Alice's Revenge? Nico's Heart Broken?
I know what you guys are probably thinking! Why the strange title? What is about to happen? Well…instead of telling you now, I let the chapter explain? Let's get straight to it shall we?
The streets of Minnesota began to get more busy and more alive during this time of the day. There were more creatures out to play in the snow, human children would be making snow angels and snowmen. Some would just line up outside of a diner to get a hot cup of cocoa.
Four birds came zooming past at such an alarming rate that they looked like specs in the distance as they flew on by.
Alice the Canadian goose was alongside her sister Chloe, followed by Blu and Martin. The four of them were on a mission to find a certain bird that had hurt Alice over a year ago.
"Almost there guys! He is just in that smelly crack in the roof!" Alice called out to the other three who started chuckling all of a sudden. She turned around to face them and narrowed her eyes. "What's so funny?"
"You said smelly crack!" Martin responded as the two males and Chloe burst out laughing. However this didn't amuse Alice at all and she stopped in midair to scold them.
"Oh haha very funny guys! How about you go in there first then? Considering how you found that sooooo funny!" Alice sarcastically shouted and pointed towards an old barn that was just outside of town. Blu however felt a bit ashamed about laughing during this serious matter.
"I'm sorry Alice! You are absolutely right! I'll go in first with you, so I can look at the bird who made you suffer! He will pay for what he did to you!" Blu smiled warmly at her and she smiled in response to him.
"Thank you Blu, you're a really nice guy!"
"Hey! Don't thank me yet! Now let's go and get that son of a…" Blu didn't get to finish his sentence, because a male goose popped his head out of the hole in the roof to see what all the noise was.
"Hey! Do you guys mind?! I'm having a nap and…Alice?!" The male goose stared nervously at Alice and begun to sweat very anxiously. "W-W-What are you d-d-doing here?"
"Hello Dylan…I've waited a long time for this!" She gritted her teeth in pure rage, and her breathing became very rapid and heavy. She clenched her wings into fists and shook very violently.
Blu however noticed this and grabbed her wing to calm her down slightly. Luckily that did the trick and she returned back to her slightly angry state.
"Do you want to know why I'm here?" Alice asked him in a slightly hurt and enraged voice.
"Y-Y-Yes?" Dylan replied unsurely as he walked out of the roof of the barn and sat on a perch just outside.
"I am here…to seek revenge for the murder of Joshua! The love of my life, and the bird you took away from me!" Chloe had to restrain her sister because she didn't want Alice to do something that she would later regret.
"L-L-Look! He didn't want me! So I asked him if I could have one night with him to see what it would be like! He refused, so I had to do what I had to do!" Dylan responded while narrowing his eyes at the group of birds. But Blu among the three of them refused to lose his angry face.
"You had to do what you had to do?! HOW ABOUT I DO WHAT I HAVE TO DO AND MAKE YOU SUFFER AS MUCH AS ALICE DID!"
"No! Please! I've changed since then! You got to believe me!"
"Too late for change! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Blu forced a war cry out of his beak as himself and Alice flew straight towards Dylan at a dangerous speed.
Dylan swiftly dodged out of the way and flew out of the barn and towards town centre.
"GET BACK HERE YOU CREEP!" Alice screeched as the four of them followed in pursuit of the male goose.
Meanwhile back in the tavern, Jameson was doing his best to warm up Violet and Kipo as they slowly gained consciousness.
Nico had a very difficult time, trying not to stare at Violet as she was being dabbed by a small rag.
Pedro noticed this and decided to help motivate his friend in the best way he could.
"Yo Nico! So…what's the deal with you and hot wing Violet eh? You gonna go for it?" The red cardinal whispered as the yellow canary sighed deeply.
"I don't know Pedro. I really like her! But we are from two different places! She's from Minnesota and I'm from Rio! It would never work!" Nico sadly responded as he took a sip from his beer. However he immediately spat it out. "What the? Did you do something to my beer?"
"N-N-Nooooo?" Pedro replied very subtly but Nico immediately knew he was lying.
"What did you do?"
"Well, when you were busy staring at Violet over there…I peed in your cup!" Pedro responded as he burst out laughing.
"Oh haha very funny dick back!" Nico responded wickedly.
"Haha Jokes on you bro! I don't have a dick on my back anymore!"
"Yeah but you do enjoy a dick in your…"
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT THE HELL UP!" Rafael bellowed as he was trying to keep Kipo still. "Look, Blu and Martin are probably out there somewhere either getting into trouble or seriously hurt!"
"Easy for you to say Rafi! If it wasn't for Blu we wouldn't even be here in the first place!" Pedro retorted while crossing his wings.
Nico glanced up at Violet who looked at him briefly before turning away in embarrassment. He knew that he wanted to talk to her, it's just he would struggle to find the right words.
"Alright…here goes nothing!" Nico whispered to himself as he got up from his seat. Only for Pedro to stick his talon out and his best friend tripped over it, making Violet giggle slightly.
"Ouch! How was your trip?" Pedro sarcastically joked while pointing and laughing at him. Nico was clearly upset with this little act.
"You're going to pay for that one!"
"Oh stop whining bro! It was only a joke!" The red cardinal defended himself as Nico carried on walking towards Violet who was finished being treated by Jameson.
"H-H-How are you feeling?" The yellow male canary stuttered, scratching the back of his head with his tiny wing.
Violet smiled at him and gave him a little peck on the cheek. "I'm feeling much better now, thank you for asking! How are you doing?"
"I'm pretty good! I don't know about you but I'm feeling quite hungry!"
"I'm feeling pretty horny too!" Violet whispered, until she immediately realised what she said and she covered her beak with her wings and blushed embarrassingly.
"What?" Nico replied a little shocked by this sudden reply.
"HUNGRY I MEANT HUNGRY!" Violet quickly shouted as Jameson threw a couple of pomegranates their way.
"Here you go guys! Just don't get too crazy! Because sexual intercourse in here will get you banned!" The owl joked as he fist bumped Pedro.
"For gods sake Jameson, I meant to say hungry!"
"Then why did you say you were horny?"
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN? YOU'RE HORNY!" Violet responded in a panicked state as she flew up the stairs at the back of the tavern.
Nico didn't really know what was going on. So instead of asking questions he proceeded to follow her upstairs. Just before he reached the top, he heard Pedro whispering behind him.
"Yo Nico! Don't do anything stupid! Like the time you got drunk and you slept with your own cousin Purita!" Pedro joked again as the whole tavern burst out laughing again.
"PEDRO! THAT WAS A SECRET!" The yellow canary bellowed at his friend as he was walking up the stairs.
"NOT ANYMORE BUDDY! 3-1 TO THE CARDINAL!" Pedro cheered as he fist bumped Jameson for a second time.
Nico rolled his eyes at him and groaned in annoyance as he flew up the stairs in an effort to escape any further embarrassment.
Rafael finished downing his third beer and stared down at his talons worryingly. Of course Jameson noticed this and decided to ask him what was bothering his new friend.
"Rafi? You ok there my friend?" The owl asked him in the most comforting way that he could.
"I'm just worried about my best friend, Blu! I hope he isn't in any danger right now!"
The owl patted the toucan on the back and slid another glass of beer to him. "Don't worry about it dude! I'm sure our blue macaw friend is just fine! Besides, what's he going to do? Kill someone?"
"Yeah! Blu wouldn't be the kind of bird to chase someone down and attack them, right?" Rafael laughed as he raised his glass in the air.
Back to the pursuit of Dylan. He tried his absolute best to gain more momentum and tried to escape the birds pursuing him. But he was having a hard time with it because he was running low on energy.
"Look! Just leave me alone guys! I regret what I did, but you don't need to do anything you'll regret!" The goose shouted back to the other four who literally had no intention on negotiating with him.
"DID YOU LEAVE MY JOSHUA ALONE? I DON'T THINK SO!" Alice screamed in response as she picked up speed and was only centimetres away from him.
For one weird reason, Blu decided to fly off in a different direction. Alice, Chloe and Martin didn't even notice him splitting off from the three of them.
When Dylan looked back at the other three, he too was shocked to see that the blue macaw wasn't chasing him like the others were. This made him completely lose focus on what was in front of him.
"What the? Where's the other guy?" He said to nobody in particular. His biggest mistake was continuing to look behind him, because he didn't notice that Blu was flying straight towards him.
"SURPRISE YOU RAPIST!" Blu screamed in anger as he knocked Dylan out of the sky and he landed beak first on the ground. Laughing in triumph he proceeded to land beside him.
"AHHH! MY WING! I THINK IT'S BROKEN!" Dylan's winced in pain as he tried to crawl away from the other four, who landed just behind him.
Blu and Martin walked over to him and pinned him on the floor. They restrained his good wing and two talons so he wouldn't escape. The real question is how they were going to punish him for what happened to Alice?
"P-P-Please let me go! I didn't mean to rape him! Please don't kill me!" The goose whined and cried out loud, begging for mercy.
Blu and Martin both looked at Alice who slowly walked up to him and crouched down so she was eye level with him.
"Do you think Joshua would have given you a chance to live? Do you think he would have forgiven you?" The female goose pondered as she started tearing up.
"Sniff No!"
"You know…I waited over a year for this day! The day I find the guy who murdered my soul mate! You're the reason why I've hated gays this last year! Until…I realised that it wasn't gay birds who I should be hating! It's you who I hated! But does that give me a motive for me to kill you? I suppose it does…but I'm not going to!"
"WHAT?!" Everyone including Dylan chorused simultaneously in complete and utter surprise.
"No! I think it's better you suffer the right way! Regretting every mistake you ever made! I'm proud of who I am, and I am glad that my love is happy in heaven! But what will give me justice for his murder? You suffering with guilt and regret!" Alice softly responded as she wiped a tear away from her eye. "Let him go!"
"You're not being bloody serious Alice? He's a rapist! He deserves to die!" Blu angrily replied while tightening his grip on Dylan.
"Blu…I appreciate that you helped me find the guy who ruined my life! But I don't kill birds out of revenge! I want them to live with a lifetime of guilt and regret! Now…Let…Him…Go!"
"FINE!" The blue macaw male snapped as he let go of the male goose. Martin walked over to Alice and gave her a comforting hug.
"Will you be ok?" Martin innocently asked her with a warm smile.
"I will be! Thank you Martin!" She smiled back as she hugged him gently. "I'm so sorry for the way that I treated you! I never should have hated all gay birds! But…I'm mostly sorry about…"
"Hey, it's ok! I forgive you! Besides, at least we know now why you hated me in the first place? It's all because of…Hey! Where did Blu and Dylan go?"
Martin, Alice and Chloe noticed that neither their blue macaw friend or the goose went. But they soon saw Blu flying back on his own with a sad expression on his face.
Chloe got very concerned because she kind of had the sudden feeling that he may have done something stupid.
"Blu…what did you do?"
"That bastard ran away with his broken wing, and he disappeared! I flew after him to try and find him but he escaped! Why did you let him go Alice?"
The female goose walked up to him and hugged him gently while sighing heavily. "I'm not a murderer Blu! I wanted him to suffer for the mistakes he had made. But I think a broken wing and the thought of us killing him is suffering enough!"
"That's understandable! Now…let's all go back to Jameson's bar and have a few beers!" Blu beamed as the others nodded their heads in agreement.
The four of them then spread their wings and launched themselves into the air, to fly back to their friends who were extremely worried about them.
Back at the tavern, Violet felt very ashamed of what she had said earlier and she couldn't get the thought of it out if her mind.
"For gods sake! Why would I say that to him? Is it because he's the only guy I've been attracted to? Is it because I've never had a boyfriend before? Or is it because…"
"Violet?" The female canary immediately got cut off as Nico had entered the room with his bottle cap in his wings. "Are you alright?"
"Oh my god, I'm so ashamed because of earlier Nico! I'm sorry I had to say that word in front of you! I don't know what cane over me!" The female canary spoke very anxiously while swirling her glass of red wine.
"No need to apologise Violet! Hungry and horny sound near enough the same thing." He replied as he sat down next to her.
"Nico…It's because I find you really attractive! And it's been a while since any guy showed me any kindness! It was very…seductive!"
Nico blushed deeply and twiddled his wingtips anxiously. "You know? I would like to get to know you a bit better. So we can find out if we have anything in common?"
Violet smiled at him warmly and rubbed his shoulder in an affectionate way. "I'd like that Nico! What would you like to know?"
The male canary thought about it in detail about what he wanted to ask her. Then he came up with the perfect first question to ask her.
"What's your favourite fruit?"
"Pomegranates!"
"No way! Me too!" Nico smiled as he clinked his glass of beer with her wine.
"Oooh my turn! How about…favourite dance?" Violet asked as she scooted closer to him.
"Samba all day long!"
"MINE TOO!" She climbed her glass with him again. They were only an inch apart this time. Nico was ready for his final question.
"My final question is this…Rio? Or Minnesota?"
Violet suddenly felt quite anxious to answer this one and pulled away from Nico.
"I'm sorry Nico, Rio is a beautiful place and I loved my vacation there! But…"
"Why does there always have to be a but!" Nico responded disappointedly, chugging the rest of his drink.
"Nico listen to me! Rio is nice, but my home is here! In Minnesota with my friends! I grew up here!"
After the female canary spoke, an awkward silence was created between the two of them.
When a few minutes had passed, Nico stood up from his seat and walked downstairs to join the rest of his friends. Leaving Violet to think over what she had just said. "I'm sorry Nico! I really like you…but I can't leave my home again!"
She burst into tears and cried into a pillow that had been left on the tiny couch that was upstairs.
As Nico came downstairs with a look of dissatisfaction. Pedro immediately noticed and wanted to know exactly what happened.
"Yo Nico! What happened with the girl? You don't look too happy?"
Nico looked up at his best friend with tears in his eyes. He hugged him gently and tried not to ruin everyone's good time.
"I'll tell you later bro! It's best not to think about it right now!" With that being said, he sat on his seat and asked for another beer from Jameson who slid one over to him.
So with Nico feeling down, Violet feeling heartbroken, Pedro feeling confused like everyone else…I wonder how things will change when Blu and Martin return with Alice and Chloe?
Alright that is it or chapter 7! I hope you've enjoyed it so far? We are nearing the end of this prequel but there are plenty more things to happen before the end! So stay tuned for chapter 8! See you all soon!