After a full day of having fun in the water, Logan and Destiny decided to head over to Magic Kingdom and explore a section they rarely got to visit in the past: Adventureland. Adam told the young Dream Defender how amazing of a place it was to visit. And, upon arriving, he perfectly understood why.

"Cool!" Logan exclaimed as they arrived at the entrance, with tribal masks over the welcome portal and the jungle surrounding the entire place. "After all the times I came here, I can't believe I forgot the sense of adventure this place inspires. Too bad Hex decided to set his trap in California Adventure rather than here."

"Why? You didn't have fun playing all the carnival games with your friends and the Toy Story crew?" Destiny asked. The heat was hard on the poor whale shark, who wasn't used to elevated temperatures. Good thing she still had her big hat to help.

"That's not what I meant at all," Logan quickly defended himself. "I had a lot of fun. It's just... You know what, forget this. Where should we start?" he asked with rubbing his gloved hands.

"How about there?" Destiny suggested, pointing at an attraction near Adventureland's entrance called 'Enchanted Tiki Room'.

"Oh yeah, Gabriel and Jasiri told me about this once! Apparently, it's where they met Silver for the first time, and they also got to perform with Nico and Pedro from Rio!" Logan exclaimed. "I wonder if they're still there. Let's go see!"

Logan and Destiny went to a Dole stand to get themselves some pineapple-flavored Dole whips to savor during the show. As they were about to get inside, Logan decided to use his Magical Notebook to turn into his little snowy owl form to fit with the attraction's theme. Likewise, Destiny got back into her whale shark form, hoping her presence wouldn't bother the other guests too much.

After a brief moment of waiting, the avian-fish couple got to enter the cabana room. The ambiance was lively with birds of all size and color practically everywhere, singing and dancing, with guests invited to do the same. However, there was one detail that seemed to bother everybody present.

"Cheese and crackers! It's burning hot in here!" Logan exclaimed, using his wing to fan himself. Being a bird made to live in the cold did not help the situation at all.

"I'll say," Destiny agreed, practically forming a puddle of sweat underneath her floating form. "Didn't our friends said this place had air conditioning?"

"Not anymore, apparently."

On the plus side, Logan's hopes turned out to be true, as Pedro the red cardinal and Nico the yellow canary were indeed present. They just finished performing a samba song on the big chandelier serving as the main stage and bowed to their audience under the cheers. Once it calmed down, the duo took notice of their new guests and decided to offer them a proper welcome.

"Saudações, meus bons amigos," Nico said. When he saw the two guests staring at him with confused expressions, he clarified: "It means 'Greetings, my good friends'."

"Oh, okay." Logan shook wings with the two smaller birds. "Nico, Pedro, I'm really happy to officially meet you! I've been a fan of Rio ever since it came out over a decade ago! And I still love it to this day."

"The pleasure's all ours," Nico assured with a smile. "Who's your favorite character in the franchise?"

"That would be you, Nico. I just love how you wear your bottle cap with style and sometimes use it as a weapon."

"Aww, you gonna make me blush," the canary said with a wave of his wing. He then turned his attention to the other guest. "I know you; you were in that movie with the blue fish. What was your name already?"

"It's Destiny," the whale shark introduced herself. "Nice to meet the both of you. This is Logan, my boyfriend."

"Boyfriend, huh? Looks like there's some love in the air today, Nico," Pedro cooed while nudging his best friend with a grin, causing both Logan and Destiny to blush. "Hey, I remember; you're that guy from Gabriel's team that gets nicknamed 'The Owl', right?"

"Yeah; we teamed up with all your friends and mine to perform a song and free Donald Duck from his trap when Hex invaded, remember?"

"Of course! You were that snowy owl!" Pedro finally snapped. "Sorry for not recognizing you instantly, but we've seen so many faces that day that a few slipped out of my mind. Plus, I rarely got to see owls in my life."

"It's okay, I understand. Though right now, being a snowy owl isn't that big of a blessing," Logan remarked as he kept fanning himself.

"Yeah, sorry about the heat, but the air conditioner is broken, and we're still waiting for someone to fix it," Nico explained with rubbing the back of his head. "But don't worry; we have a special guest who's about to perform, and she said that she can help with that problem."

"A special guest?" Destiny asked.

"Yup! She's a young Imagineer who recently arrived in the Magical World. We got to see her earlier; she seems really excited to show what she's capable of around," Pedro explained. "You should go take a seat now; the show will begin in no time."

Logan and Destiny went to take a seat amongst the numerous guests and enjoyed their Dole whips while waiting for the show to start. Eventually, Nico and Pedro appeared on the stage beneath the huge chandelier, a spotlight on them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends of all age, thank you all for waiting!" Nico beamed. "If the previous song set you on fire, I hope you still have some energy left, because the next one is supposed to cool you down a bit!"

"You got that right!" Pedro agreed. "Our next performer is a young Imagineer who comes to us straight from the lands of the east. All of you, give it all for Almyra!"

The room's lights turned off, safe for a few weak ones. All the birds hanging above the floor started playing a song that sounded familiar to Logan, but with Brazilian instruments. Soon, a figure walked through a door and headed toward the center stage underneath the chandelier. This figure was covered in sheets, preventing anybody from seeing its appearance, but it walked in a dignified way, not looking at any of the guests. It got up on stage, where Nico and Pedro waited, ready to sing.

('Fire Burning' by Sean Kingston, but with a Brazilian beat)

Nico:

Somebody call 9-1-1!

Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa!

As the song began playing, the sheet-covered figure started swaying its hips a bit, waiting for Pedro to sing the next part.

Pedro:

(Fire burning, fire burning) What a gwaan?

Nico!

Let's go, hey!

With the beat kicking in, the figure swiftly removed its sheets at last... and everybody present widened their eyes. Almyra was an anthropomorphic Indian peafowl with a flamboyant green and blue plumage, turquoise eyes, and black and white facial markings. She wore a sky-blue Arabian vest with a golden-yellow tube top around her chest and sky-blue Arabian pants. She had gold bracelets on both her wrists and biceps, a golden chain around her belly, and a golden band holding her crest feathers into a ponytail. She was a beautiful woman.

Pedro:

Nico! Hey! hey!

Nico:

Shawty got that super thang

Hotter than the sun of the south of Spain

Got me soon as I walked through the door, oh

Almyra performed a belly dance with Nico and Pedro dancing the samba on either side of her, the three of them getting in perfect tandem despite doing different dances. Nico used his bottle cap as a tambourine to add beat for the next part of the song.

Nico:

My pocket started tickling

The way she dropped it low, that thang

Got me wanna spend my money on her, her

The peafowl gave a charmed smile at this and affectionately patted Nico on the head without stopping her dance for more. She elegantly swung her waist and wings around, following the same tempo as the two smaller birds.

Nico and Pedro:

She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it

That birthday cake

Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away

As the song went on, an ice-blue aura formed around Almyra, soon spreading across the room. The heat faded away, replaced by the cool air brought by an air conditioner. Logan and Destiny's Dole whips stopped melting, and their skin stopped sweating.

"W-What just happened?" Destiny asked in surprise.

"I don't know. Is that... magic?" Logan asked.

Nico and Pedro:

Now take my red, black card and my jewelry

Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire

Nico:

Somebody call 9-1-1!

With the beat kicking up a notch, a few birds flew down to serve as background dancers for the trio. Almyra danced with more enthusiasm, thrusting her shimmying hips side to side, with the effects of her magic getting felt even more by the performers and guests.

Nico:

Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa!

During the 'whoa!' part, Nico and Pedro performed a spin on themselves, while Almyra traced a circle with her pelvis.

Nico:

I gotta cool her down

She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa!

The samba duo once again span in tandem, while their peafowl friend span her pelvis in a circle. They sang the next part together, with Almyra doing a choreography that mixed belly dance and samba together, following closer to her friends' steps.

Nico and Pedro:

She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor

That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor

She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor

That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor

Nico and Pedro stopped singing, giving the numerous musicians a chance to show their skills with their instruments during the break. Almyra slowed down her moves, but retained her pleasant energy. A glowing yellow aura emanated from the peafowl and spread around, joining the blue one.

"You can feel that too, right, Logan?" Destiny asked her boyfriend.

"Yeah. It's almost like that girl is having fun dancing right now, and I can somehow sense it," Logan tried to explain.

The break soon came to an end, Almyra exchanging a high-five with the cardinal and canary before they continued to sing.

Pedro:

That body is a masterpiece

The order is one in every hundred years

But ain't no doubt I'm taking it home, home

Logan couldn't help but tap his hand on his leg and rock his head a bit. That son was quite catchy. Even Destiny was unable to prevent her tail from swinging side to side, being careful not to hit any guest with it.

I'm afraid we'll blow them legs

Little mama game is about to change

She'll be on covers over the world, world

Almyra gave a lovely nuzzle to Pedro before she stepped back and allowed him to have a co-op dance with his best friend for a change.

Nico and Pedro:

She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it

That birthday cake

Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away

Now take my red, black card and my jewelry

Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire

Before they could move on to the next part of the song, Almyra performed an impressive moonsault and landed between the two friends, sharing her belly dance with their samba moves. The plants started singing as well, the peafowl's magic creating a Rio de Janeiro carnival-like ambiance for the guests.

Nico:

Somebody call 9-1-1!

Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa!

This time, Almyra gave a tummy roll instead of twisting her pelvis.

I gotta cool her down

She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa!

During this part, Almyra walked around the room a bit, approaching musicians and allowing them to control her dance moves for a moment before walking away.

Nico and Pedro:

She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor

That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor

She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor

That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor

Almyra performed a spin on herself before taking a pose and stopping there. Pedro slid next to her, singing the next part.

Pedro:

She got that fire in her dance

That'll make them fella's run around (hey)

Nico approached too, and started slapping on his bottle cap like a tambourine, giving a beat to Almyra. Pedro slapped his wings together in tandem, inviting the guests to do the same. Their peafowl friend placed her wings on her hips and proceeded to lift them one after the other, doing so with more and more energy, the more people clapped in unison. Soon, practically all the guests were clapping for their host, Logan and Destiny deciding to join in the fun.

Pedro:

No exit pon the dance floor so them boys want more (hey)

She got that fire in her dance

That'll make them fella's run around

While lifting her hips, Almyra gave a look in Logan's direction and actually winked at him. It caused him to stop clapping his wings and blush a bit. Of course, the gesture didn't go unnoticed by Destiny, who stopped clapping her fins and gave a glare at the peafowl.

Nico:

Madem, give them a run, everybody, sing it now, hey

Pedro:

No exit pon the dance floor so them boys want more

Nico:

What a gwaan?

Let's go

Madem, let's go, hey

The avian trio returned to the center stage while still singing, Almyra removing her wings from her hips. While keeping her dance going on, Logan noticed her stare was still fixed on him. Somehow, it made him feel even more excited.

Nico and Pedro:

She get it, pop it, lock it, drop it

That birthday cake

Got a candle, need to blow that crazy flame away

At this point, most of the Tiki Room birds and guests were singing with the samba duo. Almyra was giving hip thrusts, wing swings and belly rolls, her beautiful face lit up by a smile - it looked like she was having a lot of fun.

Nico and Pedro:

Now take my red, black card and my jewelry

Shawty is cool like the fire, cool like fire

Nico:

Somebody call 9-1-1!

Shawty fire burning on the dance floor, whoa!

The three birds slowed down for a brief second, but only as a trick before singing and dancing with even more energy than before. At this point, all the guests were either dancing, singing the song, or both. Logan jumped from his seat and did it with the most enthusiasm.

Everyone:

I gotta cool her down

She gon' bring the roof to ground on the dance floor, whoa!

She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor

That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor

She's fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor

That little shawty's fire burning on the dance floor

Nico:

Somebody call 9-1-1!

As the song came to an end, the avian trio took a pose with Nico holding his bottle cap on his head with one wing, Almyra lifting both of her wings above her head, and Pedro taking a rapper's pose. The entire crowd cheered and clapped at the performance. As Nico and Pedro went to talk with the musician birds across the room, Almyra walked down the main stage and into Logan and Destiny's direction.

"Hi. Thanks for cheering me on," she told Logan. "You enjoyed the show?"

"A-Absolutely. What you just did was amazing," Logan praised her, causing a little blush to form on her green and blue cheeks.

"Aww, stop it, you'll make me blush... Oh, where are my manners? My name is Almyra."

"Nice to meet you, Almyra, I'm Logan. Nico and Pedro told us about you before the show; you're an Imagineer, aren't you?" Logan asked as he shook wings with her.

"Yup! I recently arrived in the Magical World, and already doing magical waves," the peafowl laughed. "Say, wanna get a snack at the Tropical Hideaway before the effects of my magic disappear, and the heat returns?"

"He-hem!" The two avians turned their heads to see a whale shark glaring at them with her fins crossed.

"Oh my gosh, sorry! Almyra, this is Destiny, my girlfriend," Logan introduced her.

"G-Girlfriend?!"Almyra silently exclaimed, her eyes becoming as small as grains of sand. She alternately looked at the owl and whale before rubbing her eyes with her wings. "For the love of snakes, what was I thinking? Sorry, Destiny; I wouldn't have winked at him if I knew he was your boyfriend."

"It's alright, you didn't know," Destiny assured, glad that the misunderstanding had passed. "But say, what was that magic you used during your performance?"

"How about I tell you everything around a good snack?"

The trio said goodbye to Nico and Pedro, who told them to return any time they wanted, and exited the Enchanted Tiki Room. "See ya later, hot wings and hot fins," Pedro told the girls, making them blush. They went to get a table at the Tropical Hideaway to enjoy some exotic snacks. Logan commanded some Loco Moco Bao while Destiny enjoyed some Spiced Vegetable Bao and Almyra got a bowl of Lime Chicken Bao.

"So, Almyra, about your magic trick," Logan asked the peafowl after swallowing the first bite of his snack. He returned to his human form now that they weren't in the birds' room anymore.

"Just a sec'," she replied and swallowed a bite before talking. "My magic is called 'Dance of the Mystical Veils'. It allows me to channel my magic power through my dance and affect the feelings of nearby people, the environment, or even create objects." She noticed a group of Portuguese birds playing music in the nearby street. "Here, look."

Standing up from her chair, she walked near the birds, took in the music they were playing, and started tapping her foot to the beat. Once the tandem settled in, she gave a few thrusts of her hips and swings of her wings, making a flow of golden magic appear. It took the shape of a little ball that Almyra grabbed in her wing and dribbled around with for a bit. It eventually faded away into magic dust, and she retuned to her seat.

"So you can really create magic objects with your dance?" Logan exclaimed with an impressed face.

"Sure can! The Dance of the Mystical Veils allows me to create objects, make sad or angry people feel happy, and even affect the weather around. That's how I was able to cool down the temperature in the Tiki Room and why you all felt happy and excited. The only downside is that I cannot use my magic 'less there's music playing - I just can't dance in complete silence."

"Her magic is really similar to Gabriel's Fantasia, don't you think, Logan?" Destiny asked.

"Gabriel? The Dream Keeper? You really think I'm like him?" Almyra asked.

"In terms of magic, yes. He, too, can affect the world around him and summon magic objects with his power, though his magic comes from music and not dancing," Logan explained. "However, his magic is a lot more advanced, whereas you started recently, am I wrong?"

"Yeah, I kinda struggle to maintain the effects of my magic for extended periods of time," Almyra admitted. "So that's why my teacher told me my powers were similar to those of the Dream Keeper... What do you know." She then looked at her two friends. "But enough about me; what are YOUR magical skills? How can you go from a snowy owl to a human, Logan? And how are you capable of floating off the ground, Destiny?"

"Destiny here has Water Magic," Logan explained. "It's a bit underdeveloped, but I think she has a lot of potential. As for me," he took out his Magical Notebook and showed it to Almyra, "my powers are diversified, but my main source of magic comes from this Magical Notebook. It allows me to materialize the items I draw in it and even to turn into animals. That's how I was about to become a snowy owl during your show."

For some reason, Almyra stared at Logan with a confused expression and tilted her head to the side. "... Huh, Logan, that's not a notebook you're showing me."

"What?"

"That thing you're holding right there, it's a sketchbook; not a notebook," Almyra explained with pointing a feather at the object in question. "Notebooks are small books made to write words. Sketchbooks are filled with large, blank pages to draw into them... just like this."

Logan remained silent for many seconds, blinking his eyes multiple times. He turned to look at his girlfriend. "... I-Is this true?" When Destiny nodded a yes, Logan seemed flustered. "This item has been in my possession for years, and I've been wrongfully calling it a notebook all this time?! How come nobody ever pointed that out?! I was making a fool out of myself!"

The girls giggled a bit at his reaction. Pulling away his Magical Sketchbook, Logan took a piece of his Loco Moco Bao, but accidentally dropped it on his shirt before he could take the bite. It left a stain on it. Almyra gasped and placed her wings on her cheeks. "Oh my gosh! Logan, your shirt!"

"Cheese and crackers!" the young man exclaimed while looking down at the stain. "It's okay, Almyra; I'll clean it later at home."

"No way!" the female avian firmly exclaimed, practically getting into Logan's face. "You're wearing a white shirt; do you have any idea how hard it is to clean?! There's no way I'm gonna let you go around with a stained shirt! Give it to me right now!"

Understanding there was no room to discuss, Logan removed his shirt and handed it to the Indian peafowl. "What are you gonna do with it?"

"I own a boutique in the France Pavilion of Epcot; I'm gonna bring it there and clean it to perfection," she explained as she got up and started walking away. "Come to see me tomorrow; I'll give you your shirt back then."

Logan and Destiny remained silent as their friend left the Tropical Hideaway. "That girl really seems to be taking clothes seriously," Logan remarked.

"Yup," Destiny just said. "So, what do you wanna do now?"

"Let's go to Jungle Cruise; I've always wanted to meet Frank Wolff in person!"

Author's note: Special thanks to guest Princess Peacock for submitting her OC, Almyra. Upon reading the submission, I thought it'd be fun to have a cheerful dancing character in my story. Hope I did your character justice. If you readers have OCs you'd like to submit, feel free to do it; just keep in mind I won't be accepting them all.

While going back to re-read 'Living in the Magical World', I passed through the Enchanted Tiki Room chapter, thinking it would be a good place not only for Logan and Destiny to meet my favorite Rio duo, but also to introduce Princess Peacock's OC. It's a bit ironic that she's dancing to a song called 'Fire Burning' while using her magic to cool down the atmosphere, wouldn't you say?

That gag at the end of this chapter was to fix a continuity error I've been doing from the start. I always called Logan's item a Magical Notebook, despite the fact you can't draw in a notebook; only take notes. So, Logan's been doing using the wrong term from the very beginning. I knew I had to correct this detail, but never thought about doing so. Good thing my little brain reminded me for this chapter. So, from this chapter on, Logan's tool will be called Magical Sketchbook.

Next chapter: Logan and Destiny are gonna have some fun at Paradise Falls with their robotic friend.