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Hints of Winter had descended quickly upon the famous Brazilian city known as, Rio de Janeiro. The tropical sunset had descended down onto the city and all of it's

inhabitants. Rio was buzzing with life for today was a very special day. The New Year was approaching at a quick pace, thus causing streets to be littered with people.

Rio's Jungles were also thriving with wildlife. Every creature was anticipating for the New Year's arrival. Birds were frolicking through the air, singing and dancing to the

tunes of the wind. A special macaw watched the birds sing from his hollow. The macaw's hallow was very spacious and beautiful. Decorations coated the entrance such

as, Flowers and moss. The macaw sat and watched the busy city of Rio in silence.

"Today's the day!" The macaw excitedly thought, "The day were birds like me attempt at starting a fresh new life, with setting resolutions for themselves to accomplish

in the new year." a grin formed on his face as he heard a loud crackling noise off in the distance. He turned his head towards the spawn of the sound to meet a vibrant

flash of colorful light exploding off in the distance.

Loud yells could be heard echoing across the black of night as they applaud the firework display witnessed. Another sound could be heard by the macaw's exponential

hearing. He heard light footsteps making their way towards him at a very rapid pace. The macaw had barely enough time to react to the origins of the sound before his

offspring flung himself upon him. The macaw was no doubt frightened by his son's abrupt appearance, but chose to hide his emotions thoroughly.

"I got him!" The tiny blue bird exclaimed loudly, as he pulled on his father's feathers. He exclaimed his victory with a laughing matter. The father of the macaw, Blu,

formed a smile on his beak. "I caught the monster." his offspring echoed into the night. Blu acted as though he were actually wounded and fake collapsed onto the

floor with a loud roar of defeat. His son formed a smile upon his beak as he brought the beast down to the ground with him.

"You caught me!" Blu yelled out in his best evil voice.

"You can't harm anyone anymore monster." his son stated with pride as he folded his wings over his chest in triumph. "Not if I do... this!" Blu yelled as he began to

tickle his beloved son to tears. Laughter spilled from his beak as his father punctured his hips with his wingtips. Jolts of pure happiness filled the younger macaw to the

brim as he slowly fell from his father's wounded body and onto the floor below. The tiny macaw was In a fit of laughter, holding his sides for dear life. Blu arose from

the floor of his hollow eyeing his son with curiosity. He slowly bent over and picked up his son and held him.

"Tiago, What are you doing up?" Blu questioned him with a knowing look. Still recovering from his fits of laughter, Tiago began to form a reply.

"I'm not tired, Daddy." he truthfully said, eyeing his father's intimidating stare. "I wanted to spend new years with you." Blu eyed his son with a heartfelt look. He

wanted to spend time with his son this late, but Jewel's reinforced bedtime rules were preventing him from doing so. "You have to get to bed." Blu persuaded him but

Tiago wouldn't budge. Instead, he got out of his wings with a fit of anger. Tiago folded his tiny wings around himself and sat down in a large pout. "Why are you so

mean daddy?" Tiago exclaimed well avoiding eye contact with his father. Blu was impacted by his hurtful words.

"Why do you hate me so much?" Tiago closed his eyes and exhaled deeply. Never in his life had Blu been hurt so much. His own offspring had just accused him of being

hurtful. Blu's beak was held agape and he let out a large gasp of pity. A sting of pain sent shivers through his body as they attacked his heart and shattered it to

pieces.

"You don't mean that, do you Tiago?" Blu asked on the verge of tears. Nothing hurts worse than your own kid telling you they hate you. His son avoided his

hurtful gaze and instead stared out of the hollow at the bright balls of colorful light, exploding in the distance. Blu was on wits end. Inside he felt like a horrible father.

Eventually, Blu spoke up after a long period of time. "Fine, you can stay up with me for New Years." Blu let out a sharp exhale in defeat. He watched as his son's face lit

up with excitement and pure joy.

"Really, Dad!" He yelled. "Keep it down, you don't want to wake your mom." Blu examined the nest Jewel peacefully slept in. Tiago's

outburst had caused her to stir in her sleep. However, she remained still and slowly fell back to the world of dreams. Blu let out a sigh of relief. He slowly looked back at

his son. A serious expression plastered his face as he held up a feather to his beak, signaling for him to keep quite.

"If you tell your Mom I will disown you, got it?" Blu whispered strictly. His son nodded in reply. Blu edged over to the end of the hollow, holding out his wing for his son

to grab on. Tiago grabbed his father's soft feathered wings and hoisted himself upon his back. "It's to dangerous for you to be flying at night, I'll fly you there instead."

and with that Blu took off into the nighttime sky.

Blu truly never got tired of flying. Learning how to fly made life so much easier for him. He remembered the origins of his learned ability with vivid detail.

He watched as the love of his life plummeted from the plane and down to the deep dark and blue ocean. His precious Jewel had broken her wing and was plummeting

fast towards the body of water. Thinking fast, Blu had made his decision to die with her then without her. Blu held out his wings and plummeted towards Jewel in a wild

free fall. Blu eventually caught up its her, hooking onto her with his talons. They both spun in each other's wings as they plummeted towards their death. Jewel opened

her eyes to meet Blu's frightened gaze. Her mind couldn't comprehend exactly why Blu had done what he did. Her first words stung Blu's heart a bit.

"Blu, are you crazy?!" She yelled aloud over the forcing wind. Blu locked eyes with her and formed a decent reply.

"I'm not letting go of you again, were Chained-to-each-other-birds, remember?" Blu poured his heart out in front of Jewel. His mind was racing as he slowly held her

tight in his wings. Jewel had never heard more powerful words in her life. A mixed set of emotions were firing through her brain in an unorganized fashion. Blu, the nerd

bird she had been chained to for only twenty four hours, was in a whole new light. No one, in her miserable free life, had ever cared so much for her, as to jump out of

a moving plane just to be with her for a few more seconds. it baffled her completely. A whole new set of emotions sparked through her as she released them onto an

unsuspecting Blu. She met his beak in a fiery kiss. A feeling of pure euphoria rushed through the both of them. Blu closed his eyes preparing for the impact as he held

her tight. Blu felt a spark within him as Jewel pulled away from his beak. Never had he felt this feeling before. His heart pumped violently as he spread his wings slowly.

Blu felt a cushion of air pocket underneath him, and before he knew it, he was flying. His precious Jewel dangled underneath him, secured safely in his iron like talon

grip. Blu flew across the body of water with substantial speed

from the fall.

"Blu, you're flying!" Jewel exclaimed with disbelief as she to soared through the skies with him. Blu let out a loud chuckle of relief. "You're right, I'm not an

ostrich! I'm not an ostrich!" the two of them rapidly soared through the skies together, forever bonded by love.

Blu smiled to himself as he remembered his past. Now a year later, Jewel's wing had healed, he obtained three little miracles, and found a place to call home. Life

couldn't get any better for the Macaw. Tiago held on tight to his father's neck feathers as he quickly dived forward, gaining speed. He let out a yell of excitement as

they both gained speed. Blu laughed at his son's excited outburst.

"You like going fast?" Blu questioned him sarcastically. He knew from the day his son hatched out of his blue speckled egg that he'd be a daredevil in a sense.

His son had the personality of that of his mates. He was a free spirited bird who craved for adventure. He loved to live dangerously and he always was looking for

something courageous to do.

"Faster Daddy!" He laughed, a sound his father relished completely. He loved making his son happy. It was his duty as a father to bring enjoyment into his offspring's life. Blu formed a smile upon his beak as he got an idea.

"Hold on." The two words protruded from Blu's beak as he dived towards a busy street. Blu did a series of loops, twist and turns throughout the tight alley, avoiding

cars, people, and clothes lines.

"Wooooh!" Tiago shouted as his father twisted blissfully through the air. Blu instantly shot back up into the freezing night time air. He evened out his wings as he

slowly coasted throughout the city. He heard Tiago's beautiful laughs through the howling wind. "How was that!" Blu already knew the answer to his question. Tiago

replied instantly. "That was awesome Dad!" he shouted as he fist pumped the air.

"Beats sleeping at home, doesn't it?" Blu question Tiago.

"Sure does, thank you Dad!" Tiago thanked his dad as he slowly coiled his tiny blue wings around his fathers neck in a warm hug.

"Your welcome." Blu accepted his grateful thanks and kept on flying through the air. They both examined the ground beneath them. The colorful city lights danced in the

night as everyone prepared for the countdown to the New Year. Blu quickly dived for a small perch in which he could land on. Blu landed on a nearby branch with a loud

thud. He let out gasp for air for his wings were tired from flying around the city. However, Tiago's weight didn't add to that factor for he was practically weightless. He

carefully grabbed his son who was coiled around his neck and lifted him into the air. He set him down in front of him gently. "Are you ready?" Blu question his son's

cheery self. Tiago jumped up and down, not being able to contain his pent up excitement. Blu examined the far away clock in the distance. He read the time. "A minute

left, my son." Blu smiled as he rested his gaze upon him. "So what's your New Years resolution?" Blu questioned his son. Tiago sat with a confused expression

plastered across his face.

"What's a New Years revolution?" Tiago questioned. Blu formed a smile, his son was to cute for words.

"A New Years 'Resolution,' is something that you would like to accomplish, or do better this year." He explained this to his curious son. He turned

his gaze towards the clock, noticing it was almost time. Blu carefully wrapped a wing around his son. "You ready to countdown with me?" Blu stared into his deep

chocolate brown eyes. Tiago truly looked like Blu as a child. His characteristics closely resembled that of Blu's. He had a nice cerulean body, chocolate brown eyes, and

dark black talons.

"I'm ready." The tiny blue macaw answered. Blu nodded and began to countdown, his son copying the numbers. "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one!" His son quickly joined in counting. A loud crackling sound lit up the skies in all different colors. Explosions of color surrounded them completely.

Tiago cheered with joy as he examined the colorful booms of light. Tiago loved anything that exploded, and Blu knew that, so fireworks were like heaven to the small

chick. They both watched the fireworks go off together for a while, before Tiago became restless from cheering so much. Blu watched as his son's eyelids slowly

drooped towards the ground. Tiago swayed back and forward not being able to hold himself up anymore. Blu chuckled as he grabbed his son and placed him upon his

back. Blu took off with his sleeping son now snuggled up in his neck feathers. Blu made the ride home as smooth as possible, as to not disturb his son. He gently

landed in his hollow and walked over to his son's nest. Blu slowly unwrapped him from his neck and gently placed him in the nest with his two siblings. Blu leaned down

and kissed Tiago's forehead gently. Tiago opened his eyes to meet his father's.

"Dad, what's your New Years resolution?" Tiago asked, half awake. Blu pondered his question as he began to form a reply.

"To be a better Dad." Blu simply stated. Tiago closed his eyes and snuggled into his siblings for warmth.

"Your already the best Dad in the whole wide world." he barely said, before succumbing to the world of dreams. Blu let out a small chuckle.

"Goodnight my little miracles." Blu walked away from his offspring's nest and towards his own. He looked down at his precious Jewel, sleeping soundly. he smiled. I

must be the luckiest bird in the world, he thought. I have everything I need in this hallow. And with that Blu snuggled with his beloved mate and slept. Blu was

dreaming about the new year, not knowing that something deadly was lurking inside of him.