Chapter 4 'Jewel of Day'

Originally, chapter 2 was going to be a massive chapter called 'Night of Melancholy and Jewel of Day'. I split the two apart because it was getting late and I wanted to post chapter 2. Anyways, not much to say, except there will be more Aussie slang used, but not excessive

'oi fair dinkum. Drongo from the congo dud5bdsfucob ugr87y dfsd0fgmeadsmvb cfshdes- cpnovfmdf90ndgfh8ndfvsh90cb v h0[fdvmj90m0vxcjm9 vcjm90 vc=]-bdf =um bfgyy grt *unintelligible slang*' I want everyone who isn't a true blue bogan fuckwit to be able to understand this story. Even I don't know 90% of my countries slang, and I own a book on Aussie slang. Yes, they made a 260 page book on Australian slang. That is how much we have. Although few know that much slang. (apart from true blue bogan fuckwits)

Anyways, lets get on with it! Enjoy or suffer.

Blu sat in his cage, and was carried by Linda into the aviary, and Fred took them to the treatment room. Blu saw countless birds of all types, and was amazed by the diversity of the species present.

''This is the heart and soul of the aviary: The treatment room.'', he said to Linda. A bunch of birds flew and landed on him, perching on his arms, shoulders and head.

''Wow, they really like you.'', Linda commented.

''Yeah, I'm their great big mama bird…Or, papa bird. Whatever.'', Fred responded. Fred shooed them off, and continued the mini tour.

''Many of the birds here were hurt because of feral animals, or smuggling. Cats are a major problem here, and they kill many native animals. We found this Palm cockatoo yesterday, and we have yet to determine what happened to him, but he seems to be doing better.'', Fred told Linda. Blu looked at the large bird. It was like him, except larger, black and had red on the side of its face.

''Get well soon!'', Blu nervously said to him. The Palm cockatoo shot him a glare.

''So, where is the female?'', Linda asked him. Upon hearing that, Blu decided to try and freshen himself up. It would've been helpful if he had a mirror and sink.

''Oh, we have a special place for her. She's a bit narky, and very…spirited bird.'', Fred told her.

''Yep, I must say!'', a worker with a scratched up face commented.

''Bloody oath!'', a second one remarked, he too had a busted up face. Blu wasn't exactly pleased by this, and grew anxious.

''Oh, charming…Okay, I wanna go home now!'', Blu remarked nervously. Fred and Linda noticed his soft, fearful squawks. He also made a few whistling sounds, and a few clicks. Fred knew this behaviour in parrots,

''Hey, its okay…I doubt she'll hurt ya. Besides, I'll make you look stunning!'', Fred calmed Blu down. Blu was intrigued by his comment, and agreed to be groomed. He was bathed, and had his feathers brushed. It wasn't to the extent he had hoped for, but he did look good. Now with new found confidence, he was taken to the door, and entered the 'special place'. It was a fake Australian rainforest setting. Blu had thought that he definitely wanted to go visit a national park and see the Gondwanaland rainforests. After he had done 'the deed', of course.

Blu walked forward, and the door behind him shut. A sense of fear crept over Blu, but he decided not to panic.

''Hello?'', he called out. He received no answer, so he tried again, this time he was louder,

''Hello? Is anyone here?'', he received no answer. He began to panic, and he rushed to the door, and started banging on it.

''Linda! Linda!'', he cried out to her.

Fred and Linda were observing them, and saw him do this.

''Maybe I should-'', Linda said as she got up,

''No, its fine.'', Fred stopped her. Linda sat back down and they continued observing them.

Blu realised Linda wasn't going to let him out, so he decided to persevere.

''Hello? I come in peace!'', Blu nervously called out, but received no answer.

''Please respond!'', he called out again. He saw a rustle in the fake leaves and a blue flash and figured it must've been her.

He looked over and at last, he saw her, and she exceeded all expectations in terms of beauty. Blu was in awe.

''Wow…She's beautiful, like an angel…An angel, that's getting really close.'', Blu said to himself while he stared at her, and his head crest slowly started to raise up. He snapped out of his trance when she pinned him down by the neck.

''Oi, who are you and what are you doing here?!'', she demanded. She had a noticeable Australian accent.

''You're standing on my throat.'', Blu spoke in an unintelligible voice.

''What?'', she asked, as she loosened her grip on his throat.

''You're standing on my throat.'', he said more audibly.

''Oh, sorry.'', she said, and then gasped, ''Hey, you look just like me!'', she just clicked that he was a Blue Cockatoo like her. She somehow paid no attention to the fact he was blue.

''Yeah, um, my name is Blu. Y'know, like the cheese that smells really bad…Oh wait, that was so stupid!'', he introduced himself. He tapped his head with his talon, ''Stupid, stupid, stupid!'', he muttered to himself, as he tried to tap some sense into his bird brain.

''Uh…O-kay…I'm Jewel, nice to meet you.'', she introduced herself, and offered a talon shake, which Blu accepted.

''Okay, come on, we don't have much time!'', Jewel hurriedly said, and grabbed Blu as she darted towards the tree. Blu giggled at this, as he thought he was going to get lucky with her, and he looked forward to it. Blu hit a branch on the way, but there were pegs that allowed him to quickly climb to the top.

''Okay, are you ready?'', Jewel asked him.

''For wha-oh right…haha.'', Blu was about to ask, then clicked, and thought he knew what she meant. Blu took a deep breath, and made himself look more masculine and confident. He walked up to her and attempted to kiss her, but she shoved him, and he fell back.

''Woah, hey, what are you doing?'', she asked in surprise.

''I was uh…For arguments sake, what are you doing?'', Blu nervously said, as he blushed in embarrassment.

''Uh, I'm trying to escape.'', she said in a snide tone, as she pointed towards a damaged airvent.

''Oh, yeah, escape…That's where I was going…'', Blu quickly said. Jewel saw through his bullshit like a window, and his poorly done lie came crashing down like a house of cards in a gale.

''Wait, did you actually think we were going to kiss? We just met!'', she hissed at him angrily. Blu flinched,

''N-no! I-I-I-I-I...'', Blu tried to formulate a sentence, but all that came out was stuttering.

''T-t-t-today junior!'', Jewel said mockingly. Blu flinched again. Blu couldn't even formulate words now. Jewel grabbed him by the chest,

''Who the fuck do you think I am?! Why the fuck did you try and kiss me?!'', she demanded angrily, and had her face close to his, and angrily stared at him.

''…Uhhhhhhhh…Bree?'', Blu couldn't formulate any words. Suddenly, a disco ball and colourful, club lights lit up the room in absence of the normal ceiling lights. 'Slice Of Heaven' started playing. Blu blushed intensely. (Howdy angel)

''I-I-I swear I-I have nothing to d-do with that!'', Blu said timidly. (where did you hide your wings?)
Jewel was sick of his shit, and tackled him off the edge as the chorus played, which was an inappropriate song to be playing whilst being attacked by the female you're supposed to mate with.

Jewel tried to strangle Blu, and they popped up. Blu held Jewel in his wings, as they stared at each other in shock.

''Wow, that was fast…'', Linda commented, as they ducked under the ferns, presumably to mate.

''Lets give them some privacy, but first…'', Fred said, and switched the song from Slice of Heaven, to Oh Yeah, by Yello. They exited the room.

Blu and Jewel slowly rose up, both wearing a shocked expression.

''Uhhhh…Jewel…'', Blu nervously said. Jewel shoved him to the side.

''What? Why is this song playing?!'', she snapped.

''I have nothing to do with this! But I think the way I held you before you attacked me, may have looked like we were about to mate, to them at least.'', Blu nervously, albeit quickly, said.

''Woah, woah woah…'', Jewel began.

''No! I swear I don't mean it in a creepy way! Again, they may have thought we were going to mate. I do admit, this song is pretty groovy…But also, very, sexual…', Blu cut her off.

''Do you mean humans?'', she asked him in a somewhat rude manner, and said 'humans' with disgust.

''Yes,', he answered.

''So…How long is this song?'', Jewel said, realising they had to endure the intense awkwardness.

''The song is only 3 minutes long, and it only has about two minutes to go…'', Blu answered.

''Okay…So, I guess we're just going to have to sit here…'', Jewel slowly said in acceptance.

''Yeah…So, uh, I'm really sorry about trying to kiss you, honestly.'', Blu apologised sincerely.

''Okay, but why? Why did you try to kiss me?'', Jewel asked. Blu dreaded having to answer the question, but felt he must.

''Well, we were brought here to…'save the species'…'', Blu replied anxiously. Jewel felt a wave of anger sweep over her, but she decided not to respond. She flew away, which was for the best.

Blu just sat there, as the song continued playing. He felt…empty, but also calm. But at the same time, he loved being around her, even if she yells at him, and attacks him, he loved being around another bird. When he lived in Moose Lake, he rarely ever saw other birds, with the exception of Alice and Chloe, who would mock him almost daily. A smile formed on his beak, as he felt happy somehow. Sure, she hated him, but he felt happy around her, and also nervous…very, very nervous. The song drew to a close, and the room was left in silence.

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That wraps up chapter 4. Next chapter will be out soon blabalalblabbalbflaygre0erw rg8g-89re-9ghgrh-

I had to watch this scene on Youtube, and realised the aviary in the film (the room) looks more like a fancy backyard garden than an actual jungle. So pretend the rooms in all my stories are made to look more realistic, rather than the weird stony garden look in the film. Or at least the entrance does. I will re-watch the film today (its 2am), and hopefully I can stop relying on other fanfictions to formulate the scenes.

Also, the 'Uhhhhh...bree?' line is taken from a time when I was acting like an asshole in mini golf, and my dad grabbed me by the shirt and told me to stop ruining it for everyone. I muttered that line in response.

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Until next time, goodbye.