Ebony Wings Chapter 2: In Those Eyes Of Yours, a guardians of ga'hoole fanfic

A/N – Hello! Thanks for the reviews on chapter 1, I got happy. And I realised one mistake too. I wrote "1.50 CM" when I of course meant "1.50 M" Sorry about that mistake. Haha, amusing though.

Chapter 2: In those eyes of yours

Ebony slowly opened her eyes. Her entire body hurt and her head spun like crazy. She couldn't believe it! It must've been a dream, right? She couldn't have transformed into a bird. She looked into the mirror again but to her great horror, she still looked the same as before.

In the mirror she saw a small owl staring back at her with a horrified look in its eyes. She had never seen anything like it before in her life. The tiny owl was almost entirely covered in black feathers except for some white lines around the eyes and beak and a few spots and traces on her wings, also white. What kind of owl was it? She looked closer and saw that the eyes had the exactly same colour as Ebony's had. They were a bright emerald green. On her head she had tiny feathers that looked a bit like horns or ears, but they were very small.

Ebony stretched one arm out, the owl in the mirror stretched its wing exactly the same. She then lifted one of her feet and as she did, so did the owl. She blinked. This… was… her… She really HAD become a bird. But HOW? Ebony thought of the owl she had seen outside of her window yesterday and the dream she had had. This sucked…

She peaked up at her desk and saw that it was 3am in the morning. She couldn't stay here when her family woke up, now could she? With a deep sigh she realised she'd have to find whatever or whoever made her like this and try and get back to normal. Ebony nodded to herself and decided that was what she had to do.

She walked out of her room; thank goodness she hadn't closed her door completely. It was tricky to walk like this; her entire bone structure was different. She figured it'd be easier if she could fly. BUT, she couldn't… and she did not plan on trying right now before she had gotten out of her house. As she walked she saw how different everything looked now, bigger. She reached the stairs and sighed loudly… How would she get down from here? It was pretty high to jump between the steps and she didn't want to fall…

After a few moments of thinking Ebony figured she should try to jump with her wings stretched out. Maybe she'd actually manage to kind of float down gently. Said and done! Ebony stretched her wings as widely as she could, (which wasn't very wide after all, since she was such a small owl.) and jumped. The speed she gained on the way down wasn't expected. She did float down but way too fast for her liking and when she stopped she slammed right into her brother's football lying right next to the stairs.

"Oww…" she groaned and got up again. That was unpleasant… Now she stood right in front of the door that lead out of the house. She smirked to herself as she saw the cat door that her cat, 'Purre', used. Then she realised she didn't know where he was and that he'd probably not like seeing her right now… Or SHE probably wouldn't like seeing him… She quickly jumped out of the cat door. She was out… Great… Now what?

She slowly walked over to the edge of the forest that lay on the other side of the street and looked in. The usually dark forest now seemed a lot lighter… or no, not really but she could see! Being an owl sure had some good sides to it. Suddenly a shadow made her jump and something inside of her stirred. As she looked up she saw the big snowy owl flying above her. Ebony felt like screaming, she recognised it as the same owl as before. Without thinking, she ran into the forest as quickly as she could, flapping her wings wildly as to gain speed. The owl didn't seem to follow; it just watched her from above.

Ebony kept running though, deeper and deeper inside of the forest. She didn't know where she was going or how she'd find her way back. She simply ran because something inside of her told her to. Eventually she reached a field she had been to a lot of times with her friends. It was a great place for picnics and during the winter they came here to play in the snow, or at least they USED to come here. Nowadays they usually sat home, watched movies or went shopping. They weren't kids anymore, of course. Ebony sighed… Why did this happen to her? How would she ever be able to turn back?

Maybe it was just a dream! Maybe, just maybe, would she wake up soon in her bed with everything back to normal. She wished so anyway. As she stood there in the cold of the night, trying to puff up her feathers as to not freeze she could hear the sounds of the forest and sometimes she saw figures moving from deep within it. The full moon shone down on her and she started feeling tired. Ebony was scared and cold, so why couldn't she just try to find some safe place to rest?

Suddenly she saw something in the sky. It looked like two figures flying towards her. Her heartbeat quickened and she got ready to run. The figures got closer and she saw it was two owls, one big and one small. They were definitely flying towards her. Oh god, this couldn't be good. She closed her eyes and hid her head under her wings.

"My my! What a strange looking owl!" A voice sounded as the owls came even closer.

The both owls landed in front of her. Ebony held her breath. They TALKED to her? She could UNDERSTAND them.

"Excuse me miss, but you shouldn't be down here on the ground, especially not right here where you are completely unprotected. Also, it's full shine. Falling asleep like this could really be devastating." Another voice said.

She felt how someone poked her wings with a talon. "Ey, we're not dangerous, at least I don't think we are. You don't have to hide." The owl said.

Ebony parted her wings slowly and looked up at the owl. She must've looked terrified. The owl in front of her was almost as small as her with long, slender legs that didn't have any feathers on them. It was a burrowing owl, she recognised the specie well. It looked at her and seemed out of words at that moment, like he'd seen a ghost. Ebony then looked up at the big owl. It looked quite creepy with its white face and black eyes. A barn owl… oh god she had never really liked the way those looked… They were way too scary with their black eyes and white faces.

"What's your name miss?" The barn own asked her as the burrowing owl seemed unable to speak.

Ebony hesitated, would she be able to speak to them?

"My name is Ebony." She said shyly. The owls seemed to understand her. Remarkable!

"It's very nice to meet you Ebony. My name is Soren." The barn owl said then, and smiled. Oh my god, Ebony could see their facial expressions… Soren looked at the other owl with a confused look. "And this… Is Digger." He said since the small owl didn't seem to have anything to say.

The owl called Digger tilted his head and looked even more intensely at her then. Ebony felt awkward, why did he have to stare like that?

"Digger, it's really rude of you to just stand there and stare you know." Soren remarked and poked Digger with one of his talons. Digger snapped out of it and looked up at Soren with an expression Ebony couldn't read. Then, he looked back at her again. Soren laughed.

Then suddenly, Digger spoke.

"What kind of owl are you?" He asked, his voice sounded a bit less confident now.

Ebony hesitated. She didn't know… but should she say that? They would probably think she was weird. Wait, why should she care if a pair of owl found her weird? Oh well…

"I'm not sure…" She said slowly. "I was hoping you could tell me."

"You don't know your own specie?" Soren looked at her with wide eyes. Digger tilted his head the other way.

"I… was orphaned as a young… egg… and I never met anyone that looked like me, so no." Ebony improvised.

"Oh I'm very sorry to hear that." Soren said and looked really sad now.

"I was orphaned too! My family got killed!" Digger said and ran around in a circle before tilting his head again. Ebony gasped.

"My, that sounds horrible!" She said and looked at Digger. He got quiet again as their eyes met.

"Well…" Soren said as the awkward silence swept over them. "You STILL shouldn't be sitting down here on the naked ground in the middle of the night during the full shine."

Ebony looked up at him and didn't know what to say. When he said full shine he must me the full moon, right?

"But… I can't fly…" She said shyly.

Soren and Digger now stared at her with wide eyes.

"But you're fully fledged and an owl your age should be able to fly, you look about as old as us." Soren and Digger said simultaneously.

Ebony looked down, ashamed. "I was brought up by humans."

This made Soren and Digger widen their eyes even more. "HUMANS? But WHAT?"

"Yeeeeaaah… So I can't fly. I just uh, left the… nest. And I have nowhere to go."

Digger and Soren looked at each other and then back at Ebony, and then at each other again. Soren then cleared his throat and spoke.

"Well if that is the case…" He started

"Come with us! Come on it'll be fun!" Digger finished.

Ebony laughed as Soren glared at Digger for interrupting him. "Sure, you seem fun." She said and laughed. A chirpy sound came from her beak as she did so and she seemed just as surprised as the other two. Digger was tilting his head, staring again.

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A/N – You will get to read from Diggers POV sometimes too. Laalala!

Digger

Soren and Digger were flying around in a new area this night. They had a day off from their learning at the great Ga'hoole tree and were spending it exploring new places. They had been flying for several hours already and now they had found this extraordinary place. It was a huge forest with societies of human nests built around it. For some reason the both of them felt in their gizzard that they should explore this place.

Suddenly, the two of them saw a field in the middle of the forest. It wasn't a very big or special field in any way but it still seemed so very inviting to them. Then Soren gasped.

"Digger, there's an owl down there!" He said and looked stunned. HOW could any owl think it's a good idea to stand on the ground in the middle of an open field? Digger looked closer and very well, in the field he saw a small owl standing alone in the night.

"Come on! Let's see what the matter is then!" He then said and made a loop.

The two owls started flying towards her in the shine of the full moon. As they came closer she had noticed them and hid her head under her wings in some kind of attempt to hide.

Digger saw that it was a small black owl. That's strange, had he even seen such an owl before?

"My my! What a strange looking owl!" He then exclaimed.

No answer.

Digger jumped closer and poked her wings a bit with his talon to see if she reacted at all.

"Ey, we're not dangerous, at least I don't think we are. You don't have to hide." He said.

That's when the small black owl parted her wings and looked up at him with wide eyes. The owl had the most beautiful eyes Digger had ever seen. They were a wonderful emerald colour and matched her black feathers perfectly. Her face had a few white lines around the eyes and beak, very much like Digger himself. Her wings also had a few white spots and streaks. She did look a lot like a burrowing owl except she was a little bit too small and her legs didn't look like his. And of course, the black feathers… Digger was out of words, this owl was beautiful.

Suddenly, someone spoke. "What's your name miss?" It was Soren.

The black little owl seemed as if she didn't really know if she should speak or not, but then she did. Her voice sounded so small and unsure with a chirpy tone Digger had never heard before. Her voice sounded very special. He liked it.

"My name is Ebony."

Ebony, what a fitting name.

"It's very nice to meet you Ebony. My name is Soren." Soren said and smiled at her. Then Soren looked at Digger, but he didn't pay attention to that, he was busy looking at the owl before him.

"And this… Is Digger."

At this Digger tilted his head like he usually did and tried to figure how old she could be. She was fully fledged and looked rather young, but how young?

Suddenly Digger felt someone poking him. "Digger, it's really rude of you to just stand there and stare you know."

Digger tore his eyes off Ebony and looked at Soren with a baffled expression. Soren seemed amused. Digger looked back at Ebony and Soren laughed at his strange behaviour. Ok, he'd have to say something.

"What kind of owl are you?" Was the first thing that came to mind.

Ebony's expression seemed to grow even shyer.

"I'm not sure…I was hoping you could tell me." She then said, baffling both Soren and Digger. She didn't know?

"You don't know your own specie?" Soren said as Digger tilted his head again.

"I… was orphaned as a young… egg… and I never met anyone that looked like me, so no." Ebony's voice sounded so shy.

"Oh I'm very sorry to hear that." Soren exclaimed and looked worried.

"I was orphaned too! My family got killed!" Digger felt like saying something. They had that in common.

"My, that sounds horrible!" She exclaimed and for the first time she didn't look shy but surprised. Digger got caught in her eyes again.

"Well…You STILL shouldn't be sitting down here on the naked ground in the middle of the night during the full shine." Soren said, as to change subject.

"But… I can't fly…" She said, sounding shy again.

Now Soren also stared at her with big eyes, just like Digger. She couldn't FLY?

"But you're fully fledged and an owl your age should be able to fly, you look about as old as us." The both of them said to her.

"I was brought up by humans…" She said and looked down, seeming ashamed.

Digger almost screeched in surprise at this.

"HUMANS? But WHAT?"

"Yeeeeaaah…" She said. "So I can't fly. I just uh, left the… nest. And I have nowhere to go."

She had nowhere to go, she couldn't fly, she didn't know what specie she was and even worse, she'd been brought up by HUMANS. Soren and Digger exchanged looks.

"Well if that is the case…" Soren said.

"Come with us! Come on it'll be fun!" Digger interrupted and jumped around a bit before tilting his head.

"Sure, you seem fun." Ebony said with a laugh. Oh my, what a lovely chirpy laugher she had. Digger couldn't help but stare at her again.

Then Soren and Digger realised, she couldn't get to the great Ga'hoole tree without flying. What were they supposed to do?

"Uh… I suppose I'll have to carry you with me to the great tree for now. I promise we will teach you to fly, but it takes time." Soren said politely. He didn't want to upset Ebony.

"Oh I'm sorry for causing trouble." Ebony said sadly.

However Soren and Digger told her she didn't have to worry about it and that she didn't cause trouble. So soon after that Soren picked Ebony up in his talons and flew away together with

Digger into the horizon. They had to get back before first light.

As they flew, Digger couldn't help but look at Ebony now and then. He hoped to be able to get to know her well.

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A/N - That's it.
Tell me what you thought.

Aaaand once again, sorry for the mistake in the last chapter.