Chapter 10: New Friends
The next day of Blu's travels, the day after he spent the day remembering his father, he was still on his way and midday Blu decided to take a break and rest for a little and fill his stomach.
Blu spotted by a stream nearby the dirt road.
"Come on girl, let's take a little break." Blu said to Sally.
The two then went by a nice spot and Blu sat down to relax and eat some fruit that was packed up. Blu still had his sword with him as he sat and ate, and he was always on alert for dangers that might approach him.
Blu was still eating when he heard talons coming towards him, carefully and slowly. Blu pretended not to hear it and did not look back to see who it could be and waited for the bird to come very close.
Blu, hearing the steps very close, suddenly turned around and drew his sword, pointing it at the bird's neck, the sword's tip was only an inch away from stabbing into the neck.
The bird, a toucan, was very frightened at the sword pointing at his neck and held up his wings in surrender.
"Who are you?" Blu asked in anger. "And why are you sneaking up on me?"
"Easy there, I did not mean to scare you, me and my friends just saw you and noticed that you're not from around here and just wanted to ask where you came from." The toucan replied.
"By the look of your face, I say I scared you." Blu said, chuckling a little and put his sword down.
"My name is Blu and I'm just taking a very special trip, in fact I should probably get going…" Blu stopped as he did not know the toucan's name.
"Rafael." Rafael said as he put his wing out for a shake, and than remembered something.
"Nico, Pedro, you can come out, it's alright."
Two smaller birds, a yellow canary and a red crested cardinal came out from behind a tree, still a little nervous, and more so when they saw Blu holding his sword.
"You sure?" The yellow canary asked Rafael.
"Of course, I'm alright, aren't I."
Blu put his sword back in the case, making Nico and Pedro feel a little easier meeting Blu.
"These are my friends Nico and Pedro." Rafael said, introducing them.
"Hello." The two said at the same time.
"Hello." Blu replied, shaking wings with Nico and Pedro.
"Well I would love to stay and talk, but it's time for me to go." Blu said, while putting on his armor.
Rafael noticed the armor and smiled. "So you're a knight, no wonder why you have a sword, do you mind if my friends and I accompany you, just in case you get lonely."
"Well, I don't see how, I only have one horse."
"Don't worry we have our own." Rafael said and pointed to Nico and Pedro who held their two horses.
"Well let me ask Sally."
"What do you think girl?" Blu asked his horse. "Do you mind some company?"
Sally understood Blu and nodded her head "No".
"Alright girl, I agree with you." And Blu turned to Rafael. "Okay you can come with me, but when I say I have to go alone, you must obey, understand."
"Perfectly." Rafael said and got on his horse, while Nico and Pedro shared the other horse they had.
The group, with Blu leading the way, then continued on with Blu's journey, Rafael, Nico, and Pedro following close behind.
Blu was day dreaming again, thinking of past memories to pass the time when Rafael rode up next to Blu.
"So Blu, since you're a knight, I'm guessing you're going for something special, a battle or maybe another reason."
"Actually, I have a very special mission, I have to save princess Jewel, she got kidnapped and the king chose me to go and save her." Blu said, proudly.
"Really!" Rafael said, very excited now. "I heard about her, she is by far the most pretty bird in the kingdom."
"She is, I actually have met her a few times myself and she is indeed very pretty."
"That's amazing." Rafael said, even more happy. "Care to tell me those times."
"Well, okay, the first time I met her…"