Oscar let the wind carry him through the air, holding the corners of a cloth tight so that the leaves within didn't fall out. Then he saw it; an almost golden five-point leaf with a red stem and veins running nearly to the tips. His mother's favourite. He pointed his body, diving feet first and spreading out his limbs again when he was next to the branch, grabbing it with both hands. "Got-ya!" He laughs, swiftly taking the leaf from the branch, and placing it with a bright orange 1-point leaf, and a dark crimson 3-point leaf, inside the cloth. Oscar leapt upwards, spreading out his arms wide again, letting the wind take him. He could smell the pine, lemon, apple, and orange trees growing stronger as he drifted closer and closer back to his village. Oscar wouldn't usually drift this far away, but he knew that he had already taken the local golden five-point leaves with red stems and veins running nearly to the tips, that his mother loved so much! He had gotten up extra early to find it too, hours before she or Yoshi had woken up.
As he drifted closer, the smell of the pine, lemon, apple and orange trees began to smell sour, hurting his nose. His eyes darted around as he saw smoke rising from the village in the distance. Fire. He pushed the air backwards, allowing him to move faster towards home. The smell grew worse as he got closer, burning his nose. Oscar almost slapped his feet together, pushing his hands to his body as he darted towards the ground, spreading out his limbs again as he landed, running forward towards the village.
The fire had gone out, leaving just ashes and smoke. "Mum…" He breathed, racing towards his home, the straw roof had fallen inwards, the windows seeping smoke. Oscar pushed towards the hut, the smoke forced its way towards and past him, leaving the house black. Tears trailed through the dust, as Oscar raced into his home. Nothing. His mum wasn't there. "Stupid fire!" A high but slightly croaky voice yelled, "Stupid house! Stupid basket!" Oscar spun around, pouncing on one of his mother's orange baskets, lifting the lid, "Yoshi!" He yelled, tears continuing to stream, "Yoshi I thought you would have burnt!" The small bonsai tree crawled from the basket, "Stupid Oscar!" He continued to yell, climbing up to Oscar's shoulder, "Stupid Oscar." Yoshi patted Oscar's cheek gently with his leaves. "What happened Yoshi?" Oscar sniffed, looking at what remained of his home. "Stranger. Angry stranger. Angry people. Angrier stranger. Big fire. Stupid Oscar." It nodded, patting Oscar again. "Where's Mum?"
"Stranger." Yoshi said, pointing towards the door. Oscar ran outside, "He can't have gone far!" He quickly threw Yoshi into the cloth, jumping upwards and drifting through the sky, following the path. "STUPID OSCAR!" Yoshi screamed.
