Chapter 74: The Peacebenders' Meeting

The sun beamed through the trees as a white hawk soared through the forest gracefully, watching the forest floor zoom under him as he sped up. He felt the cool breeze ruffling his feathers, and he closed his eyes to enjoy the flight.
The white hawk opened his eyes and stared ahead of him. He slowed down and began to soar for his destination - the Peacebenders' meeting, which, he was late for.
"Cloudsky," said a golden wolf who was standing on top of a pile of rocks. His pelt literally glowed gold, making him look very majestic. "You are late."
"Sorry, Lifebreeze," the white hawk dipped his head to the glowing wolf, "I was speaking to Ash."
"My son," breathed a black she-wolf, "I should't have abandoned him, he's under so much pressure, and he has such a terrifying destiny!"
"Midnight, you did the right thing to abandon him; if you hadn't he wouldn't complete his destiny, which you know is truly terrible." Lifebreeze said calmly.
"But still, his destiny is scary, I won't be there for him, and he'll be so upset because he's going to go through tough times, not knowing what to do-"
"We'll watch him from the skies," a light gray male wolf whispered, "Under our guidance, he's going to be okay."
Cloudsky felt sympathetic for Ash. Midnight was right, he'd be scared and confused many times in his life - but once Ash completed his destiny, Cloudsky knew that Ash would have a great life before him.
"Anyways, we're here for a meeting," Lifebreeze said, "As all of you know, the two of the Three are chosen - Eclipse and Ash - Ash as leader. The other must be chosen carefully, for I fear that Ash may not choose the correct animal to help him."
"Yes, the last to be chosen is an unexpected animal," breathed a female dalmatian, "If Ash doesn't choose the right animal, they will die."
"What will we do to tell Ash who it is? I mean, we can't tell straight to his face, or else something might go wrong," a male dalmatian said.
"Maybe we could send some prophecy?" suggested a black fox.
"A thought," Lifebreeze nodded.
Cloudsky thought for a bit. A prophecy was a good idea, but other ideas could be used. And besides, how would they create a prophecy?
"I can't think of anything else," said a female hawk.
After a while, no one else had any ideas. Cloudsky began to admit that a prophecy would probably be the best thing they could do.
"Lightning," Lifebreeze said to the gray male wolf, "go down and tell Ash this..." Lifebreeze closed his eyes for a while, then opened them again. "An autumn colored animal, the unexpected animal, mistaken for a weakling much rather than a hero, will rise."
The gray male wolf beamed, "I'll get to see my son!" with that, he walked away from the group and into the undergrowth, and Cloudsky watched him leave.

Author's Note:
Even the Peacebenders have meetings! :P Midnight is Ash's mother, it seems she's awful sad for her son. Lightning is Ash's father - the male and female dalmatians are Spots's parents! You can see some of the Peacebenders on the Meet The Benders page. There's also a new page - Histories! Go check it out!