I don't own Silverwing or the Guardians of Ga'Hoole. I only own this story and the characters not in the books. Description is going t be like in the Silverwing TV show for the bats.
All the Owl kingdoms knew the stories of the great Ga'Hoole tree on a small in themiddle ofthe Sea of Hoolemere. Every owl grew up hearing stories about the legendary owl guardians who fought for honor and justice. But no owl knew the real story of the Ga'Hoole tree on the Sea of Hoolemere.
On the mainland of the Sea of Hoolemere their lived ten clans made up of Starwing bats. For centuries the Starwings and the Ga'Hoole owls had lived together in peace and harmony. To keep the Starwing Clans safe the bats had asked the owls to keep them a secret and not speak of them in any legends.
The most powerful of the Starwing Clans was the Black Aura Clan led by Chief Thrash and Chieftess Moonlight. Starwings typically had black fur, red eyes, had dark gray, nearly light black, bodies and a seventeen inch wingspan. They were the largest and the only bat species in all the Owl kingdoms.
The ten Starwing Clans were flying across the Sea of Hoolemere to the Island of Ga'Hoole. The group was mostly made up of year old bats, with a few older adults and some elders scattered here and there. At the lead of the colony were Chief Thrash and Chieftess Moonlight.
Thrash was well muscled, thin, had a twenty inch wingspan, bright red eyes, and long black fur with a crest on the top of his head. Moonlight was less muscled than her mate, thin, slender, had a twenty inch wingspan, red eyes, and long black fur. The mates had two earrings in their left ears, their fur was decorated with feathers, and scars covered their entire bodies. Thrash and Moonlight were both five years old.
Thrash and Moonlight were followed by their two children. To their right was their first born son Eclipse and to their left was their second born and only daughter Aurora.
Eclipse was well muscled, thin, twenty inch wingspan, had short black fur with a crest just like his father and bright red eyes. A single earring was in Eclipse's left ear and a few feathers decorated his fur. Eclipse was two years old and the future chief of the Black Aura Clan.
Aurora was thinner than anyone else in her family, was lean, slender, lightly muscled and had the normal seventeen inch Starwing wingspan. Unlike all the others of the Starwing species Aurora had long white fur decorated with seeds and flower petals and blue eyes. Aurora was a year old and followed after her parents and older brother with great excitement in every wing beat.
The mutual partnership between the Starwing Clans and the owl of the Ga'Hoole tree was very delicate. Though the partnership had been for centuries the Starwings and the owls still felt nervous around each other. Some of the Clans didn't trust the owls and the owls carried suspicions about the bats. But despite everything the two species still needed each other to survive.
The bats needed the owls to make metal tools for them since they couldn't make tools by themselves. And the owls needed the bats to get healing herbs and rare medicines only found on the mainland. The Ga'Hoole tree was located on a small island and few plants grew there. The owls could possibly fly to the mainland to collect herbs themselves, but then they would be entering Starwing territory and without the pact the Starwings could kill the owls. Sure a single bat couldn't kill anything larger than a Barn Owl, but two or three of them could handle any owl no matter what the size, even a Great Gray was no match for two or more well trained Starwing warriors.
After hours of flying the Starwing bats had finally made it to the Ga'Hoole tree. The young bats were panting and collapsed from exaction. Thrash looked back to the young bats and shook his head.
"Come on yearlings. This is an easy flight. It's not too much farther now. Consider yourselves lucky you only have to make this flight twice a year." called back Thrash.
It was true. All the Starwings chiefs and chieftesses and some of their Clan only had to fly to the Ga'Hoole tree twice a year and stayed one week at the tree. While Thrash and his family spent half the year at the Ga'Hoole tree, alternating every two weeks between the tree and the mainland. Thrash and his family did this as a sign of trust between the owls and bats. It worked and no injuries had been inflicted onto either of the groups in the two centuries the tradition had existed.
After a little rest the Starwings of the ten Clans flew to the blacksmith for the yearlings to be given their simble. Starwing Clans operated in a complex system. At the head of the Clan was the chief and chieftess; under them was the Clan Oracle, elders, followed by the warriors, priests and priestesses, and finally the healers.
Warriors did all the fighting and defending of the territory and were marked with two earrings in their left ear and normally decorated their fur with feathers. Priests and Priestesses were in charge of spiritual aspects and keeping track of Clan history. They were identified by a silver band on the right forearm and normally had seeds or flowers in their fur. Healers took care for the injured and helped females give birth and were identified by a band on their left leg and different healing plants in their fur. Though there was only one per Clan Oracles were held in high respect for being able to see into the past, present and future, for having incredible gift and being the link between this world and the next.
All the yearlings divided themselves into the proper groups and were given what would define them as their trait. Those marked to be new warriors got one single earring in their left ear and those were fully trained warriors were finally given full warrior statues by having the second earring placed in their left ear, like Eclipse did. Priests and priestesses in training extended their wings as the silver band was permanently placed upon their forearm. Aurora was excited when she finally had her band on her wing. Healers in training were a little jumpy when the band was placed upon their left leg. Finally after hours all the marks had been made and the young Starwings were finally allowed to rest.
Chief Thrash, Chieftess Moonlight and their children flew to the chamber to speak with the rulers of the Ga'Hoole tree, King Boron and Queen Barran. The Starwings entered a chamber deprived of any living thing beside two large Snowy Owls. These Snowy Owls were King Boron and Queen Barran.
The bats found a perch to hang from so they could speak with the king and queen more comfortably. Boron gave a wild look to his friend Thrash.
"It is good to see you again Chief Thrash or should I say Big Crash?" teased Boron.
Thrash became embarrassed and covered his face with a wing. Aurora was confused and looked at her mother. Moonlight just laughed at her mate's embarrassed expression.
"Big Crash? What does he mean mom?" asked Aurora.
Moonlight sighed and looked at her daughter.
"I think it would be best if I let your father explain Aurora." insisted Moonlight.
"Thank you Moonlight. I have been friends with Boron since I was a newborn. Let's just say I had a hard time learning to fly. That's where the nickname Big Crash came from." answered Thrash.
Eclipse just laughed at what his father said. Thrash was now furious and couldn't take anymore backtalk.
"That is it Eclipse! Get out of here! I don't want to see you until tonight at the meal!" shouted Thrash.
Eclipse dropped from the roost and flew out of the chamber. Aurora followed after her brother after getting permission to leave from her mother. With the children gone it looked like things could finally get down to business. Barran noticed the way Moonlight had her wings wrapped around her body.
"Why didn't you tell us you were expecting Moonlight? Can we see the new little prince?" asked Barron.
Moonlight moved her wings to expose an extremely small (by Starwing standards) baby bat. The baby was gray and looked to be a week old. The baby was frantically nursing from Moonlight at that moment. Moonlight closed her wings when she thought the baby was starting to get cold. Boron laughed and gave Thrash a mischievous glare.
"Well congratulations Thrash. I didn't think you and Moonlight were still at it." joked Boron.
Thrash became even more embarrassed than when Boron said his yearling nickname. The Black Aura Clan chief crossed his wings in annoyance.
"Just to let you know Boron Moonlight and I haven't mated since Aurora was born last year!" snapped Thrash.
This made the king and queen of Ga'Hoole confused. Moonlight cleared things up for her friends.
"We haven't told anyone about expecting another child since I was never pregnant. Thrash and I were out patrolling our territory when we found a dead female bat. At first we thought it was a baby until we checked its scent. The bat turned out to be a female and it had been a mother. We found this baby clinging to the dead bat's fur. The baby couldn't have been more than a day or two old. Thrash and I took the baby and decided to raise it as our own. We determined it was male by the scent and gave him a name. His name is Dusk." explained Moonlight.
As the adults continued to talk Eclipse and Aurora flew around outside the tree. The two siblings stopped when they noticed four young owls huddled together. One owl was a male Barn Owl, a female Elf Owl, a male Burrowing Owl, and the last was a male Great Gray. None of the owls could have been older than four months. Eclipse and Aurora found a branch to roost on and introduced themselves to the four young owls.
"Hi I'm Aurora and this bug brain in my brother Eclipse." introduced Aurora.
Eclipse frowned and glared at his sister. The Barn Owl introduced himself and the other owls with him.
"My name is Soren. This is Gylfie the Elf Owl, Digger the Burrowing Owl, and Twilight the Great Gray. It's nice to meet you all." replied Soren.
The four owls and two Starwings began to talk and form a strong friendship. The next night all the Starwings flew back to the mainland, all besides the leading family of the Black Aura Clan. They remained at the tree for another two weeks before going back to the mainland.
Dusk had grown in the two weeks since he had arrived at the tree. He had a light bluish kind of skin, short blue black fur, and was very small. He should have been able to fly by now, but he still couldn't fly. Dusk's left wing was weak and limp so he wasn't strong enough to fly.
"When will I be able to fly mommy?" wondered Dusk.
"You'll be able to fly soon Dusk, I promise. Just be patient my little starling." assured Moonlight.
Dusk clung to his mother's fur as his family flew back to the mainland. This was the beginning of a legend and a life changing adventure.
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