The red mustang convertible flew down the highway with the sounds of Nickelback blaring out of the speakers. The young brunette sang along at the top of her lungs while her hair flew around her head like frantic streamers. Her right hand stopped tapping the steering wheel to shift into 5th gear, she was speeding along the coast road like she was without a care in the world. This couldn't be more wrong, as she had just caught her fiancé in bed with her best friend. If she could have roasted him like a pig on a spit, she would have. Out of nowhere she heard a strange song in the air; this was really strange as it drowned out the angry sounds of Nickelback's How You Remind Me that she had blasting at maximum volume. It must be a bird, she thought as she slowed down to a modest 55 and turned the radio off. The bird song, as that was the only thing it could have been as there were no houses anywhere around and she was the only car on the road, was still as loud as ever and sad, so very sad. It moved the brunette to tears, she began weeping like her heart was breaking, in fact, she felt her heart breaking in her chest. While she wept inconsolably, she felt her heart shatter into dust. Seeing a turn off by the side of the road, she pulled over and turned off the ignition.
It felt like hours, though only a few minutes had passed since she parked the car, when Katherine stopped crying. She brushed the remaining tears from her cheeks and looked to the road in front of the car to see the most magnificent and strange looking bird standing right in front of her. The bird, seeing that it had caught her attention, took flight and landed in the seat beside her. It was tall, and had the most brilliantly bright red plumage she had ever seen. It had long tail feathers with blue, green and purple at the very tips. She had never seen a bird like this before. It called softly to her and she looked into the bird's eyes and felt herself falling into a dark abyss.
Katherine, you have been chosen. Take care of Fawks, he really is most extraordinary.
Katherine woke to find herself in her own bed with no idea how she had arrived there. Looking around, she brushed the hair away from her face and rubbed her eyes. She saw that nothing was out of place in her room, but warily rose to wander through the apartment. Her heart began to pound loudly as she neared the kitchenette off the living room. She rounded the corner to see Fawks standing on the counter looking at her expectantly. "Well, I guess it really wasn't a dream after all," she whispered to herself. Moving to the coffee maker, she said "I don't suppose you know how I got home yesterday do you?" She looked at Fawks expectantly, as if he would actually answer her. When no answer was forthcoming, she chuckled at her own gullibility. "Of course you won't answer me, you can't speak you're only a bird." With that said, she turned around to pour her first cup of coffee. Just as she put the cup to her lips to sip, Fawks let out a screech that made her jump and spill coffee all over herself.
She turned around, ready with scolding words and promptly lost her voice. There, standing beside Fawks was a very unkempt, sour faced man.
"W-w-who…who… who are you?" she asked, finding her voice at last.
"Who I am is of no importance," the man sneered. "I have come for Fawks."