Alright guys! Ready for more!
And before we do, thank you to Cats 'n' Cheese, MafiaMarshMello, Zachmoviefan, and nightfly123 for adding more favs and follows!
And this is the chapter where I present all the OCs!
And one last thing… Zachmoviefan said in a review that this is quite similar to Finn from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And I was like… Wow… I never noticed nor thought about that!
So lets get to it!
Chapter 3: Meeting the Blues
"Would you care to explain how you came here, from the beginning if you please." General Gates said to Alex, who had a very surprised expression on his face.
"Well, general, I used to be a poor man living in England, after I stole some food and was caught, I was given two choices, prison or the army, I think you know which one I choose." Alex started, catching the general's attention. "I had everything I wanted, clothes, a little money, and food, and I thought I was protecting the crown, only to realize I'm only fighting to expand an empire."
"Go on." General Gates told Alex.
"Well, I was stationed in Canada with General Burgoyne and we were ordered to move down here to capture Albany. As my company was marching along, we passed by a little village, and…" Alex felt the horrible memories come flashing back in his mind. "We were ordered to burn the village and kill all the men, I couldn't even shoot an unarmed man, I been having nightmares ever since and I had enough, I wanted to run away and be free here, fight on the right side." Alex finished, panting softly.
General Gates was deep in thought, and was pacing back and forth as he had his wing to his chin, Alex watching and feeling extremely nervous. After a few minutes, General Gates stopped and faced Alex, wings by his side as he looked right at Alex, but spoke to Colonel Eduardo standing a bit behind the general.
"Colonel, please untie this young soldier and take him to Captain Blu." General Gates ordered.
"But sir…" Eduardo began, only for the general to speak up, raising his voice a little.
"Colonel, I expect you to listen to my order and I also expect this soldier to be treated fairly, am I understood?" General Gates said sternly.
"Yes general." Eduardo replied and nodded to two of his men to untie Alex, which they did.
"Thank you general." Alex smiled after his wings were untied. "I wouldn't disappoint."
"Lets pray to god that happens, and you're welcome son." General Gates smiled back.
Alex then followed Eduardo through the camp, where they passed by many campfires, with men wearing all kinds of uniforms and dress, some in the regular blue army uniform, others in brown shirts and pants, indicating they were militiamen, all were talking along themselves and drinking hot drinks. Eventually Eduardo stopped by a campfire, Alex behind him.
"At attention!" Eduardo shouted.
The men at the campfire shot up and stood at attention.
"Yes sir, what can I help you with?" A Blue macaw with a darker shade of blue said.
"Captain Blu, this here is Alex, he's a British soldier that ran away and wants to join us, General Gates told me to bring him here." Eduardo told Blu.
"Oh, well if it's what the general wants, I can't argue with that." Blu replied, still standing upright.
"Well I guess I'll leave him here than." Eduardo finished. "I expect my son in law to not disappoint me." He said more softly at Blu, Blu cringing a bit at this.
Eduardo left and Alex just stood where he was, scared of even moving, he felt awkward just looking at all the pairs of eyes staring back at him. Some of the eyes were kind and friendly, while others were mean looking. This went on for a couple of minutes until Blu spoke up.
"Why don't you sit next to me Alex and I'll let my men and friends introduce themselves." Blu said to Alex with a kind tone.
Alex didn't say anything and sat down next to Blu, feeling even more nervous and scared now, but he did appreciate the warm fire and that put him at ease a bit.
"And I'm Nightfly." A brown eyed blue macaw with dark blue feathers said next, with a kind tone like Blu's, Alex thinking he would be a good friend.
The introductions continued on as normal as each man took his turn.
"I'm Zach." Another Blue macaw said.
"And I'm Noah." The next Blue macaw said, that looked like Blu, except he had green eyes and a scar on his left cheek, and he had a hint of toughness in his voice.
"I'm Mihael Jaeger." The next macaw spoke up, who had dark, sapphire eyes, messy head feathers, and a scar from his left eye to his beak, his voice also had a bit of coldness to it as well.
The introductions having reached the second to last macaw in the group.
"And I'm Jugal." The macaw, who also looked like Blu, but had longer feathers, said.
"And I'm Jameson." The last macaw smiled.
"Well, now that we all introduced ourselves…" Blu spoke up and turned to Alex. "Alex, would you like a hot drink?"
Alex still couldn't believe the friendless and it took him a few seconds to finally say his first words to these birds.
"Yes, I would like that very much." Alex replied, slowly and nervously.
"Zach, could you pour a drink for Alex here." Blu asked Zach.
"Yes sir." Zach answered and poured a hot streaming liquid in a tin cup from the small pot hanging above the fireplace and handed it carefully to Alex. "Careful, it's very hot." He told Alex as Alex took it.
Alex blew on the liquid to cool it down a little and lifting up the cup to his beak, he drank a little sip to taste it. It was bitter and tasted a bit rough, it wasn't at all like the sweet and smooth taste of the tea he drank in the British army.
"So how is it?" Blu asked as Alex finished his sip.
"It's bitter, what is it?" Alex asked, curious.
"It's called coffee." Blu answered.
"Wait, you don't have tea?" Alex asked, to the anger of one of the men at the campfire.
"Did he just say tea?" Noah asked to no one in particular. "No one mentions tea in my face!" And Noah got up and was about to swing a punch at Alex, only for Nightfly to stop and calm him down.
"Noah, buddy, calm down please, he didn't know." Nightfly said softly to Noah.
Noah calmed down and Nightfly sat him gently back down where he was sitting. However he had a stern look and directed it at Alex, who was confused.
"What did I say?" Alex asked, utterly confused.
"Alex, we don't drink tea, well ever since the war started at least." Blu explained. "Showing our independence from England means we need to be different in every aspect of our lives, even with what we drink."
"Oh, I guess I understand now." Alex replied with an understanding look on his face.
Late into the night the men chatted along themselves, and Blu talked mostly with Alex, Blu telling Alex how he had the most beautiful wife and three children and how he came into the army to fight the British to protect his family. And the more Blu talked about his life, the more Alex realized that these rebels were not savages as the high British command describes them, but normal birds who just want to live out their own lives without someone controlling them. It made Alex feel more and more sorry for what the British have done to the Blue Americans.
As everyone got tired, they went to settle in for the night, sleeping in their tent. Blu invited Alex in to sleep next to him, which the Scarlet was ever so thankful for. And as Alex slept, he could finally relax for once, for now he had the chance to redeem himself and hopefully prove himself when the time for battle would come.
Well… Not the most friendly welcome, but at least it's much better than when Alex was with the British!
And by the way… For those of you who submitted an OC, but are not reading the story, your OC is not going to be mentioned as much as those who submitted an OC and are reading the story. It's not fair to those who are doing both if their OC is not mentioned as much in the end!
And speaking of OCs…
Noah belongs to Cats 'n' Cheese
Jameson belongs to Jameson The Phoenix Owl
Mihael Jaeger belongs to MafiaMarshMello
Zach belongs to Zachmoviefan
Jugal belongs to jugalpratimdas
Nightfly belongs to nightfly123