Note: the animals in the forest can talk. This story is about a Gryphon that doesn't know that you can have friends, be good for other creatures and still live like a real Gryphon...
I hope this is what you meant to be a real Magistream story??
Once, in a huge forest, there lived a Gryphon. It was happy with its home, because there were a lot of things to do. First of all, there was so much to eat - deers, mouses, birds - that it seemed the Gryphon could eat, and eat, and eat, and never stop eating because there was too much.
Something else the Gryphon loved to do, was exploring. There was enough to explore for him: caves, little streams, new clearings, trees with beehives and sweet honey, Phoenix nests, bear caves, rivers full of fish, new places to make a nest for itself...
There was only one thing he missed. Friendship.
In the whole huge forest, the animals were scared of the Golden Eagle, as they called him. He was often hungry, and mother animals were crying because the Golden Eagle ate their children, their husbands or other relatives. The queen-bees didn't had a lot of children anymore, because lots of them were killed when the Golden Eagle ate their honey. A lot of queen-bees died. Mother bears lost their children in fights with the Golden Eagle, when he was looking for a new cave to sleep in. They were often hungry because the Golden Eagle ate all the fish in the river. Birds and squirrels didn't try to make beautiful nests and tree houses anymore, because the Golden Eagle destroyed them all when he came flying by. So when the Golden Eagle was asleep in the summer (that means for a week or so), the animals had a party. Not just a party, it was the Summer Festival. The animals danced, drunk honey lemonade, ate delicious plants, gathered by deers and birds, listened to the beautiful songs of the Bird Choir... But when they heard the first sound of the Golden Eagle's awake, they fled away to their houses and hid. Every year again.
But one day, a strange sounds reached the ears of the forest's animals. It was a high, pure sound, like someone was singing a song. But the animals never heard such a voice. But the Squirrel saw her first: a young girl, walking trough the forest with a bucket in her hand, looking for flowers.
"Hey, it's a Human! A Human Girl!" he yelled. All animals started to whisper.
"Should we warn her for the Golden Eagle?" said a Deer.
"Too late! Hide yourself!" yelled the Rabbit, and everyone fled away. The Golden Eagle came flying by, and was shouting very loudly.
"Aaaaaargh! Who are you? How do you dare to walk trough MY forest?" the Gryphon shouted. He didn't eat for that day, and he hasn't scared a Phoenix, so he was a bit sassy. But the young girl wasn't scared at all of the Gryphon. She watched him curiously with her blue eyes.
"Who are you? I've never seen a creature like you!" she said. The Gryphon was surprised that the girl wasn't scared.
"Why don't you scream? Why don't you run away from me?" he asked. The girl smiled.
"Why should I scream and walk away? I'm just looking for flowers," the girl answered.
"I am very scary," the Gryphon said. "Everyone runs away from me!" The girl watched him for a moment.
"Well, I don't think you're scary at all. I think you're a very nice animal," she said. "Can you help me finding flowers?" The Gryphon didn't know there were creatures that liked him, but he liked the girl with her blue eyes and blond hair. She looked very cute in her white dress. He decided he would help her finding flowers.
"Would you like to follow me? I know where you can find very beautiful flowers," he said. The other animals were very surprised that the Golden Eagle, that always ate their children and destroyed their homes, was so kind to this Human Girl. Quietly, they all followed the Gryphon and the Girl. The Gryphon brought the Girl to a small clearing in the wood, with long grass and maybe hundreds of flowers growing near a small, clean stream. The Girl smiled and she watched the beautiful colors of the flowers.
"Thank you, thank you, nice animal," said the Girl. "What is your name?" The Gryphon thought for a moment. He couldn't remember someone had ever said his name, except for the scared animals that screamed: "There's the Golden Eagle!" So he said: "Well, I can't remember... Maybe I even haven't got a name."
"Hey, that's strange. Everyone has a name," she said. "So why shouldn't I give you a name? I'll call you Leo." The Gryphon liked the name Leo, but he wondered who would ever call him Leo; he had no friends and the Girl couldn't stay here forever. Tough...
"What's your name?" asked the Gryphon.
"My name's Lila," said the Girl.
"Would you like to stay with me, here, in the forest? I can give you some honey, and fish, and whatever you want!" said the Gryphon. But the Girl said: "I'm sorry, but I can't. These flowers I have are for my grandmother, I'm going to visit her tomorrow with my father and mother and little brother." The Gryphon thought. Did he ever had a father, or mother, or brother? He couldn't remember anything, except a cold, wet nest. O, wait, he went away because he was cold and wet and lonely. Because his mother left him.
"Why should you live with them? They will only leave you alone," the Gryphon said. The Girl had tears in her eyes.
"No! My parents love me. If your parents love you, they will never leave you alone. They will care for you, they will help you, they will feed you! Don't you know something about love? About parents?" She started to cry. The other animals of the forest had listened to their conversation. Suddenly, the Squirrel came running to her and climbed on her shoulder.
"Hey, don't cry, it'll be alright," he said, and put his soft tail on her shoulders. The Gryphon didn't understand what the Squirrel was doing.
"Hey, what are you doing?" he said angrily. The Squirrel looked up.
"I'm trying to make her feel better," he said. "I don't think YOU know what that is. You don't even know what we animals feel!" The Gryphon looked surprised.
"What do you mean?" he said. The Squirrel was angry now.
"You're eating our children! You're destroying our homes! You're eating our food! So, what do we mean?" he yelled. "We don't want our children to be eaten, we love them!" said a Deer, that suddenly stood near the Girl. "Yeah, and you shouldn't destroy our nests!" tjirped the Bird. "You shouldn't steal our holes!" said the Fox. "And you shouldn't eat our fish!" growled the Bear. All animals came out of the forest and stood around the Gryphon. A beautiful voice, that seemed to come out from the air, said: "And you should stop bullying us!" A beautiful, big Bird with burning wings and tail, landed on the Girl's shoulder. It was a Phoenix. The Gryphon almost started to cry. He knew what he did wrong, but why couldn't they just stop? They were shouting at him, now even trowing stones and mud... Did he do so much wrong?
Suddenly, the Girl stepped forwards. Everyone was quiet. She was the only one that saw the Gryphon's tear on his face. She walked to him and took his golden head on her lap. She petted his head. All animals watched the Gryphon and the Girl. He didn't look that bad right now. A little Squirrel hopped towards the Gryphon. "No! Nutbiter!" his mother yelled, but the baby Squirrel hopped to the Gryphon and sat down between his for legs. The Gryphon was softened. It looked so cute, cuter than when they were lying dead under a tree. Maybe he should stop hammer on trees, and eat everything that felt on the ground. Maybe he could stop scaring away the Bears, and share the fish with them. He could catch a lot more fish than they could. And he could fly something lower, so he wouldn't destroy all the Bird's nests on the branches. Maybe he could make himself a nice hole in the ground, instead of being lazy and stealing it from the Foxes. Maybe he should stop bully Phoenixes, and just make fun with them. Maybe he should stop eating small children and eat older animals, or sick animals. Maybe he should just go and start building everything up. He stood up carefully, so he wouldn't hurt the baby Squirrel, and walked towards the crowd of animals. He looked at the ground when he said: "I'm sorry I scared you all. I'm sorry I ate your food, ate your children, destroyed your homes, stole you holes, bullied you... But... I - I wanna help building everything up. I have strong legs and wings and I can carry wood and some stones..." He carefully looked at the other animals. "Please... Can I help you? Can you forgive me? I... I never learnt how to be nice..." A new tear rolled over his face. The animals all started to whisper to each other.
"What will we do?" the old wise Owl said.
"No, of course we won't forgive him! He ate ALL my seven baby's!" an old Mouse said angrily.
"He's sorry, miss Mose!" said a Rabbit. "YOU have done things wrong in your life too, and we forgave you too!" Miss Mose blushed and didn't say anything. The Squirrel had left the Girl and said:
"Well, my friend Grasshop, I think you're right. He had no parents, right? How could he know?" A group of bees zoomed: "But that doesn't bring back our honey!"
"Ssssht, be quiet, please!" the old Owl said. "Well, I know the Gryphon can't bring back everything we lost, but most of us-" he looked angrily at miss Mose "- think that he should get a second chance." A lot of animal started to cheer. The crowd of animals walked to the Gryphon, and the Squirrel said: "Gryphon Leo, we'll forgive you. For now, we will only call you the Golden Eagle if you want to." The Gryphon blushed when all the animals started to cheer. Even miss Mose cheered a bit.
"That... That's alright," said Leo. "When will we start building?" "NOW!" yelled the animals, and all of them ran to the forest. Leo happily ran to the Girl.
"Do you want to make a ride?" he asked her. The girl smiled and climbed on his back. Between his giant golden wings, she flew above all the animals that were cheering, dancing and feasting. Leo and the Girl landed on a small clearing, were animals were buzzy making tables and lemonade, hanging up lamps and festoons and making the most delicious dishes. Leo helped the Bears carrying wood to the clearing, and he carefully brought the honey to the bees there. He helped the Squirrels carrying their nuts, and after that, he let some small baby animals riding on his back. He danced with the Bears, chatted with the Phoenixes (that knew a lot stories and fairytales), made fun with the Foxes and finally brought the Girl back to her home, with a bucket filled with the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen. Her parents seemed to be happy to see her, thought Leo. He flew back to the party, but he suddenly felt so lonely that he went to a quite place, dug a hole out for himself and thought. Why was he the only Gryphon in this forest? The Phoenixes were Magis too, but there were a lot of them. Where were his parents? Wasn't there another Gryphon here? Leo wanted to stop thinking, but he couldn't. Finally, after the Bird Choir had stopped singing and everyone had gone to their homes, he stood up and flew out of the forest, above the trees. He sat down in a tree and watched the moon and the stars. He saw a little light moving across the sky, and then fading away. A Falling Star! He could make a wish! He closed his eyes and whispered: "I want another Gryphon here to talk with." He opened his eyes, but nothing happened. Stupid Falling Star. Suddenly, a strange, black figure moved in front of the moon. It was just like something big with wings and four legs was flying there. Leo could here the sound of wings above him. A moment later, the "something big with wings and four legs" sat next to him. He almost jumped out of the tree. It really WAS a Gryphon! Did his Falling Star Wish really help?
"Hi," said the other Gryphon.
"H-hi," said Leo. "Who are you?"
"I'm Nala," the other Gryphon said.
"I'm Leo," said Leo. He watched Nala in the moonlight. She wasn't a golden Gryphon like him, but her fur and feathers were a sort of beautiful, nut-like brown. Her wings were long and her body was strong, tough it was elegant too. Her shiny, green eyes were like a dream. Her long thin tail was curled up around one of her beautiful legs. Suddenly, she turned her head and looked into Leo's eyes.
"Hi," Leo said. Nala smiled. Leo quickly acted like he studied the moon, but he saw Nala was studying him. Their eyes saw each other again.
"You know, you've got really nice, blue eyes," Nala said.
"T-thank you," stuttered Leo. In a strange way, he was very nervous when he looked into her deep eyes, and his belly made strange jumps.
"I think I like you," Nala said. Leo couldn't say anything, but when he looked into her green eyes, Nala curled her tail around his, and she came lying next to him. Leo put his wings over her and felt asleep.
