Buckbeak
Searching for Areen turned out to be a very difficult task. They managed to figure out she wasn't in Hogwarts and moved to the grounds. She was on the edge of the forest.
"Areen!" Claymore called. Areen turned around, looking surprised to see them.
Midnight and Flame pulled their broom to a stop. "Great. We found her. Can we go now?" Flame asked.
Areen looked down in embarrassment. "Right sorry." She apologized. Claymore opened his mouth, but before he could say anything they heard a loud squawk nearby. They all froze and turned toward it.
It was by far the strangest creature Midnight had ever seen. It was large, with a bird like front. But it's back looked like a different creature, Midnight couldn't place what. "A horse." Areen said, as if reading Midnight's mind. Just another reason Areen's handy to have around. Midnight thought.
"Well, he's blocking the way back out." Arison whispered.
"Okay relax." Claymore instructed. "He might be friendly"
"How do we find out?" Eva asked breathlessly.
We shove someone in front of him. Midnight thought. She turned to Arison. He'll work. She gave him a look. Arison had figured out what she was thinking. "Oh frink." He said as she shoved him out.
He looked up at the creature with big wide eyes. The creature looked at him. For a second nothing happened. "Well bow!" the creature snapped impatiently.
Normally, Arison was the type who asked why, but when facing a creature this size, he just did it. His glasses slipped off and Midnight had to cover her mouth with her wing so as not to laugh. The creature made an amused noise and bowed back.
Arison let out a sigh of relief, got back up, and put his glasses back on. "I'm Buckbeak by the way."
"Arison." Arison replied. "And I have some friends, and siblings. Can they come out?"
Buckbeak shrugged. "If they bow."
So the other owls came out. Buckbeak's eyes widened when he saw how many of them there were. But he bowed for all of them, only really pausing when he got to Midnight. "So, what are all your names?" he asked.
Claymore introduced them. Buckbeak nodded. He turned to Arison, "You have a lot of owls with you."
Arison shrugged. "Well, they're my siblings. And those two are the closest owls to our age at the tree-" he waved his wing at Midnight and Flame.
Then Buckbeak cut him off. "Wait. You all live in the same tree?"
"Yeah. The Ga'Hoole tree." Eva told him.
"The Ga'Hoole tree doesn't exist yet smart one." Midnight reminded her.
"Yet?"
"We come from the future." Arison explained. Buckbeak blinked, obviously still confused. "It's a long story."
Buckbeak shrugged. "I've got time."
The owls looked at each other. "Well, you met him first." Midnight said to Arison.
"But Areen's the smartest." Arison pointed out.
Areen sighed. "Alright. I'll explain." So she told Buckbeak about the portal, and Elna coming from this time, so they knew all about it. And, when he asked, they all described what things were like in their time.