“Here goes nothing.”
Anna took a deep breath and threw the rope toward the bird. The moment the rope left her hand, it floated midair and glowed.
“Holy crap,” Anna said, shocked by what she was seeing. She didn’t know whether she was supposed to take the floating rope or leave it. It was too far from the bird to do anything. But before she could think of her next move, the rope zoomed through the air and wrapped itself around the Adarna’s legs in a blur.
The bird’s eyes popped opened and changed color instantly. The Adarna’s entire body changed, too. Gone were its magnificent colors and shades, its giant wings and tail, its eyes of golden swirls. It shrank into a small brown bird the size of her palm, with a black beak and black eyes. The bird looked ordinary.
“That’s why he gave me a
