Five years have passed since that strange night, (which puts the present moment four years after Firewing)
She dragged further into the forest, close to the edge of the city. She knew instinctively the danger it represented, but the "I-don't-care-at-all" became her credo.
And as she was advancing on a wall she heard a loud noise as if a storm blew through the garden that stretched before her, while these very eyes showed her an area quiet disturbed only by two human children dressed in black who were engaged in any activity which does not affect her. She stopped intrigued by the noise, but since nothing seemed to happen, she was preparing to turn she heard something that sounded simultaneously like shouts of joy and pain.
"YEAH! THAT'S WORKED!" yelled one of the two humans
She deigned to take a fresh look and found a small animal stirred between the two children. She could never justify why she gave aid to this creature that night, but this act changed (even more than already) her life.
She began to growl and jumped wildly on the two humans. Just before they do see her and flee in terror, she snatches of pieces of their conversation:
"I can't believe it! That kind of thing doesn't exist!
-believe it! I'm the best Satanist priest of all time!
-And we do what now?
-Well, we play with it, and we kill it?"
After she made them run away she approached the poor creature.
A bat-she thought-a male rather small, probably a newborn who will be caught like a ...
"I ... I am alive? He ask
-Yeah, I take pity of you ... okay goodbye now.
-I'm alive ... again?"
She stopped. Again? Okay he is either an idiot or he's crazy, he cannot be alive again she thought, sitting up on her back legs and turning towards him.
While she indulged in these reflections, the bat get up trembling. Amazed to be alive, he cast a glance at the "she" who had helped, and held his breath: It was almost as big an owl, barely a head shorter. The bat was seized with fear as her silhouette reminded him suddenly bad memories. She dropped to her four legs and looking carefully. She was smaller like this, but was still half the height of one of these famous birds.
"Are you crazy? She ask directly
-I ... I began to wonder…"
She shook her head, and suddenly heard a slight flap. Looking up she noticed that a gust of wind had pushed a few paper from the nearest the table, one of which landed at her feet, she read the following:
"Resurrection of the Dead, Rite 3rd level"
She remembered a few words of two children: A Satanist priest So a Human child could succeed in reviving the dead, it was amazing, but no more. Especially when his eyes fell on the word "only works once"
She turned her attention, with a grin, on the young male.
"I can at least tell you that you're here because ... or thanks to, you decide, two morons. Those humans there, they were playing with black magic and it's hard to believe, but it worked. Now excuse me I have something else to do...
-Why did you help me?"
She paused.
"I don't know ... I had nothing else to do, and then I had to do my act of kindness for the day so I can sleep tonight.
-so you don't want to attack me?"
She left a great laugh
"Why would I?
-Well you're ... let just says that I had never seen a creature like you before. What are you?
-don't know.
-What?
-And don't care, well yes. Nobody ever managed to answer me.
- But your family, your friends, nobody has ever said anything?
- I have no friends and family. It is about ... two years I think, I woke up in the forest, and I remembered nothing. So I installed and since I'm doing very well alone."
Why I tell him my life she asks herself suddenly.
"And you do not think your family cares for you?"
Then he stared into space and she replied in a distant way
"No more ... now..."
Then her attention went back at him and she shouted angrily
"And You? Eh? You haven't a family in mourning that you can go back to them and surprise them by announcing your miraculous return? I'm sure yes so leave me alone and stop with questions!"
She was showing her fangs, but he doesn't felt threatened, well not really, because he knew she just wanted to scare him.
He was about to open his mouth again when she ran away at full speed. He took off like a whirlwind right behind her and followed when she passed the wall to get lost in the forest.
"Wait! I would like to just ... But wait!"
He flew faster and faster as she also ran faster and faster, leaping on the branches crossing the space separating them,and still keeping her lead. And then just after passing through a screen of leaves, he lost her. He turned around for a moment before going to roost on a nearby tree.
He did not even know why he followed her, but he feel it was important.
He was about to take off when a voice startled him
"Why are you curious like that?"
She was just behind him, hanging upside down by the tail.
"Because ... I don't know ... But I told myself that I could maybe help.
She bark a brief laugh
"help me? Why? I get along very well alone. Oh well I do not remember anything about my past, but it's not so bad. By the way you, I think you will need help.
-What?
-You know where you are? Or where you go?
He reacted badly, it was true he doesn't know where he was or where he had to go. He doesn't even know what season it was.
"Personally, I know where you are, I can give you direction to wherever you want ... or if you know where you want to go of course.
-And where are we?
- In the forest that borders the suburbs of a city."
He looked dumbfounded. She tilt that she had just use Humans words, in a language that was far from human.
"we are near a city, in the North.
-There are towers in this city? And a cathedral?
-perhaps…"
She looked again, he was so tiny compared to her, and then she decided.
"Listen, I can accompany you to town, and help you find the cathedral, that you want."
He looked suspicious
"And in return?
-You're a clever one aren't you ... Well you tell me your story? I'm bored these days and I love stories! Oh and the name is Wild.
- Thanks, me it's Shade, Shade Silverwing."