Nightingale struggled breathlessly, trying hard to push the chains off her. The wind seemed to have crept in, swirling around her, but the chains refused to budge. She tried summoning the wind underneath her wrists, to blow the chains off, but it only made blood stream down. She flapped her wings, lifting off the ground until her chains stopped her. But she could almost touch the low bars of her cell. She tried desperately to slip underneath the bars or in between. So she kept fluttering. Then she clawed at the bars. She narrowed her eyes to slits and gripped the bars, trying desperately to bend them.

It's no use. I won't be able to get out.

She kept trying to slip her thin body in between the bars, using her fangs to pick a lock, trying to lick a bar loose. Then she felt cold metal against her tongue. She instantly began to lick the metal at the bottoms of the bars. Then she licked her chains. She licked the cuffs, and pretended to be cleaning herself in the process when Amethyst came by to check on her. She would lick those metals until they rusted. Narrowing her eyes again, she closed her teeth around one of the bars, and twisted. It was a bit of an effort, but the metal turned around, and the bar came loose.

Nightingale smiled to herself, and started "cleaning herself" again, licking the chains when she sensed any shadows approaching.

She knew how to escape. 

∆Amethyst∆

I walked around quietly, checking on all the prisoners. Arbor and the fire cat were laying down. I passed by the new cat, who was licking herself. I continued walking, dissapearing and appearing from the shadows. As I approached my cave, I froze. There was something suspicious about the magic cat. I flew back, cloaking myself with shadows. I was right. The cat had pulled out the bars. She was clever. I let shadows grab her paws first, and then appeared. She tried sending storms, but it was no use. The shadows wouldn't let her. "Don't you dare," I growled. She tried flying, and I called more shadows to keep her wings down. "Looks like we have to find somewhere more secure." I said. She thrashed and shook her paws. I locked her up in a different cell, where the chains wouldn't snap and she couldn't move. I added extra shadow cuffs and locked the cell tight. "Don't think about escaping again, or you'll be sorry." I hissed, and with that, vanished again. I was going to call Equinox. Someone this powerful would be useful. 

the shadows bent around his paws as he walked- or rather, drifted- closer. closer to the cave that held the imprisoned Cats.

Equinox stepped into the mouth of the cave. the air grew cold, and inky darkness slowly flooded the cave, like a carpet for the terrifying Cat to walk on.

Amethyst walked around the corner and noticed Equinox. "my master." she murmured respectfully.

"Amethyst. have you found the Amulet?" Equinox said.

Amethyst stepped backwards. "n-not yet." 

Equinox growled. "I must have it before the Night of Destiny. I will give you until the night before, and if the Amulet is not in my paws before then... you will never see the light of day again."

Amethyst crouched to the floor, her ears flat against her head. "six nights?? You- I mean... yes, master."

Equinox walked past her and went to inspect the prisoners. 

Voltage came back to consciousness with a start. Her head ached. Apparently she had been thrown to the floor. Cautiously, she felt around herself to check for any broken bones, but thankfully, there was none. She had escaped with only a concussion. She breathed a sigh of relief and then froze when she heard voices. 

First came the voice of the cat who had thrown her. “My master,” she said.

“Amethyst.” It was a hissing, frightening voice. “Have you found the Amulet?” So that was that cats name. Amethyst.

“N-not yet,” Amethyst stammered. 

The other cat–Amethyst’s master–growled. "I must have it before the Night of Destiny. I will give you until the night before, and if the Amulet is not in my paws before then... you will never see the light of day again."

"Six nights??” Amethyst asked, “You–I mean... yes, master."

It took only a split second for Voltage to make the connection between the necklace she had found and this Amulet of Fate. She stared at it. There were already two new fates on them: 

“Tinder is easily BURNED as well.

Nightingales are ENCAGED.”

At this rate, the whole population would vanish. She had to escape, as fast as possible, and warn the other cats. Voltage struggled to her paws, but then a surge of pain ran through her head and she sat down abruptly. Right. She had a head injury.

But the worst was that she was the only person who knew that Amethyst's master planned to kill her, Ivy, Tide, Kindle, whoever Fir and Tinder and Nightingale was... that was 7 cats. And she knew that more would appear on the amulet in the days to come.

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I have an idea for the Amulet of Fate. I know that amulets are supposed to protect the wearer from something, so having an amulet just magically write fates doesn’t exactly make sense. So maybe we could make it protect the wearer. Or we could also make it so it is some powerful charm that does multiple things, such as enhancing magical powers, which might explain why Equinox is so powerful. Does anyone like the idea?

It could have been minutes or hours or days or even years. Kindle had lost track of time without Tide. The dark stole everything away from her and held her in its grasp. But the “Voice” had made a mistake. He had given her motivation and a light in the dark even if it was just a spark. She wouldn’t give up no matter what the darkness forced her to do. She was the feisty one, the one with spirit. She stood up on her weak paws and strained her eyes against the dark. Nothing. Well ok then, if her eyes didn’t work she’d just have to use her other senses to the max. She started with smells. Damp fur, cold metal, and… wait. She could smell other cats! She tried to make out Tides' familiar scent but just then a strong gust of wind whirled around her prison and screamed in her ears. Just when she couldn’t take the strong blast anymore, it blew away into the darkness leaving her wind blown and stunned. “What the heck was that?” She said aloud then jumped because it was so strange to hear her own voice. Then she remembered. Nightingale! Nightingale had to be here! That spark of hope grew into a flame. Nightingale was feisty too. She had a strong spirit just like Kindle and together they could push away the dark. She wishes there was some way to show Nightingale that she got her message. She couldn’t call out, whatever that “Voice” was would stop her. Just then she heard footsteps coming closer. “Hello Kindle,” Said the “Voice.” He was back. Then she got an idea. “Excuse me,” she said, glad he couldn’t see her grin in the darkness. “But there’s a Magic Cat in these caves that has a strange power with the wind. A couple minutes ago she sent a terrible storm through all the cages. Could you please tell her that I, Kindle, told her to stop?” “Hmm.” She could hear his displeasure. “A power with the wind? I’ll be back.” He started to hurry away toward where Kindle assumed Nightingale’s cage would be. “Just remember that Kindle told her to stop!” She called after him. She desperately hoped she had done the right thing. She needed Nightingale to know she was here but what if Kindle had just put her in more danger? She felt sick to her stomach and she lade down on the wet stone floor. Only time would tell. 

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///Tinder///

Arbor was talking to another cat....a girl cat...does he....maybe. I shall but in, maybe I can find out.....maybe not. I scooted over to them eyeing the other cat, "Hell-lo Arbor and some random other cat. You, you random cat who just appearedd, how did you get here and who are you...what is your name? And do you have a plan to get out of here, because I do...and it means killing our captor..."