"And welcome back to Rio Sports Channel, your home for all things sports." Janet chirped. She was standing on a rooftop next to a blue jay with sapphire blue eyes and another bird with dark blue feathers and brown eyes. The blue jay had a white belly and markings with blue wings and tail, and pixie cut styled spikes on her head. The dark blue bird was slender and had 2 feathers standing on top of his head.
"We're here today with two of our Olympic contestants. Let me introduce them to you." Janet said while turning slightly to the blue jay.
"This is KJ the blue jay."
KJ smiled and waved at the camera with her right wing.
"Tell me KJ, what are you most excited about in the upcoming games? Hm?"
"Well Janet, let me tell you something." KJ stated as she leaned left and used Nightfly as an armrest.
Nightfly was a little shocked and wasn't sure how to respond on live tv. He blushed a little but his dark feathers covered it up. The bird just decided to deal with it. There could be worse things.
"There are tons of different birds out there in the world." She extended her right wing and moved it across the horizon, as if trying to brush the sky with her wing tips.
"But, there is only one me. And believe me you…I train hard, work hard, and-" As she was talking she confidently changed her view from Janet to the camera to Nightfly at perfect intervals. When KJ looked at Nightfly, the male bird realized something.
"Oh fudgemuffin, she's got pretty eyes. Everyone always roots for the pretty one. I gotta find a way to tip things in my favor." Nightfly was jolted out of his thoughts when KJ screamed.
"-fight hard!" At that moment KJ pulled out her trusty dark brown scabbard which she wears over her back. Janet and Nightfly were caught off-guard of took a step back.
"W-h-h-hoa." Janet nervously chuckled.
KJ confidently twirled her sword and then slid it back into its leather housing over her back again.
"I see you are quite the fighter indeed." Janet remarked.
KJ grinned.
"Not only that but as you can see I am a professional archer. I can shoot a drop of water falling off a leaf while flying!" She happily explained while motioning to her bow over her chest and bag of arrows on her back.
"Well I bet you are excited for the archery portion of Olympics then." The female reporter replied.
KJ smiled proudly.
"Now we continue on to our next athlete, Nightfly."
When he heard his name, Nightfly's eyes shot up. He was still thinking of a way to impress the audience and get them to cheer for him. Because right now, he hasn't said or done anything to convince them.
"Nightfly, tell the audience at home what you're most excited for at the upcoming Olympic games."
Nightfly cleared his throat.
"Oh yeah, well I'm definitely excited for the obstacle race." He said while smiling a little.
"I've actually been training for a few years for this." He added.
"Well Nightfly, I must say I am impressed. No one has declared a specialization in the obstacle race since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris France! Usually each team just tries to not do as bad as the others."
The male bird chuckled.
"Well my father actually was one of the engineers designing the race for the previous Olympics. Obviously he can't design this specific race this year because I'm in it."
"True, true. But wow, this is amazing. We may have a very interesting Olympic games this year between KJ, Nightfly and the other contestants." Janet said while motioning to the two birds when she said their respective names.
"I can say without a doubt that you two will be a huge asset to whichever team you end up playing with."
KJ and Nightfly nodded happily.
"Thanks!" They added in unison.
"Well I believe that wraps things up for today. I'll see you all next time when we interview Alex the Owl and Mihael. Until then, thanks for watching, and happy sporting."
"Bye!" The three birds waved to the camera.
"Ok cut!" A bird with a clipboard yelled.
The three bird started walking off set.
"Well thanks you two for coming. It was nice meeting you all. Good luck in the games!" Janet said as she flew off somewhere else.
KJ turned to Nightfly.
"Well I guess I'll see you out there then?" KJ said in a friendly manner, and fist bumped Nightfly on the shoulder.
"Oh uh, yeah. I'll see you out there KJ." The male bird replied with a smile.
"Cool"
Just then a berry fell out of the sky. A military macaw landed nearby, probably in an attempt to retrieve it.
"Sorry about that." He apologized.
"Oh, no problem. The camera's off." Nightfly explained and pointed to the camera. Unfortunately for them, it was still running due to a glitch in the system.
The military macaw looked at KJ and completely forgot about Nightfly.
"Hey, let me make it up to you? Maybe a fruit coffee?" He asked.
KJ's eyes dilated.
SMACK
The military macaw fell to the ground.
"You just punched him! What are you crazy?" Nightly exclaimed, holding his head with his wings.
"Hey I know a flirt when I see one! They don't call me Punchie for nothing." KJ smirked.
"Oh nuts! The camera's still on!" One of the producers yelled.
"Tell me we can cut that! Tell me we can cut that!"
"Well this is gonna be fun." Nightfly thought to himself sarcastically.
Just then the camera went out.
Don't worry, I'm sure that bird will be fine. At least it seems like our contestants are getting along somewhat. That's all for now. In the next chapter we're going to see Alex the Owl and Mihael. See you then!