Ch. 18: A Nostalgic Past Remembered

written 4/26/12 modified 5/4/20

It was the middle of the day and as he promised his daughter, Blu kept their "secret" Father-daughter talk secret. If she were to decide to share her vision with

anyone else, then Blu would share the more extensive truth of what happened with her cousins to Jewel. Jewel was talking with Blu. "Blu, our kids... they're becoming

so mature it's almost scary that..." stuttered Jewel, but she found herself crying and unable to finish. Blu looked into his wife's sapphire eyes which were now filled

with tears of happiness. "...that they started from just eggs." said Blu as he tried to finish Jewel's sentence for her. "...Yes." Jewel said looking up at her husband who

was supporting her in his strong dark blue wings. Blu had never thought he'd see Jewel in such an emotional state. Jewel looked Blu straight in the eyes.. "Blu I..."

Jewel never got a chance to finish because Blu had pulled her into one of the most passionate kisses she and Blu ever had since they mated. Unknown to Blu, his

beautiful cerulean wife started drifting off into a daydreaming trance.

**The Past**

It had been five weeks since the plane crash and four weeks since Jewel's wing had healed. Blu was looking over at Jewel and how her light blue cerulean feathers

made her glisten in the moonlight. It had been only a few days since the couple had become more open with each other about their feelings. Then one day Blu finally

got up the courage to tell Jewel how he really and truly felt about her. He walked up to Jewel and tapped her on the back. "Oh, hey Blu." she said turning her full

attention toward him. Blu looked deep into her eyes. "Jewel I've been wanting to tell you that I love you." he said smiling, and hoping that he wouldn't be rejected.

Jewel looked at him for a bit and saw that he was speaking his mind. "I love you too Blu." replied Jewel. "Oh Jewel I wanna stay here in Rio with you for the rest of

my life." said Blu hugging the cerulean love of his life. "Also I don't care whether we mate or not just so long as I have you by my side, and if we do mate I don't want

to do it to save our species, but because we both love each other, want kids, and have a family." Jewel was very surprised by how respectful and loyal Blu was. "I've

never said this to anyone before, but I've always wanted to be a Mother." said Jewel with a smile. "I've always thought about what it would be like to be a Father."

replied Blu smiling back at Jewel lovingly. "I'm sure you'd be a great one because you're kind and caring. Those are some of the top indicators of a good Dad, in my

opinion, I would consider myself lucky to have you as a mate." They both gazed into each other's eyes trying to determine what the other was thinking. Little did they

know they were both thinking the same thing "I want to mate and have a family with this bird and have us stay together for the rest of our life." "Jewel are you saying

that you'd like to mate right...?" Blu didn't get to finish his sentence because Jewel pulled him into the longest and most passionate kiss of his life to which he lost his

mind to. "Yes Blu right now!" Jewel cried out seductively. Blu didn't understand Jewel's reaction, but seeing as it was something he wanted as well, gladly went along

with her for the ride. (Possible Lemon for those who want the details). Two days later Tulio announced to Blu, Linda, and Fernando that Jewel was pregnant. All

four of them were so happy to hear that, particularly Blu. He asked if he could have some alone time with his mate. Tulio nodded and he, Linda, and Fernando gave it

to them. Blu flew into the treatment and landed right beside Jewel. "How are you, my love?" he asked. "Outstanding I'm finally pregnant." replied Jewel happily. "Can

believe it you and I will soon start embarking on the adventure that is parenthood!" "I just hope I'm a good Father." said Blu with a brief sign of doubt in his voice.

Jewel pulled him into a kiss. "I know you'll be a great Dad and that I'll be a great Mom." said Jewel reassuring her mate.

**28 Days Later in Jungle**

Over at their nest in their hollow, Jewel and Blu were sleeping peacefully next to each other. Blu was the first to wake up and see Jewel alone in the nest (Jewel's

pregnancy had caused her body to need the entire nest so Blu had been sleeping in the hollow right next to their nest). "Jewel's been eating a lot lately I should

probably get her some passion fruit or something." Blu thought to himself and flew off to the tree just a little ways away. Just a few minutes later Jewel awoke to find

that Blu wasn't with her "Blu, Blu, where are you?" she cried. A massive belly ache was coming on. Just then Blu came flying in with the passion fruit and dropped it

into their hollow next to her. "Jewel I brought us some breakfast..." he started to say, but then noticed something was up with his wife. "Jewel what is it? Are you

okay?" he asked in a panicked voice. "NO MY BELLY IS HURTING!" she bellowed. "Blu it's time!" Blu was scared he didn't know what to do. Jewel was lying down in

pain, Blu laid down next to her supporting her and stroking her head. "Don't worry Jewel, I'm here for you." he said trying to calm his wife down. Jewel was in a great

deal of pain. "Thank you Blu that helps a little." she said. Blu knew he could do more. While he was still holding Jewel's head up with one wing he came around to her

front and looked deep into her sapphire eyes. "Here see if this anymore helpful." he said. Before Jewel could answer, Blu leaned in, and gave her a straight five minute

passionate kiss. She became lost in it and had forgotten all about the pain from the laying of the eggs. Once he pulled away, Jewel saw tears in his eyes. "What's

wrong, Blu." she asked looking both surprised and concerned. "Nothing, everything's absolutely fantastic." he said looking Jewel first in her eyes and then down under

her. Jewel was confused, so she got up from the nest, and saw what he was looking at. It was a thing of beauty, she had just laid three eggs. Jewel looked at Blu and

Blu looked right back at her. "Oh Jewel you did it." he shouted out with happiness to his mate. Jewel silenced him. "No Blu, we did it." she said.

**2 Days Later**

Jewel and Blu were both sitting across from one another and sharing a mango for lunch. She had been sitting in the nest on top of the eggs for two days now, keeping

them warm and toasty. She and Blu had just finished off the mango when all of a sudden they heard a crack beneath Jewel. "Oh my goodness they're hatching." cried

Jewel immediately jumping off the eggs and out of the nest. She stood next to Blu watching the eggs as they hatched, and out of the eggs came three tiny chicks, two

boys and one girl. "Oh Blu, we're finally parents!" said Jewel. She faced Blu and gave him a great big hug which Blu accepted lovingly. "I know, it's the beginning of

our newest adventure." he said as he turned back down to face their newborns. Jewel did the same. They looked at each other for a moment. "What should we name

them?" asked Jewel looking at her dark blue husband. "Oh I almost forgot about that." he said feeling stupid. Jewel put a friendly wing on his back. "It's okay, Blu."

she said. "Tell you what why don't you name the boys and I'll name our little girl." "Sounds great." he said. "How about for the boys we name them Topaz and Jose?"

Blu proposed pointing from one of their little boys to the other. Jewel gave him a brief weird look, but shrugged it off. "Those sound like very handsome names." she

replied. Then they both turned to face the girl, "Your name is going to be Pearl." Jewel said pointing at their little girl. "That's such a beautiful name for her Jewel."

said Blu facing his wife. The moment was complete when the little ones said "Mommy Daddy." The minute that was said Blu, Jewel, and their newborn baby chicks

shared their first family hug.

**Back to Present**

"Jewel, Jewel are you okay?" she heard as she came out of her daydreaming trance. She shook herself awake and saw her husband looking down at her. "What

happened?" she asked Blu in a drowsy tone. "Well love you kind of dozed off, but it's getting kind of late and we need to bring the kids home for the night." said Blu.

Jewel looked at him and then out at the sky. She saw the sunset, and then looked at Blu, "The kids, Blu where are the kids!" she yelled. "Jewel, relax they're right

over there." he replied calmly as he pointed to a tree just across from the nest. "Also why are you tearing?" "The daydream was about our very happy past." replied

Jewel. "Don't worry Blu, these tears are tears of happiness." "Ah, happy nostalgic times I loved them too." replied Blu. Pearl, Jose, and Topaz were still playing a very

intense game of tag when all of a sudden they heard their Mother cry out for them. "Let's go it's sunset, Mom and Dad probably want us back." Her brothers nodded

and all three of them took off for the hollow. Jewel still had tears left in her eyes from her daydream even as the kids were touching down. Pearl was the first to

realize this, "Mom why in the world are you crying?" she asked her Mother. Jewel didn't answer at first so Pearl turned to her Father, "Dad, why is Mom crying?" she

asked him. Blu looked down first at his daughter and then he looked over at Jewel and back at his daughter. "Your Mom just had a daydream of our nostalgic past

together." replied Blu smiling down at his daughter with love. "That's right." said Jewel facing Pearl and wiping away last tear. "You and your brothers don't need to

worry, those were just tears of happiness." Pearl turned to Jose and Topaz, who both had looks of curiosity and concern on their faces. Pearl read their faces and told

them that their Mom was okay and that she only had a nostalgic daydream about their Dad and Mom when they were just a couple, and that Mom's tear were just

tears of happiness. The two boys sighed in relief. "Okay kids, time for bed." declared Blu. "Aww Dad come on." said the three kids. They looked at their Mom. "Mom,

please just a little longer." Jose pleaded. "No I'm not going to overrule your Father, time for bed." said Jewel. "Oh alright." said Pearl. So with their parents in the back

she and her two brothers headed back to their nest in their hollow for some shuteye. Jewel and Blu stayed up a little longer to watch the sunset. Blu observed Jewel

and how her cerulean body reflected brightly off the sun as it set. "Oh Jewel I'm so happy and I feel so lucky to have you for a mate." he said. "And I feel just the

same way about you, Blu. Hey what do you say we turn in for the night?" she suggested. "Sounds good to me." replied Blu. They both turned in for the night, gave

each other a kiss, and drifted off to sleep, Blu with his wing around Jewel.

To all my fans sorry this took so long its getting close to final exams so I'm starting to get swamped with school work.

Stay tuned for chapter 19.