I’m crouched down infront of the goose — the _talking_ goose — with my head tilted and furrowed brows.

It’s wearing glasses.

"Hey!" the duck quacks. "I’m talking to you here!"

I blink and stumble to the ground. "I- uh- Sorry?"

"Right," Frank the goose nods. "Now, are you going to let me in? I need to talk to you."

I stand up and dust myself off, clearing my throat. "Uh.. Okay.. Frank." I looks down at him. "Do you want me to..?" I gesture to the idea of me carrying him.

Frank quacks at me before walking back to my house, glaring at me.

I nod. "Okay then." I follow him.

I unlock the door and let him in.

This is so weird.

I lead the goose into the living room and he flies onto the grey fabric sofa. "You want.. seeds or something?"

"I’m quite alright," he declines. "Now, I need to speak to you."

"Yes?"

"I am a teacher at a school up in the clouds."

"What?"

He continues ignoring me, "It is a school full of people with abilities. Like you."

I lean back in the arm chair. "What? Like talking to animals?"

"Precisely," he nods.

"I was only joking…" I mutter. "Wait," I frown and look at him. "Does that mean that if someone else was to be here, all they would here is quack quack quack?"

"Well.. not exactly no. I have a machine," he lifts his left wing up, revealing a black cube placed within his white feathers. He puts his wing back down and looks at me again. "So humans can understand me with this machine on. Even regular ones. But you have the gift to understand animals without any help or machinery."

"But I can’t understand animals. I’ve had pets and everything and I was never able to understand them."

"Some people simply need a bit of pushing until the properly develop and discover their abilities — Like you."

"So I have superpowers?"

He pauses. "Yeah. You have superpowers."

I grin. "Cool!"

"So, back to the school. You would need to stay there-"

"What? What about my parents?"

"You will not be able to see them again, unfortunately."

My smile drops. "You can’t be serious."

"Deadly."

I cba writing anymore😭