Broken Swan (Open)

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Hunter shifted his eyes closed as the soft wind blew through his blond hair, the sun was out birds could be seen as they flew in and out of the massive trees that surrounded the waterfall. The water blue and beautiful cascaded down over rocks below creating a foam of the purest white, not a few yards away a deer was nibbling on the soft grass with her fawn and enjoying the quiet.Hunter stretched his legs out reaching down touching his toes and back up his movements so flawless and smooth it almost seemed like he were made of water and air, his arms floated down to his sides and he rested them there before turning and touching a small i-pod that was hooked to blue speakers. A soft almost sad sounding piano started and Hunter began the dance that he and his mother created together, the dance of the song they made just before the had died what seemed like so many years ago.

He Started in fifth position and then preformed a Assemblé lifting off the floor on one leg, and landing on two, his legs assemble at the same time and he return to fifth position. This move was near flawless and he smiled his eyes still closed as he continued leaping out his legs stretched flawlessly out into straight lines as he landed only a few feet from the edge of the waterfall dangerously close to falling off but oddly when he landed he leaned forward kicked his leg up and out behind him and his arms flapped slow and sad looking like a flying bird as he leaned out over the edge. Then rocking back he did something not many could pull off and when right into a Tour en l'air, jumping straight up into the air and spinning three times before landing and sweeping his foot in a full circle around himself and standing as he still spun. 

Hunter had not noticed the tears that fell slowly from his Ice blue eyes, he bowed as the music started to end and walked over to the ledge. He finally opened his eyes and looked out over the water a small sad smile played at his pink lips and his arms came up over his head. He rocked back and then flew forward over the ledge and down into the water his dive impressive as he surfaced and sighed swimming rather fast to the land and plopping down out of breath. His eyes closing to the now setting sun.

[Mason Bradley]

Mason Bradly Mason walked through the forest, headphones on listening to a remix of a song. He walked towards the waterfall, as it was one of the best places for peace and quiet. As he walked he looked down, noticing as the patches of flowers became denser and just more of them overall. This was a good sign that he was close to the waterfall, as it provides a constant water source for the plants. As he came to the area of the waterfall he took a moment to look at all of the nature around. He had noticed a doe and her fawn, and then a boy who was doing some kind of a dance. He watched first as the boy stretched then started flawlessly dancing. He's quite good at that. He's probably done that dance for years, but I'm still impressed by how amazing he is at it. Mason took a seat leaning on a tree, watching the boy dance. It was a peaceful site and he didn't want to ruin the kids fun. He enjoyed the site of exquisite dancing. It reminded him of his time back at his mansion when his parents would invite the best dancers from around the world to give them a private concert in their home. He then noticed the boy almost fall into the water, but amazingly he made a recovery. He somehow had still managed to look perfect while making a recovery. Man I wish I could dance like that.. He then smiled as the boy jumped into the water. Guess this means I can go introduce myself and meet such a talented person. He walked over to where the boy had decided to plop himself down. He sat down next to the boy, speaking in a calm voice to try not to scare him: "Why hello there. You know you're a beautiful dancer. It was an amazing scene to witness it and I'm glad I did" He smiled looking at the boy. He had hoped that saying that wouldn't creep out the boy.

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The music plaid in his head a soft melody flowing changing faster slower as his blue eyes opened very slowly the sun catching them playing in them and causing them to turn light purple then blue again. The water dripped slowly down a sad face that matched the sad eyes though they seemed to change only a little when his face decided to smile, an act this is what it was he needed to act fine so he smiled as he sat up but his eyes the beautiful sad eyes stayed the same like they were stuck in another world a sad lost world. Hunter took in the boy his orange hair the violet eyes that seemed to dance in the sun as well, he had something around his shoulders though Hunter had no idea what they were never have he had something like that but it was a pretty color and for a long time he was somewhat lost in them his head tilting slightly to one side then the other then locking the sad eyes back to the boys he finally spoke his voice light girly and sweet though the sound had a mask as well for you could hear the darkness that had consumed him for many years in the end of his words.

"Thank you my mom and i put it together when i was very young its been a long time since i have danced it your very kind",  He couldn't help the tears that threatened to fall down his face and looked away reaching out for something to help him forget if only for a moment, he connected with a small deer who was sleeping not to far away but woke when his mind touched hers. She could feel the sadness and stood walking over to Hunter a little nervous of the boy but still she came and placed her soft head on his lap as she lay again, he reached up stroking her head softly and looked back to the boy who had sat with him his eyes searching for something in this kind boy.

He was searching for the mean nasty side that everyone here seemed to have, he was waiting for it to come out for him to cast him away call him a freak for petting the deer.The young fawn shifted and he moved to allow her a better head rest feeling her need to be around someone as well, this caused him to smile a real smile in his eyes as well and it was beautiful. It was odd how someone who could be so broken, could also look so whole like a black swan they are cast away by their mother to live and fend for themselves yet everyone sees a beautiful swan unique in its own way but also beautiful. He was a broken swan sad and cast away with no family, sent to fend for himself but to everyone else he was whole and sweet and beautiful and looked happy when he was truly broken and had been that way for years the little prince who lost his life with the two people he loved most. "My name is Hunter by the way whats your", the mask was back.

[Mason Bradley]

Mason Bradly Mason noticed the sadness in the boy's eyes. He wondered what could be troubling this boy. He looked into the boy's deep blue eyes, getting lost in them as if they told their own story. He took off his headphones quietly, as to not disturb any of the nature around them. He gently set the headphones on the grass beside him. "Well then you and your mom know what makes a good dance." He blushed slightly from the compliment. "Oh thanks. I just say what I see, and what I ended up seeing is your amazing dancing." He watched the boy call over a deer that came and rested it's head on the boy. That must be his gift or maybe he's just very good with animals. A small smile formed on his face when he saw the boy petting the deer. His smile fulled out once he noticed that the other male had begun smiling as well. He would've reached out and pet the deer too, but he was afraid of scaring off the gentle creature. He made sure not to make any subtle movements, as he was enjoying seeing the boy's smile. It seemed to light up his face, making an already cute face be outright adorable. He listened as the boy introduced himself as Hunter. "Hunter, that's a very nice name. It's a pleasure to meet you Hunter, I'm Mason." Mason hoped that this boy could become an addition to his list of friends. He loved to meet new people, enjoying hearing about their lives, as he was locked inside a mansion for most of his life. He hadn't had many friends besides some members of the staff. He would've rather had grown up dirt poor if he would've been able to have friends that he could share life with because life was meaningless if you had no one to enjoy it with. "I hope we can become good friends, you seem like a really cool person." He was hoping that this wouldn't creep out the boy as he was enjoying his time with him. It was a change of what he normally experienced at the school. Normally he would be at the beach and his conversations would turn into games in the water or a small bonfire, but it was a nice change of pace to just calmly sit and talk in such a peaceful setting. He leaned back, using his hands to support himself. He looked up at the sky and then at the waterfall, enjoying the scenery. He spoke, speaking in a calming tone: "It's such a beautiful day out and the fact that there's a beautiful waterfall in front of us makes it that much better. It also helps create the peaceful atmosphere that's perfect for relaxing."

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Hunter looked at Mason a nice smile on his face as he pet the deer more the comfort of her fur helping him to relax some." My mom died a long time ago riding a roller coasters with my father that's the first time in many years I have had the strength to dance". He tilted his head his eyes pocking on the the earphones that now hung on Masons neck he liked the color but as for what they were he had no clue years locked away with only animals to talk to caused Hunter to lose interest in keeping up with the world he was stuck in the years he had with his family. " I really like your name Mason and if you don't mind me asking what are thoughs", he pointed at the headphones moving closer his face getting even closer as he studied the odd things. The doe shifted closer as well laying her head across Hunter and close to Mason sniffing him and then relaxing showing she was not frightened by him.

Just as he reached out to touch the object a loud bark made him shift away grabbing onto the doe as she struggled to get up a little frightened. "Shhh it's ok it's just Hachi he won't hurt you but I fear you must be on your way to check on your young one have a nice day", the deer nuzzled Hunter softly then walked away as if nothing happened causing Hunter to giggle sweetly. His blue eyes shifted as a fox/dog appeared in front on the two boys and he blushed as it barked at him, " Hachi I wasn't going to touch him just his thingies I didn't mean anything by it really" , he was cut off by the dog and his head hung low as he scooted away from Mason his tone apologetic when he spoke again. "I'm very sorry I got in your space next time I will ask first and I won't touch you or your stuff without being sure you give me permission".

Hunter looked up looking like a child who had just been scolded and really that was exactly what happened, Hachi prances over plopping down in front of Mason and tilting his head yipping softly like a fox then whining like a lost puppy, " His name is Mason and he is my friend you can't tell him that". Hunter stood obviously upset and started to pace along the waterfall looking sad and hurt as the dog stared straight at Mason almost like he was trying to get into his mind, that's when Hunter stopped and turned to them his voice rising a little," He can't hear you Hachi your driving me crazy ". He plopped down rubbing his head on the other side of Mason looking at him with a mischievous smile playing on his lips. " don't mind me I can talk to animals and feel their emotions sand sometimes if I get to far in their head I can get lost and forget what I'm doing I almost walked off of a clif once", he giggled relaxing next to the boy he just met.

[Mason Bradley]

Mason Bradly Mason's eyes teared up a little after hearing the fact about Hunter's parents. Mason may say he didn't like his life before here, but this made him realize he was probably being bratty. Obviously he knew people had it way worse than him, but he had never thought about it. He pulled the boy into sort of a half hug. "I'm sorry to hear that...but I'm sure they're glad to see you dancing again." He gave a small smile when he asked him about the headphones."Those are headphones, they play music through them." Suddenly a bark interrupted them. He looked down at the cause, smiling lightly, but then Hunter was suddenly scooting away from him and apologizing. Mason scoot over when Hunter did, laughing a bit. "No worries, you're perfectly fine if you want to touch them." Then the dog started barking again. "So, I'm guessing he doesn't like me considering how you're reacting to whatever he's trying to say?" He laughed lightly at Hunter's explanation. "Well, I'm glad you didn't walk off the cliff because if you had I would've never been able to have met you." He picked up the headphones, putting them over Hunter's ears, a song playing on it. He smiled, looking at the boy. He made sure to adjust the volume on the mp3 that the headphones were plugged into. He put the volume to a level so that Hunter would still be able to hear him talk. "I consider you a friend now, and you're nice enough where I don't mind if you touch myself since you seem like you're the kind of person who wouldn't break someone else's stuff." He was enjoying his time hanging out with the boy. He wished that he could just sit like this forever and forget about all the things that went wrong at this school, like all the crazy people and the rude people, but he would just have to enjoy it while he could, and so he did. He wrapped an arm around the boy looking out at the waterfall. "It's such a beautiful day out and I'm glad I get to spend it with someone so kind and sweet. I love this day because it will be the day that I made an amazing friend that I hope to be friends with for a long time. Sorry, I know we just met, but I get that feeling ya know, that feeling that you get when you just know that something great is gonna happen."

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Hunter nodded and looked at Hachi with a scowl though he still looked like a pouting child, He reached out and picked up the yipping Hachi and put a hand over his maw." Hush Hachi he is nice this is my first friend aside from you cant you just let me be", He was looking at the dog and though it looked much like a fox he looked normal holding the animal like it belonged there. Hachi nodded reluctantly and looked at mason, if dogs could give a warning look Hachi was doing so as if to say, Watch yourself boy he is hurt easy and i don't like people who hurt him. Hunter giggled putting the dog down and then froze as Mason put what he called headphones on his head and started to play with a small odd looking object. Suddenly music started to play loud at first but it got softer causing Hunter to smile and look at Mason his blue eyes shining.

"Wow this is amazing i wish i had something like this i wish i had some", he turned to point at them and flinched when Hachi growled at him, "I'm not going to stop listening to you Hachi i can still listen". He smiled at Mason when he told him that he enjoyed and would now call him his friend.  He nodded and smiled handing Mason back his headphones and looking around,"It is a very beautiful day out and i do also enjoy it a lot so Mason what else do you do around here i haven't met very many people but it does not seem to bad". He reached up touching a tree and giggling as a small chipmunk ran down his arm and sat on his lap looking at Mason with large full cheeks.

"He said hello and that your sitting on his nut hole Mason". Hunter stood up holding out his hand for mason to take and laughing a sound soft and beautiful and so very rare, The chipmunk watched Mason expectantly and moved forward when he finally got up digging into the ground. Hunter giggled and helped him with his back to Mason giving Hachi a chance to walk over and sit by Mason he jumped up onto his shoulders so flawlessly it was odd and he looked down expecting Mason to know he wanted pet now. "Here you go little guy all better ok but you need to get going before Hachi thinks your a toy", he smiled up at Hachi and Mason his blue eyes closing and opening to shine.

[Mason Bradley]

Mason Bradly He looked at the dog, cocking his head to the side. "It's cute that your pet is so protective. At least you know he's loyal and has your best interest at heart." He smiled towards the dog, turning back to Hunter with a look of happiness. Mason was glad that Hunter had ended up liking the headphones. He smiled when Hunter handed them back to him. He put them back around his neck. "You know if you want a pair of headphones I have a spare or two...you can have one if you'd like." He was perfectly willing to give up a pair of headphones that he could easily replace if he needed to, but there wasn't really a point in having spares since he never ended up in situations that would cause the headphones to break. He then moved onto the conversation about what else there was to do. "Yes it is a beautiful day, and normally I hang out on the beach because it has the best scenery on the island and is the best place to meet people since few people can be grouches on the beach." He laughed a little as a chipmunk appeared. He smiled, giving a tiny wave. "What a cute little animal." He laughed a little, standing up with Hunter. He looked at the chipmunk go into it's hole, a small smile forming on his lips. "Sorry about that little guy..." Then suddenly the dog had come to him. He laughed lightly, petting the dog. "You two make the most adorable pair." He looked at Hachi, a warm inviting look at the dog as if to say he respected the dog for wanting to protect the boy. "So, anything you wanna do?" He was excited to go do something, anything with his new friend. He got this way around people that he was lucky enough to call his friends due to the fact that he had never been able to have friends on the mainland. Ashford hadn't been such a bad thing for Mason because it allowed him to do all the stuff he had missed out as a young boy. "We could go to the beach, or maybe hang out in the courtyard, or go exercise...there's so much to do on this island I can never choose" He laughed lightly, smiling and looking into Hunter's eyes. The boy had some of the pretties eyes Mason had ever seen. When the light hit them just right they seemed to sparkle and it was like a whole other world was contained just in those eyes. "Or we can stay here and continue chatting if you're enjoying it. I don't care what we do since I'm fine as long as I get to know you better." Mason hoped that this wouldn't creep the boy out or make him think that Mason was trying to play him. Mason genuinely just wanted to have a pleasant conversation with his new friend and if they did an activity together, that would just be a nice little bonus. He waited for Hunter's answer, smiling and looking at the boy.

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Hunter watched Mason tilt his head and even seemed to copy him as he finally noticed the color of Masons eyes, he was lost in them for a moment as mason spoke and he moved forward slowly. His blue eyes were inches from masons as he studied the colors and he smiled finally backing up and rubbing the back of his head before jumping on Mason with a big yippee wrapping his arms around his neck in a hug. "Would you really let me use a pair of them how do you use them do you always have to have them on do they need charged or batteries", His words were sort of rushed as he looked at mason his face again only a few feet away from the orange haired boy as he still clung to him. He didn't understand the new object and was lost in his thoughts as he slid down off of Masons neck and landed butt first on the ground scratching his head.

But the moment Mason said something about a beach Hunter jumped up looking at him with wide eyes, they sparkled like the sea itself as he blushed and looked away from Mason. "I-I have never been to a beach i have always wanted to go but for some reason i was never able to we were supposed to go but my parents died a week before we were going", Hunters eyes darkened and Hachi walked over placing a paw on his leg softly tilting his head and whimpering softly. "I'm ok Hachi", He smiled at the dog who took it as a real smile and started to take off running around his energy getting the best of him, but looking close it was clear that hunter had never gotten over the death of his parents, and he would never get used to not having them around.

"W-Well anyway i would really like to go to the beach with you Mason it sounds really fun and really cool plus i already have my swimming trunks on and you seem like you like the beach as well". His eye didn't brightened up again after thinking of it and he was soon trying to fight tears that struggled lose one falling slowly down his face. Hunter felt it and wiped at it harshly trying to hide it from Mason, but the thought of going to the beach without his parents saddened him a lot though he never once didn't want to go with Mason and having the boy there with him was making the pain easier to fight. He blushed lightly causing his eyes to turn an odd purple/blue color and he reached out grabbing his hand and smiling up at him it was real but didn't reach his eyes like it normally did. "Well since i don't know where it is you lead the way", he held tight to the boys hand not knowing that this could be taken another way, not knowing this is what more then just friends did and he started walking beside Mason watching Hachi jump and lick the hand of the other boy.

[Mason Bradley]

Mason Bradly He laughed lightly as Hunter went on about the headphones, doing his best to answer all of his questions, though this was a little bit of a challenge due to the boy talking so fast, but Mason didn't mind since he was eager to help someone understand the world a little bit more. "All you do is plug them into a musical device like this." He pulled out his iPod from his pocket and showed it to Hunter. "Sadly I don't have an extra one of these, but there's enough engineers on this island that you can get one easily." He held up the headphones. "You just plug these into it and then the music plays directly to you instead of being broadcasted." He then smiled, looking down at Hunter when he went to the ground. "You look so cute just sitting there." He looked at Hunter when he jumped up, a bright smile lighting up his face. His smiled turned to a frown once Hunter mentioned his parents' deaths. "O-oh, I'm sorry to hear that..but I'm sure they'd want you to have fun." He then looked down at Hachi. "Your dog is so cute and caring, I wish I had a pet like that." Mason noticed a tear run down Hunter's face. He put a hand on his shoulder, giving him a caring look. "Awe don't cry, we don't have to go if you don't wan-" He blushed slightly when Hunter gabbed his hand. He took it as a friendly gesture due to how innocent this boy seemed. "Alright then, let's go." He began walking in the direction of the beach, looking at Hunter, smiling. "So, this'll be fun. The beach is one of the few places on this island where you can actually relax and be yourself." He kept walking, looking at the forest around them. "It's so beautiful here, except the fact that a bunch of the crazy students hang out here."