LWAOF Chapter 1 - A Tragic Event and a New Life
This is a story I've wanted to do for a good while with my favourite animal an Orca, what is this story about? Find out!
Also if you see any mistakes let me know.
Hi my names Jake, last name was Cartwright (yeah I know a wired last name) and this is the story about my life. Our story begins when I was six but first before we start let me clear up a few things, ok so first I live in a world where Humans and anthro animals and fish live together of course with the fish anthros it's mainly sharks and some species of whale the rest just didn't evolve. Now my description, I am human and I am an average height have blonde hair and blue eye's, basically Hitlers perfect Aryan but I'm not a racist or fascist plus I'm very shy which wouldn't be good in Hitlers 'Master Race', I also live in England, but anyway enough about that dick and get into the story.
Our story begins when I was six and me and my mom and dad were driving home from a disco party, it was late and the moon shone high above us, I was exhausted so I fell asleep. I don't know how long I was asleep but all I woke up to was my parents screaming as I saw them being pulled out of the car. I looked out my window to see four cars that had cornered our car on the road and then a silhouette of a animal that looked like a Wolf or Husky came into view and headed towards my door, full of fear I unbuckled my seatbelt and crawled away from the door as the silhouette opened the door. I brought my knees to my chest as a furry arm came towards me and grabbed my foot, I tried to fight back but another arm grabbed my arm and its claws dug into my skin, I screamed in pain as I was violently pulled out of the car.
before I knew it I was thrown with my parents who were kneeling on the ground with a Tiger pointing a gun at us. I hugged my mum as tears started to stream down my face, I was so scared that I couldn't talk only in short bursts.
"W…w... what's h…h... happening?" I asked as I shook like a leaf.
"I don't know honey" my mum said as she held me close to her. The headlights of the cars shone on us like we were in a theatre and we were the main act, then I heard footsteps on the damp grass and all three of us looked up to see the silhouette of a Bull I know that because of the horns, the Bull towered over us and I felt so small like an ant.
"What do you want from us?" I heard my dad say but the Bull didn't answer instead he pointed at us and said in a deep voice "Observe" he started "the repulsive disease known as Humans, they must be exterminated for we are the superior beings" I shook with fear when he said exterminated "let it be known brothers that these Humans are not for this world" the Bull held out his hand towards the Tiger who handed him his gun.
I looked in fear as he aimed the gun at my mum "mum?" I muttered looking at her face and she looked down at me with tears in her eyes but before she could reassure me a gun shot rang out and blood spurted all over my face blinding me from what I saw. I shuddered as I backed away with my eyes closed because of the blood all over my face and I felt my dad pull me into a hug as I began to cry, then I heard the voice of that murderer speak again.
"For I will kill these vulgar creatures myself" then I heard my dad whisper in my ear "listen Jake no matter what happens next you run into the forest and never look back".
I opened my eyes ready to argue saying I would rather die with him then be alone but it was too late. My dad lunged for the gun and thrusted it to the side, the gun fired and the bullet hit the Tiger in the leg who fell to the floor clutching his leg as he howled in pain.
"RUN JAKE!" my dad said as he wrestled with the bull and I did what I was told and ran into the forest. as I ran into the forest I heard another gunshot and looked behind me to see my dad fall to the floor, I looked back in front of me as I ran away crying as I did, knowing that I shouldn't stop and keep running like my dad told me.
For hours I ran and ran until I tripped up on my feet and collapsed to the floor, I didn't get back up I just laid there as a waterfall of tiers fell down my cheeks, I curled up into a ball and just cried myself to sleep.
When the sun rose and a new day started I woke up to a voice shouting at me.
"Jake! wake up" my eye's shot open and saw a Robin bird close to my face but what was wired about the Robin was it looked cartoon like, like a cartoon from Disney.
The Robin gave a sigh of relief "oh thank god at first I was worried you weren't going to wake up" I sat up in confusion and the Robin flew off my face and perched on my knee.
"What are you?" I asked.
The Robin looked at me in disbelief before saying "I'm a Robin can't you see that?" I shook my head not believing what I was seeing.
"I know that but your a bird, birds can't talk and you look cartoon like" the Robin just rolled it's eye's.
"That's because I'm your imaginary friend if real birds were talking to you then that would be a bit odd", I looked at the cartoon bird in disbelief.
"I have an imaginary friend?" I said as I thought about it and the Robin nodded "So what's your name?" I asked, the Robin smiled and puffed out his chest with pride.
"My name is Roger, Roger the Robin", I smiled at that before I asked "and what are you doing here?"
"I'm here because the 'Rules and Guidelines for Imaginary Friends' specifically state" Roger started as he pulled out a small book and put on some reading glasses "that an imaginary friend should always be their for a child who's in dire need of comfort" my smile faded as he said that and I started to cry again as I remembered last night. As I cried I felt Roger land on my shoulder and felt his wing patting my cheek "it's alright shhh let it out" Roger said as I cried.
After a couple minutes I stopped crying "better?" Roger asked and I nodded, "right come on time to get up?" he said with determination as he flew off my shoulder, at first I was hesitant to get up but with Roger's constant 'get up's' I got up and looked around to see trees surrounding me.
"Where am I Roger?" Roger put a winged hand (like in the cartoons) and posed in a thinking position before saying "do you want the in-detail answer or the simple one."
I looked at him and said "the simple one."
"Your in the middle of a forest" he stated bluntly.
I rolled my eyes at his answer and muttered "I know that."
Roger just shrugged "you wanted the simple answer."
I just sat on a tree stump and put my head in my hands saying "great I'm lost in the forest with an imaginary friend with no hope of rescue" then I heard my stomach growled "and I'm also hungry."
"Well think of it this way" Roger said as he flew and perched on top of my head "at least your near a road"
I perked up at that and said "what!? Why didn't you tell me?"
Roger just shrugged before saying "you wanted the simple answer."
I just shook my head in defeat before standing up and saying "alright Roger, which way?"
Roger flew off while calling to me saying "follow me."
I followed Roger through the thick forest until we came to a road, I sighed with relief before sitting down on the side of the road cross-legged and Roger perched himself on my knee before stretching his back, we sat there for a few minutes not saying a word until Roger broke the silence "whelp I think I'm done here" he said as he spread his wings ready to fly away before I said in sadness "your leaving?"
Roger turned around with a hearty smile before saying "now now don't cry again you'll see me again, after all that's the purpose of an imaginary friend" that calmed me down and soon I heard police sirens and Roger smiled.
"Plus I think helps here" he then flew up into the sky but as he flew away he shouted back "if you ever need me just say my name" and with that he disappeared... literally.
Anyway after that it gets pretty boring so to cut a long story, the police found me with my face covered in my mothers blood still and took me back to the station where they asked me questions about my parents and the whole crime which happened I only nodded to some of the questions they asked because I just in shock but it's strange when I was with Roger I was fine but without him I just couldn't talk. Anyway after that I was sent to an orphanage since I had no other family and stayed there for a month where I didn't say anything to anybody, I did call for Roger and spoke to him a couple of times but I never spoke to anybody at the orphanage, I didn't engage with the other kids, I just shut myself out of society and just answered by nodding or shaking my head when it came round to food and etc. But one day that all changed.
It was on a fairly cloudy Tuesday and I just sat on the windowsill of my room looking out at all the kids playing outside, I soon heard voices outside my room and I looked at the door which had a small window and I saw the social worker who was a female Black Panther named Ashley and the person next to her was a huge Orca whether it was male of female I wasn't sure because I could only see his or hers head. I got off the windowsill and went and sat on my bed and brought my knees to my chest for I knew what was going to happen next. The door opened and Ashley entered with her tail swinging slowly behind her.
"Jake" she said in a soft voice "there's someone here to see you" I looked at the Orca who then entered the room and I can confirm now that she was a woman because of her large breasts not too large though for me to gork at. She wore blue jeans and a white rolled up sleeve shirt which showed off her slightly muscly black arms. Her skin was a white and black colour... obviously with the white covering the whole of her bottom jaw and basically her chest. She had a long tail fluke (the fluke is the flipper part I believe) that swung gently behind her and a large black dorsal fin on her back (also fun fact did you know you can tell the gender of a Orca just by looking at their dorsal fin? A males dorsal fin is longer and looks a bit like a sword blade where as the females have a more curved fin and looks like the wave of the sea).
"Hello there" she said softly I just looked down at my feet and brought my knees closer to my chest (like I said... very shy). She walked up to me on the bed and I looked up at her, she towered over me like a giant I bet I was no taller than her knee. She then kneeled down in front of me so that she was at my eye level and put her hand to her chest before saying "I'm Perry and you are?" I didn't answer her but I looked into her chocolate brown eyes and saw the hope and care in them but I just looked away with a sad expression that look was the same as my mothers before...
"As you can see Mrs Ainsworth the kid is a person who doesn't talk very much in fact at all" Ashley said in sympathy.
"How long has been like that?" Perry asked.
"A month" Ashley replied.
"Oh the poor thing" Perry said and I felt her massive hand ruffle my hair, I flinched at first but didn't jerk my head away, then she got up towering over me again and said "I'll be right back honey" all I did was nod and she gave me a reassuring smile, showing off all her sharp white teeth before leaving the room.
I just sat there with my feet now dangling off the bed with my mind racing wondering what she meant. Normally when parents come in to see me they try talking to me but when I wouldn't answer they would just shake their heads and leave knowing I wasn't the one. But Perry said that she would be back... what does she mean?
Well the answer came sooner than I thought because twenty minutes later Ashley came in with a smile on her face before saying "pack your things" I looked at her with confusion and she chuckled "Mrs Ainsworth has agreed to adopt you."
My eyes widened with shock, me? Adopted? I never thought that I would get adopted, I also never thought that I was going to be adopted by a Orca. I got off my bed and pulled out a black duffle bag from under my bed and started packing my clothes, toothbrush and a picture of my parents which I look for a moment and gave a sad smile when I saw their happy faces smiling back at me, oh how I missed them. After two minutes of packing I finally zipped up my duffle and exited out the room.
Ashley was outside waiting for me, she was leaning against the wall with her tail thumping the wall softly. She smiled when she saw me and said "right follow me" I did as she told me and followed her down the hallway towards the reception area.
We entered the reception area where I saw Perry sitting on a waiting chair with her tail on her lap. When she saw me she smiled at me and I gave her a small smile back which I had never done unless I was with Roger. She walked up to me with her tail swishing behind her and she offered her hand to me while saying "I'll take your bag if you like?" I gave a small nod and handed her my bag and she took it.
"Right lets go honey" she said softly as she ushered me out gently with her free hand.
You know it's strange, she reminds me of my mother in so many ways it's... calming but sad since my real mum is dead. I looked behind me and saw Ashley waving at me and mouthing "good luck" I just nodded and gave a small wave back before me and Perry exited the building.
We walked out into the warm summer air and headed towards the car park where various cars sat parked but one caught my eye, it was a cherry red coloured F-TYPE Jaguar and oh it looked beautiful, now I wouldn't say I'm a petrol head but I do like cars but what came next made my legs turn into spaghetti, Perry opened up the boot to the Jag and I stood there aw struck. 'That's hers?' I thought to myself then I heard Perry chuckle and I looked to see her open up the passenger side door while saying "I take it you've never been in one of these before?" I blushed a bit and shook my head. Perry let out another chuckle and said "well this is just the beginning you'll be in for a treat when you see the house" I looked at her with confusion but she just pointed to the seat in the car and said "just get in and you'll see" I did as I was told and quickly climbed into the car and buckled myself in as Perry closed the door.
The car smelt lovely, it smelt of cherry and the seat felt comfy and soft, Perry got into the drivers seat and started the car which roared to life. Soon we were on the road making our way to god knows where but I didn't care I just stared out the window and watched the buildings rush past us. Then as we drove down the road into the countryside I started to feel nervous, what's going to happen next? Who else is there in this Ainsworth family? By the sound of Perry's last name and the car she seems pretty rich but how rich? Well I was going to find out, but one thing for certain... I was starting a new life and it scared me...a bit.