Hey everybird! What's up!?

So before we start, a few things to say…

So it appears that only a couple of you have bothered to read the author's notes and I only got one question to answer today… So I guess I know my next question and this one is a mandatory one and that is…

Do you actually read the author's notes?

If I only get a couple of answers and from the same people as well, than I guess the answer is a very positive "No"!

So today's question comes from Stormknight089 and that is… "Have you ever read the Chronicles of The Universal knights: shattered memories?"

Answer: To put it in one word: No.

Moving on from the less pleasant side of things, the remaining chapters of this story might be a bit shorter compared to the chapters so far, but it's going to be very different from the movie of course!

So lets see how things go down, shall we!?

Chapter 10: The Aftermath

"Jewel, wait!" Blu called after his wife's diminishing form as she soon enough disappeared into the jungle, Blu losing sight of her.

Blu was just about to chase after Jewel, only a wing held onto him, looking to see who it was, he gave a surprised look as it was his mother.

"Blu, just let her go…" Evelyn started, needing a second to think through on what she was going to say. "I'm sure she just needs some time alone."

"I can't, she's my wife, I can't just leave her alone in sorrow." Blu retorted as he pulled his wing towards his body so his mother would let go of him.

Meanwhile Manuel was very skeptical about his sister, her whole attitude just didn't sit right with him, he had a very bad feeling that his sister did something terrible. After all, she kept coming to him ever since Blu and Jewel, with their kids and their friends came to the tribe. However Manuel chose not to confront his sister in public an decided to wait until the two were alone to talk.

"I think Ma-Ma's right dad, mom just needs some time by herself." Brandon agreed with Evelyn.

"Yeah and besides we shouldn't let mom's attitude prevent us from celebrating our win." Tia added.

"And the Amazon untamed show will be perfect for the celebration!" Carlos brightened up. "I'll go inform the guys!" And Carlos flew off, his siblings deciding to join him as the three kids flew off themselves to Rafael, Nico, and Pedro to get ready for the night's party.

"See, even your kids want to give their mother some space, you should too." Evelyn urged Blu, of course hiding a secret.

"I guess you're right mom…" Blu sighed.

"Excellent, now excuse me, I got some trees to go claim for our tribe." Evelyn took off, as well as the rest of the Blue team, leaving Blu and his uncle left in the pit of doom.

"What should I do uncle?" Blu sighed as he talked to Manuel. "Jewel has never been like this…"

"Well, you have been very happy since coming here, enjoying time with lost family and old friends…" Manuel started, Blu interrupting.

"Exactly and Jewel wants me to be happy, she even said so herself." Blu said as Manuel slushed Blu.

"But you haven't really been paying close attention to her, making sure she's happy as well." Manuel told Blu the real problem that he couldn't see.

"I guess you're right uncle…" Blu slowly coming to the realization. "What do I do?"

"For now I guess, your mother and kids are right, give her some time alone and then talk to her, I'm sure you two can make it up." Manuel advised his nephew, but deep down, the older heavyset adult knew that his sister was up to something, he just didn't want to tell Blu, because he thought Blu would never believe his mother was bad.

Meanwhile Jewel, by now, was approaching the border of the tribe, her eyes watery pools of tears as she constantly kept wiping them clean so she could see. She wanted to get as far away as possible, maybe even go back to Rio and wait for Linda and urge her to return back to Minnesota, to forget all about their new life and go back to the old one.

As Jewel was, by now, out of the Blue macaw tribe's area, she was currently wiping away a tear, when she saw she was about to crash into a tree, taking a sharp turn to the right, she just managed to avoid hitting the tree and really hurting herself.

"That was close…" Jewel sighed with relief as she was looking back for a second at the tree she just missed, turning her head back froward, she had no time for what came next…

As Jewel was going to pass by another tree, all of a sudden, a thick branch, thicker than the one Jewel accidentally smacked Felicia with, came out of nowhere as it swung and hit Jewel right in the face. Jewel collided full force with the heavy branch as she lost flight and fell down to the jungle floor, landing on her back as her world became black. However the last thing she saw was a few animals surrounding her, one of which was white and looked very familiar…

Jewel was still out of it for quite some time and it took a splash of water to get her back as Jewel woke up, grasping for air as she became alert to her surrounding. Trying to move, she found out very quickly that she was tied up with vines, much like from her time "sightseeing" with Evelyn. Jewel didn't see it at first, the bird standing in front of her, but when she did…

"Nigel!" Jewel shouted angrily.

"Hello pretty bird, long time no see." Nigel smiled evilly.

"What are you doing here!?" Jewel demanded to know.

"Why my revenge of course!" Nigel shouted as he quickly grabbed onto Jewel's throat, blocking her air intake. "I waited so long for this and I finally have my opportunity, but…" And Nigel let go, Jewel getting back some lost air in her. "I'm not going to do it yet, I need to wait and make sure no one's going to come look for you, this way my revenge will go unnoticed and I can make a clean getaway."

"You really think that will happen!?" Jewel questioned. "Blu will come for me, he'll tell his mother that I have been missing for a long time now, soon enough there will be search parties looking for me!"

At that, Nigel laughed, along with his two companions, a frog and ant eater, at least they looked like they were with the crazy cockatoo.

"Oh I don't think so, you see earlier I came across an old female, named Eve… Something." Nigel couldn't quite place the name.

"Evelyn!" Jewel shocked to hear this.

"Yes, that's right." Nigel remembering now. "I hate Blue macaws, but I made an exception for her, you see she also doesn't like you very much too, so we made a deal."

"What kind of deal…" Jewel questioned.

"I would get you and in exchange she wouldn't tell the tribe I was ever here and keep them from looking for you, including your husband and kids." Nigel explaining, Jewel's mind panicking as she struggled to break free. "I wouldn't try that if I were you… Enjoy your last moments…"

"You'll never get away with this Nigel!" Jewel scowled. "Blu will come for me!"

"Oh I think I have." Nigel smiled. "And I highly doubt your pathetic husband will come." Nigel laughed.

Jewel didn't want to admit it, but she knew that Nigel may very well be right, that Blu wasn't going to come after her and leave her, to live his new life in the tribe. Jewel felt she just had to accept the simple fact that unlike last time there would be no rescue or escape attempt, she was done for…

As the day went on, there was in fact no search parties out looking for Jewel, instead nearly everyone in the Blue macaw tribe was in a mood of celebration, nearly everyone…

Blu was in no mood to be happy as the hours went by and Jewel still hasn't turned up and let her family know she was fine. He wanted to go out by himself to look for her, but that was very hard due to the fact he was the center of attention, being the one to have scored the winning goal. At least Blu took comfort from seeing how his kids were a little worried about their mother, despite them being in the celebratory mood, especially Carlos since he was organizing the Amazon Untamed show with Rafael, Nico, and Pedro, and Blu's uncle Manuel was also reassuring Blu that Jewel was fine.

With the evening starting, the sun setting down over the horizon, the whole Blue macaw tribe, as well as other animals from the surrounding area gathered where the Amazon Untamed show was being held. As Blu arrived with Brandon and Tia, Carlos came to his family with a smile.

"Right this way guys, I reserved a few front row seats for the show." Carlos told his father and siblings.

"Thanks Carlos." Tia thanked her older brother, giving him a playful punch on his shoulder.

"Yeah thanks son." Blu sighed as the family was still missing one more member, Carlos taking the hint and stepping froward to his dad.

"Don't worry dad, I saved four seats, just in case mom comes during the show." Carlos smiled, Blu smiling back.

While Carlos returned to finishing up final preparations, making sure all the performers were ready for the show, the rest of Carlos' family were guided to their saved seats, sitting down as they decided to try their best to enjoy. While waiting for the show to begin, a familiar female face showed up in front of Blu.

"Hey Blu, I just noticed there's an empty seat next to you." Roberta brightened up as Blu knew right away what she had in mind.

"This seat's already taken, Roberta." Blu replied, slightly annoyed by his childhood now. "It's for Jewel."

"Well she isn't here right now and I didn't see her anywhere around." Roberta slowly making her way to sit down in the empty seat, almost there until a new voice joined in from behind Roberta, seeing who it was made Blu smile at the rescue from Roberta.

"Roberta, you heard Blu, that's for his wife." Manuel scolded Roberta. "Find another seat."

"Fine, but if Jewel doesn't show up during the show, I'm coming back." Roberta growled as she left, leaving Blu and his uncle alone.

"Thanks uncle, you know she's actually starting to annoy me." Blu breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're welcome, my nephew." Manuel replied as he then got serious. "So, no Jewel yet?"

"Yes, I want to go look for her, but then mom's going to have a heart attack if I leave without her knowing." Blu explaining the difficult situation he was in.

"I actually may have an idea what happened to her." Manuel said, not revealing it yet.

"What is it?" Blu asked, eager to know anything about where Jewel was.

"Follow me." Manuel told Blu as Manuel flew outside the area where the show was being held.

"Kids, stay here, I'll be back." Blu told Brandon and Tia, the two siblings looking at each other as they wondered where their dad was going.

Manuel led Blu away from the crowds, to a quiet part of the jungle, Blu still confused as he wondered what secret his uncle was hiding.

"Uncle, please tell me what's going on." Blu demanded.

"Not yet, wait here and stay hidden." Manuel instructed Blu. "Trust me, my nephew." Manuel finished before he went back to where the show was being held.

Meanwhile, Evelyn was enjoying herself, seeing how the tribe was happy and their hunger problems solved, possibly forever, their rivals now having to find new sources of food as there was now an abundant supply of Brazil nuts. And what's more, Jewel was gone, no more human influence in the tribe and Blu was going to have a new wife in the future, Roberta, at least that's what Evelyn wanted, after all her son deserved the best and when he becomes the new tribe leader, he's going to have to have a strong mate.

Evelyn was still very much pleased with herself when her brother came.

"Sis, can I talk to you in private and alone?" Manuel requested.

"Sure big brother." Evelyn replied, not suspecting anything at all as Manuel led Evelyn into the empty jungle, close to where Blu was… "So what is this about?"

"I see you're happy, tribe's happy since we have more food now…" Manuel started.

"What's your point?" Evelyn wanting to get this over with.

"Blu and his kids are not so happy, Blu's worried about his wife and his kids are worried about their mother." Manuel then taking a second to let that fact sink in before he made his biggest point. "And I can't help but notice, you don't look very upset by this or worried that one of our own is somewhere out there, alone and possibly hurt, otherwise you would have sent out search parties by now."

"Jewel?" Evelyn laughed. "Her? That human loving pet!? Why would I waste others to go look for her, in fact she probably went to bring back the humans to invade this paradise."

"Than why not just lock her up, place her under guard?" Manuel questioned.

"Because it's easier if she just leaves on her own, that way Blu thinks she's selfish." Evelyn revealed, little did she know that Blu could hear everything his mother was saying. "And this way Blu wouldn't know that Jewel will soon enough be gone forever, never to come back."

At this point Blu knew he couldn't stand this anymore, he just couldn't believe his own mother would commit such a crime, his own mother…

"What did you do mother…?" Blu's voice rose up as he came out of his hiding spot to now confront his mom.

Oh boy… Evelyn sure has a lot of explaining to do…

Also, I would have had this chapter a couple of days earlier, but I was busy with some other things! Hopefully you all don't mind the wait!

See everybird later!