A/N: Hello guys! Welcome to the last chapter of this story, but don't be sad, this won't be my last story for sure! Also, my next story is probably not gonna be canon. By the way, I'm sorry for taking a week to update this, but this week has been a hassle for me with school and everything so I had to focus on that for this week. Without further ado, enjoy the ending!
Chapter 5: A Happily Ever After
-= Third-person (but in a dream world) =-
Blu was stuck in a dark room and he couldn't see a single thing, not even his feet nor himself. So far, it looked like to be a nightmare.
"H-Hello!? Is a-anybody there?" he called out whilst still feeling scared so his voice came out not so tough and brave.
No one answered him. He stood there for what felt like hours and as he was about to call out again, he was suddenly disturbingly warped to the jungle and into the air and he was flying in the air with his wings spread out. Yes, you read correctly, he was flying.
Blu felt phenomenal. The air rushing through all of his feathers… it all felt so real. It felt like he wasn't dreaming but more like he was actually flying.
"Whoa!" he yelled, surprised.
He continued flying through the jungle, whilst evading trees at the last second to get some adrenaline pumping through his minuscule body.
But sadly, all good things must come to an end at some point.
-= Blu =-
I woke up with a jolt from my sleep what I first thought was a nightmare. I also had broken away from Jewel's embrace.
I looked over to Jewel and saw her stirring.
"Blu? Why are you up? What's wrong?" she asked groggily, concerned.
"Jewel! You don't wanna know what I just dreamed about!" I pretty much yelled.
"Okay okay, calm down. Tell me about it."
I then proceeded to retell my dream to Jewel, including where I first thought I was having a nightmare.
"And the thing is, it all felt so real! It felt like I was actually in the jungle and… flying. It all felt so surreal and the air rushing through my wing feathers… ah, it felt good. In fact, I feel like I can remember how I was flying…"
Then an idea popped up in my head. It was a bad idea but, oh well.
"Hey, Jewel. I have an idea," I declared, trying to look like a genius for what I was about to say next.
"Hmm?" she responded with a hum.
"How about I try replicating my flying in the dream, and if I fall and don't actually fly, you'll be down on the ground to catch me. I feel like I could fly right now, Jewel!" I suggested whilst hoping she would accept the idea, even if it sounded so dangerous and dumb.
"Hmm…" she hummed again and stayed in thought for a while.
"Alright. But if something really bad happens, it's your fault. Got it?"
I internally let out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah sure, Jewel."
Jewel then started to walk over to the hollow's entrance and took off to the ground below shortly after. I went over to the hollow's entrance as well, preparing myself mentally for what I was about to do for the first time in my life - fly.
Little did Blu and Jewel know, Linda and Tulio were in the control room, watching them, and trying to piece together what they were trying to do like a puzzle.
"Tulio, do you have any idea what this behavior may hint to?" Linda asked, concerned for Blu.
"Uhh… not sure, Linda. I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
"You ready, Jewel?" I asked her, raising my voice a tiny bit so she could hear me from that far away.
"Yup!" she hollered back.
"Okay… here I go, Jewel," I said, still feeling nervous about my idea.
Okay. Take it easy. Just don't even think about it. Just jump and open up your wings and voila - you'll be flying! It'll be easy peasy.
After some mental preparement, I backed a little into the hollow to get a headstart. I then transitioned into a full-on sprint and then...
I jumped.
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When I jumped, I closed my eyes and spread my wings. And to my surprise, I felt like I was gliding slowly down, to plummet to the Earth and probably break many bones.
Quickly I opened my eyes to prepare myself again for a painful landing.
But that never happened.
I opened my eyes to find myself flying! It seems as if the dream gave me an encouragement boost and made me man up and finally learn to fly.
"Oh my god, Blu! You're flying! Woo-hoo!" I heard Jewel faintly scream from below out of pure excitement and I could tell she was happy for me.
"Yeah! I'm actually flying! It feels just like in the dream… Maybe I saw the future, Jewel?" I asked curiously for her opinion as I glided down to the ground next to her.
"Who knows," she replied whilst shrugging.
"We gotta tell Linda and Tulio! They'll be so surprised and in awe for sure!" I suggested.
But before Jewel could reply, I heard the door open from the laboratory side of the building and I heard two pairs of footsteps step in and getting closer at a very fast rate as if they were running.
I soon turned around and saw Linda and Tulio run up to us and Linda snatched me from the ground and gave me a bone-crushing hug.
"Oh my god, Blu! We saw that from the control room! Congratulations! My big boy is all grown up," she told me excitedly, but the tone of her voice went a little sad in the last sentence.
I squawked back in excitement whilst she put me on her arm.
I motioned for a pen and paper to voice out my thoughts.
She got the hint and said: "Alright, Blu. Wait here."
The entire time Tulio was in the sidelines, watching us celebrate this huge milestone in my life. I heard a pair of talons walking up to me from my right side.
"So, how do you like flying?" she asked.
"It felt so good, Jewel. I never knew what I was missing out on until I actually felt it for myself."
"That's great. You looked so handsome up there, you know?" Jewel complimented.
I blushed, but not so hard thankfully so she didn't notice.
"Thanks, Jewel, but I'm no match for you, my angel," I complimented back so we were even.
She giggled.
"Aww, thanks, handsome," she replied and then pecked me on the cheek.
I heard Linda come through the door again and she walked up to me and set the pen and paper down on the ground.
"Here you go, Blu."
I proceeded to pick up the pen and write out what was on my mind.
Oh, Linda. You don't wanna know how exhilarating it feels to fly. But now that I know how to do that, I have a confession to make. I want to move to the jungle with Jewel. Can I? I promise I will visit every once in a while.
I then stepped off of the paper so Linda could pick up the paper. She picked it up and adjusted her glasses so that she could read the paper better.
I saw her tearing up a little bit and sniffled.
"Okay, Blu. You can go. At least you'll be visiting us every so often, but I'll miss you, my big boy," she said and sniffled again and wiped the tears with her eye.
I slowly walked up to her leg and she snatched me up again and hugged me.
I have to admit, I was tearing up a little bit too because I had to say a temporary goodbye to my only friend in my life of 15 years.
Tulio finally decided to interrupt us.
"Oh and about that plan we talked about a few days ago. Since we kind of predicted that you both are going to be together, we made a sanctuary out of a part of the jungle so you guys can live safely and be free of any smugglers or poachers. There's also a watchtower nearby, so you'll probably see us both up there most of the time," he said and smiled.
I squawked thankfully in perfect unison with Jewel.
"I think we should go and show the birds the sanctuary we made," Linda suggested.
"Sure," Tulio replied.
Then, Linda picked me up and perched me on her arm and Tulio did the same with Jewel, except she was a bit afraid of humans still, so she hesitated for a second, but still perched on the arm nonetheless, seeing as I had no problem being on Linda's arm.
We first went into the kitchen for some reason, even though the door that led outside wasn't near the kitchen and was the other way.
I squawked, confused.
"I figured you guys were hungry so we thought we should give you guys some food before you go," she replied, noticing my confusedness.
Linda placed me on the kitchen countertop and Tulio mirrored Linda's movements with Jewel.
They began preparing the bird food for both of us.
"Wow. Just to think I'll be free in the jungle again, but this time, with a lovely, handsome and cute bird to accompany me," she told me and smiled.
I blushed noticeably hard at her compliment and I was out of compliments that time.
"Thanks a lot, Jewel. Isn't it weird, though, that I learned to fly through a, I guess, lucid dream?" I replied, still blushing a bit.
"Yeah. I've never seen anything like it before. It's weird how fate works."
Our conversation was interrupted when a bowl was slid in front of our feet.
"Here you go, guys. Your last meal before you leave off to the jungle," Linda said still feeling a little sad, but deep inside, she knew that her big brave boy will be living the life he is supposed to live and was very happy for him.
I squawked thankfully and we began to feast upon the bird food that was given to us. It wasn't really that luxurious of a meal, but I guess it did the job.
When we finished eating our breakfast, I perched on Linda's arm again and Jewel wasn't so hesitant this time and perched on Tulio's arm.
We began to make our way to the door that led outside and we stepped outside.
I took a moment to inhale in the beautiful and lovely air of Rio de Janeiro, whilst closing my eyes in bliss.
Then, we started walking over to the jungle and in the distance, it looked like there was a huge watchtower with a blue macaw as the logo on the wall and words that read: "Blu Bird Sanctuary"
We arrived at the stairs of the watchtower and started walking up the stairs. It took a few minutes since the watchtower wasn't anything small in size.
After what felt like an eternity, we arrived at the top of the watchtower and I looked out to the jungle. To know that this will be my home now scared me a bit, knowing I was still kind of scared about all of the predators and everything, but I remembered something. I had Jewel by my side and as long as we were together, nothing could stop us.
Linda set me down on the railing of the watchtower and Tulio again mirrored the movements of Linda.
I then looked over to them and saw them pulling off their shirts and I started to wonder.
What are they doing? Are they gonna go swimming or something?
But I was very wrong, as under the shirt was another one. This one was a tan shirt, with the same logo that was on the wall of the watchtower on the chest area of the shirt.
I was amazed by how much humans actually cared for us. Well, I guess it should be obvious, we still are the last two living birds of our species.
I noticed that we were all ready for takeoff, so I heard a pair of wingbeats and saw Jewel fly away, about to go into the jungle to start her life anew.
But before I went, I decided to have my last (for some time) signature fistbump with Linda. After doing just that, I imitated my signature explosion sound and she scratched me under my neck.
I felt that I needed to go accompany Jewel and go live out my life to the fullest, happily ever after. I turned towards the jungle, and I jumped and flew to Jewel.
"There you are. Now let's go find a hollow, handsome," she suggested whilst blowing an air kiss towards me.
I stood in a trance for a few seconds before deciding to catch up to Jewel.
So, the pair of Spix's macaws found themselves a hollow to live in for the time being. In the many days that were to come, Jewel taught Blu a bit more about the jungle so he could get over that puny fear of his. In the meantime, they were strengthening their feelings and relationship towards each other until they were madly in love with each other.
Until one fateful day happened. The pair made intimate love to each other one stormy and rainy night and the next morning, she was pregnant. Blu was ecstatic.
After Blu and Jewel showed the pair of humans (who in the meantime have become girlfriend and boyfriend) their eggs, they couldn't contain their excitement and they were happy that the species could finally be hopefully saved!
A few days passed, and the pair of humans informed the birds that they had made a birdhouse for them and their about-to-be children. They then moved over to the cozy birdhouse and had great times whilst meeting Rafael and Eva through Nico and Pedro.
Life was going great, their kids had hatched and were now 3 years old, when one morning, they saw the pair of humans they knew on TV, announcing something very important and exhilarating. They had found a wild Spix's macaw deep in the Amazon jungle, so Blu and Jewel decided it would be great to make a trip to the Amazon jungle to find them, whilst their group of friends tagged along with them.
They soon found the tribe of Spix's macaws. They were settled into one of Jewel's childhood friend's nest. A lot of bad events happened because of Blu, and for some time, he was considered an outcast and a traitor. But he redeemed himself.
The pair of Spix's macaws moved out of Jewel's childhood friend's nest and they found an unoccupied hollow in the tribe territory and settled themselves in with their children and they lived happily ever after, without any enemies bothering them.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this story! As I said before, stay tuned for a new story from me (I don't know when) and don't forget to review!
Until then, see ya!
NOTE: I do not own the movie Rio or any characters associated with it. What I do own is my own OC's.