Rio the Darkness 5: Alternative Darkness
Here is chapter 3. Enjoy. And for those who are not aware I have a new story called "Deleted chapters" which will be chapters I never published. I hope you check it out.
Before we begin, here's a reply to a fellow author.
chloemcg: Glad you found the chapter to be really cute. (have you checked out my deleted chapters story?). And I saw your new story, it was good, and I really dislike the Roberto character. I don't know why Blue Sky Studios decided to do that. And if you're stuck on your stories, the best thing to do is work on the one that's closest to being finished, and then do the second one which is closest to being finished. And then all your stories could be done. And no, I've never seen Surf's up, but I wish you luck on that story too. And thanks, I will try my best to keep it up.
A couple of days later, Blu and Jewel were slowly watching little Jessica learn how eat and how to use her wings, but while also watching Rey, Azul, and Crystal growing up too. They were now reaching adolescent age.
Rey was beginning to look like his father when he was an adolescent.
Azul was looking like both Blu and Jewel, but was really puffy and fat.
Crystal was beginning to look like her mother when she was an adolescent.
In a quiet peaceful morning, Jewel was sitting in the middle of her nest taking care of Jessica while her husband was watching their children play together, being the overprotective father he is. Ever since the events of everything that has happened, Blu couldn't help but worry for his children.
Jewel chuckled a little and beckoned for Bl to come over. "Blu, do you have to watch the kids 24/7? They can take care of themselves. They're not gonna get birdnapped, you know."
"How do you know that, Jewel?" Blu quickly asked, still keeping his eyes focused on the children. "You can't see into the future."
"Just get your nerdy tail feathers over here before I come and tie you up and drag you here." Jewel said, while she rocked Jessica in her wings.
Blu didn't want to let his kids go out of his sight, but he obeyed and sat back down next to Jewel. "Fine. But if they get hurt, don't blame me."
"Oh, Blu." she giggled, playfully nudging him with her wing. "You're so overprotective. You need to loosen-up a little. Nothing's going to happen. Nexus and Ivan are dead, Vadin, Kate, and Nigel are locked up in prison. What could happen? Snakes."
"Snakes!" Blu panicked, looking around in every direction. "Where?!"
"Blu, I was making a point." Jewel countered, before she sighed sadly.
Blu caught the attention of Jewel's sudden sad expression and decided to ask what was wrong. "Are you okay, Jewel? Is something wrong?"
"Oh, everything's fine, Blu." Jewel replied, lifting her wing up and softly stroking Jessica's head. "I just haven't been out of this tree for a while. I kinda wanna go out."
Blu did not like to see Jewel like this. He knew how much she loved to fly and how much she enjoyed being a free-spirited bird. Blu then moved closer to Jewel with a smile on his beak. "Go out, Jewel. Go and enjoy yourself for a little while."
Jewel arched a curious eyebrow, wondering why Blu had suddenly decided to let her go out. "But, what about Jessica?"
"I'll watch her." Blu smiled, gently taking Jessica into his wings and laying her down in them.
Jewel couldn't help but smile in delight, knowing how sweet and kind her husband could be. She grabbed Blu in her wings and kissed his beak for a few seconds before she jumped for joy. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much, Blu. That means SO much to me."
Jewel extended her wings and jumped out of the tree hollow, screaming for joy as she performed flips in the air. "Woooooo-hooooo!"
"Well, that was awkward." Blu said, looking back down at Jessica, who was merely staring at him with her big teal eyes. Blu smiled and decided to take his kids out for a little walk. "Whatta say we go for a walk for a while, Jessica?"
Jessica merely stared at him, not understanding a word what he was saying.
"I'll take that as yes." Blu smirked, standing back onto his talons and walking over to the tree hollow exit/entrance.
A little while later, Blu walked through the Jungle, holding Jessica in his feathery wings, and with his offspring following him behind. Blu showed Jessica the fruits on the trees while his children played with each other.
"Look Jessica, this is the fruit tree, and these are delicious fruits." Blu said, though he knew one-hundred percent Jessica couldn't understand him yet-he just liked to talk to her.
Blu then gasped a little when he could hear Crystal crying. He quickly turned around and saw Crystal sitting by a tree, her brothers beside her. Blu quickly ran over to investigate what was wrong. "Crystal, what's wrong?"
"My wing." Crystal replied, still crying tears out of her turquoise eyes. "It hurts, Dad."
Blu handed Jessica to Azul-since he was the biggest out of the three-and sat next to Crystal to assist her. He lifted her wing up and could see there was little cut on her wing. "You have a little cut on your wing, Crystal."
"I must have cut it on that tree there." Crystal said, pointing a wingtip by a tree where there was a couple of sharp splinters.
Blu smiled in response and lifted Crystal's tiny wing up in his wing. She may be growing up, but to Blu, he was still his little girl. Blu planted a kiss on her wing and softly rubbed it with his wing. "Does that feel better?"
"Yeah...That feels nice. Thanks, Dad." Crystal thanked, finally stopped crying tears out of her eyes. She then looked back down at her talons, feeling a little embarrassed. "I feel kinda silly overreacting about a little cut.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, honey." Blu said, placing one of his wings over his daughter. "There's nothing wrong with crying. Believe it or not, I was once like you: crying about the littlest things."
"You were?" Crystal inquired, slightly surprised.
"Yes, I was." Blu smiled. "Every time I would get hurt, Linda would usually take care of me. Because I never got to experience what it was like to grow up in the Jungle with parents...But now I'm a father, and if at any time you need anything-even if it's not that bad-me and your mother are here for you all."
Crystal was now happy than she could ever be, touched by her father's words. She hugged her feathery and rested her head on Blu's chest. "Thanks, Dad. I love you."
Blu smiled in response and returned the hug to his daughter. "You're welcome, sweetie. I love you, too."
After Blu and Crystal ended the hug, Rey jumped over to his father and held onto his wing while jumping up and down, up and down. "Dad, can we go to the beach? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease."
"Maybe tomorrow, son." Blu replied, patting his son's head with his wing.
"Please, Dad." Rey begged, pulling a cute puppy face to try to convince his father to change his mind.
But what Rey did not know, the puppy look never worked on Blu. He chuckled and ruffled his son on the head. "Sorry, son. We'll go tomorrow. Okay?"
Rey decided to give up his hopes of going to the beach today so he obeyed his father. "Okay, Dad. You promise to take me tomorrow?"
"I promise, Rey." Blu promised, extending his wing out from his side and raising it near Rey's face. "Give me a high wing!"
Rey smiled and high-winged his father (in human, a high wing would be a high five.). He jumped up and stood back down on the ground with his sister and brother.
Blu grinned in response and ruffled his son on the head, before taking little Jessica back into his wings from Azul. Blu was about to continue his walk with his children but stopped when he saw a Scarlet Macaw land down next to him. "Hey Arlene."
"Hey, Blu." Arlene kindly greeted, until she was almost took down to the ground by Rey, Azul, and Crystal, who wanted to hug Arlene. She chuckled and watched them hug her stomach. "Hey, there, kids."
"How you been?" Blu inquired, sitting himself down on a small tree log.
"I've been good." Arlene answered, as she sat on the same log as Blu, still with the kids hugging her. "How about you?"
"I'm fine." Blu replied, playfully nuzzling Jessica's head with his wing. "I was just showing Jessica around the Jungle."
"Well, that's good to hear." Arlene said, while she watched Rey and Crystal sit on her left side while Crystal sat next to her right side. "Does Jessica know how to eat yet?"
"Yeah." Blu answered, looking at the Scarlet Macaw. "Trouble is, Jessica doesn't like grapes like Rey, Azul, and Crystal."
"Is she allergic or something?" Arlene asked, looking at Jessica all curious-like.
"No, she just won't eat it." Blu replied, watching Jessica look at Arlene, wondering what she was up to. "She only likes strawberries, which I have to get every morning."
"I see." Arlene said.
"Yeah." Blu said, realizing that it may be a pain to get strawberries just for Jessica, but he didn't care. Blu smiled and closed his eyes and held his head close to Jessica while continuing the rest of his sentence. "But I don't care. I love my little girl and I'll do anything for her."
"Awww." Arlene cooed, finding it sweet of how Blu would do anything for his family. "That's sweet."
"Yeah. Can you hold her for a sec?" Blu requested politely. "I need to get breakfast for the kids."
"Yeah, sure." Arlene smiled, extending out her wings from her sides and holding them out for Jessica.
"Thanks." he thanked, before flying up into the air and through the Jungle so he could get food for his family.
After he was gone, Jessica held one of her tiny wings out into the sky with a sad expression. She didn't want her father to go.
"Shhh. It's okay." Arlene whispered, trying to keep Jessica from crying. She slowly rocked Jessica in her wings while the kids merely watched. "It's okay, it's okay."
Eventually, Jessica calmed down and snuggled into Arlene's wing. She closed her eyes and began sucking on her wingtip. However, Jessica jumped in fear when she saw a little spider crawl across the crowd.
"No, no. It's okay. It's just a harmless little spider." Arlene soothed, gently hugging Jessica so she wouldn't be afraid of the little spider.
At almost perfect timing, Blu had returned with food. He had a mango for himself, three grapes for Rey, Azul, and Crystal, and a strawberry for Jessica. "I'm back and I got food."
"That's good. I'm sure Jessica is hungry." Arlene said, handing Jessica back into Blu's wings.
Blu gave his children their grapes before he had to food Jessica since she was too young to know how to eat on her own. He held Jessica in his wings and placed the strawberry into his wing. He gently held the strawberry to Jessica's beak and held her carefully so she would not chock. "That's it. Good girl."
After a couple of minutes, the blue macaws had finished their breakfast, and Blu had decided it was time to go back home. "I think I'm going to take the kids home now."
Arlene smiled in response and flew back up into the air, but not before bidden the blue macaws farewell. "See, ya later Blu! And you too, kids."
"Bye, Auntie Arlene!" Rey, Azul, and Crystal called out simultaneously while each other them waving a wing to her.
"Bye Arlene!" Blu called out before turning his attention back to Jessica, who was scratching her beak with her tiny talon. "Now lets go home. Maybe mommy might be home now."
Meanwhile, Jewel the macaw was having a great day. She had almost flew around the entire Jungle for her day of fun. Jewel cheered as she performed a barrel-roll for fun. "Wooooo! This is great!"
Even though she was having the time of her life, Jewel had to admit she was missing her family a little. She landed down near the edge of a cliff and sat down by the edge while watching the beautiful sky. She talked to herself while still watching the sky. "Wow, today is a lovely day. This has been fun...But I gotta admit, I'm missing my clumsy husband and my children."
Jewel then spread her out her wings and laid down on the ground onto some soft grass. She breathed in the fresh air with her eyes closed. "Ahhh, fresh air. It's nice to get out once and a while. I wonder why Blu sometimes thinks the Jungle is a dangerous place. It's great! I'll have to bring him here one of the days. I'm sure the fresh air will do him good, and it will be good to get some exercise; he is getting a tubby after all. Hehehe."
Jewel then began humming a song to herself while nodding her head side-to-side. "Duu, duu, dun, duuuu."
A little while later, Jewel had finally decided it was time to go back home to be with her family. When she arrived, Jewel sat Rey, Azul and Crystal playing around the tree together. Her husband however was inside the tree hollow, cradling Jessica in his wings.
Jewel landed inside and joined her husband in the tree hollow. "Honey, I'm home. Miss me?"
"Oh, hello, Jewel." Blu greeted, while he still held sleeping Jessica in his wings. "Did you have a fun time?"
"Yeah, it's good to get out for a while." she replied, sitting beside Blu and gently taking Jessica from Blu into her wings. Jewel smiled and playfully talked to Jessica in a cute voice. "Did Daddy take you around the jungle? Did you have fun?"
Jessica cooed in response and snuggled against Jewel's chest, sleeping peacefully.
While Jewel was cradling Jessica, Blu had decided to ask a really big request from Jewel. It was Linda's and Tulio's wedding in a couple of days, and Blu was invited by Linda to go. However, she had also invited Jewel too. Blu had no problem with going at all; Jewel was the problem. She is still a little uncomfortable with other humans.
Blu had to ask now before it was too late. He sucked in a deep breath and asked Jewel the request. "Jewel, I was wondering if I can ask a favor from?"
Jewel turned her attention to her husband while still cradling Jessica. "What is it, Blu?"
"It's Linda and Tulio's wedding soon, and I was wondering if you want to go with me?" Blu inquired, rubbing the back of his feathery neck all nervously with his talon.
The female blue macaw thought it over for a few seconds. She knew how much Blu loved Linda, and how much Linda loved Blu, but Jewel still wasn't comfortable enough to be around other humans. She didn't mind Linda or Tulio. It was others she had a problem with.
"Blu...I know you love Linda, but I don't think I can go." Jewel replied, hoping Blu wouldn't be upset.
"Why, Jewel?" Blu asked. "It's just a wedding. I'll be there too."
"I know, but I'm still not comfortable with other humans, Blu." Jewel replied, setting Jessica down in her lap. "I'm sorry, but I can't go."
Blu now had a sad expression on him. He would hate for Jewel to miss a wedding due to the fact it would kinda of break Linda's heart and it would mean Jewel would never get to see what human love was like.
However, Blu was not going to give up just yet. He raised a smirk on his beak and thought of a plan he could use to change Jewel's mind. Blu turned around and rubbed his two wingtips together. "Okay, then, Jewel. You don't wanna come. I understand. I guess all those juicy mangoes will have to go to someone else."
Jewel then widened her eyes a little, hearing the word "mangoes". Now she knew Blu had got her now. Mangoes were Jewel's favorite food, and she would do anything to get one. She looked back over and Blu with a sudden change of expression. "There's going to be mangoes? Are they fresh?"
Blu grinned in response, knowing he had Jewel just where he wanted her. He turned back around and answered her question. "Oh, yes, Jewel. Lot's of fresh mangoes. And other fruits too. But, you don't wanna go. I guess I will have to go on my own."
Jewel quickly gasped a little and jumped onto Blu, knocking him onto the ground. She laid on Blu's stomach and used her wings to get back up. "No, wait, Blu. What was I saying? Of course I wanna go, silly. I was only kidding."
"I thought so, Jewel." Blu smiled, using his wings to get back up and bush himself back off. "Then, you'll come."
"Oh, yes, I will." Jewel smiled, already tasting to sweet taste juiciness of mangoes. But before that, she had one more question for Blu: "Blu, what is a wedding exactly?"
Blu smiled in response and sat back down next to his wife and placed his wing over her. "Listen up, Jewel. It's going to be a little bit of a story."
"Oh, boy." Jewel thought, while rolling her eyeballs around, knowing how nerdy and geeky Blu can get with his history facts. "This is gonna be a while."
And the third chapter is complete. Plenty more to go, ladies and gentleman. What did you think? This is only the beginning of the long story I have planned. And it seems Linda and Tulio are getting married after one year being together. This should be good to read.