Hi guys, its Adelie again. I know that I don't have time to write two stories at a time, but I feel that I just HAVE to write this story! This is sort of like a one shot, but if I get time, I'll make this into a full story :)... Rated M just in case...

/Adelie

Nikkie, the grayish yellow canary bird, sat next to the car window and watched the yellow lines pass one by one.

Its funny how much everything could change in just a couple of months. First, they were living a normally happy life. Just her and her partner Ricky, her owner "mami" and mamis husband, oh and their, eww, cat. Next, mami finds her husband in bed with another girl.

Divorce followed and next thing she knew, mami had sued her husband and they moved apart. Mami took Nikkie, and her husband got Ricky. Nikkie and Ricky didn't even get time to say goodbye to each other, until mamis husband grabbed him out of the cage and put him in another.

Now, mami and Nikkie were moving to a new place, since her husband got their old apartment. A big city called Rio de Janeiro. Nikkie leaned on one of the cold bars in her cage. She missed Ricky. She missed him so much that it hurt. How could they be so selfish that they didn't just break themselves apart, but also her and Ricky? They still loved each other, how could their humans be so blind that they didn't see that?

"Look lil' lady, we're home!" Mami said from the driver seat next to her. Nikkie looked at the city in front of them, then at mami.

She still loved her mami. She would never leave her mami, no matter what! But she still wouldn't entirely forgive her for allowing her man to take Ricky away from her. At least not for a while.

Nikkie chirped, to show mami that everything was okay. But she didn't exactly look forward to move to this big city. What if there were other birds there? Mean birds?

The pidgeons at home weren't exactly neighborly fellas...

Nikkie crouched to a ball. She wasn't the most social of all canary birds. The only bird she dared to be herself in front were Ricky.

Later, three men were helping her mami to lift the stuff into their new apartment. It was smaller than their previous, but cozy. They placed Nikkies cage close to a big window where she had a view over the city. It looked amazing from here, and she new how beautiful skylines were at night! She could hardly wait until then!

"Alright then mrs Andrews, that would be all, yes?" One of the men said with a strong Portuguese accent. Mamis real new was Monica Andrews. But to Nikkie, she would always be mami.

"Yes, thank you so much boys! And please, just call me Monica." Mami replied and shook hands with the men.

When the men had left, mami started unpacking her stuff from the boxes. Nikkie watched with curiosity. She also help mami with deciding what object should be where.

Mami picked up an object, a porcelain figurine, a photo etc, and started to move it around. When she came to a spot Nikkie liked, the bird started to chirp higher and higher.

By the end of the day, they were practically finished.

Mami poured some seeds in Nikkies bowl and gave her some new water, before fixing herself some human food.

Nikkie were picking in the seeds without interest. She was waiting for night to fall so that she could see the skyline. A sudden picking on the window made her jump and nervously flap around.

"Yo newcomer! Welcome to Rio, gurl!" She heard an unfamiliar bird say. She turned around. Ouside the window were a small blue crowned parakeet. She blinked and tilted her head. "Yo gurl, whaddya look so scared? My name is Toki, and I promise ya gurl, I aint gunna eat ya!" Toki said and winked. She picked on the window again.

"Hey, my name is Nikkie" Nikkie said and jumped closer to the window. Toki didn't seem so bad, she actually sounded pretty nice.

"Whaddya doin in that cage? Birds should be free, gurl! I know! Whaddya say 'bout hangin downtown with me and I'll introduce ya to people!" Toki suggested.

"Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll stay home for the night. I just got here, y'know. Some other night perhaps?" Nikkie said and tilted her head.

"Yeah, kewl" Toki said and smiled. "Gotta go then, how 'bout the day after tomorrow night? We could go to Next Level? I heard they're warmin up for the Carnival! So thats gunna be awesome!"

"Carnival?" Nikkie asked curiously. "Whats that?"

Toki rolled her eyes. "What is Carnival? Gurl, thats only tha biggest party in the WORLD! Ya'd be a FOOL to miss it!" Toki said and flapped her emerald green wings. "Anyway, mah buddies are waitin! See ya then!" She said and took off to a bunch of other birds sitting on a roof nearby and chatted away.

"Yeah, see ya then!" Nikkie said and slowly shook her head as Toki flew away with her friends. She heard that birds in Rio de Janeiro liked to party, and meeting Toki just confirmed her suspicions.

She looked forward coming with Toki to that club, Next Level was it? Funny name... It would be a good opportunity for her to get her mind off Ricky for once.

Nikkie jumped away to the hatch and managed to open it. Ricky had taught her to open most hatches. Damn, there was that Ricky again...

Nikkie flung herself out into the room too finally move her wings. She had been sitting in that cage since this morning, she could hardly jump around in that small cage! Even less fly! She turned around to fly to the kitchen, where her mami were eating a hasty dinner.

She loved flying, but then again, what bird doesn't?

"There you are, my little lady! I thought I heard some noise out there a while ago!" Mami said and hold up a finger for Nikkie to land on. Nikkie chirped.

"You know what happens next week, right?" Mami continued. "Then it's time for Carnival! Our first Carnival! Are you looking forward to it?"

Nikkie chirped again and did a little nod. Sure she was looking forward to it, either she probably didn't have much of a choice, since Toki would drag Nikkie with her no matter if she wanted to go or not.