A/N: Hello! This is my first fanfiction story. It started out just for fun, then it got longer and longer until I had a full story. I thought I should put it up, so here it is!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Guardians of Ga'Hoole.

Echoes of the Past

"Hey! Wait up!" Bell called to her sister, Sebastiana, or Bash, for short.

"You'll have to fly faster than that to catch me!" exclaimed Bash.

"Would you two keep it down?" Blythe snapped. "I'm trying to practice my high C. Madame Plonk says I'll be able to sing in the harvest festival again and I have a really cool piece picked out to sing, but it's got a really high C and if I can't get it I won't be able to do the song, and I really want to!"

Bell and Bash swiveled their heads to look at her. They stared at her for about two seconds, then flew off again, continuing their game.

"Why won't you pay attention to me!" Blythe said. "I even know you'll like it! It's an old gadfeather one!'' She declared at the top of her lungs.

"Girls, girls! Settle down! It's really late and you should be off to bed!" said Mrs. P, Soren's old nest maid snake, as she slithered in. "Just because your parents aren't here doesn't mean you can stay up all day!"

"We're sorry, Mrs. P." The girls chorused.

"It's just that we're not tired yet!'' Bell complained.

"Well, maybe you'd get tired if you settled down!" Mrs P. said. "Now off to bed!"

"Bash…" Someone was whispering into her ear slit. "Bash, are you awake?"

She stood up, and yawned,"I am now."

It was Bell who was doing the whispering. "I can't sleep, and Mrs. P. is gone. I was soooooo bored, so I stuck my head outside and there's a huge storm blowing in! You wanna go out and fly in it?" she asked.

"I know you want to show off your skills," said Bash, "but I'm too tired to go out. You can go out on your own, but be careful. Keep the tree in sight the whole time."

"Thanks, Bash!" Bell said with a twinkle in her eyes. "See you at tweener!"

There were many copies of Nyra, all in the same cave. The ceiling glittered with the ice of the Northern Kingdoms. The moon-faced owls were closing in and there was no place to go…

"Bash! Bash, wake up! Are you all right?" This time it was Blythe talking.

"I'm fine, Blythe." Bash replied. "Why do you ask?"

"You were twitching in your sleep" Blythe said " and you were muttering something - uh, it might have been about… um, pie, or something, I think."

"Pie?" Bash asked. "What in Glaux's name is pie?"

"You remember," replied Blythe."We had milkberry pie last breaklight."

"Oh… so that's what it's called" said Bash.

Just then, her parents flew into the hollow. When they turned around, they were very surprised to see two of their daughters awake in the middle of the day.

"What are you two doing up? You should have been in bed ages ago!" Soren exclaimed.

"We're sorry, Da." said Blythe. "We weren't up for long. It was just that I was woken up when Bash slammed into me."

"'Bash slammed into you'?" Pelli asked. "Bash, why would you do that to your sis -"

"WAIT!" shouted Blythe. "I can explain. Bash was twitching in her sleep again and was muttering something. I think she was having a bad dream."

"Well, now that that's all settled," said Soren. "Bash, do you remember what you were dreaming about?"

Bash thought for a second. "Uh … Nope! Completely forgotten." she replied. That's odd… she thought. I usually remember my dreams…

"By the way," Pelli inquired. "Where's Bell?"

"Oh, Bell…" Bash said uncomfortably. "She, uh, said she was going out for a little flight 'cause she couldn't sleep," she replied

"I hope she's alright…" said Soren.

"She might have gotten caught in the storm!" exclaimed Pelli. "We must go look for her, you know she's a weak flier, she's probably so worried…"

Well, Pelli was right. Bell was caught in the storm, and blown all the way to the Northern Kingdoms! Now, she was exhausted from fighting the wind. She'd tried her hardest to stay near the Tree, but she was too weak, and now she had no energy left. She needed to rest. She saw a small ice shelf, not 40 pytes (A/N: about 180 cm/70 in)off her left wing!

She immediately turned and set down. The ice shelf turned out to be an ice cave! She walked a bit deeper down into the cave. Once you were into the cavity a bit, it wasn't so cold. There was an old pile of leaves to her right that looked like it might have been a nest once. She walked over to it, flopped down, and fell asleep.

So, there's chapter 1! Hope you liked it. Please leave a review. I need to know if people enjoyed my story! Well, I guess this is all. Chapter 2 will be up soon.