Chapter 2
Location: the Great Ga'Hoole tree
Time: midnight
Soren just got over the shock from the weird and impressive feet just pulled by this new owl. The owl landed next to Nagase and after folding his wings, began to preen his mates' own wings. She gladly returned the gesture; they only preened for a second before they both turned their heads to Soren.
"Soren, I would like you to meet my mate Blaze. Blaze meet Soren, king of the Great tree."
"Nice to meet you Soren," Blaze said in a cheerful voice. He reached out his right talon and held it in a spot between them.
Soren looked down at the out stretched talon puzzled. If owls had eye brows, one of his would have been raised. Nagase chirred slightly before saying to Soren "It's a classic greeting in our country. You hold the other's talons and shake them slightly.
Soren, still puzzled, raised his talon and shook talons with Blaze.
"Interesting, you do this all the time in your country?" Soren asked curiously.
It was Blaze's turn to chirr. "Yes indeed," he said still cheerful.
"It may seem weird to you, but this is common practice," Nagase said before she paused as if she wanted to say more.
"Soren?!" a lovely female voice called out before Nagase could say anything else. Soren turned his head around to the source and smiled.
"Over Here Pellimore!" he called back to the female barn owl that was flying above them.
Pellimore looked down and dived down to Soren. She landed next to him and smiled.
"Pellimore, meet Kei Nagase and… Blaze?" Soren paused and looked at the other male owl quizzically.
"Yes, Blaze," Blaze said introducing his self. "As we were saying, we would like to stay here at this incredible tree and become part of it." Blaze than frowned, he had a distant look in his eyes. "We have seen a lot of war; we hope to find some peace here."
"I'll admit, we just got over a war ourselves. It was just about a year ago when we ended the 'war of the ember'. We gained a lot that day. But we also lost so much," it was Soren's turn to have a depressing look. "The tree lost one of its best kings, and I lost my only nephew. His name was Coryn, he was like a son to me," Soren said dreamily. "Now, on to your question, considering the pure ones are gone, and Nyra is dead I don't see a reason why I should be suspicious of you so, yes. You can stay here."
Blaze and Nagase embraced each other in joy. They turned to Soren with indescribable expressions of happiness. "Also, please just call me Nagase."
Soren nodded. "Very well, come with me I will help set up a hollow for you," he said as they all took flight.
Seen transaction
"Before you settle in, I thought it would be a good idea to show you around a bit," Soren said to the couple as they landed on a branch just outside the dining hollow. Before he could continue, a female spotted owl landed next to Soren with a smile on her face. She wore a bandana around her head covering one of her eyes.
"Soren, I'm glad to report the new festival is going smoothly as planned, also we had a few complaints that Cook over did the bat wings again. Strangely, the tree has seemed to be producing more milk berries recently. The tree's health is perfect, and we expect a plentiful harvest this winter."
Soren didn't even try to cut in. He knew Otulissa could be like this where you couldn't get her to stop talking for love or money. He took his chance and politely interrupted. "Otulissa, meet Blaze and Nagase. They will be staying here a while so why don't you show them around. I must return to the three B's soon."
Otulissa nodded to Soren, he didn't need to say more so he quickly left. "All right," Otulissa said to the remaining barn owls. "Let's start with the dining hallow…"
A/N: To answer Lowknave's question, yes they were always owls in my story. I will go into more detail later in the story. By the way to any Ace Combat fan out there, Ace Combat 7 Is Official! That's Right, Ace Combat 7 Is Coming Soon. FINALY!