Embracing The Skies

The Philippine Eagle, Also know as the monkey-eater or great Philippine eagle, Was one of The largest (If not the largest In terms of Wingspan and Height) Bird of Prey existing on earth. Just like What it's name implies, This Majestic Bird of Prey is The National Bird of the Philippines and was declared to be critically endangered. It has brown and white-colored plumage, a shaggy crest, and generally measures 86 to 102 cm (2.82 to 3.35 ft) in length and weighs 4.04 to 8.0 kg (8.9 to 17.6 lb). It's Dagger like talons Capable of tearing Animals Like monkeys, Hares, Dears Or even Birds Close to its Size to shreds.

Unfortunately, Due to its Unique and Majeatic appearance, The haribon, Or haring Ibon ( Eagle King ) Became the target of poaching And victim of losing their Habitats because of deforestation. As of now, It was reported That Around the Philippine that There is only Over 400 Philippine eagle left Of its kind.

Bangas, A Philippine eagle With a wingspan of over 3 meters, Was rescued during An Illegal Exotic Animal Auction In Mindanao with the help of the local police And Concerned Citizens. Bangas was found To be slightly malnourished, Lethargic and weak. Its Feathers Dirty And messy, Causing Confusions Around the rescue team. Thingking that the seller must be retarded to Sell A Exotic yet Weak and malnourished Bird like Bangas.

The name bangas came from the scar that went Across its eyes, Rendering his left eye blind For the rest of his Life.

Sanchez, A member of the "Philippine Eagle foundation for Rehabilitation" Was one of the rescuers that Rescued Bangas from the Hands of those evil poachers. Sanchez Has a Long, Brown hair That he usually Ties into a low ponytail. Amber Colored eyes that always shine brightly When staring At his favorite eagles.Has a Slightly Tan-Colored Skin As a Result of Monitoring the Eagles That was Being protected or monitored by the foundation Every day With a Height of over 180 cm.

During Bangas' Stay in the PEFR, Sanchez became his Personal Care taker. His Best friend. His Partner. Every day, Sanchez Will take Bangas Out from his Quarters, Bringing Him Around the Area With his thick, Leather Protective gloves.

Some Questions His actions, Specially when Bangas was supposed to be Independent, Always ready To be released anytime in the wild So Any attachments Like these Will only cause trouble for The both of them when it's time for the eagle's Release.

But Sanchez Paid their words no heed. If it hurts then so be it. At least Bangas Enjoyed His stay in the rehabilitation center With his company. Both during the day and night.

Furthermore, Nothing can separate the two, Especially when it's around The peak of the afternoon, The time Both Sanchez And Bangas Loved to play "Pokemon: Online". A Mobile MMORPG version Of Pokemon.

When Sanchez Introduced Pokemon To Bangas, He learned A very Amazing Thing From the eagle. Unlike it's Peers, Bangas Had High intelligence, To which Sanchez Suspected to be at the same level as him.

After Explaining The whole franchise To Bangas, Bangas Showed Amazing intelligence that He forced Sanchez to play The game Back from the scratch, And "Gently" Convinced Him to Catch Flying types Only.

Sanchez Didn't know how He understood What banags want. Maybe its because of the "Bond" The two of them formed Throughout the whole time Bangas Lives in the center, A couple of Slaps From the huge bird's Wings clearly told him what he wanted.

Grumbling And murmuring under his breath, Sanchez Registered another account And Played again From the start. The Starter Pokemon That Professor Oak Introduced Were Charmander, The lizard pokemon, Squirtle the Turtle Pokemon and Bulbasaur, The seed pokemon. The Gen 1 Starter Pokemon of the franchise.

Sanchez Explained and showed Bangas the Evolutions of each Pokemon. And Unsurprisingly, After explaining, asked Sanchez To pick Charmander, Obviously because of its final evolution. Having Both fire and flying typing Coupled with The pair of Huge wings attached to The Pokemon's Back.

Throughout the whole game, Both Sanchez And Bangas encountered many Pokemon. Avians, Amphibians, Mammals, Aquatic And insects. All sorts of Pokemon that has the Slight resemblance to Both Sanchez's And bangas' Reality.

Sanchez Tried to sneakily Catch Other pokemons that's not of flying typing but every time Bangas Caught Him, A Slap with his thick wings Will always do.

Time flew by and The day both Sanchez And bangas dreaded came. July 6, 2031. The exact same day of Bangas' Release back into the wild. It was also the Same day where He and Bangas will challenge the top Player of the game with his line up. Charizard, Pidgeot, Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno, Gyarados, Talonflame, Staraptor, Corviknight, Crobat And Braviary.

Although reluctant and saddened, Sanchez Doesn't have any say on this matter this time. Bangas Returning inti the wild was Very important and Necessary. Staying longer Might Endanger Bangas' life, Especially when Bird diseases was very common to happen Among Rehabilitation centers like this.

The others Let the two To Have their final Bonding, And together with Bangas, Sanchez Barely Defeated the top player in the game with a final Dragon rush From charizard, The Pokemon that both he and bangas chose as their starter.

Tears filled Sanchez's eyes As he Hugged Bangas, Whose eyes was also slightly moist and Saddened. The others that were watching couldn't help but Wipe their tears at this sad display of affection.

After some time, Sanchez Calmed down and Brought Bangas with him Towards the Van. Although it's sad, Sanchez knew that's its The better thing to do for Bangas. He shouldn't be selfish. Bangas Needs A Real family. Find a mate, Have Kids And Live his life as the Rightful ruler of the Mountain.

However, As Sanchez and bangas was heading towards the van, A Lightning As thick as an adult's Arm Came hurtling down, Crashing onto Sanchez and Bangas.

Others Watched In shock and disbelief as The Man and Bird of prey fell to the ground, Both body steaming with heat and Skin and feathers burt to crisp.

Panick And Chaos Arise Among the Crowds as They've all stumbled to call for an ambulance.

Nobody noticed The Faint, White light that came out from Both Sanchez's and bangas' Body. The two light hovered for a moment before distorting into a Ball of white light. The two orbs Remains in that state for a few seconda before Flying inside the cellphone On Sanchez's Hand, Before the cellphone itself Crumbled into ashes.

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W-whats happening? Why is it so cold, Yet so warm at the same time.

Sanchez tried to Open his eyes but to no avail. He tried to feel around with his arms and feet only to find that he cant sense or feel His limbs. He tried to talk or shout loudly but was met with nothingness.

What's happening? Why can't I feel anything.

*Smack!

w-what was that? What's that feeling? It was as if...As if im getti-

*Smack!

-ng Slapped by someone! Which Bast**d dared to smack this Lord?!

*Smack!

This motherf-

*Smack!

With that final Slap, Sanchez Sat up from his position with a gasp. His back and forehead Filled with cold Sweat As his five senses started to return back to normal.

*CRAAAA

*SMACK!

A loud cry of an eagle made him wince before a Strong, feathery Slap From his right suddenly came that sent him Swaying To his left.

"F*ck!", He exclaimed As he uses his left hand to prevent his body from crashing to the ground.

"Which motherf*cker dared to Slap this lo- Bangas?" , After recovering, Sanchez Stood up from his sitting position To beat the hell out of the person that kept on slapping him. Only to find a Familiar large bird of prey on his right side with its Left Huge wings stretched backwards, Ready to deliver another round of clapping.

The Large bird of prey in question froze when he heard his best friend talk. Coming into a realization that the B*stard was now awake. Its Silver-colored Right eye staring at Sanchez, Expecting One of those annoying rants from the Furless monkey. Only to be met with a tight, Warm hug.

"Bangas! My goodness You oversized turkey I thought i lost you back then!", Concern and relief was evident in Sanchez's Tone As he rubbed his Buddy's Feathery back.

Bangas rolled his eyes in annoyance At harmless insult That the furless monkey thrown at him.

"Are you okay? Why didn't you die?And here I was expecting a Delicious Large Turkey as my last meal Before going to Heaven. What a shame, A shame indeed", Said Sanchez While shaking his head in mock disappointment.

Hearing his words, Bangas angrily started to slap Sanchez's Face with his Right wing, Cuasing the man to Chuckle In amusement.

"Alright, Alright. Stop! I was just kidding, You oversized Turkey. Its great to see you good and safe, buddy", Said Sanchez while Stroking The bird's back. Bangas Nodded in happiness At his Friends Concern.

While stroking bangas' Back, Sanchez Finally noticed His surroundings. Tall trees, Bushes of different sizes, And Grass That stretched Everywhere his eyes brought him. While scanning his surroundings, Sanchez Noticed Something on one of the trees.

Latched Tightly on a branch, A huge, Green caterpillar like creature Bigger than the one's Sanchez knew was looking Straight at him with curiosity. The creature had Yellow underside and teardrop shaped Tail. There are yellow ring-shaped markings down the sides of its segmented body, which resemble its eyes. On it's head, A notable Y shaped Red antenna Can be seen to be slightly twitching.

Sanchez's Mind went blank for a moment, Causing his Harm that was stroking bangas to stop, Much to the Eagles protest and annoyance. Sanchez Paid the bird no heed as his attention concentrated ag the creature.

"Is that what I thi-"

*PIDGGGGY!

Sanchez was about to voice the question that popped on his mind when a loud Cry interrupted him. Sanchez watched as a small shadow, slightly larger than the caterpillar like creature kn the tree, Dove down drom the skies before Grabbing The poor creature, Shocking Sanchez and Causing bangas to narrow his eye in the process.

When the shadow took off for the skies, Sanchez was finally able to See the Appearance of the shadow.

It is a small, plump-bodied avian . It is primarily brown with a cream-colored face, underside, and flight feathers. On top of its head is a short crest of three tufts. The center crest feathers are brown and the outer two tufts are cream-colored. Just under its crest are its narrow eyes which have white sclera and pupil along with its black irises. Angular black marking extend from behind its eyes and continue down its cheeks. It has a short, stubby beak and feet with two toes in front and one in back. Both its beak and feet are a grayish-pink. It has a short, brown tail made of three feathers.

The Bird's arrival confirmed Sanchez's Question and suspicion.

"Hey bud, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore"

*Craaa. . .