Life Cycle of a Bird

I float in infinite darkness.

Unable to see nor feel a single thing.

I know I'm a bird because a voice told me.

The voice told me about the outside word in all its infinite glory

It told me about the clouds, the wind and most importantly,

The sky

It told me my kind was a symbol of freedom and eternity

It told me tales of the adventures my kind experienced and how amazing and thrilling it would be.

The feeling of the wind ruffling through your feathers

The view from above

It all sounded amazing and I couldn't wait to hatch so I could see if this world was amazing as it sounded.

I was still an egg at this point but knowing what awaited me made time go by faster

I can't see

I am freaking out as to why I can not see!

I hatched a couple days ago which was quite the experience.

I could hear what was going on around me so I knew I wasn't the only one in this nest

Mother and father along with the rest of my siblings lived in the nest, I think we live on top of a tall tree because of the wind.

I'm not sure how many siblings I have but I hope they are less than 10

I can see

I have being gifted with the power of sight!

I can see the nest,

I can see the trees,

And.. I can see the sky.

It was blue and fair

It was not very cloudy and provided just enough shade to make the day cool, and shelter me from the direct rays of the sun.

Though the trees already did that.

I'm still tiny and barely have any feathers but I know I'll get there

For now I'm satisfied with staring from below.

I'm growing my feathers

It's still a little sparse but its there

Some of my siblings already have their bodies covered with feathers and are already getting some lessons from our father.

By the way I have three siblings, their names are Ehann, Arche and Dawa

Come to think of it I don't think I ever introduced myself

My name is Sorin

My father says it has a special meaning which he is yet to tell me,

He says he'll tell me when I'm ready

Apparently I'm not ready for flying or to know the meaning of my own name.

I finally grew out my feathers

My wings feel weird but I'm sure that's the process

Father had being showing me how to balance myself and a bunch of other important stuff which I watched and listened to with rapt attention.

But now it was time for for some practical lessons.

I watch my dad who also watches me as he hovers mid air

"Do as I say"

I nod and suppress my excitement so I could focus on taking this big step towards the skies

"Jump"

I was about to do as he said but his words dawned on me making me freeze

"Excuse me? I think I must have mishea.."

"You heard correctly, I want you to jump"

"But w...what if I die, we are r...really high u.."

"I thought you wanted to fly"

"I..I do"

"How do you want to survive when you leave the nest? are you planning on walking on ground your whole life?"

"Well no.."

"Then jump"

Do and die or Do and take to the skies?

I internally ponder those possibilities for a minute before making up my mind.

"Whatever happens!" I yell as I jump out of the nest with my eyes closed

My heart was pounding so loudly I could barely hear what my father shouted as I continued to fall.

"Open your eyes!"

I pried them open and felt my eyes water as the wind rushed towards me

"Flap your wings!"

I flap my wings as hard as I could and started moving upward

"I'm doing it! I'm flyin..."

"Concentrate!"

Before I could comprehend his sentence I lose control of my wings and spiral downwards, I tried to aim and ended up crashing into a bush

That was a sorta soft landing

I struggle a bit before making my way out of the bush, I see my father on top of a nearby branch shaking his head as he looked at me.

"Did we not talk about balance?"

"We did"

I muttered in reply as I watch him fly away, probably going to hunt for food.

I munched up some bugs as I thought about how I would take to the skies

I'm flying!

It took a while before I got the hang of it but I did

I'm actually flying!

I soar through the clouds and do all sorts of aerial tricks before making my way back to the nest

Today was the day I would leave the nest

The day I would become independent

The day I would be separated from my family

I perch on a nearby branch and nod at my siblings who nodded back at me silently.

We were never really close.

My father cleared his throat and began,

"You're mother choses not to be here fore reasons unknown so.."

"Let us begin"

"Ehann my first hatchling,

Your name means full moon,

I gave you this name because I knew you were going to be a light in the darkness

May your light never dim"

"Go"

Ehann flew away

"Arche my second hatchling,

From the moment you hatched I could tell you were destined for great things,

That you would soar to great heights,

Your name symbolizes a new beginning,

May you and your eggs lead flocks"

"Go"

Arche looks at father silently for a while before flying away

"Dawa my third hatching,

My only daughter,

Your name symbolizes the moon,

I see you as the moon in the sky and the stars in the sky that will follow and aid you on what ever you do,

May you shine as brightly as the moon"

"Go"

Dawa bows deeply before flying away,

I was the only one left

"Sorin my last hatchling,

I once told you that the meaning of your name would be revealed to you once I say you were ready,

I can see that you're ready,

Your name signifies the sun"

"May your brightness be eternal"

"Go"

I look at him confused and as about to question him but the look he gave me shut me up

"Should we meet again I'll tell you, Go"

"Isn't this a bit too much suspense"

"Go"

I jump in fright and fly away hurriedly when he yells at me

I see my mother in the corner of my eye but when I turn to get a proper look she was gone.

I guess I'm on my own now

It's been a few days since I set of on my own and it has been pretty nice so far.

I miss my father and mother though

I'm sure the feeling will pass

I wonder how my siblings are doing

I've being flying around for a while

Trying to explore the world and go as far as I can go

Its been fun

I've met a lot of birds on my adventure,

Some nice and some... not

But today I met a particular bird

She was a free spirit like me

We bonded

One thing led to another and now she's carrying my eggs

No more freedom I guess

I'm collecting twigs for our nest

A rock came out of nowhere and crashed into our nest yesterday night

We lost an egg

Darla and I were devastated

I 'm trying to concentrate on the fact that the remaining eggs weren't damaged.

But my mind can't help but wonder

Would he look like me?

Would he have my eyes?

When our nest got broken all the eggs fell down and landed in a bush

All but one

I need the really thin ones, where are they?

I search for a branch but get surprised when I get grabbed out of nowhere

"My daughter would love this!"

A voice bellowed making me freeze

Hasn't this day been bad enough?

I have been captured

I am apparently a gift for this human's daughter

Time went by excruciatingly slow

I feel like I've been here for days which I probably have

I'm sure Darla is extremely worried

Heck I'm worried for myself

I might miss the eggs hatching

I might not make it home

I might die

This is not good

I get pulled out of my thoughts when the cage I'm in gets rattled and starts moving

The fabric on top of the cage gets pulled off and I get blinded by the incoming rays of light.

Once I get used to the light I notice a little girl in front of the cage

She was smiling sweetly at me

I've never seen a human smile so widely before

She gives me chills

"I can't believe you got me another bird daddy!"

"Thank you so much!"

The little girl squeals making the man chuckle as he ruffles the girls head.

"It's ok precious, just make sure this one doesn't escape yeah?"

She looks at me and a weird glint passes through her eyes

"Of course daddy, I'll take good care of it"

I'm pretty much a shaking mess at this point

The man carried me to what I think is the daughters room

The room had a lot of bird related things and some bird figurines

They were.. really lifelike

The daughter soon walked in with a wide grin and pulled a chair right in front of my cage

She pulled her face really close to the cage making me press my back against the walls of the cage.

"I bet you don't like this"

She started in her childish voice but they sounded cold.

"You're probably used to freedom,

Soaring through the skies,

Your wings look pretty cute"

I normally would have agreed because I love complements but something about this whole situation was wrong

"Let me have a closer look"

She opened the cage door and I fly out at that moment, thanking my lucky stars she was careless and praying she couldn't catch me.

After only a few seconds of flying I get knocked down when something is thrown at me

It was a book

A really heavy book

I get lifted up by the girl and placed on a wooden table

I was really weak from the hit so I could only struggle weakly, I noticed the table had a lot of marks

Claw marks

"Where do you think your going?"

"I hate it when they fight"

I get pinned onto something that suspended my wings mid air and let my claws rest on the table

I could barely open my eyes but I could still see the shiny metal object she held in her hands

She then thrusts the object into my wings making me yell in pain

All I could see was her smiling face

I think she noticed I was about to lose consciousness cause she pulls it out and grabs a hold of my neck with her tiny but mighty arms

"You little rascal"

"You think you can be free huh?"

"You think you'll live huh?"

"Think again"

She says in a sinister voice and I slowly lose consciousness

I guess this is where my life ends

It struggled...

Her beautiful lips

That was once curved into a lovely smile

Looked bitter and sickening

As she whispered threats

"You think you're free"

"You think you'll live"

How could it be

That she's cruel and mean?

She continued to choke the poor bird

Squeezing him in her small hands

Little bird struggles made his chest swell

Sorin, Sorin... he looks unwell

It was as if he was about to explode

Burst into a bouquet of feathers

Falling like confetti from the girl's bloody hands

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