Rio : The 10 Power Stones

Book 2 : The Shadow Stone

Chapter 14 : GliTchIng

~Story Start~

Carla and Tiago were in their uncle Pedro and Nico's samba club.

"Tiago?" Said Carla trying to get her brother's atention. She had a big thought on her mind since last morning and now had the courage to tell it to someone.

"Yeah sis?" Replied Tiago looking at her sister. "I can tell something is on her mind. I hope she tells me."

"Can I talk to you in private? It's kinda important." She said. Her eyes was showing distress. It was painfully obvious that she had something on her mind.

"Sure." He said as the 2 siblings walked into the private room of the club. "Something is definitely bothering her."

"Do... do you think that dad ignores the 2 of us." She said. Tiago was stunned. He didn't have an answer to her question.

"I... uhhh... I... *sigh* yes. I do think that dad spends more time with Bia than the 2 of us combined." Answered Tiago. He looked... pained. Sadness was plastered all over his face.

"Though I don't think that it's his fault. Bia is like a smaller and girlier version of him. They're both smart, they both have awsome powers, and they both love care for each other." Said Tiago.

Unknown to them Bia heard every word they said. Bia felt vey guilty for something she may have done.

"Am... am I keeping them from dad?" She asked herself clutching her chest.

The 2 exited the room to see Bia clutching her chest. They were surprise as they thought about how much she heard.

"How much have you heard?" Asked Tiago nervously.

"Enough to know that I'm not a good sister." She said. Her heart was full of intense guilt, confusion and heartache.

"Bia, that's not we meant." Said Carla.

"We just talked about-" Tiago tried to say before Bia ran away with tears. Tiago tried to go after her but he was stopped by Carla.

"Give her time to clear her head." Carla simply said.

Meanwhile through the forest Bia was flying towards a secret spot she found last year. She had never told anyone but her dad. So she knew only her dad would be able to find her.

She arrived at her destination after a few minutes of flying. She was at a waterfall surrounded by a thick wall of vines. It was beautiful. The water was crystal clear. The air was fresh and the sun was partly covered by clouds, making it cool but not cold enough to make you shiver.

She landed on the rock in the middle of the lake at the bottom of the waterfall which leads to a river.

She sat on a makeshift chair she hadmade the year before. It had started to rot but lucklily it didn't break under her weight. She cried for a few minutes before calming down. Anyone she would meet in the next 2 hours would know that she cried due to the redness of her eyes. Her wings were already soaking wet because of her crying. During her time crying she had a lot of thoughts of her head.

"Am I a bad sister? I know that Carla and Tiago denied it but... maybe they're lying to protect my feelings." She thought.

Once she calmed down enough to think logically, she tried to figure out a way to get her dad to spend more time with her siblings.

"Hmm. How do I get dad to spend more time with Carla and Tiago?" She said sadly. Suddenly her face grew a big smile as she found a solution to her problem. She suddenly heard a sound behind her and saw her dad standing in front of her with a worried expression.

"Hi dad. Why are you here?" She asked trying to hide the fact that she was crying. Which was hard when your eyes are a reddish color.

"I uhh... I was told by Carla. But she only told me that you ran away into the forest so my first thought is to. So... why did you run away into the forest?" Replied Blu.

"Well... I overheard a conversation they were having." Said Bia. Her eyes couldn't land on her dad. The immense guilt from hearing their conversation returned and was multiplying every passing second. Tears, once again, started to well up under her eyes.

Blu was surprised at this reaction on her part and immidiately rushed to console her. "Bia. Don't worry. It's all gonna be alright. Okay, so you heard a conversation you weren't supposed to. But what was it about."

Bia felt incredibly guilty but tried to continue speaking. "They were talking about... they were... they..." Bia then took a deep breath before continuing. "...they said that you were spending more time with me than the 2 of them combined."

Blu was even more surprise to hear this fact. He was aware that he had been ignoring the rest of his family ever since the fire stone appeared in his life but he didn't realize that it went this far.

"Oh. I see. And I guess that you blame yourself for this don't you?" Asked Blu. "I'm a terrible father."

Bia simply nodded sadly as a response. But before Blu could respond her face brightened and started to talk about her idea. Blu was impressed and seemed to like the idea. They agreed to set their plan in motion.

Once they got home Bia was instantly hugged by Carla and Tiago. "Oh my gosh Bia! Look were sorry okay! Were very sorry." They said hugging her sister violently.

"Hehe. It's alright. But I still have to breathe." Said Bia as the 2 released her. "And I had a talk with dad and he agreed for the 5 of us to go to the Copacabana beach tommorow." Stated Bia smiling proudly.

"Really?" Asked Tiago. If he was an anime character his eyes would have been filled with millions of stars.

"That's right Tiago. Bia's not joking." Said Blu. His smile could brighten anyone's day. Anyone but one.

"Stupid bird." Said a voice from the shadows.

"Did anyone hear that?" Said Bia.

"Nope. We didn't hear anything." Said Carla.

"Strange. I could swear I heard something... Well, we better get some sleep for now." Suggested Bia to which everyone agreed.

The author entered the room to see the panel opened. He walked close to it and inspected it. He then realized that the code was changing. He face suddenly turned into a face of pure terror.

"Th-the timeline? It... it's changing itself? That could only mean... the timeline is glitched." He said before running towards the portal to the timeline.

"I gotta warn her." He said before juming through.

~A few hours later~

Carla was sleeping peacefully in her room when she was awakened by something. She looked around the hollow and saw something moving in the dark. She instantly realized that it was her dad moving, though something is not quite right.

"Dad? Where are you going? It's dark outside." Said Carla, making her presence known to him.

Blu turned around and grabbed the chick by the neck. The chick was surprised at the sudden movement and screamed, waking up Jewel and Bia while Tiago continued to sleep, unaware of what was happening.

Bia and Jewel looked for the source of the scream and saw Blu, his eyes was once again orange like 3 days ago during their reunion. Bia acted quick and fired the white ball, she used 3 days ago, to stick her father into the wall. Blu struggled a bit before he froze and his eyes faded back into it's original color again before he passed out, releasing the traumatized chick in the process.

Once Blu opened his eyes he saw that his family was looking at him with worried faces and he was stuck to the wall.

"Uhhh. What happened?" He said, very confused. Suddenly the memories of what he just did came back to him. "Oh..." He said as he lowered his head in shame. Bia then released her father and he landed on his feet. He proceeded to apologize for what he did. "Look umm... Carla. I'm sorry for what I may have done. I-"

Suddenly glitches started to appear on Blu's body. It started from his talons before it started to spread. He screamed in pain as the glitches spread through his body. The rest of his family was to scared to do anything. His screams became distorted as the glitches reached his head. As soon as the glitches fully enveloped his body, he disapeared.

"Wh-where did he go?" Asked Jewel.

Suddenly a bird sized human entered the hollow.

"Bia! We gotta-" Said the Author before pausing at the sight of the terrified faces of the family. "What happened?" He asked.

"D-dad disapeared because of-" Bia said.

"A glitch." Said the Author, cutting off Bia. "But there's no time. The timeline is glitched. Soon it's gonna collapse and delete itself. But I have a plan." Said the Author while giving Jewel a scroll. "This is the list of characters that can't be replicated. I need you 4 to get them into the void. Gather them in the pit of doom by April 5 or we'll all be destroyed." He said before snapping his fingers and disapearing.

They stood in silence until Tiago woke up and broke the silence.

"Good mor-" He said before noticing the dreaded looks on their faces. "Did I miss something?"

Bia wingpalmed herself before grabbing the scroll the Author gave her mom. "I'll gather the people in Rio. Then we'll go to the Amazon. See ya later!" She said as she flew out.

~Author's Note~

Why are you doing this?

What are you talking about?

This. Why did you have to kill off characters?

I think you know the answer. It's for the story. There can't be a story without dramatic tension.

But is it worth it?

I think you misunderstand.

What do you mean?

WhO SaID yOu weRE the onE in COntrol?