I'll only say this for this one chapter and this one chapter alone: I do not own anything having to do with Silverwing and I never have.
Now onto the story without any more delays.
Why…?
No… I just want to know why.
What have I done to deserve this…?
Not just this but everything.
I mean I've been taken away from all that I've known my whole life and unable to get back to my old life.
When I begin to think back to anything that I could have done to be taken away from my only family, the comforting caverns I knew belonged to my family for generations, and the only protection ever given to me, I find nothing that I could have done wrong to lose those things.
I was just a simple albino bat that just happened to belong to the royal family of a thousand bat colony, but no one really knew I existed even though I was the only heir. So no one could've caused me to be where I am now.
No… It was those things. It's their fault.
What are they called?
Humans…?
Humans?
Humans!
They did this to me when I had done nothing to them throughout my entire life! I hadn't even seen a human once before in my life before they came and took me away from my father, my only family! Why would they do such a thing to me!?
I don't know… but all I do know is that right now I am lost, afraid and I have lost my voice to cry out my sobs.
That is all true since I'm all alone, in a hollowed out tree in some godforsaken forest I have never seen before or have even been to for that matter. I am slowly starving to death, slowly freezing to death even though the land seems tropical, and yearning for someone of my colony to come to me and take me back home. Better yet, I just hope my father comes flying right towards this tree I'm in, finds me and then tells me everything's going to be alright.
Heh, what a cruel thing to pull over on myself.
I know I'm hundreds of miles away from my home and I won't doubt that, but I still have to hold something within my heart to keep my sanity.
I just won't give into the nightmares that keep me in constant fear of the land outside this tree. However, if I don't overcome this fear that's trying to take over my whole mind and I shall die since I must have to eat sometime. Unfortunately for me this isn't a world I control like the one I used to live in where I had some control.
However, I need a sign soon. I don't want this life in this forest to be my conclusion to my story. Dammit, I really just need a sign.
The cold light calls my name softly, but I hold onto the reality of the earthly world that I don't wish to leave just yet. It keeps calling my name though and I can't ignore it for long. When I look towards the opening of the tree, I see the light becoming darker.
Without moving, I know it's a predator or some other animal coming my way and most likely hungry for my flesh.
Leaning my head back, I let loose a cry of pity upon myself and the last thing I know is that I am slowly starting to think back my old life. My stomach was never even half empty and my fur was always kept warm. I was always by my father's side as he taught me about many things that I would come to know and use throughout my life. Even though I got snapped at a couple of times and was shooed away when the elders were busy with discussing things with my father, I just kept reminding myself that I'd rather be scolded by them instead of dying right now.
Yes, everything was right with the world when I was at home with my father and our colony, and now I wish for nothing else but to be back there with them.
Still, I am not with them right now. I am where I am and I must accept my fate in this forest. If I am to die then that is what must happen.
The darkness now covers me and I don't even struggle when I let myself fall into its warm embrace.
Heh, don't worry the other chapters are a lot longer then this one. This one just needed to be somewhat of a prologue and it did its job rather nicely if I do say so myself.
With all of that said and done, until the next chapter is posted up, I bid you readers/reviews a short farewell at for the time being.
