asked looking at Silver Bolt with a confused look.
ÒYeah, us,
half lion half bird, I donÕt know what we are called, but I know we are half
lion half birdÓ
ÒOkay,
Okay wait.Ó Bron said with a smile slightly shaking his head, ÒWe are called
FlyersÓ he said the last word with evident pride in his voice. ÒAnd not JUST a
bird, most of the bird side is Eagle, the best bird ever!Ó
ÒFliers?Ó
Silver Bolt asked, taking his turn to look confused. ÒI know we fly but arenÕt
all animals that fly called fliers?Ó
ÒNo, no,
noÓ Anasa said quickly, ÒYouÕve got it all wrong, see, youÕre saying it as if
itÕs what we do-Ó
Ò-but
youÕre meant to say it as if itÕs what we Are, like you would say Lion. You are
a Flyer, and the three of us are FlyersÓ
ÒOh I get
it now!Ó Silver Bolt said softly laughing. ÒSo IÕm a Flyer. Cool. Part Eagle.
SweetÓ He finished with a smug little grin.
ÒWell
itÕs nice to meet you fellow Flyers Bron and Anasa.Ó He said, smiling a little
half grin at his two new friends.
ÒItÕs
nice to meet you too, Silver BoltÓ Anasa said with a cute little smile.
Bron
grinned at Silver Bolt and asked ÒHey! Do you want to play tag with us? IÕm
It.Ó
ÒTag? How
do you play?Ó
ÒWell,Ó
Anasa started, splashing water at Bron as she walked over to stand next to
Silver Bolt. ÒEvery one takes flight, and fly around in the air, whilst the
person who is ÔItÕ has to try to tag them-Ó
Ò-and if
they get someone, they become ÔItÕ and have to tag someone elseÓ
ÒOh, then
I canÕt playÓ Silver Bolt said, looking down.
ÒWhat?Ó
Bron asked as Anasa asked ÒHow come?Ó
ÒI canÕt
fly yet.Ó He said looking off to the running water beside him.
ÒMan that
would suckÓ was all Bron said, looking at him with a sad look.
ÒWell, it
doesnÕt matter!Ó Anasa said with glee in her voice, we can just play it on the
ground!Ó
ÒBut how
do you play it on the ground?Ó Silver asked, looking up at them with newfound
hope.
ÒSame as
in the airÓ Bron said, as he looked slyly at Anasa, ÒAnd Sas is now IT!Ó he
said as he dove and tagged her then took off through the water, as fast as he
could, splashing it everywhere, laughing his head off.
ÒOI!Ó
Anasa yelled ÒHmphÓ she said, and then noticed that Silver was still standing
right next to her looking at Bron with a confused look in his eyes.
ÒHa Tag
your It!Ó she said as she used his shoulder as a launching pad and jumped to
the path along the side of the river, and took off along it laughing as manically
as a young cub playing would.
ÒOh! Oi
get back here!Ó Silver yelled, laughing chasing after his two new friends.
After
Silver got Bron, then Bron in turn got Anasa, who got Bron, who got Silver
again, it was getting rather dark, and although they didnÕt have much of a problem
just yet, mainly because of the extra sight their eagle eyes gave them, but if
they kept going it would be getting well beyond dark.
The game
of Tag had taken them out of the gorge with Blue River and into a dense patch
of low trees and rather tall shrubs and bushes.
Silver
was It again, and was slowly stalking a pair of luminescent wings through the
scrub, which he knew belonged to Anasa. Bron was lucky; Silver had lost him
through the trees, because of his dark fur he blended right into the
background, even with the advanced eye sight, Silver Bolt still had trouble
finding him, so he went looking for Anasa.
Anasa was
lying as low to the ground as she possibly could, so hopefully if Silver walked
past he wonÕt see her. At least, thatÕs what she was hoping for, and at that
exact moment, Silver was in mid air jumping over the bushes concealing the
un-expecting Flyer.
ÒTAG!
YouÕre It!Ó Silver screamed, when he was still in the air above her, and he
threw out his right leg to tag her on the shoulder.
All Anasa
heard was ÒTag!Ó before she let go of a scream and launched herself backwards
into the air.
They
could both see just how close SilverÕs talons were to AnasaÕs face, and with
Silver trying to move them back, whilst still falling forward, and Anasa
turning her head to the side, only made it worse.
When
Silver had launched into the air to jump the bushes, he miscalculated just how
close to the bush Anasa was, so he was landing way to close to her for him to
have his front three talons pointing straight at her.
And when
Anasa took flight, the only thing it helped with, was forcing SilverÕs middle
and right talons into the side of her face, just in front of and below her ear.
Thankfully
the furthest right talon, which would have pierced her neck, only just scraped
along the top of the skin, still cutting her, but not deep. But the middle talon was slammed that
hard into her cheek that the entire thing was almost below the surface of her
face. She screamed in pain and
fright when they connected, but once she could feel the blood running from both
of the cuts, down SilverÕs arm and onto the ground, Silver could have sworn
that the scream got louder.
Silver
landed on the ground on three shaky legs, and the impact from it caused the two
talons in AnasaÕs face, start sliding along her cheek and neck towards the
front of her face as if they were slicing through water, not muscle, skin and
fur.
ÒOh shit
oh shitÓ said Silver really quickly when the blood wasnÕt slowing down. Anasa
just kept crying and she made the worst mistake she could ever have made. Even
though when Silver had landed, it had forced the holes in her face into small
lines down her face and neck. Anasa tried out of reaction, to move her face
away from his talons. She did it with the much force that the middle talon
moved just above and along her cheek bone, then slipped down underneath her
chin and was dragged forward until it slipped up the front of her chin bone,
and broke through the skin up till almost her lower lip.
She
collapsed to the ground still squealing and crying.
ÒOh Shit,
IÕm so sorry Anasa!Ó Silver said over the top of the tears. ÒBRON!Ó he yelled
into the night as he sat down and started to lick the wounds clean, and try to
stop the bleeding. He knew, at
least with smaller cuts, that if he licked them they would stop bleeding, but
he didnÕt know if it would work with bigger cuts like this one. He looked at
AnasaÕs face as he first simply applied his tongue to the start of the cut and
just sat there.
AnasaÕs
scream picked up a few octaves and she tried to swat at Silver with one of her claws.
He dodged it and removed his tongue.
ÒIÕm
sorry Anasa, but it will help it heal. I Think.Ó
ÒIt hurtsÓ
Anasa said between sobs, keeping her mouth firmly shut so as to not stretch and
hurt the wounds.
ÒI know
IÕm sorryÓ he said yet again, as a few tears came to his eyes for hurting a
friend this badly.
When
Silver had first started to lick the cuts clean, the blood tasted a little
salty and had a bad sour taste to it, but by the time he could hear BronÕs
wings bringing him closer, he was getting freaked out, because not only was the
blood starting to taste good, it was almost fulfilling.
ÒWhat
happened? WhatÕs wrong?Ó Bron said as he landed and walked in front of Anasa.
ÒIt was
an accidentÓ Silver started as Bron swore really badly, seeing the two gashes
ÒHow the hell did this happen?Ó He asked looking up at Silver with worried
eyes.
ÒWell, I
was It and could see her behind the bushes, so I jumped them to tag her, and
she tried to run away, well fly away and my talons hit her face and this
happened. Do you know how to fix her? I donÕt want her to bleed to deathÓ he
said as he pointed to the medium sized pool of blood now forming around their
claws.
ÒWell.
Ummm, Oh! Water helps, it stings like all buggeries but it fixes itÓ
ÒWell, I
have tried to stop the bleeding by licking them, the small one doesnÕt bleed
anymore but the big one still is, not as much but still bad.Ó Silver said,
helping Anasa to stand and placed one wing over her body to keep her stable.
ÒOkay
then, letÕs take her back to Blue RiverÓ Bron said over his shoulder as he
started walking, leading the way.
ÒBlue
River?Ó Silver asked, still standing there with the crying Anasa with her head
down.
ÒYeah,
the place where we first met, in the gorgeÓ Bron said slowly down.
ÒOh got
ya!Ó Silver said, slowly starting to walk, making Anasa walk beside him, she
had quieted down a bit, slowly getting used to the pain.
ÒCome ON
Anasa! You have to put your WHOLE head under for it to heal properlyÓ She had
her eyes scrunched up in pain from the water, because she only just put the
bottom of her chin in the water, and it hurt like hell.
With her
eyes still shut she slowly shook her head back and forth in a defiant No.
ÒCome on
Anasa, you have already started, you might as well finish itÓ Silver said in a
friendly tone. ÒOr do you want the pain to stay like this foreverÓ
ÒIt
HurtsÓ She repeated still keeping her mouth firmly shut.
ÒI know
it does SasÓ Bron said, walking into the water, purposely splashing water up
into the gash. She cringed at the pain and tried to back out of the water, but
Silver and Bron stopped her.
ÒNo. No
running, just get in there!Ó Bron said as he put one hand on her behind and
shoved her into the deeper water. She managed to keep her head above the water,
but the gash still got covered in water which made her squeal through her
firmly clamped shut mouth, muffling it a bit.
ÒAna,
just duck under onceÓ Silver said, starting to get slightly annoyed.
She
glared at Bron for shoving her in, and turned to look at Silver with a face
that said ÔDo I have to?Õ
ÒJust do
it SasÓ Bron said walking up to her and putting his claw on her back as Silver
nodded a ÔYesÕ.
Her face
turned into a glare as she said ÒFINE!Ó which came out as ÒMime!Ó through her
shut jaw.
She stood
there for a few minuets with her eyes softly shut, still crying. She exhaled
one last time, took a big breath of air through her nose, and dunked her entire
head under the water.
Bron and
Silver shared a quickly stopped laugh as they could hear her scream, which kept
going after she had ripped her head from the water after only seconds under.
ÒFeel
better?Ó Bron asked with a chuckle after she had stopped screaming and was
drawing in air like it would be her last.
ÒA
littleÓ She said, as she was practicing opening and closing her mouth so as to
not hurt the cuts as much as possible, but still cringing at the pain.
ÒIÕm
sorryÓ Silver said walking up to her.
ÒI know,
and I DONÕT forgive you yet. Not whilst I still have the pain.Ó
ÒI know,
and I donÕt ever expect you to either. IÕm sorry for being such a bad friend,
it was an accident I was trying to tag your shoulder.Ó
ÒI know
and you scarred the hell out of me! OwÓ
ÒDunk
your head againÓ Bron said looking closely at the wounds again.
ÒAt least
they are not bleeding anymoreÓ he said to Silver as Anasa dunked her head,
screamed and pulled it back out again, crying softly at the new pain.
ÒWell it
looks as if it has finally stopped bleeding, so we can now get out of this
River, IÕm freezingÓ Bron laughed as he helped guide Anasa out of the water.
ÒHere
come with me, I know a good spot to lie down and look up at the stars.Ó Silver
said, leading the way out of the River.
ÒOkayÓ
Both Flyers replied as they started following their younger friend.
Once they
were all lying on top of the gorge wall, in a triad on there backs, both males
had their wings open and all three had at least some part of their head
touching each other, Silver asked ÒI hope we can stay friends like thisÓ
ÒOf
Course we willÓ Anasa said, with sheer obvious tone in her of voice and a smile
on her face, which turned into a grimace of pain and then disappeared ÒRemind
me not to smile, it still hurtsÓ
ÒHaha
Okay. No prob.Ó Bon laughed.
They lay
there for a few minuets, behind Silver and Anasa they could see BronÕs right
leg raise into the air above their heads.
ÒFriends
Forever?Ó he asked.
At the
same time, Silver Bolt and Anasa raised their legs and all three said, just as
their talloned claws touched;
ÒFriends
FOREVER!Ó
Hey Guys,
Just a
little FYI, you need to download and save the Neverwinter Nights font to your
computer to see the Title how itÕs supposed to look.
HereÕs
the address:
http://www.dafont.com/search.php?psize=m&q=Neverwinter
The steps
are [for Windows XP only sorry but it does work for Macs and Vista, I just
donÕt know how to do it lol]
Click the
Download PC/Mac OS X button to the right; it has a grey box around it till you
scroll over it, then it turns red.
When the
ÔFile DownloadÕ box appears, hit open.
Depending
on what program you have, it will open up a Zip file, extract it into your
Local Disk C:\Windows\Fonts file, and it will now work.
If it
doesnÕt, give me a bell and I can help you out.
Cheers,
Silver
Bolt