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UPSILON AND OMICRON: Book 1: Away on the Mountainside: Prologue

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PROLOGUE

Soft paws trotted across blood-stained ground towards their destination. Twilightfeather made little noise as he made his way towards Cherrystar. The bright orange tabby she-cat’s fur stood out against the darkness of the air, and there was a bandage wrapped around her leg. The bright whiteness of the bandage contrasted starkly against her fur. Twilightfeather would know; after all, he was the one who applied the bandage.

“Twilightfeather,” Cherrystar meowed softly as he approached. She instinctively knew it was him, even without having to turn around. The tip of her tail twitched. Twilightfeather flicked an ear. “How are they?”

“Nightstorm is fine, already yowling about how he doesn’t need any help,” Twilightfeather replied calmly, though there was a hint of disdain in his voice. He leaped up onto the stone Cherrystar was sitting on, sitting down and neatly curling his tail around his paws. “Eaglepaw’s wound was not as bad as I thought it would be. The gash on his neck is shallow, and it bled a lot, but it will heal. And finally, Applecloud is fretting over Fleckheart. She’s worried the kits may have been hurt, though I assured her they were not.”

“She is right to be worried,” Cherrystar commented. “That Red-Tail took no notice of her pregnancy when he hit her. They have no morals.”

“I do hope you realize how serious this is,” Twilightfeather continued. “They’ve never come this far in before. This is a new low, even for them. Perhaps we should consider moving camp --”

“No,” Cherrystar replied firmly. “And risk showing them that we are weak? We are the largest Clan around the mountains. Where would we go? There are thirty-five of us, soon to be more. There is simply no way we can move, even if we wanted to.”

“Perhaps there is somewhere beyond the mountains? These Red-Tails are a threat, and with the Clan of Air pushing into our territory...” Twilightfeather trailed off, turning his head away from Cherrystar as he mused over his own thoughts.

“We would be risking the lives of our weakest if we left now,” Cherrystar said, more conviction in her voice.

“We are risking their lives now,” Twilightfeather urged. “We don’t have to go tomorrow. Just please, consider my words.”

Twilightfeather turned his eyes towards the stars, narrowing his eyes. “The Ancestors have been so quiet lately.”

“I was under the impression they were usually quiet,” Cherrystar mewed. “Is there something wrong with that?”

Twilightfeather shrugged. “It’s unusual. Usually I would get a message once a month. Now, I am lucky if I get one every six.”

They both went silent for a while as Twilightfeather stared at the stars. And then, suddenly, it happened; his eyes glowed as the fur along his spine rose, his claws digging into the stone as he went rigid.

Cherrystar knew better than to say anything while this happened. She kept quiet, watching and waiting for the episode to be over. She had only been present for something like this once, back when she was a rabbit-foot, and at first she was terrified. Now, however, she faced Twilightfeather’s sudden moment to be over.

When Twilightfeather finally calmed and relaxed, Cherrystar leaned towards him, her muzzle only a few inches from his shoulder. He dipped his head, body shaking.

“Well? What was it?” Cherrystar asked.

Twilightfeather looked at her with wide eyes. “They said – they showed me an image. An image of a bright red tail in the mouth of a swallow.”

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