During the problematic situation that is unfolding before his eyes, Lyze of Kiel could hear faint, but piercingly loud, cries of help coming from inside the collapsing palace. He knows that someone is still inside and it might be the mother of the owlet born a few hours ago. He and two other guardians, who he rounded up quickly (Strix Struma and Lady/Princess Autumn); follow the faint cries into the palace. The loud cries get louder and louder until they reach the partially destroyed nursery.

They find Queen Nynia, Lydea's mother, clutching her petrified daughter tightly with her unbroken right wing, as rocks fell on her left and she is unable to fly to escape. The crumbling in the nursery, let alone the whole palace, gets worse and worse as half of the nursery is falling in as they speak. Nynia pleas to them to take Lydea, to save her from the Pure Ones and from what has been happening all night, and leave her behind, as she will sacrifice herself for her daughter's safety and wellbeing. From outside, as they were chasing the Guardians in, Pure One Soldiers hear Nynia talking and the two guardians at the door try fighting them off with all their might. Strix uses her swords to break one of their necks and Autumn throws it into the ground and decapitates it head with her Katana blade. Meanwhile, inside the nursery, The rock roof rumbles on top of Nynia, rocks and dust fall. Lyze moves the owlet out of the way, just in time to save her from being crushed. When the dust clears, all that is left is Nynia is her silver crown. The petrified owlet is crying as Lyze kicks up the helmet.

Before the palace falls apart entirely, as there is less than a minute to go, Lyze, Strix and Lady/Princess Autumn take the owlet and the palace starts to crumble as they fly out. The three manoeuvre through falling rocks to find the exit and they make it out, unharmed as the whole mountain crumbles under. The Guardians leave as their defeat has been announced by Boron who is saddened to see that his ex-fiancé (from an arranged marriage that fell through when he left the North to find Barran), Princess Shia'ja has been killed. The unsuccessful Guardians of Ga'Hoole leave before a battle is upon them and call it one as it is too late and they will have to fight the same evils that they had fought last time. The Northern Kingdom had fallen into Pure One control and they will not know of what to do about it, as of yet.

Back at The Great Tree of Ga'Hoole, the young Queen of the Great Tree, Barran, sits at the window of the Palace Hollows awaiting her husband's return from the investigation on leads that there could be a Pure One attack. She then is told by a messenger of what happened and she tells the people of the Great Tree.

When she returns to her post, she had been up all day and night waiting and watching not just the window either way. For you see, the only newly wedded royal couple of eight months had been gifted with an egg previously and it is almost upon hatching and she wants to have her husband to witness the birth of their first child. As the soon to-be-mother Barran awaits her husband's return, she also awaits the hatching of their child, but wants for Boron to be present as her one wish.

She sends one of her attendants to supervise the return of the Guardians and to tell her if the they return soon, as she goes and cuddles up with the egg. After falling asleep, her attendant comes back as quick as she could and wakes Barran from her nap as the Guardians have returned. When Barran finally wakes up, Boron enters the room. Barran is overjoyed to see him and she gives him a "welcome back" hug, seeing as it has been a few days or so since he left.

"I was worried. I know you won't talk about it, since I know what happened already, but it is so good to have you home." She happily announces

"Did I miss it?" He asks as he takes off his helmet and battle claws

"No. Not much has happened actually." She replies

"You look bored and about to drop. Don't tell me that you have stayed up all day." He says

"Maybe... Ok, so I did. I was preoccupied with work anyway. Besides, I didn't go." She gloats

"Ok, I get it. You were stuck here all night and day and you had nothing else to do besides being a to-be-mother and royal duties. I'll make it up to you soon. What do you say about a dinner date?" he promises his moody mate

"Maybe later… Oh look, its hatching!" She excitably giggles when Boron wraps his wing around her

The little egg is moving around a whole lot and it hatches to reveal a beautiful snowy owlet. He is white with the grey markings on his downy coat, with a particular marking over his left eye, and the same colour eyes as his parents and it shakes off all the shell off its downy coat. Barran and Boron stare happily at their child. Barran walks up to it and gives a big hug. She is admiring the baby and she notices what gender it is as she will ask Boron what to name it.

"It's a boy. I'm letting you pick the name." She declares

"What?" He asks in disbelief

"Our gracious king should be brave enough to name his own son. After all, you fought Pure Ones and that is good enough for me. If not... I guess Elysa is a good name for a boy..." She taunts

"Ok, ok. I'll name him... Wait a minute... We aren't calling our son 'Elysa', you half-baked, beautified, hardly..." He starts

Barran stops him before he makes fun of her by saying "Fine then. I don't want to hear it, please. What are you going to call him then...? Look at him; he is just trying to josh around. Look at him, he is just so cute and I would play with you all day, my little baby boy."

When upon noticing that his son is making small and awkward noises he realises that he is trying to speak and to play around he decides to repeat the key word Barran said and he says the name of their son is "Josh". Chaos and commotion happens, with celebrations all around also for the hatching of the baby prince and heir to Ga'Hoole.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Ga'Hoole, Lyze is talking with Alina Toscarne, one of the owls in the Owl World Elite Resistance, a group that works for the United Kingdoms of owl (a group like the UN) and works to maintain the peace and to have resistances and armies to take action. Alina and a few others are representing Ga'Hoole, in both groups, but she is one of the few that he had taught when she was in the Guardian Training Academy, in the class named Ocean Class.

Alina has taken up adopting the Princess and she just adores Lydea by talking baby-talk and making her laugh by tackling her and making silly faces. She can't help but be excited to have an owlet of her own, since after her husband died on a undercover mission in Tyto almost a year ago and they were unable to have a child of their own in that time.

"What is her name? Oh my Glaux, she is just so beautiful and adorable and i just want to dress her up and like..." Alina squeals.

"The owlet's name is Princess Lydea. Her late mother called her that after one of their ancestors. The little owlet was lucky I could hear her mother and is lucky to be alive. But, there is a downside and that is that she is sadly, the last member of her family, the Schana Royals." Lyze informs the over excited adoptee

"She is an orphan? No way! Aww... That is so sad. I'll try my best to try and fill the lonely void that she must feel. I will probably find a way to seal away that horrible truth from reaching the light. Who would kill her family in the first place?" She asks

"Pure Ones killed all of her family. There is no one left, and you have to keep her identity hidden, Alina. If the Pure Ones, especially Surtr who calls himself "Metalbeak", find out that there is a living Schana member they'll not stop at anything to kill her and anyone in their way. We could be putting the Ga'Hoole tree at risk, but we have a greater cause for the risk." He informs her

"Who else knows?" She asks

"Strix Struma, Princess Autumn and later, the one who understands what it is like to be an orphan, her highness, Queen Barran. I already know that Barran, and even Boron somewhat, would be busy with their newborn son. I'll ask Barran to keep the secret and hide the crown." He replies

"Well, I have to go and do some stuff, especially owlet-proofing the hollow. I promise to keep the secret. Goodbye." She says as she takes the young owlet in her care by carrying the basket carrier to her home on the south side of Hoole.

A few nights later, Queen Barran makes a powerful speech as she wants for them to hand over the North to the Pure Ones, for them to finally have peace. They do and the Guardians vow that someday they will fight to get it back. Lyze (who then becomes Ezylryb) was a part of this and he kept the identity of Lydea safe, but somewhat giving it away that she is alive. No one would work it out, but Strix Struma and Lady Autumn knew, since they rescued her.

The day following, a secret meeting is inducted and Barran is told to keep the secret and the helmet. They swear an oath to make sure Lydea grows up and lives a happy life until they can find a way to get her throne back.

Over the course of time, Lydea grows up happily with all her friends and family, even the few that swore secrecy on her true identity, supporting her. She has a happy and carefree life as she goes through the owlet school. Then primary school and when she is 14, she starts her training in the Guardian Training Academy. As she caresses through two years of junior and middle years, she is happy and living her life.

The oath that was taken still stands in place, so they will tell her someday about her identity. As they don't hear out of the Pure Ones since handing over the North, there are no security threats or wars in this time of peace. They knew that Barran was right and they are lucky that all is right in the world.

However, as Lydea begins her final year at the Guardian Training Academy (GTA). She is still unaware of anything to do with her past and she draws closer to turning 18 years of age. As she will be in Moon Master Class, things will be interesting for the hidden princess since she will be in the highest senior class and with a childhood friend that she had forgotten about since leaving the primary school, seeing as he is the smartest of his age grouping.