Of Kin

Prologue

Corvi hovered over the beach she used to call home. It was nothing but ruins now that the human had mysteriously disappeared. It started off as a few days, than weeks. It was long before the feral bat she had tamed grew hungry and went on a rampage, killing off the tames. The survivors had managed to kill it, but now without their human, they had no one to take care of them. The wolves were the first to leave, Goon right behind them. Now it was Corvi's turn. She looked down at the tames that remained on the beach. "She's not coming back. You stay here and you'll die. It's time to move on. We have to take care of ourselves now." Without another word, she took off.

She headed off in the direction of the redwoods, the most familiar place to her besides the beach. She had seen other argents there, living content. It had been a while since she had survived on her own, but maybe she could learn from them. She passed over the swamp, shuddering at flashbacks of the snake that had consumed so much of her life, and flew through the tall trees, keeping her eyes up for the cats that lurked in the branches. She landed on a rock to rest her wings. She was in the middle of the redwoods, on a small mountain. There was a larger one nearby, but she was tired, and the moon was already high in the sky. Checking the make sure she was safe, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Corvi barely had time to open her eyes before she was pinned to the ground, a set of talons around her neck. She writhed, trying to break free of her assailant's grasp. She managed to turn her head around to see another argent, dark blue and accented with bright orange, leering over her. She tried to speak, but the argent immediatly tightened it's grip on her neck. "You are trespassing in Scarlet territory. What are you doing here?" He loosened his grip on Corvi's neck to allow her to speak, but she said nothing. Another argent stepped out from behind the one holding Corvi down. He was dark red and tan, looked older than the other bird, and seemed to be the one in charge. "Take her to Flink. Maybe she'll want to speak if her life's on the line." Both of them lifted her into the air, holding on to her wings to keep her from escaping.

[TRIVIA: I actually deleted the save file with Corvi. The human "mysteriously disappearing" was my take on what happened to all of my tames after that save file was deleted.]

~CL1