Blu had headed westward to the Yazakutona Province after getting the map. The map was to overly ridiculous to get. First, he walked around to find the store that had the map. After he figured out that Paul's shop had it, he went into the shop. Paul, the Brazilian Teal, wasn't going to give it up so easily. He said that bird seeds weren't enough. He wanted a picture of Cecia, the acrobatic female Northern Caracara of the traveling circus. Luckily, the circus hadn't left town. He flew around and found the circus. Ironically, Cecia was standing outside the circus tent. Blu asked what was wrong, and she complained her stomach was in pain. She said she would have gone to the local brewer if she wasn't so sick. So Blu went to the brewer's shop. The brewer, a Sun Parakeet named Casey, said she would sell him the potion that would help Cecia with her illness if Blu found the mushrooms in the nearby fields of Rio Town. So Blu went out into the open fields of Rio Town and found some mushrooms through a 'naturally-made' garden maze. When he found the mushrooms, a mutant marmoset somehow appeared from the ground as by magic and challenged him. Dimwitted and slow, the marmoset was defeated by five slashes from Blu. Blu then flew back to Rio Town and gave the brewer Casey, who gave him red potion that he gave to Cecia who gave him an autographed photo of herself that he gave to Paul for exchange for the map that looked old. He did all of that for a stupid map when he could've just asked for directions, which he thought of after he got the map.

Blu landed on a tree and looked down. The plains were slowly changing into a thick forest. He got out the map. By some sort of magic, the map told him where he was with a little picture of his face on the spot he was on. It seemed he had made it to the Yazakutona Province. He looked ahead. The Yazakutona Province seemed like a giant forest that he might get lost in. He gulped and flew onward into the forest.

"Greetings, traveler."

He heard the voice and looked down at the ground. A tiny, human-looking dwarf the height of a Wii remote was looking up at him. Blu was surprised the creature's voice was able to travel up to him. Blu flew down from the ten foot tree to the ground to see that the dwarf had used something that looked like a horn to amplify his voice. The dwarf strapped his horn on his waist. The dwarf was a funny looking man with brown, medium-long hair and white tanned skin. He had brown eyes and was skinny. He wore some medieval clothing woven in brown monk robes and wore brown boots. Blu landed in front of the dwarf. The dwarf bowed at him in respect, clasping his hands together as he was praying. He looked up at Blu.

"Hi," said Blu. "Um, how did you see me from down here?"

"In the outside of the forest that sheds shades of green; blue is something that hardly merges in the trees. My name is Tulio. I am a watcher of those who enter the Forest of Birdinites."

"Birdinites?" wondered Blu.

"The Birdinites are the residents of these woods. They hold nature very dear to them, watching over the forest and the Zhishi Tree."

"The Zhishi Tree? Who is that?"

Tulio just smiled.

"Traveler, why don't you see for yourself?"

"Why can't you just tell me? I had a long day, pal, and I don't intend on making it longer."

"Ah, but that is the mystery of life: knowing what you already know."

Blu was totally confused. How do you know something when you already knew it? Blu decided to change the topic.

"Um, okay. So, um, if I just go straight, I'll reach the village where these Birdinites?"

Tuilo nodded. Blu nodded back and opened his wings. Before he had a chance to take off, Tulio paused him with his words.

"Knowledge is what we take for granted, young Blu. Don't let it skew you from your destiny."

Before Blu was able to speak, a cloud of smoke engulfed Tulio, and he disappeared. Blu was a little freaked out by his disappearance and how he knew his name. Blu looked ahead into the forest and fly deeper into it, determine to find the village of Birdinites.


"Blu, it's getting late," said Jewel, walking towards him off the nest after finally getting Aurora to go to sleep.

Blu paused his story-telling and faced Jewel. He looked outside. She was right. The moon had risen to its ten o'clock position. He faced the chicks, who nervously await their father's response. Eager to wanting their papa to finish the story, they were saddened by Blu's response.

"Your mom's right. I can finish the story tomorrow."

"Aww," came the chorus of the three chicks.

"Mama's such a pooper of fun," added Leoncio.

Jewel narrowed her eyes at her son. Leoncio saw this and turned away from Jewel. He quickly scuttled away to his sleeping spot and closed his eyes. He felt less threatened by Jewel when he couldn't see her. Elena also retired to her spot next to Leoncio. Jalin took one step towards joining his siblings, but he stopped and looked at his father.

"Can you finish the story tomorrow, Papa?"

"When words flow, I will finish. Give me some time. I'm making it off the top of my head."

"Yeah, but isn't it a spoof of Zelda?"

Blu gulped.

"How did you-"

"Papa, there's only one popular figure in a green hat and green tunic wielding the Blade of Evil's Bane."

Blu thought about it.

"I guess you're right. I will continue tomorrow. It's getting late. Go to sleep."

Jalin nodded and waddled his way over to his brother and sister to sleep next to them. Tomorrow, his father said that he would continue. He laid down and closed his eyes and went to sleep.


The family was eating breakfast the next morning. Jewel wasn't part of thefamily gang surrounding the jumbo leaf of food. She had to stay with the feeble Aurora. It was only a couple of days since she was born. Though she had the strength to stand up straight, she had yet to walk out of the nest. Jewel feed her mouth-to-mouth. Blu almost barfed up the food he had eaten at the site of that. He did a cough-burp, which disgusted the females and got laughs from the two boys.

"Nice one," said Jalin.

"It sounded like food was about to come out," laughed Leoncio.

"Eww, Papa," said Elena. "That was gross."

Blu pounded his chest with his wings twice.

"Excuse me. It's just that your mother's feeding grosses me out."

Jewel heard him and lifted her head up after feeding Aurora digested food.

"I thought we were over this with them," said Jewel, referring to her first three chicks.

"It was unpleasant before; it's unpleasant now."

Jalin looked back at his father.

"Papa, since you're too disgusted to eat properly, why don't you continue with the story."

"Yeah," shouted Leoncio and Elena with glee.

Blu smiled.

"Alright. Now, where was I?"

"Link was in the forest of the Yazakutona Province, trying to find the Birdinites," reminded Jalin.

"Ah, that's right. He ventured into the forest, which was called the Forest of Shades, to find the village of the Birdinites. The mysterious man had told him that they were the settlers of the Yazakutona Province, so Link figured they might be the ones threatening Rio Castle…"