Disclaimer: The characters of Rio belong to the rights of Bluesky and Fox studios while the OC's belongs to their rightful owners.
Rio: merry Christmas.
It didn't take as long as getting to the Samba Club but the 3 birds led by the Toucan chick flew to the garage belonging to a certain Bulldog with a drooling condition. The 4 had flew inside, the garage dark despite the door being wide open, and landed on a bar on the ceiling, all of them perching themselves on the metal bar.
Carlos didn't want to get too close but he summoned up all his courage before he flew down and plopped himself down on the ground cold, hard and he nervously looked around for Luiz.
"Uhhh...L-Luiz?" called out Carlos as he felt his throat tighten and he lifted his wings to his cream coloured, red rimmed belly. There was no awnser as the keel billed/Toco toucan cross heard his voice bounce off the walls and ceilings in an echo.
Carlos gulped nervously before he made his way forwards, feeling his own beak clattering as a cold breeze blew through the room, making him shudder. The tiny toucan chick was getting more and more scared as each second passed and he began to shiver.
Suddenly, all out of the blue, a very large dog pounced out from the boot of a car which was currently being fixed and he began to chase a screaming, running away Carlos.
"Zoiks!" exclaimed Rapper as he, Pedro and Nico began to flee for their lives and they flew and hid behind a neaby tool box which was on a counter.
But after hearing the sounds of giggling, The 3 adult birds peeked out from behind the tool box to see that the dog was actually licking Carlos, making the little toucan laugh, as he clasped him in his large paws.
After flying over to get a closer look, it turned out that the dog was just a young puppy. He was a Bulldog pup who had dark chestnut brown markings, unlike Luiz' lighter brown, and he was entirely white. He looked quite a lot like Luiz but he had emerald irises instead of hazel brown.
"Heh, Heh, Heh! Let go, C'mon!" ordered Carlos as he tried to fight off the laughter from the large amount of drool the bulldog puppy was giving him.
"You're so soft, tiny birdie!" giggled the puppy as he examined Carlos "Can we be friends?"
"Sure!" exclaimed Carlos as he liked this puppy already and Nico, Rapper and Pedro had landed and walked over to examine the odd pair of new friends.
"Y'know. You're my first friend ever since most birds just think I'm a clumsy oaf." laughed Carlos but as he said that, it turned out that some of the puppy's drool had slimed underneath him and he slipped and fell on his back.
"...Ow..." groaned Carlos as he lay flat on his back, his wings spread apart but he would usually cry by now but instead he was laughing, along with his new BFF.
"Hi, Names Munro. Who are ya pretty birdies?" asked the puppy as he sat up from his laying down, playful pose and sat sensibly, his little docked tail wagging like mad. This happy go lucky puppy seemed to be a month old and he was boundlessly playful!
After being sure that this little pup wasn't going to harm them, Rapper the Red Macaw, Nico and Pedro introduced themselves. Nico went first "Hey there, Munro. I'm Nico." the yellow canary pointed a wing to Pedro "That's mi Amigo, Pedro."
Pedro smiled and lifted a single wing before placing it back on his belly where it was originally "'S'up Dawg."
Nico then pointed a wing to Rapper "And that's Rapper the Red Macaw."
Carlos piped up, sitting himself back up, despite the grossness of his back being weighed down by dog slobber "I'm Carlos!"
Munro smiled before he asked "Ya here ta see my guardian; Luiz? He's a Master!"
The puppy rolled over a few times before giving his new birdie friends an adorable look while Nico and Pedro cringed. They remembered witnessing the time when Blu and Jewel were almost sliced into peices by a saw table in order to get a chain, that locked them together, off.
It was both a great time and a really...really scary time for everyone.
The 4 birds all nodded at the same time before Munro howled as loud as he could, causing the birds to slap their wings to their ear holes and wait until the noise stopped but fortunately, the howling only lasted 3 moments before Luiz came in, looking groggy and sleepy as he wandered into the room.
"Munro...Please tell me that ya woke me up for a reason." groaned Luiz before he spotted the 4 birds and pounced upon them and hugging them in his large paws. The feathered group of four all struggled to breathe as Luiz hugged them tight but it was Carlos who had asked Luiz to release them and he gladly obliged.
"I can see ya met my new apprentice; Munro." smiled Luiz as he nudged the small puppy before picking up and hugging the little bulldog in one arm giving him a noogie with one of his paws, causing the puppy to giggle in response.
The 4 birds smiled at this adorable scene for a moment before Carlos spoke up "Luiz, my dad is sad and I wanna make him feel better with a surprise. May ya help us?" he asked softly.
Luiz thought about it for a moment and looked down at his puppy apprentice for a moment, who nodded with a smile on his muzzle, before Luiz smiled down at the birds, silently saying 'yes' to the proposal.
Soon, Carlos had returned to the hollow where Rico, His mother, Blu, Jewel, Bobby, Jasmine, Savannah and his siblings were located and he perched himself at the entrance calling out as he entered "Hey, I'm back!"
Eva asked, a concerned frown marring her beak "Wheres your father?"
Carlos replied, looking down and away from the sad gaze of his keel billed toucan mother "Dads just a little sad is all and I came to collect you all and bring you to him and get the surprise ready." he explained solemnly.
"What surprise, Car?" asked Blu as he stepped forwards and Carlos walked over to him before whispering into his ear hole and after a few moments, Blu felt a smile grow on his beak and nod in acknowledgement.
Suddenly, Carlos realised that Jasmine was nowhere to be seen and he asked as fear constricted his heart like an angry cobra "Wh-Where's Jasmine!?"
Rico the Black hawk extended his wing and replied, a smile growing on his grey beak "Don' you worry. Jasmine's fine. Shes just in the back of the hollow."
Carlos felt himself ease a little. He was glad that the young Blue Macaw was alright but he couldn't help but worry about her well being. Those mean bullies tore some of her precious feathers off her wings and to Carlos, they were the prettiest wings he ever laid eyes on.
If Jasmine were to be sad or upset, he would go and beat up those mean birds but he was so clumsy that he would probably be picked on also.
The Toucan chick walked towards the back of the hollow to see Jasmine looking solemnly into space. It was as if she was in a sad trance and she just could only concentrate on what was in front of her.
Gently, Carlos laid a wing on Jasmine's shoulder to snap her out of it and the young female Macaw jolted upwards, alarmingly looking around in panic to find out who touched her and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her best friend.
"Oh...Hey, Carlos." greeted Jasmine sadly with a fake smile on her beak as she then looked back off into the distance, going back to her sad trance but before she could, Carlos told the bird of his dreams "Hey, Jazz...I know you're wings were precious to you and I can't blame you. I mean they were the most amazing feathers I laid my eyes on and if any bird were to bully you or hurt you, I would try keep ya safe."
Jasmine looked at Carlos, her sad features turning into confused ones. "You're my best friend and I hate to see you hurt but I just want to tell ya." The young Toucan chick picked up a small flower in a wings from the small corner of the hollow which the two stood by "If a flower dies then something grows back, its even better then the last time. It's much more beautiful. Much more amazing."
Carlos smiled lovingly at Jasmine as he brought an ebony wing to her face and made her look at him, his voice turning into a gentle, soft tone "Much more braver and kinder and better then ever before."
Jasmine found herself breathless before she found that her heart was pounding like wild inside her chest. Her breath was taken away by Carlos' kind, sweet words and she done something which surprised both young birds.
Jasmine leaned over and kissed Carlos' cheek and she shut her eyes tightly as she done this, not wanting to look into Carlos' disgusted eyes but the Toucan chick didn't have such a look. He had a wide-eyed, lovestruck look and Carlos felt his cheeks glow warm as he felt himself waver slightly, feeling a bit faint.
Jasmine covered her face with one bandaged wing to hide her blush since everyone in the hollow was looking at the pair with smiles on their beaks and surprise in their eyes. Everyone was silent for awhile before Nico's voice called out "Hey! We gettin ready or what!?"
Everyone snapped their attention to outside the hollow to see that Nico, Rapper and Pedro flying outside the hollow while Luiz was down below, carrying little Munro on his back while he carried a tool box in his mouth and the puppy carried a hammer in his mouth.
"Okay, guys. Let's go get ready!" announced Blu as he and everyone took flight towards the waterfall cavern while Rafael continued to gather Mangoes.
While they were flying in the air, everyone smiled at one another and Carlos carried Jasmine carefully in his talons because to him, she was very fragile and the little male Toucan chick made a silent vow to never allow a bird to harm Jasmine again.
That's the end of this chapter, you guys. I followed the favor Blu100-Jewel100 of there being some romance between Carlos and Jasmine and I hope this chapter is good enough.
Also, introducing my first ever OC, Munro the Bulldog puppy! What did you think of him? If you want you can add him in a story of yours but only if you mention that I let you borrow him.
Please leave nice reviews and have a nice, Jolly day!