Hey, here's another update. Only two chapters after this, guys! Aren't you excited? Anyway, just so you know, I'm NOT going to combine this and its sequel. You'll just have to wait. Most likely, not too long.
The trip was shorter than I could have guessed, talking to Wrorgon. Besides the fact that he was a lot smarter than he looked, being a wolf/hawk thing, but he also had a great personality. A real funny guy. Somehow, he seemed to be able to talk with the birds that flew by. At least, he made a kind of twittering noise when they flew by. Who knows, maybe he can talk to animals?
I did attempt conversation with Fang, so did Wrorgon, but we didn't get anywhere. Always either a nod or a grunt. He seemed preoccupied the whole time, thinking of other things. Not that I could blame him.
The only thing that Fang said was when we were half way. By that time, Wrorgon and I needed a rest. We were out in the middle of nowhere, as far as I could tell, with cliffs all around us. Once Fang had gotten off Wrorgon's back, he sat down looking at the sky. Pretty soon, lots and lots of giant hawks came, all of them settling down around Fang and Wrorgon. They wanted nothing to do with me. I ended up trying to rest several yards away from the rest of them. The sun was coming up by then, and I was ready for rest.
That next night, Wrorgon rubbing his beak in my hair awakened me. Looking up, he said, there are squeaking noises all around us, and black things flying around! I sat up and looked around. Unable to see anything, I screeched. Wrorgon shook his head a little, but didn't say anything.
All around us were bats. They were all sizes, ranging from giant Flying Foxes with a wingspan of six feet to little brown bats. Several settled around me arms and wings, a little vampire bat clung to my hair. Smiling, I shook the ones off my wings and jumped into the air. Colonies upon colonies of bats followed me, making a giant cloud of them. After a while of flying, we set off again.
By the next morning, we had finally made it to the School, or at least several yards away from it.
"Okay, guys," I said, "We need to come up with some kind of plan. Something that will get us into the place quick."
"Why not just the front doors?" Wrorgon suggested. "I could bust them open." I was sure he could.
"That's crazy!" Fang exclaimed, surprising us both. "We'll all get killed!"
"Not with me," Wrorgon said boldly.
"Or me, if I change," I said. "If you're scared, you can stay out of our way until we get to the cages."
"No way," Fang said hurriedly. "You're not leaving me out." I grinned. I knew he was going to say that.
R&R, like always! Tell me what you think!