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• Rio is Blue Sky Studios property.

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Chapter Sixteen: A New Day to Open Part 1

The sun came up once again, and as did every bird in the jungle of Rio. However, two of those native birds didn't get to sleep much because of their situation of…endangerment or extinction.

For Jewel, it was the most bothersome to think about. She finally got up and had a bit of red eyes from her staying up with thoughts, and despite her wanting to put those behind and enjoy her day, she just couldn't. Then, to her own relief, Eva finally woke up.

"Hey Eva!" Jewel yelled, hugging her by surprise.

"Whoa! Morning, Jewel." She let go of her and spoke kind of fast. "So how are you? Good? That's good, okay. Do you wanna do something today? I wanna do something today! What about-?"

"Hey Jewel, calm down. Don't you think it's a little too early to be doing something? Right now, I just wanna relax and clean myself up. See you later."

"Oh…uh, okay. See ya." Jewel said, disappointed seeing that her best friend wasn't in the mood for the moment. So she went up out of the room to see Carlos, who seemed to be the first to wake up.

"Morning Carlos."

"Morning Jewel. How are you feeling today?"

"I'm good. Uh hey, do you mind if I hang out with you and Sophia today?"

"Not at all. In fact, we heard from the neighbors that since Blu's back, Nico and Pedro plan on reopening their club. So I thought maybe the four of us could help them out."

"Okay. As long as it gives me an excuse to hang out with you guys…and Blu." Jewel said and sweetly smiled to herself, looking away from Carlos, and finally felt relieved about her troubles being over. Carlos actually chuckled behind her back, since even he thought that Blu and Jewel were cute together. Soon she helped Carlos clean up the hollow until Sophia would wake up, and got ready to go to the club.

For Blu, the feeling of trouble was still no different for him. It was like he had eyes opened up all night without the thought endangerment giving him a chance to blink. But he put that aside as he noticed the sun getting to him. He finally got up and looked around to see his fort was safe, but not just for him, but for his new friends, Mikka and Leo, the new scarlet couple. As he was done scanning the area, he peeked into his nest and saw that the guests were still sleeping and cuddling. Blu smiled imagining them as a big red heart, and thought "Wow. I just can't wait for Jewel to move in with me." Then he moved his head out as he heard Mikka yawn.

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