CHAPTER 7
It was the next day and his parents and brothers were going to go out food hunting. He was to stay behind and watch after his sister. He liked his sister. She could barely talk and she seemed to like Nico more than their older brothers. She was also good at using the left over berry juices for her drawings, which were getting better every time.
"Be sure to watch her. When we get back we will decide who is to leave the nest. Got it?" His father said to his sons. They nodded in response. Nico was listening much better now and he even smiled at them. He should of realized his son had potential. Even if he was a runt.
"You sure you wanna leave the two most likely candidates together though? I mean, what if Nico does something to Serena? He could do anything! Choke her, push her out of the nest, talk her into leaving with that stupid charm of his," At least his brothers recognized that. Their past girlfriends always seemed to like him more than them. It was awesome. "or he could even light the nest on fire!" What? How would he do that? Why, is a better question. He loved his sister! The only member of his family he could actually say that about.
"Why would he do that? Hm? Roderick? Thomas? No answer? We all know he loves his sister. Nico wouldn't hurt her." His mom had an almost sad look to her. Seems she knows that her son doesn't love anyone but his sister. Nico almost felt guilty. Almost.
"Right. Now let's get going." His father flew off and the others followed. His brothers glared at him before they flew off.
Nico looked at his sister. He liked her and even the minor thought of thinking about doing something to her made him mad. Serena looked up at him and giggled. He smiled at her and began to play with her.
It was about an hour later when Nico smelled smoke. He looked around to see that a fire had started at the base of the tree. He started freaking out. The fire was reaching up the tree and Nico had to stop it. He flew out of the nest and started to look for water and something to carry it with.
When he heard his sister start to cry he decided to calm her down in the only way he could. He began to sing her favorite song of his: 'Fly Love'. She stopped crying so he flew farther away well singing. He finally found an abandoned nest he could catch water with and a small stream nearby. He grabbed the nest and flew to the stream, scooping up as much water as he could while keeping an eye on his home and sister from a distance.
When he flew back to the tree he was surprised to find the fire had spread quite a distance. He dumped water over the fire at the base of the tree but it hardly did anything. He started to panic and in his panic he failed to notice two shadows watching the scene from a tree a little distance away.
He couldn't think of anything to do and the fire had already spread across the forest floor and farther up his tree. He flew up to the nest and grabbed his sister and picked her up and tried to carry her away from the fire. She was crying so Nico tried to shush her. Well trying to save her his grip on her was loosening thanks to her weight being close to his. He was having a hard time carrying her and was about to drop her.
His sister looked up at him and cocked her head to the side, and with that action Nico lost the last of his strength and his grip broke. His sister fell to the flames.