First chapter of the new year, guys!

And this chapter is a bit happier than the chapter before!

Let's continue!


Chapter 7: Family Reunion


While Alex was being taken to the Scarlet macaw tribe by the two blue macaws, Alex was thinking about what he would expect, would he be welcomed or rejected? With his mind full of scenarios of what he would encounter. Alex was thinking so hard that the fly over to the edge of the Scarlet tribe took shorter than he thought it would.

"Hey!" One of the blue macaws shouted at him. "We're here."

"Oh." Alex snapped his mind out of his thinking. "Well, thank you, gentlemen." Alex said to the two, with a nervous smile.

The two blue macaws did not even say "You're welcome" and just took off back to their own side, sighing angrily at having to spend their time with a Scarlet.

"Wonder why they hate the Scarlets so much." Alex thought to himself, as he flew on in the opposite direction from the blue birds.

As Alex flew into the tribe, he didn't see anyone, no bird or any creature in sight. Alex was starting to think that maybe the two blue birds just left him in a desolate area of the forest. As Alex tried looking for any signs of life, he thought he heard something, rustling of branches around him, he looked to see nothing.

"Must be hearing things." Alex told himself as he flew on.

As Alex flew over a branch of a tree, something suddenly pinned him down against the trunk, hard. Alex saw black talons wrap around his neck and he looked up to see a shorter, but stronger and older looking female Scarlet macaw.

"Who are you?" The female demanded to know.

"Please, I don't mean any harm, I was just looking for the Scarlet macaw tribe." Alex pleaded with the female.

"Well, you found them." The female replied. "However, I don't recognize you, what's your name?"

"My name is Alex." Alex answered, struggling to breathe a little.

"Alex?" The female slowly said in a low tone, but shook her head a little. "Do you have any siblings?"

"I once did, an older sister named Liz." Alex answered. "I was taken from the Amazon a long time ago and the last bird I saw there was her, I still remember that day." Alex sighed sadly.

"Funny." The female replied, chuckling a little. "My name is Liz too."

"Wait." Alex said as he took a closer look at the female. "Liz?"

"Welcome back home, little bro." The female known as Liz smiled, as she let go of Alex's neck and gave him a hug.

"I can't believe it." Alex said, not believing his eyes. "You're alive?"

"Well, I'm standing in front of you, aren't I?" Then Liz got serious. "Come, there is someone who will be overjoyed at seeing you again."

The two siblings then took flight and Liz brought Alex to the tribe, where hundreds of Scarlets were, just doing what they normally do, taking care of their families, getting food, and chatting with friends. Liz saw a group of Scarlet in like a meeting and landed down behind them, followed by Alex.

An elder female was discussing important things with some males, who looked tough and had the look of the patrol guards who flew around the border, making sure no other macaws came into their territory.

"So, everyone clear on their patrol times." The elder female asked the group, the males nodding in response.

"Excuse me." Liz said to get the elder female's attention.

"Liz, what is it?" The elder female replied and turned around to face her.

"Well, I just came back from my patrol and I found something you would be interested in, well actually it's a someone." And Liz stepped aside to reveal Alex, who was standing behind her.

As soon as Liz stepped aside, the elder female gasped quietly in shock and slowly walked froward to Alex, not believing her eyes, as Alex was confused at what was going on. The elder female got to Alex and suddenly hugged him tight that Alex felt his insides squeeze.

"My son has returned." The elder female cried.

"Mom?" Alex questioned and the female let go of Alex.

"A mother never forgets her son's face." Alex' mom said with tears in her eyes. "I missed you so much."

Alex realized that even thought his mother aged quite a lot, he still remembers that face, the face he looked up at whenever he was being cradled in her wings, when he was just a tiny chick.

"I missed you too mom." Alex replied, to which his mother put her wing on Alex's side.

"There is one more family member you have to meet, let's go to our hollow." Alex's mom said. "Liz, your patrol can end now, go to your friends if you want."

"Thank you mom." Liz said and flew off to go see her friends, while Alex and his mom went to their home.

"Here we are, son." Alex's mom said as they arrived at a big tree with a huge hollow. "Our home."

The two walked in and Alex looked around, not seeing anyone around. Alex thought it would be his dad, but it was not.

"Lisa!" Alex's mom shouted out. "Come meet your brother!" Alex's mom called for her daughter to come out.

Alex was excited to meet her, for he only had one sister when he was taken away from the Amazon, now he had another one. Alex expected a female that was a little younger than Liz. What he did not expected was a young chick, which is what appeared.

The chick looked like a tiny version of Liz and she looked to be a bit older than Carla. The chick nervously stepped out of a room in the hollow and slowly made her way to her mother which she hid behind her. Alex could tell she was quite a shy and nervous one, like he was.

"Lisa, you come out from behind me and sat hi to your brother." Alex's mom said in a rather quiet, but harsh tone.

Lisa did not move, much less show her face to Alex. She seemed afraid of him.

"Hey, it's okay, little one, I am not going to hurt you." Alex softly said as he moved his head to try to get a look at Lisa.

Lisa slowly moved out from behind her mother and stood before Alex, looking a bit scared and had her head down. She was shaking a bit and her beak was trembling.

"Hello little one, my name is Alex." Alex said. "Can I shake your wing?"

Lisa slowly took out one of her tiny wings to Alex and Alex met it with his' and shook it slowly, Alex smiled.

"That's good enough for now, we can get to hugs later." And Alex looked at his mother. "What about dad?"

"Oh right, Lisa you can go back to your room." Alex' mom said and Lisa walked quickly back to her room. "Come with me, my son."

The two went out of the hollow and onto the branch outside the hollow to talk.

"Son, your dad is gone." Alex's mom simply said. "He died a few years ago while out on patrol, a panther got him while he was helping an injured macaw, he was such a good leader. However since he died, I took his place as leader and well he left an egg behind."

"Lisa?" Alex asked.

"Yes, she was born a few days after." Alex's mom answered.

"Oh." Alex felt his heart break.

"Hey, what matters is that you are home and safe, well you should get some rest, I'm assuming you had a long trip here." Alex's mom changed the topic.

"Yeah, I did." Alex replied, not bothering to tell his mom the details. "Well, I'll go take a nap."

And Alex's mom flew off back to her business of leading the tribe while Alex settled down in a spare room in the hollow and laid down with his wings over his belly. He sighed and thought about Blu and the others and how they were holding up without him.


Well guys…

Alex has been reunited with his family and…

What…

Felipe is not the Scarlet tribe's leader, but my mom is?

I wonder what else will be different in the future of this story…