"Thank you for escorting them here. I wish to talk to them in private now," the bird queen says. The receptionist looks overjoyed at being addressed by the queen as they nod and then walk out of the room. One of the guards outside closes the door and we're left inside with the bird queen.
"I am Queen Finch of the birds," she introduces, puffing her chest out slightly. I smile at her and wave as Gold introduces us to Queen Finch. She taps the tips of her wings together thoughtfully as she looks over at us.
"So what brought you to my palace?" She asks. Me, Bree, and Good start to tell her the story, from when I found Gold in the alleyway, to finding Spots and then coming here. She nods when we finish talking, looking over at the podium in the center of the room.
"They went to the reptilian planet I believe," she says, standing up and walking over to the podium. She gently lays one wing on it and the hologram comes to life. She shows us that it's at least a few days away which will take a lot of energy from Gold when she teleports there.
"I advise you stay here for tonight and rest up. I will have accommodations set up for you," the queen announces, taking her wing off the podium and making the hologram disappear. she turns to us and pulls Gold into a somewhat awkward looking hug.
"Your mother will be so glad that you're okay," she says to Gold. She pulls away before calling for one of the guards outside the door to take us to our rooms. The guard nods and motions for us to follow them. We walk past the receptionist and I give them a small wave as we pass by.
They smile and wave back before going back to work. The guard leads us to the docking station and goes to take off. Bree quickly runs forward and taps them on the wing, reminding them that we don't have wings and can't fly.
They sigh and nod, leading us over to the platform. We make it to the ground, me and Bree getting on the saddle so Gold can follow the guard where we need to go. They fly in front of us, lower than the traffic of birds in the sky.
They land on a pole in front of a nice looking building, waiting for us before walking inside. Me and Bree get off of the saddle and follow the guard inside. The guard is talking to the peacock at the front desk, telling them about what the queen said.
The peacock looks over at us and I smile nervously back at him. Unlike the receptionist at the front desk and the guard, I can tell that the peacock is make because of it's wings. The peacock walks over and hands us small pieces of plastic.
We thank him and walk towards the stairs, stopping to look at the hole in the ground that the birds can fly up. Bree rugs at my shirt and I snap out of it, following them to the stairs. We start walking upstairs, stopping occasionally to let Good catch up with us.
"These things are the devil," Good comments as we get to the final level of stairs. I smile sympathetically and nod. We make it to the top and look for our room, Bree finding it and opening the door with the plastic card.
The door swings open and we walk inside, Gold closing the door behind us. In the middle of the room there's a huge nest, a podium right beside it. Besides that and a pretty normal looking bathroom, the room is completely bare.
"Glad we brought our own sleeping stuff," I say to Bree as she helps me take the saddle off of Gold. We set the saddle down beside the nest and I grab our sleeping stuff out of it, setting it down on the floor for us to to use.
I lay down on the floor and pull my blanket up to my chin, turning to face the podium that Gold is messing with. She sets her paw on it and holograms of different things come up. She eventually settles on a human music channel and lays down beside me and Bree.
"Have you taken your binder off?" Bree asks, just as I'm about to fall asleep. I look over at her and sigh, shaking my head no. She gets up from the floor and helps me up, leading me into the bathroom. She closes the door and then crosses her arms.
"You need to take it off now," she says. I nod and yawn, somehow managing to muster up enough strength to take my shirt off. She sighs and grabs the bottom of my binder, slipping it over my head. I feel more awake now, my face burning as she sets the binder down on the counter and helps me out my shirt back on.
"There you go," she says. I smile bashfully and quietly thank her, following her out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. I lay back down on the floor, pulling my blanket up to my chin. Gold looks over at us and smiles before testing her head on her paws and closing her eyes.
"Night Cloud," Bree mumbles from beside me. I go to reply but realize that she's already asleep. I shake my head and smile before drifting off to sleep as well.