Silverlight Terrace rule number two, just dont get attached to somebody you could lose

"Exactly. A commotion nearby made Firefly wary, therefore unwillingly he left his brother and sought a hiding place in a birch tree that was growing nearby. Imagine his surprise, when he spotted Angel - the cat he had met the day before - but now as big as a wolf with a little coyote-cub in tow. He took him to a huge rock with a flat surface, picked the scared cub up and put it there.

Then she fixed it with her gaze and murmuring magical words, drew a shining, little, silvery orb from the cub. It hovered in the air briefly, then Angel snatched it and went away. The victim, however, collapsed in a lifeless heap. Worried about, what he had just witnessed, Firefly flew over to the little thing to examine it and saw that it was still breathing, it's heart was beating, but the eyes wore the same glassy expression her brother did. 

Curious to find an explanation to, what had happened, he followed Angel into a dark underground tunnel. After a lot of twists and turns they arrived to a huge cave, lined with ice blocks, shards and icicles and in the middle there was a lake. The cat touched it's icy surface with the paw, it melted a little and she urged the shiny orb there.

Firefly waited until the cat left and until he was sure that no one else was watching or guarding the place. He flew to the lake and saw that under the ice there were thousands of shimmering lights fluttering and moving. He had no idea, what Angel had done or why, but he had a suspicion that there, under the ice were the souls or the life essence of all the creatures outside and he realized that, if he was to save his brother, he had to set them free. 

But how? The ice was hard as stone and after few tries it was clear that it would take him forever to break the cover. And, who knew, how much time the soulless animals outside had got? Therefore he waited for Angel's return, which happened three days later. All this time - though hungry and tired, Firefly had explored the huge cave from one corner to the other and returned to the lake many times. 

He waited, until the cat touched the lakes surface with it's paw, and then swooped down, aiming for it's eyes. He dug his claws in the cat's face and pecked at it with his beak ferociously, while the cat was roaring in pain and thrashing around. Firefly did not have much strength and he knew that he was not going to hold on for much longer, but suddenly odds were in his favor. The blinded cat, tripped and fell in the lake, it's warm body, melting the ice around it. 

Firefly let go just in time to see the souls breaking free from their prison and finding their way through and out of the caverns. He did not wait to see, if the cat was dead or alive, with only his brother in mind, he flew as fast as his tired wings could take him through the tunnel and out in the clearing, where the animals had stood. There - an amazing change had happened - it was buzzing with life and among the freed animals he saw his brother - a little confused, but free," here Wraen stopped, exhausted from the mental effort it took to cook the story. 

"There is more about Firefly's and his brother's adventures - but that is another story, for another time," she concluded. "If we ever meet again, I will tell you the rest."

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