The first thing skydancer notices is the rain … cold rain. There is no cold rain in 'k vala vale she thinks. She opens here eyes, right into the face of a raven which flew of startled dropping an acorn on her head."Ouch" she exclaimed "That hurt raucous," As she stood up she looked around for the rest of the clan. But she saw only a young bird /"not raucous"/ she 'heard' the reply. "What is your name?"
Skydancer asked . The raven thought for a moment /"Revenge"/he replied.
Skydancer blinked in surprise what could cause a bond bird too choose such a name.
She manege to keep from asking she didn't want to know
suddenly she heard a sound and as she turned toward it a rabbit that came waist high,
came of the bush
in shock she backed away. Without thinking revenge launched himself toward the rabbit chasing it away by Peking it's head and pulling it's ears. while calling in hatred/"Bad! Bad!kill!"/
skydancer also saw images of bird remains. Which confused her.
Now she was completely alone .
Where was she? Where were her parents? The clan? She huddled in fear against a tree for some shelter.
After a little while though revenge returned, settled down on her shoulder and pressed himself against her face.
/"Up. That way. Dry."/ he said
Not knowing what else to do she obeyed him and went to the bush
Revenge hops off her shoulder,
and went in first with skydancer right behind him.
Skydancer curls up and falls asleep completely worn out from the events.
Revenge settles down near her.
/"Up. Morning. Food?"/revenge say
skydancer opens her eyes blinking a bit because the sun shines in her eyes.
"Rou.." she starts to say but then she remembers where she is.
Revenge looks at her with sad eyes head sideways /"Need food?"/ The pain and sadness plain in his 'voice' . /'you know where?"/skydancer asked as she crawled out from under the bush.
As she stood up revenge hopt onto her shoulder, where he huddled down and sent her an image of where food was.
As she walk through the forest too where revenge had shown her the was.
She looked carefully around to find out were she was but she didn't recognize anything.
Maybe she was near the new k'vala vale? She wondered. The strange rabbit could be a pelliger changeling.
She had seen enough of them to know there where a lot of odd shapes out here.
And revenge was depressed she could feel it why? She suspected it had something to do with dead birds.
But what? And why could she feel him she mused suddenly she understood he was her bondbird .
But the happiness was heavily overshadowed by the fact that she was alone.
A bird dropped from the sky skydancer quickly leaped out of the way.
Dislodging revenge. Who quickly took flight.
And went after the bird . The frosty-white bird.
It dove toward revenge who rolled out of its way.
Peaking at the bird in passing.
He then turned on wingtip as the white bird does the same they fly toward each other.
Revenge pulls in his wings which causes him to fall out of the sky.
He then turns fall into dive and pulls up, wheels to the left and comes up above the white bird.
Which had turned to attack him again.
Revenge drops down on him and gives a hard pack on the base of the skull,
And quickly disengaged with a push from his legs sending the bird tumbling into some bushes.
As the bird frees itself the bushes start freezing
Some of the smaller branches break off as the white bird launched itself back into the air and the fight.
As shocked as skydancer was about the frozen bush she didn't lose her nerve as she had last time.
How could a bird do that. It was just touching it. She thought
A moment later she spotted a branch and picked it up and while holding it.
Waited for a chance.
The opportunity came when revenge did a flyby the white bird in hot pursuit.
She swung her makeshift bat at the white bird and send it flying into a tree then it fell to the ground the tree was white where the bird had hit she carefully poked the bird with her stick.
it had turned into ice.
/"Good. Now ice. No more hurt."/ Revenge said pleased. As he landed on her shoulder.
"What do you mean Revenge?" Skydancer asked.
Revence just huddled on her shoulder again /"Go eat."/ He replied as sad as before.
Oops wrong question. Skydancer thought.
"Sorry didn't wanna hurt ye." She said aloud.
She then made her way toward the bushes then revenge had shown her.
She had a very unexciting meal of berry's and some mushroom wich revenge thought were safe for her too eat.
Afterward skydancer started to wander trough the forest
crossing several streams some bigger some smaller
thinking about her family. They'd be worried about her. But they where surely looking for her.
The mages could search for her signature firefrost had been training her and knew her signature as well as her own they would find her soon.
But she had to try herself too.
Revenge she said to the raven who was once again on her shoulder.
/"??"/ Revenge sent.
"Have you seen my parents/" She asked sending him an image of her parents.
Revengeok thought for a moment./"No not see. Seen people"/ he replied sending her an image of people in some far of hills.
"O "she said then /"Seen people in forest?"/ /"No!"/ revenge shook his head because some water had fallen on his head as they brushed passed a few leafs.
/"sorry revenge"/ She said. /"!"/ Revenge sent.
Odd there had been water on those leaves. Skydancer thought most off the forest is already dry she thougt looking to her wet sleeve. Well as dry as it's going to get she added sarcastic as she stepped into a small stream covered by some leaves.
She manege to catch revenge who actually fell of her shoulder when she tripped.
She reached toward him with her mind to find out what was wrong with him.
Birds didn't do that.
then she had an odd feeling /"dizzy?"/ She asked him. /"!"/ the weak answer came.
She felt for his wishbone it was starkly pronounced. Not good.
/"You need food!"/ She told him. /"Not hungry."/ Revenge denied.
Without paying any attention to it. Skydancer held out some of the berry's she had saved for lunch.
/"your food"/ Revenge refused as he turned away his head.
She sent she sent a wordless reply that conveyed her worry for him.
Listlessly he ate it. she put him on the ground and removed the leaves that covered the stream so he could drink.
Noticing the water was far warmer then only moments before.
Revenge looked up at her for a moment then with a sigh he started to drink. When he had enough he flew back onto her shoulder. /Ready now! We go?"/ He asked.
Skydancer looked at him from the corner of her eye.
Although he still huddled he was a little more lively. "Sure." Skydancer said. /"which way to humans?'/ .
Revenge turned his head to the west. And skydancer started walking toward the hills.
By twilight the forest had turned into a swamp suddenly she felt the ground give way beneath her feet. In panic she tried to reach the edge.
But she only sank faster.
Revenge flew of her shoulder and landed on a bush .
His sense of lose\pain\sadness was so strong it punched through skydancers panic like a lightning bolt.
As she calmed down she remembered what ayshen had said.
"If you ever fall into quick sand don't move spread out your weight as if your swimming and let yourself be pulled out."
she took a breath too calm herself further and noticed she stops sinking.
"Oke so far so good ."
Now how do I get out I'm alone. Skydancer thinks." No! wait! I'm not." She exclaims.
I'll first have to calm him down. She thought and he's so depressed. Must think I'm gonna die.
/"Don't worry Revenge I'll survive ."/ /Not!"/came Revenge's sad/hopeless reply had he been human it would've been tear strained...but he looked over his shoulder and perked up a little.
/"Yes I will."/ Skydancer said firmly.//?'How? "/ Revenge asked /"You're stuck."/
Skydanccer looked around and noticed that there is a branch hanging just overhead.
She carefully tries to reach it.
But fails Revenge looks at her attempts with growing hope only to have it crushed the branch is too high.
/'Revenge land on branch! At the end."/ Skydancer mind called.
Revenge looked up and flew to the branch and landed at the very tip of the branch.
The branch bend down a little but not enough so he started bouncing a little
Skydancers fingers brushed against the leaves.
/"Wait."/ Revenge mind spoke and flew off.
"Sure" . Skydancer muttered. "It's not as if I can go anywhere else."
A couple of minutes later not one but four birds came flying back after some noise and shoving.
/"Watch you're wings"/ And /"He! I wanna sit there's"/they managed to get the branch bending so far,
that Skydanser could grab the small branches and and slowly make her way up the branch the birds carefully staying out of her way.
Finally Skydancer was far enough /"Oke guys up"/ one bird held it's head side ways for a moment but the other tree had already flown to a higher branch the raven quickly went after them.
After taking a moment to steady herself skydancer started swinging till she could bring her legs over the branch then she quickly made her way to the trunk and climbed out of the tree.
/"thank you."/ skydancer mind spoke to the strange ravens to her surprise one raven answered
/"You're welcome"//"People in hills! you go?"/ /yes "/ Skydancer said the raven tilted it's head /I'll help'.go sleep"/
skydancer crawled once again under a bush and fell asleep to the crowing of the ravens.
Skydancer woke with a start because a raven was restlessly poking at her with a stick.
"Yeah yeah. I'm awake." skydancer said waving a hand at it.
Skydancer crawled out from under the bush and saw a slightly amused revenge looking at her.
He was livelier then the night before she noted in surprise.
/"Go now?"/ The raven that had woken her up asked /"First eat"/ Skydancer said
/"Food there."/ The raven said, pointing it's beak toward a bush only a few feet away.
She went to the bush /"where others?'/ she asked as she started picking berry's.
/"With flock"/ it answered .skydancer felt a flash of depression, and turns to see the raven comfort him /"name restless."//name is skydancer."/ skydancer said /"that revenge"/ she said pointing to revenge /"!"/ Restless replied.
After breakfast they left
Somehow with the help of a sturdy stick and the two birds she manages to make it through the swamp
By twighlight she reaches the other side scratched, bruised and bone tired .she stumbles to higher ground and crawls under a bush and falls asleep both birds settle down on a small tree next too her