Rio : The 10 Power Stones
Book 2 : The Shadow Stones
Chapter 4 : Mysteries
Blu and Bia were flying towards their hollow to rest. After just a few minutes their hollow came into view. They stepped inside and saw that it was empty.
"Dad, you need some rest. I'll watch you and keep you safe." Offered Bia.
"No Bia. You can go out. I'll be alright. I'm not defenseless." Declined Blu.
"Okay dad. I'll be going now. If you need me I'll be with Nightfly and Uncle Beto, ok?" Said Bia.
"Sure Bia. And if you need me, I'll be napping in here." Replied Blu.
Bia chuckled before she left the hollow. After a lot of minutes of flying she finally found Nightfly and Roberto relaxing at the waterfall. She flew over to them to start a conversation.
"Hey guys." Greeted Bia.
"Hey Bia." Replied Roberto and Nightfly, too busy relaxing to bother looking at her.
"Umm. Rude much?" Complained Bia.
"Hehehe. Sorry. We're just trying to relax." Apologized Nightfly.
"Apology accepted. Now Nightfly... I just wanted to talk about your past. If it's okay with you?" Answered Bia.
Nightfly didn't answer but just looked sadly at the sky. Bia thought that she did something wrong and immidiately tried to apologize.
"Oh! Im sorry! Im so sorr-" Was all she could say before she was interrupted by Nightfly.
"No! It's alright! I want to tell you!" Assured Nightfly before calming down. "It all started 7 months ago..."
~7 Months Ago~
Nightfly was flying towar-
~Present~
Nightfly was interrupted by the sound of wings flapping. He looked to see who it was and saw a female blue spix macaw landing on the rock they were resting on. The blue spix macaw shouted "Bia!" as she ran towards Bia and put her into a hug.
"I was so worried about you!" Said the female.
"Mom... I'm fine. I was only away for 12 hours."
Replied Bia, who revealed that the female macaw was her mother. "Oh! Mom. I would like you to meet Nightfly. He was the one who saved me from almost being kidnapped... again. Nightfly, this is my mom, Jewel."
"Hello Mrs. Jewel. Nice to finally meet you." Greeted Nightfly also extending his wing for a handshake (or wingshake).
"Hello to you to Nightfly. So just a quick question. What bird are you?" Replied Jewel accepting the wingshake.
"Well, I'm actually a blue macaw. I know it sounds crazy but I can explain. You see I have found a stone that gives me powers and somehow it changed the color of my feathers." Answered Nightfly confidently.
"No. Actually I don't think you're crazy. My husband is in the exact same position as you." Assured Jewel. "You should talk to him after he wakes up from his nap."
"Sure. I could talk to him tommorow." Said Nightfly.
They talked and relaxed for a few hours before deciding to go home. Bia offered Nightfly to help him find a new hollow that's closer to the spix macaw tribe but Nightfly declined the offer.
The next day Blu woke up to see that his wife was sleeping peacefully under his wing. He decided to get breakfast for everyone before they woke up. He stood up carefully to not wake his family up and flew out to get some breakfast. After a few minutes of flying he saw a mango tree and decided to get a couple of mangoes. While he was looking for the last mango he heard the sound of wings flapping and turned to see that it was Nightfly who landed on the same mango tree Blu was in.
"Oh! Hello Nightfly. Here for breakfast?" Greeted Blu.
"Hello to you too. Yes I am also here for breakfast. You are Bia's dad right?" Replied Nightfly.
"Yes I am. And I was just wondering if we could meet somewhere. You know, just talk about the stones." Asked Blu.
"Sure! Where and when do you want to meet?" Answered Nightfly.
"How about we meet at the waterfall at midday? Is that okay?" Asked Blu once again.
"Sure. I'll see you soon Bia's dad. And say hi to Bia for me!" Said Nightfly.
"Bye! And just call me Blu." Said Blu before flying back towards his family's hollow.
Unknown to the both of them a black hooded figure was watching them from the shadows.
Blu arrived at his hollow to find his family playing tic-tac-toe using leaves and chalk. (Somehow...) He went inside and brought the mangoes.
"Hi guys! Ready for breakfast?" Greeted Blu cheerfully.
"Hi honey/dad!" They greeted back.
Blu then gave everyone a mango each and they ate breakfast. In the middle of breakfast they started a conversation.
"So... what are you guys gonna do today?" Asked Blu.
"I'm gonna hang with my friends." Said Tiago.
"Me, Bia, and Carla are going to aunt Mimi for a girl's day out. Right girls?" Said Jewel.
"Right." Said Carla while biting another piece of her mango.
"Yeah." Said Bia.
"How about you honey?" Asked Jewel.
"Well. While I was collecting our breakfast I got into a run in with Nightfly. And we agreed to meet at the waterfall later. Oh and Bia, Nightfly says hi." Answered Blu.
"Oh. Tell him I said hi too." Replied Bia.
"Sure sweetie. I'll tell him." Said Blu. ("Hmm. I wonder if my daughter is in love.")
After breakfast our favorite blue macaw family went out to do their activities. It was midday and Blu was flying towards the waterfall to meet with Nightfly. As he arrived he couldn't see Nightfly and decided to wait for him. Seconds turned into a minute which turned into an hour and Nightfly still hadn't shown up.
"Where is he? I don't think he's the type to forget." Said Blu to himself.
Suddenly he was snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of a landing nearby. He turned around thinking that it was Nightfly.
"Nightfly! There you are! I thoug-" Was all Blu could say before realizing that the bird who landed near to him was not Nightfly.
The bird wore a coat and a hood which covered their entire body. They were slightly taller than Blu and had daggers and shurikens on their belt either to be thrown or used as a melee weapon. Blu, despite being scared, made his fire sword and sheild and putted on a defensive stance. Because of his fear his sword and sheild were made of less fire and looked very brittle. Just a few hits could make Blu defenseless.
Despite being terrified Blu managed to say a few words. "What do you want?"
"I am not here to attack you. So lay down your weapons." Said the bird in a deep and commanding voice.
Blu hesitated a bit but eventaully laid down his weapons.
"What do you seek? Are you here for something? Are you here for someone?" Asked Blu with a nervous tone.
"I am here to help you." Answered the bird.
"Help me?" Said Blu in a confused tone. "How will you help me."
"I will help you when you need it. For now take this." Said the bird while holding out a bottle.
Blu nervously took the bottle and looked at it.
"Healing potion? Take a sip and get healed up quickly." Said Blu as he read the inscriptions on the bottle.
When he looked up he saw that the bird was gone and he was all alone again in the waterfall. He waited a few mor minutes before deciding to go home. He put the bottle in his bag and left. As he was flying towards his hollow he was too engrossed in thinking about the strange bird he met at the waterfall to realize he was heading straight towards a tall tree. The impact alone was enough to knock him unconcious. Luckily he landed in a pile of leaves and was left only with a few bruises and cuts.
He woke up to see that he was back in his hollow and saw that his family and Nightfly was also in the hollow with him.
"Uhh. Good Morning?" Greeted Blu thinking that all that happened was a dream.
Instead of a good morning like he expected his entire family rushed into him and hugged him. They were shouting either "Blu/Dad!"
While he was being hugged he felt pain an tried to get his family off of him.
"Guys! Ow! Can you get- Ow! off of me for a second?" Said Blu.
Then his family then let go of his body.
"Sorry!" They said in unison.
"What happened?" Asked Blu.
"Well. Nightfly found you so he can explained what happened. Right Nightfly?" Replied Jewel.
"Sure. I was flying towards your hollow since you weren't at the water fall when I arrived. I was looking around and saw a blue patch in the middle of the ground. When I went closer to investigate I realized that it was you and I decided to carry you to your hollow." Said Nightfly. "And you need to lose some weight cause you are heavy." Joked Nightfly.
Everyone chuckled a bit to Nightfly's comment even Blu.
"Sure.." Blu said with a forced annoyed tone. "I can't weight."
"No." Said Carla.
"Oh come on Carla. You know I had to go fir it." Replied Blu.
"Dad stop."
"Come on you can't be bushed of my jokes already."
"Dad please."
"Okay last one. Then I'll leaf you alone.
"Is it over?"
"Yes."
"Finally!" Said Carla before putting on her headphones.
Blu then turned his attention towards the rest and saw that they were also tired of Blu's jokes.
"What? Have my jokes sapped you?" Said Blu with a giant grin on his face.
"Are you finished?" Asked Jewel.
"Yes. No more jokes." Answered Blu.
"Good. Now you and Nightfly can talk about whatever you were gonna talk about yesterday." Said Jewel as she motioned them to go out.
As they went out of the hollow Blu was about to say something when he spotted a figure behind Nightfly.
"Sooooo. What do you want to talk about?" Asked Nightfly.
When he saw that Blu wasn't listening to him he asked again.
"Blu? Is something wrong?" Asked Nightfly worriedly.
When Blu didn't answer again he realized that he was looking behind him. When he saw the figure he could only think...
("Oh-no!")
A/N
Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait. I was brainstorming ideas for the past few days and forgot to upload the chapter. Who was this mysterious bird? Will we ever hear of Nightfly's past? Who knows? And as always Keep On Reading. ;)
