I slowly woke up coughing and wheezing. What happened? When my vision became more clear I looked around. I didn't recognize anything I saw. Was I in Rio? I couldn't tell. Where was I? I stood up shakily and glanced around. I squinted my eyes against the sunlight and tried to find anything that looked familiar. Nothing came to memory. One things for sure. I was on a beach. Problem was that I've never seen this beach before. I flew up and looked around. All I saw was forest. No Rio, no birds, no people, just forest. My confusion quickly turned to panic. I flew a little higher. Maybe I was on the other side of Rio. No luck. If I could only remember what happened.

"Hello?" I yelled hoping someone could hear me. No answer. I looked up at the sky and judging by where the sun is, it looked to be about noon. Surely Nico and the others are looking for me by now. But what if they don't find me. I knew I couldn't just sit here all day. I flew up higher. I still couldn't see anything familiar. I sighed. I decided to take risk and go with my gut. I flew off in a random direction hoping to see anything familiar. I didn't. I flew back to the direction where I came from, but I couldn't find the beach. I stopped. This was a bad idea. I slowly coasted over the forest waiting to see a familiar face. Still no sign. I was about to give up hope when I suddenly saw a flash of color in the dense green forest. I swooped down quickly.

"Hello?" I shouted again. I dove through the ceiling of trees where I last saw the color. I glanced around. "Hello?"

"Oh." a voice from behind me said. I turned around and saw a small blue bird laying uncomfortably in a bush. "You've frightened me."

"Im sorry." I helped her up. "I'm lost, do you know where I am?"

"Well that's easy. You are on a small island on the coast of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro to be exact." She smiled sweetly. Rio!

"Really? Do you mind telling me how to get back to Rio?" I asked softly.

"You just head due North, you'll hit Rio soon."

"Great Thank you!" I said. I flew up and realized something. "Uh- do you know what direction North is?" I smiled slyly. She chuckled.

"Its that direction." She pointed with her wing. I nodded.

"Thank you very much." I said and flew off again.

It took me about 1 hour of flying until I finally found Rio. I noticed the beach was below me. Now it was a matter of finding Nico. I looked around hoping to see anyone familiar. Nope. I thought for a second. Where would Nico be? Considering he's probably looking for me I doubt he was at the Samba Club. He's obviously not at the beach. Blu and Jewel's nest! I started flying in the direction of the forest but stopped when I came to a realization. I have no idea how to get to their nest. So that's off the list, at least until I find someone who knows where they live. I thought about some more possibilities but gave up because I have no idea how to get to those places. I floated down closer to the ground and looked around trying desperately to find anyone who can help me. I saw a couple of seagulls fishing for lunch.

"Excuse me? Do you think you can help me?" I asked as politely as possible. They turned and stared at me.

"What'cha need?" One finally asked.

"Do you guys know about the Samba club?" I asked hoping they would. If they knew about the Samba Club they'd surely know about Nico and Pedro.

"Which one? There's about 20 different Samba Clubs in Rio?" I slumped my shoulders in shock.

"There are?" I sighed. They nodded slowly. "Well do you know who Nico and Pedro are?" I asked hopefully. They shook their heads. "Thanks anyway." I sighed. Now what do I do? I glanced back at the ocean when suddenly all events from this morning hit me. I remembered waking up and being carried over the ocean, I remembered Brittany dropping me. I gasped. Brittany! She said she was going to take Nico back. I looked around frantically. I needed to find Nico and tell him what happened before he changes his mind and decides to take her back. Where do I go? I decided to fly higher. I didn't see anything that could help me so I swooped back down. I decided my best luck was the forest.

After another half hour of flying I finally found the forest. As always, birds of many colors and shapes flew around.

"Hello can someone please help me?" When I got no answer. I tried again. "Hello can you help me?" No answer. I guess everyone was busy. Or just being rude. "HEY!" I screamed. Everyone stopped. "Does anyone know where I can find Nico and Pedro?" I heard a few whispers.

"You can probably find them at the Samba Club." A bird said.

"Where would they go if they weren't at the Samba Club?" I asked frantically. No one answered. "Did anyone see them at all today?" I sighed.

"I did." A green parrot said. "They were in a hurry, they said they were looking for a girl named Tori. Then they left. But just a few minutes ago I heard Brittany came to try to get Nico back. Did you know they broke up? Anyway now Nico and Brittany are no where to be found and Pedro, Rafael, and some Blue Macaws are trying to find them."

"Do you know where Pedro, Rafael, or the Blue Macaws are now?" I asked quickly.

"Last I heard they were at the Bird's Sanctuary." the green parrot said. I blinked.

"Can you show me where that is?" I asked sweetly. He nodded and flew off.

"Follow me." He said. I followed. It took about 20 minutes. When we got there, I landed on the rail. I looked around and I didn't see anyone.

"I don't see anyone." I said.

"Hold on. I'll be right back." He flew into the sanctuary. After a few seconds he came back out and shook his head. "They're not here."

"Well where do you think they are?" I sighed.

"Well they're looking for 3 birds. Nico, Brittany, and some Tori-"

"Uh im Tori by the way." I cut him off.

"Wait you're Tori?" He stared at me. I nodded.

"Ironic huh?" I smiled.

"You have no idea." He chuckled. "Well anyway, they're looking for 3 birds, including you. Why were they looking for you?"

"It's a long story. The point is I really need to find Nico."

"Wait I thought you were looking for Pedro, Rafael, and the blue Macaws.?"

"Well im open to finding anyone right now but I really need to find Nico."

"Oh well I say we look for him first and we'll just keep a look out for the others."

"Okay." I nodded "Where do you suggest we look first?"

"I think I know where they are." He flew off and I followed.

"By the way, what's your name?" I asked when I caught up to him.

"Melvin, my name's Melvin."

Sorry for the short chapter. But chapter 7 will be longer. Review :)