Longtail continued his story without break pace. "It all happened so fast..."
... "No! You're not listening to me! I'm too small to be a threat! I mean LOOK AT ME!" Cried Longtail with a hint of sadness. " I don't even reach Littlefoots belly, that's how small I am, and you all are claiming I stalked, hunted and killed a full grown club tail! Really?! Really?!? Who would believe that story?! Idon't believe that story!" said Longtail as he began to walk in a circle as his irritation rose in waves.
"Perhaps if you weren't found at the scene drenched in the club tails blood, we'd be willing to believe you a little more." commented Grandpa Longneck. "As it stands however, you were at the sight of the killing with no way to explain why you were there or what happened. If you could explain either of those to us, we'd be willing to hear it now." he commented with a soft smile hoping to get an answer from the small flyer.
Longtail however looked down at the ground in frustration, as a single tear ran down his face as he knew in the pit of his heart, that he honestly couldn't explain why he was there or what happened. Then he thought of the only real reason he could explain any of this. "I... I'm being framed... and I didn't catch on till now!"
"Explain yourself child!" cried Topsy with a stomp of his foot.
"You said someone is framing you Longtail?" asked Grandma Longneck. "But who would do such a thing?"
Longtail shook his head quickly as he replied, "I don't know but... but you have to believe me! I want to stay here, and I... I can't... I can't..." his breathing was becoming rapid and disjointed as flashbacks began to play through his mind about his previous exiles from other herds.
"I honestly don't want to believe a child who was covered in blood. So I say we make him leave the valley until we can sort this out proper." commented Topsy with an air of finality.
"I... would have to agree." spoke Duckys mother, despite the hurt look on her face that said otherwise. "Perhaps a few days banned from the Great Valley will let us catch whoever it is doing this."
Several members of the valley herd however began to shout their opinions about the situation and two or three of them threw insults and threats towards Longtail.
Longtail in the heat of both the moment and his own crumbling world of emotions felt something snap inside him. As he felt this change however, a rock thrown by a random swimmer hit Longtail in the head and as he opened his eyes, his right eye which usually matched his left one being quartz pink, dilated and shifted to sunburst yellow taking on the glowing effect of the Day Circle. Once that happened, he steadied himself from falling over giving an ear peircing cry to the sky that sounded like a mix between a cry of sorrow and a absolute burning rage that echoed throughout the meeting circle.
The silence that followed for several moment was broken as Longtail spoke, his voice taking on a deep, dark, almost otherworldly tone as he said aloud, "You all threaten me with exile and then death! Well then..." he said as he paused for a moment to lick his beak before speaking again, "THEN ALLOW ME TO RETURN THE FAVOR!!!" as he spread his wings and jumped at the closet target: Topsy.
However this surprise attack was halted by a rainbowface stepping in, grabbing Longtail by the neck and holding him down on the ground. "I'm sorry about this nephew... but now you've given us... given me no choice..." Said Longtails' adoptive uncle Cyrix as he placed his free hand over Longtail eyes and head while saying, "Don't forget this moment... don't forget your feelings right now. But until this is solved... you must forget us...
"And that was it... when I woke up, I was lying in that oasis you all found me in." said Longtail as he finished his story.
Dil was speechless. "W-wow... I always thought those flatteeth were supposed to be caring and forgiving. Guess some of em act more like sharpteeth."
