Little Small Horns

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   "What did you say?" Stem asked, her voice trembling.
   "I said 'But if you were—'"
   "No! You just said something. Banana! I'm not insane, you heard it too. Right?" She stepped back, now they were shaking.
   "N-no one said a-an-anything, Stem, are-are you okay?" Banana asked scared.
   "No I'm not... Sunny said something, she said 'she broke free'"
   "I didn't say that. Stem—" Sunny said.
   "THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Stem screamed through her fear.
   "Stem...I-I thought that"
  
   Stem didn't move. She also didn't think. Or move. Or speak. Well not until she screamed.
   As she fell, she remembered a time when her mother was teaching her. She said "Stem this is important... IceWing claws are serrated, sharp. Way sharper than mine, or even your fathers." She paused for a moment. "If they ever cut you, ever. Remember this, you can run, you can hide, and you can read mi—"
   Stem had cut her mother off then, because Dirt had almost been eaten by a dragon, who was swimming in the water near the cave.
   So Stem fell, but got up and ran. She ran and hid.
   How hadn't she known she could read minds? According to all the untrained NightWings, hearing everyone all the time was what it was like. But she hadn't heard them until now. Dirt was in the library, at least that's where's he ran.
   Maybe her parents had trained her not to hear the thoughts. But how? Was she really part NightWing, or was she animus touched. Her parents weren't part NightWing. So how was it possible that she could be.
   She could hear the IceWing's thoughts. Getting louder the closer she came. Maybe she could talk to her, but how?
   She left her hiding place, and marched (silently) to the infirmary with MidNight.
   "What am I? What is going on? Why am I hearing people inside my head? I'm scared MidNight! I'm terrified of myself!"
   "You. Are not my cousin." MidNight said, peacefully, more peacefully than the situation called for.
   "You are Stem the MudWing. The IceWing who harmed Lizard wants you dead, for currently unknown reasons. I believe you aren't part NightWing, but also you're untouched by animus magic."
   "Then what is happening with my head?"
   "I don't know. But I think it could be something new. Genetic, possibly, where you hear thoughts only in important situations."
   "But this is the first time."
   "Exactly, this is the only important situation, where your brain had time to listen. Like during the first attack, you had no time to listen, but only to react."
   But then Frost came. They both sensed it.
   "Hide!" They whispered to each other. MidNight only pretended to be asleep when Frost walked in. Stem listened to what Frost was thinking.
   Where is she? She has to be here! She needs to die. It's her time. He loves her. I know it. He will pay! He will. He's the reason she's dead. It's his fault. If he won't die then she will. Or her friend, the NightWing... in a coma from a shadow. Pathetic. If I can only stick one claw through her scales. It would feel amazing.
   Stem could feel Frost's claw edging towards MidNights leg. MidNights thoughts were horrific, spinning and yelling in all directions. And then it happened. The claw, through the scales into the leg. There was screaming. And as the claw sliced slowly downward, Stem screamed too. It was like she were in MidNight's body, she felt the pain, clear as day.
   But then there were more thoughts, and Stem felt, she felt, Peril on top of Frost. And she felt more pain. This time, burning and blistering.
   And then she passed out.

Hey guys so this was kind of an important question. What do you think is happening to Stem? Also definitely ask questions to my OC's in my 'conversation starters'