The bird picked happily at the cheese Dani had provided, every now and then singing happily to himself. They sat in Dani's room now, she sprawled out on her bed and he on her desk. She was in a state of disbelief still, but it slowly started to grow easy for her to accept. In a good 45 minutes, the bird had finished and made a satisfied chirp.
"Right then. Back to the place I first found you," Tilt said, bouncing forward and then flying out of the room.
"The garage?" Dani called, a little confused.
Once they were there again, the bird pecked at the book case. It took Dani several moments to realize that he was pecking at the Narnia book she had made contact with earlier.
"What?" She said, "What about it?"
"Well open it to page 48 and you'll get to Narnia!"
Dani couldn't help but laugh, but she stopped shortly after seeing the angry look on the bird's face. It's feathers were a nice shade of brown with slight tints of red, and its beak a brilliant tone of orange. His eyes were intense and beady.
"Alright." She walked forward and took a seat on the couch, pulling the book out and then looking at it. It was The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Typical, she thought. She opened it up and flipped through the pages slowly, still not sure what she was getting herself into. And then, as if Tilt read her mind, he chirped gruffly and said, "Go on."
Two pages, and then she was at 48. Nothing happened. Dani smiled. She began to stand but had to stop halfway, seeing a light emit from the page.
And the next thing she knew, she lay flat on her back in tall green grass. Her first instinct was to scream, but she couldn't make any noise. She sat up quickly and was shaking slightly, her eyes wide and the hazel colour almost yellow. Tilt began to sing happily and a flock of birds immediately joined him from a thick forest near them. Dani wanted to go home already.
"Look! See! I told you I'd be successful…I told you." Tilt flapped around with his friends.
"Yes, oh my, she's so odd…"
They made such a racket. Soon other animals began to gather around her, in the middle of this little field, forming a sort of circle. They talked amongst each other and whispered excitedly. A moment later, a raccoon stepped forward and made his way to her, standing right by one of her legs.
"A centaur will be here soon. He'll take you to Cair Paravel."
Dani tried to smile and felt as if she must've failed, for he did not return it. A centaur? A real centaur?
"Daughter of Eve," a rumbling, musical voice suddenly broke out loudly amongst them. Dani stood quickly and turned to see a mighty creature, about 7 feet tall, with a muscular torso of a man and the body of a horse. "I am Kilnon. The High King Peter has sent for you, as have Queen Susan, King Edmund, and Queen Lucy. I am to take you to Cair Paravel swiftly. If you would be so cooperative as to come along…"
Dani couldn't speak and only nodded, using a kind turtle as a stepping stone to climb up and ride the centaur. She held onto his waist and felt very embarrassed.
"Farewell, Daughter of Eve! Farewell!" The animals laughed and shouted happily, some saying "Dani" and others singing songs.
