The Legendary of the Golden Feather

*This story is telling about Feathervane's origin power.*

I sometimes remembered it, that's the story about the golden feather made by an unknown god. People are believing that story so much that one time I saw them open research to find a document or evidence that the golden feather exists. Well, I sometimes believe in it, but not always.

Today, I'm leaving my hometown of Tropical Land for Universe City. Tropical Land is like a huge library of stories. People here have a lot of legendary stories to tell their kids. I grew up with it, and somehow I'm only interested in The Legendary Feather story. On the metro, I had a weird dream. I saw myself in a mirror, but my eyes had been covered with some small wings, and my back had wings, white like an angel's wings. I didn't know where I was, why did it look like heaven to me? The illusion in the mirror pulls me into the mirror, and I wake up. On my hand right now is a white feather, every time I wake up, my hand is always holding it. The feather is pure white, it reminds me of a mysterious silhouette of myself. Sometimes I see it go through me in public, but it is always gone when I turn back. Also I have been struggling with learning magic for a long time, it can't be normal for me to make a feather while I'm sleeping. I put it in my bag and waited for the metro to come to Universe City.

Andromeda University is one of the best universities that everyone wants to study at. After I put all my boxes at the university's gates, my phone buzzed. It's an unknown number that calls me.

"Yo, I see you at the gate" - ???

"May I ask who is that?"

"It's me, Foxela. You forgot to save my phone number again, right?" - Foxela

"Oh, that's why I see it as similar, my bad, sorry"

"Wait for me there, I will get down there to help you move the boxes to the dorm" - Foxela

"Thank you, I'll wait"

I can't believe that Foxela is studying here. He is a cool guy, we used to collaborate on music before, and we sometimes keep in touch on social media.

"Hey, sorry for letting you wait" - Foxela comes up with a trolley

"It's okay, I don't know that you are studying here"

"I just moved here a month ago, and it helps me so much to keep my horror podcast The Silence on air. You see the tower over there, that's my workplace" - Foxela

"Damn, that tower is big. How long have you run the podcast?"

"It's been a year now, the podcast always starts at night around seven o'clock on Wednesday" - Foxela

"Oh, today is Wednesday too, I get lucky this time to hear your podcast"

"Haha, I will let you come to my workplace. Now let's lift all these boxes to your dorm room" - Foxela puts the boxes on the trolley

"Be careful, some of my belongings are easy to break"

"Alright, I will do it carefully" - Foxela

"Thank you"

Foxela leads me to the university dorm, where I do all the papers and take a key to my room. I open the door, and Foxela helps me unpack all the belongings. After half a day, we are all done, and all the things are in order. Foxela says bye to me, and I take a nap on the bed.

I wake up, and my hand is holding the feather again. I decided to take a look at it. The feather is pure white, reflects the light, and turns golden. I can't believe what I just saw. I think about it and take my phone to search for information. Opening the phone, I see a few missed calls from OREONIC and Beatplant. I should call them back.

"Hey, OREONIC. What are you calling me for?"

"I heard that you came to Andromeda University today, right?" - OREONIC

"Yeah, I just finished unpacking my belongings a few hours ago"

"Come outside and go eat with us, we will wait for you at the gate" - OREONIC

"Okay, okay, I'm coming"

OREONIC ends the call. I get out of bed and take the room's key with me. Wait, do OREONIC and Beatplant study here? I stand for a bit, lock the door, and go to the gate. OREONIC and Beatplant are waiting for me.

"Sorry, I have to lock the door"

"It's okay, it's good to see you here" - Beatplant

"You all decided to study here? Why does no one tell me about this?"

"We all tell on the group, and you don't see the messages" - OREONIC

"Uh, I... I shouldn't take too much time on the research, I'm very sorry, guys. But where are the others?"

"They are learning at Sunflower Academy, it's far away from Universe City" - OREONIC

"Woah, Sunflower Academy will be my second choice if I don't pass at this university. I should visit them in the future"
"Guys, focus! What are we gonna eat?" - Beatplant

"There is a nearby restaurant here, and it has good ratings. You guys wanna eat here or somewhere else?" - OREONIC

"The nearby restaurant!"

"I will lead the way then" - OREONIC

The food in this restaurant is so good. We enjoyed our meal there. Foxela calls me to get him some snacks in the convenience store, otherwise, I tell him to let my friends come to his workplace, and he agrees. After getting some snacks, we arrived at his podcast room.

"Yo, Foxela, your snacks are here"

"Thank guys! You all just came in time" - Foxela

"I can't believe that you work here, man. This place is so much bigger than I expected" - OREONIC

"Everyone always says that I also can't believe this university lets me work here" - Foxela puts the recording on the radio and lets it air. "Done, and now let's chill"

While we are eating and talking about the university, I'm getting reminded of the feather story again.

"Hey OREONIC, did you remember The Legendary Feather story?"

"Yes, I do remember. Cloudcage sometimes tells me about it. I don't know where they get that story from" - OREONIC

"What are you guys talking about?" - Beatplant

"The Legendary Feather is one of our childhood stories from Tropical Land. The story is about an unknown god who made a golden feather that holds huge power"

"This is the first time I've heard about it, it seems we all grew up with different childhood stories" - Foxela

"So why are you reminding me about that?" - OREONIC

"About this" - I take out the feather

"It's just a white feather" - Beatplant

"No, no, look closely" - I turn the feather to the golden side

"Wait what!? You don't joke with us, right, Feathervane?" - Foxela
"No, I don't. I always wake up with a feather in my hand. Put aside your guys' thoughts about my name, Feathervane has feather in it. And you all know I'm struggling with magic"

"Let me call the others to join this conversation. Can I borrow your laptop, Foxela?" - OREONIC

"Sure, just take it" - Foxela
…

"Hello, hello, the gang is back" - Cloudcage

"Hey, look who is in front of us, the gang at Andromeda University" - Darby

"Who is next to Feathervane? You look similar to me" - Duality

"I'm Foxela. Nice to meet you all, I'm Feathervane's collaborator friend" - Foxela

"Ah, I know you! You are the host of The Silence podcast, your podcast is very popular at Sunflower Academy" - Cloudcage

"Put it aside, guys, we have an emergency here" - OREONIC

"You all remember The Legendary Feather story that I told you all?"

"We know" - Ethani

"Yeah look!" - I show the feather

"That's the golden feather!" - Darby

"Where did you get it!?" - Duality

"This feather is always in my hand after I wake up from a nap or sleep"

"I doubt this, do you have any signs that relate to the unknown god?" - Cloudcage

"I um" - I look at everyone around me and check around the place - "I had a dream when I was on the metro. Maybe it's just maybe I saw him. He hides his face and covers with small wings. I even have wings like him. Please do not tell anyone about this, I will have trouble"

"The one you describe looks like the god in the story. He doesn't have a stable body, but the things that make him recognize are the small wings that cover his eyes and wings" - Foxela is scrolling on the phone

"This is new to us, it seems that you are relative to them, feather guy" - Cloudcage

"At least you guys have to help me discover about that"

"We will, but first we have to have more information from you to do research about it" - Ethani

"Okay, okay, I will tell you all if I have more information"

"I'm doing the research for you, so yeah, I will send it to the group tomorrow" - Duality

"Don't you dare to do research without me" - OREONIC

"Hah, what do you have this time for doing research with me?" - Duality

"Nothing but a world library at my university" - OREONIC

"Ohhhhh, someone is flexing" - Beatplant

"Dude, for real?" - Duality

"Bro, you work in the world library?" - Darby

"Yeah, I just got an acceptance on my application this morning, tomorrow I will have a key to go there" - OREONIC

"So let's have this schedule like this. Tomorrow we're going to have a big research project on the feather. Fortunately, we have a week free before both our university and academy start"

"Agree, we don't have anything to do, so yeah" - Ethani

My friends are excited about this research, but I'm feeling nervous about it. After the call, we all went back to our rooms. I just laid on the bed and thought about a lot of things, and then I fell asleep. The next morning, I wake up earlier than yesterday, do my routine, and then go outside to do some exercise. While running around the university, I saw Beatplant taking care of a flower bed.

"Hey Beatplant, good morning!"

"Oh hey, Feathervane, good morning to you too. Glad to see someone wake up early like me, haha" - Beatplant

"Is this your job at this university?"

"Kinda, the people in here don't care to give these plants a better life. You know me, I can't let it be like this, especially since these flowers make the flower bed more beautiful than you expected" - Beatplant

"Do you want to eat something? I will buy it for you when you are done and come to the library"

"Tuna pasta, the shop is nearby here. You can search for it on the map" - Beatplant

"Alright, see you at the library"

"Thank you, I will bank my money for you later, and see you there" - Beatplant

I go outside and buy some food, and OREONIC calls me to buy food for him too. I swear to God, this guy is good at timing. When I come to the library, OREONIC and Beatplant are sitting there and talking with the Sunflower gang.

"I'm back, your guys food is here"

"Sorry to bother you" - OREONIC

"Thanks Feathervane!" - Beatplant

"It's okay, hey guys" - I say hi to the Sunflower gang

"Hey Feathervane, join us in eating breakfast with us" - Ethani

"Alright, alright, I'm preparing" - I sitting down next to OREONIC

We all enjoy our breakfast, and after that, we start our research session. An hour later, Foxela appears at the library. He looks more tired than yesterday.

"Sorry guys for being late. I have an emergency report this morning" - Foxela

"No need to be sorry, have you eaten anything yet? Let me help you to the sofa" - I run to Foxela

"Thanks, I just finished it and immediately went here" - Foxela

"Are you sure that you are okay? It seems you didn't sleep last night"

"Man, I can't lie to you, I had a nightmare last night. It's just hard to say to you guys about this" - Foxela sits down on the sofa

"You need to rest, mental health is more important than work, you know" - Beatplant

"But..." - Foxela

"No but" - OREONIC glares at Foxela

"Haiz, okay" - Foxela lays down - "Hope I don't have that nightmare again"

"Geez, you don't need to glare at him like that"

"Sorry I have to, not only you worry for him" - OREONIC

"Shh, guys, he is sleeping" - Beatplant

Me and OREONIC both nod, and we continue our research. Duality sent us his research, and we all took a look at it. I connect the information, and it has an invisible thing that connects to myself. Darby tells me to try to summon a feather, but after a lot of attempts, I can't even summon it. Foxela wakes up after his three-hour nap and joins the research session with us.

It's 5 p.m., and we're all exhausted. Notes and memos everywhere, I tell everyone to end session here and we will continue tomorrow. The Sunflower gang says goodbye to us. I and Beatplant pick up the trash while Foxela and OREONIC clean the library. After that, we went back to our room at the dorm. I take a shower and make dinner. I lay on the bed, slowly, my eyes shut, and this time I lost myself in a dream one more time.

The place is the same as the dream I saw in the metro. Some yellow clouds are around me, and a breeze flows by and follows it with some feathers. I'm walking around the place, the atmosphere gives me a feeling of heaven. I see him, he is sitting at the edge of the cloud. I walk there and choose to sit next to him.

"So you are Feathervane?" - ???

"And you are the golden feather god?"

"You know the answer. Everyone is talking about it a lot, isn't it?" - ???

"Yeh, they do talk about it, but why are you in my dream, and what is the relationship between us?"

"This is called the dream realm, everyone has their own dream realm when they sleep. As myself, I chose to be reborn one more time, and I became your guardian" - ???

"From a god to a guardian? But why me?"

"I'm not choosing you, the feather did it. It can feel like only you can hold the huge power of the golden feather. It's always in your hand every time you wake up, remember? By the way, just call me Harvey" - Harvey

"For short of all, you are the unknown god that reborn to become my guardian, and I'm the one that keeps the power of the golden feather"

"Yep, you're all right!" - Harvey

"I will get used to this, but if I lose control of it? I may hurt my friends too"

"Listen up, Feathervane, you are way more powerful than you thought. You, yes you, you can control your magic easier than everyone else. I know it's hard for you to hear this, but this power can't be transmitted to others. The feather was waiting for more than a thousand years to choose the right one" - Harvey

"I..."

"It will be alright, I will stay by your side to help you control it" - Harvey

"Thank you for making my dream come true" - I hug Harvey

"There, there, let's get you back to reality, I have a gift for you" - Harvey

"Wait wait, I..."

I wake up immediately after Harvey snaps his fingers. My chest is heavier than usual, and I noticed there is a fluffy thing on it. It starts to move, and I see its face, it is a ram with a long tail. A ram, but it acted like a dog, a puppy, and fluffy, I will call it Puffy. I picked Puffy up and put it aside, it falls asleep again. I get up to do my routine, and I see myself changing a lot. Is this the gift that Harvey give for me? I rush out and call my friends to go to my room.

"Feathervane, are you okay?" - Beatplant

"Feathervane!" - Ethani

I open the door and let them in, they are all shocked when they look at me.

"W-What happened to you!?" - Cloudcage

"I don't know, I just woke up and I see this and this" - I show them my wings and pick up Puffy

"It's just a night, and what the heck!?" - OREONIC

"I say I don't know, I even have a pet too"

"Aw, it looks cute like Fuko" - Foxela pets Puffy

"Can I touch your wings? I want to make sure it’s real" - OREONIC

"You can, but be careful it is very sensitive to me"

"Hey, has anybody noticed his eyes change too? Where are your blue eyes?" - Darby

"Oh yeah, it became golden" - I look at the mirror

"I think we should move to the library. His room isn’t big enough for him to spread all his wings" - Beatplant

"Totally agree" - Everyone

We moved to the university library. OREONIC and Beatplant do some research with the academy gang, while Foxela uses the measuring tape to calculate how big my wings spread. I also told them about my dream last night.

"The god's name is Harvey, and he is your guardian" - Duality

"He said he wasn't choosing me, the feather that I showed for you guys chose me"

"I knew it, it stuck with your name too" - Ethani

"Come on, guys. Why do you all think about that?"

"I have this idea, let's get you to the training area for you to test your magic skill" - Beatplant

"Why not!? Do it Feathervane!" - Cloudcage

"Haiz, okay, let's go then"

We went to the training area, and Foxela put up some dummies for me to test. I take a breath, summon some feathers on my hands, and throw them, they all hit the middle point for the target on the dummies. I throw them again, but this time they go through many dummies. I use the recall spell to call them back. They fly through the dummies and go back to my hand. I throw it at the target again, and this time I feel something powerful is going to attack. I move back far away from the dummies, and a light beam from the sky hits the dummies, making a big explosion that burns all the dummies to coal.

"What is that thing!?" - OREONIC

"That's called the follow-up attack, the enemy who is hit by feathers will take up from fifty to eighty percent damage by the follow-up attack" - Darby calculates

"Follow-up attack? Where did you get this information?" - Ethani

"I have done research on this one time, there are a lot of people who have their follow-up attack. But Feathervane is the first one that I have seen a powerful attack like that" - Darby

"I think Harvey is the one who struck that light beam down on the dummies"

"It makes sense, why his feather is vibrating like there is electricity in it" - Beatplant

"We have a protector in our group" - Cloudcage

"Yeahhhhhh" - Everyone

"I don't know if I can do that, haha"

"Guys, I think we have to clean up the mess over there before the university knows we destroyed their dummies" - Foxela

"We should do that" - OREONIC

"Let me fix the dummies, in the storehouse has a big piles of straw in there" - Beatplant

"I will go with you"

We all agree to keep my secret. It is hard for me to fly with the wings, but it is very useful for me to do the delivery job at the university. I work there, hang out with friends, and take care of Puffy. I still have some trips in the dream realm to talk with Harvey, and keep in touch with him.

One day, in the evening of autumn, I look at the nearby forest, and there is a column of light shining. It shines all day and never shuts down. I had asked people around here, and they said they didn't see anything from the forest. Why does nobody see it, or maybe it has a magic spell that is not for normal people?