it's story time!
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Fawke's eyes gravitated towards all of the park equipment that appealed very well to him. He applied pressure to his father's hand that he was holding. It was the five of the lovely family, and they all seemed eager to rejoice in the park filled with a decent amount of kids and overloaded with equipment. It had lots of trees that surrounded the ares ; providing a shady area for parents whom wanted to relax on the repainted blue benches. To the left of Fawke, was his older sister Tazzie, holding his hand, whom he kept on looking at to try to irritate her, before embracing her in a big warm hug to prevent her from telling on him for looking at her. It was normal for children to tattle tail on each other - and Fawke has the perfect techniques to make everything better. To the right of Aster, was her lovely daughter Queenie, whom seemed to be throwing irritated, sarcastic comments around. Causing Fawke now and then, to point at her, and try to copy her rude remarks. Do to his young age of 4, he could only take a few words from Queenie and as he said them, he clapped, not knowing what they meant. Aster peered over at the children, to try to break the chain of Queenie and Fawke communicating.
After about a good ten minutes of walking, the kids had set loose to play at the park. Tazzie dashed towards the monkey-bars, while Fawke and Queenie followed. Queenie did not seem as interested as her younger siblings were, as in terms of the park, which did not concern anyone, anyhow. Fawke and Tazzie had the ultimate race to pounce on top of the sturdy ledge that led directly to the monkey-bars. Of course, Tazzie being more developed with running on two feet, had collapsed safely onto the platform, while Fawke struggled to bring his back legs up the mulch filled platform. The four year old's hands trembled as he tried his absolute hardest to jump onto the platform, and follow his older sister, whom was now placing her hands on the monkey-bars and interacting with the other children on the platform.
Jealously flew into the young bean's head as he charged, waddling not steady two skinny legs. ''Mo! Da!'' he said softly, looking for Aster and Hatter. (Unable to say mother, or ''mom'', Fawke refers to his mother, Aster as ''Mo'', and his father (Hatter) as ''Da'' (Dad).) However the little bean ended up colliding paths with a blue bean, that he has seen before perhaps, but has never approached. He seemed to be a blind fella, about the age of Fawke, a child of the Balestorms. ''You fin Da?'', the little mischievous bean said pointing at Tempest, nearly demanding him. Tempest pushed his glasses back, so they evenly aliened with his face. ''Excuse me?'', the young bean responded kindly as he held his blue teddy bear close to his face. ''Mo? .. You fin mo?'' Fawke said once again nearly pouting, clinging onto the 8-9 year old.
Queenie watching from a distance, stumbled into the conversation. Her feet padded on the floor like lightning, causing mulch to splatter all over the place as she came to a complete stop. Chuckling to herself, she flicked out her tongue, studying the 8-9 year old. ''Who are you?'' she demanded, running her hand through her hair tufts that lay loosely onto her head. The sudden voice chime of Queenie's provoked the attention of Tazzie, whom quickly dashed over, waving her hands in the air bragging about how she completed the monkey-bars. Queenie puffed at Tempest, as the young bean responded with a unpleasant look on his face, ''I'm Tempest .. Tempest Balestorm.'' the blue fluff ball said joyfully as he tugged on the necklace that wrapped around Queenie's neck. Jerking back, the young teen had opened her mouth as if to make a smart remark, letting her words slip, she yelled ''I'm surprised you were able to touch me necklace ; taking in the concept that you are blind as a bat.'' the teen said, batting her tail on the floor furiously.
Fawke''s eyes widened as he hissed out, ''I tell Mo!''. Fawke's heart raced, as he spotted mother and father out in the distance. In the back of him, he surprisingly saw his older sister, Tazzie, following him closely behind. Finally for one time in his life, the little bean had proved he could run faster then his older sister, despite his younger age. The pulse of his heart beating faster and faster with every minute taken to get over to his parents. Fawke's ears flapping rapidly in the air, as his front arms acted almost as wings. As the little boy glided towards his parents, whom were sitting on the bench, talking to other parents. Quickly, Fawke bolted into action, yet again of course, with Tazzie following behind. The little bean was out of breath, and tried his best to talk over it, causing a ripple effect. Tazzie, was also panting from running from one side of the entire park, to the other. Quickly, they both jolted into their parent's arms, as Fawke spluttered out un-evenly a quick ''Quwne call child blin. But it be okay .. He hav gwasess to se with!'' the little bean said encouraging and discouraging Aster and Hatter at the same time.
Utterly confused by Fawke's lack of being able to preform decent, understandable speech, Aster decided that she's take a final over look on the situation. The beautiful light green bean, wearing a flower crown, asked politely as she nuzzled the child , ''Where is Queenie?''. It seemed as if almost that she had the supreme ability to charm a room containing a full house of people. Fawke's hand trembled, as the young bean made contact with the older bean, much fuller of life. With a blank expression on his face, Fawke giggled clapping his hands, as if he saw something amusing around the park. Which, indeed he did. He lifted up a finger, allowing his hand to tremble in the air, before he wrapped his hands around his mother's shoulders, and laying his head yet firmly on the bean. It was not long before Hatter was trailing behind the Aster and Fawke, holding Tazzie in his hands. Before long, Queenie was approached by her lovely mother, Aster whom looked at Queenie, tapping her shoulder and saying in a light, toned and defined voice, ''What is going on?''.
She could spot a young kid that she had not seen before, but looked pretty neat in her mind. Queenie's eyes had met her mother's eyes. There was no escaping it - or perhaps in better words, ''this problem''. Queenie had seemed very confident with all of her actions, to play it off cool once more, she ran her hand down her hair and shifted, so that her ''drink me'' necklace all did the same. Tempest looked at the green bean, being ''tattle-telling'', a abnormal child's nature, he quickly implied, gulping and looking at the older beans. ''She uhh .. She uuhhhhhh...'' unsure of what to say, a strip of a tear came rushing down his eye, as he did not seem 'okay' with what the older bean had called him. This caused Fawke, to un-hook from his mother's arms and pounce down to the one whom felt weak.. ''It okay. It okay.'' the baby said, as he hugged the older boy's arm, burying his face is his soft coat. Hatter had looked down at Aster, putting a hand on her shoulder. ''Where are you parents little boy?''.
The rushing thought of feelings hit Tempest like a bullet, and he quickly replied ''My daddy took me to the park. He's on that bench. Reading a book.'' Hatter had looked over at the young man, with a strong build, placed firmly on a bench, reading a book. He was tall, but lacked muscle, however, his ideal looks replaced those substances. It seemed as if he had finished the book, and clasped the pages together as he snarled, seeing these unfamiliar people hanging by his son. His name is Leviathan, however he is refereed to Tempest as ''Daddy.''
''Daddy!'' Tempest squeaked as he galloped over to his father, pointing at the Hightopp family. There the tall blue bean stood, from a distance - you could already tell that he had to be perhaps and almost six feet tall. Infact, Leviathan could fall for a basketball player. The tall man scooped up Tempest, putting him in his broad pouch as he roared, ''What is going on?''. From the distance, Aster looked up at the bean approaching, not intimidated by his size and snarled,shouting back at him, ''That's what i'm trying to figure out!'' Leviathan got closer, hoovering around the area as if he was a hawk. Slight mist of flames was partly visible as they trailed along while he walked. As it was normal for young children to do, Fawke immediately pointed at the torn bean. ''Da! Mo! He mad?'' Fawke asked curiously as he tugged on his father's shirt. Leviathan sneered, jerking back, holding Tempest close. ''I'd like to hear a clear explanation. I'm waiting'' the rude bean added.
Queenie looked at the 8-9 year old. She did not mean to verbally hurt his feelings - it seemed as if it just popped out, accidentally. It was actually clearly in her nature to sputter out words like this without coming to her senses. Just about when the angry Leviathan was about to leave, she shouted firmly and crystal clear, ''Sir!''. Leviathan looked back at the teen, positive she had nothing to do with it. Gulping, Queenie was looking into the eyes of a tall man that had 6 piercings, and was triple as rude as she was. She could spot the young bean in the scary man's pouch twinkle. ''I-I can explain everything - I know how to make it better.'' She stated, a little bit shaky with her words.
Queenie had everyone - staring at her dead dot in the center. Feeling awful, she added ''I called your son blind, a-and I shouldn't have. I'm so sorry, and I did not know he is currently developing something that may effect his vision in the future.'', Queenie held out a hand, with shaking. And just about when the ''scary'' man was going to smack her. The nice man came out to shake her hand and responded with a ''Apology Accepted''. From there on, Queenie realized that the scary man was actually nice, and this nice man was Leviathan. All along, she felt reassurance, that she had never felt before. Already Queenie could tell a great friendship was staring to form.
From that day on, the two families have bonded well and take their children frequently to the park together. Eversince, there has been no major conflicts between them.