All right, here's chapter three.

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I landed in a tree at the edge of the clearing and looked at the hollow. It seemed to stare back at me unforgivingly. I picked up the papaya and flew to the platform in front of the entrance, where I placed it down. I was about to take off, but turned around. I couldn't help but look inside the hollow. They had their wings around each other, they were hugging, they were sleeping together, it should be me, it should be...

I fought off the urge to scream and hit something out of pure rage, Keep calm, stay calm I thought to myself. Without looking back, I flew off into the jungle and to my new hollow.

I woke up in my hollow a few hours later, realized that I must've fallen asleep because I was so exausted. I slowly got up and streched. Walking outside, I saw another dark storm begin to make its way here from the horizon. I sighed. A storm to match my feelings, I supposed. I stood there, disecting each of my feelings, listing them from most prominent to least prominent.

Anger: Obviously because Jewel cheated on me. Our relationship was going so well too, we were happy...

Sadness: same reasons as anger.

Regret: If I had mated with Jewel, she wouldn't have had doubts about our relationship.

Happiness: Jewel found a bird that was more like her, and if I truly wanted the best for her because I love her, I would not interfere.

I immediatly felt guilty about leaving the fruit at their hollow. I decided to fly over there and get it if they didn't already.

I realized I was too late. I didn't find the papaya at there hollow, It was thrown to the ground at the edge of the clearing, splatered all over the ground. At the entrance to there hollow was a scrap of mango, as though Carlos was telling me, I know what she likes, noob. I was about to leave when a male voice spoke behind me,

"Come to get your ass whooped again, blue boy?" I turned, and saw Carlos the Lear macaw behind me, his wings flapping and his talons ready for action.

"I don't think it's polite to do that in front of your girlfriend,"

"Yeah, well, she isn't here. Maybe she knew you were coming and didn't want to see your ugly face,"

I was used to insults, and I knew how to counteract.

"Yeah, maybe." I spred my wings and took off, flying past him.

"Oooh, going to go cry, aren't you?" He laughed.

I heard the flapping of wings, just like before. I immediatly let my instincts take over me and I considered fighting, but I was no fighter. No, that wasn't the solution.

I tucked my wings to my sides and dove as Carlos reached me. His claws whistled through the air over me, and a new voice called out,

"Blu!" I reconized it at Jewel's as I pulled up and made a break for the trees.

"Carlos, no!" She yelled. I didn't hear anything else, because I had broke through the treeline. My focus immediatly switched from evading attack to dodging through trees. Oh, crap, I only nade things worse. Natually, that was just my luck, by trying to prevent worsening things, I had made it even worse and I also had a feeling that the Lear bastard wouldn't hold back and it would've been quite possible that I didn't make it out of that clearing alive. My back continued throbbing as usual, but I noticed it more. Maybe because I had almost got scratched there again. Tears began flowing down my face as I flew back to my hollow. There was no chance if getting Jewel back anymore, no chance...

For the next few days, I got into somewhat of a routine. My emotions flatened out and I started to not feel a deep depression and confusion when I thought of Jewel. I haven't cried in those days.

One evening, I decided that I should to to a nearby river to my hollow. I flew to it. It was a river that led to a miniature waterfall, where the river momentarily split by a rock and rejoined into one and continued on. I landed near said rock and used one side of the waterfall as a sort of shower. The flow of the river was gentle, so it didn't sting my scratches on my back. They haven't started healing very well, but I didn't care too much. I turned my head and started to preen my back, but pain shot through my back, so I stopped and preened everything else. Just as I finished, I heard the flapping of wings, not just one bird, but two. I ducked behind the waterfall. My feathers were soaked, but I was focused on the light and really dark blue streaks fly towards my position. There was no way my luck was this bad. Don't land here, please don't land here. I repeated to myself in my head. Thankfully, the two traitors landed on the other side of the rock. I was surprised that they were even here, no one was in this area but me, it was a dead zone. But here they were. I cautiously stepped from behind the waterfall. Immediatly, I heard their voices,

"Hmmm... You were right. It is nice here," it was Jewel.

"Yep, quiet, peaceful. No one to see us do this," I only heard silence for a few seconds. I realized that they were kissing. I almost choked up, nearly giving away my position. I slowly emerged from the waterfall, keeping my back to the rock. They sounded really close, as though they were leaning on the other side of it.

"Wow, did I tell you how much of a good kisser you are?" Carlos said seductivly. I wanted to scream. Jewel asked me the exact same thing only a few days ago. She seemed to have remembered, too, because she hesitated.

"What's the matter? Don't believe me?"

"No, no," she replied, suddenly with a nervous edge to her voice, "It's just that... It reminded me of Blu." Yeah, it does, I thought, welcome to my pain.

Carlos sighed, "Honey, you've got to let him go. He left you without a word."

"Yeah, but I really hurt him, what if-"

"He'll find someone else. I promise." I couldn't take it anymore. I flew to the top of the rock, where Carlos immediatly snarled and Jewel gasped. Carlos had Jewel leaning against the rock, pressed against her.

"Wrong river," I said without any emotion. Jewel had tears in her eyes, probably because I looked horrible from the emotional toll I have taken. Carlos on the other hand, looked downright murderous.

"You..."

"Kill me," I said, spreading my wings, leaving me with no defense, "I'll be better off dead." It was true, Jewel took my soul along with my heart, I had nothing to live for. Carlos growled and pounced on me. We landed on the ground right on the edge of the river, where he pinned me to the ground by my neck, strangling me. Jewel suddenly dove at Carlos and tackled him off of me. I slowly stood up, coughing. Jewel was trying to calm Carlos down, but he shoved her to the ground so hard, she was stunned. My head was fuzzy, but he said something like,

"Youshhhtupidhitch!" He then turned to me and attacked, claws ready for the kill. My own speed surprised me as I deflected the strike with my wings and I flapped them once, slicing a counterstrike to his right flank. He howled in pain as my claws made him bleed, but not seriously. I took to the air and flew away, I'm sorry, Jewel. I'm so sorry. I was leaving her with Carlos. Fortunatly, Carlos was too bent on killing me to notice Jewel, and he followed me through the trees, cursing and threatening me, but eventually, he stopped because his wound didn't let him continue. I continued my flight, circling widely back to my hollow. I landed and tucked myself inside.