Another fast update, I am sure you are all happy about that. Anyway I need to stress something to all of you. I have multiple stories to finish until I can begin a sequel to my favourite Movie and Favourite could. I know you will all be a little upset about that but I have to give my other readers priority aswell but I promise I will complete this story first before I do that. I know I mentioned this last chapter but I am saying it again so I know everyone understands.

Chapter 17: Problems

Blu and Jewel have been sticking to their plan of severing contact with the family much to Jewels idea because of what Jonas did to Blu, She had hoped they would accept him for what he was but they made their choice by deciding to have a problem with it and thus cannot forgive him for attacking her mate. So she wants all of them to stay away and Blu is going along with because they can't accept him for who he is either and for the obvious fact that he will support Jewel as much as he can.

The Family have not attempted yet to try to talk to them because they want to process everything that has happened and the fact that Jewel is in no mood to listen to their reasons and apologies to what Jonas did and how they are having trouble accepting Blu's past. No one has seen Jollo for the past 3 days now and everyone is wondering what has happened to him.

In Jonas's Hollow…

Jonas has been annoyed by what he did to Blu has been less active in the last 3 days as he is still hesitating to accept Blu's past but also by the fact he lashed out at Blu but glad Jewel stopped him before he could do any real harm to Blu. He wishes he can go and take it all back and make it up to Blu and Jewel but he knew that wasn't happening anytime soon as long as the current situation remained.

Azura has been worrying if they will ever see Jewel, Blu and her grandchildren and even get to meet them. She is still mad at Jonas for attacking Blu and has rarely talked to Jonas ever since as she doesn't know what to do. Pearl and Cortez are the only ones who are able to keep the family together as relations between their Mom and Dad are straining thin as it is. Cortez is looking for a way to fix all of this. "How are we going to fix this Pearl"? He said as Pearl was lying against him in a sibling hug "I have no idea how, Mom and Dad are both in pieces and Jewel doesn't want to talk".

Pearl looked to her Dad who was lying on the side of the Hollow thinking to himself, she walked up to him "So how are you going to fix this Dad". Jonas just shuck his head "I don't know Pearl, Jewel won't speak to me and I don't know what to do as your mother won't speak to me, Your Mom was always able to help me do things right but since she isn't speaking to me I don't know what to do. It's hopeless; because of me our family will fall apart."

Pearl was upset to see her Dad wasn't in his usual spirits and pretty much an Emotional wreck. Pearl decided to talk to her Mom. She found her sitting on a branch outside of their hollow looking off into the distance thinking to herself. Pearl and Cortez approached her and spoke to her "Mom what are we going to do." Azura turned around with a tear in her eye "I don't know, Jonas has never been aggressive before, I have never seen him be Angry. I'm too scared to talk to him as I don't feel safe with him next to me anymore; I don't know what to do. Jewel won't speak to us either so I just feel lost."

She looked back into the distance and Pearl was starting to shed a tear as she has never seen her mother or father like this before. Cortez could see she was crying and decided to give her a hug as she cried in his chest "Hey, Hey, Don't worry, we will figure something out, do you know why." Pearl looked at him with her starting to shed a tear of her own. "Me and you sis we make a great team and when have we ever failed to succeed achieving what we need to do".

Pearl smiled as Cortez wiped that tear away from her eye, Pearl then gave him another hug "Thanks Bro, I needed that Pep talk" Pearl then gave Cortez a kiss on the cheek which surprised Cortez at first before she spoke "Come on then lets fix this problem".

Meanwhile at Blu and Jewel's Hollow…

Blu and Jewel were living their lives just like they were before Jewel's family found her. It was somewhere around under a week now before the eggs hatch and their children are born. They were both getting very excited as they knew the time was close for them both to experience parenthood.

However Blu couldn't get it out of his mind that Jewel wasn't happy about cutting ties with her family but he didn't want to bring it up as she might get annoyed. He however forgives Jonas for attacking him but as he isn't one to hold a grudge but as long as they can't accept his past he will agree with Jewel as he doesn't want them to keep being hesitant about him.

He spoke to Jewel "How long do you think before our little ones hatch" Jewel smiled at him as she was in the nest "If I remember correctly about what Rafael said I believe it is about less then a week now but they can hatch at any moment now so we must be prepared for that moment". Blu smiled as he sat next to her "Not long now, just a few more days". Jewel smiled in agreement "And then our next adventure begins" Blu was confused "What do you mean by that".

Jewel spoke in response "the adventure of raising our children." Blu smiled as he should have known what she mean't "Oh I understand now" Jewel giggled as she knew h should have known "Are you losing some of your intelligence" Blu argued "No I am just being clumsy in my mind, there is a difference you know" Jewel giggled again while leaning her head against him with their beaks almost touching as she whispered seductively to him "Yep and you are my clumsy bird" Blu blushed by the comment as she whispered another line seductively "And my bird that I share a very special moment alone with" Blu couldn't resist blushing madly from that as she leaned forward and brought their beaks together into a make out session, having a number of kisses before they separate "Do you always have to mention that" Jewel replied "Of course I need to because you are my mate and mates sometimes talk about it".

Blu shuck his head "Well do you know why I don't talk about it" Jewel curiously looked at him "Because I do it instead" Jewel giggled "I think I can agree with that". Blu grinned at her "That is what I thought". Jewel then grinned at him "feeling a little feisty are we" Blu continued to grin at her "You read my mind". They shared another kiss before Jewel decided it was time to get to a start today "Blu could you get some mango, and as usual I will take care of the eggs."

Blu nodded to her as he went to the entrance and took off from the hollow. Jewel thought something in her head "I hope they don't approach him as they already did enough damage". Blu made his way towards the mango tree, when he arrived the immediately begun grabbing to mango's one with each claw, birds can have difficulty in doing that but not Macaws. As Blu had gripped both of them and prepared to head back "Hey Blu" Blu looked to his right to see Cortez coming, Blu narrowed his eyes as he knew there was a possibility of trouble.

Cortez landed next to him "We need to talk Blu" Blu just turned back "If you here to plead about Jonas then don't worry, I forgive him for attacking me but if he isn't able to accept me because of my past, there isn't a point of talking because I don't want to keep being second-guessed and shunned by the family" Cortez then shuck his head "Look as you already know our family has had a bad history with pets, because One day we decided to visit a city, It wasn't this one and while we were taking in the sites two pet birds attacked Jollo because He was a bird who lived in the forest as they thought we were filth. Jollo managed to escape before we had to get involved, the birds gave chase but when they saw all of us they flew away."

Blu now knew why they would be hesitant against Pets but he still wasn't happy "I can understand now but like I said if you are all worried about my past there isn't a point of talking" Cortez decided to reveal something "Look Blu at first I was hesitant but then I realised from what Dad told me that you were smuggled so It wasn't your choice to be one and second you are in the wild now with all of us and Jewel loves you so that is why I don't have a problem with you past, and If Jewel loves you as she hates pets then you must be different as well."

Blu smiled at Cortez "Well at least one of you is willing to accept me for who I am and who I was." Cortez then said "Pearl aswell but she is looking for Jollo" Blu go confused "Why is she" Cortez answered him "Because we haven't seen him for 3 days now, after Dad told us about what happened". Blu got worried about that as he knew whatever Jollo is doing it has got to involve him someway as he remembered that he threatened him "Well I'm sure she will find him." Cortez extended a wing to him for which Blu accepted and shared a wing shake as a way of starting over and forgetting but he would still need Jonas and Azura to see him first "Well I can forgive Jonas for what he did but convincing Jewel will be a challenge as she is still mad at him for attacking me. But I understand because I would feel the same if someone attacked her" Cortez nodded "I understand, Jewel probably felt that Dad was trying to take control and decide things for her or something similar and attacking you made her angry".

Cortez spoke again "So may I see Jewel as she needs to know how everyone else feels". Blu nodded "Okay but you better be ready to explain to her before she gets the wrong idea." Cortez nodded as Blu took off with the Mango is tow followed by Cortez heading for the Hollow.

But what they didn't realise is they were being watched by a figure in the shadows "Great now you are turning Cortez against us, you will pay for tearing our family apart Blu". The figure came out to be revealed as Jollo who was slowly eyeing them leave towards the hollow, however before he could he heard a voice "Jollo where have you been" Jollo turned around to see Pearl coming and landing next to him "I have been looking for you". Jollo thought to himself "I don't have time for this". He turned to Pearl "I have been thinking to myself for a while". Pearl looked at him confused "About what"

Jollo answered him "About what Dad told us" Pearl looked down before answering him "Me and Cortez have decided to accept Blu for what he is and what he used to be, but Mom and Dad are upset at the moment, Mom is scared of Dad a little as he has never been aggressive and Dad is upset for attacking Blu and making Jewel angry, but they are still trying to accept his Past because off what happened to you."

Jollo nodded "I am going to make sure what happened to me in the past won't happen to Jewel" Pearl looked at her confused "What do you mean" Jollo explained "I will make sure Blu can't hurt Jewel" Pearl looked at him shocked "No he won't hurt her, Jollo you are letting what happened in the past go to your head". Jollo looked at her angrily "Or maybe you have all forgotten what happened to me in the past, those pets could have killed me and one is with Jewel right now, it is going to happen again but to Jewel and I won't let it happen".

Pearl looked afraid as he angrily stared at her "Blu isn't a pet anymore, so how can it happen" Jollo shouted at her "WAS OR WASN'T DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, HE IS A PET AND I WILL STOP HIM FROM HURTING JEWEL" Pearl then shouted back " YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT JEWEL, YOU ONLY WANT TO HURT BLU" Jollo snapped and punched Pearl in the face knocking her out cold. Jollo spoke "I can't let you get in the way sister, I must stop Blu". Jollo then picked her sister up and placed her in an unused hollow next to him. Jollo turned around and thought to himself "He has made my family forget what beast's pets are but I will stop him". After that Jollo took off heading in off into the shadows.

Meanwhile with Blu and Cortez…

Blu was about to enter the Hollow followed by Cortez but he stopped and said "Be ready because she may go mad as Jonas told you." Blu then entered the hollow first "Hey Jewel I am back". Jewel smiled "Hello Meu Amor" Blu smiled as he set the mango's to one side before speaking "Listen Jewel we need to talk". Jewel looked to him "What do we need to talk about". Blu corrected her "Oh not with me, with him." As soon as he said it Cortez entered the hollow.

Jewel immediately glared at him "What do you want Cortez". Cortez quickly answered "Before you think I am here to, I am not here to plead Mom and Dad's case" Jewel quickly calmed down and spoke "Okay so if you have a problem with Blu then just go" Cortez shuck his head "Look I don't have a problem with Blu, we have known him for nearly a month now and I got to say, he is like a nerdy brother to me". Both Blu and Jewel smiled by that before Blu said sarcastically "Oh Thanks" as he called him nerdy too. "You're welcome, anyway Jewel, if you love Blu then that is all the reason I need to accept him for who he is and was."

Jewel smiled at him as he didn't have a problem "But what about the others" Cortez replied "Pearl is exactly the same as me, As for Jollo, I don't know because we haven't seen him since the day Dad told us about what happened". Jewel glared as she remembered what Blu mentioned "Well according to Blu he has a problem" Blu remembered what she means "Well on my way home from when I visited you, Jollo stopped me and demanded I break up with Jewel because he didn't think I deserved her, and he said that Jewel wasn't ready for this kind of commitment. Then when I refused he pinned me on the side of a tree and threatened me and demanded again I break up with Jewel."

Both Cortez and Jewel glared "How Dare he say that about me, not thinking I am ready for this kind of commitment, who gave him the right to play god over me" Blu nodded "That is exactly what I said to him" Jewel then continued to speak " And threatening you, how dare he do that, And Blu and I deserve eachother more than anything in the world, isn't that right Blu" Blu nodded agreeing with her as Cortez spoke "Well we can assume he won't side with us. I will try to find Pearl and she how she is doing, I will be back later" Both Blu and Jewel nodded as he left the Hollow.

Blu and Jewel proceeded to have a conversation "What about your mom and dad" Jewel glared "What about them, as long as they have a problem with you, I don't want them near us but if Cortez says they have dropped it then I will see them, but I am still mad at Dad for attacking you" Blu nodded at her "Well I understand you are angry because I would be angry too if someone attacked you". Jewel smiled before they heard someone speak "I see you have been talking about me" After that they saw Jollo enter the Hollow.

Jewel glared at him "get out, you are not welcome here" Jollo responded "Why not sister" Jewel continued to glare at him "Blu told me what you said to him about us, and how you threatened him, I want you to leave" Jollo glared at Blu "So you are turning her against all of us, so you can have to yourself". Blu shuck his head "No, she deserved to know you doubted her". Jollo laughed "I don't doubt her; I just want her to see sense and know she isn't ready to be a mother and YOU" Jollo pointed at Blu "We have much to deal with" Jollo then started moving towards Blu but Jewel got in front of him "Get away from him".

Jollo spoke to her "Get out of the way Jewel, you don't know what you are doing" Jewel glared at him and shouted "I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING, I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT BLU". Jollo shuck his head he grabbed Jewel with his wings and threw her next to the eggs for which she landed close to them. Jollo then walked up to Blu and spoke "Now you will pay for tearing my family apart, and blinding to reality" He the spat in Blu's face "YOU FILTHY PET". Jollo then grabbed him with his wing and prepared to claw his stomach but Blu shifted his body to dodge the claw and then grabbed Jollo and ran out of the hollow to avoid hurting Jewel or the Jewel or the eggs.

Jollo attempted to get him to lose his grip but they were in a freefall and landed on the ground slightly hurting Jollo but he used his wings to stop him from hitting the ground full-force. Once he did he threw Blu off of him who landed a metre away "I will make her see sense and make you suffer for hurting her, you Pets doesn't do anything but pain and misery". Blu remarked him "If you are describing me then look in a mirror, I am not a pet anymore, why can't you see that" Jollo laughed "Is or was, it does not matter, you are still a pet."Jollo then launched himself at Blu and attempted to claw him but Jewel then threw herself into him making them roll quite a bit before Jollo got up and grabbed her "I'm sorry sister but I can't let you stop me from correcting this."

After that Jollo used one claw and clawed Jewel's face and knocked her out. Blu looked in horror as he saw a cut on one on Jewel's cheeks "JEWEL". Jollo then put her threw her next to a bush and turned back to Blu "See you have turned my family against eachother and you will pay." Blu then looked to Jollo with anger in his eyes, Anger that he never knew he had and never used before. His eyes glared at him with rage "How DARE you do that to Jewel, I am not one for violence but I will make you regret doing that to your sister and my mate, you claim to do this for them but clearly you do not care about them, just yourself." He angrily looked at Jollo who smiled "Now this is more like it".

OK, wow quite the chapter isn't it. Anyway before anyone gets the wrong idea, no Blu is not going mad, his instincts of protecting his mate have kicked in if you remember one of my earlier chapters about Blu going mad at Tulio so you should understand that.

Anyway I am looking forward to reading some nice reviews. Thank you for reading.