Ch. 20: Strange Conversations and Mating Education
written 5/8/12 modified 5/4/20
Blu and Jewel's preteens were now teenagers. This was getting harder for Blu and Jewel to handle, not just because their kids were growing up, but because Pearl was
at that stage where she started getting curious about boys. While at the same time Topaz and Jose were getting curious about girls. So one day while the kids were
out playing with their cousins (Rafeal said he would watch them when Blu said that he and Jewel would join him in five to fifteen minutes), Blu walked up to Jewel,
and tapped her on the back. She turned around to see her husband with a half serious, half concerned expression on his face. "What is it my love?" inquired Jewel.
"It's our kids I think they need to be educated." replied Blu. His cerulean wife looked at him with a now arched left eyebrow. "What do you mean by educated?" Jewel
asked. "Well I'm not sure about you, but Pearl has started asking me questions about boys and Topaz have started asking questions about girls." Blu replied. "Oh that,
yes they've been asking me about the same thing." said Jewel. "Do you think it's time for us to have the mating talk with them?" Blu asked. "Yeah probably, but let's
wait till tonight." replied Jewel nodding her head in agreement. "Well let's not keep Rafeal and Eva waiting." said Blu. "Right let's go." agreed Jewel, and with that they
took off to Rafeal and Eva's hollow.
"It's been ten minutes." cried a frustrated Eva. "Eva my love, Blu and Jewel are probably on their way over right now. Then as if on cue, Blu and Jewel landed right in
front of them. "Sorry about taking so long, guys." Blu said looking at both Rafeal and Eva. No problem, amigo." replied Rafeal calmly. Eva on the other hand was
looking slightly annoyed, which scared the macaws a bit. Rafeal saw this, "Don't worry about Eva she often takes things too literally." said Rafeal in an attempt to
reassure Blu and Jewel of no problems. He looked back to see his wife glaring at him, but felt no threat from it and turned back to the Blu and Jewel. "There is
something we need to talk about regarding the kids. Nothing to do about troubling behavior, but about mating behavior." said Rafeal. "How do you mean?" asked
Jewel. "Well it's a delicate topic for our kids to learn. So here's how it works guys and girls are supposed to discuss it separately from each other. So Blu, you and I
will as Fathers discuss it over here. Jewel you and Eva will, as Mothers, discuss it over there." declared Rafeal. "Look Blu, have you talked with your sons about girls,
relationships, and mating?" asked Rafeal. "No not yet, but Jewel and I are planing on doing that tonight." answered Blu. "Good idea, the sooner you get it done the
better." said Rafeal. "Yeah I'm sure it will be for me, but I just want to make sure that they get the message." replied Blu. "You're right that's absolutely essential."
said Rafeal in agreement. "Also make them understand that respect towards women is a must." "Oh, don't worry I will." replied a very stern Blu.
"Jewel have you told your young Pearl about boys, relationships, and mating?" asked Eva. "Not yet, Blu and I are gonna have that talk with her tonight." answered
Jewel. "Great idea, the sooner you get it over with better." said Eva. "Yeah I'm sure it will be for me, but I just want to make sure that she gets the message." replied
Jewel. "You're right that's the most important part of the lesson in general." said Eva in agreement. "You also might want to keep her with you for one last thing."
"Oh, and what might that be." inquired Jewel. Eva looked at Jewel with a serious look. "Well unwanted mating." replied Eva. (For us humans that be equal to
discussing rape and because of the T rating I'm going touch on this subject only slightly lighter than I should). "Oh don't worry I definitely won't leave
that out." said Jewel with a very stern expression. "Great, now speaking of mating let's return to our mates." "Good idea." replied Eva and with they took off to find
their mates.
Blu and Rafeal were still talking, and then suddenly their wives landed in front of them. Their mates didn't notice them at first so Jewel came up behind Blu to get his
attention. "Ahem." said Jewel. Blu had been so engrossed in his conversation with Rafeal that she made him leap in the air with loud squawk. Blu turned to see Jewel
staring him in the face. "Oh Jewel, don't scare me like that!" he snapped slightly annoyed. "Sorry!" replied Jewel sniffling with tears coming to her eyes. Blu hated to
see his Jewel like this and pulled her into a hug. "It's okay, love. I'm sorry for snapping at you." he said as he pulled her into kiss. They stayed in an embrace for a
couple more minutes before realizing that Rafeal and Eva were right next to them at which point they broke it. Eva walked up looked first at her mate and then at the
blue macaws. "Let's go find our kids." she said. "Of course." said Blu. "Blu, you and my Rafeal go find the boys." said Eva. "Jewel and I will begin our search for the
girls." "Alright." replied Blu. So he and Rafeal took off in one direction to find the boys. While Jewel and Eva took of the opposite direction to search for the girls.
"Wow Pearl your brothers are sooo handsome!" cried Ruby. "Yeah, I love Topaz in particular!" chimed Celia. "Well thank you for the compliment, but don't you think
that it's a bit awkward?" said Pearl somewhat confused. "How is it awkward?" inquired Carla. "Well because they're my brothers." answered Pearl. "Besides we're of a
different species than you." "Yeah, well I think your other brother Jose is also super cute." exclaimed Miranda. At that point Pearl gave her girl cousins something
between a glare and a smile. Then Eva and Jewel fluttered down into the middle of the group of girls. "Come on home you lot." said Eva directing her group of
teenage girls. "Pearl that goes for you too." said Jewel looking down at her only daughter. Now that she wasn't a kid anymore it had become second nature to Pearl to
say "Please" and "Thank you". "Thank you Aunt Eva for having me over." she said. "Oh, you're welcome Pearl." Eva replied. Eva and Jewel looked at each other for a
moment and then at the young girls. "Alright girls lets go find the boys." said Eva. She took off to her and Rafeal's hollow with her daughters and niece behind her
followed closely by Jewel.
Meanwhile, Topaz and Jose and their guy cousins were having the same conversations about the girls. "Yo, Topaz, Jose you guys have got like the hottest sister!" all
their guy cousins shouted at once. Topaz and Jose looked at their cousins for a bit with a smile. "Hey guys we appreciate the compliments but I mean that's our sister
you're referring to." said Topaz. "So what, it's true, she's really hot." said Marco. At this point Topaz and Jose started glaring at their cousins. "Look, we're cool with
the fact that you like her as a friend, but we would never let you mate with her, and besides we're of a different species than you guys." said Topaz giving off a look of
retort. At that point, Blu and Rafeal had arrived to collect their young boys. "Alright boys, it's time to go home." said Rafeal to his teens. "Topaz, Jose, you two as
well." said Blu turning his attention to his two sons. The boys were, at this point in their lives, relatively more obedient than they used to be. "Yes Father." they all
replied at once. "Come on we need to go the girls are probably waiting for us back at the hollow." said Rafeal. "Knowing my sweet Jewel, you're probably right."
replied Blu. The two Dads shared a brief laugh while their teenage boys were looking at them with expressions that basically said "what's so funny?" Anyways Rafeal
took point, followed closely by his sons and his two nephews, and finally by Blu covering the rear.
The girls had been at the nest for five minutes now. "Where are they?" asked Eva in annoyance. "I'm sure that they'll be along soon." replied Jewel calmly. Then as if
on cue, they saw their mates along with their sons touching down. "Sorry if we kept you girls waiting." said Blu and Rafeal. Eva was still slightly annoyed. However,
Jewel remained calm and collected. "It's alright." she replied looking to her mate and then at Rafeal. Eva cooled down a little bit. "Well thanks for having us over." said
Blu and Jewel to Rafeal and Eva. "Well it was our pleasure and take it easy on the kids with "the talk"." said Rafeal. "Oh we'll do our very best on that." replied Blu and
Jewel together looking down briefly at their teenagers. Everyone said their goodbyes to each other and then Blu, Jewel, Pearl, Topaz, and Jose took off to their hollow.
When they got inside the three teen macaws feared that when their Uncle Rafeal put emphasis on the phrase "the talk", that it would be one about correcting bad
behavior. They started cringing at the calm before the storm. Their Mom and Dad had just turned around to see them like this, Blu and Jewel smiled at each other.
"Kids don't worry, you're not in trouble." said Jewel. "That's right." said Blu. "We just need to give you kids a necessary chat that pertains to your age group." When
their kids heard this they breathed a deep sigh of relief. "But it's a fragile issue that involves gender differences so Pearl, you and I will have our chat over there." said
Jewel pointing to the left side of the hollow. "Topaz and Jose we will have our chat over there." said Blu pointing to the right side of the hollow. So once again the boys
and girls went in separate directions.
On the left side Pearl sat across from her Mother. "Listen to me Pearl. This a very serious issue we're about to discuss." said Jewel. Pearl immediately obeyed and
faced her Mother. "Now, Pearl I'm guessing you and your girl cousins have been having strange feelings about the boys. "Yea, they were saying things like, "your
brothers are so handsome."" Jewel smiled at her daughter, "Pearl that is perfectly natural, you and your girl cousins are at that point in your life when you'll start
thinking about guys in that way." "Mom I also have to confess because of the "compliments" they were giving me about Jose and Topaz, I was fairly annoyed that they
were, well at least in my opinion, overdoing it." replied Pearl looking up at her Mother. "Well that too is natural." said Jewel. "Now there was one more thing I needed
to talk to you about. Hmm... What was it?" Jewel thought on it for a minute. "Ahha!" she cried snapping her feathers (our equivalent of snapping our fingers). "That's
what it was." "What are you talking about." asked Pearl with a very curious look. "Well it's about mating." said her Mother. "Alright." replied Pearl. "What about it?"
"Well it's mainly about close male and female interaction." said Jewel looking her daughter. "Do you remember when you were a kid and you asked your Father and I
about how you came to be?" "Well yeah, but vividly." replied Pearl. "You said you'd tell me when I'm older." "That's why I'm going to answer your question from back
then right now." said Jewel. "It's a pleasurable experience when you find the right guy, and decide to mate by intertwining your cloacals together so that they touch
then you'll be blessed kids of your own." On hearing this Pearl's eyes widened with joy. "Also one other thing to remember and... Pearl look me in the eye. Pearl did as
she was told. "Never, Ever let random guys take advantage of you, they'll use you to pleasure themselves, but if you get pregnant or something they're not gonna be
willing to be there for you much less the eggs. Always be on your guard, you got that?" Jewel said shouting at her daughter. Pearl started crying, Jewel realized that
she had gone too far, and pulled her daughter into an embrace. "Oh I'm really sorry honey, I know, I know, I went to far with the shouting on the last little bit. I'm
just worried that something bad might happen to you." said Jewel apologetically. "It's okay, Mom."
Meanwhile (before the part when Jewel yelled at Pearl though) Blu sat down in the right corner of the hollow and his sons sat just right across from him. "Topaz, Jose,
I need you to listen very carefully to what I'm about to say to you." said a very stern Blu. Seeing that they were only half listening and half ignoring him. He tried
another tactic. "If you don't give me your full attention then we can have "trouble" chat instead." he added. That immediately got their attention. "Yes Father." Topaz
and Jose said in unison. "Okay this will sound boring, but it is a matter of very high importance." said Blu. "First, though I'm guessing you and your boy cousins have
started having strange feelings for the girls, yes?" "Oh yeah." replied Topaz. "They kept referring to Pearl as hot." Blu formed slight smile on his beak. "Son that is
perfectly natural. You and your boy cousins are at that point in your life when you'll start thinking about girls in that way." "Don't you think it's a little bit awkward for
our cousins to be talking that way about Pearl?" asked Jose. "I mean we told them we were fine with them being friends with her, but she is their cousin." Blu thought
for a second. "Maybe it's awkward if they still feel that way about her when you all get a bit older, but I doubt that will be the case. Don't get me wrong they'll always
see her as attractive but not in that way." Topaz looked at his Father and then at his brother, who nodded. "Dad there's one more thing I should tell you." said Topaz.
"Oh and what's that my son?" Blu inquired turning his attention back to Topaz. "Well just moments before you and Uncle Rafeal came to pick us up Jose and I started
to feel a little mental aggression towards our cousins for "over complimenting" Pearl." he said. "I see, well that too is natural." replied Blu. "There's one thing other
thing I want you to listen to me extremely carefully." "What's that Dad?" asked the two boys together. "The delicate subject of mating." answered Blu. "What about it
Dad." asked Jose. "It's about close interaction between us males and the females." answered Blu. "Do you remember when you two and your sister were young, and
you all were curious about you came to be?" he asked. His two sons shrugged. "Sort of, but not really." replied the boys in unison. "Well now that you're old enough
I'm going to answer that question right now." said Blu. "It's a pleasurable experience when you find the right female, and decide to mate by intertwining your cloacals
together so that they touch. They'll most likely become pregnant soon after that." The boys looked at their Father wide-eyed. "Oh yes and then they lay their eggs
which will eventually turn into kids of your own." Blu said finishing the explanation of life to his sons. They nodded their heads in understanding. "However, if you ever
want to meet right one, you must show all females great respect." said Blu. "Also one other thing if you see your sister with some random bird who is attempting to
mate with her when she doesn't want to, you two are to take him down! However if she seems to be okay with it leave them be!" "You Must Look After Your Sister,
That Is One Of The Most Important Things We Do As A Family, We Look Out For Each Other Got It!" Blu yelled at his sons who were at this point were starting to sob.
Blu suddenly realized that by shouting, he had gone too far. "I'm sorry boys just was trying to put great emphasis on that particular point, and I lost my nerve." he
said apologetically. His sons looked up at him, their eyes were red from shedding tears. "Don't worry about it Dad." replied Jose. "Yeah we needed to know the
intensity of that kind of situation." Topaz added. Blu looked at his sons surprised that they had forgiven him so quickly.
The brothers and their Dad, regrouped with their sister and their Mom. It was late so they all decided to turn in for the night. "Well boys now you know most of what
you need to know about mating." said Blu. "Yes we do." replied the two boys. Then Jewel looked down at her daughter with love. "I'm sure you know most of what
you need to know about regarding us females." she said. "Of course, Mom." replied Pearl. "Well it's time for bed." Jewel declared. "Yes Mom." said all their kids
together. They all walked over to the nest and went directly to sleep. Blu and Jewel followed them and went to bed as well, rather than staying up late like they
usually did.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter the only reason I didn't go into great detail regarding the full explanation of reproduction is because this story is
rated T and
I don't want to lose my privilege to write stories on this wonderful fun site. Unfortunately until finals are done I won't get going on the next chapter
(chapter 21) till the beginning of May I hope you guys and especially my constant followers can forgive me. Anyways peace out!