Hey guys, before we continue with the story, I have some news about a writer.

Scorcher the silver macaw has asked me a favor that I am more than happy to do for him. He wanted me to tell you guys that he will not be able to continue with his story for now because of school and it may be a few months before he will be back. He also said that he will make a chapter for ideas and that he will have a vote so stay tuned for that.

P.S. If you guys have a favor to ask of me, don't hesitate to tell me, I am more than happy to help you guys. Anyway let's continue with the story.

Chapter 10: Hang Gliding

Blu, Jewel, and Rafael walked through the jungle until they came to a hang glider station that was on the edge of a cliff. They were right next to the station where Rafael was going to explain his plan on how they were going to get to Luiz quickly.

Jewel looked down at how high they and just as quickly pulled her head back, frightened at how high they were, but tried her best to hide her fear.

"Okay, so how are we going to get to your Luiz? We are so high up."

"That's why we are here." Rafael pointed to the hang glider station, where as if on cue, a person jumped off and started to hang glide his way down to the ground.

"Okay so you two just need to get to the roof and jump on one of those things when I give you the signal, we just need to time it right, and you two will be okay.

"Okay." Blu said in confidence, but Jewel's "Okay", did not sound convincing.

Blu and Jewel made their way to the roof while Rafael waited besides the station on the ground, ready to give the signal.

Finally another person was all set to hang glide and started running, Rafael gave the signal and Blu started running while Jewel was still unsure.

"Wait stop!" Jewel shouted, as she stopped running, but it was too late to stop.

"Not again!" Blu shouted.

Luckily, Blu managed to catch on the end of the hang glider with his talons, but since the hang glider was now going full speed and Blu had Jewel's weight he lost his grip and the two chained birds started falling in mid air.

"This is not how I wanted to go." Blu shouted.

But luck was on the side of the last two blue macaws for another hang glider caught them. Blu and Jewel both were catching their breath as both let out a sigh of relief.

"Well that was lucky." Jewel stated.

"I guess so, but it was your fault we fell in the first place, why did you even stop? We could have made it perfectly on the first one."

"I'm scared, okay, happy now." Jewel said as she turned away from Blu, slow tears coming down.

"Look, I'm sorry for being harsh, I guess it's just the way I am."

Jewel did not respond, but she could feel that Blu felt sorry because of his voice, but she still did not want to turn back around and look at Blu.

After a minute she decided to face forward and enjoy the view, and boy was it a view!

The whole city of Rio was like a bright gem, the many tall buildings, the beaches that lined the water and to add on top of that, was a tall, marble statue of Jesus Christ, the glider was just passing by. Jewel recognized it as the Christ the redeemer statue, she never imagined how big it was up close.

"Thank goodness! You guys are okay." A voice called out, as Blu and Jewel turned to see that Rafael was talking to them. "How are you guys enjoying the view?"

"It's wonderful." Blu and Jewel said at the same time, but talking at the same time made them feel awkward towards each other.

The two chained birds continued to enjoy the view, but they did not talk to each other as they did not feel comfortable with each other. Rafael continued to fly next to the hang glider to make sure the two blue macaws did not fall off again.

Meanwhile Blu and Jewel were deep in thought.

"Does Blu like me? He does seem to be a little nicer to me, he did say sorry to me and it sounded like he meant it, maybe I should try to talk to him again." Jewel said in her head.

Blu was also thinking. "I guess I should try to talk to Jewel again, I guess I could be a little nicer. After all she tried to get the chain off, maybe she is not bad at all."

Soon the hang glider came to the ground and Blu and Jewel got off and waited for Rafael to come to them.

In a few minutes Rafael joined the two.

"Good, looks like you two are okay and we can continue with our trip to Luiz, this way, we can catch the next trolley." As Rafael flew to the nearest trolley station.

As Blu and Jewel made their way, they made up their minds that as soon as they got on the trolley, they would try to have another, more nicer conversation.