Third Eye

Prologue

Three cats were huddled close together in an empty clearing, heavy silence filled the air. The whole forest was silent, there was no breeze and the moon cast a pale glow on the cats.

One of the three cats shuffled their paws on the ground uncomfortably, ruffling her folded wings, whilst the other two stayed tense.

After a long silence one of the cats spoke up.

"Are you sure we should really do this? Think of the consequences!" a hint of urgency slipping into his voice on the last part.

A cat with glowing red eyes lifted his head, staring straight at the cat who had spoken.

"We have to, for the good of the clans." his voice was calm, melodic almost.

As soon as he said that the cat with wings sprung up, unfolding her wings and looming over the over two cats, trying to make herself look more imposing.

"Good of the clans? What we are doing isn't going to help the clans at all!" she spat, her pupils tiny slits of anger.

Neither of the other cats flinched at her outburst, instead one of them spoke.

"Jadewing, calm down. We are doing something that could help the clans." his voice didn't change, it still stayed calm.

"Well, only if the cat knows how to help the clans is this any good." the other cat spoke, raising his head a little.

Jadewing backed down, disappointed she hadn't gotten a rise out of either of her clanmates. She folded her wings, sat down and neatly wrapped her tail around her front paws.

"Hmph. Fine then, do your little plan. But don't say I didn't warn you." And with that she got up and walked away into the forest.

The other two cats looked at each other and then nodded. They closed their eyes for a few moments and moved their paws in circular motions on the ground. When they had done they followed after Jadewing, not speaking a word to each other.

Ravenwing woke up in her den and stretched. She felt different somehow, but didn't know how. She shrugged it off and trotted out of the den, ready for a morning hunt.