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Before we do, I would like to thank everyone who has read my one shot honoring Christina Grimmie! I'm sure Christina would be very happy!
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Fears come True
Alex and Lily were currently flying through the Amazon rainforest, enjoying the peaceful and sunny day with each other. As they flew on, Lily felt tired and signaled to Alex for a break and a chance to eat something. Lily came down on a branch and sighed in exhaustion, tired from the flight, Alex coming down just a few seconds later.
"You alright honey?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, just tired." Lily replied.
"Okay, lets eat something and relax for a bit." Alex smiled and picked a few Brazil nuts for the two to enjoy.
"Thanks sweetie." Lily smiled and kissed Alex on the cheek.
Alex blushed and the two sat down to enjoy a little snack and while they were doing so, talked to each other about what they were going to do the rest of the day. As they were eating and talking, a Red macaw was flying along, just minding her own business when she saw Alex on the branch of a tree eating a Brazil nut. She recognized that face anywhere and excitedly flew towards him, landing quietly behind the Scarlet.
"It's been a long time Alex." The Red macaw said.
Alex heard the voice and knew who it was and turned around, getting the shock of his life.
"Maggie? Is that you?" Alex said, stunned.
"Yeah, all grown up like you." Maggie replied.
Alex came froward in a hug, while Lily felt a bit threatened and worried when Alex hugged the Red macaw. And this was only the beginning…
"I haven't seen you in so long!" Alex shouted happily. "How are you?"
"I'm good, I missed you so much and here you are!" Maggie shouted back just as happily, while Lily felt her wings turn into fists. "Who is this?" Maggie peeked her head to look at Lily.
Alex and Lily both turned to look at each other straight in the eyes, Lily hoping that Alex would tell this macaw that she was Alex's mate, but…
"Oh this girl? She's just a friend." Alex answered, Lily speechless.
"What! I'm his mate! We have kids!" Lily screamed in her head.
"Oh…" Maggie replied. "So does that mean we can go on a date?"
"Sure, in fact, why don't we go now?" Alex smiled. "Honey."
"Honey! He only calls me that! What is going on with Alex!" Lily panicked in her head and decided to speak up. "Alex! What are you talking about! I'm your mate!" Lily shouted, tears coming to her eyes.
"Sorry, but Maggie is better than you." Alex replied without emotion and came to Maggie's side. "Ready to go honey."
Maggie did the most unbearable thing that Lily could ever see with her eyes, she kissed Alex on the beak and smiled as she replied after.
"Yeah, lets go, I don't want to endure seeing this crybaby anymore." Maggie answered.
Alex and Maggie then flew off towards the setting sun together, now a couple, as Lily was left crying and heartbroken, her mate just deciding to forget about her and leaving her to be alone. The bright, sunny day suddenly turning cloudy and dark for Lily in just a few seconds. As Lily cried, the rain came pouring down and suddenly a flash of lightning shot right in front of Lily, waking her up to reality…
Lily shot up from her sleep in the hollow she shared with Alex and panted out of breath as she put her wings to her face. She looked around the hollow to see it was dark and empty and stared out the hollow entrance, rain and lightning filling the outside. Alex, sleeping right next to Lily, felt her motions and got up to see Lily panicking over something.
"Lily?" The Scarlet macaw said softly, putting a wing on Lily. "Are you okay?"
Lily just turned her head to see her mate right next to her and she didn't say anything, she only just hugged Alex as tightly as she could. Alex was a bit confused, but wrapped his wings around Lily lovingly, patting her back and making soothing sounds. Lily started crying softly as she tried to control her breathing.
"There, there, I'm right here." Alex said softly as he hugged Lily, the two staying like that for a few minutes until Alex separated the hug and made Lily look at him. "You want to tell me what's wrong?" Alex asked in a caring tone.
"I just had this really bad dream and I was scared about something." Lily answered, finally able to talk.
"What was it?" Alex asked, curious.
Lily thought about telling Alex, but she was scared about how he would react to it, so she thought it was better if she didn't say it and they went back to sleep.
"It's too painful." Lily answered, Alex not getting mad, instead he just smiled.
"Okay, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine." Alex replied, lifting Lily's head with his wing. "Now lets try to get some sleep, I love you." And Alex gave a loving kiss on Lily's beak before settling down to sleep.
Lily stayed up a little until Alex was soon back to snoring and sighed. Looking down at Alex's sleeping body, she calmed down and told herself that Alex would never leave her, it would not be like him at all and when she finally felt cooled down, she laid back down to sleep.
"Love you too Alex." Lily said quietly before closing her eyes.
Morning came and Alex woke up first, yawning as the sun started to rise up, the light flooding into the hollow. Alex looked down next to him, to see Lily still sleeping peacefully, although he could tell Lily still had some lingering pain from her bad dream, as she had a little frown on her beak and shaking a little. Alex decided to let Lily sleep more and placed a kiss on her cheek.
"Sleep longer, my angel, I'll take care of the kids this morning." Alex said before flying out of the hollow, waking up Cadence and Eddie and then getting some breakfast.
Alex came back with some nuts and fruit and he ate with his kids while Lily still slept. The kids wondering where was their mother as they ate.
"Dad, where's mom?" Eddie asked.
"Oh, your mother still needs to sleep some more, my son." Alex answered.
"Why?" Cadence joined in the chat.
"Your mom had a bad dream last night and didn't sleep well, don't worry, your mother is going to be fine." Alex smiled to reassure his kids. "Why don't you two go visit your older cousins and I'll spend the day with mom and make sure she is okay, alright?"
"Yes daddy." Cadence and Eddie replied.
When the family finished eating, Cadence and Eddie flew off to where Bia, Carla, and Tiago lived with their Uncle Blu and Aunt Jewel and spend a day with them. Alex, meanwhile, walked into the room he shared with Lily and softly nudged her awake.
"Lily, wake up honey." Alex softly said, Lily groaning and opening her eyes, Alex chuckling a little. "Morning sleepyhead."
"Good morning Alex." Lily smiled. "Did you and the kids eat breakfast yet?" Lily asked.
"Yes, we did, I told the kids to go to their older cousins so we can spend the day together alone." Alex replied, leaving out why he told the kids to go to their cousins.
"Alright, I'm hungry." Lily said and got up with the help of Alex, she was still a bit sleepy.
Lily ate her breakfast, while Alex waited for her to finish and when Lily was finished, the two decided to go for a fly around the forest together. It was a peaceful, sunny day in the Amazon and Lily felt relaxed until she remembered last night's nightmare…
"It feels so similar." Lily commented as she was lost in her thoughts while flying.
As the couple flew through the forest, Alex noticed Lily's expression and felt concerned for her, wondering what was on her mind. And as Alex was wondering this, Lily felt tired and told Alex she needed to rest for a little. Lily came down to a branch of a tree and breathed in and out deeply as Alex came down a few seconds later.
"You alright honey?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, just tired." Lily replied.
"Okay, lets eat something and relax for a bit." Alex smiled and picked a few Brazil nuts for the two to enjoy.
"Thanks sweetie." Lily smiled and kissed Alex on the cheek.
Alex blushed and the two sat down to enjoy a little snack and while they were doing so, talked to each other about what they were going to do the rest of the day. As they were eating and talking, a Red macaw was flying along, just minding her own business when she saw Alex on the branch of a tree eating a Brazil nut. She recognized that face anywhere and excitedly flew towards him, landing quietly behind the Scarlet.
"It's been a long time Alex." The Red macaw said.
Alex heard the voice and knew who it was and turned around, getting the shock of his life.
"Maggie? Is that you?" Alex said, stunned.
"Yeah, all grown up like you." Maggie replied.
Suddenly, it hit Lily… This was exactly the nightmare she had last night, only this time, it was playing out for real right in front of her eyes.
"I missed you so much!" Alex said happily as he hugged Maggie.
Lily felt like her head would blow up, but cooled down and in a normal tone, spoke to Alex before anything else happened.
"Alex, who is this?" Lily asked, trying her hardest not to sound angry.
"Oh, this is my childhood friend Maggie, we used to spend a lot of time together until I was taken from the Amazon." Alex told Lily. "Oh and this is my mate, Lily." Alex told Maggie as he put a wing around Lily.
"Nice to meet you." Maggie came froward for a wingshake which Lily didn't return, she only looked at Alex and told him something.
"Alex, can we talk in private for a minute?" Lily said, holding her anger and sadness.
"Sure." Alex replied nervously and looked at Maggie. "Will you excuse me and my mate Maggie?"
"Yeah sure, take your time Alex." Maggie smiled.
Alex and Lily flew off to a nearby tree and Lily landed down, sighing as she had her back turned to Alex, who was very curious about Lily's behavior.
"Lily, what's bothering you?" Please tell me." Alex said.
Lily turned around and looking at Alex and instead of shouting at him, she just hugged him tightly again.
"Alex, please don't leave me! I can't live without you!" Lily cried.
"What are you talking about?" Alex replied, confused as he hugged back in reaction.
"The bad dream I had last night…" Lily started, crying harder. "I dreamt you left me for her, leaving me alone with the kids and now it's going to happen."
Alex was shocked, how could Lily think such thoughts? She knows he loves her with all of his heart and would never leave her to be alone. Alex, instead of being angry, comforted Lily.
"Lily… How could you think that? You know just as well as me that I will never leave you. I will stand with you until the very end and I made a promise that I will do so, because I love with all of my heart." Alex comforted Lily.
"Really?" Lily replied, tears showing.
"Yes." Alex smiled and wiped away the tears with his wing. "Maggie's just a friend and nothing more, you're my mate and I can't ask for a better one who gave me two beautiful chicks and a family to care for."
Lily finally stopped cried and pushed her head into Alex's chest, smiling.
"Thank you Alex." Lily said.
"You're welcome." Alex returned and placed a kiss on the top of Lily's head, while softly rubbing her back with his wings. "Now if you don't mind, I would really like to catch up on stuff with Maggie for the rest of the day and I would like you to go back home and rest up."
"Promise you'll come home as soon as you can?" Lily questioned, her worries coming back.
"I promise, my angel." Alex smiled and reassured Lily.
"Okay, I love you." Lily placing a kiss on Alex's beak.
"Love you too." Alex said back as soon as Lily broke the kiss.
Alex then flew back to Maggie and the two childhood friends went to spend the day together, Lily watching the two fly off and sighed before flying off back home, filled with worry and fear that Alex would not come back home. She tried her best to rest as Alex said she should do, but she really couldn't as the hours passed.
However her worries were in vain, for Alex did keep his promise and returned home, to the happy smiles of his two chicks, who he picked up and hugged them. Lily was the most happy and he hugged and kissed Alex with all of his strength, Alex barely able to breath with the constant kissing from Lily, but he accepted it.
As night fell, the family had a nice dinner together and Alex and Lily put Cadence and Eddie to bed, kissing them goodnight and then going to their own nest to sleep. The two snuggled together, locked in their loving embrace, as Lily felt at peace. And when they finally got to sleep, Alex kept his wing around Lily, to keep her warm and also to keep her calm hopefully.
It did. Lily was finally able to fully believe that Alex would never leave her, she knew how much he loved her and she loved him as well. And never again will Lily dream that Alex would ever do such horrible things, for now she would only dream of happy thoughts of Alex and her being together forever.
That's right Lily! I'll never leave you!
And by the way, Maggie is actually a real character, if you watched the very last two episodes of Phineas and Ferb, you would know there is a Red macaw named Maggie, who is a secret agent, but I thought it would be nice to have her as a regular bird here!
And also, I actually thought of this idea after reading chapter four of "The Korean Bird" by Cats 'n' Cheese, so thanks Catty for making me to think of this! Make sure to check out that story too if you have not!