Bird of Paradise vs. Wind Serpent

In the dream there is a group of girls that are, just for fun, using a captured wind serpent to kill birds in a lush meadow. The wind serpent is small and fits in a hand like a gun. The girls "aim" the wind serpent at the bird and the wind serpent spits out a stream of venom that kills the bird. As they are killing a ?blue bird i attempt to intervene but grabbing the bird but i'm too late and the bird falls to the ground dead. The group of girls laugh at their accomplishment and laugh at me for my failed attempt. I'm enraged but helpless against them. The are like a pack of cheerleaders and harpies all combined.

On a city street in ?Belgium one of the wild wind serpents roosts in a tree and people on the street level (i think i'm in a nearby tree and maybe i'm a bird) are all looking up and pointing at it. A flock of carrion birds swoops down on the tree and begin to peck at the serpent. The birds are very large buzzards except their plumage is beautiful. Each on is different but they're all the same kind of bird. ?

I'm once again in the meadow and the girls have spotted another bird to target. It's the most beautiful bird i've ever seen. It's a tiny bird - not as small as a hummingbird but nearly - and it has a long sweeping tail. The colors are mainly blue-green but there is an iridescence that gives it a pearly golden sheen too. Incredibly gorgeous. I know i have to save it. I grab the bird but it's mad and wants to fight the serpent and i have difficulty holding on to it. Then i run up to the girl that has the wind serpent and grab it from her hand. Now i have the bird in one hand and the serpent in the other. The bird is trying to get at the serpent but the serpent, no longer being used as a weapon, is just trying to get away and be free again. It's also a beautiful creature. Like an eel sort of but scalier and more dragon like but it has a fin running along it's back and how it flies is not apparent. It doesn't seem to have wings. I get near the edge of the meadow where there's a big stone house, let the serpent go and watch it fly into the tree tops. I take the bird into the house and wake up.