A beautiful white and gold bird lands in front of me. Instantly the scent of peaches and ash enter my nose. It had the body of a sawn, the beck of a crane, two gold feather like antennas, a gold diamond shape on the forehead, and gold feathers on the end of her beautiful blue eyes. I froze in shock and joy. 'Mate!' Claude howls in joy. I look at the most beautiful bird ever and possibly the biggest. It looks like it could carry off a full grown horse. 'Or a full grown werewolf in wolf form.' My eyes widen at the realization, the sound of wings, the scent. She saved me.
I walk up to her, she lowers her head arching her long white neck. I put my forehead onto her's. She makes a cooing like sound as I run my fingers through her soft white cheek feathers. "Can you shift for me." She pulls her head away from me.
Suddenly she burst into flames. Panic clutches onto my heart. Until the most beautiful girl ever appears of out of the fire. Her long golden blonde hair with the two feather like antennas, tiny golden feather on her eyes as well as the fint diamond on her forehead. White and gold feathers cover her body. She looks just like her bird form just human.
"What's your name beautiful?" She smiles, "Jaylen, What is your's handsome?" I smile as she calls me handsome. "Asland, what kind of bird shifter are you?" She giggles, "my dear Asland. I'm a phoenix not a bird shifter." A phoenix! I thought they were extent. 'Apparently not, to which I am glad for.' Claude says and I totally agree. "I thought they were extinct." She shakes her head. "No just hidden." She takes a step towards me and the sound of clicking metal reach my ears. I look down and see beautiful anklets on her right ankle.
She must've notice me look at her ankle. "Oh that. It help me shift between forms." I look up at her eyes. "Can you not naturally shift?" She shakes her head. "I can once a month with the national rebirth fire, or very painfully shift with out it. The anklet is made of my first rebirth ashes and fire stones. The stones will activate the rebirth fire." I look at her confused. Knowledge of the phoenixes were long last. "Oh sorry, I forgot that knowledge of phoenixes were lost. Ask any question. I'll try my best to answer."
"Ok, you said that your anklet was made out of your rebirth ashes?" She nods, "phoenixes are burn from eggs and in their phoenix form. They get their first rebirth flames a year after their mates are born and their human form are born from the ashes." She answers as she plays with a flower. "Wait you were born out of ashes." She nods, "wait if you're born a year after your mate that means you're sixteen." She nods again, "any other questions?"
"How do phoenixes live?" She smiles, "we live a lot like a pack but instead of an Alpha we have a queen. We don't have a beta or a delta rank." 'So she knows how we live. She'll make a great Luna.' Claude smiles, "okay. What about the king?" She looks deep in thought. "The king is a lot like the Luna because all phoenixes are female." I must've instinctively made a face because she laughs. "Not like that. I meant that they help support the queen. If you met my father he'll be a lot like an overprotective Alpha."
"Wait your dad's the king?" She nods and points to the diamond on her forehead. "Yes, this is the mark of the next queen. I also have three brothers. They are immortal wizards with the power of fire. They are the ones that make the fire stones for the anklets." Suddenly there was this loud squeak. "My mom is calling me home." I grab her hand. "When will I see you again?" She smiles, "I'll be here at noon tomorrow." With that she bursts into flames again. I notice the fire didn't burn me. "Of course not. You are a mate to a phoenix." The enchanting voice enters my head.
It isn't Jaylen's voice. "No, I'm her phoenix Rubeastla. Though Jaylen calls me Ruby." Wait, you're the mind, I felt in my head this past week, but I couldn't access. Wait can I mind link Jaylen? Ruby laughs, "yes. No, you can't mind link with her until you mark her. Through she can hear your voice, she just can't answer like I can." Oh, okay. Wait why can you? "Because you are my mate. Also I put a mark on you when you were born."
Wait what mark? Ruby laughs again. "The mark on your neck." She touches my birthmark with her beck. "You can call it that since I marked you right as you were born. Though it is only half complete, you'll finish it." With that she was gone along with Jaylen. I put my hand onto the mark on my neck. 'Oh, yeah! Our mate is awesome!' Claude howls in my head. I laugh and shift into a wolf. I run back home.
Once the house was in sight. I shift and went up to my office. I start back onto the paperwork. Thinking about how I would introduce my mate. One of the papers catches my attention. The pack games of course that's a perfect way. Ruby can you hear me. I try to contact her through the new link I felt. "Yes I can." What is Jaylen up too? "Talking to her mother and father. Why?" Because I got the perfect idea about how to introduce you two.
"We're listening." I told them about the pack games held once a month and this month game is in two weeks. After that me and Ruby started planning the game with Claude and Jaylen. Oh I can't wait to get this game started.