Chapter Three

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By: K. Silver

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it'd been about half an hour already. Where was Luna? Kefira stood up and looked out the window. She decided to go look for her. When she strepped into the woods she noticed that the moon seemed extra bright..... or did it just give her enough light to see as if it were day time? 

She stepped into a clearing. She looked around and noticed small shadowed figures in the undergrowth, with eyes glissening in the moonlight. They stalked silently around her. She was surrounded!! She began to panic, when one of the figures stepped out of the shadows. It was a cat! It was a ginger tabby with a white mussle. Its a tom, she thought. Another, a she-cat this time, stepped out as well. She was all white, had jet black paws, a black tail tip and, white ears with black tips...... exactly like the panther kefira drew earlier today!! The tom spoke in a clear deep voice, "Follow us" 

"we will take you to your friend" said the she-cat. The other cats stepped out too. "Wait!" kefira said, "how can you speak like humans?"the tom shook his head but the she-cat spoke, "twoleg tounge we do not know, but you can speak like cats" she turned around and looked over her shoulder "fallow us" 

"can you tell me who you are first?" kefira asked. "It would take too long to introduce all of us but this is Dawnflight" the tom said flicking his ears toward the she-cat "and i am Sunfire" 

In unison, Dawnflight and Sunfire raised their tails, as if it were a signal and they bounded off, the rest of the cats fallowing. Kefira ran after them. She had trouble keeping up at first but then she started gaining on them and she noticed that she was running inbetween all the cats. She noticed that she could here many small sounds, and she could see better. she flicked her ears in delite. 

Wait!! she exclaimed in her head, Did I just flick my ears?! She looked down at her feet. Her legs had grown white fur and her knees had turned backward! (hailie even though it seems like cats stand on their toes with their hind legs, thats their whole foot they have backwards knees [i think; im not entirely sure]) Her feet had turned to paws with claws on them and they were jet black! she turned around to see that she had a white tail that had a black tip! 

"We can sense your suprise and smell your fear" Dawnflight said in a calm voice. They stopped at a small pool. "Here look at your self" she ordered. Kefira peered into the pool. She saw her cat-like legs and tail, but she also saw that she had cat ears on top of her head that were white with black tips. She also saw that her fingers had grown claws. She turned back around and saw Sunfire flick his tail twice. A young cat, couldn't possibly more than eight or nine moons, walked up with something glistening around its neck. It was the black half of a yin yang symbol on a silver chain. Dawnflight took it from the young cat, thanked him with a flick over his ear, and turned to Kefira. She tripled in size, giving the girl a look saying not to be afraid, and placed the necklace around kefira's neck. 

"this amulet is very special" she said "Take good care of it" she turned around and they all bounded off again, kefira inbetween the group of cats once more. they came to a halt beside a girl laying unconsious on the ground with an owl sitting next to her. It was Luna. "Luna!" Kefira gasped. she noticed that Luna's arms had changed into wings (or does she grow wings out of her back? also i forgot the rest of how she looks when in her owl form). She bent down over her friend.. "Luna?" she wispered. She noticed that she was wearing a necklace just like hers except it was the white half of the yin yang simbol. She turned to face the cats, expecting an explanation.

"we cannot tell you" all the cats said in unison "for we do not know. however, we can tell you that something special is about to happen to both of you. Your destiny rests somewhere beyond what we can see.............. but beware of your rage........." Kefira noticed for the first time that all the cats had stars on their paws. "Are you spirits?" she asked "sometimes." was the cats' reply and before they turned to leave they added "may the stars light your paths" and bounded away. Kefira turned toward luna again. "Luna please wake up!" she pleaded.

Lunas in what seems to be s grassy field its dark out and she can hear soft flapping sounds around her. she groaned in pain she had a major headache as she sat up and looked around. "Helllooo??" she asked stumbling as she stood. then a beautiful black owl with silver wings flew up in-front of her. she almost fell back. "Y..our that owl from before!!!!! who are you and where am i!!!" she demanded to the owl hovering before her. "It is I Silverwings your trusted servant and i have come here to tell you that it is time you realize the truth" the owl cooed Luna could tell it was female. "What are you talking about?" she asked in suprize the owl motioned for her to follow her she did and she came upon a puddle"Take a look into you inner soul princess" Silverwings said in a gentle obeyed and almost fainted at what she saw.

She looked at her reflection. Her short black hair wa s now about half way down her back. Her green eyes looked a million times more piercing. She had black feathery wings sprouting out of her back ad in her forehead rest a golden crown it looked like a hairband. And around her neck was a white half of the yin and yang symbol."Do not be afraid for this is only your souls reflection in actuality you look like this" Silver wings said and the puddle rippled revealing a new image. It was of a medium sized owl. Its eyes were green it was our white expect the tips of its wings and tail feathers those were black. And the pendant of the yin yang half was a necklace around her feathery neck/

"Wow amazing" she was capable of saying. Then something odd happened. She felt dizzy and light headed. She found herself human again and she began to fall back. she couldn't catch herself. The owl of silver had disappeared and she expected to hit the ground. did not. Instead she felt strong arms catch her. She looked up the scenery spinning she gasped it was the boy from before. "Now now princess you relay shouldn't be so clumsy" he smiled she felt her heart skip several when she heard the voice.

"Luna please wake up!!" it pleaded and the boy faded once more. "No!! dont go come back!!!"she cried but everything went black and she felt nothing.

She felt someone shaking her and she jolted up. She was once more in the woods. The first thing she noticed was Kefira before her. But it wasn't kefira it was a cat.A very big cat. She stumbled back and almost fell but she felt herself rising. She looked at her feet and gasped.

She had no feet. Instead she had deadly and sharp talons She looked to her side. She saw not arms but black and white wings. she looked down again and realized she was at least 2 feet off the ground. She looked back at the panther. "K..kefira??" she cooed and something told her to try again(she was actually speaking owl) "Kefira?" she asked again. she felt a weight on her neck and noticed she was wearing the white half of yin yang symbol. She began to panic she flew over to a near by was once again the owl she thought she was afraid but then realized she actually rather enjoyed this. Without thinking she did a back flip in the air and went up high ten dived back down She was starting to do various other tricks when her senses returned. she landed on a tree branch. "Why the heck am i so happy Kefira!!!!! im a bird and your a..a cat or lion or something" she hissed almost and let out what sounded like a sigh. "da'firy" she said sharply and looked suprized. (da'firy is an owl cuss word) " Im so confused Eiji please help me" she thought aloud and had no idea she had just said that.

"My stars!" kefira breathed"Luna? y-your an owl" she looked at her self "Im full panther now!!" Kefira had changed from just a half cat half human combonation to a full white panther with large jet black paws and black fur at the tips of her ears and tail. she twitched her whiskers "thats weird" she said "earlier i was half cat and you were half bird. and by the way who the heck is Eiji?!" she shook her head "anyway... hey look what i can do!!!" she spun around and let out an enormous roar that echoed across the trees and even made some of them lean back from the force, and a bunch of ravens flew out of the trees in panic as well.

In reply to that Luna was forced to flap her wings so she wouldn't be blown away by the powerful wind. "This is not a dream kefira you shouldn't be so happy were..were animals"she stammered and clung to the tree branch tighter leaving indents from her sharp claws. "And by the way i know for a fact we are not in Tokyo anymore!!!this place is much to fresh and wild....Kefira im..im scared" Luna cooed and flew to the ground gracefully. She was about to complain some more when she felt someone watching her she looked around and went back to the branch. She turned her head more completely unaware that her head was now almost fully backwards. Her now perfect night vision scanned the woods. She heard her name being called the voice was a boys..and it seemed so..familiar it almost frightened her. The tree around them rustled and Luna suddenly had a very large urge to get far away from this place. "Kefira please we have to get away" she said and turned her head

back around. The rustling increased being an owl her hearing was far better then her frinds and her enlarged pupils allowed her to see as if there was light everywhere. "We have to leave..now" she finished

"I know what you're thinking" Kefira said calmly "I can hear it too..... and feel it" she added, flexing her claws and feeling viberations in the ground. She breathed in deeply "We're in the mountains" she said "I feel right at home here.... i guess its mountain lion instincts." She looked around and then back up at Luna. "If you're too scared you can ride on my shoulder. we'd have to get to a high mountain- one that's still below the clouds- if we want to find out where we are. You cant fly up there because its too foggy and cloudy." she said before Luna could interupt. " you wont be able to see very well. Besides I cant fly and if both of us will be able to observe the surroundings from a high point," she flicked her tail "we'd have a better chance of finding things out." she smiled and curled up her tail "and besides. You're scared in here arent you?" she then looked serious "we'll be fine i promice" she said sootingly "we were given these powers for a reason. and as the legand goes shaman are very powerfull beings" (shaman are pplz who can turn into animals btw)

Luna looked at her friend carefully then heard the noise again and gave in. "Fine but im flying at least till we get to the base of the mountain walking dosnt feel right to me" she said then a though struck her. " And..your a cat im a bird!!!!!! and you know how well that works out by Helens(which is her cat btw) and the birds outside of our house" she said teasingly then took off into the night true it was foggy but she was still able to see fairly well but she knew that wouldnt last to long..

She was close to the base of the mountain the fog had already thickned about an inch when a image flashed in her mind. It was that boy again he was smiling at her brightly. She found herself in the image but she was dressed ike before. With the kimono and the tirara. "Eiji!!!!" she laughed happily as she bounded up to him. "Greetings Princess" he replied as she blushed at him. "What news hae you for me?" she asked him still smiling. "Well besides the fact that im leaving soon..." he changed he subject quickly. " Watch out" was all he said as everything began to fade. "Whta???" she replied but he was already gone verything was dissoving. "NO!!!!!WAIT!!!!!!! EIJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed and suddnly she was an owl again she looked around and gasped she was headin right for the mountain. She panicked then at last second she flew upward missing th mountain by cintimeters she landed on the nearest tree and began gasping for breath

"Alright Luna" said Kefira as she bounded up and sat back on her hunches under Luna's perch "Start explaining NOW. Who is this Eiji person? are you seeing this boy in secret?" Her eyes grew wide with concern. If that was the case, Luna could get hurt! "Tell me! No lies and no secrets ok?" she said firmly

Luna blinked confused had she been speaking aloud. "I..I dont know who Eiji is...but ive been having flashes of this boy our age and i just called him Eiji automatically" she said blinking. Who was Ejij she thought she sighed mentally. " Oh im soooo confused" she brethed out and looked around the sun wwould be coming out soon. "Mabye we should rest for now Kefira" she said and went higher up untill she founf an abdined owl hole in the tree and walked inside and relaxed. " And if im lucky ill wake up and this will be some crazy dream" she sighed and closed her eyes and imeditaly fell asleep