Twilght Night Chapter 26: More Trouble up ahead

Three of us flew on through the rest of the night as we begin to search for Shade's colony. But out of our luck, we couldn't find them and the dawn was coming very close that we need to find a place to sleep fast.

"Any trace of your colony?" Marina panted, first spoke after two hours.

Shade shook his head panting as well. "Not even an echo."

"They can't be far but you two need to rest for a bit before we can move on." They both agree and they manage to find a branch we can rest on. Shade roosted above it as Marina landed me on it before she roosted while Shade landed by me close to her.

"Guys I don't mind flying on," Marina said.

"The silverwings will be roosting too, we won't lose any time." He walks up to her and smiles. "Goth is dead, we won't have to worry about him."

"Yeah but what about Throbb?" I reminded him. "He's still alive out there." I watch him flew to roost beside Marina and said to me.

"Ash we don't need to worry about him. He won't survive our winter due not having thick fur like us." He does have a point but my stomach felt sickened of what he says about Goth, I wanted to tell him of what I saw and even want to tell them he might survive. But seeing how happy and calm they were...It's hard for me to tell them the truth.

"You're going to love the silverwings Marina," I snapped out my thoughts when Shade spoke more. "All of them, my mom and Mercury, even Chinook."

"And Frieda?" Marina asked, looking excited.

"Ah especially Frieda, everybody loves Frieda." Shade beamed.

I smiled as well, forcing myself to have my worries behind me. "Yeah, she is pretty amazing. Probably the best bat I ever met, well I mean Shade is the best." We all chuckled off my response and then we were silent for a moment. Somehow this silence kind of comfort me, after the battle with the giant bats, escaping from the crazy owl general now it's like we can breathe a bit until it further notices.

"So Ash, were you dreaming?"

I turn my head to her. "What?"

"You were mumbling in your sleep," Marina replied.

Oh," I shrugged it off in embarrassed, "I do that all the time when I dream of something."

"What was it about?" Shade asked, looking curious. Then I gasp happily and explained to them what my dream was about that includes how my amulet glows and such without hesitating. After I was finished I watch both of them look stunned.

"See? I told you guys I wasn't making it up. My amulet did glow!" I spread my arms out happily and I point at my left arm. "And my arm used to be broken but now is all healed look." I moved my arm around even waved it a bit.

"Whoa." Shade breathed.

"I know isn't awesome?" I grinned.

"So that's how my body glowed!" He looked down at his body, having an amazing look. I nodded and he forms a smile. "Amazing!"

I laughed shortly. "My gosh, I might use this amulet to end this stupid war or… maybe I can even get you two and all the bats here on earth see the sun again!" I quickly imagined having this much power I can save the world and perhaps get much respect from every living creatures seeing me and rest humans are never evil.

"But.. you don't know how much power it contains." I snapped out my fantasy after I hear Marina spoke. "What if it could be dangerous?"

"Hmm well maybe," I almost forgot about what Zephyr's warning in my dream about using the trinket too much It'll weaken me or else, lead me to death. And then Goth in my dream came to me that I swallowed hard.

"Ash? You're okay?" Shade asked, seeing I was shivering. I look at him and forced to smile.

"Yeah I'm fine, I'm just…chilly. Let's all look for shelter to stay, I think the sun is going to come up soon." Marina lift herself up grabbed my both hands with her feet and we all took off to find a place to stay for a day.

Third's Person POV

Soon when the night ended the day slowly came with the sun being to rise in the east. The silverwing were all rested inside a giant hollow tree that they manage to find after they almost got caught with an owl that was waiting for them. They were lucky that the owl let out a screech that informs Mercury to stop them and Frieda has all the colony turn around and find the nearest roost fast as they could. Each and one of the females is worn out from their long journey even their children were extremely tired that some fell fast asleep before their mother could say its time for bed.

Frieda, Bathsheba, Chinook, and Ariel all roosted around together in one area to have conservation.

"Frieda, I have spoken for the entire colony." Bathsheba begins to speak. These roosting are oddly unacceptable."

Chinook scoffed crossing his arms." You don't speak for me."

"Chinook," Frieda silenced him, he turns his head over to her as she continues. "It was not clearly safe at the fire towers." Then the other elderly bat gives a small smirk.

"For the record, I did counsel you not to take us there."

"What?" Ariel gasped, was shocked to hear that she was trying to get herself out of blaming. "You're the one that convinces her to take us there."

"Ariel," Bathsheba glance at her, acting like she's innocent, but not a nice one. "You're blaming me, for this daily barrier of migration?" Your son Shade and his human pet are the ones that are responsible for the entire situation!" Chinook wanted to in his head to clawed that elder bat out for talking about his two friends but kept it in. Instead, he hears other Silverwing mumble to one another and he saw some nod, still, agree that the Shade and Ashley are the ones to blame on everything.

"Please! Everyone," Frieda spoke out to get everyone stop talking, "With the owls against us we cannot avoid fighting among ourselves." Ariel sighed while Bathsheba huffed, crossing her wings and look away. The leader looks at everyone roosting. "Try to get some rest, tomorrow we will be joining the males at stone hold."

Father. Chinook thought, sighed heavily. After all the talk about his father a couple of nights ago he begins to think about what would his dad think of his human friend. Would he..like her? Or dislike her? He remembers his mother tells him his father actually seen one and says the human almost caught him but he escaped. He tightens his wings together and wished both Ashlie and Shade are here so he can introduce his dad. Then he soon fell asleep with the other colony as the sun soon touches the sky.

Ashlie's POV

I twist and turn to get some sleep but somehow I couldn't get enough. I woke up a couple of times in the daylight and try to fall asleep, I also try my best not to have Goth come in my mind. I'm afraid if I was in deep sleep he comes again and threatens me to say how he was glad I did not kill him and when I think of how his feet twitch a bit, my stomach sickens. I finally give up and decide to turn my body over to look at the daylight. I tighten my arm coat and look down gently.

"What if Shade is right?" I muttered to myself, "What if Goth is really dead?" I begin to have positive thought to believe he's really dead and Throbb will soon be dead as well due the harsh winter. The more I thought about it the less I was afraid and I want to keep believing he's dead. But why I can't get him off my mind? I shivered softly, rubbing my both arms together to get some warmth. "And fire sounds very nice right now." All of a sudden I have thought about making a fire using my amulet. I groan and got up sitting and look at my necklace.

"Well, here's goes nothing," I whispered. I waited for it to glow but nothing happens. I waited more, and more, and more. I frowned and look at my amulet again and then I forgot I need to think of a fire. I took a deep breath and thought of a fire in my hand, but to my shock with disappointment, it did nothing.

"Dammit no." I moaned tiredly, as I rub my both arms. I lay down on my made moss bed and curl myself up to stay warm. Soon after I finally fall asleep with my hood cover my head and I bury my face in my arms.

Feels like its been an hour I feel someone touch my arm.

"Hey sleepyhead, its time to wake up," I hear Marina spoke.

I groaned. "No five minutes." I snuggle myself, wanting to get more sleep but she shook my shoulders.

"Come on its time to get going, we can't stay here." I let out a soft huffed and got up, blinking to get my both eyes open.

"Okay I'm up, where's Shade?" I yawned.

"He's waiting outside," She replied. I only nod still feel tired and dug my bag for something to eat. I got out a nut and chew it after I quickly pray to God to bless this food. After I was done I strap the bag on me and we both make way outside of the hollow tree. Shade was the one that was flying in front of us.

"You're ready?" Once again I nod.

"Mhmm." He notices how tired I was, he sighed.

"Ash, I know you're not nocturnal like us and we'll stop to rest soon and you can sleep a bit…"

"No its fine Shade," I sighed, interrupting him and ruffed my hair back." I just..couldnt sleep that's all."

"How come?" Marina questions. I bite my lips.

"….I just have trouble sleeping, the moss was uncomfortable." I lied. "Let's get going his colony shouldn't be that far until then I can hopefully get some good sleep." I give them my reassured smile, hiding my truth. To my relief, they didn't suspect but instead, Marina lift herself up and took my hands with her feet and we begin to take off through the night to search for Shade's colony.

I close my eyes, having guilt in me that I fib them about what was wrong with me. But I couldn't tell them, they'll probably won't believe me if I told them. I looked down to see trees passing by and then I caught a glimpse of my necklace dangling. I sighed silently, didn't understand why it didn't work after I followed the instruction Zephyr told me. Then all of sudden I felt Marina jerk cause me to gasp in startled and saw Shade flying down towards the nearest hollow branch, all of us got in and I was first to land before both of them came in.

"Guys what gives..?" Marina clasp my mouth with her hand.

"Shh," She answered. I blinked in puzzled but I finally understood now when I begin to hear someone else speaking. We were all silent as we hear what they are saying, I peek through the crack hole and saw animals of a bear with her cub, a rabbit and a raccoon having some kind of meeting.

"Why can't the wolves stay at the mountains where they belong?" The raccoon was the first one to talk, with an upset tone.

"They were supposed to hunt to silverwings, not eat us!" The raccoon added. My both eyes lit up and both Shade and Marina gasped.

"What?!" I hissed.

"Its Ursa's fault! She's the one in charge," The rabbit said, crossing its arms, having irritated look. Ursa?

Then the mama bear sighed heavily. "Well, I'm not raising my cub here." And I watch her tackle her small cub playfully and she gives it a nuzzle on her baby's tummy ticking him. I smiled softly to see the mother bonding and hear the other animals chuckle quietly.

Her cub came snuggling her tummy as she gathers it in her arm. "We need to prepare our hibernation, we'll be safer in the eastern valley." Both the rabbit and raccoon gasped.

"Crossing the human road?" Raccoon asks, looking horrified.

"What about metal machines? You'll get killed." The rabbit added with the same expression.

"We'll get killed if we stayed." The mother bear corrected and she uses her paw to stroke her cub's back. "We won't be coming back until these silverwings are brought to justices."

"Ugh, this isn't fair." Shade crosses his wings after we were done hearing them talking. "It wasn't the silverwings that killed the owls, it was the giant bats."

"I know its not your colony's fault, we need to find a way to prove them their innocence. I mean the beast will believe us would they?" I said.

Marina shook her head. "I don't know if they will,"

"We have to try,"

"Ash remember the bird and the beast story? They won't believe us after they agree with the treaty." He reminded me.

"What choice do we have?" I asked and look at both of them. "We're not giving up this fight, we got to get them to believe us one way or another. This can be our only hope to end this war and save his colony." Shade and Marina both glance at me after I spoke with a determined look on my face. Shade finally spoke.

"Your right, we have to find this Ursa, that beast might be our only chance." I smiled and then Marina gives a tiny sneeze.

"Bless you," I said. Before I can breathe we all jumped when we hear something growling. I quickly look out the hole and saw the animals were gone. If it wasn't them then who..? My thoughts were cut short when all felt the tree shaking. And then we all screamed when the tree begins to fall down and when it crash-landed the branch that we were in, tumbling on the ground while we bounce around hitting one another. When the branch finally stops, we groaned in pain.

The three of us tangled up as both of them were on me.

"Ahh, the hell was that about?" I gasped. They got up and Shade helped me up. "You guys okay?" They both nodded but then right before my eye I saw huge canine teeth at the end of the branch, growling. We all screamed and look other way and saw another one as well with saliva dripping out. We panicked and look up and saw a paw that looks like a dog. I breathed sharply and glance over at the end hole and see a yellow eye looking straight back at us, and see it was actually a wolf.

"Oh God help us," I muttered with my heart pounding, gripping my amulet.

Author's Note: Heres another chapter! :D hope you like where this is going but if not dont read and review it! I dont own any silverwing characters except OC. Enjoy!