The Reunion
The Boss entered the room and glanced around suspiciously. Angelo was behind him. "So you say the
falcon attacked you, and FLEW AWAY?" the Boss shouted. "Ye-es, sir," Angelo trembled, "Please, he
took me-e by surp-prise!" "YOU IDIOT!" the Boss bellowed, "HOW WERE YOU BEATEN BY A BIRD?! A
BIRD! Angelo, I am very, very ANGRY with your performance. Get to your sleeping quarters, don't think
I'll always give you this kind of mercy." "Yes, sir," Angelo said in shame, "You are very kind, sir. I will not
disappoint you again."With his shoulders slightly hunched, Angelo left the room. Crouching, hidden
under the Boss' desk, I tried to keep from trembling. "Oh," the Boss said as he walked past Jewel's cage,
"You're up my angel." "I'm nobody's angel!" Jewel squawked furiously. "Temper, temper," the Boss said
calmly, "I'd keep quiet if I were you. It would be a pity if you ended up like the other birds." Peeking out
cautiously and glancing around the room, I saw that most of the birds had gone mad. A scarlet macaw
was banging her head on the bars, "Hahahaha! You're funny cage!" she said crazily. A tiny yellow canary
was screaming insanely, "Let me out! LET ME OUT!" A golden macaw was laughing creepily, his eyes
bulging out.
"Mommy? Mommy! It's really you!" Jewel cried. Mommy? "Jewel?" My attention turned to where the
voice came from. A blue
spix macaw was locked in a cage, "Jewel, is that really you?" Watching her with my sharp eyes, I noticed
how much Jewel resembled her. They had the same slender, light blue body, and white facial markings.
The only difference was that Jewel's eyes were teal, while the other macaw's eyes were hazel, like Blu's
eyes. "How'd you get here?" Jewel demanded, "Did they take you away?" "Oh my jewel of the forest,
I've missed you so much!" the female spix macaw cried, "There's so much I want to tell you!"
I quickly shrank back under the desk when the Boss's shiny shoes came by. "Hello, angel," the Boss
laughed, picking up Jewel's cage. "Let me out!" Jewel demanded. "I'd like you to meet Sofia; she'll be
your company." Many of the caged birds shrank back, "Oh no!" a scarlet macaw squeaked, "It's Nigel!"
The malicious cockatoo flew into the room. "Hello, pretty bird," Nigel cackled. "Hey!" Jewel's mother
shouted, "If you touch a feather on my Jewel, then I'll shred you until there's nothing left!" "Ah," Nigel
cooed evilly, "Who's this?" "None of your business, you evil bird!" Jewel's mother shrieked. Nigel lunged
across the room and slammed into Jewel's mother's cage. He stretched one talon through the bars and
laughed, "That's not how you treat a star!" Jewel's mother backed up against the other side of the cage,
"You're not a star! You're a hideous creature!" she spat. Nigel's face hardened, "Let me show you how
hideous I can be then! Pretty bird!" "No!" Jewel cried, "Please, mom, stop it!" "Fine!" Jewel's mom said,
"But only for you, Jewel."
"Sofia!" the Boss called, "Stop, don't hurt them, they're worth money, especially that you're messing
with. Humph, she is annoying though. The only reason she hasn't been sold is that she shredded the last
person that tried to buy her." Nigel cooed in disappointment, but did not disobey thee Boss. "To be
continued," Nigel laughed, flying onto his perch."Jewel?" Blu called from his cage, "Who's that?" "My
mother," Jewel said, "I had no idea that she had been here all along!" "Who's that Jewel?" Jewel's
mother asked tensely. "Um, hi," Blu said awkwardly, "I am Jewel's significant other, Blu." "Hello Blu. My
name is Hazel. Jewel?" Hazel asked excitedly, "You have a mate! Do you have kids?" "Uh, yes," Blu said,
"We have three kids, Tiago, Carla, and Bia." "Are they all trapped here," Hazel asked in dismay, "In this
filthy place?" "Shut up birds!" the Boss shouted, "Good bye my little money makers, I'll see you in the
morning, Sofia, keep an eye on them for me." The Boss laughed evilly and tossed him what appeared to
be a chicken wing, "Scarlet macaw wing!" he said. Then, he exited the room. Nigel caught the food in his
talons and laughed, "I wonder which scarlet macaw here will be my next meal?" All the scarlet macaws
immediately shrunk back. "Owahahaha!" Nigel shrieked, "Sweet nightmares!" With that, he swooped
away, carrying his macaw wing and slammed the door behind him.
"Oh, I hate that bird," Hazel growled, "His real name is Nigel, not Sofia." "We're aware of him. He's been
an adversary for us before," Jewel said. "What?" Hazel demanded, "Did he hurt you?" "Oh yeah," Jewel
said, telling her mother the story of how Nigel unintentionally caused the marriage between Blu and
Jewel. "What?" Hazel, "He jumped out of a plane for you!" Blu looked embarrassed, "It was nothing, I er,
never doubted doing that." "That was not nothing! You saved my Jewel's life!" Hazel cried, "Oh thank
you Blu, thank you so much! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" "Um," Blu said awkwardly, "Yeah, no
problem." "Mom," Jewel began, "How did, how did you…" She broke off sobbing quietly. "Oh," Hazel
said, "It's okay, it's okay." "Tell me," Jewel said, "Tell me what happened that day." Hazel's eyes teared
up a little, "Jewel, no I—" "No mom," Jewel said a little more forcefully, "Please?" Hazel sighed, "All
right."
