Im currently eating a potato right now. Have a nice day.
"Its already been decided between me and your father Jewel." My mother nagged me about my responsibilities as the only child of my father.
"Still you guys are throwing me into a jungle with some people I don't even know, the day after my birthday?" I pleaded. "Can I at least get a present, or something saying 'hey thanks for remaining alive another year on the planet!'".
"First of all you don't talk back to your parents. Second of all what me and your father say goes and you can not do anything to change that. You have to learn how to survive on your own if you are to be the next village leader. Understand?" My mother always tried to put things how I could understand them.
"but what…. But what if don't want to be village leader?" I asked trying to find any excuse not to go tomorrow.
"What else could you want to be?" good question.
"besides all children when they turn your age are required to do this, so they could go into adult hood." This caught me by surprise.
"How many kids are gonna be there with me?" I started to get worried. "dad said there would only be fifteen. Twenty at most."
My mother thought to herself is a looked on waiting for an answer.
"Maybe 50 or 80. If you include the red macaw tribe, the golden conures and all the other children attending, maybe 110."
My jaw dropped. Quite literally. I hated being around a lot of people especially people I don't know. And kids from other tribes? I don't know what they are like, I don't want to know either.
"You can't throw us into just a jungle and expect us to live. With members of other tribes kids would attack each other. I thought only the blue macaws were doing this!" I told my mother. She took a seat as she still looked at me.
"the tribes agreed that this would be best for the entire village. If you kids could learn how to work together for a greater good then you will grow up and hopefully solve more problems. But as of right now you have to rest for tomorrow we are bringing you to the pit of doom along with the other children."
My fate was confirmed right at that moment. Destiny spoke to me then and she said clearly, "yup. You're gonna die".
It was at this moment I knew, I messed up.
Later on that night I was sitting on my nest looking outside the window. The sun was now setting and after possibly the worst birthday I ever had, I had nothing else better to do than follow my moms advice.
A familiar figure knocked on the wall next to my room, he stepped inside .
"hi Ju- Ju. Its me!" Roberto said coming inside the room.
"hi Beto how are you?" Roberto didn't answer he just sat next to me.
"aren't you excited for tomorrow? Just think of all the stuff we are going to do!" He said looking at me.
"I can't really say that! I was told we would be surrounded by 110 other kids! From other tribes! In the jungle alone! Doesn't that sound like a disaster just waiting to happen?" I asked him
"Of course. But you never know who you might find as your next best friend. Of course you know… I'm your 'best male friend' but you might find another friend lower than me. There are a lot of cool, wacky and crazy kids in the surrounding tribes."
He had a point, but I was still unsure.
"What if we end up trying to kill each other?" It was still a question in the back of my head.
"don't worry. Everybody inside of the program has only one objective. And that is to survive! We want try to kill each other. That's later on when the drama and anxiety begins to kick in but by that time you forgot your trying to survive."
Reassuring . this is one of the many reasons why Roberto is my best friend.
The pit of doom was an extremely large space inside of the village, made by a cave that collapsed. It was usually made to suit a Fútbol game but now it was used to get all 110 kids together and to send them into the outdoors.
The big, scary, outdoors. My father and mother were with me as my father was one of the people leading us kids and teaching us how to survive.
My mother was there more or less to make sure I don't run off which, believe me, I would of done if it want for the fact so many people were standing around watching.
"Put on your brave face. Nothing could be that bad!" dad said while we were inside.
There were so many birds of all kinds of colors. Some were blue with green streaks on their feathers, some others were red and blue, or orange with red polka dots. Some black and red birds were in the mixture along with golden ones, Grey ones, and some with a light brown color.
It was a huge boiling pot and it was loud. So many birds talking at once almost gave me a headache.
A large sound blew like a whistle and everyone stopped talking and looked at the center if the pit of doom. A fat red macaw was flying in the middle with a couple of assistants getting the attention of everybody.
"alright parents. Its time for your kids to depart. Um… yeah this program runs the risk of death if any of your children gets hurt or killed in the program we are not liable…. Blah blah blah…. Technical stuff and whatever… LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!" The announcer yelled.
The entire crowd cheered with a deafening roar. Children began to leave their parents and flew up to the announcer were they lined up to depart.
I turned around and hugged my parents before leaving them. My father put a wing around me and said this. They, don't worry about a thing. Trust your instinct, hold your head high and you will be fine. I promise. And before you leave , May the odds ever be in your favor!" My dad said.
And with that I said my farewells to them and left to join the rest of the group. Oh boy.
After rallying up into a big group we took off and began to fly away from home.
The flight want too long. Only about an hour at most, and all I could see was green, a river cut through the jungle and the terrain rose to form a bluff, and a mountain with a cliff at the end. My father and about fifteen other adults lead the group to the area and were flying ahead , they took a sharp descent as we followed suit.
We landed at the bank of a river. A square shaped area with no trees, sand at the river bank and short grass.
I looked behind me and saw Roberto getting familiar with his surroundings , as well as all the other kids.
"Click!" a sound came from in front of me where a saw a Grey and red macaw blink his eyes and make a click sound.
I was tempted to ask, but refrained at first. Hoping not to offend him. But as he kept doing it my curiosity got the better of me.
"Uhhh. What…what are you doing?" I asked him. He turned around and looked down at me. He was a tall macaw as he peered down at me.
"Oh I have something call photographic memory. I just blink my eyes and make a click sound and I remember it (I doubt this is how that works in real life. Its just a fanfiction) "
I never thought that existed.
The whistle blew again and the chatter died down. Everyone's eyes fixed on my father.
"welcome kids to Canarsie! This is were you will be attempting to survive for 4 months. This will be a hard and difficult challenge but if you try hard Im sure you will succeed. You will each be split into groups that will face the challenges that me and these other adults will present you." My fathers next words were chilling
"only the fittest will survive. Have a nice day."
A few kids fainted, others threw up, others started to cry. I was about to cry too, when I looked at Roberto who was watching me . I couldn't act like a baby In front of him and I held my head.
My dad began calling put names from a piece of paper and people went into a designated area and grouped together.
"Naomi, Jewel, Roberto, Ithaca, Apache, Seneca, Tuskee , Thurgood, Onondaga, and Huey . " My father read of the names of the people.
We all went into a specific area, everyone looked different. Naomi was a girl with white feathers around her face and green feather flowing down from Her head to her wings.
Ithaca was a scarlet macaw with Blu and green feathers tipping his wings and tail.
Apache was a Blu macaw with a white square around his eyes and navy blue feathers.
Seneca was a golden conure with a red circle around her left eye, and a white one around her left eye.
Tuskee had blue feathers with red streaks from his eyes to his tail.
Thurgood and Onondaga were twins with the same features, a white color and a black streak running from their eyes to their chest.
And Huey was the scariest one of all. A owl with brown feathers and white feathers surrounding his face.
Everyone looked at Huey terrified, as he just looked at us.
*narrator
The groups eventually were given names and were instructed to go into the wilderness were their first challenge awaited them.
Finding or building shelter.
Jewel and her group dubbed: Cayuga, went into the forest to build shelter. Even before the journey began problems occurred within the group.
Because everyone was so different people had different ideas and opinions and a fight broke out.
Jewels Pov
Tuskee Roberto and Huey broke out arguing about who should be village leader.
"Your all a bunch of morons if you ever think that these two hideous people could ever lead!" Tuskee said pointing an accusing feather at them. "They are all just covered in Lies!"
"but I didn't say anything!" Huey said to Tuskee
"Clever!" Tuskee said back to him.
"You don't have to worry about Huey, Tuskee! I was born to lead , just look at me. Im suave, handsome, and a-a good singeeer." Roberto said
"What do you mean I have all of those qualities. I am destined to be leader!" Tuskee said.
"Well for one your shorter than everyone else here, you have a short temper, and kind of stupid." Roberto said smugly.
"Huh?" Tuskee got distracted by a squirrel and turned to face Roberto.
"Your also deaf too!" Roberto said.
"If I was death I would be killing you all right now! I am the village leader and with this stick you are all my subjects!" Tuskee said holding up a stock nearly the size of him.
"but-" Roberto tried to get a word in but couldn't.
"OBEY THE STICK!" Tuskee hit Roberto with it crippling him.
He also hit Huey with the stick.
"ow I didn't say or do anything." Huey said rubbing his head.
"That goes for the rest of you too. OBEY THE STICK"
Tuskee held the stick in my face. Everyone else backed away from him.
This would be the worst 4 months of my life.