Rio the Darkness 4: Love and Light.
Jeff117: Yep, it was a good thing indeed. :D
Assassin's Creed Master: Yeah, I got up early to do this chapter so I could make it long and publish. Glad you like Blu and Jewel's anniversary though. :D And yeah, we all miss the 70's. They were great.
Rapper the red macaw: Thank you very much, Rapper. Glad you loved the chapter. I tried my best on it.
killhell: Yep, it was romantic alright.
RIO2lover100: Thanks, and yeah, it was sweet how Arlene took care of the kids. :D
chloemcg: If I can think of any, I will try to think of suggestions for your story. And thanks for reading the rest of the series if you're free. And I understand if you're busy. Have a good one! :D
MCGamemaster90: Glad you enjoyed the flashback, and yep, I added a couple more flashbacks from Rio the Darkness 3. :D
rio craziness: Thank you very much, and to answer your question: the bird who said "Do my feathers look Ok?" is just a random bird. And thanks, I will try to keep it up the best I can.
spyrofan34: No, no, no. Not happy 2 year anniversary since Rio came out. That was a couple of months ago. It's Happy one year anniversary Blu and Jewel. :D
Blu100-Jewel100: Glad you loved the anniversary and how inquisitive the kids were about Rico. XD
Arlene the Scarlet Macaw: Thank you very much, Arlene. And I know you read all the other Rio the Darkness's. :D
Corration: I'm glad you're liking this story. And the flashbacks are scenes from the previous story, "Rio the Darkness 3". And sorry to hear you are not getting much sleep. Hope you do well on your stories.
Loco Vampire: Thank you, "Carlos". :D Glad you liked the anniversary.
Isaac the shapeshifter: I wonder the same thing, Isaac. And thanks. (Oh, and I told you once, resist the chicks cuteness!).
Francisco the Golden Macaw: Is it? Hmmm, I had no idea. :D And thanks, and we will have to see if there's any villains in this story yet.
It was now a beautiful peaceful night in all of Rio de Janeiro. The moon was fully bright, the stars were shining like diamonds. The two lovebirds Blu and Jewel had left the Samba Club and traveled to the one place they loved to go to: The Christ the Redeemer Statue.
Blu and Jewel sat together one of the statue arms, watching the beautiful sky together. Blu had his left wing wrapped around Jewel and was holding her left wing with his right wing.
Jewel rested the side of her head down on Blu's shoulder while they both watched the stars together.
"Wow..." Jewel said, admiring the stars, not believing how beautiful they actually were. "What beautiful stars...I feel like I could stare at them forever."
"Me too, Jewel." Blu agreed, while he held Jewel in his embrace and kept his wing around her. He then smirked while looking down at his beautiful wife. "But I don't care if all the stars were shining. You're the most beautiful bird in the World."
Jewel blushed a little in response, giggling a little, finding Blu's little complement cute and romantic. "Thank you, Blu. I love it when you make me happy. I'm so glad I met you."
"You, too, Jewel." Blu smiled, hugging her a little while he started at the stars. "Before I met you, I was nothing. I couldn't fly, I had no friends. I was annoyed every day by those geese, and I just lived with Linda, doing the same thing every day. I mean, sure to books were good to read, and the hot chocolate and cookies were nice-"
Jewel giggled again and placed her free wing on the top of Blu's beak to stop him from talking nerdy any further. "Shhhhh. Enough of your nerdy talk, Blu. Let's just enjoy this peace and quiet while we have it."
Blu nodded in response as Jewel took her wing from the top of his beak and placed her wing back to her side. He obeyed her request and made himself comfortable as him and Jewel watched the stars together.
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Back at the Blue Macaws' family tree, Arlene watched the three little chicks all sleeping peacefully in he nest. Arlene smiled as each one of them breathed peacefully. "They look peaceful."
As the Scarlet Macaw watched over the little macaws, she had no idea a small black shade was moving over her, silently closing in her. "Arlene..." it whispered.
Arlene startled when she heard the mysterious voice and turned to investigate. She moved back when she recognized the faded ghostly figure, to be a familiar friend. "R-R-Rico?"
"Don't be afraid, Arlene." the ghostly figure of Rico said while his silhouette feathers blended him into the shadows.
Arlene merely nodded in response, placing her wings near the front of her face, shaking a little. "Rico? What are you doing here?"
Rico looked at Arlene with an expression like he had no emotions, no feeling, and no heart. He began to fade away, but called out something as he turned invisible. "The Orb of Light and Darkness..."
"What's wrong?" Arlene inquired, wondering what in the World Rico was talking about "And why The Orb of Light and Darkness?"
Rico had now faded away into the shadows, disappearing away completely, leaving Arlene alone with the kids again.
Arlene just assumed it was imagination messing around with her again, or she missed Rico so much, he could appear anywhere. She lifted up her talon and scratched her head, confused a curious. "Weird."
Arlene turned her attention to the hollow exit/entrance after she heard someone land down inside. She smiled when it was the lovebird, who were now back from their anniversary.
Blu took Jewel's wing and spun her around a little, smiling and happy. "Tonight was fun."
Jewel giggled in response while she danced closer to her husband and pecked his cheek. "Yeah, it was."
"Hey, Blu, Jewel." Arlene sweetly greeted to the lovebirds while smiling.
"Hey, Arlene.." Jewel also greeted, still standing close to Blu and holding his wings. "Were are kids fine? Were they much trouble at all?"
"Yes, they were fine." Arlene replied smiling. "There was no trouble at all."
"That's nice." Jewel smiled, sitting down in the family nest with Blu.
Blu sat next to his beautiful wife and rubbed her belly a couple of times with his wing, feeling the unborn child. He looked back up at Arlene and smiled. "Thanks again, Arlene."
"No problem. I take that your anniversary went well?" Arlene inquired, placing her wings to her sides.
"It was lovely." Jewel smiled, leaning her head down on Blu's feathery chest.
"Best night of my life." Blu added, while placing his right wing over his beautiful wife to keep her comfortable and warm.
"Good to hear it went well." Arlene smiled, happy that the macaws had a perfect anniversary with nothing wrong at all.
Jewel then looked outside of the tree hollow and noticed it was pretty talk. It may be a little risky to send Arlene back home, so she decided to offer her to stay for the night. "Arlene, it's pretty late. You're welcome to stay the night if you wanna?"
"Nah, it's fine. I don't want to be a burden." Arlene replied.
"No, it's fine. Really." Blu said, while taking his wing from around Jewel and back to his side. "It's your choice."
Arlene looked outside of the tree hollow, and Jewel was correct, it was indeed dark, and may not be safe to stay at the Blue Macaws' hollow for the night. "Ok. I'll stay."
"Good." Jewel smiled, but then yawned and knew it was time for she and Blu to get a good night's' sleep.
Blu moved both his wings around Jewel and laid them both down in the nest, ready for a good night's sleep.
Blu moved his head just above Jewel's, the tip of his beak just above her head. He closed his eyes and whispered to Jewel. "Goodnight, Jewel."
Jewel closed her eyes too, and rested her head on Blu's neck like a pillow, and she too whispered to Blu. "Goodnight, Blu."
After the Blue Macaws were already sound asleep, Arlene moved all the way to the side of the hollow, where she had plenty of room to give the Macaws space. She laid down on her side and tucked her head in her wings and drifted off into a deep sleep, and hopefully, not another one about Rico or warnings from the Hawk.
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Arlene's dream
Arlene woke up and blinked her eyes, and was confused to see she was not in the Blue Macaws family tree; she was laying in the middle of a beautiful amazon.
Though she was confused, Arlene used her wings to get back up onto her talons, and study the area. She smiled, seeing how beautiful the place and sighed. "Wow."
"Arlene..."
Arlene followed the sound of someone calling her name, to see it was once again Ricardo the Black Hawk. She cocked her head to the side, and was confused once again, wondering why Rico was here. "Rico? Is that you?"
Rico then gave-what sounded like another warning to Arlene. "Arlene...bird with fear in prison."
"What does that mean?" Arlene asked, still really puzzled to all this strange words Rico was saying.
For no reason, Rico extended his wings and flew away through the amazon and got some altitude, flying as high as his wings would carry him.
Arlene was now beginning to get a little frustrated, and quickly followed Rico up into the air, trying her best to keep up with him, but Hawk's were surprisingly fast. She called out to him while trying her best to keep up. "Rico! Come back! Wait!"
Rico obeyed and stopped in mid-air and waited for to keep up with him. When she caught up, he looked back down at the ground with a sad face. "Arlene...Look."
Arlene once again looked puzzled, but obeyed and looked down at the ground. She gasped when she saw the entire Jungle was on fire. Birds and other local animals were screaming and panicking, desperately trying to escape.
Arlene could not believe what she was seeing. She turned back to Rico, and she had to know what has happened. "What happened?"
"This is the future..." Rico answered, while he watched two Military Macaws fly rapidly through the air.
"Why is it like this?" Arlene quickly asked, flapping her wings hard to keep herself from falling down in the Jungle.
"I cannot say..." Rico said, as the sky behind him suddenly turned to night time. He blended away once again, but before he left, he called out one last thing to Arlene. "Just remember the riddles I gave you!"
The Blue Macaws' one year anniversary is now over. And Rico appears once again. What did he show Arlene? What is happening exactly? Will Rio be under attack?
