Author: *sits down in a chair*
Danny: *sits in a chair across from the author*
A: Alright Danny. Ready to get this started?
D: Do I really have to do this?
A: You told me you wanted to tell your story.
D: True, but I didn't expect it to be in an actual story format.
A: Just how it's gotta be done man. Sorry
D: Ugh. Fine. Now. Where should I start?
A: Maybe the beginning? *chuckles*
D: *rolls eyes* Don't make me hurt you. *sigh* So, it starts after me and my friend Max had left the movie theatre...
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"See ya later Danny. I gotta get home," Max said as he was heading out.
"Ok Max. See you later," I wave to Max as I head the opposite way.
After a few minute of walking in the mall, I pull a micro camera from my pocket and attach it to my glasses to make sure they work.
"Ok. So, got it paired and now..." I hit the record button and I see it recording so I test it a bit and hear the recording back.
"Sweet. Sounds good. Guess I should get this started."
I log into my YouTube channel and start streaming.
"What's up everybody!? This is DannyDanger here with another Livestream." I take my glasses off and face them towards me. "As you can tell, I have the camera on my glasses. This is an all new micro camera I got recently. It's so small, I have to keep reminding myself that it's even still there." I laugh. "Anyways, I thought I might deliver that I promised you guys. So here it is. Just a nice day here today." I put my glasses back on and walk towards the fountain in the park and lay down. "What an awesome day, huh?"
"For sure," said a mysterious voice.
I shoot up and say before I turn around, "Oh. Sorry dude. Didn't see you th..." I freeze in my tracks as my eyes go wide at what both me, and hundreds of thousands of people on the internet, are seeing right now. This... Creature... Looked like a wolf. But, he had blue fur. Not a normal, deep blue. A sort of, baby blue, if you will. Not only that, but he walked on 2 legs with no effort, even though his bone structure was that of a wolf. He even wore clothes! This was something... Or rather... Someone else.
"Umm... Can you give me one second?"
"Sure," the mysterious creature responded, his tail wagging.
I look at the live chat, and while the number has increased dramatically from when I started, but the chat, for the first time in one of my streams, was dead. No one was talking. Most likely because of what was in front of us. So, I type in chat, "Please tell me I'm not hallucinating guys. You see this too right?" And a split second afterwards, all responses were yes.
I turn back around to face the creature and say, " Sorry about that. I just needed to check something. So, Umm, do you mind if I ask who... Or... uhh... what... you are?"
"Oh. Sure," he smiled. "My name's Cody. I'm what you would call a 'furry.' An animal that is, basically personified to the max."
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A: For those of you who don't know, personification is basically giving human traits, walking, taking and everything, to things that aren't human.
D: Thanks for the lesson. I'm sure anybody reading this will know that. Oh. And thanks for interrupting.
A: I just wanted to clarify for any younger readers. Give me a break. *sigh* Anyways...
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"How... How is this possible?" I ask, so confused.
"Made in a lab. Duh. Thought that would've been obvious enough," he responds sarcastically.
"Uhh... Yeah... Anyways, do you... Live around here?"
"Yeah actually. I live just down the road there," Cody points down towards my road.
"Really? So do I."
"Well, wanna walk home together and, ya know, get to know each other more?"
"Sure," I smile as we start walking.
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C: Finally! I can speak!
D: Really, Cody?
C: Shut up. You're the narrator of the story. I'm just a secondary main character.
D: You're still hella important to the story. And you know what part's coming up next.
C: Oh shit. Right. This'll be interesting.
D: Ya think?...
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As me and Cody walk to our houses, we talk more, and I tell him about the channel, but not about the current stream. But, I pull out my phone with the live chat, and ask the questions that the fans had for Cody.
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C: It was a lot of questions.
D: Cody!
C: What?
D: What the hell man? You don't just interrupt a story with that kind of thing.
C: Ugh. Fine. Go on. *bows graciously*
D: Ugh. This is gonna be a long story...
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We finally get to Cody's house, I knock on the door, and two people answer.
One, a man in, about, his early 40's, fairly well built, but still has a muffin top hanging over his greasy pants in a stained, white shirt.
Then a woman, maybe in her late 30's, who look much nicer than the male standing over here, a massive amount of concern in her eyes.
"Where the hell were you!?" the man bellowed loudly.
"Umm... O... Out for a walk... Sir..." Cody stutters, obviously scared of the man.
"You know the rules! Never, ever leave this house!"
Cody cowers a bit in fear from the strong tone of the man. "Y... Yes sir..."
The man grabs Cody's shirt collar and drags him inside while the woman watches the whole thing."I'm so sorry," the woman says apologetically. "Please. Come in." She gestures me to come inside.
When I go inside, I'm greeted by a living room to my left with a fireplace in the corner, a kitchen/dining room in front of me to my left, some doors to various rooms in front of me to my right, what seems to be an office to my far left, and some work out equipment to my far right. I look at the couch in the living room area, and I see the man scolding Cody and giving him a few slaps across the face before Cody has the chance to speak. During this whole ordeal, my live stream chat is going insane.
"Excuse me. Ma'am?" I ask the woman.
"Yes, young man?" she replies.
"Where is your bathroom?"
"Right over there." She points to the second door on the wall in front of me.
"Thank you," I say as I walk to the bathroom
After I close the door, I look in the mirror, pull out my phone to look at the chat, and say to the camera, "Ok guys. I wanna get Cody out of this. And I need your help. I want you guys to tell me what I should do. You know I took self defense classes, so I could potentially hold my own. But, I don't wanna do anything I'll regret. So, put in the chat, what you guys think I should do."
All of a sudden, there's a knock at the door.
"Just a minute."
I hear the woman's voice. "This is important."
I open the door, and the woman is holding a legal file. "What's this?" I ask looking at the file quizzically.
"These are Cody's adoption documents. All you'd need to do is show proof that this house hold is not good for him, get him and whoever will be his new family to sign the papers. Just please. Get Cody out of here."
Then, I see a little boy, who seems to be about 10 years old, come out from behind the woman.
"This is Max. Cody's little 'brother.'"
He waves to me shyly. "Are... Are you gonna get my brother out of here?"
I get down on one knee to his level and puts my hands on his shoulders. "I promise Max. I won't let Cody be hurt anymore." I get up to the mom's level.
"Now. Get Cody's things packed up, including this." I point to the files. "Get that ready, and I'll take care of the rest."
They both nod and head to a room, which I would assume would Cody's. I head back to the living room where the man is still scolding Cody.
"Hey!"
The man looks up and says in a very deep tone, "What the hell do you want?"
"What I want is for you to stop hurting my friend," I say, glaring at him.
"Oh yeah?" he says with a cocky smirk on his face as he starts a few inches over me. "And what do you plan on doing about it?"
"Oh. Nothing much. Just this." I jump over the couch, and land a solid punch across his face, causing him to stumble back a bit as I get into fighting stance.
"Ooh. You're gonna regret that punk!" He comes running towards me, I trip him up, and, as he's falling, I make another solid hit to his spine, causing him to yell out in pain.
Just at that moment, the woman and Max come out with a duffle bag and suitcase full of items.
I grab the bags and find Cody huddled in a corner. "Cody?" I say in a soft voice as to not startle him.
He sniffles. "Is... Is it over?"
I hold out my hand to him, smiling. "It is. Come on. I'll take you to a better place. One less... toxic."
He takes my hand and I help him up. "Mom. Max," Cody says with a sniffle. "Thank you guys." He hugs them both.
I feel my phone go crazy in my pocket. I take it out and see comment after comment on the stream chat go ballistic with sentiments to Cody, his mom and brother.
"Come on Cody. We gotta go before he gets up." I take the duffle bag and head out the door as I wave goodbye to Cody's mom and Max.
Later on, when we're about halfway to my house, I stop. "Hey Cody."
"Yeah?"
"I gotta tell you something."
"What's that?"
"So, I actually have a YouTube channel, and I've been live streaming ever since we first met."
Cody's eyes widen and his jaw slackens.
"Here are some of the comments I saved." I show him various supporting screenshots on my phone, and his eyes well up with tears. "Is there anything you wanna say too the audience at home?"
He sniffles and looks at the camera. "Thank you all so much. I... I didn't realize that there were so many of you who were so supportive. This... This transition will be hard, but, as long as I have Danny and you guys on my side, I know we can all get through it. Together." He smiles and I turn my glasses around to face me.
"Well, I'd say those are some sweet words Cody. Thank you so much. Anyways, that, my friends is gonna do it for this live stream. If you haven't done so already, explode that like button to bits. And, make sure to subscribe for more videos on the channel. This is DangerDanny, and I'm signing off." I give my trademark salute, and end the stream.
After I cut the stream, Cody gives me a big hug and starts crying. I hug him after having my arms up for a second in shock from the sudden hug.
"Thank you. Thank you so much Danny," he sobs.
I smiles and starts heading towards my house...