Jewel and Blu tiredly smiled at each other. They finally got the kids to go to sleep. After an hour of insanity, the kids grew tired. Aurora was the last to go to sleep. Blu chuckled.

"I thought we would never get them to sleep. We are not going back with Linda for a third night in a row. I should've known better. She always give them sweets."

"I know. Who knew Elena would get the craziest after drinking a cookie dough ice cream milkshake."

"Well, Aurora and her sister were sharing. Aurora might have drunken a little while Elena had the rest."

"True," said Jewel.

She looked down and looked at all four of her chicks.

"They're so beautiful."

"Yes," smiled Blu, "but-"

Jewel narrowed her eyes at Blu.

"But what?"

"Well…uh…I was just going to say that Aurora's appearance seems mysterious…in a good way."

Jewel looked down. Instead of one solid shade of blue like her siblings, the child had two shades of blue working for her.

"Well, she's just differently beautiful."

"But Jewel, I'm worried about her."

Jewel half-closed her eyes.

"You worry about everything and then it turns out to be not a big deal."

"But I just have a feeling. Call it instincts."

"Don't stress about it. Aurora will be fine."

Blu nodded and faced his new daughter. Something in the back of the head told him otherwise. The short conversation with mirrored Blu had always been in the back of his head. He faced Jewel and looked into her eyes. It seemed she was a little annoyed by the conversation they just had. He figured he should just drop it for now.

"We should go to sleep," advised Blu as his eyes fell down on the kids.

He looked at all of them and noticed something wrong. Aurora was shivering. It wasn't just a little one. It looked like she was sick. Worried, Blu picked her up and cuddled her in his wings. Jewel looked at her.

"What's wrong?" she asked in concern. "Is she sick?"

Jewel placed a wing on her forehead. There seemed to be no fever.

"No fever."

"Probably it was the cold or a nightmare."

"She's sleeping with us."

Blu and Jewel walked over to their sleeping spot of the tree den and placed Aurora in the middle of them. They noticed her feathers glowed a little bit, but they concluded it was just the moonlight. The two parents kissed each other goodnight and went to sleep.

Aurora woke up at the first break of dawn. She noticed that she was the first to have her eyes opened. She looked around and realized she was sleeping next to Blu and Jewel. Her siblings were a little on the other side of the den. She didn't know why, but she guessed Mama and Papa just loved her more. Her stomach rumbled. She didn't want to wake up her parents, but she needed food. She stood up and shook her mother.

"Mama. Mama."

Blu lazily opened his eyes. He had heard Aurora calling for Jewel, but his mate was probably too exhausted from yesterday. He yawned and stood up. He walked over to Aurora. Aurora stopped shaking her mother and faced her father.

"Papa," she said happily.

"Aurora, what are you doing up so early?"

"I'm hungry."

"Hungry?"

Blu yawned.

"Can't it wait?"

"But that's not responsible."

"What do you mean?"

"You're my papa. I'm your daughter. Aren't you a bad parent if you ignore me?"

"I am not ignoring you."

"Then why won't you feed me?"

Blu scratched his head and sighed.

"Fine. I'll be back with food."

Blu was starting to flap his wings when Aurora stopped him.

"Wait. I wanna come."

"No. You have to stay here."

"But why?"

"Because I said so."

"Yeah, but I want to choose breakfast today."

"Aurora, you know I always bring food that you like."

"Kind of. No offense Papa, but I only eat some fruit because I know you worked so hard to get it. Like the banana you brought. Yuck. That was all mushy and gross."

Blu sighed.

"Your mother is going to fuss about it later, but okay."

Aurora beamed.

"Just stick with me and do what you're told. You promise?"

"Wingtip promise."

Aurora had never gone deeper into the jungle. She had always either gone to the nearby river to take a bath or fly above the jungle to go to Rio. This was all too exciting for her. She flapped her wings and flew out of the tree den. Blu flew by her side. The two soared into the depths of the jungle. Aurora's eyes scanned the area around her, absorbing its beauty.

"Papa, it's so beautiful."

Blu smiled. The jungle was beautiful. The nature reminded him of the forests in the United States. They looked so wonderful and breathtaking. The trees, the colorful flowers, the unpaved ground, the glittering water, the morning sun. It was seen as the Creator had left it. He landed on a tree with some jaca on it. Aurora landed beside him.

"Jaca?"

"Yes, your sister and younger brother like jaca."

"I thought they liked blackberries."

"Well, they also like jaca."

Blu looked at the fruit and picked a readied one. He clipped it off using his beak and grabbed it with his wings.

"One down; three more to go."

"Why three? Elena and Leoncio don't like to share."

"They do, but not when it comes to blackberries."

"What's so wonderful about it?"

They took to the skies as Blu held onto the fruit with his feet. Aurora looked at him.

"Wow, Papa, you're strong."

"Thank you, Aurora."

"But isn't Mama stronger than you?"

Blu thought.

"Mama is…um…more aggressive. That's how she strong."

"Aggressive? You mean when she mad, she becomes the Incredible Hulk?"

Blu nodded. The two birds flew through the trees until Blu dove down. Aurora followed him. He found a jumbo leaf and pulled the weak stem of. He placed the fruit on it after it fell to the ground. He folded the ends together like how the imaginary stork did it and carried it with his feet. He once again flew above the ground. Aurora followed him. They collected a mango and a pear-shaped fruit when Aurora asked something.

"Papa, um, can we get some nuts?"

"Nuts? Alright."

They flew around some more and found a tree filled with Brazil Nuts. He flew around the tree and picked out one with a weak shell. He asked Aurora to pull it off. With all her might, she pulled it off. The strength she applied became stored energy when she tugged on the seed. When she finally pulled it off, she flew back, hitting Blu's chest. The impact caused Blu to let go of the leaf held by his feet. Breakfast splattered on the ground. The only thing that didn't get too dirty was the nut. Aurora looked at her papa with guilty eyes.

"I'm sorry, Papa."

Blu decided to let it go and sighed.

"It's okay. I just have to remember where we got the food."

Aurora smiled.

"I know where. I me-mor-ized the places we went to. We only flew for about twenty minutes, so everything is close by. It'll take us less time this round than what we did right now."

Blu looked at her daughter unsurely.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Papa. Trust me. I'm smart."

Blu scratched his head. Being smart didn't necessarily mean you memorized places, but he figured he should trust his daughter.

"Alright. Lead the way."

Aurora smiled. Before she led the way, she looked down.

"Um, Papa? Aren't you going to get the leaf?"

Blu looked down and saw that the leaf and the nut were fine. He flew down to pick them up. The nut rocked on the center of the leaf. Aurora nodded her head and took off. Blu followed her.

Blu was still unsure of Aurora's skills. Presumably because he thought she was still too young. Not even Jalin could have the confidence to say he knew where things were. He followed her, and sure enough, he was stunned to see she was right. They reached the tree where the pear-shaped fruit was.

"See, Papa? I was right."

Blu smiled and faced Aurora.

"You were. You're very smart. You might grow up to be smarter than me."

"I don't know about that Papa, but I can say I'll be smarter than Jalin. He and I are only a year apart so it's more likely."

Jewel waited and waited as Blu and Aurora were still on their hunt for breakfast. The kids were behind her, coloring on the computer paper Blu brought. Leoncio looked at his brother's picture. It was an architectural picture of a three-dimensional soccer ball. He then peeked at his sister's picture. It was an artistic rose. He looked back at his picture. It was what appeared to be a crooked head of a stick figure. Jalin looked at his brother's drawing.

"Who is that supposed to be?"

"Can't you tell?"

Jalin shook his head.

"It's Chuck Norris."

Jalin tried so hard not to laugh. He formed the smile that almost caused him to laugh, but he kept it in.

"Dude, if Chuck Norris saw that, he would beat you up."

"No, he wouldn't. He will say, 'Good job, Leoncio. An artist like you should draw me all the time'."

Jalin couldn't contain his laughter and fell to the floor laughing. Jalin huffed.

"Mama! Jalin's making fun of my picture of Chuck Norris."

Jewel groaned and faced the two brothers.

"Jalin, why are you making fun of your brother?"

Jalin stood up and whipped the tear away from his eye.

"Because he claims to be an artist."

"An artist? Mejo, can I see the picture?"

Leoncio handed the picture to Jewel. She examined it for a while before replying.

"Well, it looks good…in its own way. You got my artistic skills, Mejo."

"Oh," said Leoncio. "You can't draw either."

Jewel's smile dropped. She looked at the picture.

"Well, this is better than what I can do."

"Then you draw."

"Um… Maybe next time."

"C'mon, Mama. It will make me feel better about myself."

"Well…I…"

Jewel looked back and saw Blu and Aurora entering the tree den. She faced Leoncio.

"Oh, look. Breakfast."

"But Mama…"

"C'mon. Let's eat."

Jewel dropped the picture and walked to Blu. Jalin and Elena also walked to Blu. Leoncio looked down at the picture.

"If Chuck Norris was here, he would beat the crap out of Jalin with his Chuck Fu," whispered Leoncio.

He walked over to his father. Blu was explaining to an upset Jewel on why he took Aurora.

"She wanted to come."

"And? Blu, she could've gotten in danger."

"What? You don't trust my fighting abilities?"

"…I do, but…other birds don't. She could've been picked up by any predator."

"But I wasn't," said Aurora. "I know the jungle is dangerous, but Papa is strong. He's probably not as strong as you, because you're the Incredible Hulk."

"The Incredible Hulk?" wondered Jewel. "That green monster! Blu!"

"Why do you instantly yell at me?"

"You're the only one, besides Aurora, into that Marvel superhero thing, you geeky bird," she replied with her eyes half-closed.

Blu thought about it.

"Hey, superhero comics are good and a lot of people read them."

"Those people are called geeks," said Jalin. "I mean they have Comic-con, where all the geeks assemble."

"Not all the geeks go there."

"Yes, they do. And those who don't watch it on the internet besides trying to find a date online."

"That's probably why Papa took forever to date Mama," said Leoncio in a way like he solved a grand mystery. "He was to busy trying to get to Comic-con instead of dating Mama."

"Wow, Papa," said Elena. "Mama's right. You're such a nerd bird."

"Well...um... I...um," He paused before continuing. "Anyways, Jewel, you should've been there. Aurora is very smart in her visual remembrance. The food was dropped, but she remembered every exact tree the fruit was on. She might be the little Einstein."

Only Jalin knew about Albert Einstein. Blu had always called him very smart, but he never referred him to a famous scientist. He narrowed his eyes at Aurora. Aurora noticed him and tried not to make eye contact with him. She looked at her sister and other brother. They also had their eyes narrowed. At first, she thought why, but she concluded that it was because she went on the morning run with Blu. Her siblings probably never went with Papa to get breakfast. She slowly hid behind Blu.

"Alright. Let's eat."

Leoncio, Jalin, and Elena sat on one side of the leaf while Jewel and Blu sat on the other side. Afraid, Aurora sat next to Jewel. As she reached for some the nut, she felt the cold stares of her siblings. She quickly pulled the nut off the leaf and tapped Jewel's wing.

"Mama, can you open it for me?"

Jewel smiled at her.

"Sure."

As Jewel open the nut for her daughter, the other chicks slowly munched on the fruit, staring at Aurora. It was strike two in Elena's count. Jalin and Leoncio both had three strikes on her.