I reawaken later and I am alone. No Nyra, no guards and no Josh. Where did she go? Then i hear a call in the distance. Nyra. I go and i follow. The battle still commences, Owls are maimed, tired out and nearly giving up. Sometime soon, we will stop this fight and I know we will win. We always win.

Nyra is going after Guardians and i see her try to get Parz. Without thinking of what danger I am putting myself in, I knock her away and she comes after me. I don't know where to do so i am leading her to the mirror. She has the guard following her. There are at least five Pure Ones behind her and they are all after me. I know I am getting myself in danger, but this is for the North. The snow picks up and the Pure Ones are getting held back. I think i have an advantage or something. For what I have to do now, I have got to back to the mirror and to defeat Nyra. Somehow…

When i reach the cave, they close in on me and i am pinned down by her guard. They have finally caught up? Nyra laughs as she comes in front of me and stands in front of the mirror frame. I am struggling to free myself as more guard pin me. They are holding my wings down and one is holding my head and back down. I know I am doomed, but I have to get free. I almost get free, before they pin me down harder and I feel like they are crushing me as I am finding it hard to breathe and my face is against the floor.

"Lydea, darling. I wouldn't move or he gets it." She warns

"Who?" I ask in suspicion

Nyra screeches her abnormal screech and then more of her guard come in. I look and they are carrying an iron cage. I notice the owl in the cage and it is... Josh? I look in horror as he is unconscious. Oh my Glaux… They ambushed him? Or what did she do? She better not have hurt him or I will sprinking kill her. How is that possible when he is top of the class and is unmatched by anyone? I am getting mad. My fear and anger is welling up. How could she capture my Josh?

"Josh! What did you do to him?!" I yell in my welled up anger

"What do you think, Schana? I thought you would be smart enough to tell an unconscious owl from a dead one? Oh well, you are as stupid as your family were." She taunts

"You are a disgrace to the Tyto race! Or worse, to the whole Owl World!" I yell "The Pure Ones must be a bunch of fucking idiots to think that they are superior."

"Silence!" Nyra screeches. She then walks over and picks up my face, holding my cheeks with her sharp talons. "You, petty child, will hand over your kingdom to me and we won't kill him. Think about it, Lydea. Freedom, no pressure into ruling, a life. You sign it over and we will take care of all the work for you. You can keep the stupid title and I'll never bother you again. What do you say, Lydea Schana." she offers as she doesn't see that i am not tempted

"Never!" I yell back

"Fine then. Pure Ones, take the Ga'Hoolian and..." She starts before i scream

I force my way out of being pinned and I collide with Nyra. The guard pull me off and try to take me down. I throw them into the wall and Nyra retaliates by grabbing my wings and chucking me into the wall. I get up and we scuffle on the floor of the cave. She gets me with her claws and I hit her with mine. Josh is still unconscious, but i wish he could see me do this. Nyra then gets the upper hand and then pins me to the ground. I struggle as i try to free myself and the fear comes up. The end is near and I don't know what to do. I struggle and she hold me tighter. Her talons are as sharp as tacks as she holds me down.

"Now, I'll end it. Any last words, Schana?" She asks

"Yes. My kingdom is my heart and you are trying to kill me for it. I would die to stop you from taking it." I reply

"How touching. Goodbye and long live the queen... Oh wait, that is me now." She says while extending her claw

I close my eyes and give in. A tear falls from my eye as i await the blow. I am waiting for it as I say my final goodbyes. Goodbye Ga'Hoole… Goodbye Northern Kingdom… Goodbye friends… Goodbye Josh. I hear a loud and familiar screech and I look up and she is knocked off me. I get up and see Nyra knocked into the wall and she is unconscious with a bit of blood coming from her side of her head and there is a large gash on her head. I look to see who saved me. I am surprised to find it was Ezylryb, who again, saved me. Then all the surprised fear ends up catching up with me and I realise she was going to kill me.

"Lydea, are you ok?" He asks

"Oh my Glaux..." I reply, still shaken from before, before I end up clinging to him and start to cry and start to exclaim in Naya'va. He tells me that she has been knocked out and I am lucky that I am alive.

"Lydea, answer me. Did she hurt you?" He asks as he is looking for injuries besides a few scratches after I let go

"I am fine. Thank you for saving me. This is the second time that I have been saved by you. Thank you very much." I reply

"It was nothing. I know that you were danger when there was that woman following you. If her husband can fight me and make one of my talons come off, I don't want to leave you alone with her. Also, Lydea, I think you should..." Ezylryb says as he gestures towards Josh

"Oh my Glaux! I forgot. Josh!" I yell as i head over to the cage

I try to break the cage open. I struggle to get it open and oh my Glaux it is hard. Ezylryb helps me as we work together and the door comes off. I drag him out and he is still unconscious. I see the gashes on him and she did do a number on him. He is breathing still and that is a good sign.

"Josh, wake up. Please don't die on me." I say

"Lydea?" Josh asks as he opens his eyes

"You're ok." I say

Josh gets up and we hug. I am thankful that she didn't kill him. My Glaux, you wouldn't want to see the reaction of Boron and Barran if Josh was dead. Now that isn't something I wouldn't want to see. I mean, if Josh gets hurt, Barran falls apart. Josh sorta did that when I was in a coma and that wasn't pretty. They say that he wasn't doing his work for a bit and then he tried to apply himself to his studies and couldn't.

"What do we do now?" Josh asks

"The mirror shattered. I'm surprised that Lina isn't here." I announce

"The Pure Ones will prevail if we cannot find a way to fix the mirror." Ezylryb says as he picks up a piece of the mirror

"The answer has to turn up soon." Josh adds as he wraps me in his wings

"I was so scared..." I say to Josh

"Lucky you could fight her, Lyd. I could hear that she had you pinned and junk. When you tell everyone, you will be named as the bravest owl ever just for fighting Nyra and surviving without injuries. At least you are ok." Josh replies

"I guess so. What will we do about the mirror?" I ask