The Moment of Truth

After spending several hours of singing and dancing at the Samba Club, Blu and Jewel were now worn down from the day's romantic excitement that Blu himself had just for the two of them. However, it did not stop the male spix macaw from looking forward to the moment when he was to propose to her. Still, with atmosphere in the Samba Club beginning to die down, Blu held Jewel by both wings, kissed her forehead and rubbed her back.

"Jewel, I see that you look pretty tired" sweetly said Blu looking at his cerulean girlfriend.

"That's because I am a little tired from all this excitement you planned for me." Jewel said in a very exhausted manner as her body was starting to wear down from a day of fun and excitement. Then, she rested her head on Blu's neck. "Blu, can we go somewhere we can like relax now?" she asked.

"That is where we are about to go now" smiled Blu as he continued to cradle his girlfriend in his wings.

Jewel was suddenly puzzled by what Blu had just said to her that things were starting to make sense to her based on Blu's most recent behavior in the past few days. "Is Blu bringing me to a place where we could be romantic together or something?" Jewel thought questionably in her mind. Then, Jewel looked at boyfriend for one moment who was still acting loving towards her. "So where is this relaxing place you are about to take me too?" she asked.

"You will see honey" replied Blu kissing Jewel's right cheek. "It's a very special place that means so much to you and I, but I can't tell you what it is or where it is because it's really a surprise" he explained.

As the couple began to depart from the Samba Club to catch the next trolley, a young voice began to suddenly echo throughout the club. The voice was heard to loud that everyone there stopped singing and dancing just to study who was in the presence of the club. They all knew that it could not be an adult animal for adults would never have such a young voice, so they knew that it could have been made by a young chick.

"Mr. Blu!" yelled Carlos, one of Rafael's 18 rambunctious chicks, as he flew downward, ripping the cloth that served as the club's roof, breaking some decorations along the way before landing on Blu in the stomach. Then, the little toucan hybrid began to violently pick on Blu's feathers.

"Mr. Blu, Mr. Blu, I hear that you want to marry Jewel" shouted little Carlos at Blu. "When are you going to propose to her?" he asked excitedly.

"I…I…I…I.." nervously said Blu to his young friend as he turned his to see if Jewel had accidentally heard what Carlos had just asked him only to see that Jewel was thankfully out of the club during the little toucan's aerial attack. With the relief that Jewel was out of the Samba Club, Blu took a deep breath for one moment before fully replying to Carlos' questing regarding the proposal "I plan to propose to Jewel tonight" he replied calmly before the little toucan began to grab onto the male spix macaw's tail feathers.

"Carlos, what are you doing at the Samba Club?" yelled Blu's friend Rafael who had been chasing his mischievous son all day only to find attacking Blu like he was along with the siblings the first day he and Blu first met.

"I was just going to see Mr. Blu since he's going to ask Ms. Jewel is she would marry him tonight Daddy" answered Carlos in a very innocent manner to his toco toucan father.

For one moment, Rafael studied the entire perimeter of the Samba Club to make sure that Jewel was not in the club because if Jewel was there, then it could have ruined everything for Blu. However, Jewel managed to escape Carlos' crazed antics when he attacked Blu and that for Rafael himself, was such a huge relief. Then, he faced his son in an angry manner. "You are lucky that Ms. Jewel was not in the club when you asked Mr. Blu that question" he said.

Then, Jewel flew back to Blu to see if he was okay for Carlos' aerial attack on him. She would come to find him knocked down from Carlos picking on his feathers. "Blu are you okay?" she asked.

"I'm…I'm….I'm fine Jewel" wheezed Blu as he tried to pick himself up.

"I hear that Carlos the piranha of a toucan asked you something about me if I'm correct?" asked Jewel in a puzzled fashion.

Blu knew that Jewel may have heard what Carlos asked him about the proposal even though Jewel escaped the attack. Still, he did not want to ruin the proposal and wanted everything to be perfect despite the fact that Carlos almost ruined everything for him.

"Carlos was just asking me how our date went" lied Blu.

"Okay" said Jewel. "Even though I doubt that Carlos was asking you about the date" she then said.

Then, Carlos walked in between the spix macaw couple and went up to Jewel for one moment. "Ms. Jewel, I did asked Mr. Blu how his date went with you" lied Carlos as he tried to cover up the situation for Blu.

"He really did" Jewel asked Carlos.

"Yes he did and he told me how you guys danced to beautiful music, dedicated songs to each other, and even sang romantic songs to one another" explained Carlos. "Ms. Jewel, I think you and Mr. Blu had a great time expressing your love for each other".

"Awe that is so sweet of you to say that about my date with Mr. Blu" smiled Jewel at the little toucan. She then turned her attention to a trolley that was picking up at fruit market and knew that it was time for her and Blu to leave the Samba Club for their next destination that Blu had in mind for the both of them. "Oh heavens, it looks like it's time for us to leave" said Jewel.

"Okay sweetie" smiled Blu.

As Blu and Jewel were about to take off, Carlos stood next to his father who was waiting for him to apologize to Blu for attacking him and for taking off from his family's hollow.

"Mr. Blu, I am so sorry for attacking you earlier" Carlos said to Blu apologizing to toco toucan friend.

"Apology accepted kido!" exclaimed Blu as he and Jewel flew to the top of the trolley that was about to take to their next destination.

"Bye Blu, bye Jewel" said Rafael. "Hope you guys have a great evening" he said, but not before turning to Carlos for one moment. "Carlos, you have a lot of explaining to do for taking off on me like that!" he yelled to his son.

…..

As the evening began to approach the beautiful city of Rio De Janerio, Blu and Jewel began to enjoy the sun setting on the horizon while the trolley where they were sitting on top of passed by the cherry trees that first greeted them when they were on their way to Luiz's garage to get the chain that would eventually bring them together two months early.

"Wow, what a beautiful sunset" said Jewel lovingly putting her wings around Blu.

"I know right" smiled Blu as he caressed his girlfriend.

Then suddenly, Blu broke into a sweet song that would remind Jewel of the sun itself.

Golden Sun when you rise,

You let your light shine on me

Shine on me throughout the day

So that way I know that you are here.

But when you have to set at dusk,

Will you tell me what tomorrow brings?

If you do, show me your light, cause then I will

Know that you'll be here the next day.

Jewel smiled as she admired her boyfriend's musical lyrics. The last harmonious notes of the song died away with the breeze and for Jewel, Blu's song about the sun rising at dawn and setting at dusk made the dark blue male spix macaw to be a little romantic by heart despite the fact that he was socially awkward. "Blu that is such a beautiful song you just sang there" smiled Jewel.

"Thank you so much Jewel" blushed Blu. "It's a song Linda used to sing when she was in kindergarten".

"For a human kiddy song about the sun, it sounds very sweet while you singing it makes you sound like a natural-born romantic" cooed Jewel as she cuddled next to Blu. Then, she pulled him downward and looked at him in a very romantic manner. "Consider this kiss as a thank you token for everything you had planned at the Samba Club despite little Carlos trying to ruin everything for you" she said as she laid Blu down, embraced him before giving his a passionate kiss.

After that little make out session, Blu got up and felt all lovey-dovey after being kissed by Jewel. "Gee, Jewel being happy about the fact that we are in love with each other has given me a lot of reasons to look forward to the proposal tonight" He thought as he continued to gaze into the sapphire eyes of his girlfriend.

…

Meanwhile at the tree house, the night began to display the starry covered skies that shined like diamonds, with the moonlight shining over the tree house like a light on a stage. There, Nico, Pedro, Rafael, Eva, their eighteen chicks, and their bulldog friend Luiz, continued to make final preparations for Blu's proposal.

"These roses that are hanging around will set the mood for them!" declared Nico as he continued to hag the roses all around columns of the tree house.

"Hanging the roses around the columns will make the proposal be very romantic" approved Eva observing the yellow canary decorating the tree house.

Pedro was setting up the table for Blu and Jewel by covering it with a red table cloth before placing some orchid petals at its center and then, placing two candles on the table and lighting them up. "The table is done" said Pedro looking at his creation that would fulfill Blu's wishes. "Now, I think we should add some fruit to the table just so, they could have something fill their little macaw bellies with".

While Nico and Pedro spent their time decorating the tree house for the proposal, their bulldog friend Luiz, helped Rafael make an orchid bouquet that Blu would give to Jewel as a token of his eternal love for her.

"Here are some orchids I found that could serve as an engagement bouquet for Jewel" smiled Luiz looking at the orchids he had found at local garden. "I think she will like them and Heaven knows it for sure bro".

Rafael looked at the orchids for one moment and with delight, the middle-aged toco toucan gave Luiz his approval on the orchids. "This is just what Blu wanted for the proposal" he said with delight.

"Great" said Luiz. "Now let's tie the orchids together then".

So Luiz and Rafael tied the purple orchids together to form a beautiful bouquet that had a blue bow tie at the center.

Just as everyone finished with the final preparations, everyone heard Blu and Jewel talking as they were flying towards the tree house.

"Quick everyone, Blu and Jewel are coming and we better hide or we would spoil it for them" declared Nico. He then, left the velvet blue box containing the engagement ring in the middle of the table before hiding away with the rest of the group. Nico then, turned to the Samba Club's band to begin playing romantic music in order to set the mood for the spix macaw couple when they arrive at the tree house.

And before long, Blu and Jewel had arrived at the tree house where they spent their first night together after escaping the smugglers in the city. The couple was awed by all the decorations and the lit-up candles that had lightened up the wooden man-made structure while the sweet music gave it a loving mood.

"Blu, did you plan this all along?" asked Jewel "Because I think you have been up to something if you have been planning this romantic retreat for the both of us".

At this point now, Blu could no longer lie to Jewel about his most recent behavior for she is in the presence of his romantic vision that he had shared with his friends who then, made it all happen in this single tree house. "Yes Jewel, I have been up to something lately that I have been keeping secret from you because…"explained Blu before getting lost in words. Then, he eyed the little candle lit table that Pedro had set up for him and Jewel before looking at Jewel for a second time. "Oh dear, I think we should set down and have some dinner for the night is young after all" said Blu making up for his loss in words from what he was about to explain to his girlfriend.

"That's great sweetie" cooed Jewel kissing Blu on his right cheek.

So the spix macaw couple went over to the table to sit down and have dinner together, which was consisted of various fruits such as pineapples, berries, and mangos. The couple would spend the next thirty minutes fasting on the fruits until there were none left.

"Wow that was such a great dinner" complimented Jewel "Did you plan this all along?" she asked.

"Yeah it was" awkwardly smiled Blu "but what I have in mind was more than just dinner at the place where we spent our first night together" he then said.

"What is this do you have in mind then?" asked Jewel.

Blu then grabbed the blue velvet box and placed it at his side before gently placing his left wing on Jewel while he retrieved the note he gave to Nico and Pedro to hold on to until the big night. The note was kept in the middle of the table just like the little box was. Then, he opened the note and began to speak.

"Jewel, the last couple of months have proven to be the most difficult times of my life. I have come 6,000 miles from the Minnesota bookshop that I have called home for the past fifteen years to Brazil where I was expected to mate with you. However, at first, I was not really sure if we would ever be a couple, because we were two different birds with two completely different life experiences, and saw the world different from each other. In a twisted moment, we both got captured and chained to each other before we embarked on a journey that was originally supposed to get us unchained and go our separate ways. During this journey however, we discovered that we had feelings for each other and over time, we got closer to each other than we ever thought we would. Then, your wing broke and when you feel off that plane, I jumped off to save your life, promising you that I would never let you go only for you to kiss me, and giving me the power to fly for the first time in my life" Blu sweetly explained to Jewel reading his paper. "To be honest, although we have only known each other for just a couple of months, I have never met such a bird who would give me the power to fly and give me a reason to believe in myself. I want to spend the rest of my life with you not because we have to save our kind, but because we love each other and want to be together for life".

Then, Blu got the little blue velvet box in his left wing before opening it and getting down on one knee to pop the question.

"Jewel, will you marry me?" asked Blu.

A happily shocked Jewel studied the ring for one moment. It was surrounded by white diamonds and had a sapphire crystal in its center. It was in fact the most beautiful ring she had ever seen. Then, she looked at Blu, her boyfriend, for one moment and smiled at him before answering his question.

"Yes, Yes Yes!" cheered Jewel as she jumped on him to give him a passionate kiss.

"Thank you, Jewel" happily gasped Blu.

Then Blu, saw the orchid bouquet that laid on the table and Blu managed to grabbed the bouquet while he was being kissed by Jewel. "Here's a bouquet for you honey" cooed Blu to his new fiancé.

"You got me orchids"? Asked Jewel "Awe, thank you very much, they are so beautiful" she said before pulling her dark blue fiancé into another passionate kiss.

Pretty soon their friends heard Jewel's cheerful reply to Blu's question and began to appear from the bushes where they were hiding so they would not spoil anything.

"She said yes!" declared Rafael.

"Now we all got a wedding to look forward to" cheered Luiz.

"I think our efforts to help Blu propose to Jewel have paid off" smiled Nico.

"They sure did" Pedro nodded.

"I'm so happy to hear that they are going to get married soon" smiled Eva.

So the friends all watched Blu and Jewel celebrate their engagement as they continued to awe at the moment and look forward to a wedding.

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The Golden Sun song was made by me in response to a review that suggests that I should come up with an original fan song. I would like to thank Kraft58 for helping me improve my writing skills when it comes to this fanfic. So get ready, because the next chapters are all going to be about Blu and Jewel planning their wedding.