Chapter 1

On the horizon the sun was setting all was quiet and peaceful. If you listened carefully you would hear the strong steady flapping of wings and a figure with brown/white feathers searching for a meal to bring back to his hollow and family. (Fsssst) a small rustle in the brush alerted him of prey down below. Swooping down with grace and silence, he took hold of a small field mouse and headed back to his hollow. As landing he could hear his hatchlings playing together brought a smile onto his beck.

Noctus POV;

Walking into my hollow I see my hatchlings reenacting The Battle of The Ice Claws. My oldest daughter Soren was wearing a leaf replica of a guardian's helmet, and my youngest Eglantine was wearing some small leaves around her beck trying to be Metal beck. Bringing the mouse to my mate I watched as they played together. Soren was reciting a line from Battle of The Ice Claws. Eglantine stopped and stared at her sis for a moment. "Soren! Soren!" Whined Eglantine as she stared at her sister that smiled at her. "What is it Eglantine?" she replied. "You said that I could be Lyze of Kiel." She clarified. "Next go alright." Soren promised. Eglantine looked at her with reassurance.

With a small gleam in her eye and a sly smirk among her beck "Alright… but don't lie too… METALBECK!" Eglantine said charging at Soren with full force, only to be pushed back by her big sis. "You broke my beck, da!" Eglantine whined after here fake beck broke.

I chuckled walking to my baby and taking of the fake beck. "Alright that's enough, everyone to bed." It was almost first light and it was almost time to go hunting. Just like any other owlets they tried to fight it but exhaustion won. Mrs. P is the nursemaid that adores our children and always looks out for them when we can't. Soon Soren would be leaving the hollow soon and even though I knew she was growing up I didn't want anything to change. I wanted my little girl to stay the way she is forever…

St. Aegolius Canyons

The sound of bats screeching and flapping with what would look like blue glowing rocks to other owls in their claws. They had glowing red eyes that brought fear into others. In a cliff side, in a large cave sat a large greater sooty owl. Staring out into the canyon his helmet shifted, he barely moved to fix it. A small movement out of the corner of his right eye, he remembered that a young owlet was perched next to him. This was his heir Kludd, his son. The brown barn owl was with him for the time being while his mother was busy. (Sreeeech!) Speaking of which, a beautiful pure white barn owl flew in and landed on his left where he was blinded so many moons ago.

"Everything is going as planned my lord, it's almost time." The female, Nyra In the smoothest voice that made the greater sooty fall for her to begin with. The young owlet was wondering what they were talking about, especially since he was normally kicked out when it came to their work. "Good, soon we will take what is rightfully ours." This sooty was known as Metalbeck the leader of the Pure Ones, and he was planning something big. Kludd was confused thinking that they have everything they could want at least his parents did. He spent more time with nurse maids, what he really wanted more than anything was a friend. All the other owlets that were brought here were trained soldiers who only treated him like a prince, which he was.

As he looked out onto the horizon he wondered if there was any owl out there for him. Little did he know he was going to meet an owl that would give him what he wanted maybe even more…

To be continued… I hope…