Authors Notes:

Hello everyone! Now I know what you are thinking, "Mows your making a fanfic?! I thought u had given up on that!" and you're right. For a long while I did because I felt as if I couldn't portray the stories properly so I decided not to, to avoid a terrible story being made

HOWEVER, I had recently gotten back into the Rio fandom (I know it's essentially a dead fandom, but still!) and I realized I really REALLY wanted to make an adventure story, but I didn't want it to be centered around the main gang so I decided to bring back my old RIO OC and make a story about him! I promise to actually FINISH this story as I had put so much research into the places he was going to go, how long it would generally take and tried to be as accurate as possible.

I do hope you guys enjoy what I have to offer!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN RIO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, I ONLY OWN THE STORY AND MY OC

Now let's get onto the story!

Chapter 1: Morning Routine

A small bird fluttered through the early morning air, a yawn escaping its throat as it tried to wake up. It chirped a good morning to a bird who passed by who greeted them in return. It's wide yet sleepy eyes gazing, a destination set yet its mind on autopilot. It shot up, past a small rocky formation, a small waterfall pouring into a small creek, and onto a tall thick tree branch, a darkened hollow greeting it. It walked to the hallow and gazed in, its eyes focusing on a medium sized lump lying in a big nest made up of cotton balls, twigs, and leaves, soft snores filling the quiet air.

The bird rolled its eyes and walked in the hollow, approaching the snoozing bird and shaking them not-so-gently

"Jay, Jaaaayyyyy... dude wake up."

The snoozing bird, now named Jay, groaned and turned over, his back facing the intruding bird, "Go away Guy," He mumbled, curling into his nest, sleep consuming him once more. Guy huffed, mentally preparing himself for his demise, and shoved Jay out of his nest before shooting out of the hollow, hearing Jay grunt behind him

Jay groaned and huffed, slowly getting up, now wide awake thanks to Guy's rude awakening. "You invite a bird into your hollow ONCE and he thinks he can come in at any time." he grumbled and got up, stretching out, letting out a pleased groaned. Fluffing his feathers, he composed himself and hopped out of his hallow, his eyes landing on Guy fluttering a few feet away

"I see you're awake!" Guy exclaimed nervously. His flying pattern seemed to be a little jittery. Jay glared at him

"Yeah, thanks to you" Sarcasm was his automatic turn to when he was angry, seemed it crossed over when he was tired too, 'Glad to see that hasn't changed I guess' Guy thought with a nervous chuckle. He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard Jay yell at him to come on, he shook his head and hastily followed after him to the creek below.

Cedar Falls was a small iconic waterfall that was located right below Jay's tree making the travel for a bath easy and relatively quick (hence why Jay made the tree above his home and also why Guy seemed to never leave him alone)

Jay landed in the creek and headed straight for the falls, hopping under it, letting the water pour down his face and body, while Guy messed around in the thinner portion of the creek. Guy glanced towards the falls where the bigger bird was washing himself.

"Hey Jay!" His sudden shout startled the Blue Jay, causing him to jump and get water in his eyes. He fumbled around, panicking for a moment, before composing himself and wiping his eyes, sending a glare over at Guy's direction when he could see again. "What do u want dude?" Guy chuckled into his wing, "You look like a drenched rat," seeing Jay's glare darken he quickly sobered up, "Are u going to see those humans again today?"

Jay huffed, "Yeah, why?"

Guy was silent for a moment, gazing at the water at his feet, before nervously looking up, "Can I come with you?" he mumbled. Jay stared at him in shock. Guy was terrified of humans, even going so far as to stay in his or Jay's hollow when they came around for hikes, he was scared for Jay too, always trying to convince him to stay away, that "he might get hurt," so to hear him ASK to go with him is something Jay would have never expected.

Jay was silent for a long time, still trying to process what Guy just said, when Guy brought him out of his shock.

"Um Jay?" Jay shook his head and focused on Guy again. "Oh, sorry dude, I was just in shock, I... honestly would have never expected you to ask if u could come with me, I know your scared of them and al-"

"I know, I know," Guy cut in, "I still am scared of them, don't get me wrong, it's just...I've seen you go to them every day and nothing happens, you always come back, so I figured that maybe...," He took a deep breath. "The humans you see aren't all that bad."

Jay stared at him for a moment, before smiling a little an approaching Guy, wrapping a wing around his shoulder and pulling him in for a quick hug. "I'm glad you are pushing past your fears today, I'm proud of you dude!" Guy smiled a little, "Thanks Jay" Jay pulled away and gave him a quick nudge

"Now let's finish cleaning up, I got to get some more twigs and cotton balls for my nest and you're coming with me.' He smirked at Guy's nervous look, before turning around and heading back under the falls. Guy gulped and started finishing up, slowly as to try and prolong his inevitable encounter with the humans

The sun was reaching its peak in the sky when Jay and Guy finished collecting the materials Jay needed for his nest. They had just reached his hollow, Guy exhausted beyond belief, When Jay noticed his usual human couple walking along the hike trail. He perked up and quickly put the twigs down, zooming to the hollow entrance where Guy was lying down, trying to catch his breath.

"Come on dude! They're here!" Guy groaned and weakly stretched a wing up, before dropping it in defeat. Jay approached his limp form and gazed down at him, his usual neutral expression on his face. "You said u wanted to meet them so come on u lazy bum."

Guy froze, the realization of what Jay meant sinking in. He gulped and chuckled weakly, fear gripping his heart

"Y-y-you know, w-w-why don't you go ahead! Ill join you the next time, I-I-I-I'm pretty exhausted anyway from-m helping you g-get the materials, ya know? Hehehe." Guy grinned up at Jay, who's neutral expression didn't waver. Jay shook his head sadly, before grabbing Guy by his wing and yanking him up.

"You are NOT pulling out of this now. I need you to realize that not all humans are bad, so you're coming with me whether you like it or not." Pulling his reluctant friend out of the hollow, he dropped him before shooting into the air. Guy took this as his chance to try and escape but before he could his feet were grabbed from under him and he found himself upside down, his feet in Jays talons.

"NOW we can go to meet the humans, let's go!" Jay took off in the direction the humans went, ignoring Guys shouts and struggles, snickering to himself.

Jay followed the human couple down the trail until they stopped at some benches and sat down. Following their actions, Jay soared down and dropped Guy abruptly, getting a grunt in return, and landed himself, tucking his wings to his sides.

Guy grumbled and got up, dusting himself off, "Thanks dude, really I appreciate the love." Jay smirked and puffed his chest mockingly, "No problem, always happy to help."

Guy was about to retort when one of the humans cut him off. "Oh look honey, our little bird friend bought company!" Guy froze and slowly turned to look at the humans.

They were average, at least in Guys opinion. The female had long brown curly looking hair, fair skin and a thick build, like she ate a lot, but still exercised. The male was pretty well built, He had black hair, tan skin, tall figure, and a slim yet muscled build. They had kind smiles on their face, yet that did little to ease the tension Guy had being around them.

Guy nervously glanced at Jay, who looked at him with a reassuring smile, "It's ok dude, these ones are nice." Guy smiled a little, still feeling nervous, but feeling a bit more reassured than before. He watched Jay chirp to them, he saw how relaxed he look, how comfortable he seemed to be, and looked up at the humans, 'He was right' Guy thought, 'They really are nice.' Smiling to himself he decided to put his fears behind him and join his friend, it was free food after all.

'Just this once, just this once'

Authors Notes:

I hope you guys liked the first chapter! Sorry it's so short, but I wanted this to be just a little prologue and the real action is going to happen next chapter so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Next Chapter: Smuggled

See you next time! BYE~