the trolley took them around. She sighed, looking back at her relaxed friend, then forward again, observing the new views of the tall buildings.

The trolley lurched to a jerking stop, pushing the canary out of her trance. Juicy opened her eyes and stood up, standing beside Amira. Amira, having been standing up for a while, glanced down at her friend. “Here we are~ Now, if I can just find that fruit stand…” Juicy muttered, and flew down from the top of the trolley, Amira slowly following in long, graceful strokes.

As both the birds landed on the sidewalk, they walked through a maze of tables and chairs, dodging the feet of people entering and exiting the restaurants. Juicy, following her sense of direction, soon hovered across the street and walked down the sidewalk, glancing around for the fruit stand. Turning her head to the side at just the right time, and spotted her destination. Amira walked up beside her, looking around at the truck backing up to the market, its load full of green coconuts. As the macaw and her canary friend walked over to the truck, they slowly looked around, soon stopping to take in the view. “Hmm…the next shortcut should be ri-“

Juicy was cut off as she tripped over something- or, rather, someone. Her face flattening on the sidewalk, she lifted her head up, the feathers on her head that made up a neat tuft of hair, ruffled. Giving her head a shake, she quickly stood up and fixed her hair, then turned around to see who she had ran into. To her surprise, it was another canary, much like her, only yellow feathers.

“Oh, sorry. I’m clumsy.” Juicy said calmly, narrowing her eyes and giving a friendly smile towards the canary as he got up to look at who had ran over him. “Its cool, chick!” the canary said, grinning and nodding. “You must have hit the jackpot, bro! She looks just like you!” the other bird said, who was standing next to the male canary. This bird was a plump cardinal, seeming rather close to the canary. The yellow bird smiled, glancing over at his friend, then to Juicy. Raising an eyebrow, Juicy remained silent as she observed the male from a distance. It was true- he did seem to match her, except that he was yellow and was wearing a soda cap on his head.

Amira blinked and walked up beside her friend, looking at the other bird and his companion. “Do you two know each other?” Amira asked quietly, bending her head down to Juicy’s ear, not taking her eyes off the pair in front of them. Juicy shook her head silently, taking a step forward towards the yellow bird. “I’m Juicy,” she said, tipping her head to the canary, smirking calmly. The male responded, bending forward and holding his wings out to the side, tipping his bottle cap. “My pleasure; I’m Nico. So, what are hot wings like you two doing around here?” Nico asked, raising an eye brow to match his twin’s expression. Juicy smiled, nodding her head to Amira. “Just giving my friend here a tour of Janeiro. Maybe you’d like to join us?” she asked, holding a wing out to the side, smiling confidently at Nico and his cardinal friend.

Nico’s eyes widened and his body stiffened, looking over at Pedro, blinking. “Baby got beak!” Pedro whispered loudly as he leaned in to Nico’s ear. Nico chuckled quietly and turned back to Juicy. “Sure thing! Pedro and I are always up for a bit of entertaining!” Nico said, hopping forward to stand beside Juicy.

Amira smilied shyly, glancing at Juicy, the feather’s on her neck stretching out a bit. Juicy grinned at Nico and turned around, walking with him. “Great! I plan to take Amira up on the trolley and-“ Nico interrupted her, but was kind about it. “Wait a minute chickadee! How about a quick stop real fast, to get that spirit going?” He asked, grinning happily and standing in front of her, hopping around like he needed to let a load of energy burst. Pedro smirked, also standing in front of Juicy. “Oh yea, come on girl! We gotta introduce you to some…*friends* of ours!” he said, laughing and glancing over to the side at Nico, Nico replying the same way. Amira tilted her head to the side, but went along with it, wondering of these strangers were just nut-jobs that liked to pick on others, or if they were going to do something amazing. Juicy smiled slightly, shrugging. “Oh, sure.” She said, following the peppy companions.

The club was made of the cloth material used for the tops of those fruit stands on the side of Impanema, but the two females could barely tell since it the room was full of multiple colored lights, birds dancing all around them- on boxes, in front of the stage, in a large crowd. Nico smiled and hovered in front of Juicy and Amira as they stopped just inside the door way of the club. “What do you think?” he asked, grinning, watching Pedro zoom over to the stage to get the crowds’ attention. Juicy’s jaw dropped as her eyes widened, looking around at the wonderful place, music booming as birds made the beat by banging on some metal cans. Amira was the same way, bobbing her head lightly to the beat, smiling.

“It’s wonderful!” Juicy said, hopping along to the beat, smiling and closing her eyes and swaying along with the beat, her body moving gracefully as her wings swerved around her as she twisted her body in a fluid motion. Nico grinned and fluttered over to the stage, calling out to the crowd. “Alright guys, listen up! I have a few special guests with me tonight, and lets show them some love because I don’t think they’ve been around here much~” Nico said, giving a sincere smirk over to Pedro, pointing at him. Amira and Juicy looked up at each other, surprised. Pedro nodded and hovered over the large crowd of birds, a spotlight shooting over to him as he flew. “Ya’ll ya’ll ya’ll! I want you to put your wings together and clap ‘em real loud! Flap ‘em, clap ‘em, I don’t care slap ‘em!” He said, and let out a call as he flew over the crowd once in a loop, then plummeted back to the stage. Nico hovered on the stage, and flew over in front of his new canary friend, holding a wing out. “Let’s see what you got, little chick!” Nico said, smiling.

Juicy blinked and glanced up at Amira, who shrugged and nodded encouragingly. Juicy smiled and reached out to grab Nico’s hand, feeling like a little electricity shocked between them as their hand touched. Juicy knew it was nothing, but it still felt…different. Juicy fluttered beside Nico as both of them planted themselves on opposite sides of the stage. The birds beating on the cans picked up a soft and catchy beat, and the spotlights turned to Nico and Juicy. “Let me take you to Rio, Rio, fly over the ocean like an eagle, eagle, and we can chill in my gazebo, gazebo, oh oh oh!” Juicy sang out in a clear and beautiful voice, swerving her body as she danced down the stage, meeting Nico in the center, locking hands with him. Both canaries were grinning the whole time as Juicy sang whatever came to her head, amidst a dance. “Le-let me take you Rio, rio- fly over the ocean like an eagle, eagle, and we can chill in my gazebo, gazebo-“ Juicy sang out again, holding her wings to the side, gesturing to the cool club that seemed like a big party gazebo. Nico locked one hand with Juicy’s and twirled her outwards, stepping forward to catch her close to the ground, then quickly straightened up with her, twirling her once more and stepping to the side in a graceful dance, as he too now sung. “Shake it up past, wind down slow now~ Just work your body girl!” he sang out, twirling Juicy out once more before they locked hands, facing each other, and they both pushed their feet of the ground, shooting up in the air. Unlocking their hands, they both performed one big loop in the air before meeting each other in the middle again, and landing on the stage floor, the dance and song ending with Nico holding Juicy over the ground, staring at her with the happiest grin, Juicy returning it. They paused there as the crowd cheered and clapped loudly. They were both tired and wore out from the performance, their chests heaving in heavy breaths, in which they regained. Nico stood up and helped Juicy stand up, and they stood beside each other, giving a great bow to the audience.

Amira grinned at her friend and Nico, wondering if this moment of performance would affect their feelings for each other. Juicy, after jabbering with Nico on the stage about how good his was, she fluttered over to Amira, landing in front of her happily. “You two had fun up there, eh?” Amira asked, smiling and smirking down at Juicy. Juicy rolled her eyes. “Ohh yeah~ like dancing with my match would change anything~” she said sarcastically, and turning around to look around for Nico and Pedro.

Nico and Pedro flew over to the ladies, landing in front of them, smiling. “You two were like fire and ice up there, yo!” Pedro said, shaking on Nico’s shoulder, and grinning over at Juicy. Both canary’s smiled and had a good laugh, along with