Well I have not been online for some time but I guess that it's time to work on my baby Twilight and his journey. So enjoy!!
Twilight gaped at the body, his wings like lead, it was one thing to kill an owl but this? The body was mutilated as if burned, the eyes soggy sockets, his gizzard lurched as bile rose in his throat. Disgusting. He back-winged until the body was out of sight and slid through the cold air, his talons clutching nothingness with a fear that he had never known. Death. He had never been scared to die before but just seeing something so . . . so . . . un-earthly, made him want to yarp.
He found a branch around the Spirit Woods and lighted down, his feathers pulled close to his body. He gazed back at the great tree longingly, his eyes straining for the Band. The band?! What was he thinking? He shook his head and squinted again, yellow eyes aglow.
What's that? He looked deep at a bit of gathering mist and blinked at two strangely familiar shapes, two Great Greys. "Mum, Da?" He called tentatively.
They blinked as if they didn't hear him. My son. A female voice cooed in his head.
Twilight blinked, mystified. Mum? His voice slided around and resonated off of the walls of his mind.
It is, your father Dusk and I Neyunvae. His mother blinked, we tried to save you. We tried, oh how we tried. Her voice began to fade, go my son. His father's voice whispered, go.
Twilight was aghast, his parents? He looked around, swiveling his head in search of them. There was nothing, he hunched his wings and tears sparkled in his eyes. All he wanted was his mum and da.
Twilight let out a low call, pounding the air with his wings, pulling above the terrible cold. It was coming close to the time of the White Rain and he always hated the chill it brought.
He squinted and noted the bloody sky. He was in Beyond the Beyond. He lighted down in an isolated tree and glanced around, clacking his beak as he searched.
He noted owls flying around a volcano, swooping down. Colliers.
I didn't want to give too much away in chapter two so I paused. A bit dry I suppose but you won't believe chapter three!
Anthela