Chapter 17: Guardian Corvids

{June}

"Okay guys. The boats on auto so we should get to our destination just fine!" June says as they all get ready for a long trip. On the other side of the boat, the girls were socializing. "So you're telling me in a week in a castle you got hooked up with a princess? Sounds like one crazy adventure." May said. "Yeah pretty much!" Zira said watching May's hand.

"What are you doing?" Niki asked seeing her repeatedly changing to different shades of blue. "I'm working on my colors while we are on the way. If I'm gonna be on a boat I wanna be entertained.". Carter then comes back up and says "Get some sleep while you can. It's gonna be a long ride.".

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It's a quiet night on the boat and everyone is asleep. That night Zira hears rustling on the boat. She wakes up to see light from the ships captain area shining brightly. "The hell?". She then bolts up wide and awake seeing a woman with jet black hair and wings step out. Zira one by one wakes up everyone except June.

June stays asleep until he hears a loud bang. "What the hell?!" He then sees a thin black winged figure dart out of the area and start fighting Zira. "Z!" He calls as he pulls out his sword and all the lights on the boat turn on. She looks at him and she says "Careful! There's more than-". She's interrupted as Carter and May get thrown and land on the deck.

A second, shorter figure with the same black wings comes out with a rifle followed by a person with the same features as the first except with a white stripe going through them.

(June POV)

I watched as they were all about to go at each other again until I slammed my sword in the ground. "HEY!" I said getting the attention of the other 3 birds. ".... June! Are-" I hold up my finger and say "What are you guys doing?!". They all lower they're weapons and go over to me. "We thought you were in danger so-" "What do you mean so?!".

Everyone else stands down and I say "Guys.... These are.... My family/bodyguards....". The others looked confused until they took off the shady outfits. The two tall thin ones had short blonde hair, red eyes, both were 20 and 6 ft tall. Both were male. "The one with the magpie wings is Soro and the other one with raven wings is Noro. As for the short one-". I was interrupted as she glared at me and said "Who are you calling short?!".

That would be my Aunt Star. 5 ft (so fucking short), blonde hair with black tips, milky skin just like my cousins, and two raven wings with purple glasses.

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In the morning we all sat down and I asked "Okay, why are you here? Shouldn't you 3 be at the you-know-what?". Sora looked at his twin and then my aunt as she said "Everyone was worried when you didn't come back. So we were sent to ensure your safety and return you home.". I.... was shocked to say the least. "Do you know how long you've been gone?" She asked me. I shook my head know and she gave me a shocking answer.

"It's been 1 1/2 months....". Zira and everyone else was shook. "But now that we've found you, you can-" "No.". The twins look at me with a intrigued and irritated glance. "No?" She repeated to me with a angry look. I sighed and said "I know this might sound bad but-". She cuts me off saying "NO?! Look around you! You are in the middle of the ocean with no help and you want to say no?!".

My aunt and the twins were getting riled up. "I.... You won't make me leave so soon. I have a job to do and you'll have to drag me back yourself first." I said coldly. "Cousin...." Soro said. Noro then said "If you do this.... Uncle will have no choice but to send 'IT' after you.". I stood up and spread my wings saying "That's a risk I'm willing to take!".

My aunt stood up with the twins and said "Fine! Just know that this was your choice!". The three of them flew off and I got a sick feeling in my stomach. "Hey...." Zira said to me as they all looked at me with an agitated and worried look. "What was that?". I sat down breathing heavily saying "You might wanna sit down for this one....".

They all sat down and I began to explain.

"Like I said, war and shit. My family is 'unique' in their habits. I have a lot to live up to and was only supposed to stay in the area where you were Zira. It's why my mother is so protective of me. My uncle who's my dad's brother, is a very powerful and dangerous person who is always trying to make me like him. So believe me when I say the sooner we get more weaponry the better.".

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Soon we arrived at neutral and started to get an inn. Wasn't easy but it should suffice for now.

I look at them all and say "Okay guys, we'll take the next week or so to search alright? I got some maps with locations for each of you.". I hand them out and say "Carter you're with me, Zira and Niki you two will head a few miles west from here to the next town over, and May you'll stay right there in the middle of us.".

*3 hours later*

We are both relaxing in the room we got and are currently setting up our stuff. "June." Carter calls me. "Yeah?" I respond cleaning off my sword hilt. "Why did you leave?". I turned around so fast my sword came out and Carter flinched. "I LEFT BECAUSE-.... Sorry, I left because I felt like a prisoner. So much that I didn't want to tell my best friend out of my own selfishness. I.... I don't know why the sword chose me. I'm nothing special! So why?!".

Carter came over to me and said "Don't stress too much about-". He stops as his ears flick up and he looks out the window while growling. I turn as well to see exactly what I was afraid of. A giant crow with two demonic looking eyes, three long tail feathers, and a sharp beak, the edges on the sides were like spearheads.

The name of the beast still screamed alarms in my head....

Aiviation....