I know that I haven't updated for a couple of days, but it is because I have been busy planning out two stories at once!

I am happy to say that the wait is over, because this is the sequel to Deja Vu!

I plan to update daily, but I apologize in advance if I don't. In that case, the day after I miss will be my update, and no later.

Please review when finished, and I hope you enjoy!

*Disclaimer: All of my OC's belong to me! All other characters belong to Fox and Blue Sky Sudios!*

Theme Song: Nickelback-Far Away

Enough blabber from me! Let's get to the story!

*THE Wolf Is Out*

Prologue: Jewel has flown off and found a solitary place to hide her anger at Blu.

After spending a sorrowful day alone, she comes to her senses and realizes that she made a tragic mistake.

She wants to go back and ask Blu for forgiveness, but how can she, given what she said to him.

Will she be forced to to return to her mate and set things straight, or will she be spared the shame?

Only time shall tell...

Chapter 1: The Search

Blu's urgent voice quickly woke the six macaws, and they shook themselves to clear away the drowsiness. "What is it, Papa! What happened?"

"A truck crashed into the Grand Palm after your mother and I finished singing. I am not going into the...details, but the club...was destroyed. Your mother was badly hurt, and after we left, she...was killed. But then-"

As soon as the words slipped from his beak, his children quivered with sorrow, and their eyes started to leak tears.

"No! Mama can't be dead! Please, Papa! Let her be alive!"

The way they reacted was like a blow to his heart, but he was going to reassure them that everything was nearlyfine.

"Please calm down! Let me finish! Your mother is alive and well. I had to revive her, and when I did, she took on some of my...features. Like my left eye, and my serpent tongue."

The confusing mix of emotions they were feeling was stupefying. "What! How?"

"I don't know, but it seems as though the venom I now possess heals, rather than kills. However, she got very angry with me because she said I turned her into a...monster. She flew off, and I am going to go look for her. But she told me some very hurtful things..."

"Oh no! Where did she go?"

"She threatened me, and she told me not to follow her. I think I have a way to find her pretty quickly."

"But Papa, why would she act like that? You brought her back from death!"

"My point exactly, Esperanza. I just don't understand. I feel like I have hurt her deeply, maybe even too deeply..."

Blu heaved a sigh and gazed at the floor, his wings drooping at his sides. Ricardo and Vicente walked up to him and gave their father reassuring pats.

"Everything will be okay, Papa. But you have to find her, and you have to mend what is broken."

"Thank you, my sons. You always know the right things to say. I guess...I better get going..."

Just as he started trudging towards the exit, his three youngest children bunched together right in front of him.

"Can we come with you, Papa? We want to help you find our Mama. Please?"

Blu frowned and replied, "I am sorry, meus filhos,but this is something that I have to fix on my own. Besides, you have your brothers and sister to play with."

They merely nodded and walked back over to their siblings. Blu turned around and faced his eldest children. "Please take care of them. I don't know how long I will be gone, but as soon as I set everything straight, I will return as fast as possible."

Ricardo replied, "Don't worry, Papa. They will be safe. You just take all the time that you need. You have to take things slowly. Be careful, and I love you."

"So do I."

"Me too."

Three tinier voices added, "We love you so much, Papa. Bye."

A small tear fell from his eye and stained the floor of the hollow as he smiled. He glided from the tree, his heart heavy with apprehension for what was to come. But mixed in along with it was something else: hope.

He made his way back across the sanctuary and back into the city. The obsidian sky was still illuminated by hundreds of stars, but a soft cream glow was peeking over the far horizon.

Blu glided low over the quiet city and scanned the ground for any sign of Mauro and his marmoset gang. He spotted movement outside of Kipo's old club, and he spiraled down for a closer look.

When he landed, he noticed that the old Palm had been remodeled, and it was now quite impressive. He circled the building once, but he saw nothing that could have caused the movement he had just witnessed.

"Hmmm. Maybe it was a piece of trash being blown around by the wind. I should take a peek inside this fancy place, just to be sure..."

He trotted over to what looked like a gap in the aluminum wall and peered in with his left eye. To his surprise, a plethora of marmosets were milling about inside. The rest were snoozing on piles of money, but none of them actually resembled Mauro.

He raked his gaze across the space, and he spied him sitting at the front of the club. A makeshift chair had been built out of credit cards, and Mauro was happily relaxed in it.

Blu whispered, "I found him. Now, how will I convince him to help me? Well, that can come later. Here goes nothing..."

Blu scraped past the gap, and all at once, every single marmoset turned and glared at him curiously. Mauro stood up from his chair and did somersaults across the club, ending up right in front of Blu.

"Hehe. Look who we have here, boys! It's that macaw that we- ahhh!"

Mauro recoiled in shock the instant he looked at Blu's face, and the other marmosets drew away from him as well.

"Wha-what h-happened to you! Y-your eye! It is terrible!"

"I didn't mean to scare you, but it is a reallylong story, and it's beside the point. I came here to ask for your help."

Mauro did his best to conceal his unrest, and he stood up as straight as he could. He didn't want the others to think he was a coward.

"What sort of help?"

"Do you remember the other macaw that was with me when Nigel sent you to capture us?"

Mauro gave a snort of disgust at the cockatoo's name, and he replied, "Yeah. What about her?"

"Well, we had an argument last night, and she kind of...flew off. She is hiding somewhere in the city, and I need you to help me find her."

Mauro's eyes flashed with excitement, and he asked, "I will help you find her, but I expect something in return!"

Blu was going try and convince him that he had did a number on Nigel, and had in effect paid him back for what he had done to Mauro. "What if I told you that I turned Nigel into a featherless freak?"

Mauro remembered that several of his marmosets had reported seeing a naked bird walking around the city some time ago, just after last year's Carnaval. But Mauro wanted more than that.

"How can I be sure that you are telling the truth?"

"Nigel came and caught my mate after we escaped from you, and he took her to the Carnaval. I went to go rescue her, and he got me too. The smugglers he worked for loaded us on a plane and flew off.

I managed to get out of my cage, and after I helped free the other birds, he attacked me. I shot him from the plane with a fire extinguisher, and he hit the propeller. That is what shaved all of his feathers off."

The marmoset paced back and forth in front of him, obviously contemplating the validity of his story. After a few minutes, he ceased his pacing and looked firmly at the macaw.

"Well, no bird could have obviously done that with their talons. Also, you seem to know a whole lot about what went down, and I guess I can't deny you."

Blu gave a weak smile and said, "So, you will help me then?"

"Since you humiliated that nasty cockatoo, you got him even with me! In that case, we will help you."

Blu grabbed Mauro's left hand and gave him an energetic talon shake, but the marmoset just brushed his foot away. "Don't push your luck, bird."

Blu shrank back meekly and replied, "Oh, sorry! Forget all about what I just did!"

Mauro just huffed and scampered back over to his throne. "Okay, listen up! We have a new mission today, guys! I need you to scatter around the city and stay on alert for a blue macaw like this one.

She is a high-value target, and she could be anywhere! Whoever sees her should send me a marmoset message ASAP. Get to it, gang!"

The horde of marmosets streamed from the room, and only Blu and Mauro remained. He pulled out a sleek cellphone from behind the chair and placed it in front of the plastic structure.

He vaulted back over to Blu, and the macaw asked, "What do I do?"

"Just sit here and wait. Once my buddies get situated, your macaw won't be able to go anywhere without being seen! Once we find out where she is, you can go after her, and all will be well!"

"Uh, okay then. That's fine with me."

Blu glanced at the golden watch that was Mauro's belt, and he carefully read the tiny hands on its face. The watch said it was 10:20, and Blu was hoping that the marmosets would find Jewel before the day was over.

Mauro ran back over to his chair and plopped himself down in it.

Blu decided to pass the time with a nap, since he had gotten no sleep the previous night.

He settled himself down in a corner of the room, and just before he dozed off, he declared, "Hey Mauro, come get me when you find out anything."

"No problem, bird. Just try not to snore. I hear it enough from my own boys..."

Mauro watched as the blue macaw drifted off, but still keeping his left eye open somehow. Seeing that snake eye darting about still made him shudder, and he tried his best to ignore it.

The shadows created by the gaps in the roof slowly changed positions as the day dragged on. Mauro had received several texts throughout the day, and they all read that the blue macaw had not been seen yet.

As the afternoon passed and early evening approached, the shadows began to fade away. Mauro trotted outside and gazed up at the sky. A sheet of dreary gray clouds had rolled in, and the temperature was dropping noticeably.

"Wow. That was fast! It was warm all day long, but as soon as the sun started to set, clouds came in and it got chilly. Sure is weird weather for such a nice city..."

He ran back in and jumped back into his chair. Another uneventful hour passed, and he was starting to think that the search would have to be called off for the day.

Just as he picked up the cell to send out the text, it vibrated suddenly. He jumped at the loud noise, but he quickly stilled his nerves. He stared at the screen, and it read: Eeeh! Oooh! Ahhh Eeeh!

In the lower right corner were the words: Received at: 7:35 P.M. Mauro smirked and laid the phone back down.

He walked over to the sleeping macaw, and before he even reached him, Blu was already shaking himself awake. "Any news, Mauro?"

"Some of my boys over by the Sambadrome saw her flying over to an old airport. I say you better get going! She might not be there for long!"

"Right. Well thanks for your help, Mauro."

"No problem. I should thank you for teaching Nigel a lesson about how it feels to be powerless!"

Blu nodded to him and flew from the building. He had forgotten to ask Mauro how he had renovated the old Palm, but that could come later.

He slowly flew across the city, and the slight chill in the air was affecting him. "Brrr. Why is it cooling down so fast! Today was as warm as ever!"

He glanced upwards, and a featureless expanse of gray clouds hovered far above. He puffed out his feathers to try and stay warm, and it trapped just enough body heat to keep him flying and thinking.

He had a rough idea of where Jewel was, but he wasn't for sure. "What airport is he talking about? He said that some marmosets near the Sambadrome saw her. Let me see..."

Blu's brain churned as it tried to pinpoint her location, and a distant memory provided the answer. "Oh! I know which one: The airport where the smugglers had their plane! That is an odd place for Jewel to go though. Well, I better get my tail feathers over there!"

Blu flapped his wings even more rapidly, and he managed to keep the cold at bay. He streaked through the air like blue lightning, and he passed over the Sambadrome a few minutes later.

He climbed high into the air for a better vantage point, and he spied a small patch of gray off in the distance, surrounded on all sides by lush green plants.

"There it is!"

He began to descend towards the airport, but he quickly stopped himself short. "Wait, wait, wait! What will I say to her? What if she is still angry with me? I don't want to get attacked! Oh man, what do I do?"

Blu flew around in tight circles as he wracked his brain for a solution. "I will just have to tell her how I feel! I will have to apologize for hurting her, even though it wasn't really my fault. Maybe I can get her to calm down and come home with me. I hope she will say that she still loves me..."

Blu concluded his monologue and began a nervous glide towards the airport below. A short while later, he alighted on the rough tarmac and scanned the area.

Several ghostly planes sat in front of their hangars, appearing like the forgotten sentinels of the sky above. Most of the doors on the steel buildings were closed, but the doors on two of the hangars were slightly ajar.

Blu flew languidly over to the two buildings, and a mournful sound was echoing from the hangar on the right. "There is something in there. It must be Jewel! But, why is she crying? Maybe she isn't upset after all..."

The nervous macaw trotted into the building, and as he passed between the towering doors, he found himself standing in a spacious, dark room. The sobbing noises were echoing all around him, and he felt like he was a visitor to some haunted, abandoned mansion.

He tilted his head this way and that, and he quickly determined that its source lay far to the back of the hangar, near the ceiling. He flew straight up towards the arched roof, and he began gliding between the regularly spaced steel support trusses.

The sobbing grew more defined, and as Blu gazed into the darkness ahead, a small sapphire form was hunched over in the corner, near the attachment point of a truss.

He alighted down as quietly as he could on the beam that ran the length of the hangar, and he slowly advanced towards Jewel. He stopped moving when he was only two trusses behind her, and he could see that her back was to him.

He braced himself for her reaction and then drew a deep breath. "Jewel, sou eu. Por favor, pare de chorar. Vim pedir-lhe desculpas..."

A/N: I will start providing translations for any Portuguese I use in my stories right here. I have been told several times by other readers that my stories would have been even more enjoyable if I had provided the translations. I fully understand, so that's why I will be doing them from now on.

Meus filhos.=My children.

Sou eu.=It's me.

Por favor, pare de chorar.= Please, stop crying.

Vim pedir-lhe desculpas.= I came to apologize to you.

Well, this wraps up my first chapter. Stay tuned for more!