I awoke to a blinding light shining in my eyes, preventing me from seeing. I felt a sinking feeling in my gut as if I was falling. Then I heard her.
"It's about time Blu." I heard an unfamiliar female voice say.
"After not seeing you for seventeen years this is how you greet me?" This I recognized as Blu.
"Why don't you try being in someone else for that long." The voice smirked.
The white light seemed to grow brighter totally engulfing me and I blinked my eyes. I saw the familiar sight of my ceiling in my room and sat up in my bed. The medallion sat on my dresser now with a gold chain through its loop. I walked over to it and placed it over my neck, I held it in one hand looked down as I rubbed its smooth surface.
"About time you got up." Blu said from my window…out loud.
"You can talk now?"
He smiled, "Yes, another benefit of the medallion, go ahead and take it off."
I did what he asked and lifted the chain from my neck, Blu began moving his beak but only squawks were heard. I placed the medallion back around my neck and smiled as Blu's words came fluently.
"What about our mental connection, does that still exist?" I asked.
"Unfortunately that was lost." Blu frowned.
"Too bad, well at least now I can have my own thoughts back." I chuckled.
Blu laughed with me, "Come outside, I want you to meet someone."
I walked outside and met Blu on the side of the house. Before I could say anything a nut was dropped onto my head.
"OW!" I yelled rubbing my head. I looked up and saw another bird like Blu, only this one's shade of blue was lighter, like the sky.
"Daniel this is Jewel, my partner." Blu introduced her holding out his wing.
"Good to finally meet you in person Daniel." Jewel said as she flew down and stood next to Blu.
"So by partner do you mean another messenger…or like mate."
The two birds smiled, "Both." They simultaneously answered.
"So why is Jewel here now, where did she come from?" I asked.
"She was here the entire time." Blu answered.
I shook my head, "I'm not following…"
Jewel smiled, "Daniel I was with you the entire time, in here." She placed her wing over her heart.
I rolled my eyes and fell against the side of the wall, "This is madness…" I sighed, putting my head into my hands. I wished that I could just have my normal life back, the life where I wasn't humanity's last hope, where I didn't talk to birds, when I didn't know I had a messenger from god in my body the entire time.
"Hey I know this is a lot to go through right now," Jewel flew onto my shoulder, "If anyone can do this you can."
I took a deep breath and rested my head against the side of the house. I looked at Jewel and then at Blu, both were smiling.
"It doesn't make any sense though!"
"I know it doesn't but some things are best left untold until later." Blu said.
"Besides, we are going to have a lot of time to talk where we're going." Jewel smiled.
"And where is that?" I asked.
When the pirates raided the island they made sure to destroy the only two 'actual' ships we had. The only remains of them were burnt pieces of wood floating in the water. I walked around the small dock system with both birds sitting on my shoulder looking for a suitable vessel to take sail.
"There is only small fishing boats and life boats left." I frowned.
"I think you're right." Blu agreed.
I threw my bag of supplies into the boat floating in front of us and walked back to shore.
"What are we doing?" Jewel asked.
"We need to get more food if we want to get anywhere from here." I walked us into the local grocery. The wooden shelves were mostly bare; the pirates did a good job at leaving nothing behind. I walked past the shelves and came to a door locked by a large metal padlock.
"If we can get past this door than we should have more than enough." I began thinking of how to complete the task. I looked down at the sheathed cutlass on my waist, no the lock was too strong to slash off. I would have to think smart, something I usually could do.
"Daniel maybe you could shoot it off?" Blusuggested.
I thought about it and decided it was worth a shot, "I could try I suppose."
I walked out of the store and to the body of one the dead pirates Jag killed. I shook the long musket rifle from the mans locked dead hands. Walking back into the store I told the macaws to back away from the door.
I pulled back the hammer and took aim from a few yards away. The rifle went off with a loud BANG and released a cloud of smoke. Coughing, I dropped the rifle to my side and put my arm over my face to prevent any further intake of the burning smoke. The three of us walked over to the pad lock to examine the damage I did. I had shot the padlock with a direct hit but it still hung, preventing us from reaching the other side. Upon further inspection I found that the lock was actually jiggling loose and could probably be broken off if I could get enough leverage.
"Stay here." I told the birds.
Minutes later I returned with a small metal rod and a large hammer that I took from the smith shop. I inserted the rod in between the padlocks arms and the door. With a mighty swing from both hands I brought down the hammer right onto the rod. After a few swings the lock eventually broke into two pieces and the job was complete .
"Nice work." Jewel smiled.
"Thank you." I removed the pad lock and swung open the door. The inside of the room was dark and musky and I fumbled around trying to find a light source. Eventually my hands stumbled across what felt like an oil lantern, now all I needed was something to light it. The two birds searched inside the store while I continued wandering around blindly in the back room.
"I found a tinderbox!" Blu yelled from inside the store.
"Good." I answered back and made my way for the doorway, not before falling over a bag of grains and nearly breaking the lantern.
After lighting the lantern the three of us entered the room together now. I hung the lantern on a overhanging hook and began searching for valuable supplies.
Eventually we found what we thought would be suitable for our voyage. A couple of glass jugs of fresh water, salted meat, a few fruit, assorted bags of seeds, and a little bit of rum(for myself).
"Why the rum?" Jewel asked.
"Hey, don't judge me." I replied harshly.
The two birds exchanged concerned looks, "Is rum honestly a necessity?" Blu continued.
"If I'm supposed to be out saving the world why can't I have a little fun?" I told them.
They knew that it was futile...the rum was coming and that was that. We finished loading the rest of the supplies onto the small boat and climbed in. I unraveled the sail and untied us from the dock ultimately beginning the journey of a lifetime.
AN-Okay another quick chapter now i know that things may seem a bit confusing and you are probably wondering what is happening...dont worry the next chapter has all the answers you're looking for.