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Chapter 17: evolving bird

I woke up to a loud bell. "I think Maillie is back!" Aqua said, jumping up.

"Couldn't she have waited a few hours?" Evan asked sleepily.

"Alex! I have a surprise!" I heard Maillie call from outside.

"Well, better see what it is" I said, getting up.

We went out and saw only Maillie was on the ground "where are the others?" Evan asked.

"They're still eating breakfast" Maillie replied "but while we were out, I found something you might like"

"Ok" I said.

"You know how horses are a faster way to travel than on foot?" she asked.

"Yea" I replied.

"Well, I found a way to travel faster than horses" she said "and it's not mine carts"

"Go on" I said.

She took out a pink whistle, and blew it loudly. In a moment, we heard the pitter-patter of 7 sets of feet, and I soon saw why, as 7 large, golden colored birds ran over.

"These are Golden Chocobos" Maillie said "here, read about them" she handed me a pink book that read 'Chocopidea'

I opened it "Chocobos are large, yellowish creatures that can be tamed" it read "they are flightless birds that can evolve through breeding, and are faster than land travel"

"Skip over a bit" Maillie said.

I flipped through the pages "there are different colored Chocobos: yellow, green, blue, black, white, gold, red, pink, and purple; and each one has a different ability. Yellows are the only Chocobos found in the wild, and have no special traits; greens can climb, making it easier to get up hills, and are faster than yellows; blues can swim easily, making water travel faster; blacks can swim and climb, and have the speed of greens; whites are like blacks, except faster; and gold's are not only faster than blacks, but can fly! Gold's can be feed special foods to make them red or pink if you want. There is also a Nether variant that is purple. It has the same traits as the gold, except it swims in lava instead of water, is fire proof, and flies a bit slower. It is very rare to find."

"So, these are ours?" I asked.

"Yep" Maillie said "three of them are untamed, so that they would listen to you. The rest are for the others"

At that moment, Blazette, Elda, and Katie slid down the ladder. "I heard the sound of Chocobos"

Maillie gave us a plant that looked like a beet "Alex, Aqua, and Evan are going to tame their Chocobos" Maillie said.

"Oh, I remember mine was so easy!" Elda said "it practically leapt into my arms as a baby!"

"I still think mines half hates me" Blazette said "but I have a purple one at home, so that might be why"

While they were talking, Evan and Aqua were taming theirs. Aqua was already in the sky with hers, and Evan's seemed to be trying to throw him off. The last one just looked at me curiously.

"It's like feeding a horse from your hand" Maillie said "just hold it out near the chocobo"

I nodded and slowly stepped towards it "Chocobo!" was the only sound it made. I held the beet-like food out to it. It looked at the food, took it, then looked at me again.

Maillie put a saddle on it "see what happens when you ride it" Maillie said "it should stay calm if you tamed it"

Just then, Evan landed next to me with a thump "that's what happens if you don't tame it" Elda said.

I slowly got on the Chocobos back. The saddle was comfortable, and the chocobo didn't seem to mind. "Up" I said, not knowing what else to do.

I launched upwards as the chocobo flew up. We were at Aqua's height now, and I could see her struggling to hold on as the chocobo she had flew in random directions…mostly because she kept screaming orders at random.

"LEFT!" she screamed "NO, FORWARD! UP! BACK LEFT DOWN RIGHT STRAIGHT" she just screamed things in a panic.

"Aqua, tell it to stop" I said. My chocobo had stopped when it saw Aqua's.

"STOP!" Aqua screamed. The chocobo halted, throwing Aqua into its neck. "Ow…"

"What exactly happened?" I asked.

"Well, I had gotten on after a couple tries" Aqua said "but I was so out of breath I had to hesitate between words. I guess she couldn't determine the difference"

"Just land, ok?" I said.

She nodded "land" she said, and the chocobo floated down.

I said the same to mine and landed besides her. Evan had finally gotten his calm. "God that was tiring" Evan said.

"Looks like even Chocobos know when someone should be avoided" Katie joked.

I rolled my eyes. I remember my big sister used to hate me the same way. I horse once threw me off, and my sister had made the same remark…my sister…

"Now that we've defeated the Ur-ghast, maybe we can go to the End" I suggested.

"Are you kidding?" Blazette asked "The Ur-ghast is nothing compared to the Ender dragon!"

"That doesn't mean we can't find a strong hold" Elda said "maybe we can find a princes there"

"Ok, we can go in the morning" I said, yawning "right now I think I'm going to go to sleep"

"Me and Blazette will work on making Eyes of ender" Elda said.

"Yea…not everyone can break a blaze rod" Blazette said.

"Whatever, night" I said.

"Night!" the others chorused.

I went inside and got into bed. The others were either working on materials, or expanding the house, as I could tell from the banging I heard. I fell asleep quickly.

My dream was dark. I could see very few shapes, and most of them disappeared or appeared as I watched. They seemed to shift around and bend, kind of like shadows would. I realized that one shape was clearer than the others, and it never moved…it was the shape of a dragon…

Yay! Another chapter done! I don't have anything to say right now… Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!