An Unfortunate Life

"MOM! GET UP!" Ice screamed as he shook the bed violently. His mother groaned and rolled over, ignoring him completely. Ice grunted and backed up until he was at the door. He took a running start and jumped up onto the bed, landing directly on top of his mother.

"AH!" She yelled as she shoved him off of her. "What?! What is so important that you had to wake me up!?" Ice said nothing as he simply pointed to a clock. "It's 9:30. Wake me up at 12." She closed her eyes and lied her head down again.

Ice nudged her back, irritated. "I'm late for the first day of school! Don't you remember, Cirrus!?" He yelled, emphasizing on her name, knowing it would make his mother angry. She turned her head so she was facing him. Cirrus stared straight into Ice's eyes.

"First of all, don't you ever call me Cirrus again. You refer to me as Mom. And second, if you yell one more time, you're grounded for a month, got it?" He didn't respond. "I said.....GOT IT?!" She shouted. Ice quickly nodded and jumped down off of the bed. "Now go get ready. I'll be out in a few minutes to take you to school."

Ice trotted out of the room silently, stepping over empty beer bottles on his way to the kitchen. He yawned as he looked inside the refrigerator, grabbing a box of juice off the top shelf. "You're so disgusting Mom....." Ice muttered. He took a box of cereal off the counter, and walked into the living room, sitting down on the couch. He started eating, waiting patiently for his mother to come out and take him to school.

A few minutes passed and Cirrus still did not come out of her room. Ice got up and walked into the room. "Mom...?" He noticed his mother, sleeping peacefully on the bed. He took a deep breath, about to scream, but held it in. He sighed and walked over to Cirrus. He hugged her slightly, then quietly left the room, closing the door behind him. "Bye....." Ice said, knowing his mother couldn't hear him.

He trotted out the door and onto the porch of the small and messy cloud house. Ice nervously spread his wings as he looked up into the sky. It's only five minutes to flight school, he thought. What could possibly go wrong?