Borntobite Flies!

by Midnight17

Borntobite was a semi-normal Red Scorchio: He couldn't fly! Ever since the day he was born, poor little Borntobite couldn't move his left wing. His owner, 87s_my_year, had tried everything he could to help out his only pet but there was nothing he could do. The doctors had an idea, they could use a morphing potion to turn him into another pet but then Borntobite said no. He was born a Scorchio and that was how he wanted to stay.

87s_my_year never gave up looking. He offered a reward for any help but no one helped. No one had any idea what to do. Borntobite loved and respected his owner. He knew that even with a bad wing his owner would never stop loving him. Borntobite felt sad every time he saw a NeoPet flying overhead and decided that if he couldn't fly he'd have to do something else instead.

He tried swimming but he found that he hated the cold water. He tried running but his legs weren't very long, and as he ran his wings would flop around and trip him up. He was a failure.

Years passed and Borntobite still wasn't very good at anything. "I'm a failure!" he would say, "I bet that if my wing did work I still wouldn't be able to fly!" 87s_my_year treated Borntobite really well and always told him that he was not a failure. He always thanked 87s_my_year for the kind words but they never made him feel any better. He wanted to fly more than anything but it just wasn't possible. Then one day his friend Saibunny the Cybunny sent him a Neomail saying: "Hey come over to my place! I think I have a way of getting you flying!"

Borntobite got onto his bike. He wasn't very good at riding it but it was faster than walking. He rode carefully down a steep dirt path that led from the top of his volcano home down to the bottom. He raced across the barren wasteland between his volcano and the next. He rode up the path until he got tired and had to walk his bike the rest of the way.

When he got to the top he saw the monorail. A big silver train that connected the volcano lands with Neopia Central. He placed his bike into a baggage compartment and got onboard. He sat down next to an overweight Bruce. "Hello," said Borntobite.

"Hi," said the Bruce.

"How come you're so far away from Happy Valley?" asked Borntobite.

The Bruce nodded slowly and replied, "My owner thinks I'm fat. He tried medicines and diets but nothing worked. Now he put me on this monorail and said, 'Get off at Neopia Central and walk home. That'll get you into shape.'" The Bruce looked down sadly.

"That's terrible," said Borntobite.

A man came down the aisle and asked for their tickets. They both showed the man their passes and he left the cabin. Borntobite and the Bruce talked for a while and a voice rang out over the intercom. "We are now entering Neopia Central. Please wait until the monorail comes to a complete stop before exiting."

"Well, good luck getting home," said Borntobite.

"Thanks," said the Bruce.

The train stopped and they both left. Borntobite watched as the Bruce walked away heading towards Happy Valley. Borntobite got his bike out of the train and rode away from the station. He biked through Neopia Town Square, the outer suburbs, the grassy plains, until finally he saw the twin trees that grew next to Saibunny's burrow.

To be continued...