(3 years later)
There was an older looking bottle cap wearing male yellow canary and his partner in crime, a red crested cardinal the same age. They performed nightly and did it at their own club. They got other performers to sing as well but they were mostly girls trying to impress them. They didn't like any of them, they looked like Barbie in bird form and it was gross to them. The canary was the one that most of the girls tried to impress, but he turned them down because of their looks. Then one caught his strange purple eyes. It was another yellow canary just like him. Her feathers almost a gold color, her chest had a white spot in the shape of a heart, her eyes took the male by surprised they were an amber color.
She's beautiful, he thought.
The male canary called her over to him. She looked around suspecting another bird to go over to him, but he was staring right at her. She walked towards him and she tripped and he caught her.
"Glad I caught you," he said. "May I ask your name?"
The female canary laughed nervously.
"I don't know if I should give you it," She said nervously. "I might if you tell me yours."
"Nico," he said. "My name is Nico. Now give me yours."
"Clary," she said.
"Beautiful name," Nico said. "For a beautiful girl."
Nico tipped his bottle cap at her. Clary smiled and laughed a bit.
"You didn't preform at all why is that," Nico asked.
"I can't really sing," Clary said.
"Who told you that," Nico asked.
"My family," Clary said.
"Well how about you sing with me and Pedro," Nico said gesturing toward the breakdancing cardinal.
"You want me to preform with you guys," Clary asked. "Aren't you afraid of loosing your reputation?"
"Not at all," Nico said. "Let's go."
Nico grabbed Clary's wing and go Pedro up to the stage.
"Hey guys," Nico yelled. "We got a new bird here and she thinks she can't sing so let's give her some support tonight."
Nico came close to Clary.
"Don't worry let it just come out," Nico whispered in her ear.
Clary took in a couple of deep breaths and then closed her eyes. Nico took off his cap and started to tap on it to give her a beat. Clary's voice was so pure and so beautiful that Nico almost messed up. Nico decided to go in and sing with her. Clary was surprised with Nico's voice. His voice was like silk and the crowd seemed to be mesmerized by his voice. Then they both sang and harmonized their voices. Their voices literally were made to fit together and sing together. Nico took off his cap and held it to his chest. Pedro got up in front and got the crowds attention.
"Where were you for the past 3 years," Nico asked putting the cap back on.
"I don't know where were you," Clary asked. "Our voices fit together. I've heard that if that happens that the two bird were made for each other.
"I hope so," Nico said staring into her amber eyes.
Pedro stepped behind them and Nico and Clary sang again. The birds were all memerized by them singing. Clary took Nico's cap and put it on playfully. The song ended. The crowd was silent for a second and the they went wild. Clary ran outside and Nico followed her. He found her sitting outside crying.
"What's wrong baby bird you were amazing," Nico said as sweet as he could and not sound like a player like he was told by a hundred female birds.
"I sounded horrible though," Clary said. "Compared to you guys I needed to sing since I was born."
Tell her, Nico. Spill it and tell her, Nico thought. Tell her how you got your start.
Nico sighed and sat down next to her.
"I wasn't always this good baby bird," Nico said wiping Clary's tears away.
"What," Clary asked surprised.
"I started out as a pet to some human with Pedro and then we came here and we worked our hardest to get better," Nico said. "You, you're a natural."
"I thought all birds had a good singing voice," Clary asked.
"Not this us at first," Nico said. "You are on the same level as me and Pedro, but you are a natural unlike me or Pedro."
Clary hugged Nico and he was kind of surprised at this.
"What was that for," Nico asked.
"For believing in me," Clary said.
Nico smiled at this.
"Let's go back inside," Nico said.
Then they heard a snap and they stopped. Nico pushed Clary inside and watched the surrounding area. Three birds came out of the bushes.
"Hello Nico," One said.
"Hello Kinkajou," Nico said.
"You know we are still looking for the two bird that escaped the dark magic place two years ago have you seen them at all," Kinkajou asked.
"I told you once and I told you a thousand times I haven't seen any birds like that walk into or out of our club here," Nico said.
"Fine," Kinkajou said. "Oh one last thing stick out your wing."
Nico held out his wing and they drew some blood.
"Hey what was that for," Nico asked.
"We are just making sure," Kinkajou said.
"You did this a hundred times," Nico said. "Nothing shows up."
They out a drop of blood on a leaf and nothing happened.
"Alright fine go back to your party," Kinkajou said.
Nico went inside and found Pedro standing with Clary.
"What happened," Pedro asked.
"The patrol are getting suspicious again," Nico said.
"Oh jeez when are they going to get off our case," Pedro said.
Nico gave him a look and Pedro understood.
"Why are they on your cases," Clary asked.
"A secret we can't tell to anyone," Nico said.
"Secret," Clary asked.
"No we are not telling you," Nico said.
Clary then looked bummed out and Nico looked into her amber eyes. Nico lifted her head.
"Look we'll tell you but not here," Nico said. "It's really important to keep hidden."
Clary nodded and Nico and Pedro guided her to their hallow. Nico sat Clary down.
"Well we aren't really birds," Nico said. "We were turned into birds. We are originally humans and apparently we were spotted by the patrol when we were getting out of that place. Speaking of which when we change back I'm killing Mark."
"Chill Nico," Pedro said. "I think Clary is still trying to take this in."
They both then looked at Clary and she looked surprised at what they had told her. She took several deep breaths and then decided to look up at the two. She couldn't believe that these two kind birds were once humans that her parents told her to stay away from.
"What happened to you two," She asked.
"We had a friend take us to a fortune teller," Pedro said. "As you can see that we were changed into birds."
Clary got up and hugged them both.
"Wow you guys are telling the truth," Clary asked.
"Yeah and why do you guys think all of us are bad," Nico asked.
"Well you guys do put us in cages," Clary said.
"We never did anything like that," they both said together.
"I believe and yet I don't trust you," Clary said.
"You have every right not to trust us yet," Nico said. "You might someday."
Clary smiled at Nico's comment and Pedro looked out the entrance of their hallow. He backed away quickly and pulled the two canaries into the back.
"What is it," Nico asked.
"Some birds they heard us," Pedro whispered in Nico's ear.
Nico's eyes widened and then they heard bird wings.
"Let's go out the back," Nico said.
They went out the back and flew off back to the club. They got there and got to a secluded part of the club.
"What's the patrols problem," Clary asked.
"That wasn't the patrol," Nico said. "It was other birds and not so good either."
Clary turned her head in confusion. Nico got that and quickly tried to explain to her.
"Look some birds want us," Nico said. "Because then they can get to the dark magic place."
Clary understood and then Nico and Pedro looked around to find Rafie, but they couldn't see him at all.
"I can't find him," Nico said.
"Me either," Pedro said.
"Find who," Clary asked.
"A friend of our's," Nico said. "We'll check his home."
The trio took off and Nico lead the way. He was taken down by energetic black birds. Pedro dove after him and caught him. They landed gently and then they were surrounded by the tiny monsters. They pounced on them.
"Help," They yelled.
"Hey get off they are friends," A voice said Nico and Pedro recognized it imediately.
The tiny monsters got off them and ran off. Nico and Pedro looked up to see the older toucan. They got up and hugged him.
"Oh my god Rafie," They both said.
Rafael smiled at them and then saw Clary standing behind them.
"Who is this," Rafael asked.
Nico went over to Clary and stood next to her.
"This is Clary," Nico said.
"Your girlfriend Nico," Rafael asked.
Nico blushed at this comment and turned to Rafael.
"No, but she knows about us," Nico said.
"Oh okay then," Rafael said.
"Did you tell anyone," Pedro asked.
"Its a story for my kids," Rafael said. "They seemed to like it."
"Wait you have kids," Pedro asked.
"Yeah 6 of them," Rafael said.
"Please tell me you didn't use our names," Nico asked.
"No I used canary and cardinal," Rafael said.
"Okay good," Nico said. "Anything else?"
"Yeah why did you come here," Rafael asked.
"Those birds that want to know where that man that changed us are after us now," Nico said. "They eavesdropped on a conversation."
"You guys can stay here until this all blows over," Rafael said.
"Wait what about my friend Nicole," Clary asked. "She's like a sister, and she looks exactly like Pedro. What if they go after her?"
"I'll go with you to go and get her," Nico said. "We'll be back Rafie."
Nico and Clary took off.
(Nico's POV)
I was flying with the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Clary had feathers that were golden in the sunlight and at the tips of her feathers they were brown. Her eyes though they were so beautiful a rich amber color. I was in a trance looking at her.
"Nico snap out of it," Clary said getting me out of my trance.
I snapped out of it and landed next to her. Clary went into the hallow and after a while came out with a sleepy looking cardinal similar to Pedro. She rubbed her eyes and saw me.
"Well who's this cute canary," She said.
"Nicole this is Nico," Clary said.
"Nice to meet you," I said tilting my hat towards her. "We should get back to Rafie's home."
We took off and flew back to Rafie's home. Clary flew closer to me.
"May I help you," I asked.
"What's it like to be human," Clary asked.
"Its been a while," I said. "I kind of don't remember really. I know that you feel like your on top of the world."
"Its been a while," I said. "I kind of don't remember really. I know that you feel like your on top of the world."
Clary stopped asking me questions and we continued to fly. We were so close to Rafie's home when I was attacked out of the air. I spun in my attacker's grasp and I saw that it was Kinkajou.
"Kinkajou," I said.
"Hello Nico," He said.
"I'm not telling you," I said.
"You don't even know what I was going to ask," Kinkajou said.
"Then what were you going to ask," I asked.
"Where that man went," Kinkajou asked.
"I don't know," I growled. "Neither do I care."
Kinkajou growled and started to actually attack me. I got away from him, but he came at me.
(Third person)
Clary and Nicole watched in horror as Nico was attack by Kinkajou. They couldn't take it and went inside the shadows of the two birds were casted into the home. They saw Nico on Kinkajou's back and he pulled Nico off and threw him into a tree. Clary got Pedro and Rafael.
"Nico's being attacked," Clary said.
They didn't need to ask questions and headed out. They saw Kinkajou running off and the canary broken and bloody up against the tree.
"What happened," Pedro asked.
"Kinkajou," Nico said through clenched teeth. "He wants to know where that man went that changed us."
Nico tried to get up, but he was stopped because he was in too much pain. Nico had a broken wing and several broken ribs.
"Let's get him to the santuary," Rafael said.
Pedro carefully got Nico onto Rafael's back.
"Let's go," Pedro said.
Pedro then realized they were missing two out of their group.
"Girls," Pedro asked.
The girls came down and they all took off to this one building. They landed inside the building. Pedro and Nicole helped Nico off Rafael's back. Nico winced in pain as they go him down.
"This hurts a lot," Nico said.
"Then you shouldn't have fought with Kinkajou then," Pedro said.
"He started it though," Nico yelled.
He quickly regretted this after a shot of pain went through his chest. He wrapped his good wing around his chest. A man came into the room and saw them. He saw the badly injured canary. He carefully picked Nico up and gave him a type of medicine that knocked him out. The man then turned the other birds.
"Don't worry he'll be back," He said.
The man walk out of the room and started to bandage Nico. Pedro started to pace back and forth for what felt like forever for him.
"Pedro he'll be fine," Rafael said.
"I know," Pedro said.
The man came back and set Nico down on a bed. The group went over to Nico.
"He'll be fine once he wakes up," The man said.
The man walked out. Clary sat on the edge of the bed and stroked Nico's fluffly feathers. Nico had a slung for his wing and a cast around his chest for his ribs. He had shallow breathing because of the cast on his chest.
"How long have you known him Pedro," Clary asked.
"Almost all our lives," Pedro said.
"How old are you," Nicole asked.
"In human I would be 16," Pedro said.
"Wait human," Nicole said. "Why are you calculating in human years?"
"Because I am human," Pedro said. "Nico is as well."
Nicole was taken back by this, but saw that Clary trusted them so she would trust them too.
"Alright," Nicole said.
Nico started to stir and he opened his strange purple eyes that every asked about. He looked up and saw Clary. He smiled and then saw the others there as well. He sat up with the help of Clary, but he did it with his good wing.
"Are your eyes really that color," Clary asked.
"Yeah," Nico said.
The man came back into the room.
"Well your wing and ribs will heal up well little one," the man said. "We did find your family and they would want you back. You'll go with them tomorrow for the drugs to wear off of you."
The man left and reached to rub Nico's head feathers. Nico then realized that they didn't have his hat. The man left before Nico spoke.
"Where's my hat," Nico asked.
"I don't know it might be back at my house," Rafael said.
"Let's go before he decides to put me in a cage," Nico said.
Nico kicked his legs over the bed. Even though he was in pain he fought it and continued to move around.
"Nico chill out," Pedro said.
"No I'm not becoming a pet," Nico said.
Clary placed a hand on Nico's chest. Nico looked up at her and breathed deep to calm down.
"Take it easy," Clary said.
Nico slowly got up and with the help on Clary got over to Rafael.
"Come on get on," Rafael said.
Nico climbed on with Clary's help. The man came in with a cage wand was surprised to see the birds trying to escape. He tried to catch them but they took off before he got to them. They flew back to Rafael's home. Nico slid down off his back.
"I'm exhausted," Nico said.
"Must be the post meds he gave you," Pedro said.
Nico got light headed and fell to the ground. Clary and Nicole caught him and helped him over to an empty nest. They sat him in it and he relaxed into it. Nico closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Pedro turned to the others.
"We are going to track down the creep that tricked us into going to that magic user," Pedro said.
"Why," Rafael asked.
Pedro pointed to Nico who was asleep.
"We need answers to questions," Pedro said. "After he's all healed and stuff."
Clary went over to Nico and brushed his bed feathers. She settle into Nico on his good side. Pedro smiled at this and looked over at Nicole.
"So the name's Pedro," Pedro said to her. "You must be Nicole."
"I am and are you two really humans," Nicole asked.
"Yeah that's why we need to find the guy who took us to the magic man," Pedro said. "He's the only one that might know where this guy is."
"Alright I'm in," Nicole said taking Pedro to heart.
Pedro smiled and hugged her. Nicole accepted the hug and hugged him back.
"So when will he be better," Pedro asked.
"At least a month," Rafael said.
"Okay," Pedro said.
(A month later)
There's a 16 year old boy he's done preforming and goes back to his dressing room. Pedro and a healed Nico with their girls were up near the ceiling waiting for the boy to come in. Then Nico and Pedro flew down to a dresser.
"I see that you've stolen our carriers," Nico said. "Mark."
The boy turned to see the two birds.
"Oh hey guys," Mark said. "Enjoying your lives as birds?"
"You know why we are here," Nico said.
"Look that man is gone," Mark said. "He died a year ago. I took his place."
"Okay," Nico said. "Then are we suppose to have human girls or bird girls that see us for who we are?"
"I guess it could be either one," Mark said. "But I misjudged the time limit, it's 3 years. You have to break the curse by kissing the girls."
The girls flew down to Nico and Pedro.
"You got the girls," Mark said. "Now you need a kiss."
The two girls kissed Nico and Pedro. They let the boys go. Nico's yellow mist appeared and Nico grew to his human form. He had no shirt on and from what the girls saw he had abs and his arms were muscular. Pedro's reddish gray mist happened to him and he went back to human. Pedro had no shirt on and he was a bit over weight, but he had the definition of abs. They both were human again and they jumped up and down excited to be themselves again.
"We should go tell your parents," Mark said.
The boys got their girls on their shoulders. They went to Pedro's first. His mom opened the door and was happy to see him.
"Where were you," She asked.
"Flying around the jungle," Pedro said.
"I'm glad your home," She said. "Now get rid of that nasty bird on your shoulder."
"What I'm not getting rid of Nicole," Pedro said.
"We are not keeping that nasty bird," She said.
"Then I'm leaving," Pedro said. "Mark change me back."
Mark blew some reddish-gray powder at Pedro and he changed back into a cardinal. Pedro and Nicole flew up to Mark's shoulders.
"She's my girl," Pedro growled at his mother.
The went to Nico's house. Nico knocked on the door. Clary came closer to Nico holding his bottle cap. Nico's Parents opened up the door to see their son. They pulled the two boys in and threw Nico on the couch.
"Where have you been," his father yelled at him.
"I was out in the jungle flying around," Nico said.
"This is no time to play games," His mother yelled.
"I'm not I was turned into a bird and we were in the jungle," Nico said.
"Besides what's with this canary," his father asked reaching for Clary.
Nico grabbed his father's arm.
"Don't you dare touch her," Nico growled.
"She belong to us," his father said. "Why can't I touch her?"
"She's mine and I'm leaving," Nico said.
Nico pushed his father away and got him and the others out of there. Mark blew yellow powder in front of Nico's face. Clary handed Nico his bottle cap and he took it and put it on. Both of his parents were surprised.
"I thought you would be different," Nico growled at them. "I was wrong."
They took off and the others joined him. They saw Rafael on a roof watching to see if anything went wrong. Then a gun went off. Nico fell and Rafael shot up and caught him. Nico clutched his wing in pain.
"You've got to be kidding me," Nico growled through his clenched beak.
They flew back to Rafael's and Nico slid off Rafael's back. Nico looked at his wing, his yellow feathers were stained red. He pushed his feathers back and saw the bleeding bullet wound.
"Just great," Nico said.
"Can you still move it," Pedro asked.
Nico moved his wing and it hurt like heck, but he was able to move it.
"Okay so its not badly damaged," Rafael said.
"It'll heal fine and when it does I'm going to kick my family's butt," Nico said.
"Chill Nico chill," Pedro said.
Nico took a couple of deep breaths. Clary went over to him and looked at the wound. Nico allowed her to get close and look at it. She pushed his feathers back and saw the bullet.
"This might hurt," Clary said.
Clary bit down on the bullet and started to pull it out. Nico cringed and screamed. Nico moved his shoulder away from Clary, but Pedro held him still.
"Oh god," Nico yelled as he struggled.
"Nico she almost has it out," Pedro said. "Just give it a little bit."
Clary finally got the bullet out of Nico's shoulder. Nico held his shoulder and put pressure on it.
"You okay," Clary asked.
"Yeah thanks," Nico said.
Clary wiped the blood from her beak and looked at Nico.
"Your not afraid to get your feathers dirty," Nico said. "I'm impressed."
"You're impressed," Clary said. "You got shot and handled it well."
"I'm impressed because most of the females try to impress me by their looks," Nico said. "You should know this by our reputations."
Clary remembered rumors going around saying that there were a couple of bachelor birds that work a club. She didn't realize that they were those birds. She heard stories of them from her friends that went to their club. One said that the canary was a player and the cardinal was stuck up. That was the day Clary went to their club. She got the directions and went there.
"Yeah I heard the females called you a player and Pedro a stuck up brat," Clary said. "I didn't know you guys owned that club."
"What girls called me a player," Nico asked. "I'm not impressed by birds who look like they had surgery to look like they are chicks still. It's just gross."
"Do humans do that," Clary asked.
"To look younger yes," Nico said.
"Wow human girls are weird," Clary said.
"Yeah," Nico said. "So why did the females call me a player?"
"I don't know," Clary said. "I guess they tried to impress you but you didn't seem interested in them. They are very sensitive about males not liking them."
"I'll say," Nico said.
Clary moved closer to Nico and Nico leaned closer to her. Their beaks collided and they kissed. They removed themselves from each other.
"Ahh Clary," Nicole said.
Clary turned to her friend and Nicole motioned her away from the two.
"What are you doing," Nicole asked Clary.
"I think I like Nico," Clary said.
"Haven't you heard the rumors about those two," Nicole asked.
"Yeah I have and I went to see for myself," Clary said. "They aren't like the other guys."
"Dude they could be you saw what Nico did a month ago," Nicole said.
It still terrified her to see Nico go from a happy guy to someone who went out on a full scale attacker to another. He ended up getting hurt in the end, but he fought that bird off.
"I know and it still terrifies me," Clary said.
"Look if you like him then fine I'll see if I can get along with Pedro," Nicole said.
"Will you," Clary asked.
"Yeah sure," Nicole said.
Clary hugged Nicole and she hugged Clary back.
Rafael was starting to wrap up Nico's wound.
"Nico why did they shot you," Rafael asked.
"I don't know what their problem is," Nico said.
"Well you might want to get some rest," Rafael said. "That wound isn't going to heal itself."
"Alright," Nico said.
Nico and Pedro flew up to a room and saw that the girls were in there.
"Whoa sorry," Nico said.
"It's okay," Clary said.
"Uhhh we usually stay in this room," Pedro said.
"Can we share it," Nicole asked.
"Yeah might as well not in the mood to go to another part of the hallow," Pedro said.
The girls curled up on one side and the guys curled up on the other. Nico took off his cap and placed it beside him. They close their eyes and fell asleep.
Yes, something romantic and a little violence in it too. I like how Clary is not afraid to get her feathers dirty. The Lists of characters I do not own are Nico, Pedro, and Rafael. I created Kinkajou, the patrol, Clary, Mark, and Nicole. Wow I'm creating characters left and right aren't I.