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Bird Brained- Chapter 3

Maze preened himself as court rolled in, a congressman approached the committee ready to provide the court with a regional update. The proceedings were always monotonous though he did like to watch the heated debates.

The queen entered the hall with the youngest of the three siblings, Kunta at her side. She stood before the court "Starting today Kunta will be joining our court hearings. We've decided he is of age to begin adding in his input." Maze mused over that statement, the young boy no older than 13 and would have already had his naming ceremony so it made sense that he would join in with the rest of the royal family.

The political structure of the Region of the Western Sun was considered newfound by historians of the Three Regions. Being a democratic state ruled by a Family rather than a single solitary King. Court meetings found the members of the family in a large open room surrounded by the publicly elected officials debating the benefits of the law and the needs of the people. Lekan was amiable at keeping the peace and making decisions his family would agree on. He had a certain knack for compromise which appealed to his people.

His mother Arthula Queen of the Region of the Western Sun, The beat of Wild Mares Hooves, was a pleasant woman who was more motherly than queenly. Since the death of her husband, she had taken over the role of Head of House until Lekan would be ready to take the throne.Head of house was a title akin to king or queen as the Fae and Daru called their rulers. They had the power to decide the course of conversation in the court and amend or veto suggestions to written laws. The congress bowed to Arthula as she took her seat in the gilded throne, Kunta standing at her side. Lulit and Lekan sat in their thrones beside her, encouraging their brother to ask questions and contribute.

The conversation this day was...

"-The fate of the Suvroc family, they have been determined to be without an heir and so their estate falls into the hands of the royal family" Maze paused his grooming. That was his name... "The son has been missing for four years and at this time it has been decided that without an heir and with the death of the head of estate, the family line has ended" Arthula nodded."Thank you... Our hearts go out to the family, may they find all of Nepetes grace.""The affairs of the estate?""Leave it to the extended family. The Suvroc's had wealth. It needs distributing. Suggest to them that they offer it to charitable hands before their own." The three siblings, Lekan, Lulit, and Kunta all nodded in agreement. She patted the arm of the chair and the speaker bowed taking his seat.

Well... that's not good, still, he was glad to hear his mother finally kicked the bucket. His family name meant very little to him. He might have been born a rich boy but he was raised like a criminal.

"What is it now, Why are you crying?"He wiped the tears from his cheeks pointing at the fresh scuff on his knee. His mother scoffed "You aren't a baby anymore. Enough with the waterworks or I'll give you something to cry about" she whacked the back of his head as she walked by. "Keep yourself quiet for the rest of the night, I'm having guests over and I don't want you to give me a migraine so early in the morning."

He shook himself away from the sudden memory. That was his family name, not his family. He didn't care.He roosted himself and pushed down the recollection, focusing on the fact that he had vanished for four whole years. Had it really been that long? It probably was... But it didn't matter. No, he figured the best way to address the unfortunate situation was to just accept it as he had previously decided for himself. He was a crow now, this was his life.Lekan offered him a peanut which he ate gratefully

A dull thud from the balcony caused Maze to jolt from his rest. He never was a good sleeper, the slightest noise would wake him from a dead sleep in a state of panic. Through the silk shades, he spied two figures hunched over on the balcony. The doorknob clicked ever so slightly before opening out.

The figures dressed in dark clothes descended into the room as Maze watched them turn their attention toward the bed. Lekan's weakness despite being of massive size and strength was that he slept like the dead, unbeknownst to him the intruders began to draw weapons.

Maze felt a rush of panic, sheer rage, and an unquenchable urge to make these men leave. How dare they, come and try to hurt Lekan? The soft slumbering giant, a man who would make angels cry from his charity. He had to stop them. His thoughts flashed to Lekan standing his ground. That tense stance, the fear he knew the other man felt in that moment on the dark mountain road resonated with him. He had to do something...

Suddenly he felt too large for the space, for the first time in his life he felt the urge to act. Maze shot off from the top of the wardrobe talons first attacking the closest assailant. The man fell against his compatriot who spun to face the attacker. A suit of armor holding a longsword to his right lent a decent enough weapon to aid in Maze's ambush of the attackers.

Swinging it madly at them. He sliced one man across the chest sending him back out the window. The fallen assassin stood and took a swing at Maze hitting his left... wing? He became cooly aware that his wings were now holding a longsword and he was bringing it down over the other attacker's head. It was decorative so it merely bludgeoned them. He dropped like a stone as the first charged back at Maze meeting the blunt sword at his torso knocking the wind out of him.

A knight from the hall heard the commotion. Bursting into the room. "SIR IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?"

As quickly as the scuffle began it stopped.

The assailants climbing out the window with haste Leaving Maze in a state of intense fatigue. He backed into the wardrobe falling to his knees. The world around him became larger and faded from his vision. Before losing consciousness he watched the canopy of the bed swing back and Lekan emerged in fury and confusion.

In the following days, a rumor that the prince had single-handedly staved off three would-be attackers in his bedroom, followed Lekan and Maze wherever they went. Lekan held the story with massive confusion. He could confirm that he had seen three figures in the moonlight outside of the canopy. However, only two were found leaving the palace. Lekan knew exclusively, that third assailant had been protecting him.

Maze had regained his human form, for like maybe three minutes. He ruminated on that for a very long time. What had he done? How could he do it again? Would he want to? Sure it had been convenient to the moment to protect the prince in his time of need, but he was a crow now, that's what he had decided. Was it what he wanted... probably not. But he wasn't going out of his way to change something he couldn't fix himself.

He hopped around on the balcony while Lekan showered. He was very keen to give Lekan his personal space. He would want the same if he had a pet bird that was actually a human. It would be vastly inappropriate to use his stealthy identity to cop a peek and what was under his- nevermind.

It felt weird now he was a crow.

Something else felt weird... like his body was being lifted. He flexed his talon to realize, oh yes he was levitating over the balcony edge. Before he could struggle, he shot into the air and into the window above Lekan's balcony. A pair of hands snatched hold of him.

"Got you ya shitty bird." He was turned to meet the face of Lekans sister Lulit, who had a look of chaotic interest in her eyes. "Well? Are you going to struggle." He was not. She frowned "You know.. normal birds, they struggle when someone catches them barehanded.. but we both know you're not a normal bird..." she squeezed him around the middle just hard enough to make Maze squawk. "If you can talk, do it now.. or else my brother won't have a pet anymore." She tightened her grip for emphasis. "My brother told me you know. There were three people there that night." Maze froze interested in where she was going with this. "Only two bludgeoned bandits were found that night. The third got away.. or did he?" Maze blinked at her knowing where this was going. "So I did some digging and I think you.. are a shapeshifter"

Oh.. nope that's not the right answer.

"So shift or talk Corvus" she shook him for emphasis.

He squawked defiantly before contorting his vocal cords enough to release a guttural "{NAOW}" Lulit seemed surprised that the threats worked... kinda.

"No? No, you won't shift or no you won't talk" Why did she have so many questions. He wasn't good at this.After a couple more tries he came up with "{CAWNT}" that sounds like 'cant' right? She stared at him loosening her grip "Cant?" He nodded finally shoving her hands away with his wings and dropping to the floor. He waddled into her room obstinately, making himself comfortable on a chair cawing at her.

He had never seen a magician's shop. The layout of the room was identical to Lekan's but with considerably more cluttered. Shelves stuffed to the brim, lined all four walls, papers and books lined every other open space. Various trinkets and gadgets were scattered around the solid surfaces and a few even floated in the middle of the air. He strolled his way around the room reading some of the open books and papers on the floor.

Oh, they were in the old tongue, Damnit.

First off he needed something to write with. He probably could use his beak.. a typewriter! He spotted one in the corner and tapped the enter key to indicate he wanted to use it.

Filled with confusion and mystique Lulit stocked the writer with ink and paper and stood back. Maze typed away:

Your right. Not crow. was guy. Long story. Not interesting don't ask. Am crow now. 4 years. Will stay crow forever. ? . was not crow that night.

He looked up at her, typing was hard with a beak. She read the lines with increasing disbelief "Wow... I was right about you."

I'm not a bad guy. : (

She laughed "Okay so... what's your name? Who are you." He sighed shaking his head. That was a long answer.

Maze Suvroc Shadow of the Morning Star. The heir would be of Suvroc Family.

"Wait... you're their missing heir?" He nodded insistently "Then why didn't you tell us sooner? Your family's inheritance is being put up for auction."

Fuck them. Don't need it. I'm a crow now

She stared at the statement and burst out laughing "What do you mean you're a crow now? You're a person, you don't want to go back to being a person?" he shrugged his wings.

Being a crow easy.

Lulit scoffed "Oh.. I see, you're just looking for an easy ride. You can turn back into a person though.. if you can, wouldn't you want to?'

He wasn't sure about that.. yes it would be nice to have thumbs again.. and a dick. But being fed leftovers without doing anything of note was an exceptional benefit. He didn't answer the question. So Lulit shrugged. "Well... then what was different about that night?"

Didn't want Lekan to get hurt.

She pondered on that for a moment chewing her lip. "How did you feel? What kinds of thoughts went through your head... can you remember that feeling of not wanting to see him hurt?"

Maze couldn't pinpoint the exact feeling, it was a rush of adrenalin, the injustice that Lekan the gentle giant would need to feel so... scared.

"Imagine he gets attacked again. What if you're the only person there to help him..."His fury at the notion filled him, he looked to her indignantly."If anyone ever touches him they better pick a god and pray""So it's like that huh?"

Maze became cognizant of the fact that Lulit had gotten about twelve feet shorter, he was much colder and the room much smaller. He was also keenly aware that he was naked. He covered himself and moved off of the desk. She handed him a robe without batting an eye. "So It's an emotionally driven trigger.""um.."She dug through a pile of books and pulled out one flipping through it quickly before showing him a page in the old tongue.

"I cant.." she read it out loud before he could finish.

"Trigger transformations are a type of curse where the end-user, that would be you, can transmute between one species of being to another. The trigger would be set by the caster. A similar naturally occurring trigger transformation can be found in Lycans when exposed to full moonlight." She licked her finger and flipped the page "Reversing this kind of curse is undoable without recension from the caster. This is a for life curse, however, the nature of transforming can be controlled. If the trigger for the curse can be identified the end-user can manipulate the curse to be used in benefit." She closed the book "It seems like you get to change back into a person when you get riled up." She looked so proud of herself but she was so wrong. "I.. have been riled up before and never experienced this" he stated bluntly. "It can't be that simple.."She shook her head "It is! Maybe it is the combination of emotions you feel... what do you feel when you transform what thoughts go through your mind?" He shrugged, "I... just felt like I needed to help him." He scratched his chin, oh geez he needed a shave. He looked around for a mirror "I feel like.. if anything happens to him I wouldn't be doing my duty... I kinda owe him my life I guess" he found a full-length mirror and took a look at himself. He had lost a ton of the body tone from before he became a crow, his hair was much longer and he had decent facial growth. His face seemed to have changed slightly as well, his nose more beakish and eyes seemed a little darker.

"Yes, you're beautiful now can we get back to this curse thing" Lulit pulled out a pad of paper and was scribbling away."Seems like you've gotten over your hatred for me?""I never hated you, I just didn't trust you""But now you trust me?""Well I was right so I will probably continue to be right"Maze sat down running a hand through his hair. He forgot what it was like to have hands.His fingers started to tingle and he suddenly felt enormously tired "I think... it's over" Lulit looked up in horror as he returned to bird form.

"Noooooooooo! That's not fair do it again!" she stormed over to him "turn back!" He squawked at her angrily

Will not. I'm tired . not test subject. goodnight.

He was done being her guinea pig for the day, he hopped off of the bench and over to the window.

"Okay wait fine.. but.. if I look into this can we try some things to keep you a person."Maze made an exasperated sound but nodded before jumping over the balcony to join Lekan on his day-to-day.

As the event passed behind him Lekan found himself thinking about that mysterious savior more and more. He got a slim glimpse of him in the moonlight before he had vanished. The prince could gauge the man looked like a vagrant, scruffy facial hair and long unkempt locks. He could see part of the fight between the curtains and the man knew what he was doing. Maybe he was one of the palace guards who followed them to his balcony before thwarting their plot.

He wasn't used to death threats. The slim to none terrorist activity that the city experienced was largely from the south and was met with abrupt action. Steps to prevent that were followed to t.The man had collapsed against his bookshelf and had ample access to leave into the night while Lekan was distracted by the guard who burst in. The only other thing out of place was the crow. it seemed to have gotten mixed up in the outbreak and was found unconscious on the floor.

Poor thing. It didn't suffer any major wounds but... now that he thought about it he didn't remember hearing the crow during the scuffle. He was a pretty vocal bird. He would have definitely been vocal then.

He watched the avian in question hop around between books in the castle library. The bird would, at times stop and seem to read a passage in open books whenever they were there. Could birds have a concept of written language?

That would be crazy.. and yet.

Even now the crow was perched behind an open book studying it one eye at a time, cocking his head as if ending a sentence and beginning the next. Then it seemed to notice that Lekan noticed and hop away to do something else.That bird was weird.

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