Celestial Bird

With the rising temperature Quill felt his body regaining strength, he tried opening his eyes and felt it was very laborious, he finally opened his eyes and what he saw in front of him mesmerized him.

It was a bird, which had six long feathers of one colour each, the bird looked divine as if it came from heaven itself. Quill couldn't take his eyes of it. The bird was one meter in height, and with him lying on his back, the bird was looking down at him arrogantly.

"What are you?" The moment these words left Quill's mouth he felt stupid.

'Who am I even talking to, can a bird even talk, at least it doesn't have evil intentions else it wouldn't have healed him.'

But the next moment he was struck dumb.

"I am the celestial god, Achiyalabopa. You can call me Achiya[pronounced-akia]." The bird said and a cute female voice.

For a moment Quill was stuck with his mouth wide open, he couldn't comprehend what just happened. 'How could a bird talk.'

"Are you a phoenix." Quill asked after a long period of silence.

"Hmph, don't even try to compare me with that lowly creature, it was just a regular bird before it got a drop of my blood by mistake."

'Did she just call a phoenix a lowly creature. In the Neptune kingdom, phoenix was revered as sacred beasts, the birdonification of god, but what had surprised him more was what she said about phoenix gaining her power by consuming her blood.'

"Where did you get the Cosmic Essence."

"Do you know about it." Quill asked surprised.

"Of course, I was like a caretaker for them."

"So, you know why you came to this world also why are you on two different worlds?"

"Were we on two different worlds?" Achiya asked surprised, but she soon regained her haughty behaviour and said, "Well, after I visited the world this is the first time I woke up, I couldn't even leave the cave because cosmos trapped me?"

"Uh cosmos trapped you, why?"

"Who knows what the cosmos is thinking."

Quill was more and more surprised talking to her, the line that caught his attention was 'cosmos is thinking' how could cosmos think was it living. But he decided to keep mum about the topic.

"Thanks for saving me, but what do you want from me?" Quill asked cautiously, he was still a little cautious of the Achiya.

"Well I have to make a contract to bind me and you as partners because you have the cosmic signature, there is no other way I can get out of here." Achiya said, with a look on her face as it she was doing Quill a favour by becoming partners with him.

Quill thought for a long time about it, the only bargaining chip he had was that he was needed to get out of here, he wanted to make sure that the bird wouldn't harm him if they got out.

"How will we do it, and how could I make sure that you wouldn't harm me when we get out of here." Quill asked bluntly.

Achiya felt a little offended but still said,

"Hmph, we will use the Cosmic binding contract to do it, as we are partners for rest of our lives, we will be together, and we can't harm each other." Achiya said.

Quill was seriously considering if he could live with the bird for rest of his life, but he sighed thinking that he had no other choice and he had to take the risk, he couldn't even ask Mighty, because he would be hibernating for a week.

"Let's do it." Quill sighed.

Achiya soon began to chant some sort of spell which had the same topic which she had told him about being partners.

Soon he felt the space contract around him, and the space vibrating with a high frequency, then as if the phenomenon never occurred it was gone, suddenly he could feel the presence of Achiya in his mind. He could also feel that something went into his soul that prevented him from harming Achiya in any way.

Achiya was also looking excited and said, "Let's go out."

Soon they started walking towards the exit, he didn't feel any resistance or danger when they were going out, he felt that Achiya had dubious intentions, and she was lying to him about the cave trapping her.

"Achiya, how strong are you?" Quill asked curiously.

"Hmph, I am the strongest in this world, but my powers have been sealed here, I am equal to your currently." Achiya's expression transitioned from haughty to gloomy.

Hearing this I was happy as well as sad, he was happy that he wouldn't have to fear her, of course if she were telling the truth, and sad that if his partner was strong, he could find his brothers.

Quill was currently running towards the village with Achiya flying behind him, he had to reach the village before his parents wake up, else they will surely question him, he was sure that they already knew that he wasn't in the house. He had obviously thought of a reason.

"Achiya can't you change to another form, aren't you a little too eye catching." Quill said looking at her glistening multicoloured feathers.

Though Achiya was annoyed she understood his reason. She soon reduced her size, and was a small as his palm, she sat at his shoulders, though she was still eye-catching she was still better.

Soon he exited the Phoenix forest and reached the village.

"Why is the forest named after that lowly phoenix, instead of the mighty Achiyalabopa." Achiya said annoyed.

Quill just ignored her.

Currently his parents were standing outside the house when he exited the forest, they quickly noticed him. As he had taken a detour it appeared as if he had come out from the waterfall region.

"Here it comes" Quill mumbled.

"Where were you?" His mother asked, checking if he was injured.

Quill tried his hardest to make a shy expression and said, "I was with Agatha."

Both of his parents were stunned hearing his answer. This was the answer Quill had thought, after all this was the only question that could not be followed with any other question after all they couldn't ask him what he was doing with Agatha, they would just guess it."

Ron and Rose didn't know how to continue this conversation.

"Where did you get that bird."Rose asked pointing towards Achiya.

Quill said, "Mom, I don't know she just started following me. Dad I am going to train."

Hearing my answer I felt the talons of Achiya tightening on my shoulders, I ignored it,

In a week he was going to leave for Triton city. So, he had to train his hardest, the one good thing was that he got inscription material for his parents and also during the fight with the snake he had made progress in the Dharma Chakram arts.

He wanted to become stronger in this week, so that he could find his brothers as fast as he can.

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Achiyalabopa is a mythical bird believed as the god of the sky by native Americans