Chapter 1 (maybe): Hoooolaaaaaa...
The sun was rising. The great celestial body that no bat had seen for generations was comin over the lip of the world and slightly beaming onto the slumbering faces of the silverwing colony. Well, all except one.
Well. I never thought I would see the day when the bats returned to the world of the sun. Thought the large ginger female roosting with the smaller silverwings. Much to the chagrin of the males of the colony, she was almost the same size as them. So while most of the females her age where finding mates, she was stuck being single.
Not that I really need a bat to be my mate. Grinned the ginger. After all a shapeshifter doesn't need to limit her only choice to one species.
She turned as a groggy voice called out to her from a different part of the colony's roost.
"Rose! What's up. You're not sleeping like the others. Is your wing bothering you?" Asked a sleepy Shade. He glanced worriedly at the tear in her wing.
Rose grinned. He was such a sweet boy. He would make a wonderful mate to Marina one day. If he would just get up the damn courage. "A little, but it's nothing too serious. I don't need anymore painkiller if that's what you're asking." She was still beating herself up for not managing to come out of her unconscious state and heal her wing before Mercury had showed up. Now she had to worry about her wing's condition healing to fast and tipping off the colony to what she really was.
"I said thanks for saving my butt from that owl, right?" The young male asked, basically stating his appreciation.
"It's fine kid! You're one of the more pleasant bats to have around. If you had died who would I have left to talk to?" Rose laughed and the young bat ginned. "But hey, shouldn't you be asleep too? Your mother will have a conniption if she thinks you're getting sick, even if you're just overtired."
"What's a conniption?" Questioned Shade.
"Uhhh," Crap! Used a Hades word! "Umm, it kinda means to have a fit, but I guess it's caused by worry." The female tried to explain. "Hey why don't you go sleep next to Marina? I'm sure she would like the company."
"I don't know..." Shade tried to avoid the suggestion.
"It'll be fine hun. Trust me." Rose wrapped her good wing around the little male. "I'm going out for a quick flight anyways."
Shade sighed, "If you're sure..." He dropped from the branch and flew over to the brightwing female and huddled up next to her to keep away the cold. The Red female grinned. So cute!
Rose took off into the brightening winter morning with the warm sunlight illuminating her face. She flew on and on till she reached the pool under the entrance to Hibernaculum. Her injured wing started to sting with the cold as she perched atop a dead branch. While she watched the light of the sun dance over the frozen edges of the water she saw something dark flutter out of the corner of her eye, but when she turned her head to look, there were only dead oak leaves. The sight didn't stop the sense of foreboding that had suddenly settled over her. Shivering, she looked for a slightly warmer place for her to watch the morning progress. There was a small rotted out place in her tree that was perfect for a bat her size. She quickly snuggled in and felt somewhat better with her new, if temporary, housing. At least, until she saw the profile of a very large bat shivering outside.
The large bat looked from behind his folded wings, into the little nook and continued to shiver uncontrollably. "How rude it is, not to greet a visitor."
Rose glanced at the new addition to the scenery. "Is there any reason to greet you? Your accent implies you are not from around here. There is no need to greet a bat that is just passing through." She spoke with a regal bearing. No need to let this bat know how unsettling he is.
He let out a short burst of laughter, uncovering his face. The wispy clouds of his breath framed his face handsomely. " The females of the North, are they all so...outspoken?" He spoke slowly, as if trying to find the right word.
"That would depend on the female. I am uncommon, but certainly not rare. Any female that is worth mating should be able to hold her own. After all, we could be just as strong as you males if we didn't have to worrying about nurturing the next in line." She spoke calmly. Unfortunately, the flinch that resulted from the sharp, loud release of laughter from the larger bat made short work of her calm facade.
"You- You make it sound like it's your patriotic duty!" The Male grabbed at his sides in what looked like an effort to hold himself together. Once he calmed down he spoke. "You obviously are unmated. Most females quickly find out how easy it is once they mate, the male takes care of them, they get lazy and eventually don't have to do anything until they have another spawn."
"Wow." Rose quipped, "You don't strike me as a bat who would put up with that kind of thing."
"How so?" The Larger bat questioned.
"Well, from the way you talk it sounds like you have pretty atrocious mate." Suddenly, Rose got an image of an over-preened female nagging the still nameless male every morning when came back to roost. The urge to laugh hit her like a ton of bricks and suddenly she had to cover her face with a wing to stifle the onslaught of giggles. The Male was not amused...
Hi guys!
So here is the deal. This is what I like to call a Reincarnation piece. A Reincarnation piece ismade when a story written by one Author is rebuilt by another author. The general ruling is that if the original story is not updated within a certain amount of time (I'm talking years here, so if somebody doesn't update within a few months it WILL NOT become a Reincarnation Piece) it can be reincarnated.
1) The original Author will get a message from the me so that if they do want to finish the story, or they just don't want anyone recycling the idea (which is understandable) they can send me a message to get the Reincarnation deleted.
2) Reincarnations are not permanent stories! They are subject to removal is there becomes an issue.
3) The original Author's name WIll appear at the end of the Author's note if you would like to check out the original story.
~*The original Naughty Bat was Written By Vexia Iceflower and is based on the Canadian Animated Series Silverwing. All royalties should go to the respected parties.*~