Legend of the Guardians: The Evil-Born

By Hunter Callisto

Part 1,Chapter 1: Dark Abuse

One year after Soren killed St. Aggie's master, and 1 year after Kludd was supposedly killed, moonlight shone on St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned owls.

Kludd, the new master of the Academy, took a deep breath. He had alot to do, and such short time to do it. He flew down and looked at the sorters. After that, he went back to his perch.

"EARNEST!" He yelled.

Then, down flew a medium-sized Spectacled Owl. He shivered and stepped towards Kludd.

"What is it, Master?" Earnest said meekly.

Then, Kludd turned around and slapped him with his talons.

Earnest cried out and fell to the ground. He rubbed his face with his wing. Kludd stood over him. He waved away the monitors.

"Now, what did I tell YOU and EVERYONE ELSE in this Academy?"

"N-no questions." Earnest groaned.

"That's correct." Kludd said, a sick smile forming on his face. He turned around. "If you ever want to stay being my apprentice, you must LEARN."

Earnest sighed and picked himself up. He walked beside Kludd.

"SKENCH! SPOORN!" Kludd yelled.

Then, two owls flew down behind Earnest and Kludd.

"Yes, Master!" They both said at the same time.

"Go find us some more 'Orphans'" Kludd said.

"Yes, sir!" They said, and flew away.

"Now Abbey, take good care of the tree when we're gone." The female owl said.

"Okay, Mummy." The owl named Abbey said. Abbey was a barred owl, and had feathers a little darker than the other owls. Her eyes were the color of embers, and they looked as innocent as ever.

"We'll problably be back at light, so you won't be able to meet us. Just make sure that you and the egg" the male bird pointed to the fairly large egg in the center of the room. "Are safe when we come home."

"Okay Daddy. I love you." Abbey said, hugging both of them.

The two flew off, and Abbey sighed.

She turned around, and looked at the egg. She thought it wiggled, but didn't know for sure.

Abbey sighed again and turned to look at the stars. Then, she heard flapping. Abbey looked around, but saw nothing. She turned back to the egg. Then, she heard the flapping again. She quickly turned around and saw two owls flying towards the tree. Abbey thought it was her parents, so she ran to the opening to greet them. But then, they got closer and she saw that they were not their parents, they were something much, much worse.

The first metal-masked owl aimed for Abbey. She rolled on her back and kicked her legs up, slicing through the first owls wing. It called out in pain, and crashed onto the floor. The other one aimed for the egg. But Abbey grabbed him with her talons and threw him across the room.

Abbey grabbed the large stick in the corner of the room and held it, ready to attack. But, she never got to use it.

"Well girlie," the first owl said "Looks like you one." Then, they flew off.

What Abbey didn't know was the bucket.

You see, Abbey's father is a collier, a person who handles coals, and he keeps a bucketful of them outside the tree. The first owl had purposely knocked the bucket down. And in a matter of minutes,fire reached the opening.

Abbey grabbed the egg with her wings and jumped out of the tree, landing on her back, not getting the egg hurt. The egg knocked the breath out of her, and she was feeling dizzy, and she fell asleep.

Skench and Spoorn returned with nothing.

"Well?" Kludd said.

"Nothing was there, sir." Skench said, but the look on her face made it so it looked like she might have killed someone.

Spoorn was just silent. He talks all the time. He only doesn't talk when he knows a secret.

Kludd was satisfied. "Good."

Earnest, sick with the owls, just sighed. He had fed up with Kludd's abuse for 5 years.

It's time to escape.

END OF CHAP. 1