Rio A Blue Bird's Past
Chapter 2 Memories Return
It was almost two years since Blu and Jewel first met on Carnival and defeated Nigel and the smugglers. Two months after they met and flew into the jungle to spend their lives together, they had three children. They had two boys and one girl; their boys' names were Spix and Carlos, they were both the same shade as Blu, but Carlos was slightly taller than Spix. Their third child was their daughter that was a similar shade of blue as Jewel; her name was Ruby. Carnival was only three days away, this would be the kids' second Carnival and they were excited; Spix, Carlos, and Ruby were only one year old, but for blue macaws, it is like being a five year old human.
The sun was coming up to start a beautiful day in Rio and all the birds of the jungle started to sing and dance.
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"
Spix, Ruby, and Carlos flew to them and joined 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"
When they stopped singing, many of the birds started flying to the city for different reasons. Blu, Jewel, Spix, Carlos, and Ruby flew onto a branch of their tree and looked at the city of Rio as the sun rose from the horizon.
Blu: "It's a beautiful day!"
Jewel: "I'll say! And Carnival is only a few days away!"
Spix: "I can't wait for Carnival!"
Carlos: "Yeah; if it's anything like our first year it will be great!"
Ruby: "I wish it would come faster."
Blu: "Now kids, we know you're excited about Carnival, but you have to patient; it will be here before you even know it!"
Jewel: "That's right!"
Suddenly Nico and Pedro flew by and greeted them. The two of them were excited about Carnival as well; Nico started hitting his wing on his bottle cap like it was a tambourine and Ruby, Carlos, and Spix started laughing. Nico and Pedro were slightly bigger than the three baby blue macaws.
Nico looked down at them and said, "Hey kids, glad to see you're in the spirit of Carnival! Hey Blu, Jewel, Rafy says high." Blu looked at Nico and Pedro and said, "Thanks guys. It sure is a beautiful day today." Pedro rubbed Spix's head and said, "Yeah that big ol' sun is shining its light on everything!"
While they were talking, Ruby looked behind Nico and Pedro and saw a dark part of the jungle near the other side of Rio. The area consisted of dead tree trunks and hollowed out logs.
Ruby pointed to the area and asked, "Daddy, what's that dark place over there?" Blu looked at the area and said, "I don't know. I've never seen that before." Jewel, Spix, and Carlos looked at it and when Nico and Pedro saw it Nico said, "That's the wasteland. Most of the trees and plants there are dead." Pedro hopped next to him and said, "Yeah, and the birds that live there are meaner than a vulture!" Nico then said, "Yeah, and there's barely any food there, so they sneak out and steal food from other birds sometimes." Blu's eyes widened and he said, "Wow, they don't sound like good company." Pedro said, "Trust us you do not wanna go there! They will go demon hawk on you!"
Spix, Ruby, and Carlos became frightened and moved closer to Blu and Jewel. Blu and Jewel gave Nico and Pedro an angry look because they were frightening the kids.
Nico: "But don't worry, if they come out, we will throw down on their ugly butts!"
Pedro: "Yeah; what are we talking about them for, it's almost Carnival!"
Spix, Ruby, and Carlos's frightened expressions turned to expressions of happiness and excitement.
Spix: "I can't wait for the parade!"
Pedro: "Yeah Spix! The parade is great, but I love the parties and the samba!"
Blu: "The parties are great; I love Carnival!"
Nico: "Of course you do, with all the parties, music, and samba, can you imagine anybody not liking Carnival!"
Meanwhile somewhere else in the jungle
Nigel was walking on the ground with all of his feathers grown back.
He was angry as he said, "I loathe Carnival! All the birds dancing around happily! The cheerful music and parties! Not to mention it is the day I lost those two blue macaws and when that male defeated and humiliated me! Them and their precious friends enjoying the time of Carnival! I shall have my vengeance on the lot of them!"
He saw Blu and Jewel fly overhead; Spix, Ruby, and Carlos were with them but he didn't see them through the tree branches. Nigel could fly up and attack them but, as much as it pained him, he wanted to create a complex plan that would give him his revenge. He wanted to smuggle Jewel and their friends, but he wanted to kill Blu for defeating and humiliating him.
Nigel: "I will get you pretty bird!"
Nigel then flew low into a different direction because he was going to break Marcel, Tipa, and Armando out of jail.
Blu, Jewel, and their chicks flew to an edge of the city that had many fruit stands. They started walking on he ground and headed for a large area that was covered by a large table cloth; this is where a party was taking place. Luiz was standing outside and was shaking his but to the music; when he saw Blu and Jewel he ran to them and hugged them.
Luiz: "Hey, Blu, Jewel; great to see ya!"
When he stopped hugging them they had some of his drool on them.
He saw Spix, Carlos, and Ruby and petted them on the heads while saying, "Spix, Ruby, Carlos, haven't seen you in a while!"
The three baby blue macaws chuckled because they liked Luiz almost as much as they like Nico and Pedro. They entered the party and saw many birds and marmosets dancing to the music. Nico and Pedro were there beating on old soup cans like they were drums, and so was Mauro.
They started singing "Hot Wings", the song they sang when Blu first came to Rio.
When they were finished, Blu went outside and saw an old abandoned airport not far away. He flew to it, for it seemed oddly familiar to him; he stopped and stood on an old tarmac where a plane would launch off. Suddenly Blu had a vision in his mind; he was a baby and he was crying while two adult blue macaws turned away from him.
Jewel and the kids came up and Jewel asked, "Blu what are you doing?" Blu turned around and said, "Huh? Sorry Jewel." Jewel then asked, "Are you okay, you don't seem like your normal self." Spix then walked up to Blu and said, "Yeah daddy." Blu then said, "I just had a strange vision." Jewel then asked, "Of what?" Blu answered, "I think I saw my parents, and that I was a baby." Carlos then walked up to Blu and said, "But daddy, you're not a baby." Jewel then looked at him and said, "No Carlos, he means he had a strange memory of him as a baby with his parents." Blu then said, "I'm beginning to wonder where I came from." Jewel was confused and said, "Uh Blu, you're a father, you know that baby birds come from eggs, and how the eggs are made." Blu then said, "That's not what I meant Jewel; I meant where was I born. My earliest memory is living with Linda in Minnesota." Jewel thought for a moment and said, "Well, we should worry about that later, come on kids, let's go home." Blu thought and said, "You go, I'll catch up." Jewel then replied, "Okay."
She and the kids flew home and she looked back at Blu with a concerned expression. Blu then flew to Linda who was living with Tulio and Fernando. Blu stood on the window sill of their home and Linda walked to him and Blu pounded his foot against her hand and they both went "boom".
Linda: "Tulio, Fernando, Blu's here!"
Tulio came down stairs and said, "Oh, it's great to see you!"
Tulio then started squawking to try and communicate with Blu, but Blu did not understand a word he tried to say.
Suddenly Fernando came down and said, "Hey, I was looking through the attic and I found this wooden box."
Linda: "That's the box I found Blu in."
Everyone, even Blu, looked at her with a surprised expression. Linda noticed Blu's expression and realized she never told him how she found him.
Linda then smiled and said, "It was just another normal winter day in Moose Lake Minnesota. I was eight years old and I was walking down the street when I saw this box on the sidewalk; I heard a small chirping coming from it and I opened it and saw Blu, looking scared. So I brought him home and fed him and bought a bird cage and decided to keep him as my friend."
Blu was amazed as she pulled out an old picture her parents took the day she found him. He never saw the picture before and was wondering how he ended up in that box.
Tulio: "You know he looks just like a baby blue macaw I found a picture of in the basement of the aviary."
He walked into a closet and pulled out a dusty box and said, "People have cataloged birds and animals that have lived here for years."
He opened it and pulled out a picture of a baby blue macaw alone in the hollow of a tree. Blu looked at the picture and his eyes widened as he knew it was him.
Tulio: "I read that we lost this bird to smugglers, I wonder what happened to him."
Linda: "That's Blu! That's Blu as a baby!"
She grabbed the photo and held it next to the picture she had of her and Blu when she found him.
Fernando looked at the pictures and said, "You're right, that is him."
Linda turned to Blu and said, "What do you know Blu, you're actually from Rio!"
Blu was shocked and immediately flew out and headed back to his tree. Linda was confused because she felt Blu was not being himself.
Tulio realized what was going on and said, "Linda, I think Blu is wondering what happened to his parents."
Linda: "Ohhh."
Meanwhile at the jail of Rio
A security guard was walking by when he saw a cockatoo on the ground, looking frightened and injured. He slowly went to it and held it in his hands and tried to calm it down.
The bird was Nigel, who put a rag up to the guard's face, then the guard fell into unconsciousness and Nigel proudly said, "Never send a human to do a bird's job."
Nigel then grabbed the rag and kept knocking out all of the guards in the jail. Marcel, Tipa, and Armando saw him and he took the keys and unlocked their cell door.
Marcel: "Nice work Nigel!"
Tipa happily said, "Yeah good job Nigel!"
Nigel hissed at Tipa and stood on Marcel's shoulder, then they ran out of the jail and through the streets of Rio.