Hawk

## backstory (Told in book 1)

*Hawk, around the age of five, soared through the halls of his orphanage. He had his golden-brown wings spread wide as he dodged the pillars and swooped back and forth around the cloud structure. He loved being part of the SkyRealm, and could go on for days like this. “Wee!” he shouted, coming down from the balcony.*

*“What are you doing? Get back inside! The new arrivals will be coming soon!” a lady with short, wavy silver hair and white eyes stopped Hawk in his tracks.*

*“But I don’t wanna go back there! Sky is being mean!” he protested.*

*“Well too bad, there are new ones coming soon, and just like you they need parents,” the lady told him.*

*“But Ms. Cloudy!”*

*“No buts, come on now, let’s go see if any nice family will take you off my hands and actually keep you,” and with that Ms. Cloudy took Hawk’s hand, spread her swan wings, and took them both to the orphanage.*

*“Mom! Why did you have to bring him back?!” a little boy with blue jeans and a green shirt complained.*

*“Because Sky, we have to find him a home he will stay in. Then again, we could just give him to the people that work with kids for foster homes…”*

*“Th-that wouldn’t work! My parents are dead!” Hawk thought quickly, trying to get out of foster homes.*

*“We only think they’re dead, they could be well and alive and just abandoned their child,” Sky taunted.*

*“No, they wouldn’t do that… They're my parents!”*

*“Parents of a worthless brat like you!”*

*That was the last straw. Too many times had Hawk been the victim of Sky’s bullying, and now he snapped.*

 *He punched Sky right in the face.*

*Sky gasped and yelled in pain.*

 *“Young man, you are coming with me!” Ms. Cloudy exclaimed. She dragged Hawk by his arm and took him outside.*

*“What do you think you are doing, Hawk?!” she yelled at him furiously.*

 *“He’s such a jerk! So I got my revenge!”*

 *“Well, he’s my son! I’m sending you to a foster home!”*

*“No! Ms .Cloudy, please! I promise I will be good!” he begged.*

 *As they walked outside, Hawk knew what he had to do. He spread his hawk-like wings and flew up. He was going to run away.*

*“Hawk! Where are you going?!” Ms. Cloudy demanded.*

*“Somewhere far away from you,” Hawk tartly replied.*

*“No!” Ms. Cloudy screeched, trying to spread her swan wings. But Hawk had tied them up while she was talking. “You tiny idiot of a child! You’ll come back begging for mercy, and you won’t get it!”*

*Hawk was free, what now?*

*Hawk lived alone on the streets of the SkyRealm for about half a year, that’s when he found…*

*His parents.*

*They weren’t dead, they had abandoned him soon after he turned three. “Hawk?” his mother asked as he came into view.*

*“Is your name Bird?” Hawk questioned mysteriously, hiding his face behind his shaggy black hair.*

*“Yes, why do you ask, stranger?” she looked at him, curious.*

*“And is that your husband, Heron?” he pointed a wing to a black haired man next to her.*

*“Why yes, how did you know?” Bird backed up, starting to get creeped out.*

*“And did you or did you not abandon your only son on purpose?” Hawk pressed further.*

*“We only did what we had to! Now leave us or tell us who you are!” Heron yelled at him.*

*“Tsk tsk, more yelling, classic dad,” Hawk pushed his hair out of his brown eyes and looked directly at them.*

*Bird rubbed her eyes and pushed her brown hair behind her ears, “Hawk?! It is you!” she ran up to hug him, but he flew up a bit to get away.*

*“No! Don’t touch me, you monster!”*

*“Hawk, we didn’t want to give you to that horrible woman, but it was the only option! Please listen to our side of the story!” Heron begged.*

*“No! I won’t! You abandoned me! End of story!” he screamed back at them.*

*“Please just listen to us for a minute or two!” Bird begged.*

*“No, goodbye,” Hawk took to the sky and flew off, away from his family and living on the streets for the rest of his life until SkyWalker came to him.*