Blu woke up a bit later than usual, no doubt due to the energy he used the previous night. He looked over at Jewel, once again admiring her sleeping form. He thought about last night, and he blushed. 'Every night' was what Jewel had told him. He smiled and blushed harder at the suggestion. Whatever you want, Jewel, he thought. Then he looked at the thin space between Jewel and the nest. Parenthood... Blu wondered what it was like. He had read about it before back in Minnesota out of curiosity. He'd also read a pretty detailed description of love. However, when he experienced it with Jewel, he found that words could not suffice for a description. It was just so different from how he had imagined it. It was so much more... So much better. Because of this, he took what the article had said with a grain of salt. I wonder what it's really like, he wondered.

Jewel suddenly turned her head toward Blu. She opened her eyes and smiled at him. "Good morning, Blu," she said.

He returned the greeting. "Good morning, Jewel. Did you sleep well?"

Jewel smiled. "Thanks to you, I did," she said suggestively.

"Good to hear it," Blu said before pausing for a second. "I'm gonna go get us some breakfast."

Just as Blu got up and began stretching, Jewel said, "No, Blu. I can get it today."

Blu stopped stretching and looked at her. "Oh. Are... Are you sure?" he asked as he walked closer to the nest.

Jewel got up and answered him as she stretched. "Oh, yeah." She grunted. "I could use the exercise anyway."

"Oh. Well, okay, then. I'll just watch the eggs, then, while you're gone."

"Alright," Jewel agreed as she finished stretching. She gave Blu a quick kiss on the beak and walked toward their den's exit. "I'll be back soon, Blu. I'm gonna go get something different today. Careful with the eggs, okay?"

"I will."

Jewel jumped out, spread her wings for the first time in what felt like forever, and took flight. It felt amazing to have the wind going through her feathers again. She hadn't felt this sense of freedom since she and Blu were released in the wild. It was exhilarating.

Back at the den, Blu looked out as his mate flew into the depths of the forest for their breakfast. He turned around and walked toward the nest. He sat on the eggs. Funny how he seemed to know just how to do it.

"Huh. Looks like I do have some instincts," he said to himself. He was impressed with himself. But as easy as he found it to sit on eggs, he realized something. He had nothing to do. Absolutely nothing. When he figured this out, he felt sorry, more so for Jewel than himself. This was how she had spent the past week? Just sitting here? Nothing else? If only I had something to read... Gah! If only I had brought something for Jewel to read! How could I be so inconsiderate?

Jewel knew she was supposed to be looking for food, but she was too distracted by the joy of being out and about once again after a full week of boredom. It felt incredible! She could fly however fast she wanted and do whatever she wanted without having to worry about the eggs.

The eggs... Would Blu be okay with them? He wasn't exactly the most confident bird in the world, and it's always the diffident ones you have to worry about. Nah, he'll be fine. I believe in him.

"Ah, here's something different!" Jewel said as she spotted a papaya tree in the distance. She could have gotten this closer to home, but she wanted to do some exploring to get as much exercise out of this as she could. She landed on a branch of the tree and stretched to rid herself of any possible leftover stiffness.

"Ah man, that was great. I can't remember the last time I had this much fun!" she said to herself. She looked around at the papayas. "Guess I'll just bring back one of these. Oh, but it's a pretty far flight back..." She looked in the direction she came from. "Nah, I got this!" She told herself with confidence.

Jewel quickly flew up to the best papaya she could find. She got a hold of it with her claws and prepared to clip it from the tree. But a voice stopped her. "Hey!"

Jewel let out a quick gasp. Her heart skipped a beat from the sudden interruption.

The masculine voice continued. "Can you keep it down! Some of us are still a—" He paused. "Cesia? I thought you were going to get some mangos."

"Cesia?" Jewel whispered. She turned around to the tree that the voice emanated from. "I'm sorry, but I—" Jewel stopped when she got a good look at the bird who had yelled at her... This face... It was... She thought she had pushed it out of her memory.

Jewel and the other bird stared at each other for a few seconds, taking in what they were seeing for the first time in years. The other bird was blue, just like her. He wasn't a Hyacinth macaw, though. His plumage was composed of an unbreaking rich blue hue. He was a Spix's macaw, just like her. His name was Santos, Jewel's brother.

But this couldn't be him, Jewel thought. She hadn't seen him in years. Not after...

Santos was the first to make an attempt to break the silence. "Je... Jewel?" He couldn't believe what he was seeing. His sister... After so long...

"Santos?" Jewel said quietly. She could feel her eyes straining, trying to hold back tears. Then she smiled, still on the verge of crying. "Santos!" she yelled, as she darted directly at him.

Santos couldn't even react. He could only stand there and watch as his long-lost sister approached him at high-speed.

Jewel wrapped her wings around her long-lost brother as she tackled him. Santos thanked that he was able to keep his footing, despite the force at which she tackled him.

"Jewel..." he forced out weakly. "Let go..."

Jewel loosened her grip and looked at him. "Sorry." She sniffled. "It's just... It's been so long. Where have you been all this time?"

He looked at her. She hadn't changed at all since he last saw her. His eyes began to tear up. He was glad to know that she was alright after all this time. "I've... I've just been... living. You won't believe how good things have been. You've missed so much..."

"What do you mean?"

Just at that moment, a feminine voice yelled, "Hey!" much like Santos had. Jewel and Santos looked out of the den to see another blue bird, with a mango, flying toward them. Santos quickly broke out of Jewel's embrace.

The blue bird landed in the den. "Don't try to hide it from me! I saw you hugging her! Just who the heck is she?" As she berated Santos, Jewel looked her up and down. She too was completely blue, save for the black beak and feet. She was a Spix's macaw... But how? Her parents were... Was she his mate? But that was impossible. Blu, Santos, and Jewel were the only Spix's macaws left. That question could wait, though.

Santos defended himself. "Celia,"—So this is Celia, Jewel thought.— "this is Jewel. Remember the sister I told you about? This is her."

Celia looked at Jewel. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry. I thought that you were... I thought you were—"

"It's okay. So who are you? Are you his mate?" Jewel asked, trying to make conversation.

"You could say that," Celia said. "I'm also his sister."

...

Jewel's eye's widened. Mate? And sister? Jewel had never been in a more awkward situation. Her brother... With her sis—

"Sister? But I didn't used to have a sister. But then..." Jewel looked at Santos.

"That's what I was going to tell you, Jewel. Our parents are alive and safe."

Jewel didn't know how to react. All she could do was look back and forth at her siblings.

A few moments later, she responded. "This..." She paused. "That's great! Oh, just wait 'til Blu hears about this!"

"Blu?" Santos asked. "Who's that?"

"He's a Spix's macaw just like us. He's— Oh shoot! I'm supposed to be getting food for us! Come on, I'll introduce you to him." Jewel began to run out of the den. Santos and Celia followed.

Blu still sat on the eggs, waiting for his mate to return. She was taking much longer than she should. He was beginning to worry. But he couldn't go looking for her. She'd probably want him to stay with the eggs.

Suddenly, Jewel landed in the den... without any food. "Hey, Blu," she panted. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"It's okay, Jewel. But what took you so long? And where's the food? Did something happen?"

"Oh, something happen alright." Just then, Santos and Celia flew into the den. This caught Blu by surprise. "Blu, this is my my brother, Santos, and my sister, Celia."

Blu's mind immediately got to processing what he had just heard. Siblings? She had never told him about them... But she wouldn't lie to him, he thought, so he scratched that off of the list of possible explanations. Maybe her parents somehow escaped when they were caught...It wasn't impossible for them to have escaped and had two kids. That had to be it, though there was no guarantee that her parents were actually alive.

Santos noticed that Blu was in a nest. He managed to convince himself that the nest was what it was: just a nest. There couldn't be anything in it.

Blu got up from the nest and took a few steps away from it. "Hello, it's nice to meet both of you," he greeted formally.

"Santos, Celia, this is Blu. He's my mate. We had our first eggs yesterday. Wanna see?" Jewel offered, as she walked toward the nest.

Santos couldn't deny it. This bird in front of him... He had... To his sister... He remembered something he thought he'd forgotten about; something he thought he'd pushed into the deepest recesses of his mind. He attacked Blu, tackling him to the floor of the den.

Jewel heard the sudden thud. Before she could turn to the source of the noise, Celia asked in a loud frightened voice, "Santos! What are you doing?"

Jewel looked at Santos. He had one of Blu's wings pinned to the ground with one foot and Blu's throat clenched with the other. Jewel couldn't react. She was to shocked by the sight.

"What did you do to her!" Santos asked loudly.

Blu couldn't respond. All he could do was make pitiful attempts at coughs. He tried knocking Santos off, but Santos just swatted his wing away with ease.

"Santos! Get off of him!" Jewel demanded.

"Santos! Stop it!" Celia repeated.

"Not until he tells me!"

"What!" Jewel asked.

"What he did to you!"

Celia jumped in. "Santos! Get off! He'll suffocate!"

"I don't care what happens! Especially after what he did to Jewel!"

"What are you talking about!" Jewel asked, suspecting what he could be implying.

"Remember what that one guy did to you?" Santos answered, still glaring at Blu.

Disbelief mixed in with Jewel's angry expression. Why would he even talk about that? "He's not like that! You don't know him like I do! NOW GET OFF HIM!" she yelled before lunging toward him. Jewel tackled Santos with as much force as she could. They rolled until they hit the wall of the den.

Blu sat up and coughed a bit, trying to recover all the air he needed.

Santos had hit his head on the wall. This gave Jewel time to stand up. She couldn't hold back, even if he was her long-lost brother. She raised one claw, brought it down on his chest, and made one long, hard swipe down the length of his body. She tore out a few feathers on the way down.

Santos let out an agonizing yell. He couldn't even get up. It just stung so bad...

Jewel kicked him a few times over to Celia, who wore a look of horror. She couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. One second, everyone was fine and friendly; the next, everyone else was either angry at someone or being attacked by someone. "Get out of here!" Jewel ordered.

Celia said nothing. Jewel decided to give her time to respond. Blu was just as shocked by what he had seen. He couldn't say anything.

Celia said nothing. Just as Jewel was about to repeat herself, she heard Santos groan. He pushed himself up with his wings and said, "But... Jewel..."

"GET OUT!"

Santos gave up. He fell back down. He trembled from the pain of the huge scar Jewel had given him.

Without a word, Celia pulled Santos closer to the hollow entrance. She picked him up with her claws, which was a real challenge for her, being barely half his age, and flew off.

Jewel walked closer to the entrance and yelled. "I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Despite her anger, tears rolled from her eyes. "Uuuugggh!" she let out, turning to the nest. She stomped toward it, passed Blu, and sat on the eggs.

Finally recovering from shock, Blu stood up. He sadly looked at Jewel and then outside. To Jewel. Back outside.

What had happened. Jewel was introducing him to her siblings, whom he had no knowledge of. Then... he was attacked. Then... Jewel attacked Santos. How could the atmosphere just change so suddenly? Especially when family was involved... But what bothered him just as much was what Santos had said: "Remember what that one guy did to you?"

He stared at Jewel again for a minute before asking. "Jewel..." He paused for a moment to give himself a chance to reconsider. Would she get mad if he asked? But what did that matter? She was already mad... What he would ask certainly couldn't make her more so. He restarted. "Jewel... What happened?"

"What do you think just happened, Blu?" Jewel replied frustratedly.

"No, Jewel. I mean what did he mean. He said something about 'that one guy'."

Jewel's head visibly moved uncomfortably. "It's nothing, Blu." This was clearly a touchy topic for her. But Blu was determined to find out what had happened to her.

"Jewel, please tell me. I just want to help. I need you to tell me. Please... You never told me you had a brother or a sister. I need to know the truth."

Jewel took a while to give him any sort of response.

Finally, she sighed. "Fine, Blu. I'll tell you everything..."

Just to make things clear, the "out-of-the-blueness" of this chapter is intentional. Blu and Jewel are about as surprised as all of you are.

To BluJet The MacawHawk: I never said that I was going to be using Alice and Chloe. I gave up on that a long time ago. I'm serious this time. I'm not lying like I did about the lemon.

To Ton1546: Thanks.

To Lunyk Stormdragon: An actual review! Thanks.

To Zero2o1o: Nope. Not in this story. This most likely won't change.

To holospartoi258 - Alpha 01: Thank you for understanding me. Yeah, I know it's filler, but I tried to minimize the amount by condensing it into one chapter. Otherwise, I'd have to write seven... long... tedious chapters with pretty much nothing happening. The relationship between them is fine. I was trying to establish that they have sex on a regular basis. Well, they'll try to anyway. I don't think anyone aside from Blu, Jewel, Celia, and Santos will appear anymore.

To DestinyDragon01: I know it seems a bit much, but I was trying to establish that they'll have sex on a regular basis.

To NoRemorse81: I DO understand that people want to read the next chapter, but what THEY need to understand is that these things take TIME and EFFORT. Would you rather have a few decently-sized, well-written chapters or a ton of short, poorly written chapters?

To Lazy Reviewer: Thanks for your review. Also thanks for understanding.

To Dmitri The Soviet Spix Macaw: Okay... Why? Don't answer this in your review. Talk about THIS chapter.

To somerandom96: Ummm... How?

To Kutiel: Glad to hear that I was able to keep you up.

To BluJet The MacawHawk: I do not have a favorite chapter. She will not "have her own bed" again anytime soon. They have eggs to keep warm.

To Angel of Light 867: Why is that people can't seem to tell me what was good or bad about the chapters I write? No, Nigel will not make a return.

To FanficReader1234: Detail...

To BluJet The MacawHawk: This is not a review or a comment. It is irrelevant to the story.

To Zero2o1o: I will admit, that was the original plan. I have scrapped it. I will imply it, but never TRULY confirm it.

To BluJet The MacawHawk: Again. Detail...