Chapter 5: The Dream

The group of animals who had visited the Water Tribe had all moved back to their own dens that evening. Ash had been sent back to the healers' den to go to sleep. Feather flew in after him, and Feather was followed by Eclipse.
Not everyone was asleep though; Ash knew that Stone, Susan, Twister and Eris were going hunting. Ash settled his head onto his paws, and drifted off to sleep.
Ash opened his eyes. He was in The Bending Tower territory. He looked around, and sniffed the air. A nervous feeling told him that something was terribly wrong.
Ash seemed to not be controlling his own body. He rushed through the undergrowth, fear inside of him. Ash looked down at his paws to see that they were raccoon legs.
He was looking out of Stone's eyes; Ash realized it with a jolt. Stone was crashing through the bushes, and she jumped into the air, landing onto a black wolf's back. The black wolf snarled at Stone and jumped, and Ash fell into the bushes. He lunged again, looking out of Stone's eyes, not controlling her at all.
Ash bit down into the black wolf's neck, and the wolf yowled in pain. He let go, and the wolf darted off. Ash looked down, to see Susan, Stone's apprentice. There was a sad feeling inside Ash, and he yowled to the sky in pain - sad pain.
Ash woke up. He heard the same yowl as he hard in his dream. He ran out of the healers' den, his paw aching. If his dream was true, then Stone as sad and Susan was dead.
Ash hopped down the steps and into the yard. Stone was there, yowling at Susan's dead body. Airia was next to her, and Kabu ran past Ash, obviously going to fetch Goldwing.
Ash ran up to Stone. "What happened?" he dared to ask.
Airia looked at Ash, "Stone was hunting with Susan, she was doing her assessment. When Stone was going to go get her, since Susan was hunting solo, Stone could smell a Firebender. Stone attacked the Firebender and it ran away, but Susan was already dead."
"So I was looking through Stone's eyes," Ash whispered to himself.

Author's Note:
Creepy. o3o