A Taitl Tale: Part One by squieshie |  |
I was located outside, in some deserted place. My mother
and siblings had abandoned me, only because I was shaded in a blue colour, not
a red. I didn't really care, though, because they didn't matter much to me.
They never fed me, so I was starving when they abandoned me. Since I was only
a small blue Ixi, I was also close to dying, from the lack of being fed. But
soon after they left me in a tall grass field, on a steaming hot day, I went
in search of food, and I found a whole lot. I ate all of it, and was still a
little hungry afterward, so I scavenged for more, and found another good dose
of it. After finishing that dish, I was bloated, so I wandered around on the
deserted place, wondering what to do next.
There were no Neopets, none at all. There were
only streams, and tall pines crowding the place all over. I wondered where my
so called mother and my siblings were? Where had they gone? I traced everywhere
around the strange island roughly sixteen times, and they were nowhere in sight.
But then I spotted a big ocean, I hadn't noticed before. It went out an extremely
long way, I couldn't see anything else farther out.
"Hey," I said to myself. "Maybe I can make a
raft... and then float across that ocean!" I grinned to myself, being proud
of my idea, so I ran towards a tall pine tree, and wondered how I could break
a chunk off. Even though I was a small blue Ixi, and only a week old, I was
pretty smart.
I began by biting the bark, but that didn't
help much. So, I wandered around, and I spotted a Giant stick. It was really
heavy, but somehow I managed to pick it up, and stab the tree. I stabbed it
for probably about ten minutes, and then it started to loosen, so I dug around
in the tree, using the stick's pointy end. Finally, I ripped off a big piece
of tree bark, and stood on it. It was pretty sturdy, and it was about eight
feet long, so I had a lot of room to put a lot of supplies, like food on it.
I grabbed the piece of bark with my mouth, and dragged it to the edge of the
mysterious island, and set it down. I then began searching for more food. I
found a lot of food, a piece of cheese, a bundle of ripe bananas, some old bags
of neo-chips half full, some delicious looking fruit, ripe from some trees I
had found on the other side of the island, away from all of the pines.
It was getting pretty hot, considering it was
midsummer. I ran out to my giant piece of bark I had left by the ocean, and
set the food down on top of it. I then put my dirty hoof into the ice cold water.
It felt good, so I bent down to take a drink. It was gross water, it tasted
salty. The water I had gotten from my mother was fresh, and tasty. Though I
was thirsty, I knew I had to go on. But I couldn't decide whether I should leave
at that moment, or wait until tomorrow morning. If I waited until tomorrow,
then I would have to find shelter inside a log, and I wouldn't be able to bring
the huge piece of bark with me, because a log wasn't anywhere in sight. So I
decided to go right then. Anyway, I thought. I might just get there
before dark. How far could it be?
I was stupid.
I set the bark on the water, and grabbed the
food, along with the big jabbing stick, in case I needed to row my 'boat'. Then,
I hopped on the boat, and sat down, comfortably. The wind was going west, I
could tell, because that was the direction the sun was setting in. My mother
told my siblings and I all that the sun always rose in the east, and it set
in the west. So off it went. I was going slow at first, but then the wind began
to pick up, and I was going faster and faster. I was quite fun, actually, but
then I went slow, the rest of that day. Soon it became dark, but I didn't want
to go to sleep, because what if there were gigantic waves, and It knocked me
off of my boat? So I stayed awake for about three or four hours after the sun
had set, and it was pitch black, so I didn't know what direction I was going,
or anything. Then I reached behind me to grab some food, but it was gone. I
scrambled on to my feet, and looked where I was sitting. No food. I panicked.
What could have happened to it? After about thirty minutes or worrying, I fell
asleep. I couldn't help myself, either, my eyes just wouldn't stay open. I awoke
in what seemed like forever, but it was still dark out. Thank goodness I hadn't
fallen off of the large piece of bark. I was about to fall asleep again, but
I felt a few wet drops. Rain drops. This couldn't be good.
I looked up in the sky. Yep, it sure was rain.
And I was so stupid. I didn't bring anything to cover myself. I curled up in
a ball, shivering. The rain was getting fiercer, by the minute. Soon giant waves
shot up, like a bullet. They were heading towards me. I put my little Ixi hooves
over my head, to shield it from the rain, but unfortunately, it did no good.
Soon, the waves reached my raft. I stood still, really still. The waves knocked
the bark up, and I rolled off of it, and toppled into the air, then splashed
into the freezing cold water. I didn't know how to swim, and I couldn't see
anything, the rain was everywhere. I tried to dog-paddle a ways, but I couldn't.
I just wasn't strong enough. I knew that this was the end.
But I thought of an idea, straight away. Why
hadn't I thought of it before? I swam into the water, and opened my eyes, even
though it hurt from the saltiness of the water. I swam, hurriedly, and went
up to the surface every once in a while, for a breath or two. I made it quite
a ways. The waves were still raging, and the rain was still beating hard against
the ocean. Soon, I felt soft sand when I was swimming underwater. I stood up.
I had made it. The rain was still hard, so I ran onto a beach, and scrambled
under a nearby leaf that was a little bigger than me. I had made it. I fell
asleep, but only for a while, for a big crash had awoken me. I opened my eyes.
I saw a big flash. I had never seen it before, but my mother had warned me of
it, like many other things. Lightning. I ran out from under the leaf, hesitating
where to go. I heard another big crash, and my heart skipped a beat, from being
so scared. I chose to go under a huge tree, with many leaves. I sat down, and
watched the raging storm. I didn't know where I was, but at least I was off
that strange, deserted place.
I looked at the rain. The sound of it pouring
down was soothing. I fell asleep, all curled up in a ball.
I woke up hours later, most likely. I walked
out onto the sand, and looked up into the sky. The rain had stopped. Completely.
But I spotted a little drop coming down on me. I splattered on my left cheek.
Usually it wouldn't matter if just a tiny little raindrop splattered on you're
cheek. But for some reason, a jolt of pain shot through my body right when the
raindrop touched my cheek. I shrugged it off, and walked in no particular place.
I spotted a house. It was kind of like a hut, made out of bamboo. It looked
quite odd, but I knocked on the door, anyway. I few seconds later, a green creature
answered the door. I had never seen it before, so I figured it was probably
another kind of Neopet.
"Hello," the green creature said.
She sounded kind, so I replied with a mere,
"Hello. You are you?"
"Good, I guess..." The green creature frowned.
"Who are you?"
I hesitated. I didn't even have a name! "I-I
don't.. Well... I don't have a name..."
"You don't?" the green creature replied. "Well,
then. Anyway, I'm Daemie. A green Blumaroo. And I see you are a blue Ixi." So
that was what she was, a Blumaroo. That words buzzed in my head for a while.
"Umm..." I started. "Not to be rude, or anything,
but can I come in?"
"Sure!" Daemie smiled, and bounced inside, signalling
me to follow.
"I don't have a home," I squeaked.
"You don't?" Daemie asked. "What ever happened
to you're owner?"
"Owner?" I questioned. "What's an owner?"
"You don't know what an owner is?" Daemie glanced
back at me. "Well, it is a person who takes care of you. They get Neopoints,
so they can buy you toys, and food, and maybe even a petpet. But you'll have
to be real good if you went one of those. That's what Melissa says."
"What? What is a person? What are Neopoints?
What is petpet? What is Melissa?" I was wondering what so many things were,
and there were probably a lot more to know about. It was going to take me a
long time to figure everything out.
Daemie looked at me. She looked at me weirdly.
"I think you are going to have to have some catching up to do, little Ixi."
"Huh? O-okay..."
"Say," Daemie asked. "Why do you have a raindrop
on you're left cheek?"
"What are you talking about?" I wondered.
"Here. Follow me!" Daemie walked inside a room.
"Look inside this mirror." I looked at the mirror object. It was the most fascinating
thing I had seen, in my little life. I could see my little blue Ixi self inside
of it. But I also noticed a small light blue raindrop on my left cheek. I tried
to wipe it off, but nothing happened. It actually didn't look like a real raindrop,
but it was shaped like one you would draw on a piece of paper. It wasn't a perfect
circle, it was an oval, with a pointy top.
"That is weird," I said, rubbing the raindrop.
But then it all came back to me. I remembered when the last little raindrop
splattered against my cheek, and I felt a jolt of pain. It must have left a
mark, or something. Whatever it was, it was interesting. As I thought about
it, it ached a little bit. I kept rubbing it. Just then, a girl came into the
room.
"Hi!" she said she seemed friendly, like the
Blumaroo. "Who's this, Daemia?"
"Hi, Melissa! Oh, she doesn't have a name. She
doesn't have a home either... Can she stay with us?" Daemia asked. I smiled,
real big towards Melissa, so she would say yes.
"I'm afraid not, Daemia. I'm so sorry. I just
don't have the Neopoints to take care of two Neopets. It's hard enough
on me as it already is. And by the way, it's dinner time, so can you say goodbye
to you're little friend?" Melissa sounded really sorry, but rude at the same
time. I frowned, as I walked out the door.
"Bye, little Ixi. Maybe I'll see you again."
Daemia frowned, and closed the door slowly.
I looked up in the sky. It was clear, to there
was probably not going to be any rain that night. I walked off of their porch.
The bright red sun was setting, so I had just enough time to find some food
scraps and get to some shelter. I walked around for quite some time. I heard
pets playing, and laughing, having fun. I wished I was one of those pets. I
was staring at the pets, and I wasn't watching where I was going. I tripped
over a rock, and I hit the ground hard.
"Whoa!" I shouted. I quickly got up after I
had tripped, and brushed myself off.
"Ha, ha!" a Neopet that was playing with some
others recalled. "Have a nice trip! See you next fall!" Some other Neopets laughed
gleefully along with him, and they went back to their business. I ran over to
a tree, my hooves swishing in the sand. I sat down, and looked at my wound.
Just then, a red Neopet ran up to me.
"Don't listen to them. Are you all right?" She
asked.
"Yeah, I guess," I replied.
"Hey, what's you're name?" the pink Neopet asked.
"I.. I don't have a name..." I replied, hanging
my head.
"Really? I'm rayn--" The pink Kacheek looked
back at all of the other pets. "Oh, sorry, I have to go! Bye!" Then she ran
off to play with the other Neopets. I watched them playing, and sometimes the
pink Neopet and I exchanged glances, and giggled. If only she had told me her
name. I closed my eyes, the sun was about to set. But suddenly I heard screams
from all of the other Neopets.
"Watch out!!!" I heard the pink Neopet yell.
I opened my eyes, not knowing what was happening. A net was covering me. I tried
to scramble out of it, but I was trapped.
"Hey! Let me go!" I shouted to whoever was holding
the net. I looked over my shoulder. It was a yellow Neopet, that looked kind
of like a lizard, with grey hair. He looked mad, and sad at the same time.
"You're coming with me, little Ixi." He grunted.
"Wh-what?" I asked. "Where are you taking me?"
The yellow Neopet looked at me, and muttered,
"The pound."
To be continued...
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