CHAPTER 4

"Hey, kids, look. It's Uncle Nico and Uncle Pedro! And they brought some new friends." Blu said as the mentioned birds landed in front of them. The kids squealed with joy and tackled their uncles. Roderick and Thomas couldn't help the looks of disgust that crossed their faces. They hated anything that was Nico sized or smaller.

Jewel, who had a bad feeling about the two bigger canaries saw the looks and snorted quietly to herself. "So, Nico. Who are these two?" She gestured to the birds who smiled at her as if she hadn't seen the looks they made.

"O-oh. These are my elder brothers. The white one is Roderick and the yellow one is Thomas. They're twins, by the way." He made sure never to look directly at their general direction. Keeping his focus instead on the little chick in front of him.

"Hey, Uncle Nico? Are you okay? You look kinda sick." Jane had a worried tone in her voice, and she kept a careful eye on how he kept glancing away.

"Sure, yeah. I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Kay, bonita niña?" He smiled his sweetest smile so as to make sure she didn't continue on. It worked and she even swayed on her feet a little. The kid sure is funny, especially when she acts like this.

"K-k-kay..." She walked off towards her mom, slightly swaying, slightly skipping all the way back. Her mom chuckled when she saw this. Blu got a defensive look in his eyes and looked towards Nico, who merely shrugged and winked in their direction.

I better make sure not to get them involved too much with my brothers. Or it could turn out very bad. Nico thought to himself, turning so his back was towards his friends and brothers.

"Okay. I got one more friend to introduce you to and then I can show you around, if you like." Nico said turning around and timidly smiling up at his taller, better built brothers. They got the height and muscle, Nico got the dancing and singing skills. His sister(who won't be mentioned much) got the art skills.

"Alright. See you around, blue birds." Thomas said. Roderick waved distractedly at them. He was paying more attention to a bug he was tempted to squash. Then they flew off behind Nico.

"Yo, I don't think we should trust them guys. They seem like bad news to me." Pedro said when the three brothers were out of sight.

"I agree. I don't trust them as far as I could throw them. Which wouldn't be very far, believe me." Jewel agreed. Blu looked at the two of them. He hadn't noticed the hidden evil or disgusted looks the two twins had shared. He was more focused on his daughter and Nico.

"What are you guys talking about? They seemed perfectly fine to me. I mean the white one was a little distracted, but still nice. Besides, they're Nico's brothers. I think he would expect us to like his family. Don't you?" He asked. He was lost as to how they seemed to immediately hate the two birds. What had they ever done to Pedro and Jewel?

"Man, I don't even think Nico trusts them. You shoulda seen how he acted when they showed up. First, he froze with fear. Then, after snapping him outta it, he hid behind me muttering stuff like 'This can't be happening' and 'No, no, no, no'. Then the two birds practically spit out that he 'fell'," Pedro made air quotes around this word, "out of the nest when he was younger. Then when he flew off they shared some kinda evil look. I don't trust them and I am 100% sure Nico doesn't either." He finished his rant by crossing his arms and looking Blu squarely in the eye.

"I never thought I'd feel threatened by a bird half my size." Blu replied backing up slightly.

"Don't take it lightly either. Now, I gotta catch up to Raffie and spread the news to him not to trust our little guests." With that, Pedro flew off to Rafael's place.

"You should learn to pay more attention to things other than Jane's harmless crush and Nico's harmless flirting." Jewel said, fwapping Blu lightly on the back of his head.

"Well, I can't help it. It irks me." He responded well rubbing his head. Only to be fwapped again for using fancy words, again. "Ugh." He moaned.