THE LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS 2: THE RISE OF A LEGEND
CHAPTER ONE: REMINISCING
Soren and his mentor Ezylryb were in the Great Tree of Ga'hoole on the island of Hoole in the Southern Kingdoms. "Soren, it was a great thing you did back there saving me from Metal Beak." the old owl said to the new Guardian.
"I couldn't just let him kill you."
"You know he could have easily killed you."
"I knew that when I came to rescue you in the first place."
"Yet you came anyway."
"It was the right thing to do."
"You remind me of me when I was younger."
"You know, I've only heard about you in the Battle of the Ice Claws against Metal Beak. I'd never heard anything about you growing up."
"It's a long tale."
"We don't have our chaw meeting for many hours. And I don't feel tired at the moment. I'll stay up all day if need be to hear it in full."
"I grew up on Stormfast Island in the Northern Kingdoms. When I'd hatched, the War of the Ice Claws had been going on for 100 years already. It had been back and forth between our side and theirs for many long years."
"And it was you that turned the tide in the war. Broke the stalemate."
"Not quite. The Pure Ones came to us. They came to our hollow and destroyed my childhood forever. I'm not normally one to support war. In fact, I'm normally against war."
"You're what? But you're Lyze of Kiel! You fought in the Battle of the Ice Claws! You saved the Northern Kingdoms and helped stop the Pure Ones from getting to Ga'hoole!"
"Soren, did you plan on being a Guardian of Ga'hoole, on fighting against the Pure Ones, when you first hatched?"
"No, of course not sir. I'd hoped for a peaceful life."
"So did I. But fate determined otherwise."