Poppy, who is wearing her yellow swimsuit, is driving her car to the beach and she let Biggie, Branch, Violet, and Rose carpool with her. Everybody is wearing their swimwear, from Rose's purple bikini to Branch wearing his swim trunks and a life vest.

"I spy with my little eye, something that is green and prickly." Poppy said.

"I dunno, that branch?" Branch groaned.

"Even pricklier, but it takes a long time to grow." Poppy nodded.

"An acacia tree." Violet guessed.

"A cactus." Rose quipped as she pointed to a cactus on the window.

"Oh, that branch!" Biggie squealed as he eyed Branch.

"Yes, you got it Biggie!" Poppy squealed.

"Okay, game over." Branch cried. "We drive the rest of the day to the beach in silence, and I'm not prickly."

Suddenly, a truck fell from the road and plunged into the cliff but not before three large eggs jumped out of the truck and into Branch's bag. When they got to the beach, Branch opened his bag and he was shocked when he saw the eggs inside his bag.

"Ahhh!" He cried.

Poppy, Violet, Rose, and Biggie rushed to him and they noticed the large sized eggs in Branch's bag.

"Branch, they're just bird eggs." Poppy consoled him.

"Yes, do you know what comes out of bird eggs?" Branch asked.

"Birds?" She answered.

"No, pure evil." He said.

"Branch, not this again!" She groaned.

"Sorry, birds cannot be trusted, and no one will convince me otherwise." He nodded.

"Ok, I always want to know and I'm sorry to ask you, what's the big deal with you and birds?" Biggie asked.

"Biggie, don't let him get started." Poppy whispered.

"I don't wanna talk about it." Branch said. "I was ten years old when my worst day came, the day I got my wings."

"Whoa, wing day is the happiest day of a fairy's life, why you don't like yours?" Rose asked.

As he narrated, flashbacks of his wing day appeared before him. He remembered how he had a picnic with his relatives in Dragon Mountains and he is flying his kite at the hill.

"I loved more than flying my kite, it was a majestic day." He narrated. "I didn't know that I was growing blue clovers on my face when out of nowhere, a falcon attacked me."

Young branch saw the falcon soaring towards him and he tried to get his kite back to the ground but the falcon caught it and ripped it.

"Branch, did he broke your kite?" Biggie asked.

"There's more." Branch continued.

A flashback of him being attacked by a bird continued as the falcon grabbed his kite and dragged him across the sky, thus losing his pants in the process. His relatives flew to chase the falcon to save him.

"When he attacked my kite, I tried to resist it but he was so strong. My relatives were shocked when that happened to they continued to chase after it to save me. It went around for twenty minutes."

"Oh, that's awful." Biggie gasped. "I can see why you think birds are..."

"Wait, there's more." Branch continued again.

"No!" Biggie sighed.

"Yup!" Poppy added.

The falcon continued to fly around and Branch continued to have blue clovers covering him from head to toe.

"After he decided that he toyed with me enough, he let go and I landed on the same oak tree I loved to climb so much." Branch continued.

The young Branch fell into the oak tree and got stuck onto it until he was completely swallowed by a cluster of blue clovers and it transformed into a blue and teal monarch butterfly chrysalis. An hour later, a younger Peppy and a whole group of sprites were near the tree, having a spotlight festival. Victoria and all of Branch's family rushed to the place, panting.

"Victoria Rivera, you're here to celebrate with us." Peppy waved at them.

"Sorry, we're looking for Bernardo, is he here?" She panted.

Suddenly, the chrysalis moved and Branch emerged headfirst from the chrysalis. This shocked his relatives, worried his aunt, and everybody was surprised when the ten-year-old Branch fell headfirst and plopped into the ground, all covered in teal slime and his fully-formed monarch butterfly wings appeared on his back. All of the sprites were stunned at what they saw.

"You go, boy! A young, wingless Guy Diamond, who is wearing a t-shirt with glittery star, denim jeans, and glittery sneakers yelled, but his parents covered his mouth in embarrassment.

Everybody was shocked that one of the sprites called the ambulance. Victoria scooped up Branch in her arms and carried him to the ambulance, as all of the sprites looked on with stunned looks on their faces but Branch felt like everybody is laughing at him and he cried all the way to the hospital. Branch sighed as he remembered that moment.

"Branch, that's not how it happened." Poppy said.

"Well, that's what it felt like, birds are bad, Poppy, bad to the core." Branch growled.

"But how come you fly like an eagle a lot of times?" Rose smirked. "We learned how to get our flying styles from observing birds, I learned how to fly from a peregrine falcon."

"I learned how to fly like an eagle through watching videos of them in Fauntube, and I will not let these pests stay in the city for so long." He added.

Suddenly, the eggs started moving. Branch backed away as the eggs cracked and hatched, revealing three, colorful griffins. They looked at Branch with cute eyes and wriggled close to him. Poppy and Biggie awed at the sight of them.

"Awww, they're so cute!" Biggie and Poppy cooed.

"Get away vermin!" Branch cried. "What is happening?"

"Ooh, I've heard of this, I think they're imprinting on you, Branch." Biggie said.

"Hey yeah, they bonded with you." Poppy added. "They think you're their mother."

"Judging by their colors, they're Mexican macaw griffins." Rose informed them. "They're a mix of golden eagles with macaw feathers, and jaguars. They lay their eggs in mountaintops but their fur and their feathers are valuable."

"What, no way, there's no bond here!" Branch cried as he struggled through a pile of fur and feathers but he flew away, still being followed by the griffins. Finally, he tried to hide in the cave but the griffins caught up to him and jumped on him. Having enough, he flew up to Poppy with the griffins on his arms.

"Okay, they bonded, how do I make it stop?" He panted.

After they left the beach and went back to the apartment, Poppy brought out bowls of meat for the griffins.

"What is that?" Branch asked.

"Griffin food, you need to teach your babies how to eat!" Poppy giggled.

Branch groaned in response but Poppy roles her eyes. "Go ahead and groan all you want, Branch but it's all in here, baby griffins and their mothers form an unbreakable bond, until the mother has taught the offspring all they need to survive, they will never leave her side."

"Oh, I get it." Branch groaned.

"The sooner you get to raise these griffins, the sooner they're out of your wings." Poppy advised him.

"I am not eating those." Branch said.

"Relax, they're just nuts." Poppy smirked.

"Oh." He said as he took one piece of meat and tried to eat it but it's raw to the taste.

"Ewwww, it's raw!" He cried.

"Griffins are half-eagle so that is what they eat." Poppy smirked.

Just then, the griffins started eating raw meat. As they ate their food, Branch asked Poppy about the other tips in raising griffins. They learned the survival skills from Branch diligently, from hunting, fighting, flying, and with occasional feather grooming. Finally, the griffins have grown from cute, cuddly chicks to majestic adults. They taught Branch how to fly properly like an eagle that he finally got his flying style.

Yeah, cmon
I'm gonna take you take ya, take ya
Underneath my wing (Oh yeah, cmon)
Don't gotta worry worry
About a single thing
No...

I'm gonna show you, show you
What about to learn
I'll be the one turn
To when you're scared of hurt

I wanna teach you and
I know you wanna learn
You wanna learn
You wanna, wanna, wanna

Ohh, lets go
I-Imma show what you wanna know
Aye, aye, ah just wait
I never lie, believe when I say

You can fly (I, I...)
You can fly (I, I, I, I)
You can fly (I, I...)

And I'm right here, beside you
To guide you
And show you can fly

Now equipped with the survival skills they need, the griffins are ready to go on their own. The griffins noticed Rose and Violet when they came into the penthouse to check them out. The three sniffed at them with curiousity.

"Guys, I got a problem too." She called out.

"Wait, are they threatening you?" Branch asked.

"No, they want me to..." Rose was cut off when the griffin tossed her into its back and another pushed Violet into its back. Then, the griffins flew out of the penthouse with the two and starts flying around with them.

"C'mon, lets fly!" Poppy said as she and Branch joined them as they fly into the sky. They all had blissful fun altogether until something sped past them. Branch realized who is attacking theme and he saw a familiar falcon. The falcon flew upward and started attacking the griffins. The griffins caw back at the falcon and it started chasing one of them. Branch was alarmed.

"I'm coming boys!" Branch cried as he flew towards the falcon and tackled him with his magic to save the griffin.

"Remember me?" He scoffed at the falcon.

A fight ensues between a sprite and a falcon as the griffins with Poppy, Rose, and Violet watched on. The falcon tries to scratch and peck back but Branch has been clever when fighting him. They try to attack each other but soon after, they were both knocked out. The citizens of castle city saw what is happening in the sky and gasped to see Branch and the falcon are falling. One of the griffins swooped down and saved Branch while the falcon fell into the ground. Everybody cheered as Branch, Poppy, Rose, Violet, and the griffins landed in the middle of the crowd.

"Branch, you finally faced your fear of birds." Rose squealed.

"Yeah, I guess birds are not all bad after all." Branch said.

"I'm so happy, you love birds." Poppy added.

"Nice try, but I only love free birds." He scoffed.

"So, are you gonna keep these griffins?" Violet asked.

"I guess they need to go back to the place where they come from." Branch sighed.

"The Everwing Veterinary are here to collect them." Rose called out when the veterinary truck arrived. A group of sprites got the griffins into the truck as Branch sighed in sadness. Biggie came out of the truck with Mr. Dinkles.

"Hey Branch, thanks for raising these griffins, my boss told me that they'll be shipped to the zoo, where they will be safe." Biggie thanked him.

"The zoo?" Branch was confused.

"Yeah, the Mexican macaw griffins are endangered species so the zoo had a breeding program to restore their numbers." Biggie informed them. "They recently found some female macaw griffins when they rescued birds from smugglers and they're not waiting there."

"Wow!" He was shocked.

"You can visit them anytime you want." Poppy squealed.

The next day, they visit the zoo, where the griffins are finally safe in their enclosure. Branch sighed as he saw his griffins and their mates warming their eggs in a nest, knowing that he had raised them well.