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All was going well until out of nowhere an owl appeared. The owl grabbed hold of Shade. Marina flew after the owl at top speed. Dusk tried to keep up the best he could with his bad wing.
Suddenly a bat flew past Marina and Dusk. They couldn't believe it. The bat was huge, even bigger than the Starwings.
The bat lunged at the owl. The bat and owl began to fight. During the fight Shade managed to escape from the owl's talons.
With Shade rejoining them, the three young bats landed on a roof top. From there they watched as the fight between the giant bat and the owl continued. The fight ended when the bat killed the owl on the roof Shade, Marina, and Dusk had been watching the fight from.
Another large bat swooped down and joined the first near the killed owl. The two large bats glared at the smaller Silvering, Brightwing, and Starwing.
Out of nowhere Eclipse, Aurora and the Band appeared. They were shocked to see two bats larger than the Starwings and a dead owl. Soren, Gylfie, Digger and Twilight were unnerved seeing one of their own kind dead, even if it had been the enemy.
They all looked at the two bats. Both had to have had at least had a three foot wingspan and razor sharp teeth. The two large bats and the group stared each other down.
The first bat was thin and muscular, his body was dark purple, he had a reddish brown crest on his head, and a bronze band on his wing. The second bat was shorter, fat, was dark blue in colour, had dark blue black fur, and a bronze band on his wing.
Eclipse stepped towards the two great bats that made even him, who was considered large in his own homeland, look like a small runt. Eclipse tried to hide his fear and tried to look like the brave a powerful warrior prince he was.
"I am Prince Eclipse future Chief of the Black Aura Clan. These are my siblings, Princess Aurora priestess of the Black Aura Clan and Prince Dusk future oracle of the Black Aura Clan. Tell us who you are or you will have to face my rath and the rath of the Ga'Hoole owls." growled Eclipse.
The bat who bad killed the owl stepped forward.
"Pardon my manners. I am Goth. This is my brother-in-law, Throbb." introduced Goth.
Shade was scared and impressed by Goth and Throbb at the same time.
"I'm Shade and this is Marina." nervously said Shade.
Goth and Throbb flew towards the group of bats and owls. The Starwings and the band stayed on guard.
"My companion and I are new to these lands. Torn away from our own." sympathetically told Goth.
Shade and Dusk both connected with what Goth said.
"Us to." said Shade.
"My siblings, me and the owls are all from another land. We came here following the song of the North Star. Or at least I did. My siblings and their owl friends followed after me and we sort of ended up on this journey with Shade and Marina." recalled Dusk.
Eclipse, Aurora, and the Band didn't like how friendly and open Dusk was being with the two strangers.
"We have much in common. All we want is to get back to our home in the South. But we can't read these Northern stars." told Goth.
An idea formed in Shade's head that nobody, besides perhaps Dusk, would like.
"You can travel with us. We're headed South to find my colony." offered Shade.
"He's already letting my siblings, our friends, and me to travel with him. It shouldn't make a difference if you and your brother-in-law come with us." stated Dusk.
Everyone else gasped by what Shade and Dusk had offered. Were they going insane? They didn't even know these bats. Sure Shade and Marina had taken their chances letting the Starwing sand the Band travel with them, but that had been a different story.
"We would be delighted. And in return let us offer our protection." accepted Goth.
"It's a deal." said Shade.
"I hope you enjoy traveling with us." cheerfully said Dusk.
With that the group took flight accompanied by two new traveling companions.
Eclipse and Aurora hung back as they flew through the sky. Dusk had been forced to cling to his brother's fur so the three siblings could talk without the worry of anyone lessoning in on their conversation.
Dusk noticed the enraged look on his brother's face and the concerned look in his sister's eyes. The Starwing was confused by his sibling's strange looks.
"Was it something I said?" wondered Eclipse.
"How could you go alone with what that runt said? We know nothing about those bats. They killed an owl without any help. It at least takes two or three strong Starwing warriors to take down anything larger than a Barn Owl. They could kill us. And you just went along with the joining our group." quietly yelled Eclipse.
Aurora tried to calm her elder brother down before he got any unwanted attention from anyone.
"Quiet down Eclipse. Someone might hear you. Dusk, I have to agree with Eclipse on this one. Those two bats are dangerous. I spoke with Soren and Gylfie and they don't trust them. Digger has a bad feeling as well. It took all of our convincing to keep Twilight from attacking those two strangers and getting himself killed. Those two are trouble. We can't trust them." stated Aurora.
Dusk looked from his brother to his sister and back again.
"Alright I'll be careful and I'll keep my eyes and ears open. I'll try to get a vision or something about those two the next time I get a chance. For now just act natural and try not to be suspicious. For all we know they could be allies and you could all just be worrying for nothing." assured Dusk.
The group continued to fly in silence. The journey had just taken an interesting turn. The journey ahead would be far harder than it ever was before.
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