Amélie was at the train station. It was already past 9 am and she hasn't even saw the school yet. With a lot of problem while coming here, she was now 2 days late. Broken car, ticket lost, taxi that went wrong ways. She was tired for all the traveling. Though she was happy that the trip was almost done, she had still one last effort to put. By chance she did not bring a lot of stuff. Everything was inside one huge travel backpack.

Only a few hours and she'll be at her new home. Since she did not know how people lived around here and that she did not want anything else to get wrong, she tried to ask as less as possible the way to the school.

Walking alone in the school direction, she entered the forest. It was the shortest way compared to walk around endlessly trying to find the School entrance. She walk around for about an hours when the sun was up enough to start to be painful at some point, nothing dangerous but she really needed to take a break, more than the sun, what was really painful was her feet. Walking an hour straight was not in her habit and having that huge bag as walking up a mountain, was out of her ways.

As she heard water flow, she decide to follow the sound maybe water would help to calm her feet. She arrived at the lac, she thanked the heaven to give her that peaceful place to restore for a while.

Amélie had no Idea of what day it was, not remembering so she has no way to even know if they'll be someone to show her the around and tell her the next step upon her arrival. Since she know she was late though she knew that the least would be that nobody was waiting for her at the entrance.

The albinos squirrel was certain of her being alone here.

*Who would come at that far away location since it school time.*

Even though she though that, she was still not if she was the week-end. So she decided to help herself and undress to take a naked bath. She never did that in her life, but conscious of her smelly fur, since she did not have bath for at least two days.

The water was cold so she did not stay too long, but since she as no towel, she decided to take a sun bath until she dried out.

It was another quiet day as a strange hybrid made his way threw the woods. His forest green eyes looked around taking in the sights and sounds of the forest around him. Now one might ask why he was out where . The answer to that was actually simple, he was out here to write his poem and draw in the silence. See this loner was not a fan of crowds because he did not like listing to the gossip. He had heard enough bad things about himself from his parents who blamed him for almost every thing. That was why he had come to this place anyhow, to get way from his home life. He gave a slight hiss a that thought as he looked about. Good he was still alone out here. So he spread him wings and took several steps forward before taking to the air. This was how he got around faster since her was getting more use to his wings. It was very peaceful here around the lake. And sine he was out of class right now there was no better time for him to be in his favorite spot.

Now he smiled looking down at the land . The view from the air was often much better then that from the ground. That was why Marvin as the creature was called was happy he was a bird . Even if he was nothing more then a freak. That is what his peers called him more often then nor. Even thinking about their stupid taunts was enough to tick him off. Her shook his head to try to clear that out of his mind. He needed to be relaxed if he was going to write or draw. He sighed looking around again. He now saw a good place to land . A nice flat spot not to far from the lake. So he made a circle much like a vulture would and landed with a soft thud. Now all he had to do was find a good place to sit down and relax.

See Marvin here was a cross between a turkey vulture and a peacock. That made him look very odd to most who saw him at a glance. He had the bald head , wings , and claws of the vulture and the black feathers as well. The rest looked like a peafowl including his long tail that drug the ground as he walked. As he got closer he heard the sound of someone splashing in the lake. Oh that was great now he would have to deal with company. Oh well it was not like that was going to kill him so he continued on with his walk. As he rounded the corner he saw a very alarming sight. He was a naked young white squirrel by the lake. That was the last thing he though that he would see out here. He quickly turned away so that he did not look like he was staring. “ argaha “ he said with a loud squawk as he lost his footing and slid down the bank of the lake and landed in the water with a loud splash. He then sat up from the water and cleared it from his eyes . Well now he looked like a complete moron. Of well that was just about his luck anyhow.

[OOC: is there a thread for your character]

Amélie was just about to lay down for a sun bath when she heard a strange sound. It wasn't something she remember hearing a sound like that before, but even tough strange, she did recognize a male voice. Still sup rise, she got up too look at the direction where the sound came, letting a surprise cream. She saw something falling in the lake but could not see what it was but for a peacock tail.

For a second, she stayed immobile while thousand of though was going through her brain. Fear, curiosity, hate, joy. Her mind was confuse. Time seems long but as she remember, not every bird are able to swim. Not knowing the configuration of the lake, she decide to go to the help of the bird. Better not taking chance. Though she hope that she wasn't doing it for not cause her eyes would be completely expose and it could aggravate the situation.

*I hope he's fine. But he is fine I shouldn't go... "Aaahrg" no time to think about it, he maybe drowning for real*

So Amélie ran at the side of the lake before jumping in the water and swim to the bird that was potentially drowning. Still not to know if she should hope she's doing it for nothing or not.

(( No it got deleted a while back. I can tell you about him threw a pm if you want though))


The young hybrid had no idea that the female had saw him fall in the lake. If he did know she saw him he would have been even more embarrassed then he already was. He now coughed and sputter as he tried to get the cold water out of his eyes. He also knew that he was going to have to get himself out of the water if he did not want to get sick. The spot where he had fallen in was over his head but he could manage to swim out at least he hoped he could. Marvin gave a frown as he tried to regain his bearings after falling in to the cold water. His long feathers were now going to weigh him down along with his cloths and jackets. Dang why did he have to be such a clumsy idiot all of the time. He grunted slightly as he tried to move his wet wings. Like most birds he was not the best swimmer in the world. Heck the only reason he went in water was to bathe once in a while . He hated the way wet feathers felt against him because they stuck to his body and made it hard to move. And it took then a long time to dry out again. At lest they did not stink though like wet fur did sometimes. See being half vulture gave him a very sensitive since of smell. That was both a blessing and a curse to him. Just like being a freak like he was was both a blessing and a curse. Another thing occurred to him. He would have to get himself about her note book for writing if he ever came out here again. He looked around himself now for something to help him get out of the water but found nothing. Looks like he would have to try to swim to the bank and crawl up out of here. He then turned in that direction looking for a smooth place to swim towards.



He then hissed cursing at himself as he tried to move in the water. Dang this lake was cold. He was having a bit of trouble trying to swim out of the lake. He then cringed as her felt his leg hit something that was in the bottom of the lake. Ouch that hurt he would have to look at that latter. Right now he just wanted out of the water. He stopped again as he saw that he was not making much progress. This was stupid he had to get out of here before he drowned or something. He however knew to keep himself calm so he did not make things worse on himself. He then heard the sound of someone splashing in to the lake. The female must have seen him fall in. oh that was even more embarrassing because she might want to know why he had fallen in the lake in the first place. He then saw the color of her eyes but did not react badly to it. Such things never bothered Marvin for he was different himself. “help …please ….. I ….fell…in.” he said to her in an exhausted voice as she cam near him now. He was smart enough to know when he needed help . He was also thankful someone was here even if she had been the reason he fell in in the first place. That was something he would never tell her though.

As she entered the water, Amélie could se the bird fighting to go up, but wasn't able to do so. Struggling for his life, she find it odd that he was not panicking yet. She was shock since that means he would probably treat her as anybody else since he saw her eyes, but she did not saw he reaction since she was scanning the around specialy at the foot of the strange bird. Since the water was blurrying a bit her vision, she found he form strange, but could not realy saw why. Since nothing seems to hold up the bird, she went under him and pass her head between his leg so she could use the power of her leg to push him up.

As the motion goes, Marvin have his head at the water level, he could from there look up to take a breath. Amélie at that point start walking toward the shore. No she has no super strength, but in water the weight is lighter than normal. That physics fact allowed her to walk at the bottom. That where it got a bit wrong. The bottom was a bit like quick sand so every step she took, her feet got more and more sucked as the bird body got slowly out of the water and the weight got more important at the same time.

Amélie at some point was not able to bring him futher, as the balance got hard to kept for Marvin, it got harder for the squirrel to walk. As she could not step forward since to weight was too much, she got the bird off her shoulder.

*The water level should be good enough so a little jump would lead our head off water.*

So from there she jump as doing the action, she felt a little resistance from the bottom of the lake. Not enough to stop her still she was scared for a second. She manage to got her head out and take a deep breath before taking the time to see where was the bird, so she could see how to manage next if it was need.

The strange hybrid was certainly happy that this female have been around to help him although she was the reason that he had fallen in in the first place. There was a very good reason why the creature had not reacted to the females strange eyes. He was a freak of nature himself so he did not go and look for flaws on others. No instead he felt their pain and knew how hard it was to be born different. He now was still trying to get out of the water when he saw the female dive down and go under him. That was very odd feeling for the strange hybrid that was for certain. However he was not going to complain though he did feel really bad for bothering the female like this. He also felt very stupid for not paying enough attention to what was doing. You see Marvin was one of theses creatures that was really hard on himself if he made a mistake. He was taught that be his parents who blamed him for everything . Nothing he could do would ever be good enough for them. That was why they sent him here so they would not have to deal with him.

Marvin now could feel himself being pushed up to the surface of the lake once again. He gave a gasp glad to be able to breath again. He the felt the female sort of caring him towards the sureline. He was glad that he did not really weigh a whole lot due to the fact that like all birds Marvin’s bones were hallow making him light enough to get airborne when he wanted to fly. All he wanted to do right now was hide his face and die from being very embossed by his own stupid actions. As the got closer to the shore line Marvin felt her move him off her shoulders. He tried his best to help her with that without hurting her or anything like that.

Now that he was in less deep water he moved towards the shore. He walked very slowly due to the fact that he had hurt his leg and he had heave wet feathers and cloths. When he got on shore he stared back looking for the female who had saved him. He was really hoping that he had not caused her to much trouble. He then looked down at his leg seeing that whatever he had bumped had ripped his pans and cut him a bit, oh well that would heal soon at least. However his pride might need a bit longer to heal. “ thank you . Sorry about that.” he said just loud enough fro the female to here. What a way to meet a stranger this was. Next time if he came across something like this he would just risk looking rude instead of covering his eyes.

Amélie took a few deep breath as she almost out of air when she came back from the bottom. After a few second for her to gain her breath again, she took a look a the bird. Now that she was seeing him properly, she realize how weird he was. She never saw someone as weird in appearance. It was a bird but the mix was awful, but she was curious about the peacock tail. From what she heard of it, peacock tail was the most beautiful tail that exist in the bird civilization. She never saw one before though. Amélie continued to look the overall of Marvin. She saw that he was cut on one leg, she then start to react panicking. As any girl, she is quite reactive about injuries, always overreacting.

- Oh no poor you are you alright!

She swim as fast as she could to after run to him and put herself at the injuries level. Marvin could realize that she never mades eye contact as she never looked up to his face. She only watch the the torso and below not even risking to look at the neck.

- Your hurt, wait I'll patched that...

As she was about to rip a part of her pants, she realize that she did not had one. She start slowly watch her body from her feet to her breast and start blushing. On her white fur, the blush looked as red as tomato.

*Oh yeah, I was just about to take a sun bath before he... ho nonono. I what do I do what do I do.*

Amélie was paralyzed by the situation, how could she have been so stupid to forgot that she was still nude. After a few second, she got up and run to the water so she could hide. And at least she could talk to him more comfortably, though she was totally embarrassed at the moment. The man was probably happy for the view which men wouldn't, but still it was embarrassing to be seen like that. Even more when it was their first time seeing each other. She wasn't even engage.

*And now what, I can't stay for long in that water all day, I need to find the school. But even more I can't let him like that his cut must hurt and it could get infected.*

Marvin was keeping his forest green eyes to the ground so that he did not see the female while she was naked . Now it was not that he did not like females it was just that he knew that it was rude to stare at them when they were undressed. If there was one thing that could be said about Marvin it was that he tried to use his manors when he was around the opposite gender. His loner persona was telling him that he should just thank her and leave. But he was kind of curious about this one himself. He glanced up at her now taking in her features for a second. The thing that caught his attention the most were her eyes which were red. While that was rather odd Marvin did not think to much about it. After all he found her eye color to be kind of pretty in a strange sort of way. He then turned his attention back to the ground so that he would not seem rude because he was staring even though that is what most males his age would do. He then heard her say something and kind of frowned. Yeah this was very typical of most females to overreact to such a small injury. Though he would say the cut on his leg was kind of deep and long he guessed.

He then heard the sound of her rushing in the water as she hurried to get to where he had been sitting. “ it is just a small cut madam I am sure it will be fine.” he said softly. As he spoke though his voice had a slight hiss to it . This was kind of his accent and not him bearing upset that made him hiss. Though most creatures just thought that was him trying to be a tough guy. Yeah like he needed to act to be a tough guy. He indeed noticed that as she looked at his hurt leg that she did not look him in the face. That must have come from her not wanting others t know about her eyes or so he assumed. He then heard her say something about patching his wound. Oh really it did not need that. Just as he was about to say as much he noticed that she paused. He looked away knowing that she was probably embarrassed over being naked in front of a male. Heck he would be if he was naked in front of a girl. If he was looking at her he would have seen the blush. All Marvin saw though were the trees that were across from him as he kept looking away from her out of curtsey. Marvin then heard her go back in to the water to hide. It was only then that he dared to glance at her. He had to admit that she was pretty but he was not the kind who looked at women when they were nude. That just was not his thing unless he was dating that . He gave her a soft smile now to try to ease her mind and let her know that he was no looking at her and that he was thankful for her help and all. After this encounter he too would have to make his way to his dorm in the school though he knew than it was still a while until they closed the gates for the night.

Amélie turned to face the bird, he was odd looking that was impossible to miss. She still close her eyes since she didn't like people staring at them. Her eyes wasn't normal. If they were she would not have been persecute all her life. It wasn't only the iris that was red, which would have been fine but the blood cell that marked all around her eyes. The only person she remembered was a circus owner and he was only seeing money in her eyes. He was creepy too. The squirrel decided to talk to the bird to calm her embarrassment.

- Euh... Are you a stu...dent off... "gold den hawk Academy"

That was worst, she knew that her english wasn't perfect and with the embarrassment she could not concentrate and was searching for her word. It was obvious that she wasn't english for starter since the accent was so loud. she would have prefer to not speak yet. As the moment pass, she felt the water getting colder and colder by the minute, but she wasn't showing it, since a the moment she felt only if it was october before the snow and she used to wear shirt on those time. Bu she wasn't sure how long she could endure the water getting colder.

*I have to find something and fast. I can let him see those eyes but I can't stay here either.*

The strange hybrid once again stared at his feet so that he would not look as if he was staring at the female before him. He had saw her shut her eyes and had figured that she did not like them being looked at or something. He kind of wondered if he should tell her that he would not look if she wanted to be out of the cold water. Then he figured that she would probably see that as him being rude or something. Marvin now carefully took off his leather jacket so that he could squeeze some of the water out of it. He knew that this thing would probably shrink now that it was wet of well there was ways of taking care of that he supposed. If not he guess that he could buy another one after all it was his own fault for not paying attention He then stretched he long wings and shook to try to get some of the water out of them. Bleah he hated wet feathers more then anything in the world. Then he sat back down with those long wings slightly spread so that they would dry now while taking care not to look at the female so she would not feel more upset or anything. As he laid his jacket across his lap to try to let it dry he heard her speaking to him now. He glanced at her for a second before looking back down again. He caught the fact that she did not speak good english but once again thought nothing of it. “ heh yeah I am. Uhh please do not take this the wrong way madam ….. but if you want to be out of the cold water I promise I wont look “ he said softly. Marvin knew that he would probably upset her by asking that but thought he should offer anyhow. Oh this was really awkward that was for certain but things could be worse he guessed.

[Sorry for thew wait, but this forum I use it while at work so no I did not forget. My next reply won't be before Tuesday]

The fact that she was invited to get out of the water, Amélie was happy, she was still concerned a about trusting him but what could she do.

*Well I know he is was a good guy until now, but again how can I... Oh I know, just hope he won't get angry at me.*

- Can you turn so you no facing my bag.

She waited so the bird would apply her demand. She had in mind to get something for her bag to blindfold him. She wasn't planning to wore her clothe until she dry and at the same time, she needed that guy to find the school. She wasn't equip for sleeping outside and she was already late for her arrival.

- Hmmm. will you be able to lead me to the school? You see I am lost and I was suppose to arrived a few days ago. But life decided to laugh at me and that is why I end up here. I really need to get in. Could you help me.

As she was talking, she was swimming in the direction of her bag, but did not went out off the water before she was certain that he would not peek.

((It’s alright I understand my friend))



The strange hybrid was looking at his feet now as he waited for the females reply. He knew that the water was cold at this time of year and was merely being nice to her when he asked if she wanted to come out. See despite his dark demeanor and bad attitude most of the time Marvin was actually a pretty nice guy most of the time. It was just that it took most a while to get past his dark façade and see the real him. He then smiled and kind of glanced up when he heard her say something now. She wanted him to turn away from her bag. “ yeah I can do that no problem madam.” he said in a soft hiss like voice. He then glanced to where her bag was at so that he could turn away from it. Then he tuned his back to it with a slight smile on his beak

For the most part the hybrid did try his best to make other feel relaxed around him. Though that was not always the case since others seemed to try to judge him constantly because of his strange looks . Good thing was that it was very hard to actually get him mad unless a person was to directly insult him or something. That was why he got in to fights a school so very often cause others could not leave him alone. Now if the female had wanted him to were a blind fold he would have looked at her funny and complied with her wish. After all he wanted her to know that he was not a bad guy. He then heard her ask him a question. “ yeah I can take you to the school if you want me to. Yeah I got lost when I first came here myself. It took me three days to finally find the place Hehe” he said with a slight laugh at the end of his statement. He could here her movements in the water as she came closer to the bank. Maybe now things would be a bit less awkward between them. Though that was rather whishful thinking on the hybrids part.

When Amélie saw that Marvin turned away from her bag, she hurry out the water to reach her backpack. She opened it and drew out an IGA paper bag. Emptying it, it was a bag big enough to cover the head and almost as large a as shoulder and 3/4 as long as an arm. The perfect bag for it's new purpose.

The squirrel walked slowly toward the bird as he could not see her but still can hear the foot step closing in. When she was near enough, she put the on the head of the bird.

- That good. Now can move but do not try anyting. I need to dry and after I can wear my cloth. Until that time you have keep that on your head.

Amélie went back a few step and lay down on the grass. Even though the water was cold, the sun was keeping the day warm. Amélie closed her eyes and continued the conversation.

- So you are tell me that you don't find stupid me having trouble to find the school. I must admit that is weird. In Canada you can't get lost since all school are easy to find and I never heard of one being deep in a forest.

Marvin sat with his head turned away from the young female as she got out of the water. He could hear her moving behind him apparently looking for something in her bag. He could not help but think to himself that the female was a very pretty one to look at. Not that he would be looking at her but still the thought passed threw his mind. See Marvin had a very odd perception when it came to what was pretty and what was not. To him the odd things in life were pretty . Everything else just looked bland to him. He frowned now as he heard her walking behind him. He had to wonder what she was doing now. Then he felt her put something over his head. Now since he was not expecting her to do something like that he gave a dark scary sounding hiss out of surprise but said nothing. He did not think that she was going to do anything to hurt him at the moment though. If she did try he would simply pin her down and make her calm down or something. See Marvin would not hit girls but he would certainly would defend himself if threatened. Lucky though that this was not the case here. This was one very strange female he was dealing with here he new that for certain.


He now heard her start to speak to him again. Ahh that was why she had put the bag on his head she did not trust him not to look at her. Well he could not really blame her for thinking that way considering that he was a young male and most like him thought that way. He was just different from the rest as she would learn as she spoke to him. “ ahh alright I can do that as well madam. “ he said in his normal hiss like voice. He kind of turned to where he was facing the direction that her voice came from. It was rather awkward though considering that his head was covered and he could not see that well but he managed it anyhow. Hum this would take some getting used to that was far sure.

He then smiled under the bag as he heard her start talking again. He frowned though when she said that it was weird that he did not find her stupid for getting lost. In the hybrids mind everyone made mistakes and there was no reason to judge others for that. Unless of course they did something. that was really bad that they absolutely could not be forgiven for. Then they should be hunted down and thrown in jail. But all that aside he smiled at her though she could not see it and said “ heh yeah well as you probably can see I am an oddball compared to most others. Your from Canada ? There is some very pretty places up there from what I have heard. Hehe well the school is not in the forest it a little ways up the path there . Though I think they need to make signs that others can see so they don’t get lost.” he said moving his long back wings to where they were spread out. He waited his wings to dry out a bit so that they would not weight him down now. Normally he would have done the same with his tail feathers but was not certain how the female would react to that. Rather she would think that he was flirting with her or not which was certainly not the case here.

Amélie lay down a few meters away from the bird. She has closed her eyes and listen to him. As he spoke, she discovered that he a like to talk. Which wasn't bad but did not let her room to reply. Well since he had a bag, she was but a little concern about his honesty. Well at least he seemed to be a good pal, so as she was listening, she literally fell asleep. Tired of all the travel and problem she encounter for coming up here. The rescue hasn't help either.

She woke up as she felt a cold breeze running around her. She then realize that she was sleeping and turned toward where the bird was before she lost track of time. Even before seeing him she was already apologizing.

- Sorry I did not mean to... I... the travel... I am really sorry