Chapter 3: Welcome To The Amazon
Roberto, Blu and Annie were carrying Jose to the aviary after he fell out of the tree and dislocated his wing.
"So what exactly happened to him?" Roberto asked
"He got scared and he backed up and fell out of the tree." Annie said
"What scared him so bad that he fell out of the tree?"
"I would rather not say."
They continued on towards the aviary to drop of Jose for treatment. When they got to the aviary they saw that Tulio was in the main room. Blu went up and knocked on the window. Tulio saw Blu at the windows and opened it to let them in.
"Hey Blu, how are you doing. What happened to him?" Tulio asked with concern.
Blu asked for a piece of paper to explain what happened to Jose.
He was in our hollow but he fell out of it and dislocated his wing. Blu wrote
"What happened that could of scared him so much?" Tulio asked
I would rather not say now. Blu wrote
"OK, fine Blu."
Tulio then picked up Jose and popped his wing back in place then put him in a cage.
"He will have to stay here overnight, you can come see him in the morning."
Annie, Blu, and Roberto flew back to their hollow. When they got back to their hollow Roberto left to go back to his hollow.
"What did Tulio say?" Jewel asked
"He said he will have to stay overnight and that we could come see him in the morning tomorrow." Blu said
"I think I'm going to go home now." Annie said
"OK, lets go see him tomorrow." Blu said
"OK, lets meet at the aviary tomorrow." Annie said flying off to her own hollow.
As Annie was flying back to her hollow she was thinking about Jose.
He looks kind of cute, no I will have to wait and see. Just maybe though.
Annie landed back in her hollow and fell asleep because it had been a interesting day.
It was morning in the aviary and Jose was rolling around in his sleep and accidentally rolled over onto his tail feathers.
"OUTCH!" Jose said jumping up.
"What happened last night?" Jose said looking at his wing
"Oh yeah, nothing much just getting changed into a bird and hurting my wing." Jose said sarcastically looking around the room
"Will you keep it down we are tying to sleep." Another bird said
"Oops, sorry."
Jose heard a rumble in his stomach and looked around his cage for anything he could eat. He saw some birdseed and walked over to eat some of it.
"What is this? Oh its birdseed I guess I don't have a choice, I guess this isn't that bad." Jose said eating the birdseed
Just then Tulio came in the room and saw that Jose was awake.
"I see you're awake, are you ready to go back into the jungle?"
"No, why would I want to go back there! Don't you see what happened to my wing?" Jose said motioning to his wing
"You are sure a talkative macaw, I can see you're ready to be released" Tulio said
"No, that's not what I said!"
What does he mean? He must not be able to understand what I'm saying. Jose thought
Tulio then opened the cage door and picked up Jose.
"LET GO OF ME!" Jose said trying to get out of Tulio's grip.
"What wrong? I'm just giving you a check up"
Tulio check Jose's wing, beak and then turned Jose around so that his tail was facing Tulio.
"What are you doing now?" Jose said as Tulio lifted up his tail feathers.
"Why do you need to look back there in from of everybody." Jose said embarrassed.
Just then Blu and Annie came up to the window and saw Jose getting checked up by Tulio. Tulio finished with Jose and saw Blu and Annie waiting at the window and opened it up.
"Hey Blu did you come to see him? He is ready to go be released." Tulio said
Blu and Annie squawked in response. Jose saw Blu and Annie so he walked over to them.
"Will any of you mind explaining what has happened to me?" Jose said
"Well you see, one of my kids threw a fruit in your mouth and it did that. Annie here has had the same thing happen to her."
"Yup, its true" Annie said
"It's that simple?"
"Yes, are you ready to begin your new life?" Annie said
"Wait, what do you mean new life?" Jose asked
"Sorry to break the news to you but there is no way back." Annie said
"Well in that case, is there anyone here that can help me adjust?"
"I will since I know what it meant to be human before." Annie said
Just then Linda walked in the room and saw Jose Annie and Blu. She went over to them and Blu and Annie flew up and perched on her shoulder.
"Hey Blu and Annie, is that one of your friends? Linda asked pointing to Jose.
Linda went to pick up Jose but Jose was walking backwards because he wasn't used to humans being bigger than him and was scared. Jose wasn't looking where he was going so he tripped and fell off the counter. Linda was there to save him from hitting the ground.
"Don't worry you don't have to be scared." Linda said to Jose as she stroked his feathers.
"Ahhhhhh." Jose said with a satisfied tone.
"Do you think we should get going?" Annie said
"Yes I think so. Bye Linda." Blu said
The trio of macaws took off carrying Jose in their grip.
"I'm going to go back to my family, catch up with you guys later." Blu said
"OK Blu see you later." Annie and Jose said
Blu separated from the group and flew back to his hollow.
"I don't even know you're name. My name is Annie by the way"
"Oh, my name is Jose. Nice name."
"The first thing I think we should work on is getting you able to fly."
"Ok Annie where would we do that?"
"Over there." Annie said pointing to a cliff that was about 7 ft high.
This reminds me of the first time I learned how to fly. Annie though.
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Annie Flashback:
Blu flies into their hollow where Jewel was getting ready to teach Annie how to fly.
"Oh hey Blu I was getting ready to teach Annie how to fly." Jewel said
"Just let me say something quick." Blu said holding up a cell phone.
"Annie, I found a phone so that you can contact your parents." Blu said
"That's great thank you so much Blu! But one thing how do I use it with talons?"
"I thought of that and got some of those touchscreen gloves, you put your foot in it and type because our talons don't work with a touchscreen."
"That's amazing Blu let my type out a message."
Message: Hello, mom and dad it will be a while before you see me I have decided to stay here for a long time. You don't have to worry I am fine, don't respond to this number. Love, Annie.
"There I wrote out a message, hope my parents don't get to curious."
"Maybe someday you could show them the truth." Jewel said
"Maybe, but that will be a long-shot. Lets get back to the lesson."
Annie and Jewel continued the lesson. After about an hour Annie was ready to take the leap off the branch and try and fly.
"Here I go." Annie said as she jumped off the branch.
Annie flapped her wings and pushed up.
"You did it Annie look down!" Jewel said
Annie looked around and saw that she was flapping her wings and staying up in the air.
"I did it!" Annie said excitedly.
"Now that you can fly we can go looking for a place for you to live." Jewel said
The two birds went off to to a hollow that was near Blu and Jewels. When they got there Annie saw that it was the perfect size.
"I love it, for some reason I would now prefer this over living in a human house."
"That might be your new instincts" Jewel said
"Now that you know where to live, let me show you where to find food and what food is good."
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"Annie, ANNIE!" Jose screamed
"What, what happened. Did I start daydreaming?"
"Yes you did sorry for yelling."
"Its OK, are you ready to get this lesson started?"
"No, I'm scared I will get hurt like yesterday."
"Don't worry you will be fine."
Annie began the process of teaching Jose how to fly. She showed him how to flap his wings and push up from the ground. After a bit he was ready to try it on his own.
"Hey are you ready to jump off the cliff?"
"I think so." Jose said
Jose got a running start off the cliff and opened his wings as he flew off. He didn't start off as good as Annie. When he jumped off the cliff he didn't open his wings correctly. Since he didn't open them correctly he fell on the ground. Annie saw all of this happen and went down to see what had happened to him.
"Jose, are you OK? That was a nasty fall."
"Ouch, my head. I think something's bleeding."
Annie turned to look at Jose's head and saw that there was a cut on the back of his head.
"You have a cut on the back of your head, I have something to help back at my hollow." Annie said
"OK, let's get over there right now."
Annie then picked up Jose and she flew off to her hollow. When they got to Annie's hollow Annie went over to get her first aid kit.
"I didn't know you had a first aid kit." Jose said
"I don't think any of the other macaws would approve because I'm a bird and I would never need one, I guess its just a human comfort." Annie said
Annie dug through her first aid kit and got out antiseptic and bandages and put one on Jose's head.
"Are you ready to start your flying lesson again?" Annie said
"I think I am, I can do better with the flapping this time I think." Jose said
Jose then got another running start and jumped off the edge of the tree. This time he learned from his past mistake and opened his wings correctly.
"Look Jose you are flying!" Annie said
Jose looked down at the ground and saw that he was in the air
"This is amazing Annie! I never want to go back." Jose said
"Now that we have one lesson out of the way, we can go onto the next one teaching you what birds eat." Annie said
"Sounds good, I'm starving I haven't eaten anything since this morning and it wasn't the best food."
The two birds flew off into the jungle and went looking for some fruit trees. They eventually came to a starfruit tree.
"Now this is called a start fruit, to eat it you pick it up with your talons and eat it."
"Is fruit the only thing?" Jose asked
"No there are also nuts."
"It seems like eating just this could get boring fast." Jose said
"No, it seems like there is always something new and since you are a bird now this is what you eat."
"OK it think I get it, what is the next lesson for me to learn?" Jose asked
"I don't know I think the next thing would be to find you a place to live." Annie said
"OK sounds good do you know any particular place?" Jose asked
"I think so, there might be a vacant hollow near mine, let's go look now."
The two birds flew off to go look for a hollow for Jose to live in. When they got to the hollow they saw that it was vacant.
"Here we are Jose, what do you think of it?" Annie asked
"I like it, can I ask you a question though?" Jose asked
"Sure, what is your question."
"Would you mind if I stayed at your hollow tonight because I am still just getting used to the jungle?"
"I wouldn't mind, I remember I was scared to when I first came here."
"Thanks Annie."
They saw that it was getting late so they headed back to Annie's hollow to go to sleep.
"Thanks for letting me stay here tonight Annie."
"Its no problem, goodnight Jose."
The two birds fell asleep in different sides of the hollow because they weren't mates. During the night Jose unintentionally moved into Annie's wing's. When morning finally came Annie was the first one to wake up because she was used to the time. When she saw that Jose was right there she was startled and moved back which woke Jose up.
"Is it morning already?" Jose said
"Yes, why were you right next to me." Annie asked
"What are you talking about?"
"When I woke up you were right here in my wings."
"Oh I am so sorry I didn't mean that." Jose said scrambling back
"No its fine besides I kind of liked it." Annie said
What if Annie could be my mate in this new life, no no no what am I thinking I just met her, maybe if I could get to know her better. Jose thought to himself
"Ready to get on with some more lessons?" Annie asked
"Let's go!" Jose said as they flew off.
AN: Whenever I am in orchestra and not playing I am thinking about what will happen next. xD