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.
A/N: This took place while Carlos was away. Enjoy this chapter.
Bobby was playing with young Manuel who was the second oldest next to Carlos and both were flying around while having a nice chat "So, Manuel. You excited about Santa Macaw coming?" asked Bobby with a smile on his beak whilst his ten head feathers were flowing with the cold winds.
Manuel nodded "Yep. I hope to get one of Santa Macaw's bells because I always loved the shiny stuff and I still do!" the Toucan smiled at his best bud before nudging the young Blue Macaw on the side.
"So what do you want for Christmas, Bobby?" asked Manuel with a smile on his beak "Coz I think ya have been a great bird this year!"
"You really think I've been good?" asked Bobby with a hopeful glint in his chocolate brown as he flapped his thin wings in the freezingly cold air.
"Of course!" exclaimed Manuel as he and the young male blue Macaw chick stopped and hovered in the air flapping their wings as they did so and the young Toucan chick tapped one tip of his midnight back feathers on Bobby's noggin "Who else has been trying to figure out how to reduce global warming all this year?"
It was true, Like his dad, Bobby had a keen sense for science and wanted nothing more then to help the world flourish then the people to die from their own mistakes. Bobby cared for all and wanted to help in anyway he could.
Bobby chuckled before suddenly, the sound of sobbing sounded through their ear holes, coming from down below. Both Bobby and Manuel swooped down to see a younger Sparrow chick, crying as he held a special peice of a star like stone in his wing tips but the stone was broken in two.
"Hey, what's wrong?" asked Manuel sadly as he placed a wing on top of the chick's green feathered head to calm him down.
"I-I was admiring my star shaped rock which Santa Macaw gave me last year but now two bullies broke it and I can't do anything to fix it!" the Sparrow cried as she hugged her peices of stone tighter and sat on the snow covered ground in defeat.
Bobby held up a wing tip "Hang on, little one. Me and my comrade are going to have a small chat for a moment." then the young male Blue Macaw chick guided his Toucan cross bred friend and Manuel whispered to his Blue Macaw pal "Bobby! We can't let those bullies Get away with this!"
Bobby agreed with a nod "I concur. But what can we do?" the duo thought for a moment, tapping their wing tips against their chins for a moment before Bobby whispered excitedly "I know! Why don't I get some super glue from Linda, Fernando and Tulio whilst you go after those bullies?"
Manuel complimented "My friend, you are such a genius!" he gave Bobby a noogie before the two wing fived and Bobby. "Flying free riders, go!" the two of them squawked together before Bobby went to go to the bird sanctuary while Manuel went to interrogate the small chick.
Bobby and Manuel had formed a duo team called the 'Flying free riders' when they first met and vowed to help the innocent from harsh, cruel birds like Nigel or anyone else! Bobby was the brains while Manuel was the skill and brawn. The two were inseparable and did everything together, even if it was helping out at the Samba club downtown.
The male Blue Macaw had flown for about at least 10 to 14 minutes and he soon perched himself upon the nearest window sill, where he saw Linda typing up stuff on her computer, and used the tip of his beak to knock on the window and Linda saw Bobby and opened it to allow the little blue Macaw chick inside.
"Hi there, Bobby. How are you?" asked Linda as she smiled down at the thin little blue bird. Bobby knew he couldn't speak to Linda so he made an 'OK' sign with his the tips of his feathers on his right wing while winking at the ginger haired female human.
Suddenly, Bobby walked around towards Linda and peered towards the computer's screen with a curious look as if to ask 'What are you doing?'.
"Oh, I'm just sending an email to another bird sanctuary." replied Linda sweetly, looking down at Bobby as she made a hand gesture towards the computer before she minimised the page and put up Microsoft word instead so she could communicate properly with Bobby. She done this with Blu, Bobby, Jasmine and Savannah quite often and they were very intelligent birds despite their different personalities.
Bobby smiled up at his dad's old companion before Linda asked him "So, Bobby. What can I do for you?"
The thin blue Macaw chick leaped on the keyboard and began using his talons to type "Can I borrow some super glue please?"
Linda nodded with a smile before she used her wheelie computer chair to wheel across the room and go to a drawer and she opened it before reaching inside and clasping a small tube of super glue and asking "What do you need it for anyway?"
Bobby jumped on the space bar and done some quick dancing on the keyboard until he typed his reply as "Some bullies broke a chick's special rock so I was going to help fix it."
Linda smiled before wheeling back over to her desk with Bobby on it and she began stroking the little blue Macaw's head feathers "That's very kind of you, Bobby."
The young Blue Macaw once again smiled up at the human female and did a gentlemen's bow before he flew on Linda's shoulder and rubbed his cheek against Linda's affectionately before he gently took the tube of glue from her hand but before he could fly out of the window, Linda held out her hand "Wait, Bobby."
At the sound of Linda's voice, Bobby did as he was told and settled down back on the mahogany desk, tilting his head slightly in confusion.
The human female reached into her trouser pocket before taking out a very small peice of paper and she took out a piece of string before she began wrapping the note around the young Blue Macaw chick's left leg and she instructed "Can you please give this to you're father tomorrow, Bobby? I'd really appreciate it."
Bobby nodded in determination with a brave smile before he once again began to fly out the window and he made his way back to the chick and Manuel, glue in talon and note on leg.
Very soon, Bobby made it back to see the little chick had been waiting patiently in the same place she was before, sat sadly in the snow as she stared at her tiny, crystaline star shaped rock, her tears no longer in her eyes.
The young Blue Macaw swooped down, placed the glue on the ground in between him and the young Sparrow chick and landed softly and gracefully on the snow-covered ground.
"What's that?" asked the little female Sparrow chick as she pointed a wing span towards the tube of glue. Bobby replied softly, bringing a feather to her face and lifting up her chin gently "It's something to help fix your rock."
The little chick looked doubtful before she gently handed the broken peices of star shaped stone to Bobby and he carefully examined it. After a few moments, The blue Macaw chick smiled in satisfation before he picked up the glue stick in his talon and begun the delicate procedure.
Moments turned into minutes as Bobby worked and concentrated hardly on the task at wing and very soon...He had done it.
The thin, Blue Macaw chick smiled sweetly as he passed the now perfectly stuck together star rock back to the female Sparrow chick whose honey brown eyes now sparkled with joy as she hugged it like a teddy bear.
But once she finished hugging her rock she had done something super unexpected, she hugged him!
"Thank You, Blue Macaw." she whispered affectionately as she hugged him and Bobby felt he wings wrap around the Sparrow to return the hug and suddenly, a voice asked from behind "Am I interrupting something?"
Bobby and the little Sparrow chick looked behind them to see none other than Manuel who had a black eye but no other injuries other then that one.
"Oh, My heroes!" exclaimed the young Sparrow as she ran over to Manuel and hugged him "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!"
Manuel felt a smile engrace his beak as he, like Bobby, returned the hug "Heh. You're welcome, kiddo."
With that the little Sparrow introduced herself "By the way, My names Ivanna. Who are you two?"
Ivanna looked towards Bobby and Manuel with an expecting smile and Bobby pointed at himself "My names, Bobby." and Manuel gestured towards himself "And I'm Manuel." then the two chicks carried out a cool pose and proclaimed in unison "And we're the Flying free riders!"
Ivanna found herself staring in admiration before smiling sweetly and asking "M-May I please join?"
Manuel found himself confused "E-Excuse me?" he stammered, not fully understanding what he had just heard. The little green feathered Sparrow repeated "May I please join you're team, Flying free riders?"
Bobby and Manuel looked at each other with surprised expressions, their beaks mildly agape before they stared back at innocent looking Ivanna and Bobby and Manuel replied simultaneously with adoring smiles on each of their beaks "Of course you may join."
They just found the little sparrow so darn cute and they couldn't bring themselves to say 'no' to such a cute little chick. Plus, they needed more members so this was a good thing!
"Well, Ivanna. What's you're talent?" asked Manuel with a smile as he folded his wings across his cream coloured, red rimmed belly.
"I'm good at singing, dancing, I can do a bit of flying and I can blend in with any area because my mother says that Chameleon is in my blood." Ivanna listed and smiled and it turned out that she wasn't lying about being part chameleon. She actually had odd shaped feet and that did explain her green feathers and when she held her breath, she turned pretty much invisible but she wasnt completely due to the fact that she still held her star shaped stone.
The two older male chicks we're very impressed "...Woah..." they gasped in unison and as they said that, Ivanna revealed herself as she gasped for her breath "...Although, I need some more practice."
The two birds nodded before Bobby announced "When the season is over, you shall have a proper initiation."
"Yay!" exclaimed Ivanna as she danced around in the snow with ever lasting glee, spinning and twirling as she did so. But then Ivanna remembered that it was getting late "Oh, Nutmeg and Canes! I'm going to be late for dinner!" with that Ivanna took flight but she exclaimed while looking back at her two new team mates "See you later, Bobby and Manuel. I'll see you tomorrow!"
When the strangely bred yet adorable bird was out of sight, Manuel and Bobby too began to take flight back to the hollow and as they flew, Bobby looked over to his comrade "Y'know. I liked helping that Chick out. What did you think, Manuel?"
Manuel said with a half smile "I kind of liked it too...Except I got pounded by lots of birds."
Lol, poor Manuel. I might even make a fanfic about the flying free riders in adult hood! What do you guys think? Which one of my OC's do you like so far. Grace, Remona and Romando, Ivanna or Munro? Whose you're favourite?
Also I would love some kind reviews please. Thanks.
-Chloemcg.