Soar to New Heights~ A Bat 1x1 with Moony and Firebird!

[Moony-Mae]

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[✖ＨＥＳＴＩＡ]

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[~Firebird Rising~]

Obsidian flew softly among the murmuring, squeaking cave of bats. She was flying for Nocturno's den. She knew he must still be distraught, and thought that maybe she could try to give the poor bat some words of comfort. At least try. She knew she wasn't very good with... emotions... but Nocturno was a good friend to her, and she wanted to cheer him up. But when she reached his den, it was empty, his scent cold.

Obsidian furrowed her brow. Where could he be? Spotting Graphite in the corner of the cave, she flew over to speak with him. "Have you seen Nocturno?" she asked, hovering next to her brother.

"No, I haven't," Graphite said, yawning and rubbing his eyes. He lost his grip on the cave ceiling and tumbled downward, but quickly righted himself and flapped back up to Obsidian. "In fact, I haven't seen him since... yesterday." He didn't want to tell his sister about what he and Luna had done last night at Vincent's grave. He knew she would disapprove whole-heartedly, and he felt he would never be able to tell anyone about how he and Luna moved Vincent's body. Already, he was trying to forget it himself.

"Hmmm..." Obsidian mused, concerned. She quickly flew around the cave and asked around, but every bat she spoke to said the same thing: No one had seen Nocturno all day. "That's it!" she announced finally. "Nocturno is missing! We must rally a search party at once!"

[Moony-Mae]

Word spread quickly of Nocturno's disappearance throughout the Tribes. Borealis went off to speak with the other four leaders, who would all hold a meeting, uniting all of the Tribes. Luna couldn't help but feel that this was all her fault...

Nocturno felt miserable. Why did he run away? Obsidian would be conducting a pointless search any moment now... "I'm here! I'm right over here!" he wanted to shout. The sun was high in the sky now and would be setting soon. Hopefully, he could make it back without being swallowed before anyone got extremely worried...

[~Firebird Rising~]

Obsidian, of course, was at the meeting right away. "As I'm sure you all know, Nocturno has gone missing!" she said, voice ringing clear for all to hear. "I know he is just one bat, and only a member of my own Tribe, but I am asking all the Leaders gathered here for help in finding him. It's been almost a day now, and he could be badly hurt out there, or worse..." Her voice trailed off in despair, and she looked imploringly over at the other leaders.

[✖ＨＥＳＴＩＡ]

Moonbeam was there, she too was worried for Nocturno even though he was of a different tribe. She hoped they would find him, because she knew he was hurting and wanted to be left alone.

[Moony-Mae]

"Of course," said Borealis. "Nocturno is the kindest I've ever met. Besides, we bats have to stick together, do we not? We have to help each other out, and I'm sure you would do the same for us, or anyone. I assure you that the Crescent Moons will put all they've got into this search, and, with all of us together, Nocturno will be found, I promise you. He hasn't been gone long, so he can't be far away."

Luna cast a nervous look at Graphite, who was next to her. "This is all my fault," she murmured. "I just can't bear the thought of him missing! What if he-- you know-- dies?"

[✖ＨＥＳＴＩＡ]

Moonbeam looked at them. "My tribe will also do their best to find Nocturno and bring him home." she spoke up.

[~Firebird Rising~]

"Thank you all," Obsidian said, eyes shining with gratitude. She looked back at her tribe, assembled behind her. "Sky Prisms, follow me! We will find our lost member, no matter what! With all of the Tribes working together, we can accomplish anything!"

Her Tribe let out a cheer and they all lifted off in a swarm, Obsidian at the head, her green eyes searching the ground below. Graphite perked his overlarge ears and watched his Tribe take flight. "Nocturno will be fine," he assured Luna, resting his wing on her shoulder for a moment. "With everyone looking for him, there's no way he won't be!" He gave her a brief, shy smile before taking flight after his Tribe.

[✖ＨＥＳＴＩＡ]

Moonbeam flew back to her cave and alerted all of her tribe, she squeaked and the flew off to look for Nocturno. Her tribe followed her, their eyes searched everywhere looking for him.