Rio Friends from Moose Lake

Chapter 6

Blu was flying in the sky with Mauro riding on his back when they met Jewel and the others and engaged in a conversation hovering in the air.

Jewel gave him a confused look and asked, "What are you guys doing here? I thought we were going to see your friends." Then Blu responded, "I don't know why but my friends were acting very strange, especially Gloria. Apparently they hate wild animals, because they were trying to make me renounce my friends here in Rio, and when I refused to they resulted to torturing me." They all looked at him in shock and Jewel said, "Wow, sounds like we should stay away from them for now." Blu responded, "Agreed, I think we should not go see them; at least until they leave so we can say goodbye." Then Ramon interrupted and said, "Um daddy, does this mean we're not going to see the parade tomorrow?" The Blu surprisingly said, "Ramon, how can you even ask that in a time like this? Of course were going tomorrow! We're just not going with them."

Pedro suddenly said, "Yo Blu, sounds like you were lucky to get out of there." Then Blu turned to Mauro on his back and said, "Well, I did have some help from Mauro here."

Then the expression on their faces changed to surprise as they looked at Mauro.

Then Mauro proudly said, "Yeah, I helped him get out of that one when I found out that he was in trouble." After he was finished Blu said, "You have earned my trust, you and the marmosets can come to our parties." Mauro happily stated, "Great, because I got this great idea for the parade tomorrow. The marmosets and the birds are gonna give the humans a performance of our own."

The next morning

Heather, Martha, and Sonny were loading their bird cages into the rental jeeps.

Heather: "I can't wait for that parade tonight! I am going to party so hard that I'll need to go to the doctor!"

Roger was in the cage with Gloria lying on the floor when he heard this.

Roger: "You hear that Gloria? This is going to be great! The music, the floats, the dancing…"

Gloria: "Shut Up!"

Roger: "Woah, calm down! Take your mind of Blu and the wild animals."

Gloria: "I will never let it go! The wild animals have corrupted the bird of my dreams, and one has stolen him from me! I swear that I will destroy that witch and that Blu will be mine!"

Roger: "Uh I don't think he will like you trying to kill a bird he loves! And I think he would be sad if he lost a member of his new family."

Gloria: "Once I rid the world of her and reclaim my future husband, we will have children better than those wild ones he currently has."

Roger: "I really don't think that is the right thing to do."

Gloria: "I shall have him. And to those that stand in my way I shall show no mercy."

Meanwhile in the jungle

Blu, Jewel and the others were with Mauro and he was explaining what big plans he had for the parade.

Blu: "So what is this performance you have in mind?"

Mauro: "Okay, we and a bunch of other birds and marmosets get together and we scare humans off one of the floats, then we all start singing and dancing on the float and above it. We get a lot of cans to use as drums and our boom box and start dancing like never before. You birds do things like dancing while flying and making cool dance patterns and start tossing us in the air and catching us. What do ya think?"

Blu: "As long as we don't hurt humans or anyone else, it sounds great to me."

Jewel: "I think it sounds fun."

Nico: "I'm down with that!"

Pedro: "Sounds awesome!"

Rafael: "Sounds like a great party and some good time to have with the kids."

Eva: "I would love to do that!"

Mauro: "So it's agreed! Alright, you guys spread the word and gather any birds you want to come, and I'll get the boys and Luiz and we'll meet you there when it's time."

Erik, Esperanza, and Ramon looked up at their parents and said, "What if those mean birds from Moose Lake come?" Blu looked down at them and said, "Don't worry kids, even if they do show up they'll never have a chance against the number of birds and monkeys that will be there."

Later in the streets of Rio

Heather was putting a bag of ice on Gloria's face and said, "Oh, don't worry Gloria, this will make you feel better."

When she left Gloria stood still and then the ice pack slipped off of her face, revealing a black eye from when she hit the window.

Roger tried to make her feel better as he said, "It's not bad; it's hardly noticeable." Just then Robert rose from the cage next to them and saw and went, "Woah!"

She turned to Roger with an angry face.

He calmly said, "Okay, I know what you're thinking but…" Suddenly Gloria interrupted him and said, "This is so noticeable that one could see it from a plane!"

Later in the day

Luiz, Mauro, Nico, and Pedro were on their way to the where the parade would start. Luiz was excited as he said, "This is gonna be great!" Nico and Pedro stopped and said, "You guys go on we'll catch up." They flew over near these bird cages and said, "Hey you guys are in for a real treat tonight! Yeah, you're in for the night of a life time!" Suddenly Gloria noticed them and tried to grab them while angrily screaming, "Come here you little devils!" They backed away scared and Pedro said, "Hey Nico, I think these are the Minnesota birds." Nico nodded and said, "Yeah, I say we ditch them. Come on, Blu's waiting for us." After they left Gloria's eyes widened as she said, "Blu!"

Gloria then unlocked the cage door and said, "Guys, Blu is somewhere here, and those wild animals have still corrupted him. We must destroy them and get Blu!" Roger was annoyed as he said, "Uh, I would say that I don't think this is necessary, but seeing how you won't listen to me, let's do it."

The four domestic birds followed Nico and Pedro like hawks. When they finally reached the area where the floats were Gloria, Roger, Robert, and Marry hid on the roof of a building observing the entire area.

Robert spotted Blu and said, "Look! There he is!" Then Marry noticed him next to Jewel and said, "Oh, and that must be that Jewel girl Linda mentioned." Roger was amazed and said, "Wow! Blu sure does have some good taste! He's pretty lucky to have a girl like her." As he said these things Gloria was seething with rage and yelled, "Quiet!" Then she looked at Jewel with hatred and said, "How dare that bird steal my Blu! I shall rip her eyes out and turn her body into a hat!" She was about to fly towards her when, Robert grabbed her leg and said, "You can't do that, this place is crawling with wild animals." They noticed and that there were birds and monkeys everywhere and Gloria said, "We need help and a plan."

They huddled together and started whispering their plan.