another chair for her.
The feathers came out very beautiful. Turmeric gave a pale-yellow hue, and beet juice – a cold burgundy.
I wire the feathers to the wings and tail of the phoenix. Dinah smiled contentedly, examining the glass of its eyes.
– Can I revive it? – She prepared herself.
– Yea, come on.
Dinah got up from her chair, touched the bird and cast an ordinary spell that gives life force to objects. But then something unimaginable began to happen. The phoenix rose into the air, red sparks were circling around it, creating a subtle energy field. The mechanisms began to transform into living tissues. The body of the bird was covered with skin, feathers, the chest was flushed with scarlet plumage. Claws grew on the paws, the beak lengthened slightly and bent. And the glass of the eyes gleamed so brightly that we closed our eyes from this flash. When the outer transformation was completed, the energy ball around the bird disappeared and the phoenix dropped on the table. Dinah and I looked at each other.
– How did you do it? – I asked in a whisper, touching with my finger that bird which Dinah had conjured.
– I… I don’t know! Honestly! This happened for the first time! You know, this hasn’t happened before. The mechanisms haven’t changed externally.
The bird stirred under my fingers. We both pulled away from the table, but curiosity tied us. I reached for the phoenix. It roused himself and stood up abruptly. The revived bird looked with its multi-colored eyes first at Dinah, then at me. Then it raised its wings and examined the plumage intently. It stamped its paws, jumped up and tried to raise its voice. At first, something vague came out, much like to clucking, but after another attempt, the phoenix burst into a melodic trill. Alice appeared in the open door.
– Where did this bird come from? Where did you catch it? – aunt slowly approached the table, studying the animal of unknown origin. Red-gold plumage, elongated tail of crimson-burgundy color. A tousled crest and multi-colored eyes.
– It’s a strange bird … – whispered Alice.
Phoenix looked at her completely calmly, as if it was a pet and always lived in the house.
– Niko made this bird, and I revived it… – said Dinah whose tongue turned as if she had stuffed cotton wool into her mouth.
Alice looked owlishly and straightened up.
– No, it can’t be! – said the woman. – No magician is capable of doing something like this.
– Listen, Dinah, maybe you should go to the academy with me? If you can do this, then you will surely become an excellent war magician! – I declared enthusiastically.
The friend coughed, and the bird spread its wings and rose into the air. We lifted our heads watching this incredible flight. In the space behind the phoenix, there was a transparent fiery strip that was flickering with sparks and slowly disappearing.
– Oh … – Dinah sat down. – How is it? I need to tell Aphelia. I learned it from her books! Maybe I did something wrong!
Phoenix hovered in flight over me and carefully landed on my shoulder. I froze, not daring to move.
– So, you say that you have revived Niko’s creation? Look, it knows who its master is… Clever bird. Have you already named it? – asked Alice, marveling at what she had seen.
– Inis! – I exclaimed. – It’s a fire in Rubinian. The God of Fire, Rotrad, is worshiped in the first world. When I began to study the languages of the seven worlds, Rubinian seemed to me the most melodic, by the way, the dialects of the worlds are very similar to each other. I am sure that what you have told me is not a fairy tale. Formerly, the worlds did interact.
The nanny nodded approvingly. Dinah liked the name too.
– I don’t know how you guys managed to revive such a living creature, but let me give you an advice. Be careful with unknown magic. And for now, don’t tell anyone about this, except Aphelia, of course.
The nanny went out and returned immediately.
– I completely forgot. Go to have dinner. But first to Aphelia. We don’t know whether this bird can fly around the house. It has such a tail, it shines. Maybe it can cause a fire. – Alice turned around and left the room, in the corridor we could only hear her reasoning aloud. – Kids, well, what did they create…
I exchanged glances with Inis. He tilted his head funnily and chirped something in his language.
– It’s a pity that I don’t understand the bird language, – I sighed and headed for the exit. – Let’s go. Let’s ask mom whether it is possible to create such a miracle with magic.
Dinah followed me, glancing at Inis.
I came to the door. Behind it I could hear the gentle voice of my mother. She was talking about something with Reemay. I pushed the door lightly.
– Mom, can I?
– Of course, sweet. Nicholas, I see your voice is back!
I have just noticed. It’s strange…
Mom seemed as fragile as a flower; it was hard to believe that she was a war magician.
Dinah stepped after me, just from the side where Inis was. Mom narrowed her eyes.
– What’s that on your shoulder?
– Mrs. Aphelia, this is exactly what we wanted to ask you, – Dinah began timidly.
Inis was sitting on his shoulder obediently, looking around.
– Ask me? – mom clarified incomprehensibly and stood up, leaning on the pillow.
Reemay fidgeted in the blanket and attracted the bird’s attention. Inis fluttered and flew onto the bed, leaving a red ribbon of light in the air.
– What? Nicholas, take it away! – exclaimed the mother and intuitively created a water barrier between the child and the bird. The little sister reached for the phoenix, being not afraid of it at all.
– Mom, I created him, and Dinah revived him! – I rushed to my bird and tried to command. – Inis, go back to your place!
Phoenix fluttered back onto my shoulder. I chuckled, not believing that it had obeyed me.
Mom slowly removed the water shield and held her breath.
– But, it’s impossible! You are not a magician.
– I told you, Dinah had revived him! Can she come with me to the academy? Talk to my father, please!
– Okay. And I will ask him to find out how the girl could create a living being, – my mother was at a loss. – Dinara, what spell did you use?
– The usual one. I had breathed life-giving energy into Niko’s mechanisms more than once. They came to life, moved on their own, helped around the
