PROLOGUE
Once upon a time, in a land far away, lived the guardians of Ka'Hoot. They protected the valley of Redd, the valley in which all of the owls lived. They remained peacefully living there day upon day, until eventually something changed. After 200 years of peace, comes tragedy. Now, a barn owl named Scarlet must help her species, before they are gone: FOREVER!
I was awoken by the sound of a mouse squeaking somewhere in the barn. I swooped over to where the sound was coming from. It stopped. Quickly, I snatched up the mouse with my talon, clawing up some hay from the bottom of the barn. I quickly gulped up the mouse, spitting up it's bones in the form of a mouse pellet. Life was good here in the barn, I could never imagine myself anywhere else.
"Hey, Scarlet!" it was Char, the owl from the barn a few Miles north.
"Hey Char, how're the mice running?" I asked, but got no response. It looked like something was troubling him. "Char, is something wrong?" As I awaited his response, I heard another mouse under the hay, this time ignoring it. "It's the owls from the valley, they came to my barn last night and asked for help. I was shocked. What would they want from us barn owls?
"Excuse me, I do hope I am not interrupting." Who is this? The owl in front of me was scrawny and weak, I could see his ribs he was so skinny. He went on without waiting for our response, "We need help, the valley of Redd is suffering, and prey is scarce." Char looked down at the hay. He seemed like he wasn't very eager to help, but he felt guilty for not trying. I wanted to help, so I spoke up: "I will go," I exuberantly stated. Char looked at me like he was about to say something, but then looked away. "Then follow me, we need to act at once!" I didn't know what I was going to face, where I was gonna go, or what I was going to help with, but I knew that if it involved helping owls then I would do it. I was ready... But was I really?