Hey guys! You all ready for a new story!

Of course you are!

Now I noticed there is a lack of stories that tell about Jewel's mother. And well that's what I am going to do here!

In Rio 2, it does imply that Jewel's mother is dead and well… I guess that is true… But what if Jewel's mother wasn't dead? What if she is alive and Jewel heard so and wants to find her?

Well… Prepare yourself for that story right now!

Chapter 1: Remembering her Mother

As the morning sunlight filtered through the Amazon, through the dense cover of the trees, all the animals were waking up to another day. All of them either hunting or gathering their food, washing themselves, or kissing their husband, wife, or kids good morning. In the territory of the Blue macaw tribe, in a tree hollow was a family of five blue macaws, two adults and three kids. In the larger nest, where the two adults slept, the male silently woke up and nudged his wife.

"Jewel, my one and only, wake up." The male softly told her.

The female, known as Jewel, slowly opened her eyes to see her husband smiling at her.

"I won't, Blu, unless you give me a kiss." Jewel addressed the male known as Blu.

"Fine." And Blu gave a loving kiss on Jewel's beak.

"Ewww!" A boy's voice rang out as Blu and Jewel turned to see their three kids, Bia, Carla, and Tiago look at them.

"Good morning kids, I'm guessing you are fully awake now?" Jewel chuckled.

"Do you guys always have to go mushy on us." The boy named Tiago complained.

"One day son, one day." Blu replied and got up with Jewel. "Okay lets eat some breakfast and how about a day to ourselves.

"Yay!" The three kids yelled in unison.

After Blu got some nuts and fruit for his family, they sat down to enjoy their food in peace, that is if Tiago wasn't such the prankster. As he swallowed a piece of a nut, he pretended to choke on it and showed like he was struggling.

"Tiago!" Blu yelled. "What's wrong!"

"I read about CPR, I can help him!" Bia, being the smart one, came up and just when she was about to touch her brother, Tiago went into a fit of laughter.

"You all should see the look on your faces!" Tiago fell and rolled down on the floor, laughing and holding his belly with his wings. "It's priceless!"

"Oh you are so dead!" Bia yelled and jumped onto of him.

The two rolled around on the hollow floor to the looks of Blu, Jewel, and Carla.

"Shouldn't we do something?" Blu asked as he looked at Jewel.

"Let them wrestle around for another minute. Bia needs to let her anger out and Tiago deserved it." Jewel replied.

After a minute, when the two started becoming tired, Jewel came and broke them apart. Separating the two, she addressed them.

"Okay, you both had your fun and made your points, just go back to finishing your breakfast so we can go out." Jewel told the two, who had stern looks on their faces.

"Fine." The two replied in unison.

Bia and Tiago went back to eating while Blu came to her.

"See that is why you are the number one mom in the world." Blu sweetly told Jewel as he came up behind her and kiss her on the cheek, wrapping his wings around her.

Jewel didn't look back. What Blu just said… Jewel felt her heart cringe as something came into her mind. A memory of someone that meant a lot to her, in her past when she was just a young chick…

As breakfast was finished, the kids wanted to play a family game of soccer and the kids excitedly flew off for the pit of doom, which was empty at the time being. Blu and Jewel could not stop them in time.

"Kids, wait up for me and your mother!" Blu shouted after them.

"Jewel, you ready to go?" Blu asked as he looked at a Jewel lost in thoughts.

Blu was a bit worried about her and went to her to see if she was alright. Putting a wing on Jewel's shoulder, he got her attention.

"Jewel?" Blu said as he looked down at her, Jewel looking up. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay, just thinking about some stuff." Jewel replied, in an unusual tone of voice.

"You sure?" Blu asked, not certain she was telling the truth.

"Yeah, lets just go and enjoy our family day, okay?" Jewel said and flew out for the pit of doom, leaving Blu to worry what was wrong with his Jewel.

As the family played round after round of soccer in the pit of doom, Jewel was not being as active and agile as she always is when playing soccer. She was usually very skillful at it, but for some reason she was not focusing as much as she does on other days the family played together. Blu noticed this and well, he couldn't help this feeling that maybe Jewel wasn't telling him something.

As another game progressed Jewel excused herself and flew off into the trees in a hurry. Blu saw her, she looked like she was about to cry and he sighed.

"Kids, just keep playing among yourselves, I'm going to check on your mother." Blu told them and he flew in the direction Jewel has gone.

As Blu flew through the forest, searching around for Jewel, he heard the faint sound of crying coming from below. He looked down and sure enough he spotted his Jewel, her head leaning against a tree trunk, hiding her face from the world to see her state. Blu rushed down and came behind her.

"Jewel, what's wrong, why are you crying?" Blu asked, in a very worried state.

Jewel just turned around and ran into Blu. Blu was confused, but lovingly wrapped his wings around her and made soothing sounds to try to calm her.

"Hey, it's okay Jewel, I'm here." Blu comforted her. "Can you please tell me what's wrong?" Blu asked with a voice full of care while letting go of her and wiping her tears up.

"Blu… It's… My… Mother." Jewel struggled to say between sobs. "I… Remembered… Her…"

"Okay, come here." Blu replied and hugged her again, wanting her to cry a bit more.

Blu knew that Jewel's mother died and well he couldn't imagine all the emotional pain that Jewel had kept inside her. He remembered when he first came to the Amazon rainforest with Jewel and the kids, when Jewel was reunited with her father, Eduardo. He remembered Eduardo's exact words, "Just like your mother", Blu imagined that some of the tears that came out of her were not only tears of joy, but also those of sorrow.

Jewel finally calmed down enough to speak clearly and looked up at Blu.

"Blu, I wish she was here so much, I want to hug her forever and never let go, why did she have to go?"

"Hey, it's alright, you have a family that loves you. I understand the pain you are feeling, it's okay to cry honey." Blu comforted her. "Why don't you tell me what happened? It will make you feel a bit better talking about it."

"Are you sure you want to hear about it?" Jewel asked, not sure she should say it.

"I'm all ears honey, just talk." Blu lifted her head with a wing and made her look him in the eyes. "Please."

"Okay, lets sit down." Jewel replied.

The two sat down and Jewel took some deep breaths before starting the story of the day her mother was taken from her.

"It all started when I was just a little chick, when the fire in the forest claimed her…" Jewel started.

Well guys… I hope you enjoyed this first chapter!

I can't wait to see how well this story will do!