Alright guys! Ready for the next chapter!

I'm actually a bit sick while writing this chapter… Sore throat… And feeling a bit cold and warm at the same time… But… Sometimes you got to fight the sickness and keep on going!

Nothing else to really say, so lets just continue!

Chapter 19: Coming Back Home

While Alex was unconscious in Tomada and his family's hollow, his mind was still working as Alex decided that as soon as he woke up in real life, he would finally return and hold onto Lily like his life depended on her grip. He pictured the two reunited over and over again in his head as he was laying down. However that was just his mind, his body was of course asleep and he couldn't do anything.

And well, something finally woke Alex up, but it was not at all pleasant…

"AH!" Alex screamed out loud as he felt extreme pain shooting through his broken wing. "What are you doing!" Alex shouted as he saw Sorrel holding his wing.

"Alex, you're finally awake!" Tomada shouted in happiness.

"What is Sorrel doing to me!" Alex demanded to know.

"Relax, she is popping your wing back in place, luckily for you Sorrel was a healer in training before she left her tribe." Tomada replied, with a gentle voice.

Alex looked down at where his deep gash was and saw it covered and bandaged up with leaves, it still hurt a lot and that was coupled with the endless stream of pain that Sorrel was inflicting trying to pop Alex's wing back in place, luckily Tomada was holding onto Alex so he would not move much. Alex realized something, as it looked like the middle of the day outside the hollow entrance.

"How long was I out?" Alex asked, trying to deal with the pain in his wing.

"Three days." Tomada replied to the shock of Alex.

"Three days!" Alex shouted. "That long?"

Before Tomada could reply, Sorrel nodded to her mate to strengthen his grip on Alex. She was going to give his wing one last push to pop it back in. Tomada picked up a stick that was next to him and held it in front of Alex.

"You might want to bite down on this." Tomada warned.

"Why?" Alex replied, curious.

"Trust me, just do it." Tomada said back and Alex took the stick and put it in his beak.

"Okay, ready?" Sorrel asked Tomada.

"Ready for what?" Alex said, a bit scared where this was going.

Suddenly Alex felt the most intense pain in his life as Sorrel pushed the wing in with all her strength and did so until a click was heard. Alex was in such pain that he almost broke the stick in his beak in half and tears came out. When it was over Alex felt sweat all over his body and his breathing was very rapid as Sorrel checked the result and Tomada held some water in front of Alex.

"Here, drink." Tomada said and helped Alex to drink some water and calm down.

"Thanks." Alex panted as he felt cooled down and relaxed a little.

"You're welcome." Tomada smiled. "You sure took a beating, any bird in this condition would have died without help."

"Yeah, listen I got to go now." Alex told Tomada and got up, the pain in his deep belly wound and wing coming to him as he struggled to stand up and walk.

"Alex, no, you're too injured still to walk, let alone fly, you got to rest." Sorrel advised Alex.

"I can't, I got to go now before it's too late." Alex answered, holding onto his belly wound with his good wing.

"Slow down Alex, at least tell us why you have to go in such a hurry." Tomada pleaded while blocking Alex's way out of the hollow.

Alex sighed as he knew the two wouldn't let him go until he told the truth about why he ran away and ended up here. He didn't want to talk about it, but he needed to if he was ever going to see Lily again.

"Fine, I ran away from my tribe, my home because I was in love with a bird of a different colored feather and since the law states that we can't be together, we kept it a secret. However our relationship was discovered and we were both to be put on trial. I ran away because I thought everyone would be much happier if I was gone because I caused so many problems. Everyone, except for my sweet Lily that is."

"Now I understand." Tomada sighed as he knew love should come first. "Alright, you can go."

"Thank you." Alex said as Tomada stepped aside and was about to go out, but Tomada stopped him again. "But not without us."

"That's right, you still need the attention." Sorrel agreed with her mate. "And it's about time I go back to my tribe as well."

"Kids! Come down!" Tomada shouted to Junior and Bobbie's rooms and they came out, as they stayed in there, a bit frightened by all the screaming Alex just did.

"Yes dad?" Tomada Junior asked.

"We are moving to your mother's original home, sounds good?"

"Yeah! Lets go!" Bobbie and Junior shouted in unison.

Alex looked at the family and tears came out again. He was thankful they would still be with him, after all the trouble he caused them.

"Thank you Tomada." Alex cried.

"You're welcome buddy, lets go." Tomada put a wing on Alex's shoulder lightly and the five then flew out, back to the Blue and Scarlet macaw tribes.

Alex really couldn't believe it, he was finally going to be back home, with his family and friends and most importantly, his mate, he just hoped that Lily was still there, just waiting for him with open wings to hug him. And he was determined to fight it now and be with Lily for the rest of his life.

As the group flew on, night started to fall and they settled down on a branch, a seemingly empty hollow prefect for the five to spend the night to sleep and rest from the flying of the day. After Tomada checked that it was indeed empty and no one was using it, he gave the all clear and everyone went in for rest, except for Alex.

As Tomada and Sorrel put Bobbie and Junior to sleep, Alex was standing on the hollow entrance, looking in the direction of the tribes, silent and still, thinking very hard about what he aways thinks now. As Tomada saw Alex, he decided to go to him, after kissing Bobbie goodnight.

"Goodnight sweetie, sweet dreams." Tomada said softly to his daughter and kissed her on the forehead.

"Daddy, is Mr. Alex going to be alright?" Bobbie asked.

"Yeah, he will be alright sweetie, just go to sleep, love you." Tomada replied, not wanting his daughter to worry about such things.

"Okay daddy, I love you too." Bobbie smiled and closed her eyes.

Tomada went to Alex and Alex just looked at Tomada without saying anything. Tomada didn't say anything as well and Alex just turned to look back at the night sky. A few minutes passed before Alex finally spoke.

"Tomada, thank you so much for going through all this, I'm sorry to cause so much trouble to you and your family." Alex said, not looking at Tomada.

"Hey it's okay, I understand fully why you did the things you did, everything is going to be alright." Tomada comforted Alex.

"You know it's funny, I told Lily the same exact thing when our secret was discovered and here I am now." Alex sighed as he put his head down.

"Well, you should go to sleep, heal your injuries a bit more, we should be back tomorrow." Tomada said to Alex, gently.

"I will, I just want to be here for a little longer, is that okay?" Alex questioned.

"Sure, don't take too long however." And Tomada went back inside to lay next to Sorrel and cuddle up with her.

Alex looked at the mismatched pair and smiled, if a falcon and a Blue macaw can be together and have chicks, why shouldn't a Blue and a Scarlet be together? He pictured Tomada and Sorrel as him and Lily, happy as can be in each other's wings, enjoying the warmth and comfort they gave to each other.

Alex turned back around, looking at the night sky and sighed one last time before going inside to sleep.

"I'm coming back home Lily, I will be with you very soon. Until than, goodnight and sweet dreams." Alex said, a tear coming out.

Wiping it away, Alex went inside to sleep alone for one last time, for he promised that from tomorrow night on he would sleep right next to Lily every day. He just had to fight for her.

Well sorry if the quality was less, again… I'm not feeling very well at the time.