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Other than that, lets continue!


Chapter 2: First Day of Life


Alex was like any other Scarlet macaw in his tribe. He has a white face, with black eyes, talons, and beak, he has the mostly red feathers that all Scarlets have, with the yellow and then blue stripes of feathers on the end of his wings. And he shared similar facial features as his father.

As Albert gave Alex back to Maria, he gave a kiss on top of Alex's head and smiled as he had to attend to an issue at hand. Then he raised his head and gave a kiss on Maria's cheek.

"I'll be right back and then we can take care of our new one together." Albert said.

"Okay, but hurry back please." Maria replied, in an almost pleading voice.

"I'll try my best, my love." Albert chuckled lightly in return, before going to the hollow entrance and joining the Scarlet who was waiting for him.

Alex was confused and a bit scared to see his father leave, but he couldn't talk yet, all that came out was chirping sounds, which of course Alex's mother understood why. And was more certain when Alex tried to jump out of his mother's wings to go after his father.

"Hey, it's okay my son, your father is coming back, he needs to do something." Maria said in a calming and smooth voice to the newborn chick.

Alex slightly relaxed from hearing the voice and all of a sudden he turned his attention to something else as he felt something in his belly, it was begging him for something, food. As Alex couldn't speak yet, he put his tiny wings to his belly and rubbed it, signaling to his mother for food.

"Oh, is little Alex hungry?" Maria asked sweetly, to which Alex nodded his head. "Okay, my son, you are lucky we have some fruit left over from this morning.

Maria gently put Alex down on his talons and went to a small pile of fruit standing against the side of the hollow. Alex's legs were not that firm yet, so he just as quickly fell down, Liz just watching this and was a bit curious, as this was her first time seeing a newborn chick herself. As Maria came back, with some food chewed up in her beak to put in Alex's beak, Liz's curiosity came over her and she asked her mother about Alex.

"Mom, why can't Alex talk and stand on his talons?" Liz asked.

Maria couldn't answer her daughter since her beak was full of the chewed food for Alex. She quickly gave the chewed food in her beak to Alex, which he enjoyed as his hunger was satisfied, while Liz was a bit disgusted by this.

"Well, my daughter, all chicks are like this when they are just born, same goes for you, you couldn't talk and stand up well when you were first born, you probably don't remember, but you will when you are older." Maria answered her daughter.

"Okay, first of all Mom, that was gross. And second, I understand now." Liz said, as she tried to not throw up. "So can I play with my new brother now?" Liz pleaded.

"I'm sorry Liz, your brother, like I said, is just born, he needs to stay at home and get pretty of sleep and care." Maria told her daughter. "Why don't you just go and play with your friends you have?"

"Fine, might as well." Liz said, annoyed that she waited all this time for her new sibling and can't play with him yet.

As Liz flew out in search of her friends, Maria went back to tending to Alex, who was a bit sleepy from eating as he felt his eyes start to shut. Alex gave out a little yawn as his beak went open wide, with the sound of tiredness coming out. Maria smiled seeing how cute her son looked and picked him up and cradled him in her wings, as Alex let his eyes shut completely, with him pretty soon snoring loudly as he relaxed in his mother's warmth.

Maria took Alex to his room, to lay him rest and sleep. While the family was waiting for Alex to hatch, Maria and Albert were busy digging out and making a new room for their son, complete with his own little nest that he can sleep in. Maria gently laid down her son, careful not to wake him, making sure he was comfortable. Alex was still quite comfortable as he adjusted to the new place he was sleeping in, while keeping his eyes closed, first rolling around a little, but then staying in place. Maria smiled and bent over, giving a kiss on Alex' head.

"Sleep tight, my son." Maria said quietly and went to tidying up the hollow, waiting for her mate to return.

Soon enough, Albert came back, looking like he was in a rush to get back home, as he panted a little. Clearly he must have been very worried about leaving his family alone.

"Sorry honey, it took longer than I thought, and then I just decided to quickly check on the whole tribe for safety." Albert apologized.

"It's okay, we're fine, Liz is out with her friends and Alex is sleeping now." Maria reported. "Oh, did you happen to tell anyone about Alex?" Maria wondered, since the tribe leader's newborn son would be big news for the tribe.

"Well, I did tell a few birds who said hello to me, I'm sure the news would spread by morning time." Albert replied. "Lets go check on our chick." Albert said, wanting to see his son sleeping.

With the two adults having their wings wrapped around each other, they walked together to Alex's room quietly so as not to wake him up. As they came to the edge of Alex's small nest, they looked down at his sleeping body and both gave a huge smile as Alex gave out soft chirps of snoring, clearly having a pleasant dream.

"Looks like our hard work paid off my dear." Maria said to Albert. "He's perfect."

"So he is, I bet he will make a great leader when he is old enough and I have to retire." Albert added as the two adults then continued watching Alex in peace.

As night fell and Liz came back home from a fun day, the family had a nice dinner together, as Alex was happy with all smiles as he enjoyed his first family moment with everyone. And as the family went to bed, Alex wanted to sleep in his mother's warm wings, chirping in a begging way to his mother, Maria only laughing softly as she picked up Alex and once again cradled him in her wings. With Alex relaxed in his mother's protection, Maria went into her nest she shared with her mate and putting Alex in between her and his father, to make sure he was completely warm, the family slept for the night.


I know some of you must be going, "Awww!"

Yeah… I wish I had a little chick to take care of…