It was an early morning and the sun began to rise and shine from the horizon, thereby awakening the creatures that inhabited the Amazon Jungle.
In one of the darkest, less-populated parts of the forest, where the birds' singing could not be heard, two certain Spix Macaws were sleeping peacefully in a small hollow located high in the branches, within a tree.
Inside, Crystal - who was in possesion of this hollow - was sleeping on a fastly-built nest, made from several sticks and leaves messily grouped together.
On the other side of this 'room', Blu was snoring loudly. He has been sleeping off the previous events, though his sleep was ceased several times, due to the recurring pain in his right wing.
When the sunrays peeked through the hollow entrance and started lighting the female's face, she twitched in her sleep and crinkled her eyelids, turning right to face the hollow's wall. However, the sun started warming up her back, what somehow forced her to get up.
She turned to her previous position and opened her eyes, looking at the ceiling. She sat down on the edge of her pretended nest and rubbed her eyes. After blinking a few times, her vision changed from blurry to the normal one and she noticed that Blu was still snoring loudly.
Crystal got up and stretched her wings, walking towards Blu. When she had approached him, he was turned to the hollow wall and a small droplet of saliva was hanging off from the edge of his opened beak, what she found absolutely disgusting.
He has been sleeping in a position which allowed her to get a clear look of his damaged wing. She has extended it, what caused Blu to twitch a little, but fortunately this action hasn't woken him up.
She examined the wound after slightly moving back his bandage. It was sure that his wing was less swollen after only one night, indeed. Probably due to the herbs that she used; but it wasn't important right now.
As she was examining his limb, she hasn't noticed that Blu has closed his beak and turned in his sleep, his face in direction of the ceiling. While she was putting the bandage on, she has accidentally tickled him, causing Blu to wake up.
"What are you doing?" He said after clearing his throat, when he saw that she was holding his wing in both of hers.
"Well, um.. Just examining your wound, nothing more." She said, her cheeks turning red a little. She immediately released Blu's wing from her grasp. His wing fell down limply, landing on his chest. He clenched his beak in pain and let out a small yelp.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to do that!" She shouted.
"I know, but don't panic, please." He quickly cut her off.
She stopped and looked at him, backing away a little. Blu then has got up and he rubbed his eyes, yawning loudly. When he ended doing this, he spotted that Crystal has been staying in front of the hollow entrance, looking at the surrounding trees.
"I will go get some nuts for breakfast, if you don't mind." She stated without turning to face him.
"Okay." Blu replied, sounding a little bit unsure.
She walked to the branch outside and quickly took off. When she disappeared in the leafy blanket that the trees made, Blu had walked deeper into the hollow and darted at the nest, causing many of the blue feathers from the nest to hover in the air.
The search was unsuccesful. The group has investigated an area of several square kilometers, but without any avail. When the sunset has begun, everyone agreed to pause and start again from the early morning tomorrow.
Jewel stayed at her home, having a better mood - thanks to her family, who had comforted her in this hard situation.
As they agreed before, they have started searching from the early morning - but in a bigger group; now they had a bigger territory to search on. However, they couldn't find anything - even a single feather, what obviously affected the group's morale.
Blu was waiting in the nest, looking at the ceiling and thinking about things.
"What does Jewel think?" he thought, but he was suddenly cut off by a soung of fast wingbeats.
He clumsily walked to the edge of the hollow and looked down. He spotted a blue bird, indeed a male Spix's Macaw, flying at a low altitude. He was searching for something - he looked like he was scanning the surroundings. Blu didn't recognise the silhouette as any familiar one, but he was somewhat sure that he has seen him sometime before. The macaw quickly disappeared before Blu has fulfilled his curiosity, so he shrugged his wings and walked away.
Crystal was flying through the dense forest, nearly avoiding the trees. After a while she landed on a Brazil Nut tree, searching for some nuts that would be big enough for breakfast. She spotted some hanging from a branch. The macaw has bitten the branch and it cracked, the part that contained the nuts was left in her beak.
She flew away in the direction of her home, being very careful - she didn't want the nuts to fall down. As the bird continued flying the same path as before, she finally saw the tree that contained her hollow. It wasn't hard to spot - it was higher and thicker than most trees in the neighbourhood. However, Crystal's hollow was the only one in that tree.
The female macaw landed on the branch, which let out a cracking sound as it bended under her weight. Blu, of course, heard the sound and looked at the entrance, seeing that Crystal has entered the hollow.
He spotted that she had a branch with Brazil nuts attached to it, secured in her beak. She has walked to the nest and put the branch on the floor. She has bitten off one nut and handed it to Blu, who accepted and opened it, starting to eat the nut's inside. The female was doing the same with her nut, as they kept eating in silence.
"So, Blu." Crystal has spoken suddenly, what literally has startled Blu, who has almost choked. "You didn't say anything about yourself, or even what happened that you have ended crashing into a tree. Will you enlighten it, maybe?" She asked, sounding a little bit suspicious, but Blu was busy with eating and he didn't notice it.
"Well, pretty much nothing to say," he replied while gulping the remainings of the nut. "I have come to get something for breakfast for my family, but the storm caught me."
"I'm pity. They must be worried about you." she said, as she looked at an empty nut shell to hide the gleam in her eyes.
"I'm sure they are. They have left a search party after me, probably." he replied while looking through the hollow entrance. "And you? How did you end up here?" he added.
"Basically nothing to say. I don't have any friends nor family."
"Are you sure? It's unlikely for a bird to live so alone, especially in that, unfriendly environment." he responded, looking at her strangely.
She must admit, this was sort of.. weird. Especially for a someone in her age. She was stunned, as it was first time she has thought about it in that way.
"Are you okay?" Blu asked, knowing that he has asked a wrong question.
"Yeah, I was just.. thinking about things, that's all. Anyways, it's a long story."
"I understand." he replied. "But why won't you come to our tribe? Everyone new there is greeted with a warm welcome," he said.
"A tribe? Really?" she has lifted her head, looking at Blu. He has noticed this strange hint in her eyes.
"Yes, we have a tribe." he said, giving her a suspicious look. "But I don't have any idea how to find it, because I have got myself lost and I crashed into a tree, as you know."