Chapter one
I looked into the eyes of my new family. They were very strange. Perhaps that meant I was strange looking too. I try to find the words to describe what they looked like. They were very tall from this angle and had round heads. They had almost no -neck?- at all. Then attached to their -bodies?- were two legs with four toes each with their own -talon?-. They seemed to be entirely covered in sleek -feathers?-. I thought this was strange because I seemed to be fluffy and soft. The strangest of all were their….their…I couldn't comprehend what these things were.
They were large and at the moment tucked up beside their bodies. Although, as they look at me one lifts them up then pushes them down again. Then they actually rise into the air. I try this and get the opposite result:
I fall onto my back.
As they try to help me get up I look more carefully at their faces. They have huge eyes. They are pure black. I mean pitch black. Although, not a scary fall-in-and-never-come-back pitch black. More of a night-sky-without-a-moon pitch black with little spots like stars.
These…OWLS! I finally realize what they, and therefore I, are called. My head fills with all sorts of new questions about what I have discovered. What are owls like? Where do they live? What do they eat?
At the thought of food my stomach starts to make a frightening noise.
One of the owls…the biggest one…opened it's beak and made a delightful noise. It was a happy noise. It made me want to join them. I did and it made me feel warm inside. I felt that this noise was called "churring"
The smallest of the three owls approached me with an elated look in it's eyes. They opened their beak and said, " Momma! Look how beautiful he is! What are we going to name him? By the way, I am Aldora. I am your sister and I love you a lot." She said this very matter-of-factly and the looked up at the other two owls as if to see if she had done well.
"Sorry! We haven't introduced ourselves, this must all be very confusing. My name is Indrani and this is Dyaus." Indrani gestured to herself and the owl beside her. "We are your parents. We are all very excited to finally meet you. Do you have any ideas as to what you would like your name to be?" With this all three owls face me and pay even more attention to my small fluffy form.
A/N Yah this is all I have written in a couple of years. I haven't even got to the part where they name him Willowwind! I don't know if I will write more so don't get real attatched!