All of the scrolls come out of their storage and i look at them in awe. I think to myself about the number of scrolls, 15. There are 15 scrolls in the collection and they thoroughly explain everything and the truth of the mirror and about the Goddess of Snow, Nya Schana-Strata, her connection with Glaux and her four goddess counterparts. They are Goddess of the Moon, Goddess of Beauty, Goddess of Light and the Goddess of Water and her connection with the Schana, my family.
"Your mind must comprehend the truths of all these scrolls. To find the Mirror of the Snow Goddess, you have to read all of these scrolls and find the pattern to find the riddle or the clue to finding it. Good luck, Lydea." Barran explains (For an owl like her, she definitely knows her legends)
"I'll try." I reply.
Within less than an hour i have read two scrolls. Two hours later, i have read five scrolls. The truth fills my mind as i realise what the truths are. I know now that the mirror will help destroy the Pure Ones that are within the vicinity of the North. They will turn to dust as they are like paper and we are the fire that destroys them. Within another few hours i read the truths of the goddesses.
They are all 5 of Glaux's fellow gods and they created the mirror to protect the goodness of the world before Mordecai of Darkness and Princess Cheyenne of Tyto's war of Pure One v Tyto Forest and Guardians of Ga'Hoole. They foresaw the rise of the Pure Ones and created the mirror for a Schana to control the power as the Goddess of Snow's bloodline continued within the Schana Snowy's.
Later, i have read all the rest of the scrolls and my mind are blown by all this. I am speechless and i know what to do now. Josh enters hand puts his wing around me as i roll the scroll back up. I realise that he wants to help me as I am searching.
"This is all too much, but i can't stop. I need to find the clue... The sentence tells us where it is. Where is it? Show me where it is! Anything! Show me anything! Give me a clue!" I yell from stress.
"Lydea, I think you need a break." Josh suggests "You look like my mother when she has been working for hours on end and she hasn't had a break. Come on, you need to have a break."
"Josh, I am fine." I reply
"No. You are stressing out. Look, since you're getting stronger, we can go for a flight around. Clear your head and take an easy approach of this." Josh suggests again
"Josh, here is the rundown of what is going on: The Pure Ones know i am alive, I am recovering from my injuries and to top it all off, I have to find a magical mirror that will help me regain my kingdom. I am so fucking stressed!" I announce in stress, admitting that he is right
"Lydea, I know. Baby, it is ok." Josh asks
"When did you turn into Parz?" I ask while laughing, seeing as he sounds like Parz when he is speaking to one of his girlfriends.
"Did i just?" Josh asks before we laugh hysterically
It is so good to have a laugh after a while. Then I hear Queen Barran fly to the door. I can tell it is her as she was speaking in Naya'va down the hall. I think she is silently observing us. She is our main supporter and I don't think that she'll judge us. I mean, seriously, she doesn't judge others unless they have to be. I don't know what that means exactly. So anyway, I remember now, I am cacking myself senseless.
Barran's Thoughts
My son is the happiest owl in the whole world at the moment. I love to see his smile. Besides, he hasn't smiled like that since he was an owlet and when I came home to see him. When he is with Lydea, he is happy with a smile on his face like he was back then. When he hears her name, his gold/amber eyes light up like they used to when he was little and i can't help myself but laugh.
I just always remember when he was a little owlet and he used to always be excited when we came home, when we both were busy. He has that same effect when he and Lydea get together when he comes home from school to have her waiting for him to ask how his day was and all that.
It is True Love and I should know.
Boron may have taken a while to understand this, especially since he has been feuding with our son and he thought we knew best. I did too, but when I myself realised that they belong together when he separated them and gave me a mock excuse. I may have caused a ruckus, but Idon't care what anyone thinks. Someday, I will know someday that Josh will make a good leader from his training...
...And a good husband.
Josh and I walk out onto the branch outside his hollow and I look down. I never noticed, but we are so high up. Why does the palace have to be so high? If there weren't branches practically everywhere, I would be afraid of plummeting into the ocean. I feel the spring wind filling my lungs and upon my feathers. Josh instructs me to branch up higher by flapping my wings. I get higher and higher and my wings are hurting like they have been torn apart. I get high enough and I see how high I am. I gulp and oh boy…
"You got the baby steps. Let's go." He adds from his coaching
"Ok. If I fall, it is your fault if I plummet." I reply
"You won't, I promise." He reassures me
We take off and I close my eyes. I fear that I am plummeting and I brace myself for the collision into the water below. Josh tells me to open them again and look. I open them and realise I am flying. I start cheering for myself and Josh laughs. We share a smile before a small convocation comes.
"It feels so good to have the wind in my feathers again, Josh. I didn't know what i was missing until now!" I announce
"I love to see you happy, Lyd. Come on, I'll race you." He replies
"Be afraid of the punishment if I win. If I win, you have to clean up all the scrolls after we find the answer." I taunt while setting the wager
"If I win, Hmm... I know what; you'll have to tell Parz all the grammar mistakes he makes." He wagers back to me
We fly off and I gain the Lead as we fly around Ga'Hoole and weaving through the tree branches until I land first back at Josh's Hollow. I laugh loudly as Josh has to clean up 15 scrolls when we find the answer. Josh gives me an unimpressed, but humble look as he congratulates me for winning. He is a good sport I guess. We get back to work and we finally find the answer when we lay the scrolls together and the middle paragraphs of all the scrolls repeat the same word on the 3rd line. When we lay the Scrolls over each other and over the word that is the same, but in different positions, we find the answer:
"What lies within the heart of the Northern Kingdom? Snow and a heart of Schana Bloodline will show the way. As a brave heart and a Pure Blooded Schana has the sense for the mirror, when the snow shows the way."
"No wonder i have a strange feeling and dreams to match when snow falls." I announce.
"Maybe we should try and find it soon. Maybe we should go tomorrow." He says
"I don't know. The Pure Ones could be anywhere and they would try and kill me. I reply
"Lydea, do you want to get your kingdom back?" He asks
"Josh, I do. I truly do, but I don't want to get hurt." I reply, telling him that I am scared
"Not if I am with you. I will fight anyone that would want to hurt you." He reassures me while holding my wing
"You really mean what you say? I don't want to get you hurt." I ask
"I would fight and die for you." He replies
I think we will have another try at our first kiss. Last time, we had it and then well… Josh's parents weren't happy on a few levels. We get close before someone lands behind us and gains our attention by coughing. We realise that Josh's dad is behind us and turn around. Especially not to get caught.
"No, you don't. I have been hearing your whole convocation and I have one announcement. Curfew has been shortened so your "adventuring" is limited and you won't get attacked. Thank Glaux that Lydea survived the beating she had encountered." Boron announces
"Dad! We are upon the biggest discovery that will change everything and you want us to sit here and do nothing?" Josh yells just when Barran comes in. This is about to become catastrophic and will cause more damage than what the storm did.
"Boron, maybe we should..." Barran starts her classic speech
"Shut up, Barran! The Past 18 years and you have done nothing to discipline him! Do you realise that if we intend on letting those two and their friends go out of the Ga'Hoole area they will get attacked. Do you want to see a repeat of what happened, but with Josh getting hurt?" Boron yells
"He knows his right from wrong, Boron! You just see a child in him! He isn't about to let the Pure Ones try and kill him." Barran yells
"That is what he is. No matter how old he will get, he is still an irresponsible child!" Boron announces loudly for all of us to hear
"He is responsible! Our son is Moon Master Class President and has his own gang pent on helping out Lydea to try and get her kingdom back. He knows how to be a leader and he is very responsible" Barran clarifies "I still think that you live in the past. Also, stop thinking that he will make the same mistakes!" She then yells
"Mum! Dad! Not in front of L-Y-D-E-A. She doesn't want to hear this!" Josh yells, after seeing the expression on my face, which is a shocked one
"It is ok. I can manage." I tell the outraged lover of mine, finally snapping out of the loss of thought I had
"Get out of my room and take your petty argument elsewhere! You both are as bad as each other!" Josh yells to his parents as he shoos them away
Later, I decide to go home as things get a little hectic around Palace Hollows. I get my things and leave the Palace. When you are there and the King and Queen have an argument, there is more yelling than all the arguments in the whole world put together when they disagree. It is like they are Mordecai and Cheyenne sometimes. Also when it comes to their arguments, they always fight and then make up.
Next day, we make a plan to try and break out of curfew. If one gets out, we all have to get out. They end up enforcing the guards to keep an eye out of curfew breakers.
