Hello everyone. Here is the reboot of my Rio origins: Alondra story. I hope that you will enjoy this reboot of that story. :)
It has just been four months since the Rio Army had defeated Karrer, A female Scarlet Macaw is busy remembering about her terrible past. She is the wife of Bia Gunderson, the latter being the second daughter of the Gunderson family that played a big part in saving the world. She is also a mother to their two beautiful children, who are called Vanessa with her being their older daughter along with their young baby son called Blu (named after his famous grandfather).
The female Scarlet Macaw's name is Alondra, who is currently living with her wife Bia along with their children in the Rio forest. The happy couple loved each other, especially after what they both have been through in their adventures as part of the legendary team called the Rio Army. They had fond memories of those adventures, although they are still mourning the deaths of their loved ones with both of Bia's parents being among the dead.
It wasn't until four months after the battle, that Bia would eventually give birth to their two beautiful children. The sight of their two children, caused Alondra to smile at the two baby Spix Macaw-Scarlet Macaw hybrid chicks as she couldn't believe that Bia and her are now mothers to their own children. After looking at them, she cuddled them in her wings as she smiled proudly at her beautiful wife for giving birth to their amazing new-borns.
Life has been kind to her and her family, who she does still cherishes to this very day of her life. She also knows very well, that she is lucky to have a wife like Bia who's love had filled her with hope after she had to deal with the painful aftermath of her own former lover's tragic death. She is also still missing the presence of her in-laws, a loss that she along with her wife are still trying to recover from in the hopes of being happy for their two children.
Today she is currently busy cuddling her baby daughter Vanessa in her wings, when her wife Bia entered their family hollow. She has arrived with baby Blu on her back, after she had visited her youngest brother Tiago to check on him to see if he is recovering from their parent's deaths. When she entered her new family's tree hollow, she made her way to Alondra that resulted in the two sharing a passionate kiss between them that lasted for a few seconds.
"Hello Honey, how has your day been?" asked Bia after she released herself from their kiss. "Did you manage to get some sleep?".
"Hi Sweetie, my day has been really good, so far" said Alondra as she smiled lovingly at her beautiful wife. "I did finally get some rest, after some effort".
"Well, that is what happens, when you have kids" giggled Bia as she kissed Alondra on the beak for the second time. "We will get through it, together".
"You're right, also, Vanessa kept me up all night" laughed Alondra as she took the time to look at her older female child. "After she fell asleep, I slept too".
"That's good to hear, Alondra, also take care of Blue" said Bia as she gently put her sleeping baby son in Alondra's lap. "I'm off to see Carla, I'll be back".
"Take your time honey, you don't need to rush" said Alondra as she held Bia's wings before she started caressing it. "We will still be here waiting for you".
Bia smiled as she shared another passionate kiss with her loving wife, before she made her way out of the tree hollow. She is to visit her older sister Carla, so the two would continue to mourn the shared loss of their father in hopes of recovering from the sad death. When she was flying, Bia thought of her father as tears had formed in her eyes as she continued to remember the father with whom she had a very close bond.
The death of her father still had a really big impact on her, considering she was the one to have the closest bond with him. After all it was very obvious, she shared his similar trait of reading books along with doing calculations that they both often did in their time together. She also smiled at the thought of her mother, a beautiful bird that helped her realize that reading about butterflies is one thing. But actually seeing them in person, is truly magical.
After Bia had left the family hollow to go and visit Carla, Alondra decided to put her two sleeping children in their respective bedrooms. After she had tucked them away, she began to make her way over to an empty book as well as a pencil that she began to use to write in the book. She wanted her children to read about her own story, one that is about perseverance in the face of doubt along with hope always finding a way to lighten a situation.
(Alondra, voice-over)
"My name is Alondra, you might have heard of me before, I am a member of the famous Rio Army".
While her own voice is narrating, Alondra is busy writing about her origins in a empty book that she usually carried with her all the time. It's a story of perseverance, while it is also a story about hope and love as well as about how to overcome important struggles in life. This story is one that Alondra had wanted to write, knowing that it will help her children understand how hard life can be and why it sometimes cannot be fair to them.
"You see, I wasn't always in the Rio Army. I was a young teenager in a religious family. I had a romantic interest in other girls, my parents call it a sin".
The thought of her own family seeing her sexuality as a sin, caused a few tears to form in her eyes as she quickly wiped them away. She knew that her family always held religion above everything else, even if it did put LGBT birds like her at risk of prosecution and death. She has never forgotten that day, since it always haunted her everywhere she went in her life along with it being a constant nightmare when she often slept.
"My family are very religious, they put god above all others...even me. They say that God loves us all, still evil people try to weaponize God themselves".
Alondra remembers being taught that God makes the ultimate judgement, although she wasn't sure that was totally true in itself. She has been one to think logically, knowing her family has always insisted that she become like them in terms of following God. Though this isn't something that she wanted to do only, she'd wanted to try other things in her life like going on epic adventures that she will remember forever.
It's clear to her from that day onwards, that her life as a Christian will never be the same again. Her parents have always disgusted with her sexuality, although she had loved every relationship that she had with the other female birds. The very memory of those relationships, caused her to smile sadly as she remembers all of her girlfriends that had died because they were targeted for being in love with someone of the same gender.
The painful memory of those deaths, have stuck with her for most of her life as she wept softly. It is well-known to her, that her former girlfriends had been brutally murdered by their own families who were disgusted with their sexuality. Alondra still hasn't forgotten about them, she will always cherish them in her heart for as long as she intends to lives in the hope of making sure that all of her former girlfriends didn't die in vain.
She knew that her past still haunts her to this very day, it was like as if the past had been waiting for the right time to strike. Alondra knew moving on is not easy, especially when she had been looking over her own shoulder for most of her life. It is a life that she used to enjoy, although being alone often drove her mad along with driving her into doing crazy acts in her moments of despair of the fact she had no one to be there for her.
It is very important to her that she kept up the struggle, knowing that her own experiences will help others along the way. She knows that there will ups and downs, although it didn't stop her from falling in love with Bia and getting married to her. Her love for Bia has always grown, especially when she knows that she has finally found her soulmate that will be there for her in her most desperate times of need for comfort from anything that troubles her.
"I have always had romantic feelings for the same gender. I couldn't explain it, because it was just a warm and comforting feeling".
Remembering her birth family's rejection of her, brought tears to her eyes as those same tears streamed down her cheeks. She knew that the thought of the rejection does still caused her pain to this very day, though she would always remember that she has a family of her own now. A family that she will always love with the fact she is now living with her beautiful wife along with their two amazing precious children.
"I know what it is like to be rejected by your birth family, it is a painful thing to feel. It has left me feeling both sad and angry, what have I done to deserve this?".
After wiping away her tears, Alondra continued to write as she wanted everyone to read about what she has experienced in her life. She knew that other birds like her, would want help in understanding why some birds out hated them for being attracted to someone of their own gender. It is a dreadful thing to experience, although she does know that she can be the one to help them feel better about themselves and help them feel hopeful for the future.
"Once again my name is Alondra...This is my story".
Poor Alondra, she just wants to be herself, but, clearly the horrible memory of what happened in her past has haunted her for her whole life. :(
Also, there is something that I want to say right now and I heard about this on the news, I even read it online.
What I read and hear on the news is that Religious people (Muslims or Christians, very much either) are trying to stop LGBT people from being represented and enjoy the same rights as everybody else, including having same-sex marriage, just because those same Religious people think that being LGBT is a sin.
Let's get something straight right now, if a Muslim was getting attacked by someone just for being a Muslim and following Islam, then, that is clearly Islamophobic and I will defend that Muslim victim from Islamophobia because it is the right thing to do.
BUT if Muslims or any other Religious people start attacking LGBT people for just being LGBT and wanting to have the same rights as everybody else as well as wanting to live the rest of their lives together, then, that is clearly homophobic and I will defend LGBT people from Homophobia, why?, because it is the right thing to do.
I want to make something very clear right now, you, religious people, may be religious, but, you are still going to get criticised just like everybody else, also, you shouldn't be complaining if someone calls you out for when you make a homophobic comment, because if you do, then that is double standard, why?, well, that's because you would want us to defend you from people who make Islamophobic comments towards you and call them out for it.
Do you want to know why your sons, daughters or any other relatives is afraid of coming out and reveal their sexuality to you?, they are scared that you are going to murder them, kick them out of the house, shame them for apparently not living up to YOUR expectations. So to make it very clear, not everyone is going to be heterosexual, just like not everyone is LGBT. The other thing, I want to say is STOP being closed minded and start being more open-minded, please.
You may follow God or Allah, read the bible or the Quran, but, DO NOT use them as an excuse to justify your homophobia towards LGBT people. That is ultimately a cowards way out, because a real Muslim and Christian or other religious person is to admit their faults, when they know full well that they mad a stupid homophobic comments.
Also, if you want a list of things that are actually sins, here it is:
1. Murder and attempted Murder
2. Rape and attempted Rape
3. Genocide and attempted Genocide
So please remember, that we are all human beings and we must start treating each other as human beings, we must also start using our brains and realise that treating others as less than human is wrong and it is not going to help solve problems or heal from painful divide. Also remember, LGBT people are not spawns of Satan and they are not the devil, they are just human beings who love someone of the same gender and it is perfectly natural, even if Religious people don't see it that way.