Chapter 2: Everything Changes
It was just after Edwardo and Roberto had seen the human Jose camping out in the forest. Roberto went to tell some of the other birds about what they saw in the forest. The other birds promised to check up on him every once in a while. Edwardo went to go see how all of his people were doing. They were asking about all the problems that were easy to answer like "Are we in any danger?" Edwardo answered them effortlessly. After he was done with answering all their questions he met up with Roberto again and they talked about what would happen if they get attacked by humans again.
"If we get attacked by humans again I think that we need to use the Brazil Nuts. They worked so well last time." Roberto said
"You know that is our main food source if use all of it then we will be out and will have to wait for them to regrow." Edwardo said.
"I know I know but that could be a last resort." Roberto said putting his head in his wings thinking.
"Let's go see if Blu has any thoughts on what would be good." Roberto said.
Roberto and Edwardo flew off to Blu's hollow to see if he would give them any advice on how to fight humans if they would ever show up and try and take back the jungle. They didn't know that Blu had already left with Bia to go out into the jungle. When they got to his hollow they found that Jewel, Blu or their kids weren't there.
"They must of gone somewhere today and we just missed them, we should wait for them." Roberto said sitting down.
"Don't be silly we will drop by later and see if they are there." Edwardo said getting ready to take off from the hollow.
"Are you coming Roberto?"
"Yes I'm coming."
The two birds flew off to go think of more ways they could defend their home if an attacker be it bird or human tried to harm their tribe.
Blu and Bia had just left the hollow and were on their way to go study some more of the jungles insects. On their way they stopped by to say hi to several of their friend and family. Today Bia wanted to study insect life. She had brought along her notepad and a pen to write with. The first thing they saw after leaving their area of the jungle was a scarlet macaw getting food. They stopped to say hi since they were on good terms with their tribe after they both fought off the humans together.
"How are you doing today?" Blu said holding out his wing for the other bird to shake
"I'm doing well just getting some food." The other scarlet macaw said
"Me and my daughter are off to explore more of the jungle." Blu said pointing to Bia
"Hello, my name is Bia." Bia said to the other scarlet macaw.
"Hi, nice to meet you Bia." The other scarlet macaw said
"We better be off now." Blu said as they took off.
"Bye" The other scarlet macaw said
Bia and Blu took off to continue looking around the Jungle for insects to study.
After Jewel, Carla, and Tiago flew off from their hollow, they went to go find a place to go swimming. On they way they saw Mimi and stopped to go say hi.
"How are you doing?" Jewel said giving Mimi a hug.
"I'm doing great, how are your kids doing?"
"Were doing great, were on our way to go swimming now."
"That sound fun, where are Blu and Bia." Mimi questioned
"They went to go study some more of the jungle." Jewel said
Sometimes Blu and Bias knowledge can get annoying at times. Jewel thought
"We better be off, it was nice seeing you again, you are always welcome in our hollow if you want to come see us." Jewel said taking off with her kids to go find someplace to swim
"So do you kids know anywhere to swim?" Jewel asked her kids.
"I know this one place, it's over there in the Brazil nut grove." Tiago said
"That sounds good, can you lead the way there?" Jewel said
"Sure thing mom, just let me get my bearings."
They flew around for a bit while Tiago looked at the surroundings trying to get his bearings. He eventually found out where he was and they set off in the direction of the lake where they would spend their day.
"Here we are guys, I told you I would be able to find it. Eventually."
"Now that we are here we can finally relax." Jewel said
I wonder how Blu and Bia are doing, I'm sure their fine, sometimes I worry too much. I know they can take care of themselves.Jewel thought to herself
"Since we are here I want all of you to have fun but you also must remember to be safe, remember to make sure you don't drown and make sure nothing is in the water before you get in. Now that I know you will be safe lets go have fun." Jewel said as they all jumped in.
Blu and Bia had been having a fun time doing what they were doing. Bia had filled half of the pages in her notebook putting down information about the things she had learned while exploring the jungle.
"This sure is nice bonding with you Bia."
"It sure is nice to get away from my brother and sister sometimes. I love them but they can get annoying at times." Bia said
"I'm sure when Tiago gets older he will be less hyper." Blu said
"I'm sure you are right dad."
"We have been out all day do you think we should start heading home to meet your mom and your siblings? It's almost sunset."
"Your right I lost track of time, sounds good lets start heading back right now."
The two birds headed back to their hollow to meet up with their family again.
Carla, Tiago and Jewel were having a fun day swimming at the lake. They started out having a splashing contest and after that see who could do the best dive into the water. Then they did more contests like see who could float on the water the longest, and who could do the best back flip.
"It's been a long day, I think it's time to go home." Jewel said
"Do we have to go now?" Tiago said
"You can stay a little bit more but it's almost sunset and we promised your dad that we would be back by sunset."
"OK mom." All of the kids said
The macaw family stayed for five more minutes and then took off to go back home. After they were flying for a little bit, then Tiago saw a human over in the grove. He didn't see any threat in him but he wanted to do something to make him get away from where they live.
"Hey mom, I have to be right back. I have to relive myself." Tiago lied to his mom because he didn't want her to find out he was going to do something bad.
"OK Tiago, we will wait over here. Don't take too long, we need to get back to our home." Jewel said as she flew over with her other kids to a branch to wait for Tiago.
Now that they are gone, I can go find some way to prank that person. Tiago thought to himself
He looked around for anything he could throw at him. He saw a tree that had fruit that he had never seen before.
This looks interesting, it feels firm. This could do. Tiago though picking the fruit up and checking to see if it would be a good fit.
Now I have to make sure he doesn't see me. Tiago thought as he silently crept up as to make sure he couldn't see him. Then Tiago positioned himself in a tree and waited until he turned his mouth towards him. Tiago wanted to throw the fruit in his mouth so he would get scared. He finally turned around to face Tiago. Tiago took this time to throw the fruit at him.
"GET OUT OF HERE! THIS IS OUR HOME!" Tiago said as he threw the fruit into the human's mouth. Tiago's act of throwing the fruit in his mouth caused him to swallow it.
Tiago then took of from the tree and flew back to his mom.
"Where were you, I was starting to get worried." Jewel said making sure her son wasn't hurt.
"I'm fine mom, I was just over there." Tiago said pointing to a different spot than he actually was.
"Now that you are back we can continue flying back." Jewel said
They then continued flying back to their home. But while they were coming back they meet up with Blu and Bia.
"Hey Blu how was your day?" Jewel questioned
"It was good, we just went around studying insects." Blu said
"It was very educational." Bia said
"How was your guy's day?" Blu asked the group.
"We had such a good time!" Tiago said ecstatically
"I did to, I didn't think I would but I did." Carla said
"That's good to hear that all of you had a good day." Blu said
Just then they saw Annie flying towards them.
"Hey guys how are you doing!" Annie said
"Hey Annie we are just heading home from our activities today." Blu said
"That's cool, did you guys have fun?" Annie asked
"We sure did." The group said.
"I'm on my way to go get some food meet up with you guys later." Annie said flying off.
They continued talking until they got back to the hollow, Jewel was still wondering if Tiago had been telling the truth.
"Hey Blu, can I talk to you in private for a minute?" Jewel whispered to Blu.
"Sure lets go over here." Blu said motioning to Jewel to follow her. They left the hollow and perched in another tree.
"Whats wrong Jewel." Blu asked with a concerned look.
"After we left the lake today, Tiago said he had to go relive himself, but he took a long time and I don't know if I believe him." Jewel said to Blu
"Tiago is the one to lie sometimes, I guess we will just have to wait and see if he is telling the truth in time. Besides what do you even think he did, if he did something it couldn't of been that bad." Blu said.
"You right Blu, but sometimes you never know." Jewel said
After their talk Blu and Jewel flew back to their hollow to eat and spend time as a family discussing the day.
Annie had spent her day doing what she normally does, exploring the jungle and trying to find out things she didn't know before. It was sunset and she had just finished saying hi to Blu, Jewel and their kids and was on her way to find food. On her way to finding food she saw the same human camp and decided to investigate. When she got there she saw a blue macaw lying unconscious near the tent.
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Annie Flashback from three weeks ago: Annie was getting ready to go on her trip to the Amazon jungle. She had already packed everything she needed and drove to the airport to catch her flight. When she got to the airport she remembered to call her parents to tell them she was going to be gone for a while.
"Hey mom, I am going on a trip to the Amazon and wont be back for a couple of weeks."
"Annie, you know I worry about you even though you are an adult."
"You don't have to worry ill be fine."
"You never know Annie, if you don't come back in three weeks I'm going to look for you."
"I will be fine mom, but it's nice to know that you would do that."
"OK, have a good time and will see you in three weeks."
"Bye mom I love you tell dad I called"
"Bye Annie love you to."
Annie hung up the phone and boarded the plane.
"Ill just look out the windows while I wait."
After Annie had looked out the window for a little bit she then started reading a book until the plane landed. Annie got off the plane and found a car to take her to the jungle. She had to take a walk to the area where she was going to set up. When she got to the area she was going to camp she set up the tent and by the time she was done setting up it was almost dark so she went to sleep. When she woke up it was morning and made herself some food.
"Now that I have food I'm going to go exploring." Annie said to herself.
Annie went off to go see what she could find. When she was walking she saw two Blue Macaws looking at her.
"Hello, there!" Annie said waving at them
The two birds flew off and Annie continued on her walk but not finding much. While she was gone from her camp a Blu Macaw was resting in a tree near her camp that had the special fruit in in. As the macaw was taking off from the tree it accidentally knocked over one of the fruit into Annie's food. Annie had been gone a while and when she got back it was almost sunset again.
"Let me get my food out because I am hungry after a long day of walking."
Annie got out her food but didn't notice that there was a new kind of fruit in the food she was about ready to eat. Annie ate the new fruit and noticed something she was eating tasted different.
"Hmm there is something about this that tastes off, did I find a bad fruit?" Annie said.
"I don't feel to good." Annie said as she stumbled over to her tent. She didn't make it that far.
"I need help..." Annie said weakly as she fell on the ground unconscious.
At that time Blu just so happened to be getting some food for his family. He was going over the forest when he saw another macaw lying unconscious on the ground.
"I need to help her, a predator could kill her." Blu said
When Blu got down to the ground he heard her muttering something about needing help before she fell asleep.
"What happened to her." Blu wondered
Blu then picked her up like he did with Jewel when she had a broken wing. Blu carried Annie back to their hollow. When he got back Jewel was asking him where he had been.
"Do you have the food Blu? The kids are hungry. Oh, who is this and what happened to her." Jewel asked
"I don't know Jewel I was going to get the food and I saw her lying on the ground and knew it would be the right thing to help her."
"You right Blu it was the right thing to do."
"I'm going to go get the food now try and wake her up while I'm gone." Blu said taking off to go get some food.
While Blu was gone Jewel tried to wake Annie up but it wasn't working. Blu flew back into the hollow with the food.
"Any luck on waking her up?" Blu questioned
"No but I see you have the food for the kids."
"Thanks dad, do you think she is going to be alright?" His kids asked him.
"I don't know I cant really say unless I know what happened to her, we will just have to wait until she wakes up." Blu told his kids.
The family went to sleep hopping that Annie would be alright. When they woke up in the morning the first thing they did was to check to see if their guest was awake. She wasn't yet so Blu went to go get some food.
"How long until she wakes up mom?" Her kids asked
"I don't know, we will have to wait and see." Jewel said to her kids
Blu flew back in with the mango's
"I found a tree close over here so that's why I'm back so fas... Look I think she is waking up." Blu said as he flew over as his kids and Jewel followed to where Annie was
Annie started to stir, it seemed to be taking her a long time to get up.
"Dad, why is it taking her so long to wake up." Tiago asked
"I don't know I think she had a rough day yesterday and might still be very tired."
Then Annie turned herself onto her front and tried to use her wings to push herself up. That didn't work because they weren't that strong and couldn't support her body weight.
"This is funny watching this." Carla said holding in a laugh.
"Don't say that Carla, how would you feel if that was you." Jewel said scolding her daughter
Eventually Annie succeeded on getting up. Annie was still half asleep and looked down at herself
"Why am I wearing a blue shirt." Annie said
"What is she talking about." Bia said.
"I don't know, I don't even think she knows, she still looks half asleep." Jewel said.
"Wait this doesn't look like a shirt..." Annie said as she looked around some more. Then she looked at her shoulder's and saw something that made her scramble back in fear.
"What, what is this? Is this a real wing, it doesn't feel fake." Annie said in a tiny voice as she looked at and unfolded her new wing.
"Hello you are you OK over there?" Tiago said
"What is that supposed to me... WAIT, ARE YOU TALKING?" Annie cowered back against the wall in fear.
"Of course I talk, I have always talked." Tiago said giving her a confused look.
"What am I." Annie said getting even more scared as she saw she that instead of feet there was talons.
"Kids, why don't you go outside and do something while me and your father talk to this bird." Jewel said to her kids
"OK" Her kids said as they went outside.
"Where am I and what am I." Annie said looking at Blu and Jewel.
"What do you mean, you are a blue macaw and you're in our hollow, we found you yesterday lying on the ground." Jewel said
"I have something to tell you, I don't know if you will believe me." Annie said
"Yesterday I was out in the jungle and I ate a strange fruit and now this." Annie says motioning to her new body
"I don't think I understand what you mean." Blu said
"What I meant to say is, I was a human and I ate this fruit and then I woke up here a blue macaw." Annie said
"You can't be serious, that's not possible." Blu said
"I don't know how to prove it to you." Annie said
"Wait Blu she might be telling the truth, I heard about this fruit that can do just what she is talking about." Jewel said to Blu.
"I understand if you don't believe me." Annie said
"No no I believe you after Jewel told me about the fruit, so do you need help?"
"I have a question for you, whats this?" Annie said as she looked at her tail feathers.
"What do you mean, oh those are your tail feathers." Jewel said to Annie
"Oh, sorry I'm really disoriented right now." Annie said as she got up again
"I don't know what I'm going to do." Annie said
"Don't worry, hey we don't even know your name." Blu said
"Oh, my name is Annie whats your names?"
"My names Blu and that is my mate Jewel." Blu says motioning to Blu.
"That's nice. I have another question, how am I supposed to pick up things and what am I supposed to eat."
"You use your talons to pick up stuff and we have some fruit here right now if you're hungry." Blu said
After all of the excitement Annie noticed she was hungry. She went over to the mango's and picked one up. When she tried to eat it, she slammed it into her face.
"I have to get used to eating with a beak." Annie said
"Don't worry I'm sure you will get used to it." Jewel said
Annie figured out how to eat and took a bite out of the mango.
This food is not bad I wouldn't mind eating fruit. Annie thought to herself.
"What other kind of food do you have here?" Annie said
"Well, we have other kinds of fruit and we have Brazil Nut trees." Jewel said
"Oh, that sounds good."
"Hey Jewel I don't think we should tell our kids that Annie was a human because one thing could lead to another, your father could hear about it and I don't know if he entirely trust's humans yet."
"I don't think we tell anyone should ether." Jewel said
"I think it's time to bring the kids back. Kids come in it's OK now." Blu said
Their kids came back in and asked how Annie was doing. She told them fine and they continued eating.
"So Annie, how about today me and Jewel teach you more skills about living here." Blu said
"OK, just remember you need to help me get places because I cant fly."
"What do you mean she cant fly, she is an adult macaw." Bia said
"She has never learned Bia. She is just like me when I first came to Rio." Blu said
"We will also help you find someplace to live, I think there is an empty hollow just outside." Blu said
"I want to thank you for taking me in and helping me."
"It really is no problem Annie, we will help you in any way possible" Jewel said
"Oh no, I just remembered my parents will come looking for me if they don't hear from me in 3 weeks."
"Don't worry we will help you to contact them, I know how to use human technology." Blu said
They continued talking and Blu send their kids to Edwardo to be watched while he and Jewel went with Annie to teach her the ways of the jungle.
Flashback End
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"There is no way this happened a second time" Annie said as she looked over at the blue macaw on the ground.
She picked up the macaw and started to carry him back to Blu and Jewel's hollow to show them.
"He sure is heavy." Annie said as carried the macaw.
She finally got back to Blu and Jewels hollow with the macaw in her talons.
"Hey Annie how are you doing, is that an injured macaw? If it is we should take him to the aviary." Blu said looking at the macaw concerned.
"I don't think it's that, I found him at a human camp over in the Brazil nut grove."
When Tiago heard that he shuffled around nervously.
"Is there something wrong Tiago?" Jewel asked Tiago.
"It wasn't me I didn't hit a macaw." Tiago said defensively
"What do you mean Tiago? What did you do." Blu asked Tiago with a angry look
"Remember at the lake when I went off? I saw a human camping in the forest and I didn't want him there so I threw a fruit at him in his mouth."
"Wait, Tiago had you ever seen the fruit before?" Annie said her eyes widening in shock
"No, I didn't know what it was and I just threw it."
"This is bad, very bad." Annie said
"Why, it was just a fruit. How could what I did effect what happened to him." Tiago said pointing at the unconscious macaw.
"I think it's time that we told you kids about where Annie came from." Jewel said
"Kids, Annie was originally a human and that fruit that you threw in that macaw mouth must of had the same effect on this macaw as Annie. But we can only wait for him to wake up and see what happened." Blu said
"Why did you never tell us." Their kids questioned
"Because you might of told somebody and Annie could of got in a lot of trouble. And you must not tell anybody about who Annie originally was or this macaw." Jewel said
They all waited for the macaw to awake to see if he was really a human or a normal macaw.
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Jose's Dream: I couldn't see anything, the first thing I heard was the sound of birds but then as I was listing I heard the sounds change into something I could understand. I said to myself "It's only a dream none of it is real." The voices were saying things like "Hello", "Are you alive?" Eventually the noises faded and it was calm.
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About an hour after Annie brought the macaw to Blu and Jewel's hollow they saw him starting to get up. When Blu and Jewel saw this they sent their kids outside. The first thing he noticed was his mouth and tongue felt different.
"Did something happen to me? Did I get kidnapped and drugged?" Jose said
"Let me go talk to him" Annie said to Blu and Jewel
"Hello, is someone there I can hear you." Jose said
Annie walked over to Jose and said "Hi, I be right now you are freaking out right now."
"How are you talking, the last time I checked birds don't talk. This must be a dream." Jose said brushing off what Annie had said.
"Nope, not a dream but before you go around saying birds cant talk why don't you take a look at yourself first."
"What are you talking about..." Jose said as he looked down at himself. Then let out the biggest scream they have ever heard.
"What, what happened to me?" Jose said slowly backing up looking at his body.
"Stop you going to fall!" Annie said as Jose got close to the edge of the hollow.
"What? AHHHHH" Jose said as he fell from the tree
Annie ran to the edge of the tree to see how far he fell. She saw him on the ground unconscious. She flew down to see the damages. When she got to the ground she saw that his wing was dislocated.
"What happened!" Blu said looking at Jose concerned.
"He got scared and fell out of the tree and fell onto the ground."
"We need to take him to the aviary for treatment." Blu said
Just then they saw Roberto coming out to see them.
"I just heard the loudest scream and it sounded like it was coming from over here." Roberto said
"Yes, it was this macaw here he fell out of the tree and is hurt. Will you help us carry him to the aviary for treatment?" Blu said
"Yes, what way is it." Roberto said
"It's that way" Blu said pointing to the direction where they should fly.
"Jewel we are going to take him to the aviary for treatment."
"OK be careful." Jewel said
Blu, Annie and Roberto took of for the direction of the aviary and began to carry Jose off to get his injuries fixed.