A reason for life
A/N: Umm… Hey this is my first story for Rio. And I wanted to type up this while I had time and I had this idea in my head so here it goes. Please read and review.
Chapter 1: Shooting stars.
'I can't believe I'm doing this.' I thought to myself as I flew away from my old home and started to fly away. Tears were on the brim of coming out of my eyes, but I refused to let them fall. So I wiped them away with frustration and sadness apparent on my face.
I have decided to go to Rio so I could learn more than I wanted to learn here, in Chicago. My parents thought my idea was ridiculous as to where I'm going and to find out that I didn't know any foreign language.
But I think I could manage and find some birds that know English.
As I flew farther and farther away from home I felt empty and alone. Soon I reached Rio.
'Maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe I should go back and pretend I never thought of this.' I considered this idea in my head for a while.
My wings would soon grow tired and I would have to land somewhere but, where could I land since I don't know anything?
I was knocked out of the sky before I could contemplate on where to land as I felt another body clash with mine. It hurt a lot. It hurt enough that I felt like I was going to pass out. I could feel my body spiral downward.
My body went spiraling down closer to the ground as I started to feel myself become dizzy. But before I could hit the ground I felt someone else's arms around me.
Unfortunately, I passed out before I could look at the bird who saved me.
I came back into consciousness as I heard voices above me. I kept my eyes closed, afraid of what or who I might see. I stopped myself from trembling.
"Nico, why didn't you look where you were going?" asked a male voice from my left.
'Thank god they know English.' I thought to myself before another voice spoke.
"I was flying fast with my eyes closed. I didn't know there was another bird in the sky until I crashed into them. I caught her before she hit the ground and she passed out. What am I going to do Rafael?" a panicked male voice spoke from my right.
"Well, you should apologize when she wakes up and help her get back to where she needs to be. Okay?" said the same male from earlier.
"Okay. Well, I'll take her to my place before she wakes up and apologize. Bye and thanks." Said Nico.
"No problem." Replied Rafael.
Soon I felt my body being lifted up and flown to the sky. I took a chance and opened my eyes a bit and looked to who crashed into me.
It was a canary just like me. He was a bright yellow, with a lighter shade of color on his stomach and underneath his wings, there was brown at the tips of his wings and tail. His eyes were a chocolate brown like mine and he wore a little bottle cap on the top of his head.
Overall, he was very cute. He was probably the same age as me. And as memory recalled his name was Nico.
As he flapped his wings he took a glance down at me and was very surprised that I was awake and looking up at him.
My stomach felt like it had butterflies when he looked at me. He stopped flying and let go of me, letting me fly on my own at last.
A blush came onto his feathered covered cheeks. I looked away from him as he started to speak.
"H-hey. I-I'm really sorry for crashing into you earlier." He spoke in a softer tone than he did to the other bird I remember as Rafael.
"I-it's okay. I should have not come to Rio." I spoke quietly. Even though it was more to myself than to him. My attention turned back to Nico as I heard his breath hitch.
His eyes were slightly narrowed and he looked almost upset.
"It's probably my fault you don't want to be here anymore." He spoke as quiet as me.
"N-no I'm just a little homesick. I just came here today and I don't know my way around." I said truthfully.
"Oh. Well, I c-could show you around and get to know each other ms….?" He said with a confused look.
"Samantha. But you can call me anything you want. I don't really care for a nickname." I replied shyly. "What's yours?" I added even though I knew already, but I didn't want him to know I was listening to his conversation from earlier.
"Well, I'm Nico. Let's get you settled in somewhere, beautiful." He said with the tip of the bottle cap and a smirk. My heart skipped a beat as I heard him call me beautiful.
Then, he took off and started flying toward a jungle full of trees with birds flying everywhere. I followed closely behind until we stopped at a big tree with a nest inside.
"This is my place. You can come in anytime." He said quickly before flying out again and leading me somewhere close by. It was another tree but with an empty nest that looked like it hadn't been used for a while.
"Maybe we should clean this place up." I said as I started to remove some spider webs from the corner of the nest.
"Yeah, we should." He said while smiling and picking up some old nasty twigs.
When he turned away from me to pick something up I flew down to the little stream on the ground and checked my reflection before I decided to wash up.
I looked okay. But I couldn't understand why Nico called me beautiful when I looked like any other canary. I had brown feathers with wings that were tipped with golden specks at the end.
My eyes were big and brown, the feathers on the top of my head were like bangs and they were also tipped with golden specks.
My attention went to the nest but Nico wasn't there anymore. I turned my head quickly to the right and then left. I didn't see anything so I decided to look up and I screamed and fell back.
Nico was flying above me and was now laughing when he saw me fall. My eyes narrowed and then my cheeks heated up as I felt his wings go around me and lift me off the ground. He moved his wings back to his sides and he blushed as well. And he just stood closely front of me and was staring at me.
His brown orbs were looking straight into mine and his eyes went to the sky and he spoke.
"Hey look a shooting star!" he exclaimed and I turned to look at the sky as well. It was beautiful and it shot across the sky. Night came quicker than I thought.
"Make a wish." He said quickly.
I closed my eyes and thought my wish instead of saying it out loud.
'I wish that I don't embarrass myself…. again, in front of Nico.' I wished and I reopened my eyes to find myself alone.
'I guess he went back to his nest.' I thought again.
I sighed that our little moment ended and I flew up to my new home and settled into my bed.
My first day in Rio was great. I can't wait until tomorrow.
But I should've known by then that not all wishes come true.
A/N: Hoped you liked this and I hope I get at least one review. Bye!