Bird of Many Feathers (The World of Mythcron)

Chapter 25

Felix pov~

Tired and drained, we got back to the cyclops. We had only been in there for two hours, but the rain was still going hard. The Cyclops was standing in the same spot... did he never move from it?

"You now have a pixie free home," Steven stated proudly to the cyclops, with his head held high.

"Good. Thank you. Now help you," the cyclops rumbled out with a smile on his face. Without warning, he grabbed the three of us and started to walk to the river. I squirmed uncomfortably in his grip. Steven and Aurora were smushed next to me.

"Um.. can you hold us gently," I asked with a wince. He looked down at us and then opened up his hand for us to sit on it. We breathed a sigh of relief. He got to the river, then easily walked through it and swam some before walking out at the other end. He set his hand on the ground, and we hopped off of it.

"Thank you. It was lovely meeting you," Steven called up to him. He nodded at us with a small smile, then left through the river. Steven turned to us with a wide grin. "Well, that was fun," he cheerfully said, and Aurora and I glared at him, "what," he questioned as we began to walk away.

"Glad you had fun," I grumbled as I wiped more water from my eyes. He just shrugged and walked on, splashing in some puddles.

The rain began to let up after an hour and then stopped after 30 minutes. Now that the rain had stopped, I took a look at the map. We should reach the castle soon. I looked up and signed as I realized we would have to climb a steep incline.

"Well, good luck to you," Steven chuckled as he clapped me on the shoulder. "We can fly up it, but I am guessing you are too tired to fire up and fly," he looked at me in pity, and I glared at him and huffed. He was right. I didn't have the energy to fly up the incline.

"Whatever," I muttered as I started to walk up the steep mountain. Aurora and Steven flew past me and landed on a part way ahead and waited for me.

I was panting as I finally reached the top and lay on the ground. Some parts of the mountain I had to climb, not even walk but climb. Steven and Aurora were staring at what was behind the mountain, and I sat up and looked. I stared at the huge castle that was on the other side of the mountain. It was absolutely gigantic. I had never seen a castle before. It was on another mountain, though.

"How are we going to find the master's room in THAT," Steven grumbled as he gestured fiercely towards the castle. Aurora tilted her head at the castle, trying to take it all in.

"I have never known an evil person to stay anywhere else but the highest point of their castle," I put in, and Steven glared at me about to disagree, then stopped and thought for a moment.

"That... is completely true," Steven mumbled out as he nodded his head. Aurora slowly nodded her head in agreement. "Wow, I didn't realize how predictable evil people were," Steven snorted and shook his head. I just shrugged my shoulders.

"Anyway, I refuse to climb down this mountain and go back up that one," I huffed and looked up at the sky. It was a few more hours till sunset. "I'll just fly and hope they don't look down," I then stood up and shifted to my bird.

"Hey, I just realized how much bigger your peacock has gotten," Steven pointed out, and I looked down at myself. I was surprised I had not realized it till now. I was almost as tall as my human form, and my feathers held more of a red tint in them.

"Wow. I didn't know I would suddenly hit a growth spurt," I lightly chuckled as I fanned out my tail feathers. They were staring at me, and I was beginning to get uncomfortable. "Let's go already," I instructed and flew down the mountain. I didn't even have to flame up. it looks like flying is getting easier... wait.

"I guess that means you didn't have to climb that mountain," Steven chuckled as he flew beside me. Flames rippled along my back as I grew angry. I huffed and started flying up the mountain the castle was on. I stopped and hung on the side of the mountain as we neared the top.

"Let's slowly go up from here, I don't believe they would leave their castle unguarded at day time," I quietly explained to them as they hovered beside me. They both nodded, and we quietly sneaked up the rest of the way, barley making a sound with our wings.

We got to the top and quickly hid below the wall. I nodded at Steven and pointed for him to go look over the wall. He huffed and flew up. He came back down after scanning the area.

"There are lots of chupacabras and other guards," he whispered to us, and I huffed. "How are we going to get in," he asked, frowning. Both of them looked to me for answers. I thought for a moment, then quickly flew to the top of the wall and looked over. I studied the area and the things around it. Then, an idea came to me. I landed back on the ground, and Steven and Aurora were looking at me hopefully.

"I have an idea, but it is a little risky and bothersome," I told them, and they both nodded, not caring about the consequences.

"We have come this far, no turning back now," Steven stated with a firm nod of his head. I sighed and then smiled at them.

"Well, we are going to need pixies," I chuckled and they frowned, "which means we need their favorite food, honey apples, good thing I saw both back down the mountain," I explained as they both huffed and nodded their heads.

(Is it just me, or do evil people always love to be at the top of their castles? Probably because they love to look down on everyone.. Also, those guards are not vampires, just some other random human looking creatures..)