𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗥𝗦ᶠᵃⁿᶠⁱᶜᵗⁱᵒⁿ 一 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔱 [𝟑]

❆☾𑁍𓆱ᥴhᥲρtᥱr 𝟹𝟼𓆱𑁍☽❆

Everything seemed so peaceful the next morning. A blue sky stretched out over the trees, whose tops were gradually becoming leafy. There was not a breath of wind and it was pleasantly warm again for the first time in a long time.

With her rump in the air, Larkwing stretched extensively. She must have slept the whole day before through. Now she felt much fitter. She hardly noticed the scratch on her face anymore. However, the poultice had fallen off by itself during the night.

After stepping out of her den, she opened her mouth and took in the familiar scents of the forest. It's finally newleaf.

Her eyes fell on a small pile of fresh-kill stored on a flat stone. All the pieces looked new, which must mean that a hunting patrol had already been out.

As if it had a life of its own, Larkwing's belly began to rumble. Embarrassed, she tensed up. No wonder, really, since the vole from yesterday afternoon was the only thing she had eaten in a long time.

How long had it been since Sunray had kidnapped her? Larkwing felt as if she had lost all sense of time. Whether it was three days or three moons, she wouldn't know the difference.

Sunray... Just thinking of that hated name made her feel nauseous. This catification of evil was still out there, waiting to strike again as Larkwing had seen in the vision.

If it had been one at all. Larkwing began to have doubts. Why would she, of all cats, get a vision? She wasn't a medicine cat. She had no connection to StarClan.

Unless this vision wasn't sent by StarClan.

A dark premonition wafted around in Larkwing's head. Before it had happened, she had been thinking of Sunray, wishing she knew where she was.

She shook her pelt vigorously, as if this would free her from such thoughts. Don't be a mouse-brain, she berated herself. As if we have a mental bond with each other now!

But she couldn't find a better explanation and she already had a hypothesis as to why. Suppose Sunray really is a Shadowless, and so am I. What if that's the reason why I was able to find out about her plans?

At the same time, it sounded so incredibly stupid to her. She still couldn't believe that Sunray was a Shadowless. After all, she didn't fit the image that Larkwing had of Shadowless. Of course, she was evil, cold-blooded and not afraid to hurt other cats terribly. However, she had behaved normally before that or at least pretended to.

Besides, if Sunray wasn't a Shadowless, neither was Larkwing. She was fine. She felt like she always did. That had to be proof enough that Sunray had been lying.

Nonetheless, Larkwing couldn't help but be curious. A crazy thought occurred to her. Maybe I've always had the power to know where other cats are and what they're doing if I think about them hard enough.