Ebony Wings

Chapter 1: On these wings of mine

Ebony gazed out into the night. Her emerald eyes searched desperately for something interesting to focus on. After a short while she admitted it would be without success. With a deep sigh, the young girl slowly turned her head back to the unfinished homework lying on the desk in front of her.

School started tomorrow again after a long, well deserved holiday and Ebony, of course, had not finished her homework. She ruffled her raven hair a bit and glared down at the essay she had to write. Her teacher had said that they had only ONE thing to do during this holiday, and that was to read a book and then review it. GREAT, Ebony didn't like reading… She had not finished her book and therefore had no idea what to write. Life SMILED upon this girl. NOT!

"Ebony darling, it's getting late!" She heard her mother's voice from downstairs. Ebony's eye twitched slightly. She didn't like the sound of her name at all. She was the only one named Ebony in her school and she quite disliked it. Why couldn't she be named something more normal? Also, god damn it, she wouldn't be able to finish this review. However, it wasn't like she WANTED to finish it.

"I know mom! I'm going to sleep soon, I promise!" Ebony yelled back and shot her homework another glare before deciding it was not worth her time. She'd have to come up with some good excuse for not doing it tomorrow instead. Feeling a little less depressed now, when she "didn't have to" do her homework she got up and got ready for bed.

When she looked into the mirror she saw a young girl with slightly messy black hair and big green eyes. She didn't really have a very curvy figure but she figured she looked pretty normal after all, except…

"PYGMY! Have you eaten the last pudding?" sounded a loud husky voice from the kitchen. Ebony sighed and glared at her mirror image. That's right… She… was really quite short for her age. Being 16 years old and 1.50 cm tall Ebony wasn't EXTREMELY short, but still quite short…

"NO! I haven't!" Ebony shouted back as she quickly got dressed in her pyjama.

Suddenly the door opened and in came her big brother Darius with a fierce look in his eyes. He did not approve of people stealing his snack. Ebony couldn't help but laugh. "Are you SURE you didn't eat it Pygmy?" He said and eyed her suspiciously.

Ebony crossed her arms at him and smiled. "Yes, I am sure. It's late and I certainly don't feel like snacking before bedtime unlike some." She said, making Darius grunt and walk out again.

Ebony cheered at her victory and jumped into her bed. Now, Mission: "SLEEP"

She didn't want to be tired on her first day of school. 2 hours later, Ebony realised this would be quite a hard mission… Why did it always have to be so hard to fall asleep the last night of the holiday? Eventually however, she did get some rest.

The next morning was the most horrible experience Ebony had had in quite a while as she tried with all her might to get up from her bed. She reached out for her ringing alarm clock but instead of being able to turn the horrible ringing off she instead fell down on the floor with a thud. Oh god! This would be a long day, she thought as she got up from the floor.

During breakfast her mother and brother kept bickering about him not doing so well in school and Ebony knew that if she didn't get out of there quickly, she'd be the next victim. After all, she was quite a joker and never really had the energy to be serious about school. Therefore, after quickly eating a sandwich and gulping down a glass of milk Ebony was on her way. And MAN did it feel great to walk outside today? The wind blowing through her hair and the smell of winter made her very cheery. It was still pretty dark though since the sun hadn't gotten its lazy ass up yet. Suddenly Ebony heard someone calling for her from behind her.

It was a young woman, barely older than Ebony herself with long white hair calling from the edge of the forest that lay close to Ebony's home. Ebony walked over to the girl and looked at her questioningly. What a mysterious person. White hair… and brownish yellow eyes… as if it would've been Ebony's complete opposite.

"Me? What's the matter?" She asked, feeling a bit uneasy. The girl's eyes looked really intense as she gazed at Ebony. Something about her face felt odd to Ebony.

"Yes, you. Please come with me. You see, you are needed." The girl grabbed Ebony's jacket and looked into her eyes intensely, almost as if the request was in fact an order rather than a plea.

"Eh… I'm sorry but I have to go to school. What am I 'needed' for?" Ebony felt really freaked out. What odd person would say that to a complete stranger? Maybe she just didn't know how to ask for help. When she looked at the girl's face again Ebony got really scared as her facial expression had shifted into a deadly glare and it almost looked as if she'd jump at Ebony any second. What the hell?

"You won't help me?" The girl hissed viciously.

Ebony gulped. "I can't! I'm sorry." She looked at the girl in terror. She needed to get out of here right now. "Dude, you're creeping me out. Could you at least tell me what I'm needed for? I don't even know you."

The girl glared up at Ebony and the brownish eyes seemed to be a tiny bit more yellow than before. "You need to learn respect human. You don't question me." Then she started chanting something in an odd language Ebony didn't recognise. Oh this was freaky!

"What the hell?" Poor Ebony quickly turned away and ran, scared.

As Ebony ran, the white haired girl kept chanting in that strange language. Then she smirked and turned around slowly, disappearing into the forest. "This should teach you respect. You are indeed needed… Ebony."

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Ebony gave a load yawn as she was on her way home after a long, tiring day of school. It had been quite dull, as expected. After she'd escaped that scary woman everything had been rather uneventful. Her teacher hadn't even asked about their homework. She grinned slightly. That was probably for the best though. Maybe she'd be able to finish it tonight she thought as she walked up to her own house.

No… She would not… She realised later after dinner as she started feeling a bit bad. Her head started hurting and it was as if someone had stolen her sense of balance. And after an hour or so, Ebony felt really, really sick. She collapsed on her bed with a load groan. Her head really, really hurt! That's when she decided it was time to sleep, it would disappear soon.

Suddenly, she saw something in her window. It was a white figure sitting in the tree outside. She sat up to get a closer look and what she saw made her feel even worse. Outside, perched on a branch in the tree right outside of her window sat a big snowy owl with bright, intensive eyes. It looked right at her and Ebony felt a shiver down her spine as it blinked and flew away into the night.

After that, Ebony fell into a deep sleep. She dreamed weird dreams that night, dreams of flying. She could see figures moving next to her, flying next to her. She heard the sound of flapping wings and felt the feeling of the wind around her body. And then, suddenly, a snowy owl flying towards her with its wings spread wide and its eyes focusing on her.

"You need to learn respect human." echoed the woman's voice in Ebony's head and she cracked her eyes open with a start.

When she did so, a lot of things rushed through her mind at the same time. She didn't feel quite as bad anymore and her head didn't ache. It was still dark, might not even be morning yet but even though it was dark, she realised se could see really, really well. Better than ever before to be honest. It was as if her eyesight had improved tenfold. Also… and this was the most disturbing. She felt smaller, much, much smaller.

As she tried to turn around she felt weird, like her body didn't want to… OH MY GOD!

Ebony jolted up and out of bed with a screech. WINGS? What was happening? She fell down on the floor, ouch! She then looked up at the huge bed. Oh dear, she HAD become much smaller.

Ebony gulped and looked down at her body, almost knowing what she'd see. To her big, HUGE terror she realised she was indeed no longer the small human girl she had been just a few hours before. She… had wings… and feathers… and… and… She looked into the mirror… a beak… Ebony fainted.

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A/N: Hey! I have become totally obsessed by the Owls of Ga'hoole after watching the movie and I just had to write something. I have only watched the movie and read the two first books so I guess this story will be VERY fanon… But hey, it's a fanfic!

Anyway, tell me what you think of it and maybe give me some thoughts of how you think it'll continue.

I don't think I'll update VERY often since I am currently writing a HP fanfic too but since I like my idea I will probably not take forever.