Illeera pulled back a branch of the bush and all that was there was a hawk sitting on the ground. "Just a hawk," she said sighing. "Just a hawk, aye?" the hawk said eyeing the girl. Illeera jumped at the unexpected reply, "Who are you?" "No one of consequence. I've come to tell you of a... problem," the hawk said staring at Illeera with eyes that could have pierced a tiger. "And what exactly would that be?" Illeera said, setting her hands on her hips. "The kings and queens are in trouble, trapped in a Calormen prison," it explained. Suddenly the hawk soared off into the sky, but the hawk didn't know about Illeera's little... talent. She quickly shifted into a white hawk and soared off after it.