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Chapter 8

Shade and Marina

"I'm bored." Hazel stated. Tachetee rolled her eyes.

"You said that two minutes ago." she muttered. Hazel paused.

"I'm bored." she repeated.

"Say that again, and I'll do something...violent to you."

Hazel grinned. "I'm bored."

"AHHHHH!!!!" Tachetee yelled, flying after Hazel, who retreated as fast as her wings could carry her.

"Dear Zotz and Nocturna, a psychopath is after me!" Hazel exclaimed. Bloodwings, living between the north and the south, worship both Zotz and Nocturna. That way, both can be happy.

"Not even Zotz can help you now! I'm gonna hit you so hard, it won't even be funny!" Tachetee said.

"How about Nocturna?" Hazel asked before saying her prayers to the bat goddess.

"She can't help either!"

Tachetee continued to chase Hazel around until they both collided into two other bats. They almost crashed to the ground, but caught themselves in midair.

"I'm sorry, it was all Tachetee's fault." Hazel blaimed. Tachetee glared at her.

"It's okay." the dark colored bat said, the bright one nodding in agreement.

"Are you northern bats?" Tachetee asked. The two newcomers looked at eachother and nodded in confirmment. Hazel squealed in delight, Tachetee joining her.

"We finally found northern bats! This place isn't a wasteland afterall!" they exclaimed at the same time.

"You're not from around here?" the bright female asked. The Bloodwings shook their heads.

"We're from the south."

That seemed to have gotten the bats nervous as they began to keep their distance.

"You're not meat eaters, are you?" the dark male questioned.

"Not meat-eaters, but we're b-" Tachetee bumped Hazel and gave her a scolding look. They don't need to have their blood drinking habits ruin everything. It already got them in enough trouble as it is.

"B...bug eaters?" Hazel guessed, earning a slight nod in approval. The two unknown bats sighed in relief, flying closer.

"I'm Shade, a Silverwing." the male said.

"And I'm Marina. I'm a Brightwing." the female joined in the introduction.

"I'm Tachetee, and this is Hazel. We're...Blackwings." Tachetee informed. If they did get into trouble again, Bloodwings won't be the targets...only bats unfortunate enough to be called Blackwings.

"Want to join us? We're trying to find Shade's colony." Marina invited.

"Yeah. Okay, we'd love to meet more northern bats."

They flew off together, Hazel and Tachetee occasionally glancing happily at eachother. There were bats up north. They were beginning to think the snake was wrong and the owls were bluffing.

"So what are you doing way up north?" Shade asked curiously. Tachetee smiled.

"Hazel and I are taking a little adventure. We needed a vacation and a break from our colony."

Tachetee didn't want to tell Shade and Marina how they were banishd from the colony. Might get them suspecious.

"How old are you? Are you newborns?" Shade asked. Hazel and Tachetee exchanged glances and laughed so hard, their sides cramped and they almost fell out of the air.

"No. We're adolescents." Hazel explained, still chuckling a bit.

Shade and Marina were shocked.

"You're as small as I am. And I'm a runty newborn!" Shade exclaimed. Tachetee and Hazel cocked their heads, studying Shade.

"Wow...we Bl...Blackwings are midgets." Hazel said, looking down at her own body. Tachetee shook her head in pity, but couldn't help looking down her own body as well.

"I'm so puny..." Tachetee muttered. Hazel nuzzled her for comfort.

"What'd she say?" Marina asked.

"Nothing. She's just beating down on herself. Which is MY job!" Hazel gave Tachetee a playful whack. They laughed.

"Are you sisters?" Shade asked.

"No. Just really great friends." Tachetee answered.

A tiger moth fluttered just inches from Hazel's nose. Hazel pushed the insect away.

"You don't like tiger moths?" Shade asked in disbelief.

"Uh...we don't have tiger moth things were we come from." Tachetee covered. Marina zoomed off to catch it and returned with the bug still moving in her teeth.

"Here. Try it. It's good." she offered Hazel, voice muffled from the catch. The Bloodwing stared at Tachetee, hoping her friend would get her out of this situation. But the other bat merely shrugged helplessly.

Gulping down her disgust, Hazel took the insect in her mouth and tried to swallow and chew at the same time. She coughed.

Bloodwings can't swallow solid objects since their entire diet consist of blood.

Hazel managed to spit the moth out, gasping for breath. Tachetee patted her back.

"It's disgusting..." the young bat muttered.

"It's okay. It's alright. It's over. You don't have to put it in your mouth anymore." her friend reassured.

Hazel nodded half-heartedly, still panting.

"What happened? I thought you two ate bugs." Shade said suspeciously. Tachetee was quick to recover.

"We do! It's just that we ain't use to northern bugs yet. Plus Hazel hates trying new things. Right Hazel?"

Hazel nodded again, finally catching her breath.

"Sorry. I couldn't take it." she muttered. Marina smiled.

"Don't worry. You'll get used to it soon. So much that it would taste delicious after a while. I promise."

They continued flying.

"Promise to taste good. That's the biggest load of hamburger crap I've ever heard." Hazel muttered behind Shade and Marina's back. Tachetee swatted her.

"Don't diss on the cows."

"Can I diss on the bugs?"

"Sure."

Hazel spent the next twenty minute on bug hatin' and joking on any bat that ate the nasty vermins.

Here we go. It's kinda hard to update three stories before weekends, plus update my website, plus check/read any fanfic that catches my intrest. Man...I really do need a life.

This is the last chapter I can do before the school library closes down for the rest of the school year. Since I'm grounded, I won't be able to go on any other computers. So I guess it'll be break time for me too unless I sneak into my cousin's house, which will be really hard since I'm not allowed in there. I'll try to update as soon as the library opens up again.