Okay, who's up for another chapter?
Before we begin… I'm a bit disappointed no one got the Blue macaw right…
From the two reviews I got for last chapter…
"I bet it's Roberto who's pinning him down" - RIO2lover100
"Could it be Blu? :D" -Florafionpetals
Well… You both are wrong!
And I will… Tell you… Right… In the chapter!
Wait! I almost forgot! We have a new FFN sibling in the archive! Please say welcome to Jason Fuze, if you have not already! I hope he enjoys his time here!
Chapter 12: Find a Way
Alex was struggling for air as his throat had a pair of talons wrapped around it. He looked up to find a Blue macaw he didn't know, it certainly was not a male, but a female and she had quite the fiery look in her eyes. She had the look of Alex's niece, Bia, although this macaw was older and taller, of course, she also had green eyes, like Tomada had.
Alex wanted to tell her to get off of him, but he couldn't, she had such a firm grip on him that Alex felt the blood rushing to his head. She would have choked the life out of him if Tomada did not intervene.
"Sorrel, what are you doing? Let go of him." Tomada told the Blue macaw.
"What's he doing here? Did he come with others?" Sorrel questioned the falcon.
"No, he was alone and I brought him here because he looked like he was having a hard time, just let him go please." Tomada answered and asked the Blue macaw.
"Fine Tom." And Sorrel let go of Alex, Tomada helping him up.
"I'm sorry about that, my mate can be a bit feisty sometimes." Tomada told Alex.
"Mate?" Alex wondered, a bit shocked, but also understanding now why Tomada is not going to eat him. "How is that even possible?"
Tomada was about to open his beak when two chicks, a falcon and a Blue macaw flew in, laughing, but stopped when they saw the adult falcon and Blue macaw looking at them. They knew they were in trouble.
"Junior, Bobbie, how many times do I have to tell you it's not safe out there without one of us with you?" Tomada said to the two chicks.
"Sorry dad, we got bored." The falcon chick replied.
"Junior, you know better than that, you and your sister could get hurt." Sorrel added, taking Tomada's side.
"Yes mom." The falcon chick, who was Junior, sighed.
"Who is this?" Bobbie, the Blue macaw chick, asked, pointing at Alex, but also trying to change the subject.
"This, sweetie, is our guest for awhile, he is going to be staying with us. But that still does not mean you and your brother are grounded." Tomada told his daughter. "Nice try however."
"Fine dad." And Bobbie and Junior went to their rooms, Alex now completely stunned by this.
"So wait, you two are mates and have chicks?" Alex asked, a blank face on as he tried to process what he just witnessed.
"How about I explain it to you?" Tomada replied. "Lets go outside."
"I'll make sure the kids stay inside." Sorrel told Tomada and placed a kiss on Tomada's cheek.
"I always love that." Tomada smiled and flew out, Alex following.
Tomada went to another tree and settled down on a branch, Alex coming down a few seconds later. Tomada made sure he can still keep an eye on his hollow, so to make sure his family was not in trouble.
"So, I bet you are wondering how is this possible, to have a macaw as a mate?" Tomada asked Alex, knowing what Alex was so confused about.
"Yes, yes I am." Alex replied.
"Well I used to be a killing machine, like all predatory birds are. I actually came from somewhere far away, left home and came here because I was sick of my family. I felt so alone and miserable, I lived by eating anything that moved that was smaller or weaker than me." Tomada started, Alex feeling sorry for Tomada.
"I even ate any macaws that flew by. I remember when I ripped them apart, they were begging me to let them live as the blood poured out. Most of the time, they were old enough to be fathers and mothers, which they were probably were, I felt so bad, but I had to live. To this day, I still hear their screams while I sleep as well as the cries of their loved ones." Tomada started tearing up at the thought of all the deaths he caused.
"And then, came the fateful day I met her." Tomada looking back at his hollow, Sorrel's blue form visible. "She was just flying through and I jumped her and pinned her down on a branch of a tree, getting ready to rip her apart and eat her. But for some reason, I just couldn't, I can't really explain it, but it's like something in my head told me not to. I just let go of her neck with my talons and she flew off."
"Then how she is with you now?" Alex asked, curious and also interested now.
"Well, a few days later, I spotted her, in trouble. A Harpy Eagle was choking the life out of her and ready to make her a meal for him. I simply just dived down, fought and killed him. And well Sorrel was surprised, she just looked at me with shock and I just flew off for my hollow. During the night she found me, crying, I was thinking about the ones I killed and ate at that time. She came in and provided her comfort and that was the first night our relationship started."
"So that's how you got those two chicks?" Alex asked, with a weird look, Tomada chuckling.
"Well not that night. Anyway, I found out that Sorrel left the Blue macaw tribe after she found her boyfriend cheating on her, it really upset her and broke her heart, so she decided to run away forever, just like me. I felt so bad for her and well I let her stay with me and the longer we stayed together, the more feelings we had for each other, I even told her why I left my home. Eventually we had that night and well we now have two beautiful chicks, making us a complete family, it's like fate told us to be together." Tomada finished telling his story.
"Wow, that's quite an amazing story." Alex said as he thought about all Tomada went through.
"It certainly is, I have such a happy life now." Tomada smiled.
Then a crack of thunder was heard, following by the flash of the lightning, raindrops started falling and hit the two birds as they stood on the branch. It was yet another rainstorm in the Amazon and pretty soon the rain started really falling hard from the dark clouds above.
"We better get back inside." Tomada said and flew off, followed by Alex back to the hollow, where the two shook their feathers dry.
"Took you long enough." Sorrel said, crossing her wings.
"Sorry honey, it took longer than I thought it would." Tomada chuckled and wrapped one of his huge wings around Sorrel, bringing her against him.
"You are lucky I love you too much." Sorrel giggled, placing a kiss on the beak with her beak.
The two enjoyed it for a bit, after separating their beaks, they decided to sleep for the night and Sorrel went to her and Tomada's nest to lay down. However Tomada noticed Alex was standing in the hollow entrance, not that out to get rain on him again, but he looked like he was thinking about something. Tomada went besides him to ask if he was alright.
"Alex, are you alright, aren't you going to get some sleep?" Tomada asked.
"A bit later, I have some things to think about." Alex replied, not turing his eyes off from the rainforest.
"You want to talk about it?" Tomada asked, curious of what Alex was thinking of.
"Maybe later, not now." Alex replied.
"Okay, but get some sleep soon." And Tomada went back inside to sleep besides Sorrel for the night.
Alex sighed as he looked out through the rainforest, thinking about Lily again. He still couldn't believe he just left her, without even a goodbye to her. It really was breaking his heart and surely Lily must be feeling worse, he imagined she was crying day and night, all her feathers wet from her rolling around in tears her heart literally broke and shutting down.
Alex remembered one song he once heard from a TV show he used to watch, when he was back in Rio when Bia, Carla, and Tiago were younger and he started to sing it softly right now.
I have to find a way
To make this all okay
I can't believe this small mistake
Could've caused so much heartache
Oh why, oh why?
Losing promise
I don't know what to do
Seeking answers
I fear I won't get through to you
Oh why, oh why?
As Alex finished singing the little song to himself, he looked out one last time in the direction of the Blue macaw tribe, to Lily and sighed before going inside the hollow and laying down on the hollow floor, trying his hardest to get some rest.
Well… Alex certainly is in sorrow, but at least he has some new friends with him.
The little song, by the way, is "I've Got to Find a Way", sung by Twilight Sparkle in the MLP: FiM season 3 finale.
And Sorrel belongs to Sorrelwing, who I have permission from Tomadahawk to use her and Tomada in the story!
But Tomada Junior and Bobbie are my own creation for the couple!