Chapter 4

2109 hours

Stellaluna, and three other fruit bats, waited until the owls were out of sight, before they approached the hollow in the old tree. Just by looking, and by using a bat's natural strong hearing abilities, she could tell that two of the birds were owls because of their size and because of their silent flight. The two small birds, perhaps, might not be owls though. In the back of Stella's mind she hoped they weren't owls, an owl in the jungle was considered a strong offence and a serious threat. Especially after…

The bats approach the tree cautiously; upon entering they find four nests. 'Where they sleep no doubt,' Stella thought to herself. Continuing on, the bats find a bunch of… of…

"What are these things?" asked a very puzzled Stella. Of course they all were wondering that question. On the wall they were looking at, were sticks embedded in the wall, in a strange pattern. The patterns were the same except for the sizes of them. Moving on, they find a large piece of paper with several dots and a few lines. The weird thing was, the pattern the dots were in looked very familiar.

'Strange…' Stella thought to herself with a puzzled look on her face.

"Take a look at these," said one of the male bats.

As she walked over to where he was standing, her eyes widened. On a stand, there was an open book, of course none of them could read, but beside the book was a cylinder made of a strange material with a string pointing out the top.

"These owls have some strange ideas for… Pretty much everything," said Stella.

"Let's go back to the cave. We should go and report back," said the male bat that pointed out the book.

"NO. We should stay here and wait until they come back, that way we can observe them more properly," said the other female bat.

The male bat named Ignis spoke up. "What is there to observe? Besides, it's Stella's choice," he said. All three bats looked at Stella.

Stellaluna looked into the eyes of the bats one at a time. Before she said "Ignis and I will stay here, the rest of you go back to the cave, Report back…" she said looking at the two that were to go back to the cave. "…and return with some help. Understood." It was not a question, or a suggestion, it was an order. After the defeat of the great white owl, Stellaluna became second in command of the entire brave and daring flying foxes. First in command was, of course, her mother. Both, were the only ones who truly deserved to be called, 'brave and daring'. They acted without hesitation; they flew into danger knowing their chances were few. They did it anyways, and when reinforcements arrived, the evil that plagued the jungle with fear, was defeated. That was a day of celebration, today is a day of alarm.

"Understood," both bats said at once before, turning around began to fly to the cave with haste.

"All right Ignis, let's go hide in one of those trees we saw near this one," Stella said as she and Ignis, flew out and landed on a branch. "Let's wait until the owls get back, then we will confront them."

A/N: new chapter, yeah. Sadly I will have to put this story on hold for a while. I have hit an author's block I will try to work on my other stories soon though. I need more inspiration, so please Read and Review. Next chapter I can tell you though, will have the main characters in it, and check out my other stories. Lastly, if you want to know more about my OC Ignis, check out my profile. Until next time this is ashipnerd signing off.