Seperation

Twister gulped and looked at Feather.  She thought about it for a moment, then opened her mouth.  "Well, the thing is, we don't really know what's so bad..." Ratwing was shocked.  He had thought they would join immediately.
"But, don't you want to take them down? I mean, isn't it obvious?" Blaze nodded, and Bruno started to look a little edgy.
"Well, we understand that all of you guys hate him, but the thing is, we don't really have anything against him.  We don't even know what the mountain king IS. "  At this, Ratwing took a step backwards, as if she had hit him.
"You... But he's evil!" Blaze interrupted him.
"The Mountain King is the supreme ruler of everything.  They can even kill birds if they want to, and nobody will do anything about it.  The position is won by defeating the last Mountain King in battle.  If Tornado stays as Mountain King, life will be horrible for all of us."  He stopped and looked at them, awaiting a decision.
Twister and Feather nodded, and Feather was about to take a step forward, but was interrupted by Twister.  "Well, if what you say is true, then we'll want to stay on his good side.  He doesn't have anything against us yet, and I'd like it to stay that way. " Feather looked at her, then nodded again and settled back.  Ratwing was shocked to hear her say "we" without refering to him and Blaze as well.  He looked at Twister in disbelief, not even hearing what was said next.
"You don't know that.  He'll kill you because you're different.  He's cruel and-" Blaze's words were cut off by Bruno.
"Look, I don't know you, but if you're not going to stand up to Tornado then you're not worth knowing.  We'll take our rebellion elsewhere. " With that he flew off, Blaze following close behind.  Ratwing stood still for a few more minutes, looking back and forth between his two groups of friends, one of which was circling around the tree, waiting impatiently.  His chest felt like it was breaking in two, but he stepped off the branch and jumped into the air.  He hesitated for a moment, silently willing Twister or Feather to call them back, but they didn't say anything.  As he sped off after the two specks that were Bruno and Blaze, he heard a quiet sobbing coming from the tree behind him, and realized that there were tears falling beneath him as well.

Author's Note: Don't worry, I'll bring them back together, just wanted to put a twist on things.  There'll be a new character in the next chapter.