Guardians of Nacht-Magen
Book 1: Awakening
Prologue
"Emerilla?" Hoole turned around and saw an owl almost identical to the one he had just spoken to. She looked exactly like Emerilla. No... no... not quite exactly. The tips of her tawny wings were beginning to turn black. Lutta was changing before his very eyes. The owl he thought was Emerilla was dissolving into a dark crow-like thing that was now flying directly toward him. He felt himself suddenly skid across the ice and slam into the melting throne. His eyes closed momentarily, and when he opened them, he saw Strix Strumajen hovering over a strange heap of black and brown feathers. The puddle of water was turning red with blood. Little gnat-like creatures floated dead on it's surface.
"Half-hags!" the two work swept through the throne room.
"I had to kill her," Strix Strumajen said. "She pretended to be my Emerilla. I knew from the start that something was not right about her. A blood deception she was-a hagsfiend."
"No!" a whispery voice rose from the pile of feathers. Hoole flew over to her.
"What are you?" he asked, peering down at the dying creature.
"I am nothing, and yet I loved..."
The vial of the ember dangled from Hoole's neck. She lifted a talon.
She wants the ember! Hoole thought.
"No, it is not the ember I wanted." Lutta said, then died.
R&R please everyone and tell me your opinions and what you think should happen next. ;D