Prologue
Tristin looked around her forest "Mama? Why is it burning?" she asked, horrified.
Lucy hugged her close and spread her wings.
"It's the Ty Tris," she whispered and launched Tristin and herself into the air. Tristin whimpered and opened her mouth in agony.
"Mommy, who are the?" Tristin asked as she huddled against her mother's warm paws. Tristin tried not to look down but then she saw the tallest pines soaring alongside them, but Lucy was passing them quickly and Tristin screamed as they gained altitude.
"Shh Tristin, they're after us all, it's what they do, they are evil," Tristin looked at her mother and she curled herself into a ball.
"Mommy, I'm scared," she whimpered and Lucy hugged her tight as they flew over the burning woods.
"It's going to be okay Tristin, you'll be fine. We'll see Daddy again soon," she meowed and stroked Tristin's head. Tristin looked down again and then huddled against Lucy. Lucy looked down at the woods and saw a big smoking trail coming up from a clearing in front of them. When Lucy studied it a shape started to curve inside the smog, a dragonlike symbol, whirling against the properties of nature and then the smoke engulfed the symbol once again, the smog swirling against the sky. Lucy's eyes widened in horror of what she had seen, and she looked down at Tristin, to see, to acknowledge if Tristin had seen, had seen the TY's symbol. Tristin opened her eyes slightly and she looked at Lucy and opened her mouth but Lucy interjected.
"Tristin," she meowed calmly and Tristin studied Lucy and saw the fire reflection off her brilliant blue eyes, the fire burning inside, burning forever with hatred and love."Tristin," she meowed again with an edge to her voice and Tristin flicked her tail anxiously and then looked behind her mother.
"Yeah Mommy?" she asked and Lucy flapped her wings, the air rushing into Tristin's face.
"Tristin, there's a camp down there. We have to leave without getting seen so I'm going to have to go really fast. Don't scream okay Tris? I believe in you sweetie," she meowed and Tristin huddled herself against Lucy.
"What if we don't make it," Tristin asked, her voice muffled. Lucy felt Tristin's heart beating along with her own and she looked at Tristin carefully, deciding.
"I don't know Tristin, I just don't know," Lucy breathed in as she silently looked down at the camp and she saw Tristin's eyes close and her breathing quickened and she flapped her wings for a moment and then launched herself down into the forest. Lucy saw a glint out of the corner of her eye and saw a silver cat with light purple stripes cascading down its back and then Lucy saw the cannon. Tristin looked down and they made eye contact and instinctively the cat pulled the trigger on the cannon and a giant missile was launched at them. Tristin let out a scream as it made contact and she felt Lucy's paws wrap around her as they tumbled down. Tristin felt Lucy's warm breath against her, afraid like herself. Tristin felt Lucy crumble up beneath her as they landed and an explosion of dust and feather exploded around her as Tristin realized Lucy had sacrificed herself to save Tristin. Tristin felt herself fall off Lucy into a file of blue feathers and she opened her eyes to see Lucy's brilliant blue feathers floating around them, red stained in the deep blue depths. Tristin scraped a few together and she cried out when she saw Lucy's face, the blue depths were clouded and Lucy had blood around her mouth.
"Lucy!" Tristin screamed and she jumped on her and tugged on Lucy, You have to wake up!"
Tristin felt tears cascading out of her eyes and she lifted her face to the sky and screamed at it.
'She can't die! She can't! I won't let her!" she cried and Tristin grasped a few ginger furs in her paw and she clutched her mother,"Mommy.." she whimpered and Tristin shut her eyes, unable to register anything in her head.
Lucy raised her head a little and she breathed on Tristin. Tristin looked up and Lucy stared at her daughter, the tear stains dripping down her cheeks and muzzle and the beautiful green blue eyes. Lucy smiled and Tristin leaped at her.
"Oh Lucy," she whispered and Tristin hugged her tightly.
"Mommy! You didn't leave me after all!" she cried and Lucy smiled.
"I love-" she coughed, love echoing in her eyes as she coughed harder. Luc saw more blood drip out of her mouth and Tristin cried,
"Mommy! It's going to be all right! I promise!" Tristin cried, new tears erupting from her face! I know it's going to be okay!"
Tristin huddled against Lucy and Lucy's head fell to the ground, he eyes clouding over and her paws felt limp.
Tristin stared at her, her eyes shaking and Tristin laid a paw on Lucy's neck fur and Tristin collapsed in a heap of fur.
Tristin clutched her paws over her face,"Mommy…." she whimpered.
A tabby looked up at the sky and he saw the explosion in the sky,"No," he murmured, dumbfounded as a cat spiraled out of the sky tinted orange feathers falling and then a smaller shape following the cat,"That can't, that can't be Lucy," he meowed and swayed on his paws watching them fall,"He saw black cats in the far distance in coming,"I can't let them take Lucy!" he meowed to himself and flew close to the ground as Lucy and the smaller cat drew closer to the ground and as the cats drew closer to them. Once he cleared into the field he barely caught Lucy before she fell and the smaller cat fell onto Lucy as well. The tabby cried out in pain, as if he could feel Lucy's. He gave a final flap of his wings and flew over to Lucy. The kitten tried to scratch him, but to no avail, she was too weak.
"Get away from my Mommy!" she tried to scream. The tabby stared at her and smiled, she was beautiful, he calico coat shimmered in the sun and white fur shown from underneath her belly. He eyes, her eyes were a beautiful bright green.
"It's going to be okay,"he whispered soothingly and flew off as quickly as he could before the cats entered the field. As soon as he thought they were out of sight from the TY the tabby flew into a cave and stopped in a small clearing inside the cave. Three passageways led somewhere. The Tabby went through one until they entered a cavern and then he set down Lucy and the kitten beside each other.
The kitten had started to grasp Lucy and the tabby collapsed onto the ground. "Luce, you can't be gone," he whispered and drew in the kitten, she didn't notice."It's going to be alright," he told himself, partially to the kitten."It's going to be alright."
The kitten opened her eyes and struggled to break free from his paws.
"Who are you!" she cried and jumped back. "Don't touch my Mommy!" she screeched and the tabby smiled softly.
"Don't worry, it's okay, I'm Swift," he meowed soothingly and the kitten bristled her back fur aggressively.
"I don't trust you!" She screeched and Attis in front of Lucy protectively. Swift look at her sadly and flicked his tail sadly.
"I'm, i'm your father," he whispered.
The kitten stared at him in disbelief and she backed up.
"No!" She suddenly yelled, shaking and Swift drew his tail around his legs and he sighed.
"It's alright, there's nothing to be afraid of," he meowed and the kitten glared at him and then drew her fur down and collapsed,"It's going to be okay he whispered and drew his paws around her warm body and felt her relax. Swift stared at her fur fall up and down and suddenly she lifted her head and she blinked, her brilliant eyes glowing.
"Daddy?" She asked and Swift smiled back at her.
"What is it?" Swift asked and she stared at him.
"Daddy? Did mommy tell you my name?" She asked and Swift stared at Lucy, her feathers strangely illuminated in the dark. Swift stared back at the kitten and hesitated.
"No, no she didn't," he answered her and she was silent.
"What's yours?" She asked and Swift smiled, she must have forgotten, or purposely. Swift wrapped his tail around her and smiled.
"I'm Swift," he meowed and she smiled.
"Well I'm Tristin!" She meowed happily and Swift smiled.
"I'm happy to know you Tristin," Swift meowed happily and Tristin purred happily and snuggled against him and Swift slowly fell asleep as Tristin did.
Swift woke to noises inside the cavern and several of the black suited cats were around them. Tristin was in one of their mouths, unconscious and Lucy was on the floor, her wings strapped down and Swift arched his back in confusion and anger.
"What are you doing!" he meowed, frightened and the cat next to the two spat at the ground.
"Look what we have here," a cat meowed and gave a sly grin,"Now Swift," he meowed before I could interrupt he continued,"Now, we have your daughter here and Lucy kidnapped. What do you do?" he asked tilting his head and he flicked his tail beneath the suit. Swift looked at Lucy and she looked at him back. Swift cleared his throat
,"Well tell me, what are the options," Swift meowed and his tail shook slightly. The cat circled around Swift and he stuck his nose next to Swifts as Swift tried not to shiver
,"The choices," the cat paused and then laughed,"You either get to keep Tristin or Lucy and the other one is given," he paused again and tilted his head at Swift," to us," he meowed and then let out a cackle and the other cats joined in and then one added.
"How could Lucy be alive?" Swift interrupted and the cats laughed and they knocked Luxu on the head in a pattern.
"Well, now she is alive," he growled as Lucy lifted up her head "And you have limited time to do so," the cat added and Swift knew that he would somehow cruelly run out of time and then one cat took a feather off the ground and started ripping shreds off, the countdown had started. Swift looked from Lucy to Tristin in one of the cats mouths and knew that they would take Tristin. He looked at Lucy and she looked at him, tears emerging in her eyes
,"I trust you Swift," she murmured and flinched as the soldiers sitting on her wings dug their claws into her feathers. Swift opened his mouth to tell the answer and then the cat yelled
,"Time's up!" and the last thing Swift saw was Lucy as he blacked out.
Lucy looked at Swift on the ground, unconscious and she looked at Tristin, her beautiful daughter, unconscious and limp against the cats cat holding trusting started running away and Lucy looked at her daughter being taken away and she felt tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Be brave Tristin!" she yelled and looked at the distance where Tristin was being taken,"I will always be with you no matter what!" After that one cat remained and it was the cat with the deal,"Well then," Lucy meowed getting up her wings bent and the cat circled around her
,"Well, well, well Lucy. More defiant than I remember," he meowed and pulled his mask off and Lucy widened her eyes in surprise
,"Shane!" she cried and he padded next to her
,"That's more like it," he meowed and flicked his tail under her chin. Lucy wasn't going to drop her guard
,"What did you do with Tristin," she growled through gritted teeth. Shane shrugged his brilliant green eyes sharpening
,"Oh, nothing to worry about," he meowed maliciously and he kicked Swift absentmindedly,"It's been so long Lucy. Tell me, what has happened since me," he meowed and he gave a sly smile as Lucy backed away from him
,"Everything is better since you," she snapped angrily and as she tried to back away from him he caught her and he looked at her maliciously
,"Now you better cure that attitude before you come with me," he meowed and his black wings spread from his back with red at the tips and he picked Lucy up and she growled at him and he looked at her,"Now let's go and leave.." he paused and then spat," Him," and they were gone within moments and Lucy closed her eyes and a tear trailed down her cheek. In just a few moments she had lost Tristin and Swift.