Chapter 2
A group of owls hovered around. "Is that a hagsfiend?" One of them breathed.
"Of course not!" Another one snapped. "Hagsfiends don't have ear tufts and facial disks." If they were going to argue like this Rose was very glad she and the pygmy had already patched him up a bit.
"He's not a hagfiend!" The pygmy shouted. "Now someone help him!"
"I agree." The owls around the three parted to let a white chinned owl through. Rose recognized him as Adan, the king of the Eastern Kingdom. "Help this poor owl." A few owls set to work healing him better than Rose and the pygmy could.
The pygmy and Rose stepped to the side. Rose went to join Courage. The pygmy started to follow them but was stopped by Adan. Rose and Courage tipped their heads to hear what was going on, they were a type of tyto after all.
"Who are you two?" Adan asked in a low voice.
"I'm Pylphie, and that's Hagson. We come from the Northern Kingdom." The pygmy whimpered.
Adan nodded slowly. "I see. . . And what kind of owl is Hagson?"
"L-long eared."
Adan turned to Hagson, who was groaning a little, but Rose could hear his heart beat was getting stronger. "He's a little big for a long eared isn't he?"
"He's not a hagsfiend!"
Adan put his wings up in a mock surrender. "I never said he was, but I'd like to take him to my hollow if that's alright with you." Pylphie looked skeptical. "I promise I won't hurt him, and as soon as I talk to him he can go. That's a more generous offer than you'll get from some of these owls." He jerked his head towards the first owl who'd asked if Hagson was a hagsfiend.
Pylphie sighed. "Fine."
"Courage! Rose! Speckle!" Adan called out. The two siblings and the black and white owl turned towards Adan. "Help me take Hagson back to my hollow. Hetty?"
"Yes your majesty?" Hetty responded.
"Do you have something to carry this owl away with?"
She gave him a look as if to say 'Owl?' then shoved a cot made of vines forward.
Adan nodded. "Good." He, Courage, Rose, and Speckle, each grabbed a corner once Hagson was on, and the four flew back towards Ga forest.
"Don't forget to return my cot." Hetty said. Then she flew off; as a flammulated owl, she was too small to help.
The owls flew into Ga Forest. Almost every tree here was a Ga tree, and most of them were connected by vine bridges so owls could cross from one tree to another without having to fly, this was particularly useful for owlets.
A few owls turned towards the group as the came in, and once they landed at Adan's hollow an Pel's fishing owl came up to him. "What kind of creature is that?" He wanted to know.
"It is of no concern to you." Adan replied coolly. "I'll tell you if it's important." The fishing owl nodded to him and took off. Adan turned to Courage, Hetty, Rose, and Pylphie. Even though Pylphie hadn't been able to help carry Hagson, she had stayed close. "Thank you all for your help, but I have to ask you leave now." He said. Then he took Hagson into his hollow.
(Alright, I might as well explain something. I'm picking owl species that are never mentioned in Ga'Hoole, or at least are very rare, for the types in the Eastern and Western Kingdoms. It's because these are Kingdoms never mentioned before too.)