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3 Years ago
Island of Saint Helena South Atlantic Ocean
Two Yellow Canaries, one male and one female, were flying side-by-side over Sandy Bay beach on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon. The name of the beach is misleading however, due to the fact that there is no sand and the majority of the island is covered in dense forests. The male canary turned his attention to the female.
"Oh, man. I'm soooo hungry! I wish dad didn't keep us so long with his stupid lecture." The male said while rubbing his stomach with his wings briefly.
"Nico, you know dad only wants us to be safe. I'm sure even you can understand that." The female responded while looking at her counterpart with a cheeky expression.
To her dismay, the female did not receive a response as Nico was too concerned with his lack of sustenance.
"Hey Nico, I have something you can eat." She said, in a slightly devious tone.
Nico then perked up, revealing an ecstatic expression.
"Really?! What is it?" He said quite excitedly.
The female then suddenly darted ahead and looked back at the other.
"You can eat my Tail Feathers! Haha!" She shouted while swiftly banking according to the curves of the island.
"Oh, no you don't!" Nico yelled as he rocketed ahead, determined to catch up.
"She thinks she can out-fly me? We'll see about that!" Nico thought to himself as he suddenly dove down into the forest like a kamikaze.
A moment prior to colliding with the forest floor, Nico pulled up and used the momentum he collected to shoot himself forward at an extremely fast velocity.
"Ohh Baby! This…is…faasssstttt!" Nico yelled as he dashed a few inches above the ground.
Nico's eyes grew huge as he noticed an incoming tree.
"Uh oh."
Nico quickly rotated 90 degrees to the left, so that one wing was nearly touching the jungle floor while the other was pointing up towards the canopy.
He shot past the tree as his chest feathers grazed the bark. After he had cleared the obstacle, Nico readjusted his body back to a flat 180 degrees, parallel to the ground. Just as he thought his troubles were over, Nico noticed a mountain of rocks, approximately 20ft tall, rapidly approaching.
"Shoot…"
With little time to readjust, Nico desperately attempted to pull up. Unfortunately his ascent was not great enough and, as a result, he collided with the tip of the rocks. This caused the small canary to front-flip continuously.
"Waaaaaa!"
By some miracle, either through luck or experience, Nico managed to regain his balance without losing a great deal of momentum. As the small bird recovered from the dizzying aerial acrobatics, he noticed that his female companion was nowhere in sight.
"Hmm, I guess I was too much for her." Nico said to himself proudly while slowing down and puffing his chest feathers.
After another five minutes, Nico made it to his destination. It was a small village sitting on the outskirts of the island. The yellow canary perched himself on top of a nearby building.
"Haha!" He yelled while dancing around briefly.
"No one can top the king of racing!" Nico said ecstatically, unaware that someone else had already landed on the building prior to his arrival.
"Don't you mean the 'queen'"? A female voice interjected.
Nico turned around to see his counterpart laying on her back with her wings behind her head, soaking up the rays.
"Wha?" Nico gasped in disbelief.
"But h-how. I thought you were, and then I was, and t-then. Wha?" He mumbled as he tried to cope with the situation.
The female merely giggled in response.
"I guess you're going to have to find a new title, eh Bro?" She teased.
"Hmph, whatever Nicole. Let's just go find food, ok?" Nico said with his wing folded.
"Oh, what's the matter? Is little Niki a sore loser?" Nicole said with a voice new parent would use when conversing with a newborn.
"Very funny." Nico responded while rocking his head left and right with each word.
"Come on, my stomach is digesting itself." He concluded as he flew away.
"Oh Nico." She sighed.
"After all these years, you're still the same silly brother I love." She said to herself while happily shaking her head.
Nicole caught up to Nico, who was sitting on a tree, and perched herself next to him.
"Wow, this place is amazing. I always wanted to visit the city." Nicole said while gazing at all of the sights and taking in all the sounds.
"So, Nico. Where are the fruit trees?" She inquired.
"What? No,no,no. My sis isn't going to eat any old fruit. We're going for the good stuff." Nico said, chuckling while shaking his head.
"O-K. Where is this 'good stuff' then?" She said skeptically.
"Right over there." Nico replied while smiling and pointing a wingtip to a nearby building.
"What!? There is NO way I'm going in there Nico. Don't you remember what happened t-"
"Hey, relaaaax. That bird was just careless. Heh, and fat. We won't get caught." Nico interrupted while placing a wing around his sister. He then moved his head closer to Nicole's.
"Besides, maybe we can bring back something sweet for that special someone you've been watching." Nico sang by raising his voice at the end to make it more appealing.
Nicole just looked down at her talons and blushed.
"O-Ok Nico, but it better be quick!" She said sternly and extended a wingtip like a pointer finger in an attempt to appear more serious.
"Don't worry baby bird. We go in, get the food, and go out. I've done it dozens of times." Nico suavely responded before taking off towards the building he pointed to earlier.
Nicole followed, but remained wary of the possible adverse consequences.
The two siblings flew through an open window and landed on a white tiled floor.
"Here we are. Heaven in a box." Nico said while extending his wings.
The colorful light emanating from this strange metallic rectangle radiated off the two birds.
"Can Corn?" Nicole said in an inquisitive voice.
"Oh, sorry." Nico apologized. He hopped over to the box and gave it a swift kick.
The grey neon lights on top of the box, that were unreadable before, flickered for a moment before reactivating.
Nicole hopped next to Nico and squinted.
"Candy Corner!? Nico! You know what dad said about this human stuff." She said while jabbing him in the stomach with her wing as if it were an elbow.
"Omph! Watch the belly sis. I'm full of acid right now, remember?" Nico, oblivious to her disapproval, complained.
"We need to get out of here, now!" Nicole commanded.
As she began walking away, her brother grabbed her wing.
"Oh come on, you HAVE to try this Juicy Fruit stuff. It's amazing! It looks absolutely nothing like fruit!" Nico, in attempt to persuade his sister, begged.
"Ugh, fine. But after this, promise me you'll never come into a place like this again!" She mandated while placing her wings on her hips.
"Yes!" Nico shouted.
He then proceeded to fly up to the change return slot and landed on the metal ledge. The male canary slid his small wing into the dark hole and began feeling around inside.
"There's usually one in- AH! Got one!" Nico exclaimed as he found what he was looking for. He pulled out a shiny coin.
"Stupid people. They literally throw money away." He mumbled to himself.
"Ok sis, lunch is served." Nico said with the best "fancy" voice he could contrive.
He looked up to see a vertical line, a few centimeters thick, within reach. Nico pushed the shiny coin into the slot and flew up to the machine's keypad.
"Let's see, if I remember then those fruit sticks should be C7." Nico said while pushing the buttons with his talons.
The small screen on the box flashed C7 and, on the inside of the metallic cube, the product began inching its way towards the ledge. Nico landed down next to his sister as they both watched the miracle of human mass production.
Then, the machine stopped.
"WHAT!" Nico exclaimed.
He flew up to the glass and began banging on it with his talons.
"NOOOOO. That…was…my….last…coin!" He whined as he banged the glass with each word.
"Nico, I think we should go." Nicole suggested, now starting to become nervous.
"No, my sister deserves the best! You WILL taste the Juicy Fruit!" Nico yelled, now determined to give his sister what he thought was the best.
The small, now furious, male canary flew down to the vending machine flap and tried pushing it.
"Hey, help me out here." He grunted while trying to push the flap.
"Sis? Do you hear me?" Nico asked again.
"N-N-NICOOOO!" Nicole shrieked. This caused Nico to turn around to find why his sister was yelling. To his horror, a tall man with a medical mask over his face was examining the panicking Nicole in his hands. Nico looked around frantically in an attempt to find something of use so he could help his sister.
"Hey you! Get your hands of my sis!" Nico shouted as he threw a bottle cap like a Frisbee towards the man. The cap hit the man's hands and, out of sheer surprise, he dropped Nicole.
The female canary managed to catch herself while falling and darted towards the window. Nico picked up the bottle cap, thinking it may come in handy later, and placed it on his head while pursuing his sister.
Another man wearing a medical mask just happened to be walking by at this time.
"Hey you! Close the window! Don't let them escape!" The first man shouted.
Nico quickly caught up to his sibling and flew directly behind her.
"Nicole…Remember that game we used to play when we were younger?" Nico asked.
Nicole's eyes grew as she realized what her brother was going to do.
"Nico! You don't need to do this! We can make it out together!" She tried to convince him. However, even though Nico wasn't a smart bird like Blu, he knew that at their current speed neither of them would make it out before the man closed the window.
"If I don't make it…" He yelled dramatically while grabbing her talons in his in midair.
"Take care of DAAAADDDD!" Nico exclaimed as he used all of his energy to catapult Nicole forwards.
Nicole shot forwards like a yellow bullet, and she popped out the window. Nico had sacrificed so much momentum and energy saving his sister, he almost came to a complete stop. A brief moment after his sister escaped, the window was slammed shut by the man next to it. Nico could merely hover as he watched the men run towards him.
"Here goes nothing." Nico whispered to himself as he flew towards the ceiling right before the two men caught him. With little time to react, the two men slammed into each other and fell onto the floor.
"Heh, that was easy." The canary said to himself as he started to make his way through the building in hopes of finding an exit. Unfortunately, he didn't get far as he felt a slight pinch on his back. The room around Nico started swirling like water down a drain pipe. The small bird fell out of the air and collapsed on the tiled floor.
"Ohhhhh" Nico moaned to himself. The world started fading. The last thing he saw were a pair of brown khakis marching up to him.
"Ooooo, this will do nicely."
Present Day
"The next thing I knew, I was in a tree in the Jungle of Rio. I bumped into Pedro soon after and the rest is history. I-I'm just sad that I caused so much trouble." Nico said, and then sniffed.
Blu, Jewel, and Rafael just stood there in disbelief while staring at Nico. Pedro was standing next to his buddy with a wing over the little canary's shoulder in an attempt to comfort him.
Blu lifted his wingtip like a finger and opened his beak, as if he were about to say something, when the handle to the door of the room they were in began to turn. The five birds redirected their attention to the entrance to see a shocked employee. His jaw had dropped, and his shoulders were stiff.
"T-t-t-TULIO!" He screamed as he ran down the hall he came from, completely forgetting about the door he had left open.
"Well, I guess it's time for us to go amigos." Rafael said nervously as he placed his wings on Nico and Pedro's back and pushed them towards the vent they used to enter. He quickly turned his head around, nearly decapitating Pedro as his huge beak swung around. Fortunately the cardinal used his quick reflexes, which he obtained from his years of samba, to duck and save his head from being knocked off.
"So you guys SURE you want to stay here?" Rafael asked one more time in order to ensure that he had done everything in his power to help his amigos.
"Yes Rafael, we're sure." Blu responded as he smiled and placed a wing around Jewel.
"Ok, see you around then." The toucan bid farewell as he and the samba masters grabbed the piece of fallen vent with their talons and pulled it back up to the ceiling.
"See ya Blu!" Pedro thanked and walking down the vent.
Nico just stood there, looking through the grate. He lightly smiled and waved a wing.
"Thank you. Thank you guys." He said as he walked off, his talons clicking on the metal inside the shaft.
No sooner than the three amigos had left, two ornithologists came running into the room. One was the aide that had originally noticed the three extra birds. The other was Tulio, obviously disgruntled by being dragged over here. The aide just stood there as before, dumbfounded. Tulio arched an eyebrow and gave the aide an irritated look.
"See, I told you. You were just seeing things." Tulio said as he walked away.
"Maybe you should get some sleep." He yawned as he walked down the hallway.
The aide remained in his current stance for a few moments before relaxing and exhaling deeply.
He rubbed the back of his neck while mumbling something to himself.
The door closed, and the two lovebirds were once again alone.
"Well, that was heavy." Blu said while staring off into the distance.
"Yeah. *yawn* I guess we should get some sleep though." Jewel replied.
"So do you want to go back up to the tree hollow?" Blu inquired.
"You know, I'm fine down here." Jewel responded while snuggling her head into Blu's chest.
"Unless you want to go back up." She added.
"If you're happy, I'm happy Jewel." Blu said lovingly. He looked down at Jewel and noticed that she was already asleep.
"I wonder what tomorrow will bring." Blu thought to himself as he drifted off to sleep.
Nico's backstory is complete. Now you know his story. Sorry I'm a little late, but I hope this longer chapter makes up for it. Hopefully tomorrow Blu's Day Out will be finished. We're going to be covering some major plot points in these upcoming chapters, so get ready. Oh, and thank you sooo much for your reviews!