Chapter 7 Talking about the Sun
"So what now guys?" I asked after I wipe the bug juice off on my dress.
"Well like what my mom told us we can teach you our ways of living," Shade answered. I hummed and looked around the nightly forest after Shade spoke and them rubbed my one arm nervously.
"I'm really not sure if I could do this,"
'What do you mean it won't be hard." Chinook said.
"But how its going to be not hard?" I question. "I mean I'm not a nocturnal like you guys,"
"Then we'll teach you." Shade promised.
"And how are you going to teach me?" I added and wait for his answered. I watched them fumble a little trying to figure out a suggestion and then Chinook eyes lit up and grab a giant leave and ripped a little piece and spoke. "I got it! How about we blindfolded you where we can teach you how we listen though dark," I bite my lips and look at our surrounding look at where we're standing.
"You mean here?"
"Sure Ashley all you need to do is stand and listen," Chinook flew over by me and cover my eyes with the leaves. "It won't be this hard I promise."
"We promise." Shade corrected sounding like he wants us to know he's still here. The larger bat rolled his eyes and then made me move where I need to stand. "Well whatever runt, now first lesson of our ways of nature is your hearing. Now what do you hear?"
"Um, right now nothing." I answered trying to hear my both ears.
"No no you need to hear it harder," Chinook said. "You need to hear your surrounding." I took deep breath and tried again hearing and heard some critters and so far I hear was crickets chirping, and gentle wind.
"I hear some, wilderness singing does that count?" I asked.
'Alright good now how about you come to my voice?" Chinook added. I wimped not knowing if its a good idea since we're on a tree branch high above the ground and I might even slipped.
"I don't know if its a good idea.."
"Ashley come on I promise noting bad is going to happen, just follow my voice and walk straight," Chinook convinced. I took a deep breath and slowly took one step and reach my hand out to make sure I'm not crashing into anything or Shade and Chinook.
"Thats it, couple more steps." Chinook encouraged. I nodded and follow his voice that is in front of me and took couple more steps and reach my both hands out in the open.
"Chinook are you still there?"
"Yes I'm right here keep walking," I heard him reply and walk further and gasp when my hand touch someone's.
"You did it Ashley!" Shade cheered. I unfold my blindfold and saw Chinook have my hand look proud of my accomplishment.
I smiled and spoke. "It wasn't that hard," They both chuckled and then the larger bat grabbed my blindfold and blinded me again.
"Lets try it again but this time lets see if you hear us in different angle?" Chinook tested. I nodded and brace myself to listen more with my both ears.
"Over here Ashley!" I heard Shade called and I used my finger to point to where his voice is.
"You got it, now where am I?" I pointed towards the voice of Chinook.
"Now where I am?"
"Where I am?
'"Ashley here."
"Over here!"
I points towards every directions I can hear and some I got right and few got wrong. Right as I finished the last I heard Shade's voice pointed towards that direction I hear Chinook clapped his hands.
"Very good you got the hearing done you can take your blindfold off." I did as I was told taking off and I blinked my eyes to adjust them to see clearly and looking at Shade.
"Well that wasn't too hard than i expected and less dangerous." I said chuckled a bit and looked at Chinook.
"Alright teacher what's my next lesson?" I asked. Chinook shook his head and spoke.
"Why not take a break for a night? Shade and I need to grab some food for our stomach so we have enough strength for our flight around more for the rest of the evening." I nodded as Chinook took my both hands with his feet and he Shade and I flew down from the branch and landed to where the raspberry bushes are and pound. He dropped me on the ground with my feet landed before he flew up right by Shade.
"We'll be back a minute just stay where you are," I couldn't help myself but laughed and said.
"Alright its not like I'm going to walk out further in the woods until I find a ocean,"
"Come on Chinook she's can handle it she's not a pup." Shade chuckled flapping his wings by him. Chinook rolled his eyes and looked at me and smiled.
"Well whatever we'll be back and we'll bring some friends with us for you to meet, you'll like them." He winked before taking off fast while Shade followed behind.
"Hey wait up!" He called while they soared out in the sky night until I didn't see them anymore. After I was done waving I wrapped my arms around myself shivering a little from the cold wind and looked towards the raspberry bush. I decided to have couple bite to eat since I was still little hungry from eating tiger moth but I need some fruits to keep me going. I walked over towards the bush I checked to make sure their not poisoned before I could pluck one. I smiled when I saw some blue raspberry and took couple of them out from their branch and put them in a big leaf that is right by my foot. I took the leaf with my both hands with the berries and walked over to the pond where I can washed them before I can eat them. I just finished eating my third blue raspberry before I ended up all full and took a little drink from the pond before I carefully make sure theirs no parasite or bugs swimming. I heavy sighed when my dad came to me and looked up at the sky. I wonder if he realized I wasn't in the tent last night? I thought imagining if he's calling the police by now and have them scout all over the woods but they won't have any chance to find me, with my clothes at the abandoned campground they will have their solve of me got killed in the forest by wild animal or worse some guy raping me before killing me. Those words have gotten worry as I look down away from the sky and look at my reflection and saw my face was all dirty with my hair little greasy for not getting any bath since I came up to Canada with my dad. I close my eyes can't stop thinking of my father's worry sick expression of me being gone for last day.
"Doing alright child?" I gasp and spun my head and saw Frieda standing by me. I formed a smile and shook my head trying to act like everything is alright and said.
"Yeah I'm okay just waiting for Shade and Chinook to come back after they done hunting,"
"You seem look bit of trouble, are you sure theirs nothing wrong?" I see her not buying my excuse as I heavy sighed and looked up at the sky.
"I've been, thinking about my family including my dad," I answered sadly. Frieda looked at me sympathy and sat down by me with her both knees on ground.
"I understand your missing your family very much but I assure you they know your alright,"
"But how do you know their think I'm okay? It's not like you didn't see their face," I said with doubting.
"Its because your family believes it in their hearts and have strong faith of your surviving." Frieda replied. I heavy sighed and looked down and know she's right and is pretty wise for a old bat. I glance at her band then with curious and asked.
"How did you get your tagged?"
"My what?" Frieda asked looking at me dumbfounded.
"Your tagged." I answered. "You know your silver one," She looked at her tagged and then understand what I was talking about.
"Oh you mean my band. I got it since your humans caught me in the nest when i was a young pup."
"So you know that my kinds are good right?" I question hopefully. She shook her head and said. "I'm afraid I don't know they are or not, I can't tell by their facial."
"But most humans are not that bad." I said and then thought to tell her how humans are so she knows why they tagged her in the first place. "Frieda the reason why they tagged you is because they want to track you to make sure your I mean your colony doesn't go extinct." Frieda chuckled softly as she looked at her band reflecting her face.
"Oh my child I have some belief your kinds are one of the roles of Nocturna's promise."
"Wait what?" I asked. She turn to me and added.
"Our goddess have made a promise thousands years ago for us to come out towards the sun form our darkest hours."
"You mean where you bats are forbidden to go out in day time?" I questioned remembering Mercury telling me about it.
"Exactly." She answered. Before I could say more she use her echolocation on towards the woods and to my shock I can hear it too humming softly like its singing its music, seriously when I felt her echo bounce back at us I could hear a small soft wing beat of a moth.
"Whoa! Frieda did you hear, I mean.. we.. I..did you hear it?" I stuttered. She chuckled.
"Of course child, we bats need to use our echolocation to see what's surround is during our night times."
"But I can hear it too." I said. " I I don't know why I do but I can. Its impossible." Frieda gives me her winkle soft smile and said to me.
"Anything is possible child if you believe." Then we both hear wings flapping and we saw Shade and Chinook coming back with other two Silverwing pups that are male and female. The male one is a chubby light blue fur with orange hair and mane with yellow eyes and the female one has a light purple fur with lavender mane and blonde hair that also has light yellow eyes like the chubby one. When they both landed Frieda turns to me and said.
"I must return back towards the tree haven to have some meeting with the other elders about the migration. I sure hope your friends could teach you about our journey towards Hibernaculum." She bowed before she took off towards the sky. I waved a little for goodbye before turn to the others.
"What you and Frieda were talking about?" Shade asked.
"We just talking about her band and I told her what humans are not bad like I did with you and Chinook, I hope she believed it." I saw a female silverwing came over by me and sniffed at my top head.
"I can't believe the Frieda and the elders decide to let you stay with us, your very lucky enough you didn't get banished out or else you would've been owl's food." The female said.
"Yeah don't remind me." I muttered at the end. Shade laughed and intoduce me towards the two pups.
"Ashley this is Breeze and Todd, guys this is Ashley the girl we told you about."
"Hi!" Todd waved his hand smiling.
"Hey its nice to meet you two." I replied returning my smile.
"Her hair is so soft." Breeze spoke right after she touch my hair with her claws. I shivered a little from her touch and told her not to do it anymore.
"So your a night species like us?" Todd asked curiously. I chuckled shook my head.
"No my kinds are mostly day species where we wake up in the morning when the sun comes out."
"Whats the sun?" Shade asked.
"Oh the sun is very hot and it brings its shine all over the earth giving us daylight. Its brings warmth and joy for us for the world and it also bring out all different bright colors like the sky turns light blue, the grass turns greener along hthe flowers blooming their different colors. And even the lake can even glittered from the sun's ray if it reach its right moment." I explained. You guys should see it yourself its amazing." I realized right after I spoke they all look at each other with their disappointed look.
"We can't Ash." Chinook first to say. I nodded and said.
I know Mercury told me about it, why can't you guys see it?"
"Its another against the law we need to follow, never see the sun." Todd answered.
"How long did that law last?" I couldn't help but asked felt a bit not fair for them not to see it.
"For a last thousand years I guess," Chinook shrugged his shoulders.
"But thats unfair!"
"I'm sorry Ashley but that's how our life is and its not bad after you get to used it." He said.
"But what about changing it?" I formed a smiled thinking more on my opinion. " I think maybe us or you guys should try to change it and stand what is right for your freedom of choice." I saw them looked at each other and then they laughed but Shade however didn't looking like he's having his thoughts.
"Like as if. Any bat will be stupid enough to try that dare." Todd chuckled calming his laughter. I didn't think it was all a joke as I try to protest
"But.."
Come on Ashley we need to teach you more our ways before the sun comes up. Lets try teaching you about the stars reading." Chinook interrupted.
"You guys can read stars?" I asked looking at Chinook.
"Yeah our parents taught us so if we ever get lost we always look up at stars to give us direction." Breeze replied and we begin to take off as Chinook flew over me to grabbed my both hands. Right as I grabbed them I caught a glimpse of Shade still have deep thoughts and was looking up at the sky.
"Shade your okay?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah I was just thinking about what you said, about the sun." He answered snapping out his trance and then spread his both wings out and soared off to the sky following Breeze and Todd. I hummed when Chinook begin to follow behind while carrying me up with wondering what's going on in Shade's mind.
Author's Note: How was that one so far everyone? ^^ Hope you like where this is going but if not DONT READ AND REVIEW IT! DX anyway sorry for the long wait for the update on my silverwing, busy with life and trying to think big for this since its revising ^^' but now things will get out of control right after our OC tells them about the sun as Shade begin to have some thoughts about her saying. X3 I dont own any silverwing characters Except oc aka me. Enjoy! XD ps please dont be shy or afraid to tell me some good critics about my grammer. ;)