Chapter 6

Day 1: Sunset

Location: the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, medical wing

The medical wing was flooded with owls following the battle… well some wouldn't really call it a battle; it only lasted a few seconds from when the owl engaged the enemy. That owl was still flying over the tree protecting it like a guardian angel. Despite the shock from the initial attack, there was a feeling of calmness over the tree and its inhabitance.

Back to the medical wing, some owls were chemical numbed, a few sustained light wounds from falling or other reasons; other owls were just in a state of shock. Every owl available was working to help the wounded. Blaze suffered the most serious injuries, nothing was broken thank Glaux; however he suffered badly in almost every other way. He had hit the back of his head on impact, one of the medical staff confirmed he may have a concussion. He had to lie on his front side because the tree roots at the area he fell were jagged and he had been stabbed and cut in various locations. His wings were in bad shape, he would need treatment for them… treatment the tree couldn't provide.

A few believed Blaze shouldn't be helped; after all he did grab the king by the neck and possibly could have killed him. Despite this, Soren himself supervised the treatment the medical staff were giving Blaze. Twilight was the first and only one to ask why he was to be treated. Soren calmly replied, "He tried to warn us, he knew what was coming and I didn't listen to him. It's my fault he was injured, so it's my responsibility he heals."

"But Soren… he attacked you," Twilight said with stern tone.

Soren seemed to swell twice his size, and had on a threatening pose.

'Is Soren threatening…? Twilight?' Otulissa thought glancing between the two. Just in case, she took a step back... and wifiled slightly.

"He," Soren said trying to keep calm, but would soon fail. "…had enough of a punishment when you through him off the ledge, he is so badly injured now the doctors say he may never fly again. No owl deserves to be permanently grounded no matter what he or she has done! NOT, EVEN, NRYA, DISERVES THAT TWILIGHT! NOT EVEN HER!"

Never had Twilight looked so tiny. He had backed up to wall and wifiled more than half his size. Then again, so had everyone else in that part of the wing. Soren, starting to calm down again, turned to lead doctor and said peacefully "Treat him as if it was me you were taking care of," before turning around and flew back to the royal hollow.

Everyone was shocked. For a moment no one moved or even dared to breath. Until, that is, when the lead doctor finally said "You heard him, anyone who doesn't need to be here please leave."

Scene transaction

Soren flew back to his hollow slowly; he needed some air to clear his mind. He wondered where the owl was; he had been searching the skies for a while now and could not find him.

The owl came out of nowhere. It flew right over him with incredible speed. The owl had something in his talons; he opened up his talons and the object, which looked like a book, fell to the ground.

Soren kept his eyes on the book until it hit the ground. When he looked back up to the sky the owl was gone. Curiosity taking over, he dived down after the book; he landed next to the book and looked it over. He opened the book to a random page, only to find they all were empty. Confused, he turned to the first page. This one was not empty. It had a strange message written on it…

We hope you can read this, because if you can't your all dead ducks.

What attacked you today was a rebel organization known as free

Eurasia. We have been hunting them down for years, trying to stop

them and bring them to an end. If this ever happens again, and it

will, you won't be able to stop them. We can help you but first you

need to help us. Meet us at where Ambala's, Kuneer's, and Tyto's

borders come together. If you don't come in three days, we will

assume you don't want our help. Also, if you come, bring Blaze;

we can help him. He will get better if we get to him in time.

We await your response, King Soren.

From:

The Independent State Allied Forces.