Hey Now, You're a Brawl Star! (A Brawl Stars Story)

Crow Arc Epilogue

Trigger warnings: a swear. that's it.

His family adopted Bull and his mom, Mrs. Michela, almost as soon as they met. Crow was already emotionally attached to the poor kid, so he spent most weekend nights with the Trankstons. Bull was accepted into the gang almost immediately, and soon became a staple around one hideout or another.

As much as Bull was adopted into Crow's family, Crow was also adopted into his. Crow walked Bull home more often than not, and Mrs. Michela almost always asked him if he wanted to stay over for dinner.

As a result, he was at Bull's side for most of the major changes in his life. He was talking with Mr. Tsunematsu on the night Bull met him, and he heard Bull's honest opinion of him the day after. He watched over Bull's shoulder as his mom and Mr. Tsunematsu fell in love, and provided counsel and an escape, if necessary. He sat next to Bull at their wedding, and took him home afterwards. He talked Bull out of a panic attack when his mom and dad fought. Crow wasn't there when Bibi was born, but he was at the hospital soon after Bull texted him the news. He currently had a very cute picture of baby Bibi holding on to his beak hanging on his wall.

Finding out Bull was a brawler was an interesting experience.

The two boys had been hanging out with some of the other kids that day, including Roxy. The cheetah had been showing off the weapons meant to be used as her main attack, a trio of shiny, black-and-white shurikens. This prompted one of the other kids to ask about how Crow was a brawler, which he was always happy to talk about.

"Yeah, s'all genetics. Apparently, my ancient relatives or something were brawlers, so I got the genes from them." He looked at Bull out of the corner of his eye. The kid was staring intently at his hand, as if the appendage had just called his mom a ho. He seemed to be deep in thought. Crow's attention was pulled away when another kid asked him about his weapons.

"Oh, yeah, I can just-" he tensed his hands quickly, and a handful of daggers appeared in each. He fanned them out like cards and held them out so the other boys could see.

"Hey Crow? Teach me how you did that." Crow looked back at Bull, who was still staring at his hands. He walked over to where the boy was sitting, and, thinking it couldn't hurt, coached him through summoning a weapon.

He didn't expect it to actually work.

His friend did everything Crow told him, and at the end of the process, he was sitting in stunned silence with a shotgun in his hands. Crow dragged him home almost Immediately, and took the time to explain when Mrs. Michela asked how Bull could be a brawler.

That night, he spent a good hour ranting to Lucy, who couldn't decide if her little brother was concerned or angry enough to sucker punch God. She assumed it was a mixture of both.

Thankfully, finding out Bibi was a brawler was a lot less concerning, even if it was still just as surprising. It was also entertaining to watch her kick everyone's ass in softball.

Time passed, and Bull seemed to grow more and more comfortable around the gang and around Crow. The two bonded over just about everything.

Including a need to get up and go.

Crow had sat through Bull's graduation, teary-eyed and proud. Now just a few weeks after, he was about to go with Bull to the one place he had wanted to go his entire life.

Brawltopia.

The family exchanged sad goodbyes as Bull and Crow prepared to leave. The boys had visited Crow's family the night before and said their goodbyes, so all that was left to do was leave.

As Crow got behind the wheel of the beat-up Jeep, he felt a tear sink into his feathers. Mentally, he thanked all his friends for what they had done for him

He thanked his family.

And the rest, as they say, is history. Retropolis epilogue should be out soon! Until then, Thank you, please keep reading, and goodnight!