Chapter 5:
  When Dusty was out of sight, emotions poured down onto Thalia. "Why am I acting like this?" she wondered. She felt like she'd been mean to Dusty, but had Dusty betraid her? It didn't really matter anymore, she was all alone. She only had Dusty, and she drove him away. "I probably drove Mom away, too, and now she died," Thalia said doftly to herself. Then she dug her head into the dirt of the ground and began sobbing. The sky turned dark and there were no stars or even a moon or sun to light it up. The gold in the cave that was quite a dustance away began to shine less until it looked like an ugly yellowish-brown. "There's nothing I can possibly do right, nothing...."Thalia thought again. "I can't have a destiny, I can't, I can't.."
   
  At whatever time it was at the time (the sky was still pitch black), Thalia awoke when someone was nudging her and calling her name. She didn't recognize the voice at first, then realized it was Dusty. He sounded like he should've had a "new and improved" sticker on him because he didn't use his old voice that made him sound so important and special. 

  "Thalia, you have to wake up, or you'll die!" he shouted. Thalia jumped up.

  "What happened? What's wrong?" she questioned frantically. 
  "Thalia, cheer up! I'm sorry for yelling at you about your mom, and you were right about the voice, I got sick of it myself. Plus, now I sound normal, and I'll fit in with every other wolf and coyote, and the Evilkurs won't realize it's me.And-"
 "What do you mean 'it's you'?" Thalia interrupted, clearly suspicious. 
 "I'm one of the head night creatures that are not on the Evilkurs side. The good ones that your mother was on, and I am on right now, are called Mellies because we don't like to fight, we like living in peace. Anyways, I woke you up because you are sad, and so the sky went dark again, and the gold's shining light went down. You have to realize I'm sorry, and cheer up, then touch the gold and light up the skies. I tried to stay awake and think of another way so I don't have to pour everything on you like this, but I couldn't, and I almost fell asleep. Before I did, I rushed over here because I know I have to wake you up."
 "Why do you need to wake me up? Why didn't you go to sleep?"
 "I can't go to sleep. I'm the only one awake right now, and if I go to sleep, noone will ever wake up again, the sun wakes us up, and the sun won't come up without you. Now, realize how happy you can be, and then go deep into the shadows, and go into the cave and light up the skies by touching the gold."
  Thalia was already approaching the cave when Dusty finished talking. She trotted at a fast speed, so everyone would wake up and Dusty could go to sleep without worrying. Her paws tingled anxiously. She wanted to get to the cave as fast as she could. The soft grass calmed her a bit and probably made her happier, too, because with every step she saw the gold in the distance getting brighter and brighter. But when she was only a step away from the cave, the gold probably turned into that horrible color again because the leaves under her collapsed and she fell into a pit that seemed Evilkur-made.