Hi guys, this is the chapter where I finally reveal the OCs' I was talking about earlier. I hope I made those people proud.

The OCs' in this chapter and some following chapters will be:

Marcus belonging to Marcus the military macaw

Bosco belonging to Bosco the Spix's-Lear's Hybrid

Sorrel belonging to Sorrelwing

Tomada belonging to Tomadahawk

Chapter 12: Honor along Thieves

Blu, Rafael, Nico, and Pedro continued on their way to Jewel and the day after Blu met the three birds, the group was riding through a forest, through a pathway in the middle. Blu was on edge for some reason, he didn't know why.

The forest was quiet and peaceful, but that made Blu uneasy. He continued to be on alert when suddenly an arrow flew right in front of him and stuck in a tree in the opposite side from where it was fired.

Blu immediately reacted to this and drew his sword, Sally panicked and almost threw Blu off.

"Easy there girl." Blu shouted. "It's alright."

Blu then got off and looked at Rafael, Nico, Pedro, and their horses who were frozen in their riding.

"Relax guys, I'm keep you safe." Blu said to them.

Blu then turned around in the direction the arrow was fired from and shouted to the bird to reveal himself.

"Come out whoever you are, I'm not afraid of you!" Blu shouted loud enough to be heard.

The mystery bird was about to fire a second arrow directly at Blu's head when his friend put his wing on the bow.

"No, let's take him face to face." The bird's friend said and started walking to come out of the forest.

Meanwhile Blu heard rustling of leaves and turned in it's direction, sword out and drawn ready to defend himself and his new friends.

Soon the birds came out and Blu, to be honest, was a little scared of them.

There was a blue macaw woman who looked rather pretty, not as pretty as Jewel was, Blu had to admit. She had green eyes, long feathers, and large wings.

Next there was a huge and strong looking military macaw, but inside he had a big heart for others. He had a double bladed battle axe that he carried over his shoulder, showing how tough and strong he was.

Thirdly, there was a bird Blu never saw, he was a Spix and Lear macaw mix. He had blueish-green feathers and he had a yellow coloring around his eyes, giving him a menacing look. He carried a bow and a quiver full of arrows, as well as a dagger in a small case on his belt.

Finally, for what looked like the leader of the group, was a peregrine falcon with dark feathers on his back and brown on his belly. He had a yellow beak as well as having his talons yellow and just like the woman he had green eyes. He had a mace, as well as a double bladed sword.

Blu was fearful at first, but as his father told him, never show your fear to your enemy, stay strong as long as you can. Blu remembered that and stood his ground.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Blu asked.

"Well we are thieves and we wish to rob you of your riches and I can tell we will have an easy time of it." The falcon said, as he looked at Rafael, Nico, and Pedro who were now more fearful than ever.

"Over my dead body." Blu said, still standing his ground.

The falcon laughed. "Such a brave bird, but you are outnumbered, surrender now and I will spare your life."

"No." Blu said in determination, staring directly into the Falcon's eyes.

The Spix and Lear hybrid started to walk towards Blu with angry eyes with bow and arrow ready.

"No, Bosco." The falcon said and stopped his friend with his wing. "I will settle this myself, I am the leader."

"But Tomada I have fought with you my whole life, I can't let you fight alone, I won't let you!"

"I know you are eager my friend and want to join me, but it is not a fair fight. And I need you to look after Sorrel…" Tomada gave out a sigh. "And my kids." As Tomada revealed that Sorrel was carrying eggs.

When Blu heard this, he didn't want to fight Tomada, he lost his father, but at least Blu knew him very well, losing a father without even knowing him was far worse.

Meanwhile Tomada talked with the military macaw and Sorrel, the blue macaw.

"Marcus, promise me you will help raise my children." Tomada said to the military macaw.

"I promise sir." And Marcus let out a tear.

"Sorrel…" Tomada said to Sorrel who was looking down and crying, Tomada lifted her head with her wing.

"I don't understand! Why can't you let Bosco or Marcus fight him, you will become a father! I can't lose you!" Sorrel shouted.

"My love, I'm the leader, it's my job to do this." Tomada gave out a sigh before continuing. "I promise I will come back and we will raise our children together and we will be happy forever."

"Promise?" Sorrel said, still with tears in her eyes.

Tomada wiped the tears from Sorrel's face. "I promise." Tomada said as he gave Sorrel a kiss and a hug for what he knew would probably be the last time he would do that.

Tomada then put on a brave face and drawn his mace and walked towards Blu, who had his sword and shield ready.

And so the fight between the two would start and the one with the better skills would come out the winner and the loser would either lose a mother, that being Blu or lose his loved one and children, being Tomada.