Prologue:
"Night gathers and your time has come," intoned Barren the large Snowy Owl and monarch of the Great Ga'hoole tree. Soren's gizzard tingled with excitement. In some ways it seemed like only last night that he, Gylfie, Twilight , and Digger had traveled through that blinding blizzard and had arrived at the great tree. But in other ways it felt like forever. Now they perched, ready to take the most inviolable oath of their lives. "You know, Soren. We're finally taking the oath! What a long way we have come!" Gylfie whispered excitedly to Soren. Yes, indeed! He thought. It had been a long way the four of them had come. The life back in the old fir tree with his siblings and parents seemed to be a lifetime ago to were to become at last Guardians of Ga'hoole. As the band of four stood in front of the two monarch, Soren could feel the pride coming from his parents as they looked on as their son was to become a Guardian in a few minutes. His sister, Eglantine had a joyful smile pasted on her face. The other owls looked on with awe.
"I'm a Guardian of Ga'hoole. From this night on I delicate my life to the protection of owl kind. I shall not swerve in my duty. I shall support my brother and sister Guardian in times of battle and in times of peace. I am the eyes in the night, the silence within the wind. I am the talons through the fire, the shield that guards the innocent. I shall seek to wear no crown, nor win any glory. And all these things I do swear upon my honor as a Guardian of Ga'hoole until my days on this earth cease to be. This is my vow. This be my life. By Glaux, I do swear."