Rio A Blue Bird's Life

Chapter 1 The Transformation

It was just another beautiful day in Rio and the sun had just risen and all the birds got out of their trees and started singing.

Chorus: "All the Birds of a feather

Do what they love most of all.

Moon and the stars, strumming guitars

That's why we love Carnival"

Jewel: "Loving our life in the Jungle

Everything's wild and free"

Blu: "Never alone, cause this is our home"

Their Chicks join in: "Magic can happen for real, in Rio"

All: "All by itself (by itself)

You can't see it coming

You can't find it anywhere else"

Pedro: "I'm a Caporoeira king a king a king a king a

Birds like me cause I'm a hot wing-a (Pedro's hot wing-a aww)"

Nico: "Everybody here loves samba"

Pedro: "I like the Samba"

Rafeal: "Rhythm you feel in your heart"

Pedro: "I'm the samba master"

Nico: "Beauty and love, what more could you want

Everything can be for Real, in Rio"

Chorus: "Here's something else (something else)

You just feel it happening

You won't find it anywhere else"

Suddenly Linda, Tulio, and Fernando were walking through the jungle when they heard the birds singing, being humans they couldn't understand what the birds were saying but they knew it sounded musical. Nico and Pedro flew onto a branch nearby and Tulio saw them and ran toward them with Fernando and Linda following him.

Tulio: "Look at these two excellent specimens!"

Linda looked at Nico and Pedro and said, "Yes they do look nice. Is that a bottle cap?"

Linda was referring to the bottle cap Nico wears on his head.

Fernando: "Yeah it is, I think he's wearing it like a hat."

Tulio: "Watch me communicate with them."

Tulio put his hands on his hips and moved his arms like wings as he started squawking at them. Nico and Pedro started asking him what he was doing but to them they only heard chirping. Tulio continued squawking and Linda and Fernando only saw Nico and Pedro moving their wings while chirping in a manner that looked like a conversation.

Fernando: "Wow, you're really talking to them!"

Tulio: "Yes Fernando, I introduced myself and told them that they are magnificent birds."

Nico looked at him with confusion and said, "I didn't get any of that, did you?"

Pedro had the same expression and said, "Nah."

Tulio started to leave with Linda and Fernando while saying, "You know I wonder what it would be like to be a bird."

Linda said, "Yes that would be amazing, we could see how birds live in the jungle."

Fernando said, "I think the coolest thing would be being able to fly."

Linda: "Yeah!"

After Nico and Pedro heard their conversation they followed them to their house and spied on them through the open window. They secretly listened to their conversation.

Fernando: "I can't believe Carnival is tomorrow!"

Tulio: "It's so great; and it brings back wonderful memories."

Linda: "Yes; wonderful memories."

Linda said this with a somewhat sad tone.

Tulio: "What's wrong Linda? You should be happy."

Linda: "It's just, this reminds me of two years ago when I came here with Blu and he ended up going to live with Jewel in the jungle."

Fernando: "I thought you were happy when he left?"

Linda: "I am happy but, I just wonder why he wanted to go live with her and not have her come live with me. I wish I knew why he would rather live in the dangerous jungle instead of with me in the bookstore."

Nico and Pedro looked at each other with surprise when they heard this.

Linda: "If I was a bird, I would wanna try and talk to Blu and find out why he preferred the jungle to the bookstore."

Tulio: "If I was a bird, I would want to preen myself, and flap my wings while pecking the ground."

Nico and Pedro looked at each other and Nico said, "Is this guy crazy?"

Fernando: "I would just wanna see how birds live. Maybe it would be cool and fun."

Pedro pulled Nico close to him and said, "Hey, I got an idea." He whispered his idea into Nico's ear hole and Nico replied, "Now that's how you take it to the next level!"

They flew away to tell the others about their plan.

The next day

Linda, Tulio, and Fernando went into the jungle to watch birds, but everything seemed quiet and they saw nothing. Suddenly, huge flocks of birds started flying around them in circles like a tornado. They were singing a song that was in a different language and was an ancient chanting. There were six differently colored gems in the trees around them and they started to glow. Nico and Pedro were flying around at the height of Fernando; Rafael, Eva, and their kids were flying around Linda and Tulio's heads. The three humans were somewhat scared as they didn't know what was going on. Suddenly Blu and Jewel flew to the top of the tornado with their chicks: Bradley, Seymour, and Amy; and strange unnatural lights started to move around Fernando, Linda, and Tulio. They started to feel dizzy and then, they got smaller, their feet turned gray with only three toes with talons on the ends. They grew beaks on their faces and they grew blue feathers all over their bodies. Their clothes magically disappeared and so did Tulio and Linda's glasses. Blu and Jewel finished the song and the lights disappeared and Linda, Tulio, and Fernando were lying on the ground, sleeping.

Author's note: This story is a combination of the stories of Brother Bear and The Princess and the Frog.