~*~The Life Story of Apple the Budgie~*~

Yesterday, you said more tomorrow....?...... pleeeeease? (hint hint that's today)

(Unless, you can't, of course, but NO faking!)
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Chapter Seventy Eight

My aviary... my home wasn't my home anymore. How can it be without all my friends?
The aviary was abandoned.
I crept up closer. It had holes and dents everywhere.
What happened? Predator? The human did something? They decided to go look for me? But wouldn't just a few of them go?
My head crowded with confusion.
I crawled in one of the holes near the bottom. The hard shiny stuff dug into my bleeding wings.
When I was finally in there, all the familiar surroundings made it feel like home.
Only it wasn't. There were no playing budgies squabbling on the high perches.
It was... deserted.
My gaze slowly drifted under Aqua's nest box. The flower was still there! I thought I took it away, but it was there.
I went closer. The flower, in it's beautifully bright shade of blue was now in full bloom in a spotlight of light peeking through the thick clouds.
Besides it was a small, blue feather.
It was exactly that shade of blue.
It wasn't here before... was it?
It felt like Aqua, the ghost of Aqua...? Was trying to tell me something, and I knew it.
Aqua was in full bloom, enjoying her life in budgie heaven.
But what would that tell me?
A chill fluffed my feathers as I realized.
It stung where the hawk clawed at me as I did.
Aqua, I thought, really? Do I have to?
The bitter wind softened to a light breeze.
Maybe it wouldn't be so bad.
But I have a little time left...
 

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