Hey everybird! What's up!?
I'm extremely happy today, because today the very first official sneak peek for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 9 came out today! All abroad the hype train! Just have to wait like two months max for the season to actually come out!
But I'm also a little sad because for some reason, The Pacific War DLC for Sudden Strike 4 is not working on my computer and I was really looking froward to playing through the two new campaigns!
Anyway… I'm not here for My Little Pony or Sudden Strike 4, I'm here for this story! So lets get back to it!
Chapter 7: Rough Day
As Jewel found Evelyn by the clay banks, the elder female took Jewel away from the tribe, leading Jewel over the Amazon River as Jewel struggled to catch up to the older female surprised by Evelyn's ease of flying.
"You are really fast, really, really fast…" Jewel catching her breath back. I think I pulled a wing or something, you really fast for an old bird." Jewel smiled, but changed her expression as Evelyn looked back at Jewel with a stern glare. "For such a wise bird, is what I meant to say, wise bird, which sometimes comes with age, but can happen when you're young, like you, you can be wise and young, a rare combination really…" Jewel ranted on.
"Does this girl ever stop talking when she's like this…" Evelyn thought in her head before making Jewel stop. "Be quiet."
"Ummm. Thank you ma'am…" Jewel replied nervously as she stayed quiet while Evelyn continued talking.
"It's time to shake that city off you, you nee to learn the basics of jungle survival." Evelyn informed Jewel, remembering her older brother's advice.
"I thought we were going sightseeing." Jewel remembering what Evelyn said earlier when Blu was with them.
"It's training day." Evelyn chuckled before taking a turn, back into the jungle.
And so began one of the hardest days for Jewel as Evelyn put her through a lot, much more than Jewel could handle as the two were by a pool of mud, Jewel in it as her talons were covered in the brown liquidly substance.
"Come on!" Evelyn shouted as the elder was up on a rock. "The mud is your friend! This is your camouflage! Feel it! Taste it! You don't feel crusty, you're not doing it right!" Evelyn pushed Jewel like a drill sergeant while splashing mud on Jewel while Jewel tried her best to cover herself with the mud.
And it only got worse… Jewel was soon enough rolling about as she had to cover herself in dirt, leaves on the jungle floor sticking to her as Evelyn continued the lessons.
"You don't want to be seen by humans!" Evelyn shouted as the elder then had Jewel do some sit ups on a tree branch. "Come on! Are you a macaw or a turkey!" Evelyn taunted.
"And I thought giving birth was hard enough…" Jewel thought in her head as she was flying through the treetops, only to get caught in a snake's mouth, luckily Evelyn came and landed down on the snake, forcing the slithery animal to burp out Jewel.
As the day continued, Evelyn decided on a quick snack break, getting some Brazil nuts, only Jewel didn't know how to crack one open as she tried using her beak. However instead of cracking it open, she simply launched it into the back of Evelyn's head, causing the elder to drop her nut as Jewel chuckled nervously. As they went back to training…
"Faster, faster!" Evelyn shouted as she had Jewel jumping up and down, to avoid being eaten by some crocodiles. "Come on! You don't want to be eaten!"
The next part, Jewel found herself being tied up upside down with a vine and leaves tied around her to represent a trap, Evelyn's voice speaking as Jewel looked around her.
"You're alone in the jungle, you get caught in a trap…" Evelyn informed Jewel as she then landed down in the jungle floor next to Jewel. "What do you do?" Evelyn quizzed Jewel.
"Ummm, well if I had my fanny pack…" Jewel thinking about using her Swiss army knife.
"No!" Evelyn shouted, Jewel's answer clearly wrong as the elder corrected her. "You use your beak!"
"Beak!?" Jewel repeated.
"It's your most important tool!" Evelyn pointing at Jewel's beak with her wing.
"Okay, okay, I use my beak!" And Jewel tried picking at the vines holding her, but failing. "Almost…"
"Time's up!" Evelyn shouted as she cut Jewel loose with her own beak. "You're jaguar meat… Roberta got it on the first try."
"Of course she did…" Jewel once again thinking about Blu's childhood friend, but there was no time for that as Evelyn took Jewel to learn some flying.
"Up, up, hover!" Evelyn instructed as Jewel followed the elder close behind. "Now backward!" Evelyn shouted.
"Backwards?" Jewel questioned. "No, only hummingbirds can fly backwards."
"Backwards…" Evelyn told Jewel as the elder was in fact flying in the complete opposite direction than what Jewel expected as the elder took Jewel down to the river level. "Under, over, under, over!" Evelyn instructed and repeated Jewel as the elder had Jewel flying over and under some dolphins. "Good job!" Evelyn commented.
"Oh thanks…" Jewel replied, surprised by Evelyn.
"Not you." Evelyn told Jewel as the elder than wingfived one of the dolphins.
"Hi." Jewel tried to wingfive the dolphin, but instead got a splash of water against her face.
The next lesson was quite easy as Evelyn lectured Jewel about the lifeline of the tribe…
"Brazil nut trees…" Evelyn started. "These trees are the key to our way of life, the trees feed us, they sustain us, they…" Evelyn stopped as she heard a snoring sound coming from behind her, turning around to see Jewel had fallen asleep, exhausted from the training. "Wake up!" Evelyn shouted loud enough for Jewel to shoot up wide awake.
"I'm up, I'm up!" Jewel shouted as she regained focus. "Nutty Brazil, Brazil nut, trees, something, yeah got it." Jewel clearing her throat as she put on an innocent smile.
"This is important, have to protect these trees, our future depends on it." Evelyn said seriously as then a new voice came froward, greeting Evelyn.
"Yo Eve, who's your sidekick?" A younger, but still old female Scarlet macaw asked as she came towards the two Blue macaw females with a couple of female companions herself. "You got a nurse now?" The female teased as she laughed, her companions joining in on the laugh.
"Hey, I'm…" Jewel about to introduce herself, only for Evelyn to interrupt.
"Aren't you girls getting a little too close to our side?" Evelyn asked with an unamused look on her face. "We have a deal Felicia." Evelyn revealing what looked like the leader of the Scarlets' name.
"Hey relax, you know we got nothing but mad love for you." Felicia said nonchalantly as she turned to her female companions. "Come on girls, lets fly, paint the sky, before they start to cry." Felicia chuckled as she flew back to her side of the jungle.
"Well they seem nice." Jewel commented, but not realizing the hostility between the two tribes.
"They have their side of the grove and we have ours." Evelyn ignoring Jewel's comment. "Food is scarce these days." Evelyn finished as she then seemed to hear something, telling Jewel to be quiet before she herself went to a hiding spot to see down below.
(Author's note: This is going to be quite different than the movie…)
Two humans carrying some equipment were walking down below, looking left and right, like they were looking for something specific…
"Never seen them this close to the village before…" Evelyn said as she remained hidden from view.
Jewel also looked and had a big look of relief as she shouted out…
"Linda, Tulio!" Jewel shouted, but just as quickly Evelyn put her wing over Jewel's beak tightly, shutting her up and hiding her from the two humans' view.
"Jewel!" Jewel heard Linda shout. "Is that you!?"
Jewel wanted to say "Yes" of course, but Evelyn had her wing strongly placed against her beak, Jewel not being able to get out a word as Linda stood in one place until…
"Come on Linda, not every bird you hear is Jewel and we have to keep moving." Jewel heard Tulio inform his wife as Jewel heard Linda sigh and continue walking.
Evelyn kept her wing over Jewel's beak until both Linda and Tulio were far enough away.
"What was that!?" Evelyn demanded.
"That was Linda, the person who raised me." Jewel revealed one of her biggest facts, which of course Evelyn was surprised by and not in a good way."
"What!?" Evelyn shouted in shock. "You're a pet!?"
"No, no, it wasn't anything like that, I was a companion." Jewel smiled to relax Evelyn, but the elder was anything but relaxed.
"And you liked it!" Evelyn giving a disgusted look. "That explains everything."
"Linda is family." Jewel informed Evelyn, a bit of sadness in her voice as she said so.
"Family?" Evelyn said sternly. "Humans aren't family."
"No you don't understand, they're coming here to help." Jewel trying to reassure Evelyn about their intentions.
"Listen to me, we do not bring humans into the tribe, that is the only reason we're still alive." Evelyn making her points clear. "You cannot be confused about this , understood?"
"Yeah, got it." Jewel said quietly.
"Sightseeing is over." Evelyn said coldly as she just left Jewel, not being able to bear with her daughter in law for a second longer at the moment.
As Evelyn flew away, Jewel wanted very much to go after Linda and Tulio, to tell them she was here and found the Blue macaws, but she didn't… Maybe it was because she was afraid of what Evelyn would do or how even Blu would feel… So after a few moments she decided to go back to the tribe.
Meanwhile back in the tribe itself, Jewel's family was having a fun time unlike her. Blu finished showing Brandon and Tia around and currently Tia was hanging out with Roberta, having some fun with Blu's childhood friend. The two were racing, coming down upon the lily pads on the small lake that was the center area of the tribe.
"Come on, I'll race you!" Roberta shouted as the two landed down on their own lily pad, using them to sail across the lake. "Alright Tia!" Roberta shouted as Tia launched herself in the air.
"Oh yeah!" Tia shouted as she passed by her father, who was standing on a tree branch, about to get some fruit.
"Tia!" Blu shouted as he picked some of the fruit off and tossed them to his daughter to eat, Tia juggling them and was about to eat them, only for Roberta to come zipping by and catch them in her beak, swallowing them.
"Hey!" Tia shouted after Roberta as the little girl had a sour face on.
Blu just focused on his own snack as he picked off a branch full of fruit and ate a bunch in one go, savoring the taste of fresh jungle fruit as he didn't notice his wife came back.
"Woah…" Jewel commented as she never seen Blu so happy to eat fruit.
"Oh that's so good." Blu commented as he wiped his beak with one of his wings, now taking notice of Jewel. "Hey, you're back." And then Blu noticed Jewel was covered with dried up mud and dirt. "Hey did it go…?" Blu asked, trying to sound positive.
"Oh, we had a great time, it was…" Evelyn spoke as she came from behind Jewel. "Educational." Evelyn needing to think of the right word so Blu wouldn't get suspicious.
"Mom! Auntie Roberta showed me some cool flying tricks!" Tia told Jewel excitedly.
"Auntie… I…" Jewel began, only for Tia to continue.
"Look, I can fly backwards!" Tia said as she flew backwards much like how Evelyn showed Jewel before.
"You're a natural T-girl." Roberta holding out a talon for Tia to highfive as the two made some bird sounds to each other happily.
"It's never too soon to learn the ways of the jungle Tia." Evelyn told her granddaughter. "Although some may never learn." Evelyn turning her head to look at Jewel, Roberta following the elder's gaze.
"I'm going to go clean up…" Jewel said, clearly not liking what Evelyn said as she flew off, Evelyn waiting for Blu to be out of hearing range.
"Roberta…" Evelyn said softly to her winglady. "We saw a couple of humans near the grove…"
"What?" Roberta whispered in a shocked tone.
"There's more…" Evelyn continuing as she wasn't finished. "That Jewel knows them, she's even a pet to one of them, I need you to keep an eye on her for now, I need to think about what to do with her." Evelyn informed Roberta. "I will not have my son be with a human lover…"
Yup, quite different, wouldn't you say?
Now you may be asking… What about the loggers? Well I decided to not include them! However… Nigel still exists…
And with that…
See everybird later!
