"Kalli… wake up…"

I rolled to the other side of my nest in an attempt to get away from the voice and back to sleep, only to get poked on my cheek.

"Kalli, come on, don't make me drag you out of that nest"

"fivemoreminutes…" Gosh I was so tired; this is the last time I take care of Rafael's little mons- I mean, little angels. I swear I lost half of my feathers last night. That Carlos has some serious problems regarding other birds' feathers, and I'm not totally convinced that Eva got him tested. Maybe they say that just to convince birds to watch him and his hatchlings. I should ask Rafael about th-

My, rather pointless, train of thought was interrupted when somebird grabbed my wing and pulled me out of the nest. This took me by surprise, and with no time to react, I crashed face first on the floor.

"…Oww…"

"I warned you. Now get up, we have thousands of things to do!" I pulled myself up and came face to face with no other than my sister Anna. Her deep blue eyes were closed and there was a huge grin on her face, wings on her hips.

"And what might those "things" be?" I ask while dusting myself off.

"Well," she pushed me out of the part of our hollow that can be considered my room "we have to get you ready for tonight"

"Anna, I'm really tired. Can't we do this later?" I rubbed my eyes trying to get the sleep out of them. When I was able to focus I noticed that we were in the midsection of our hollow. It consisted of a big rock with a smooth surface that we used as a table, a few match boxes of different sizes in which we kept some things, a shell with water in it and a net filled with fruit and other types of food hanging from the ceiling.

Anna led me to the table and sat me in one of the smaller stones we used as chairs. "Don't move" her voice was serious, just the way it got whenever it came to getting ready for any kind of event or party; she took this things way to serious for it to be healthy.

A small purple brush landed on the table in front of me and both my brows rose. This earned me a chuckle from my sister, who looked at me with an amused expression "And for samba's sake, brush your feathers. You look like a used feather duster" with that she disappeared in her room.

I touched the top of my head with my wing, and mumbled to myself "Feather duster?" I walked back to my room and took out what used to be a mirror, but was now just a small piece. I looked at my reflection, and it took all my coordination to catch the mirror again after I dropped it. I pulled the mirror closer to my face, but the reflection was the same; my bangs, usually brushed the way I like them, were now a complete mess that made me look like a combination between a porcupine and a half blown dandelion. I may not be as picky as my sister about these things, but I care enough about my appearance to know that I do, in fact, look like a used feather duster.

I went back to the main room and took the brush. Anna was still in her room, but the noises of mass destruction and growls of frustration were enough to keep me walking straight into my room without asking any questions.

I took the mirror and started brushing my bangs back in place with the small plastic brush. That thing was small, even for a canary, but it was the only one we had and we had been through too much trouble to just throw it away. I chuckled at the memory of that day.

Anna and I had been at the fruit market looking for something to eat, when a small girl approached us. The toddler had been playing under one of the stands, probably owned by her family, but ran out when she saw us. My sister was out of there in a second, flying to the safety of a rooftop but I stayed, seeing the little girl as an opportunity to get something of value.

The girl got on her knees and extended her hand at me shyly. I jump on it without a thought and chirped happily, making the infant giggle. She then took me under the stand she was before and started playing with her dolls while I stood on her shoulder and sang a few happy songs. Anna finally took the hint and came down, dragging a big bunch of grapes behind a crate without the girl noticing.

Just as Anna hid, a tall man appeared and took the girl with him. I jumped of her shoulder and stepped on something when I landed on the ground. After lifting my talon I discovered a small plastic brush, probably from the girl's dolls and decided to take it with me. Stealing from humans wasn't unusual for us, but we wanted to break the habit; unluckily, being a ten year old orphan didn't help our cause. Once we got back home, Anna couldn't thank me enough when I showed it to her and we could get rid of that bunch of twigs we had.

I finished brushing my fringe and smiled at the result; it was brushed to the left, the big one lifted up a little. I took a step back and looked at my whole face, taking in my own reflex. I had a few, very small, feathers at the side of my face. Big amber eyes surrounded by dark yellow feathers, and with three brown spots under each, stared back at me. My light yellow feathers only changed around my eyes, the tip of my two bangs and at my neck.

This was definitely an improvement from earlier this morning.

Anna and I came out of our rooms in perfect sync, to which we both smiled.

"Looking better" she said in a teasing tone. I stuck out my tongue as she laughed. She lifted something she had in her wing and gave it to me "here, it's yours"

"What is it?"

"It's a little something that you can wear tonight. You can thank me later" I shook my head and inspected the object. It was a deep green color that seemed to shine on the light. It was basically a small braid of fabric, about a centimeter long, which ended in a type o triangle with tiny pieces of glass (probably from a bottle of the same green color). I looked at it, but couldn't decipher what it was, let alone how to use it.

Anna saw the confusion in my face and took it from me. She kneeled in front of me and extended her wing "Talon". I cooked my head to the side, clearly confused.

"Huh?"

She rolled her eyes, grabbed my right left and yanked it towards her, almost making me lose my balance. She wrapped the braid around my ankle, stuck my talon in the triangle and finished by getting an even smaller, thinner braid around my middle claw.

"There," she said gently "what do you think?"

I walked over to a patch of sunlight and examined the clothing. The pieces of glass were right at the top of my talon, and some of them gave the effect of going up my leg for a bit. The glass reflected the light in green rays all over the ceiling. "I love it. Thanks sis"

"No problem. Well I have to go check the plan for tonight, remember to be ready two hours before sunset" Anna flew out the entrance of the hollow and disappeared from my sight. I took off the green anklet and placed it in one of the empty match boxes.

"Oh and Kalli," I turned to see Anna hovering by the entrance "Happy birthday!" she flew inside, crushed me in a hug, and rushed out to go finish whatever crazy plan she had for my party.

I know I haven't done a thing in months, and that my other story is still incomplete, but I couldn't get this out of my head ok? I'm sooory, and I'll get to work soon I promise!

Sooo, did you liked, loved, never want to see it again? all comments and reviews are accepted, just, don't be too harsh ok?

And just because I have to say it, I do not own Rio. Just my OC's Kalli and Anna

EDIT!: I changed a sentence in how the got their brush. I had to, or it would mess up future chapters. sorry ^-^