Hey guys, ready to carry on with this exciting story. Now last chapter, Blu and Lyra accepted their long lost mother while Asra refused to forgive her under the impression she abandoned them. Anyway let's get on with this.

Chapter 12: Settling

Life for the family has once again grown bigger over the last few days. Something Blu never thought would ever happen in his time due to his past would ever happen. He was reunited with his long lost mother, Now he was on the receiving end of having a parent for a change, it made him feel happy in a new way but despite this, has remembered his priorities with Jewel and their children so he only arranged to have Carly visit them or they all go to visit her.

Today they were at the area where large rives were running through the forest as a change for once. The kids were taking in the new sight with them observing a lot around them, Blu and Jewel were sat together being amused by their kids being excited as Carly had joined them for the day to get used to being part of a family once again in her lifetime.

Jewel and Carly were sat together watching on as Blu had brought lunch for the 4 hungry children who had been patiently waiting but were now excited. Blu said in happiness to them "Okay kids, who's hungry". They all quickly held up a wing and one by one said "I am". Blu amusingly said as he prepared to lay the 4 blackberries on the ground for them. Just as he was about to they 4 kids all ran up ready to grab one and Blu stopped them.

"Ah, ah, what do you say?" The 4 kids stopped and all said "Please, Dad". Blu smiled and nodded and offered them and one by one they took one with Azul, Selvey and Selene all saying thank you but Roxo didn't and Blu said "Roxo?" Roxo looked to him confused but then understood and he said "Thank you Dad". Blu smiled and pushed his wing implying him to go and enjoy his lunch; Blu then calmed and went to sit with them.

Jewel and Carly had been watching the whole thing and Jewel made a little giggle as Carly watched on happy. Content seeing her youngest son, treating and teaching his children good behaviour and enjoying themselves along the way. Carly then looked to Blu "He is a good father, Blu is". Jewel nodded to him and sighed "He is the best father, those kids could ever ask for. He is one of a kind".

Carly nodded to her and Jewel looked to her "Blu has always been there for me and those beautiful little kids loved us all and changed his life for me". Carly looked to her and said "What do you mean". Jewel shook her head "Oh nothing, when me and Blu were dating before we became mates, he was there for me always when I had a broken wing".

Carly then said "That is what made you love him". Jewel a little surprised said "No, no, I fell in love with him and I guess he already loved me before I did". Carly looked away and thought to herself "There is something I don't know here". She looked back to Jewel "Do you mind me asking, how did you and Blu meet".

Jewel looked to her and then Blu who was pointing something out to the kids on the other side of the river. Jewel looked back to her and said "Sure, Erm… It is quite a tale". Carly nodded as Jewel collected her thoughts "It was over a year ago, 1 year and 2 months. I believe when we had met. As you probably heard, Blu was smuggled by smugglers after what happened, 16 years ago".

Carly looked down but nodded as Jewel continued "Blu was raised by a human by Linda and when 15 years passed, Blu came here to Rio, and we meet in a conservation centre where sick birds are looked after by humans. Initially we did not get long at all due to our differences. But eventually we learned to get along when we went on an adventure where we learned to be friends and eventually we fell in love".

Carly smiled to her "Sounds interesting by how you describe it". Jewel shook her head "We were chased by smugglers and a cockatoo who broke my wing and Blu couldn't fly due to not learning how to. We were put on a plane and we were in the sky but we escaped but the plane begun going down and I fell out". Carly held a wing to her face in shock "Oh my goodness that sounds awful".

Jewel nodded and looked down and then to the kids "Blu and I agreed not to tell the kids, Blu jumped out after me and confessed to me he loved me in another way and I became sure of my feelings so we shared our first kiss falling down and somehow Blu managed to fly us to safety". Jewel smiled and said "and here we are now, a new life together, with our four beautiful children and a future to look forward to together".

Carly made a smile as she said to him "That sounds like quite a story". Jewel nodded and looked to Blu "at first, I said I hated him but how stupid that sounds now, he is the love of my life and I will change that; he will always have a place here". She said as she pressed a wingtip against her chest and Carly made a touching smile "Like you have a part in his".

Jewel nodded and smiled to see him looked to her and they smiled to each other for a moment as Carly thought to herself "I could have had a happy life like these two had, but that was shattered to pieces from me but I will not miss out to be a part of it now and be there for them and my grandchildren".

Blu looked down to see Selene grabbing his wing and pointing out to the river "What is that Dad". Blu looked to see a dolphin making twirls into and out of the water and some jumps. Blu smiled and said "That is a dolphin Selene, an animal that lives in water". Selene looked to him confused and said "Wait, doesn't everyone in the world need air, how do they breath".

Blu chuckled a little before saying to his daughter "They have what we all call gills, it allows them to breath underwater". Azul got interested and said "That sound pretty, amazing, do we have these…gills". Blu shook his head to them "Unfortunately no we don't so we can't breathe underwater but most of animals that live in water can't live on land and living on land is better than in water in my opinion".

Selvey stepped towards the edge of the moving water, if someone her age fell in, the results could be disastrous. Blu saw her approach and said "Selvey stay away from the edge please". Selvey looked to her dad and asked him out of interest "how come, Dad". Blu was quick to answer his eldest daughter "Because as harmless as water looks, that water is moving fast and can be dangerous for anyone who falls in, even me and your mother".

Selvey looked to Jewel and said "Mom is that true". Jewel made a small smirk at Blu and said "As much as your dad is right, that water is dangerous so please stay back Selvey". Blu looked to Jewel and said "Is there something wrong with me being right". Jewel quickly shook her head to him and said "No, of course there isn't meu Amor". Blu smiled at her and decided to go and sit next to her.

Once he arrived her sat himself down at Jewel's side and relaxed as Jewel came and leaned against his side and said "How is my Blu bird". Blu leaned and gave her a nuzzle and said "Your Blu bird is happy right now, how about my precious Jewel". Jewel made a little giggle and said "She is very happy right now lover". She then went and gave him a kiss on the cheek which made Blu smile.

They smiled to each other and relaxed watching the kids while Carly was focused on Blu and Jewel "They look so happy together, true love in them, wonderful and beautiful children for them both, and a great home for them to build their future, what more could they possibly need". Carly looked down and thought to herself "If only the same came be said about me".

Azul then looked to his father who was sat with Jewel and asked him "Dad why is this water moving compared to the one with use for bath time". Despite the question, Blu and Jewel were both amused by Azul's end of the question but nonetheless Blu answered him "Because this water is coming from somewhere like a mountain for example and is heading for a place like the ocean".

Roxo then looked to him and said "You mean all that water next to the city". Blu nodded "Yep that is correct Roxo". The kids had finished with their questions and Azul and Roxo sat down while Selene and Selvey were both still curious about the river and were looking at and around it".

Jewel looked to Blu and gave him a peck and Blu asked her "What did I get that for?" Jewel happily replied to him "Because I think your idea to come here today to give the kids somewhere new was a great one". Blu smiled to her and said back to her "Thanks Jewel, I aim to please". Jewel wrapped a wing around him and leaned closer to him and said one thing to him "Well you are achieving that aim my Blu bird".

She then pressed her beak against his for a passionate kiss with him which Blu relaxed a little as they enjoyed the short-lived moment. Once they separated Jewel lied herself against Blu as he draped a wing over her and Jewel said "I hope our lives never change from this". Carly looked to her "And why is that".

Jewel happily said "Because Blu and I are happy here, content with this, our kids are learning fast and growing now". Jewel just had a thought and looked to Blu "Blu that just reminded me of something". Blu agreed with her and said "I know Jewel; I just thought the same thing".

Carly was curious what they were thinking and asked them "What is it". Jewel happily announced it to her "In about 2 months, Azul, Selvey and Roxo will all become one year old". Carly smiled happily but looked to Selene "What about Selene, wasn't she born with them". Blu shook his head to her "No she is 4 months younger than them, she is 6 months old right now".

Carly now understanding said "Oh, now I see, so Azul, Selvey and Roxo were in the same clutch and Selene was just born in her own". Jewel nodded and said "Yeah but since Selene is very close to their age we just say they are all of the same clutch, makes things easier for us all".

Carly nodded her head in understanding and said "That is understandable". Carly looked towards the kids who were all being adventurous with the new type of environment they were in and thought " I missed out on all of this". She quickly brushed it off thinking "No need to be upset about it though". Selvey came over to Carly and asked her "Grandma, look at that". Carly looked to where Selvey was pointing to.

Carly saw more dolphins gliding into and out of the water heading down stream, Carly smiled and said to Selvey "It is amazing the waters isn't it Selvey". Selvey smiled and at next to Carly "Yeah it is and it is great". Carly looked to Selvey and made a smile looking down at her and thought "My granddaughter, I feel content with this life". Carly looked up to the sky and smiled up "Time for a fresh start with my family, my long lost family". Blu and Jewel saw Carly being happy compared to how she was a while back when they first met their mother and in Jewels case, mother in law. Jewel looked to Blu and said "See, a happy life to live for our entire lives".

Blu agreed with her and happily nuzzled her saying "Yeah and I am happy to spend the rest of my entire life with you beside me". Jewel smiled seductively to him and made a whisper to him "Good because even though it has only been a year". Jewel now made the seductive whisper "There is still so much for us to experience together in our lives". Blu couldn't resist making a blush to the fact that Blu knew Jewel could be implying anything even though she wasn't intentionally.

Well there we are, that wraps up another chapter, sorry again that I have been taking so long I just want to finish up my other story and then get back to this fully, Don't ever worry as I will never abandon Rio fanfiction, not for anything.

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