Several weeks has past, almost a full month now. The young dove, Dawn, was happily chasing her sister and brothers around. Everybody was chirping and squawking, chasing each other and flapping their wings. Her two brothers flapped their wings and glided up to a high perch.

Dawn skidded to  halt. "Takeek, Kry, that's not fair! You know I can't really fly yet!" she squawked. "Sure it is!" Takeek replied, sticking his tongue out. Kry cuffed Takeek gently on the back of his head with his wing. "Stop being such a Twitter Brain," he smiled. "What?"

The young dove puffed up her downy feathers, trying to appear threatening. "Nice, sis." Kry shook his head. Dawn frowned and stared at the ground, shuffling her wait onto her tiny feet. 'If I could only fly...' she thought.

Arienna sighed and walked up to her younger sister, "Don't mind them, their heads are just full of fluff." she said, nudging Dawn gently in the side. Dawn looked up at her and smiled, "Thanks Airenna..." Her sister nodded and fluttered up to the two male doves, cuffing them both upside their heads. "Stop teasing Dawn and get down from here." she growled.

Her brothers didn't obey, but when she gave a threatening hiss, they quickly glided down. They walked to their youngest sibling and tilted their heads. "When will you be able to fly?" Takeek asked, adjusting his wings.

Dawn shrugged, "Mama says soon." she replied. Kry walked around Dawn, circling her, "You sure? You might be eaten by raccoons by then." he chuckled. "Kry..." Arienna hissed. "Whaaat? You think those raccoons are herbivores?" Kry glared at her.

"Doesn't mean you should be scaring little Dawn," a male voice objected. The four doves turned around and saw their mother and father standing at the edge of the hollow. "Daddy!" Dawn smiled and rushed to her father. "Are raccoons going to eat me?" she asked, hugging her father's leg.

Tyro chuckled and picked her up. "Of course not, Princess. We're are all here to protect you, your family and the whole flock." he cooed, nudging her under her head. Dawn smiled and playfully nipped at his neck feathers, her way of sign language to tell them that she was hungry.

Her father chuckled again and put her down. "You're in luck then, all of you. Your mother has food for you." he said and backed away, letting his mate walk up to them.

"I can get my own food," Kry muttered, fluttering around the nest. "We know you can, son. that's why we're not going to give you and Arienna any." the mother said, gathering the two younger ones.

She fed them until their little bellies were full, then she let them play around and run some more. Every time Takeek fluttered up to a branch, Dawn moaned and stood there, waiting for him to come down so she can catch him. Her mother chuckled, "Just think dawn, a few more months of molting your down and you can go up there with him."

Dawn nodded, and snuggled herself under her mother's wing. "I'm trying to wait patiently," she replied, rubbing her head against Myria's feathers. "I know chick-a-dee, I know." her mother replied.

There was a flap of wings, and then royal family turned around to see a messenger dove. "What is it this time?" Tyro asked. "The Ravens, they are invading again." the messenger dove replied. "Again? No," Tyro sighed. "Myria, stay here with the children." he said, flying out of the nest.

"I can take them! Let me at them, I want to help dad!" Takeek said, hopping back and forth. "Those Ravens will tear you apart, little bro." Kry muttered. "Your brother is right, Takeek. You are not ready to battle them." Myria replied.

"Mama, what's going on?" Dawn asked, shivering with fright. "Our Flock is being attacked," her mother replied, staring out in the sky. She could already see a large group of them heading this way. "Hopefully Tyro will be alright."

Kry smirked, but secretly. 'If dad dies, then I become king.' he thought. He made sure that the others weren't paying attention to him, then flew away from the back of the nest. He soared through the sky, and flapped under the tree's branches. He began to get closer to the invading mob of Ravens.

Tyro and his flock army scowled, "They have a bigger flock army now. We need to be careful when driving them away." he said to his army. "Yes sir!" the flock replied. Soon, the two flock armies engaged in combat. Claws and talons against claws and talons, beaks against beaks, white against black.

Dawn watched all of this, and spotted a quite a few Ravens flying away from the flock army, and heading towards the Nests. She gasped, "Mama! They're coming!" she cried. Myria squinted her eyes and pushed dawn and Takeek into Arienna's wings. "You and Kry look after them, please." she said, before realizing that her oldest son was gone. "KRY?!"

The Ravens began to enter some of the Dove's nests, attacking the Dove families and flying and invading other ones. Myria dashed out of their Nest and started attacking the Ravens, along with some of the Dove Guards.

Everywhere that Dawn looked, there was fighting against Doves and Ravens. She cried and buried her face into Arienna's feathers. "I'm scared," she sobbed. Arienna patted her and Takeek on the back, "I am too,"

Kry attacked some of the ravens, making them plummet to the ground. He turned around and saw his father being scratched and pecked. Most of the Flock Army was gone, and only Tyro, Kry, and a few more soldiers remained. The Ravens outnumbered them.

He flew to his dad and pulled some of the Ravens away, "Dad!" he called out. Tyro looked up and saw his son, "Kry?! I thought I told you to stay with the others in our Nest!" he cawed, kicking a Raven away. Tyro pushed Kry towards the Nests, and saw that they were also being attacked by Ravens. "Good gluff!" he cursed and dashed towards the Nests. some of the Ravens followed him.

Dawn saw as the large black birds landed in their Nest. She peeped as the Ravens started attacking Arienna, who was trying to protect the two dove chicks. "Leave!" she growled. The Ravens chuckled and cawed, pushing and scratching and pecking her.

Dawn backed up, trying to not get hit by flying feathers. A raven cawed from above her, startling her. She fell out of the side of the nest.

"AREINNA!!!!" she screamed. She tried to flap her wings, but she didn't have any of her Flight Feathers. She kept chirping, but continued to fall to the ground. She plummeted quickly into a large and deep river stream.

She heard the fight above, the caws, the screams, the thuds of Doves and Ravens falling to the ground. She opened her beak to call to her family, but instead, water entered her lounges and she couldn't breath. She closed her eyes, and the world faded to black.

Kry flew to his father, bumping into him hard and into a group of Ravens. "What are you doing Kry?" Tryo asked, trying to push his way to the Nest. "Helping," Kry replied. "You're not helping, attack these Ravens!" his father commanded. "No,"

his father turned around and eyes him, "What?" The Ravens stopped attacking and watched. "I said no," Kry smiled. He clawed and scratched tyro's chest, leaving a deep slanted mark. Tyro screamed, "What is wrong with you son? Who's side are you on?" he asked. "My own."

He attacked his father, tearing off his beak, and ripping off some of his feathers. his father screamed, lost control of himself and fell to the ground, bleeding heavily from his beak being ripped off.

The Ravens watched him fall, then cheered. "King is dead, king is dead!" they chanted. "Trader killed King!" Kry squinted his eyes and turned around to the Ravens. "Your turn now," he grinned, and let out a loud caw.

Myria's wings were held up by two Ravens. "Prisoner," they chanted. "Tyro!" she screamed, "Kry! Arienna!" she cried. She tried to peck the toes of the Raven's, but they squeezed her wings tight and she screamed.

Arienna collapsed on the floor of the Nest, and Takeek trembled in the corner. The Ravens laughed, but turned their heads when Kry cawed loudly. They noticed that he was starting to attack the Ravens, and succeeding. they flew away from the Nest and into the group of Ravens.

Arienna stood up, and turned around to face Takeek. "Where's Dawn?" she asked. Takeek ran to Arienna's side, "She's gone!" he cried. Arienna widened her eyes, tears swelling up in them.

Gone.

Tyro the King of the Flock was gone.
Dawn was gone, out of the Nest.
Myria was held prisoner.
And most of the Flock Kingdom, was dead.
The Ravens, had won.