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After a few minutes, the birds came at the hill where they could see the Piggy Kingdom. Red and the others were looking at the city, where the pigs lived. They have been near the city before when they were chasing the pigs during the events of Danger Above. Stella saw the city was reconstructed with some great precision, just like the time the Great Egg Rescue happened. Everyone was now worried about Red and Stella, who were now side to side with each other. They weren’t exactly enemies, but the one-sided hate made them a little uncomfortable. Both of them were unsure about how to talk to each other about the plan, but Stella gained courage and asked Red.
Stella: “So, what’s the plan?”
Red(sad tone): “Unfortunately, we have to fight them head on, as we already don’t have the means to fly.”
Stella: “Yeah. But how we will be able to defeat them?”
Red: “Only a few posses some great strength. Rest of them are easily beaten.”
Chuck: “But they may have prepared for the possibility of us not falling for the trap.”
Red: “Exactly. I was able to get out due to the Mighty Feathers. Yet, something tells me that they won’t be going easy on us.”
Hal(confused): “What do you mean, amigo?”
Terrence: “They must’ve secretly designed some weapons while Red and the original 4 were battling with their ‘Epic’ gear. The catapult and the mines are the answer that they were prepared for them.”
Red: “Exactly. And if the worst happens, then I’ll end this madness at the cost of my life.”
Everyone was shocked to hear what Red said just now. Stella was distraught to hear it and immediately bonked him, making him look at her.
Stella: “NO! I just saved you! Now you are telling me that it will be in vain. I refuse to accept.”
Bomb: “Look. You are the only one we don’t want to lose. Risking your life twice in the same day is not a very good idea.”
Bubbles: “Besides, what will we do after you die?! We basically have to abandon this island with broken hearts and sad faces. We can’t lose you man!”
Red: “I get what you mean. Maybe I was thinking about it too much. Anyways, do you hear any sound from the city?”
Jim, Jake and Jay: “Nope.”
Matilda: “As if it’s dead silent.”
Red(tensed): “Just as I feared, all of the pigs are ready. We need to fight them head on now.”
Chuck: “Heh. I hope they can keep up with us.”
Red: “Yeah.”
Red turned towards the birds, with a determined look.
Red: “Are you all ready?!”
Everyone: “Yeah!”
Red: “Then let’s go.”
The birds started marching towards the Pig City, ready to fight the Pigs and rescue the Eggs.
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After they entered the city, they were greeted by a deafening silence. The pigs were infamously known for their excessive noise making, either from their machines, or from their voices. But the silence was making them uncomfortable. It even made Stella go closer towards Red, which was not anyone was expecting, especially Red. The Blues were shocked that Stella wasn’t handling this better than them. After a few minutes approaching closer, Stella was grabbing Red, making him worried.
Stella(uncomfortable): “I admit, this atmosphere is making me uncomfortable. I don’t know what is going on, but I really want this to be over with.”
Red: “Me too. But this might be a sign that something worse is coming.”
Blues: “But what” “will come” “here soon?”
Chuck: “Something that might shock us hard.”
Matilda: “Also, when this is done, please do your couple things somewhere else, Red, Stella.”
That made Stella let go of Red. Both of them looked away from each other blushing, but also annoyed.
Stella(annoyed): “Says the one who couldn’t even progress her relationship.”
Red(annoyed): “Focus! We don’t know what will come-”
Suddenly, an explosion was heard near the gates of Pig City, making everyone jump in fear.
Red: “-here….”
Hal: “WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!”
Bubbles: “WAS THAT A BOMB?! (turns towards Bomb) No offense, Bomb.”
Bomb: “None taken. Also, I think I saw a bundle of TNT crates landing there.”
Bomb’s words made everyone realised that the surprise was revealed just now. Everyone looked forward and saw some catapults coming towards them. Only then did they saw the pigs, who were menacingly coming towards them. They stopped after they came close enough and two figures came towards them, who they were familiar with.
Corporal Pig: “Well, well, well. Look who it is.”
Foreman Pig: “The Angry Birds, who came here for the Eggs.”
Corporal: “But you really had to come here just because you couldn’t stand us wanting to eat our food.”
Foreman: “So, we had to resort to this! Hope you enjoy this.”
Red: “Foreman! Corporal! Can’t you guys just get it?! We always do everything to protect the Eggs!”
Corporal: “Yet this determination is the reason why we can’t get any great meals! Can’t you realise that we love to eat a single EGG?!”
Matilda: “You guys seriously need to rethink about your decisions! You can’t expect the birds to fight back just because you steal the Eggs every chance you get!”
Stella: “Hand over the Eggs, or else!”
Foreman: “Oooo. I’m scared.”
All the pigs started to laugh at her, thinking that her voice would make them scared.
However, this made Red angry. He couldn’t stand the pigs slandering his friends which made him shout in anger.
Red: “HAND OVER THE EGGS OR ELSE!!!”
This made the pigs flinch in fear, scared by the sudden outburst. Even the birds were surprised by it.
Stella: “Red?”
Corporal and Foreman: “…”
Corporal: “Very well then.”
The catapults were loaded with TNT Crates, Ready to fire. The pigs pushed them so that they face towards the birds. All of the birds were ready to take the hit now, unsure if they will survive it.
Foreman: “Bye bye.”
Red changed his headgear to Sumari after seeing this and used his skill to protect the birds, so that they don’t get too much damage.
Corporal: “Fire!”
The Birds were ready to tank the explosions and closed their eyes. After a few moments later, they opened their eyes to see them completely fine. Until a series of explosions was heard further away from the Pig City. All of them looked to see that the catapult was for them, but since they didn’t use the slingshot, it was basically useless for them. The Pigs were dumbfounded by the failed attempt to destroy the birds.
Red: “Seriously? This was your plan?”
The birds weren’t impressed by their attempt and were getting annoyed, until a pig decided to do a slash on Red with his sword. Unfortunately, the shield was still up from before, so it did only a little damage to Red.
Stella and Chuck: “Red!”
He staggered back a little, but was horrified by the attack as he felt a cut in his body. Soon, blood started to drop on the ground, which made him realise that it wasn’t going to be a regular fight. The birds were horrified to see this as well. All of them realised that the piggies were now using real swords. The pig laughed at his realisation, but started to get serious when he saw that Red was starting to get serious too. He looked as if he was about to murder someone right now.
Pig 1: “Hehe…”
Red immediately started to attack the pigs surrounding him in a much brutal way than usual. The others were ready to fight back, but he wasn’t just hitting pigs one by one now. He now started to use his Titan’s Wrath to hit multiple pigs at once, so that they won’t hurt him and his team. The others started to follow suit, after Blues were nearly hit by the blades. Chuck was shocking the enemies with his Storm attacks, Matilda was hitting them while wearing Cleric, so the team was getting healed while fighting, Bomb was pummelling through the enemies, while the Blues switched classes from Tricksters to Spies, so that they could defeat more pigs. Terrence, Hal and Bubbles were fighting the pigs head on while dodging their sword attacks as much as possible. Stella, on the other hand started to charge up for something that might help their team.
Hal: “What are you doing Stella?! You gotta fight!!!”
Terrence saw her charge up and realised that she needed time to complete, even if this is the first time he saw something like that. Some pigs tried to attack her, but he immediately jumped on them, crushing them.
Terrence: *Grunt!*
Stella: “Almost…done…”
When Stella finished charging up, she immediately inhaled a lot of air, before blowing all out on her bubblewand to create a lot of bubbles. For a moment, everyone shut their eyes as to not get their eyes burned by the bubbles. But when Red felt his head feel lighter, he immediately saw all the weapons, including the pigs and his friends’, floating at the sky, trapped in the bubbles. Stella immediately realised she created a mistake and was embarrassed by her idiocy.
Stella: “Oh no.(embarrassed) Sorry!!!”
The birds were pissed at her and the pigs were laughing at her.
Corporal: “AHAHAHAHA! WHAT AN IDOIT!”
Foreman: “HAHAHAHA! WELL SAID, COMRADE!”
She was getting more embarrassed by her decision, calling herself stupid internally, until all of them heard Red laugh.
Red: “HAHAHAHAHA!”
Everyone was confused and angry by him laughing, until he looked at the pigs.
Red: “Stella, thanks to you, we now have an even field.”
Stella was confused by his words, until it hit all of them what he meant.
All pigs: “Uh oh.”
Red: “Uh oh indeed.”
Immediately after, all birds jumped at the pigs, beating the heck out of them. Even tho more than 1000 pigs were there, they were able to effortlessly beat all of them. Corporal and Foreman realised that they were next. They knew that they won’t be able to beat them at all.
Corporal: “Guess this is the end, huh?”
Foreman: “You could say that.”
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King Pig was watching everything happening outside through a drone and he was pissed to see the birds defeating his army one by one.
King: “UGH! That’s it!”
He immediately went towards a chest which contained something that would help him fight back.
King: “Time to end this cycle of loss.”
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After defeating all the pigs in the battle ground, the Birds were taking a rest as they were tired by all the fighting. Bubbles were floating with swords and headgears, and the birds really needed their weapons.
Red(panting): “I guess that’s it for this army. I don’t think we will face King Pig alone.”
Chuck: “Yeah. It was tiring, but all worth it.”
Matilda: “So what now? How are we able to get our stuff back?”
Stella: “I can try to pop the bubbles and get them back. But it’s risky.”
Bomb: “How’s that risky?”
Red: “Those blades are not to be underestimated. They are sharp enough to kill us on spot.”
Blues: “Kill?”
Everyone looked at the hatchlings who never heard the word ‘kill’ while they were at Bird Island.
Red: “Oh…”
The slow realisation hit Red hard as he knew, that there will be a time where one of them will be dead and they had to mourn for the lost soul. He started to think that the vacation was a very bad idea.
Red: ‘This is all my fault. I shouldn’t have thought of that idea at all.’
He looked guilty as the hatchlings have to see some brutal things that they weren’t…
Oh no…
Red remembered that they had seen him get hurt and stuff. He didn’t know how to react.
The Blues noticed Red’s expression and hugged him, consoling him.
Jay: “We already knew what would happen if we came here Red.”
Jake: “We may be hatchlings, but we are smarter than other hatchlings of our age.”
Jim: “And we already saw those moments of yours. So, it won’t disgust us, and we will bravely hold ourselves together, even in the most gruesome or frightful scene.”
Red was shocked to hear all of this from the hatchlings who were supposed to enjoy life.
Blues: “Besides, it was us who decided to come here.”
Stella: “That’s right.”
Everyone looked at Stella, who was smiling at the event that was happening.
Stella: “It’s because of your decision alone that made our bonds strengthen. Because of this, I can hang out with boys again, even if they had intentions for dating me.”
Chuck: “Also, it gave me reason to run freely around anywhere, else the number of tickets was starting to irritate me.”
Bomb: “The area on our base is mostly lively, but is peaceful as well, aside from the usual pig shenanigans.”
Terrence: “Agreed.”
Everyone circled around Red, Stella being in front of him.
Everyone: “Thank you for changing our lives.”
He was too stunned to speak after witnessing everyone’s confession about the vacation. Stella hugged him, making him snap out his trance.
Stella: “And thank you for giving us a new home to live, Red.”
Red started to blush, and immediately started to feel his heart beat getting faster.
Red(blushing): “T-t-t-thank y-y-you, S-S-Stella.”
Stella realised what she did and immediately backed away from him.
Stella(blushing): “O-oh, d-don’t mention it.”
Everyone starting to smirk at both of them, which made both of them frustrated by their actions.
Red and Stella: ‘Ugh. Why do they had to smirk?!’
Regardless, Red got an idea and he used his Mighty Feathers to go up. He popped each bubble which contained their weapons and headgears. All of the birds caught their ‘Epic’ stuff back and quickly reequipped them. As for the swords, Red carefully clustered them together into each other, hoping that this would lead to something that would work. The bubbles combined and started to form a big bubble with all the swords inside. He immediately tried to put the bubble on the catapult, only to see that the catapults were inside the bubbles too.
Red(surprised): “What the-?! How strong is this wand of yours, Stella?!”
Stella: “Ehe.”
Red: ‘I’m now wondering how much powerful her wand is. I don’t want to anger her again.’
He immediately popped the bubbles that was holding the catapult and then popped the bubble that was holding the swords beyond the range where it would stab pigs and birds. The catapults landed perfectly, and the swords landed behind the catapults. Red recalibrated the catapults, started to gather a bunch of swords each, put them in the catapults and launched them away. Everyone was impressed by his quick thinking.
Matilda: “Great thinking, Red.”
Red: “As much as I wanted these pigs to die, stabbing them right now won’t be a good idea.”
Everyone(shocked): “…”
Bomb: “Dude, that’s messed up.”
Red: “I know. We are here to rescue the Eggs, not do unnecessary killing.”
The pigs who were conscious enough were glad they were given mercy and pretended to be unconscious.
Hal and Bubbles: “So, what now?”
Red: “Get ready. We are going to enter the castle.”
Everyone nodded and the Birds started to march towards the castle.
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When they entered the castle, it was pitch dark in the throne room, since the sun was starting to set. All of the Birds were ready to fight the King Pig for once and for all.
Red: “This is it.”
Stella: “Yeah. Let’s move forward.”
They slowly moved forward step by step. The candles were starting to lit up with each single step taken. Until all the candles lit and revealed a cage with Three Eggs inside them, and a Maniac King of all Pigs. Besides him were some Royal Guards of his who were equipped with helmets and spears. Red and the others drew their weapons and looked at the King.
Red: “King Pig…”
King Pig: “It’s been a while, Red J. Bird.”
Both of them were glaring at each other, but everyone else was shocked by the name King Pig called him for. The Birds and Pigs alike were horrified by the name.
Chuck: “R-Red J. BIRD?!”
Red: “Huh? Yeah. My full name is Red J. Bird. I don’t know how King Pig got this, but I don’t mind.”
However, Everyone, except the two, were scared of Red now. Until it clicked that he was the leader of the birds and not…
Bomb: “Red, we don’t know how to tell you this. But we really dodged a bullet back at the time the pigs raided our island.”
Red: “Bomb? What are you all talking about?”
Matilda: “Red, well… Let’s just say, you are…”
Matilda was panicking, knowing that Red is the son of…
Stella: “You are the son of the infamous Cardinal, Razor ‘The Raging’!”
Red(confused): “Who’s Razor?! And why do you think I am his son??”
Hal: “His full name is Razor J. Bird. He got his title ‘The Raging’ because of his infamous raging state. He always warned everyone in Bird Island about something, but no one heeded his warnings and did some bad things in rage.”
Bubbles: “He had a wife called Raven J. Bird, who was ironically a Cardinal. She believed in the warnings and assist him to spread them. Unfortunately, both of them ran away after doing an awful number of things in their anger.”
Terrence: “He was my father’s brother, and because of his acts, the name of the cardinals was tarnished. The fact that you share the same name shows that he abandoned you back at Bird Island, cousin.”
All this information made him realise that Red was the son of the infamous Cardinal. He never thought that he would be abandoned by his own father.
Red: “I…”
He shook it off, and glared back at King Pig again, shocking everyone.
King Pig: “What?! This should’ve work.”
Red: “It did! But not in the way you think. Now, handover the Eggs, or else!”
King Pig: “Well then. Guards attack!”
The Guards started to rush towards the Birds. Red was ready to beat them, but all of his friends stood before him.
Red: “What are you all doing?!”
Stella: “Let us handle the Guards, Red. You defeat the King Pig, alright?”
Red: “Heh, thanks everyone.”
All of them rushed towards the guards and divided into two teams. One team consists of Original team members(Chuck, Bomb, Blues and Matilda) and the other consists of Extra team members(Terrence, Hal, Bubbles and Stella) and both teams each handled the Guards, giving room to both King Pig and Red. Both of them looked at each other, before Red approached him closer.
Red: “How did you know of that name, King Pig?”
King: “Some old records of ours showed a Cardinal of past who was vary of us, even tho my Father didn’t come there. Your anger outbursts reminded me of him and I checked them out. Never thought I would kill the very avian who would’ve shared the same genetics as the one our kind disliked.”
King Pig immediately equipped himself with a golden staff which looked durable. Red took a fighting stance before they could fight. After a while, they engaged in the fight. Red had Paladin equipped, along with Titan’s Wrath and Titan Grip, while King Pig only had the staff in him, trying to hit Red. Red countered his attack and then countered attacked at him, hurting him hard. The King of Pigs tried again to attack Red, but he still dodged the attack.
Red: “Is that all you got?”
King: “ARGH!”
Red tried to attack him, but King Pig used his staff to parry, which was successful enough to block his attack. This continued for a while, increasing the tension between both fighters. Until Red found an opening and smacked him hard. This made King Pig stagger a bit, before getting pummelled by a fury of strikes. Red’s strikes were getting more and more intense and they were increasing. After a while, the King Pig was lying down, while Red emerged victorious.
Red: “Give up?”
King Pig: “Hehe… NOPE!”
Suddenly, Red was struck by a heavy object, distracting him by hurting him bad. It was a bowling bowl and it hurt him quite a lot. While he was holding his head, King Pig struck him hard, resulting in his equipment to fly off him. Then he attacked Red multiple times with much brutal force. It was starting to become unbearable for him to handle the attacks. After a while, the turn tables and Red was lying down, while King Pig was standing there. Stella looked at them after dealing with the guards and saw what was about to happen.
Stella(horrified): ‘RED?!’
King Pig: “Any last words?”
Red(in pain): “You will never win.”
King: “Then die braver than most.”
King held his staff upward, ready to kill Red with a barrage. Red was ready to take it, thinking it would end things faster, even tho it will enrage everyone and rescue the Eggs. However, just as King tried to deliver the final blow, Stella jumped between them and clashed against King Pig, surprising both of them. King Pig, however shrugged and continued with the clash, overpowering Stella.
Stella: “Ugh!”
She tried to stop the attack, but was getting overwhelmed. King Pig finally managed to overpower her and smacked on her weapon so hard it started to develop cracks. Then he started bashing on her, the wand blocking the attacks at the cost of the cracks developing more and more, until one final smack sent both her and the wand away, shattering it. When she got up, Stella saw her bubble wand shattered into pieces, with Red and others witnessing it as it diverted their focus.
Stella: “NOOOOOO!”
Everyone was shocked by it, before the pigs started to laugh at her. Stella was heartbroken by this and carried the shattered closer to her, which made her start to cry.
King Pig: “That’s what you get for interrupting our battle!”
All the birds were angered by this, but one felt a searing rage forming inside him.
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Even if Red never admitted it, he started to like Stella too, after the incident(‘Epic Fall’). But he was able to control his emotions, so he didn’t show any signs of him liking her when he was in front of her. He deeply regretted not being able to apologize to her earlier when they first meet after few weeks.
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And now what happened just now, was making his blood boil. He immediately got up and mentally called for his gear, which surprisingly came towards him, hitting King Pig from behind.
King Pig: “OW!”
After he equipped them, Red immediately changed to Avenger headgear with DragonScale and DragonTooth. Everyone saw this and thought that it was the end of the King Pig, but suddenly the headgear started to grow and changed it shape. The horns were completely different, covered with a black covered material, the gem on the centre was different and it had side covers. Everyone was shocked by the new headgear, even King Pig and Stella, who saw a very enraged Red.
Red(RAGING): “DO NOT TOUCH HER EVER AGAIN, YOU FILTHY SWINE!!!”
He rushed towards the King and swing his lance towards him. King Pig tried to block it, but Red’s health being down and the force of the swing completely broke the staff, and smacked King Pig in the face, sending him flying towards one of the supporting columns of the castle. The force destroyed the column and it knew one thing: destruction. The Pigs started to run away, getting out of the castle so that they don’t get involved in the fight. The Birds decided they too didn’t want to stick longer too and started leaving the castle too. Chuck noticed that Stella was not moving, horrified to see Red beating King Pig with such brutality.
Chuck: “STELLA! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!!!”
Stella(horrified): “But, Red…”
Red: “Get out of here, Stella!”
Both of them, looked at him, who was looking at them with a sad look but with a smile.
Red: “I’ll be fine. I’ll come back, alright.”
Stella: “Red…”
She got up and started going out of the castle with Chuck, holding the shattered pieces of her wand. After they were gone, only he and his enemy were there. He looked at him with a glare, scaring the King Pig.
King Pig: “Please, have mercy! I’ll surrender, and give you the eggs! Don’t hurt me!”
Red(menacingly): “Too late for that, buddy.”
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When the Birds got out of the Pig City, they saw the castle, still the same as ever. Until…
BOOM
The whole castle exploded and it also destroyed nearby buildings and houses, shocking everyone. They didn’t saw Red getting out of the castle at all, so they got horrified.
Everyone: “NOOOO!”
Stella: “REEEED!”
They couldn’t believe that the castle will explode. Stella was distraught by this and was about to cry, until they heard some shouting.
Red: “HEY!”
They looked above and saw Red coming in Mighty Feathers with the cage where the Eggs were trapped in. He immediately put the cage down, opened the cage door, grabbed the Eggs and tossed the cage away. All of the birds were happy to see him and jumped at him, giving him a hug.
Red: “Woah! I never thought you would be this desperate.”
Chuck: “OH Shut up!”
Bomb: “You are one to talk.”
Matilda: “Pulling the stunt again was not a good idea.”
Red: “Alright, alright.”
They backed away a bit, knowing that he was hurt…
Stella: “Hey, what happened back then?”
Red: “Well, I found out that they had TNT stacked in the basement and ignited it to destroy the castle, after I finished of with him. Then I grabbed the Eggs and got out of there.”
Hal: “You really nailed making us scared.”
Bubbles: “Just don’t do that again.”
Terrence: *Grunt*
Blues: “Just” “like” “before!”
Red: “Yeah, I won’t. (turns towards Stella) Stella…”
Stella: “What is it Red?”
Red(saddened): “I’m sorry about earlier. You had to sacrifice your Bubble wand just to save me.”
Stella(saddened): “Oh, it’s nothing. Even tho it was my favourite and strongest wand, I still have another one. Not as big as the previous one, but I’ll manage.”
She knew she had to live without her wand and she had to train more to cover her weakness. But before she knew it, Red hugged her, surprising her.
Red: “Thanks for everything you’ve done, Stella. You deserve this.”
She looked at him and hugged him too.
Stella: “Thank you Red.”
In that moment, they decided that want to see the smiles of their friends, no matter what.
Red and Stella: ‘From now onwards, I will protect everyone’s smile, no matter the cost.’
After that, their hug was interrupted by Chuck, as he took Red and with Bom, held him on top of them, ready for something.
Chuck: “Ok then. Ready? 3… 2… 1…”
Both of them threw Red upward, as if they were celebrating the victory of the War. Red started to laugh, making Stella realise the true beauty of smiles. She blushed and smiled a little, making Matilda and Terrence notice her and smirk at her. They were about to tease her, until a Rock hit Red, making everyone shocked.
Red: “OW!”
Stella: “RED!”
Red fell down and saw the rock that hit him, which had a note attached in it. He took the note and read it afterwards. The more the read the note, the more times his expression changed, until finally, he dropped the note and lied down, looking as if he saw something horrible.
Stella: “What is in this note?”
She picked up the note and everyone started to read it. After reading it, they knew what made him lie down.
Chuck(shocked): “Red’s a wanted criminal now?!”
Bomb(shocked): “But how?! Only The Blues’ parents know their hatchlings disappearance!”
Stella: “Ohhhhh….”
Everyone looked at Stella, who realised what happened earlier.
Matilda: “Why do you look like you know something about this?”
Stella(sigh): “Well…”
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The same night when Red was trying to go to Piggy Island few months ago, Stella and her best Friends were at the beach, looking at the stars.
Stella: “This is the best.”
Poppy: “Totally.”
Dahlia: “Nothing can ruin this moment.”
Suddenly, they heard paddling and then heard a voice they didn’t expect to hear.
Red: “Goodbye Bird Island. Maybe we meet again in one month, or one year!”
All of them got up to see Red going away from the Island, which confused them.
Willow: “Uh? Is he alright?”
Suddenly, after a few moments later, they saw a big ship going the same direction as him.
Chuck: “Never thought you will have this in your possession.”
Bomb: “And we could reach Piggy Island in no time.”
All of them were bewildered by this and were wondering if they had insomnia.
Gale: “I guess we aren’t.”
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The next day, Stella was invited inside Matilda’s house, thinking that she would be able to meet her favourite hero someday, since she was fascinated by her actions during the Egg Rescue.
Unfortunately, she was met with three other guys, who were her students, considering they had problems with themselves. Stella was wondering why she was here at all.
Matilda: “Is everyone here now?”
Everyone(except Stella): “Yeah.” *Grunt*
Stella: “Yes….”
Matilda: “Alright then. Does anyone know where Red, Chuck and Bomb are?”
Everyone became confused, wondering what she was talking about, until they realised that they didn’t see the trio here at all. They didn’t know about it and were wondering where did they go. Until Stella remembered that Red went on a boat yesterday night.
Stella: “I think I know something.”
Matilda: “Really?”
Since Red put a sign that he was on a vacation, she knew where he would be, considering that only one other place is known than Bird Island. Stella explained everything to everyone, without mentioning her star gazing.
Matilda: “SO, they are in Piggy Island?”
Stella: “Yeah. But why did you want to know their location?”
Matilda(sigh): “Well…”
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Poppy: “HE DID WHAT?!!”
Stella’s best friends came to her house after she called them, realising that he ‘kidnapped’ the Blues.
Dahlia: “I cannot believe it!”
Stella: “Me neither, but Ollie and Greg want us to get their children back, so it would be best if we go there and get the children out of there.”
Willow: “Stella, we know this is bad, but it would be best if you tell this to the police or Judge Peckinpah”
Stella: “NO! That would might result with a riot! We all saw him going there alone.”
Gale: “But, there’s no excuse that three hatchlings are missing now. This is the best approach and we all know it.”
Stella wanted to argue with them, but knew that it was pointless. Something tells her that there’s another side of the story.
Stella: “Ugh. Just promise we you won’t tell everyone about this, right?”
Poppy: “Are you insane?! Red kidnapped hatchlings! HATCHLINGS! What do you mean by not tell anyone?!”
Dahlia: “Do you think there’s another story about this?”
Stella: “Yeah. So, you will promise this, right?”
Willow: “Abso-”
Gale: “Yeah! We will.”
Stella(eyes lit up): “Really?!”
Gale: “I promise. Considering that you will be in part of the search party, right?”
Stella: “YEA- Wait, where did you hear about that?!”
Gale: “Just a guess.”
The other three were looking at Gale with anger but she winked at them when Stella was not looking.
Stella: “Thanks Gale!”
Gale: “Mention not! We shall take our leave then.”
All of them left her house, hoping to get out of her ear shot. Gale then told her plan and all three agreed on it.
Gale: “Sorry, Stella. But we cannot miss this opportunity.”
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Stella: “Maybe that’s what happened.”
All of the birds returned to the base at night time, wanting to take a rest and hear what Stella had to say.
Red: “…”
Red heard everything and became so angry that he was going to use his Mighty Feathers to get them.
Red(angrily): “I’MMA TEACH THOSE JERKS A LESSON THEY WILL NEVER FORGET!!!”
Stella: “Please NO!”
Red: “But-”
Stella(puppy eyes): “Please?”
Red: “Ugh! Fine.”
Stella: “Okay. So, Jim, Jake and Jay, did you three snuck in the ship?”
Blues: “Yeah.” “We’re” “sorry.”
Stella: “Well, I knew something was wrong.”
Everyone looked at her with a NFOD, making her chuckle in awkwardness.
Chuck: “Hey. I know we haven’t talked about this. But what should our team name be?”
Everyone looked at him, realising that he was right.
Bomb: “But what should be our team name be?”
Everyone started to think about it, giving suggestions, but all of them didn’t fit with their liking.
Chuck: “What about ‘Angry Birds’?!”
Bomb: “Everyone is an angry bird and it’s too weird for a team name.”
Matilda: “What about ‘Pissed off Birds’?”
Blues: “No! Too bad.”
Hal: “What about ‘Furious Flyers’?!”
Bubbles: “Nope. Feels so weird.”
Stella: “What about ‘Raging Avians’?”
Terrence: “No. Just NO!”
Everyone was now at wit’s end, not knowing what to think…
…until Red got one.
Red: “What about ‘The Flock’?”
Everyone looked at him for a moment after they heard the name. They wanted to say something about it until…
Chuck: “Hey, is it just me, or does this sound good?”
Bomb: “Same here. Why does this name fit?”
Red: “I mean, we are a flock of birds! Besides, sometimes a simple name is enough to make it rememberable.”
Matilda: “Well, you do have a point.”
Blues: “We don’t mind.”
Hal: “Not the best, but not the worst.”
Bubbles: “It is acceptable.”
Terrence: *Grunt*
Stella: “Well, you do have an ability to turn normal names into something extraordinary without changing anything.”
Red: “So, it’s settled then?”
Everyone: “Yeah” *Grunt*
Red: “Then, we shall be known as The Flock!”
Everyone was happy to get a name for their team, congratulating Red for everything.
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In Midnight, Red was sleeping near the tree, happy to feel the atmosphere becoming more family like. The Eggs were safe and all of the birds were sleeping in the base, even Stella and Bubbles. All members of the Flock decided to search the materials necessary for the slingshot tomorrow.
Red: ‘Ah, such great life.’
But Red will never be able to go back to Bird Island due to Poppy and others spreading the news about Blues being ‘kidnapped’ by him. Well, he didn’t mind as he would have some peace from the ridiculous holidays.
While he was sleeping, he felt someone hugging him from his side.
Red: ‘Huh?’
He was confused but didn’t mind. Until he felt a kiss on his cheek.
Red: ‘What?!’
Stella(whispering): “Here’s your reward, Red. Good Night.”
When he heard the voice, he instantly blushed very hard. He never thought he would get a really good reward. He looked at her again, until a smile came to him. Red kissed her on the Cheek, after a few moments and tried to sleep again.
Chuck: “Heh.”
He looked towards the sound to see everyone awake, now smirking at him.
Red(glaring): ‘Don’t you DARE!’
They went to sleep and Red sighed in relief. Then he went to sleep.
…
Stella: ‘Was I just kissed?!’