It's on in the amazon
Chapter 1: injured clan leader
Hey, everyone, I watched Rio 2 and I got to say, one of the greatest movies ever! Better than the first one, and I also took note that Roberto was not even Jewel's ex. It was all just a rumor because they never mention that once in the movie. And Eduardo was not as strict as I thought he would be, but he does have a good side.
But anyone, I decided to write this Rio story for you fellow authors. It's based a couple of weeks after the second movie and mainly focuses around Blu, Jewel, the kids, and all the other main characters. I know I mentioned in my previous stories I did not want to include any of the Rio 2 characters, but once seeing the movie, I had a change of heart.
As usual, I talk too much. Enjoy chapter 1
It could not be a better day for every wildlife resident of the amazon to be outside. Birds were singing, the weather was just perfect, and everyone seemed to be happy. However, in a certain part of the amazon was a huge part of the jungle that was home to the last birds of their kind: blue macaws.
They had been there for quite some time and were doing the best they could to survive. The leader of their clan; a big blue macaw named Eduardo, who was once strict and was willing to even kill to save his kind, but ever since the return of his daughter with her mate and his grandkids, he learned to soften up and finally realized that not all humans were bad as he thought they would be.
It had been two weeks since the events of the humans trying to knock down their home, but with the help of all the blue macaws and their once rivals, the scarlet macaws, they worked together and saved their home, and even learned to be friends with one and other.
Amongst the many blue macaws enjoying themselves today, a lone female blue macaw stood at the edge of her tree hollow as she inhaled a deep breath, enjoying the fresh air. She closed her eyes, feeling like she could stand there forever and ever.
Before long, she peaked one of her eyes upon to see her mate flying towards her with his three children riding on his back. She smiled at the sight of her caring yet clumsy mate flying towards her at average.
The blue macaw kids giggled for a moment as they rode on their father's back like he was a horse rather than fly. Although they could be a little bit of trouble makers sometimes, they were good children, and their parents loved them no matter what.
"Okay, kids, I think that's enough riding on my back for one day." Blu declared, landing beside his mate while setting his kids off from his back. "Dad's got a big day today."
"Big day?" Tiago queried, arching an eyebrow as he jumped beside his father with excitement. "What big day, Dad?"
"Your Grandpa is going to show me what it's like to lead the clan here." Blu answered his one and only son, brushing his feathers slightly. He only just remembered his mate was standing beside him, and almost immediately, he offered her a few grapes he picked. "Oh, honey, I got these for you."
"Awww, you got my breakfast." Jewel cooed, accepting the grapes in her talon and then eating all of them almost in one. She licked her beak for a moment, wanting to enjoy every last bit of taste of the grapes. "Thank you, Blu. That was sweet."
"Anything for the bird I love." he replied, holding her wing in his own for a moment as they both moved their heads against each other's, nuzzling one and other in a playful way.
The blue macaw family waited in their tree hollow for Eduardo to meet them like he had requested. Blu drifted his attention towards the center of the large area they were in where he could see Roberto and the blue macaws with Felipe and the scarlet macaws playing a game of football (they seemed to inherit the name from Blu).
In the past, they only played this game in an area they called The Pit of Doom, but now that everyone is friends, they only played for fun and even had a couple of laughs. It was nice to see everyone getting along with each other rather than arguing over some silly disagreement of who owns what part of the amazon.
The peaceful morning was soon ruined by loud screams coming from nearby, and it seemed to be getting louder and louder by the second. Blu and his family turned towards the sky where they could see Jewel's Aunt Mimi was flying towards them as fast as she could, flapping hard since she was a little fatter than the average bird. "Blu! Jewel!" she screamed, panting slightly to get there quicker.
The sight of their Great Aunt frightened the blue macaw kids slightly, causing them to hide behind their mother in fear. She was a little crazy and made no sense at times, but Mimi had a good heart and was kind to her family.
"Blu, Jewel!" Mimi panted, practically collapsing into their home, sliding across the sound upon impact.
"Aunt Mimi, are you all right?" Jewel inquired, taking her aunt's wing to help her stand right.
The second she was up, Mimi took both of her niece's wings into her own, panicking slightly as she shook them. "Jewel, my little wildflower! It's your Dad!"
Jewel gasped in response, the fear of something happening to her father racing around her mind. She lost him and once, and did not intend to lose him again. "Aunt Mimi! What happened to Daddy!?"
"He got attacked! He's back at home!" Mimi answered, moving towards Blu and placed her wings onto his shoulders, shaking him frantically. "Blu! You got to do something!"
"What, why me?" Blu inquired, groaning slightly as his Aunt-in-law shook him, almost causing him to get dizzy.
"Why need to find out who did this!" Mimi explained, letting him go as she jumped out of the tree hollow, flying as quickly as her wings could carry themselves. "Follow me to Eduardo!"
Jewel did not hesitate to argue and quickly jumped after her aunt, silently praying to herself that her father was alright.
Blu took his kids into his wings and placed them against his back again as a way they could get there quicker. He may not have gotten off to the best start with Eduardo, but he was his father-in-law, and had to help him no matter what. "Kids, hold on tight! Let's go!"
"I forget my goggles!" Tiago replied while grabbing onto his father's neck after he almost lost his grip by how fast he was flying.
"I forget my book!" Bia argued, holding onto Blu's head as she pulled herself up to look ahead.
"I forget my IPod!" Carla said, almost losing her grip for moment.
"Tiago, just close your eyes, Bia, this is not the time for learning, and Carla, this is no time for music!" Blu replied, as he looked towards his children, who had sad expressions. His expression softened as he saw their faces, realizing how attached they were to their things. "Kids, I'm sorry, but your Grandpa could be seriously hurt, and I am going to need you to be strong. Okay?"
The trio nodded their heads agreement.
"Alright, now hang on tight." Blu warned, flapping harder in an attempt to keep up with his mate. "(Don't worry, Jewel. Everything will be okay)".
After a short flight through their home, the family of blue macaws finally made it to Eduardo's home that was the tallest tree in the area. Nico and Pedro had accompanied them along the way after enjoying a day of singing and dancing with the other blue macaws. The friends and family landed inside, gaining sad expressions as the sight of Eduardo injured hurt them from the inside.
He was lying in the center of a nest, barely conscious. He had leaves wrapped around his body and talons to help heal his injuries quicker. His right eye was swollen, but he was able to see out of his left eye to see his older sister, his daughter, his son-in-law, and his three grandchildren.
"Daddy..." Jewel whispered quietly to herself, tears dropping from out her beautiful turquoise eyes.
Blu did not like to see her like this and helped comfort her by moving his wings around her, holding close to shield her from the sight. He comforted her as she cried tears into his chest feathers, but he did not mind and soothed her by whispering in a calm voice. "It's okay, Jewel. It's okay."
Nico took of his bottle-cap in sadness in held it against his chest
He turned towards the two blue macaws attending to Eduardo, who Blu assumed were the medic macaws when it came to someone being injured. "What happened to him...?"
"He was attacked. By who, I don't know." the macaw replied, placing his wing upon Eduardo's head. "He should be okay. It will take a while for him to recover though."
Eduardo shifted his good eye over to Blu, seeing him comfort his daughter. He managed to raise a smile and whispered loud enough for Blu to hear him. "Blu..."
"Yes, sir?" Blu asked, slowly taking his wings from around his mate.
"Come here." Eduardo requested.
Blu could see where this was going but obeyed his father-in-law's wishes. He slowly moved towards Eduardo, kneeling down to him. "Yeah?"
"Come closer...Closer...Closer." Eduardo continued repeated the same word for a moment until he stopped him in his tracks. "Not that close."
"Sorry." Blu apologized, moving back a little as he sat beside the nest Eduardo was resting in. He had a worried expression across his face, expecting him to ask him to do something stupid.
"Blu...If I don't make it...I want you to take care of the tribe." Eduardo requested, groaning in pain slightly whilst struggling to keep his good eye open, obviously weak from the pain. "...And...Take care of Jewel...She needs you."
"I will, sir." Blu assured, but did have a problem with the first favour he asked for. "But, I don't think I'm ready to lead the tribe. You should let Roberto do that."
Jewel was certainly surprised by this despite the situation. She knew how much Blu and Roberto did not use to get along because of Blu's jealously, but to let him take his place as the tribe leader was certainly shocking.
"Blu...I know Roberto and I are close, and I know I did not take to you...When we met...But you are my son, and no-one deserves this place then you." Eduardo admitted, keeping a smile across his face as he was losing conscious fast. "Take care...Of them..."
After that, Eduardo had passed out, leaving his family devastated as most of them began crying in sadness. Blu, for once, did feel a tear dropping out from his left eye, but quickly wiped it away before anyone would notice.
"Blu, what are we going to do?" Jewel inquired, being comforted by her aunt as she looked towards her mate for support.
Blu was worried about the whole becoming-the-leader-of-the-tribe situation, but for now, he had another task on his mind, and that was to help catch whoever did this. He raised his angry expression that was rarely seen and turned towards his family and friends. "I'll tell you what we are going to do. We are going to track down whoever did this, and make them pay for their actions."
The kids jumped for joy as the thought of another adventure made them happy.
"Really, Blu? Do you mean that?" Jewel inquired, raising a smile as she moved her out from Mimi's hug and approached her mate. "Do you really mean that?"
"Of course I do, Jewel." Blu reassured, moving his wings around her into another hug, resting his head on top of hers. "Like he said: we didn't get off to a good start, but Eduardo is my family, and I will honour his wishes."
"Oh, Blu, you have no idea how much that means to me." Jewel replied, crying more tears out from her eyes, but this time, they were not tears of sadness. Instead, they were tears of joy.
After the blue macaws were done hugging, Bia had spoken up towards her parents, stating the most obvious question yet: "Dad, how are we doing to find out who did this? By my calculations, searching the entire amazon could take about...A year!"
"And that's where we step in, girl." Nico replied, moving back-to-back with Pedro as they both high-fived each other like the friends they were. "We know someone who can help you track down Eduardo's attacker."
"You do?" Blu asked, leaning his head up to make eye-contact with the canary. "And who is this someone you speak of, if I might ask?"
"Ohh, someone good, Bluey-Boy." Pedro replied, not giving him the proper answer he wanted. "We know him from our club. I tell you, he is an awe-some-ness bird. Able to track anyone."
"Ya'll remember where Eduardo was attacked?" Nico asked the two blue macaws attending to Eduardo, and they both had been silent the entire time during their conversation.
"Yeah, around the bottom of an apple tree." the blue macaw answered.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Mimi inquired, turning joyful all of a sudden as she placed her wings around her niece and nephew-in-law. "Let's stop yakking and get tracking!"
"You're coming with us, Aunt Mimi?" Blu asked, secretly hoping the answer was "no", due to the fact she could blow everything but how loud she was that might attract some unwanted attention.
"Me? No, course not." Mimi answered, sitting down beside her younger brother. "I'm going to keep an eye on Eddie here. You birds have fun, and make whoever did this pay!"
"Oh, believe me, I will, Aunt Mimi." Jewel assured, feeling a part of her inside wanting to claw the eyes out of whoever did this to her father, who she had only been reunited with for two weeks. She bowed down to the duo friends, gesturing her wing to the amazon. "Nico, Pedro, lead the way."
"With pleasure, baby bird." Nico replied, moving his bottle-cap forward in a friendly matter before jumping out from the tree hollow with his best friend flying beside him. "Follow us, guys and gals!"
Blu panicked slightly as his children had flew out from the tree hollow without his permission. He attempted to call them back, but they paid no attention to him and continued flying with Nico and Pedro. "Wait, wait! We didn't a headcount-oh, why do I bother?"
"Oh, Blu." Jewel giggled, playfully shoving slightly. She leaned towards him when he was not looking and pecked the side of his beak, causing him to blush slightly since he preferred them to kiss in private. "Blu, promise you will ever change."
"I promise not to change." he promised, holding her wing as they both prepared to join their friends in the sky. "Don't worry; we will find whoever did this to your dad."
"I know, Blu. I'm proud to have someone as caring as you." Jewel admitted, hugging him yet again as she dried the tears in her eyes, no longer feeling in sadness now that they were going on an adventure to catch whoever did this to her father. "Let's go and find this tracker of Nico and Pedro's."
Blu nodded, and he and his beautiful mate took off into the crystal clear sky of the amazon, hoping they could track down Eduardo's attacker and bring him to justice for his crimes.
Not too far away from where the blue macaw clan lived, a figure hiding in the darkness within his tree hollow watched as five blue macaws, a canary, and cardinal flew past in the sky together. A grin raised across his face as he rubbed his two wings together.
"Nothing can stop me now. We will rise, and this amazon will be ours forever. Without their protector Eduardo, they are weak, and now none shall stand in my way."
Here's the first chapter, folks. I apologize if it felt short, but it was the best I could do today. Who could have attacked Eduardo and why would he do it? Let us hope the answer will be revealed soon before it is too late.
I am not sure how many more Rio stories I will do. This may be the last one but then again, I may change my mind. Oh, and like I mentioned above, I know I had not intended to have the Rio 2 characters in but like I said, I had a change of heart. (Christ, I talk a lot).
Long story short, stay tuned for the second chapter.