A loud squawk hurts my ears. Shooting upward. I'm in a bed, a blue parrot on my lap. A small tag on its leg reads Professor Beaks. Professor Beaks? That's a silly name. Wait. Where am I?  Getting out of the bed, I walk around. 

"Where am I?" Finding the front door, I push it open.

"Pesky bird." The small being states, swinging his sword at a parrot, killing it. What the?!  Turning to me, an expression of joy and surprise  spread across his face. "Oh, hello there!" Flying up to me, he lands, I'm a good deal taller than him.

"Wh-who are you?" Walking around him, in a circle. "Are you some parrot hybrid thing?"

" Grian, but I am not a pesky bird. I'm more refined. Like Professor Beaks." He named the parrot, hehe. That's cute.

"I.. see." Pausing my pacing.

"What an exquisite mustache you have there." Standing on his tippy toes he tries to get as close as possible to my face.

"Thanks, I guess."

"What's your name, tall mustache man?"

"Mumbo Jumbo. But you can just call me Mumbo."

"I think Mumbo Jumbo is exquisite just as it is." My face is growing red at his comment. "I fixed your glidy thingy the way."

"Oh. Um... thank you."

"It's just in my hobbit hole." Stating he walks back towards his house.

"You live in a hobbit hole as well?"

"Mumbo Jumbo. Are you a hobbit as well?!" His eyes lighting up with excitement and mischief.

"Well. Yeah. I am a hobbit."

"Same here! Wait, where do you live?"

" In a jungle..."

" It must be close. You weren't that far away from here when you passed out."

"Really?! Are you sure?"

"Certainly, I was taking care of a pesky bird a little bit that way when I saw you falling."

"Can you take me there?"

"Sure. Follow me. We need to get your glidy thing."

"It's an elytra, by the way."

"Elytra? Ok then Mumbo Jumbo." Walking back into his hobbit hole. A bed awkwardly in the middle of it all. He put down an extra bed just for me. Pulling it out of a chest in front of it. "Here ya go Mumbo Jumbo."

"Thanks." Strapping into my elytra, I grab some rockets out from my inventory.

"We're off!" Pushing off the ground he flies through the front door.

"Wait! Wait for me!" Sprinting after him, as soon as I get through the door I push up, using the rockets to propel me into the air. Looking around I instantly spot the parrot winged boy. Hovering in one spot, waiting for me. Gliding over to him, I try to hover in place. Forgetting that I only have a glider and not actual wings.

"Gahh!" Falling again, I push up using a rocket. Drifting forward slowly, then turning around circling around the bird like boy.

"You sure fall a lot Mumbo Jumbo."

"Can we land somewhere to talk? Unlike you, I can't stay in one place." Making another loop around.

"Oh sure!" Landing right below where he's flying, I glide down and join him. "Right here. I was standing right here." Spinning in a circle, he states. "And you were falling right over there." Pointing to his right.

"Thank you, Grian! I'm gonna to see if I can find my way back." Shooting up into the air, I fly to the area where he pointed. This is familiar. Right, I went that way. I continued to follow the path I remembered, finding my way back to my hole. "That's it!" Landing right in front of my entrance, I stand at the front door.

"Ooooh. Mumbo Jumbo, you really are a hobbit." His eyes beaming with joy. Nodding in reply, I head inside, waving him goodbye one final time. Watching the bird boy fly away. What an interesting fellow.

Multiple days pass, he visits my hobbit hole sometimes and I visit his. Just a day or two ago I left a redstone more door outside his hole, a form of payback for turning the window of mine into a portrait of his face. Such a silly bird. Yesterday, I learned that now we have a messaging system, of a chest minecart, going back and forth. Today's plan, go and hang out with him the whole day. I liked spending time with the bird boy. But first I was going to bring him a gift. Opening my door, a small green parrot sitting right outside.

"Oh, hello little fella, Grian's part parrot. I think he'll just love you." Pulling out a lead, I wrap it around its leg. Tying it to a fence post, I strap into my elytra. Grabbing the lead, i shoot up using a rocket, gliding slowly so the bird could keep up, eventually it just sits on my shoulder for the rest of the journey. Landing in front of his entrance. I knock, excited to spend time with him.

"Hello Mumbo Jumbo." Smiling,the little hermit opens the door.

"Hi Grian," Grabbing the parrot off my shoulder and placing it on the ground. " I got you-"

"Pesky Bird." Taking his diamond sword, he swings it at the bird, killing it instantly.

"GRIAN!"

"Yes Mumbo Jumbo?"

"You just. You just. I was gonna give that to you." Confusion shot through me.

"You were gonna give me a pesky bird? Why?"

"Aren't you part parrott?"

"Like I told you when we first met Mumbo Jumbo. I'm more refined, like Professor Beaks. Not like some pesky bird."

"Oh." After my mistake we went inside, Hanging out all day, part of it was spent dealing with his golem problem. Ending it off, the sun was setting. Grabbing my waist, he pushes off. Launching both of us into the sky.

"Grian! Grian! I don't have my elytra onnnn!" Landing on the tallest tree he could find. We sat watching the sun set. Suddenly, he's leaning on me. What the?! Oh, he's asleep. Making sure the bird boy's comfortable, I let him rest cuddling into the night.