The sun seemingly blared into being, turning the inside of Silver's closed eyelids a dark red. With a shake, she opened her glossy yellow eyes, and realized, with a start, that she must have dozed off. Her first, sleepy thought was of breakfast, which should come at any moment from the two-leg whom she had known all her life. The sound of birds chirping in the bustling forest reminded her of reality, and she blinked in confusion. Memory rushed back into her mind as she realized she was not in her metal den, snuggled with her friends while trying to evade the curious pecks from the chickens in the metal dens below her. Now she was in a place full of green things and cold ground.
Although the place had seemed frightening the day before, the gentle sun, and the soft breeze billowing through the network of greenery made her feel . . . different than waking in her metal den. The chirruping birds arguing over some apparently high-esteemed boundary line while a finch singing to his mate made her feel more . . . at peace than she had felt in a long time. Even the dull ache of exhaustion in her legs could not dampen the emotions inside of her. Oh, Silver thought, what had she been missing!
However, she couldn't lie here very long. Her stomach was squirming with hunger and her throat felt parched. This was besides the name circling inside her head, over and over again: "Moonstar". That's right! She remembered, Moonstar was the bird the white hen had talked of, the leader of WingClan, a place where she could go to learn about living here in this beautiful place. There was nothing else for it. Silver rose from the ground, shook the sleep from her feathers, and stormed into the forest. It was time to find out the life she had been missing in her metal den.