Chapter 10: Night

"Woah... Where am I?" asked Blu when he found himself in a narrow corridor. But he felt that the ground was very nice to the touch and that the walls were cold, like concrete. Blu slowly moved forward looking for himself, there was nothing but the darkness that surrounded Blu.

"A moment ago I was somewhere in the forest... And now?" thought Blu surprised when he touched the walls. But it was really concrete and there was a carpet under it, Blu knew it, even though he didn't really see any of it. When Blu was still passing through a quiet hallway in a little fear, Blu crossed the doorstep in a big room where it was also dark.

"What is this place... Where am I..." Blu thought. Suddenly the place changed into something very familiar.

"This is... The house... Linda's house!" thought Blu looking around. Every detail agreed on what he saw. When Blu turned his back, he noticed his frame with a bell.

"Oh... My ringtone, I missed it so much!" said Blu almost screaming when he noticed the ringtone. He approached him quickly and then began to play with it maniacly, at the same time making a maniac laugh.

"Hahah... I remember how I played with it," muttered Blu when he had the courage to stop playing with it. Then Blu flew to the kitchen, where he saw his favorite breakfast cereals and a pack of vitamins next to them.

"Vitamins... Yuk... This bitter taste..." He mumbled Blu when he approached the flakes. When he wanted to open them, the surroundings changed again immediately. Blu was no longer standing by the white kitchen plate, but on the hard brown ground. Trees, shrubs and smaller plants grew around it. When Blu turned back, he noticed a familiar city.

"Rio... Rio de Janeiro" muttered Blu when he saw the Brazilian city. Blu turned back and noticed two blue parrots flying away from the nest. At the same time, a silent squeal of the chick was coming out of the nest.

"Please wait! Hello! Stop!" shouted Blu to the flying birds, but they couldn't hear him. They flew away hiding behind trees. Out of curiosity Blu decided to visit the nest from which a silent squeal was coming. Blu flew to the nest looking around whether he was alone or not. Soon Blu was stunned by what he saw.

"Is it... That's... I am... Me?" thought Blu when he saw a little Spix Macaw with brown eyes.

"Ahhhh!" shouted Blu, suddenly lifting his head up. As a result of this movement, Blu almost hit a tree trunk, but luckily it ended in nothing.

"What... Uh... it was just a dream... The dream... Strange dream" mumbled Blu, reminding us of his rather unusual dream. He turned to the other side to check if he didn't wake up Carlos by any chance.

It turned out that he wasn't even there and there was nothing under the tree trunk.

"Where's Carlos?" thought Blu looking around. The visibility was limited because it was in the middle of the night and everything was in the dark. But Blu, in spite of the darkness, managed to see his partner sitting high in the tree looking at the cloud of the moon in the sky. Carlos did not move at all, and his body was stunned.

"I wonder if he had such a strange dream..." thought Blu with curiosity.

"I wonder what it's like with his family. It was probably a hard experience if you don't want to talk about it. Although, if I press him..." thought Blu, and then he got up from the ground, shaking off the dirt that was left on him. After shaking, Blu slowly walked up to the tree where Carlos was, and then flew up to the branch where Carlos was standing. It would seem that the flutter of the wings would stimulate Carlos, but he still stood still looking at the moon.

"I wish I knew what he was thinking," thought Blu. He was slowly moving forward, and then he was right behind Carlos. But he was still indifferent and watched the night sky. Blu touched his arm, which just moved him.

"What is it?!... Ah... It's just you... I'm sorry, I was thinking," answered Carlos with his whimsical voice.

"What were you thinking?" he asked Blu not to beat about the bush. Carlos stopped looking at the moon and turned around looking at Blu initially and then at everything around him. He watched the trees, bushes, and cars that passed the forest in quite a distance. He watched the lights of cars, which once appeared and once disappeared.

"You know... It may sound strange... But when I'm here, I feel...weird," said embarrassed Carlos.

"Why? You are free! Why do you feel strange?" asked Blu surprised.

"I think I overreacted a little with the word strangely... I feel uncertain when I had a plan in the cave, what I would do and when I would do it, so now I know nothing... I don't know what will happen tomorrow, what will happen in an hour, if I'm hungry, where should I go to get food? If I want to drink, where can I find water? When I was in the cave... It was my little world... I knew what I would do, when I would go out to get food, I knew where the food was... " said rather confused Carlos.

"Well... It's a bit like me... Did I mention that I'm not from here? "He asked Blu. Carlos nodded his head in a affirmative way.

"I couldn't even fly! Do you know how I feel here? Strangely...really! I'm here for 4 days, in a completely different climate... I'm lost too, I don't know what's going to happen next... But I know what happened in the past and I can learn lessons from that," answered Blu.

"But what has a past for the future?" Carlos asked.

"You survived a long time alone in a cave with monsters. Now you're safe and you don't think you can do it? You only have to believe in yourself that much is enough!

"It's not that easy... Since I lost my family," said Carlos coolly.

"This is your chance to Blu... Don't waste it," thought Blu, then took a deep breath.

"What actually happened to your family?" Blu asked.

"I already told you... It's none of your business," said Carlos.

"So you're so unsure because of the loss of your family," asked Blu.

"Perhaps, and now get away from me," said Carlos.

"So tell me about your family... Please," said Blu quietly, but Carlos still didn't get off the tone.

"If you're so clever, tell me about your own good? We have all night! " said Carlos maliciously. When Blu heard what he heard, he immediately fell silent, bending his head down sadly. Now he could feel the feeling of Carlos himself, who didn't want to talk.

"I... I don't know... His family," said Blu sadly. A moment of silence. Carlos fell silent looking sympathetically at Blu, who had his head bent down. Carlos approached him and raised his head.

"I'm sorry... I really... Let's go to bed... We have a long journey ahead of us..." Carlos said much more calmly. In his voice you could hear a voice of compassion, which was also connected with sadness. Blu smiled for a short while and then came down from the tree. Carlos also did it, who was still observing Blu, but with a much softer eyesight.

"So... See you tomorrow..." said a little saddened Blu, and then he went to sleep.

"Good night Blu..." said Carlos when he was lying down on the ground.

"I lost my family, but he didn't recognize it at all..." Carlos thought, and then they both fell asleep in a sad mood.

Many thanks to RiodanJaneiro97 for his help in writing the chapter! To the next chapter!