Flashback [Flashback] Scarred

[Necis]

Bonding story: Scarred 75th of winter 502 AV Necis woke up early, that was the day he went to meet his Wind Eagle. He was very enthusiastic about that from the moment he decided to follow his mother's footsteps. He dressed up took his bag under the bed, already filled with fish that he saved up from his meals and took off into the fledglings aeries. One of his mother's friends walked with him towards Wind Eagles. Talee was Endal almost as long as his mother was, he knew and hunted with her. He said to Necis Don't be afraid, they can sense it. That was the only thing he said while they were walking towards the aeries. Necis started to get nervous. He thought about his mother and making her proud, not wanting to look like coward or fool. When they were in the last corridor before the aeries, Talee just tapped his shoulder and said Remember what i told you and everything will be alright. He entered the aeries and one of the first things he experienced was the sound of wings from Wind Eagles. Necis just stood there for a couple of minutes, listening, smelling, just watching all of them. After a while he saw one black fledgling that looked as it will grow into a very strong and powerful one. He looked around himself, and realized he wasn't alone, around him was a couple of Inartas that were scattered inside. He moved towards the black eagle thinking that he would try to pet him. As soon as he was near him the Eagle shrieked, and jumped on him, cutting a deep wound on the top of his left eye. The force of that hit he got in the head knocked him on his back and he fainted for a couple of seconds. It didn't hurt at first, Necis was too nervous and buffed up to feel pain. He could hear someone screaming somwhere in the distance. Necis started to wake up, he remembered the black eagle and his talon, but he still didn't feel any pain. He moved his hand towards his wound and from the moment he touched his skin with his hands pain started to register. Necis clenched his teeth and opened his eyes. Or rather he tried to open both of them but he couldn't do it, so in the end he opened just the right one. He saw the blood on his hands. He than realized what happened, he was rejected to even approach one of the Wind Eagles. What else could he expect. He let himself down, he let Talee down and most importantly he let his mother down. While he was thinking about all of those things, his wound started to hurt even more. Necis once again touched it and felt moisture. He was crying. He was crying for the first time since he was seven years old. He felt like there is no tomorrow. Necis staggered on his feet, stood up straight and wiped his tears away. Then suddenly he noticed a pair of golden eyes that looked at him. He saw a white eagle with a couple of black feathers. There was something about those eyes that calmed him down. He stopped crying, he still felt the blood on his cheek dripping. All of his thoughts about disappointment disappeared. Necis slowly started walking towards that Eagle, that didn't move at all. His sight was still fixed on Necis. They where looking at each other. Necis reached the wind eagle and just stood there for a couple of seconds. He then took his backpack off and took a fish from it. He offered it to the Wind Eagle and he accepted it. For the next couple of weeks, he was visiting that aerie everyday. Necis brought food to him and tried to speak to him but without any success. He started to get teased by his so called friends. They would point at his scar and laugh. That scar became a mark that meant he would never became a rider. He was angry at them, but also angry at himself because after a couple of weeks that he spent with that Wind Eagle, they still didn't talk at all. Necis made two decisions after six weeks from the day he first met that Eagle. He decided to hide his mark, he took an old green cloak and started to wear it wherever he went. The second decision was bigger than that one. He was going to take one more fish to the Wind Eagle, and leave it for someone else to ride. Necis made up his mind and once again took his backpack with a fish in it. He entered the aerie like so many times in the last couple of weeks. The Wind Eagle just looked at him, as he stood there in his green cloak that covered his fire red hair. This is a waste of my time, I will never be anything like my mother. The Eagle realized that he is trying to hide his scar. Necis saw that the Wind Eagle was approaching him, then he heard for the first time the voice of that eagle, My name is Kawa and as long as you are with me there is no need for this. He then pulled up Necis' cloak back with his beak and once again revealed his scar and his red hair. After that Kawa let Necis mount him and flew away from the aerie. That was a strange feeling for both of them. First time riding alone on back of the Wind Eagle and Kawa's first time someone was on top of him. Kawa tried to go as fast as he can to see the reaction from Necis. He quite liked the speed and rush that came from that. He encouraged Kawa to fly faster and faster. From that moment onwards they were allways together. Necis looked after Kawa, they did argued from time to time, but nothing major and everything worked out between them. Kawa liked the boy and told him that he will always look after him. They still love the rush that speed brings them and always try to go higher and faster.