Hello there, I'm back... I've been through some stuff, but I'm back. This story starts when they are in the car in Rio, during the big pedestrian crossing thing, cause I don't waste time with intros where you already know what will happen and stuff.

The story you're about to read is not one of the usual. This is no character swap, this is no setting change, this is no sequel, prequel, or interquel, this is a personality change. This happens to one of the characters you might know as "Blu". This Blu is not the Blu that you know and love, this is a cooler, smoother, not socially awkward Blu, who actually knows some things about society, but is still a bit of a nerd. He also has a bit of a deeper voice. Now, get submerged in this story.

Blu was laying down in the carrier on a hot day in Rio, relaxing and thinking and looking outside. His wings were on the back of his head. He heard some fluttering on the outside near the carrier. He stood up and 2 birds came into view. He saw a yellow canary with a bottle cap with a brand on it that he had never seen before. The other was a rather obese red-crested cardinal. The canary said something probably in Portuguese, which he didn't understand.

"Ay, if ya don't know English I've got nothin' for you guys," Blu said casually

"Oh, you're an... American?" The yellow one asked, and Blu nodded, "Hmm, I thought you would be Brazilian, you sure look like it though,"

"Yeah, I know I'm from Brazil, but, uh, some stuff happened and I wound up in Minnesota, so yeah,"

"Then what's a bird like you doing around these parts?" The cardinal asked

"Well..." Blu thought of how to say it, "I'm here to meet a girl"

"Ooh, a girl! Well, let me tell ya somethin', Brazilian chicks respond to confidence," The yellow one said

"Yeah, you gotta pump out that chest, shake that tail, like some kind of crazy love-hawk," The cardinal then proceeded to give a loud squawk

"Ah, I see... sounds cool, I'll try it... I also didn't catch your names, I'm Blu,"

"I'm Nico," The canary said

"I'm Pedro, and by the way, make sure to visit our club; ask any bird, they'll know where it is. Anyways we best be off, see ya," The cardinal continued

"Ok, bye to you as well," Blu said. I dunno if I should follow their advice, from what I've read and seen, all people are different.

They arrived at the aviary about 30 mins later. They headed down a hallway with Linda and Tulio talking, and something Tulio said caught his attention.

"—She's a very spirited bird," He said, and a worker turned around with scratches all over his face and said,

"Ugh, I'll say,"

"Oh my... well, she probably won't do that to me if my first impression is correct... still, it makes me a bit worried," Blu muttered, and started taking deep breaths to prep himself.

"Now, let's get you fancied up," Tulio said to Blu.

That "fancying" was just pulling the feathers on the back of his head straight up, so he looked a bit ridiculous. He was then slid into the breeding room.

ah man, this feather-do is really uncomfortable. He thought, and he fixed it to its normal state. He went forward a bit and studied his surroundings; he was in a fake jungle of some sorts.

"uh... Hey, anyone around?!... if so, come to the center! I'll be there!" He walked a bit faster towards the center, but it seemed like he didn't need her to come to him, he came to her. He heard rustling from above, and a beautiful cyanish light blue bird comes flying towards him.

"Oh my..." He lets out a low whistle, and his guarded posture relaxes "Woo, she's an angel if I've ever seen one, those scientists were trippin' when they described her" He stared at him "Say, she getting kind of clo— Ah!" Blu is tackled by her and they roll once before she is on top, her talon on his throat.

"*insert Portuguese line here I am too lazy to look up*," She says.

Blu tries to speak but is incoherent due to the tight grip on his throat.

"Que?" She asks again, and loosens the grip on his neck.

"Could you get off? you're kinda on my throat right now," He whispers

She gets off, and says, "Oh, you're an American," She studies him, and checks around him

"Thanks, so what do—" Blu is interrupted by Jewel checking under his wing

"You look just like me!" She says

"Yeah, I guess I do, so uh, hey, my name's Blu,"

"Jewel, that's my name... now come on, we don't have much time," She grabs him rather romantically and half drags, half pulls him in a direction. An inconveniently placed branch hits him and Jewel flies up the tree. Unfortunately, Blu can't fly, so he recovers and climbs the peg. What is she talking about? He reaches the top and is tapped by Jewel.

"Are you ready?" Jewel asks, and goes to another branch

"For wha— oh," Okay okay, hold up, wait a minute, something ain't right. Nobody in the right mind would want to mate with someone they just met. I have to ask further.

He heads to the branch that Jewel is on, "So, uh, what are you talking about?"

"Oh, I'm trying to escape," she moves leaves out of the way to reveal a vent with a spot of misshapen bars.

"Ah, but why though? It seems cool in here," This arouses suspicions in Jewel that Blu was a pet.

"Because I'd be free! I wouldn't be trapped in here, I could roam around wherever I wanted!" She explained

"Eh, but there are snakes, and spiders, and other not cool things in the jungle!" Blu argues

This confirmed her suspicions and made her instantly aggressive toward him.

"You know what? you're a pet... and do you know what I think of pets? She says coldly,

"Uh—" Blu is cut off

"I pity them, for they have been corrupted by the malevolence of humans, and aren't what they are supposed to be,"

"But Jewel, what's so bad about humans?"

"Humans... humans... They took everything from me! They stole me, ruined my life, took me..." her voice tightened, "Took me away from my family... and now I'm stuck with a stupid, pathetic manifestation of them!" Jewel stepped forward and rose her voice on the last line, and Blu took a step back, afraid.

So much for the first impression. Blu thinks

"Now, Jewel, for me, humans have housed me and... and kept me alive for 15 years, I was a pet since I was a chick,"

"Exactly what I'd expect from a pet... I bet you can't even fly, hm?! Hm?! Oh yeah, that's right, you just sit in a cage, where you belong!" tears are starting to come out of her eyes now. Suddenly, a disco ball pops down near Blu and the song, "say you, say me" by Lionel Richie plays.

"Please, I had nothing to do with that... but it's a pretty good song, naturally, yeah, sing it, Lionel,"

Jewel stares in disbelief at Blu, then tackles him and they fall to the ground. They fight for a while, then pop up over the leaves, Blu holding Jewel romantically, surprised expressions on both their faces. Jewel pulls Blu under the leaves and starts attacking him.

Linda and Tulio saw the whole thing and left to give them some privacy, cause they thought they were mating.

3 hours later

Blu is trying to sleep, but the pounding of something was keeping him awake.

"Hey, could you keep it down? I'm sleeping here,"

"Oh, well I'm sorry sleepyhead," Jewel says mockingly, "I wouldn't expect a pet to understand,"

Blu decides to quit trying to sleep, and laps around the perimeter of the artificial jungle, studying it

"Is the jungle really like this?" Blu asks

"Oh, are you kidding? This is far off the mark," Jewel responds

"What's it like?"

"Well, there are more animals, for sure, and there are fruit trees and nuts, and it's a bit noisier.

"Oh..." Blu sighs,

"Why are you here anyway?"

"Oh, uh..." how do I say this, "Well, if ya want the truth, we're here to... save the species, if you know what I mean," Blu blushed at the thought and looked down

"Well, that's never happening,"

Blu sighs and decides to go to a hollow and rest. A little later, he hears a grunt from outside and goes to see what happened.

"Jewel? Jewel?" Blu walks around on the forest floor heading in the direction. He sees a human figure in front of him and freezes. "Uh, wassup," Blu says

A bag is then placed over him and he is captured.