Rio Friends from Moose Lake

Chapter 7

The parade was about to start when Blu got Jewel, Erik, Esperanza, and Ramon together and said, "This is going to be fun!"

About twenty minutes later

The parade had started and the performers were singing and dancing on the floats while the audience was cheering for them in happiness. Meanwhile Gloria, Roger, Robert, and Marry put together an army of pets from Rio and they were sitting in allies and on roofs waiting to attack the wild animals. While they were waiting Roger suddenly said, "Gloria, is all this really necessary?" Gloria was extremely irritated as she said, "Don't you see? The wild animals will attack the parade and shall corrupt all of us!"

Then suddenly all the birds and monkeys went onto a float that had a giant red parrot on it and they scared away all the performers; the audience was quite scared as well. Blu, Jewel and their kids, Nico, Pedro, Rafeal, Eva and their kids, Mauro and Luiz went on to the top platform of the float. They all stood their motionless until Mauro yelled, "Kick it!" Then a marmoset turned on the boom box and they all started dancing to "Dynamite". Luiz was wearing his golden tights and shirt, along with a fruit hat and he was standing on his hind legs jumping back and forth. Birds were flying over the float in lines making loops and circles. Rafeal was flying in a circle with half of his kids following him in the same manner, while Eva was doing the same thing with the other half of the kids and it looked like they were twisting around each other.

Mauro was with two other marmosets and they were bouncing on their legs with their arms crossed over their chests, like rap dancers. Nico was dancing on the ground moving in circle with Pedro against his back. Five birds grabbed five marmosets and flew up and through them in the air, where they posed like they were lying on a couch, and as they fell back down the birds caught them and through them onto the float landing on their feet. Blu and Jewel were smiling at each other as they danced holding each other's wings spinning around while Erik, Ramon, and Esperanza formed a triangle around them shaking their tail feathers. Gloria watched this with fire in her eyes that burned with rage.

Then the marmosets started to play "Party Rock Anthem". Rafael started to dance with Eva with their kids dancing around them in a perfect circle. Luiz started to shake his but back and forth. A large group of red parrots flew up from behind the float in a narrow line and then spread out as they went higher, like a fountain squirting up water. On the lines, "Get up, Get down Put your hands up to the sound" Blu and Jewel started to shake their tail feathers and put their wings up in the air repeatedly and Ramon, Esperanza, and Erik did the same thing in front of them. Blu was very happy as he shouted, "This is the best day of my life! Next to the day you and I met of course. I've never felt so alive." The audience cheered for them as they loved the sight of the dancing birds, monkeys, and bulldog. Gloria was seething with age as she wanted to attack and kill the female blue macaw that was dancing with the bird she loved. Robert didn't like the dancing birds either and said, "When do we attack?" Gloria wanted to attack immediately but said, "We wait for the right moment, which is very soon."

Next Mauro shouted to the marmosets, "Hey boys, put on a love song for the happy couples, especially Blu and Jewel." Blu felt he was blushing as he said, "Thank you Mauro." Then the marmosets changed the song to "Just the Way you Are" and many couples of birds started doing slow dances. At one point in the song Rafael kissed Eva and some of their kids looked away, but all of them said, "Eww!" Throughout the song Blu and Jewel happily looked each other in the eyes and their chicks watched feeling happy for them. Blu suddenly said, "This reminds me of that time in the aviary when we met and Tulio played, 'Say you Say me', only you're not angry." Jewel chuckled about what he said and agreed. Gloria felt such rage toward Jewel that she wished to attack already but still decided to wait. On the final lines of the song, "Cause you're amazing, Just the way you are", Blu and Jewel moved their heads closer to each other, moving in for a kiss, when Gloria said, "I can't watch this! Attack!" They started to move towards the float but it was too late, Blu and Jewel kissed smiling with their eyes closed. Then the music stopped and the wild animals moved back as an army of domestic birds, cats, dogs, and even lizards came on to the other side of the float. Rafael was next to Eva while their children were holding on to them in fear; Blu and Jewel had their wings over Erik, Ramon, and Esperanza in protection. Suddenly Gloria, Roger, Robert, and Marry walked in front of Blu, Jewel, Esperanza, Erik, and Ramon; Gloria happily said, "My friends, tonight justice has blue feathers and a future husband."

Jewel: "Woah, what happened to you? Did someone…" Jewel was referring to Gloria's black eye but was interrupted.

Gloria: "Silence! Silence you wild witch! Blu, come here right now! Get away from that horrible woman and come to me!"

Blu: "Gloria, you can't say that about Jewel! What is wrong with you?"

Gloria: "I'm fine Blu. I will not lose my man to anyone; especially not to a filthy wild animal!"

Jewel: "Your man? What are you talking about?"

Gloria: "Blu and I will be together! I have always loved Blu, and we will be married! And we will have better children than those you have given him!"

Blu: "Gloria, I'm flattered really, but Jewel is the only girl for me and I would not give up my children for the world!" He says putting his wing around Jewel and bringing Esperanza, Erik, and Ramon close to them.

Gloria yells, "I will not lose you to this wicked monster!" But then Roger says from behind her, "Gloria, I really don't see the point of doing all this. I think we should just leave the wild animals alone and you should find another." Gloria angrily turned around and yelled, "I will never do such a thing!" Then she turned back facing Jewel and was about to slap her with her wing when Luiz came and knocked it away with his paw and said, "You mess with my friends you mess with me!" Then all the other birds and marmosets had angry expressions on their faces and yelled, "And us!" Then Mauro said, "Yeah, you pets are cruising for a bruising!" Then they all looked as though they were ready to fight and a marmoset turned on the boom box and played music from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly". Roger looked around with an annoyed expression and said, "Yeah I'm going to sit this out; I want no part of this." Then Pedro yelled "Wilds versus Pets!" Then they all starting fighting each other; Nico threw his bottle cap like a disk at a lizard, and a dog in front of him turned around the it bounced off the lizard's eye and hit the dog in between his legs. Nico flew in front of him and caught the bottle cap when it bounced again and said, "That's how we do it in the jungle." Three cats surrounded Mauro and he was scared because he couldn't take them, when suddenly Luiz came and bit one of the cats' tails and then he chased them all away. Rafael and Eva started hitting small birds with their large beaks, but then two domestic macaws snuck behind them and were about to attack them until their eighteen toucan chicks started pulling out their feathers and biting them.

Blu and Jewel were hitting away lizards and birds to keep them away from Erik, Esperanza, and Ramon. Suddenly Gloria flew down and knocked Jewel to the ground away from Blu. Blu was about to help her when suddenly, Robert and Marry landed in front of him ready to fight. Blu gave them an angry look and Robert said, "Sorry Blu. Just for the record it's nothing personal." Blu did not change his expression as he said, "The feeling is mutual, but I will not let you hurt my friends, or my family!" Blu fiercely hit them with his wings, knocking them out of the way. He and the kids hurried to Jewel but Gloria was strangling her yelling, "You stole my love; now you shall pay the price." It was becoming difficult for Jewel to breathe so Blu angrily flew over to Gloria yelling, "Get away from her!" When Gloria turned her head and the second she saw Blu he rose up in the air and kicked her in the head, knocking her away from Jewel. Blu then grabbed her in his wings and said, "Jewel, are you okay!" Then all of the animals around turned to face what was happening between them. Jewel breathed heavily for a moment and said, "Much better now that you're here." Gloria looked up and saw Blu kiss Jewel on the beak smiling and their kids hugged him for saving her.

Blu: "Gloria, you are a monster! I could never love any girl more than I do Jewel!"

Gloria: "Blu, you two timing jerk! I've loved you since the moment I met you; and you reject me for that filthy vulture! He was right! I didn't want it to come to this, but if I can't have you no one can!"

Blu: "Wait a minute who's he?"

Roger flies next them and asks, "Yeah Gloria, who are you talking about?"

Gloria: "Last night, after you left and gave me this black eye, someone you know visiting me while the others were asleep. He told me that you would never choose me over your vulture of a wife, and that I should kill you!"

Blu was shocked as he turned around and said, "Mauro, you double crossing monster."

Mauro: "What! Don't look at me; I didn't talk to her about anything."

Blu: "Don't deny it Mauro, I know you did it!"

Suddenly a mysterious new voice said, "Actually my cerulean friend, he's telling the truth. He did try to be your friend the entire time." Everyone except Gloria started looking around wondering where that voice was coming from when suddenly it said, "Yes and now I shall have the greatest revenge of all." They all turned around to a street light and Blu saw who it was and gasped in horror saying, "No! It can't be! It just can't be!" Then Jewel grabbed Esperanza, Erik, and Ramon in her wings and said, "But it is!"