Wingless - Introduction

Wingless - Introduction

>You open your eyes for the first time.
>Bright lights and blobs of color.
>You gurgle to yourself as you lie on the forest floor.
>No doctor there to welcome you into the world with a spank.
>No nurses to clean you up and take care of you.
>No joyful mother reaching out to hold her newborn.
>Just bright lights and colorful blobs.
>The Griffins marvel at their kill.
>The two legged beast had tried to run.
>Nothing is faster than a diving Griffin.
>This one had been worth the hunt.
>She had eluded them for weeks, stealing food from their nests.
>They noticed this 'thief' only after wondering which Griffin was getting more than they needed.
>Even after this, the woman still eluded them.
>Nothing could seemingly find her.
>Until she started screaming.
>She was a vocal beacon for all of Griffin-kind.
>Her strange sounding voice instantly bringing notice.
>She had tried to run, but alas, nothing was faster than a diving Griffin.
>One of the Griffins let out a loud screech, and from the cover of clouds descended the young of the Rookery.
>A rather loud, high pitched noise hurt your newly formed ears.
>You start to cry, and the noise attracts the attention of the Griffins.

>"What is that noise?"
>A couple of the older hunter Griffins separate from the pack of caretakers feasting on their kill and feeding the young.
>The two Griffins fly a little ways off and find you.
>You are lying on the damp grass, crying your eyes out, your young body assaulted by new feelings.
>"It... looks like the other one."
>"In a ways... just... smaller?"
>"A young one, perhaps?"
>The two Griffin stand over you, staring down at you as you continue to cry.
>They make eye contact.
>It appears the decision has already been made as one of the Griffin reaches out and picks you up from the ground, placing you in the warm hole created between its wings.
>"You know th-"
>The Griffin throat chokes up in the middle of the sentence.
>"One of my eggs di-didn't... make it. I will look after it."
>The other Griffin nods and takes to the sky, returning to the kill.
>"You have a hard road ahead of you... but any road is better than no road."
>With that you are whisked away to start your new life.

Continued in Chapter the First.