AN: Okay, I know it's been a while guys, but I've been extremely busy… Girlfriend, friends, social, school, exams and the finals are coming up soon! Wish me luck! Anyways, here we are with another chapter of Blazing Love! Hopefully, Soren gets better soon.
Chapter 7: Light
Sitting in her hollow, Pellimore was admiring the beautiful sunset. Orange and pink colors filled her eyesight as it reflected from the sea water under the tree. She was thinking over the events of their last trip with Soren. They had been attacked by Pure Ones and he had annihilated most of them, but gotten a deep wound in the process. He was now still in the process of healing but the healers had mentioned that he should be able to leave today, and so Pelli was waiting for him to arrive.
She heard someone descending the steps that led to her hollow and turned to look. No, it was not Soren, but Gylfie "Pelli you are wanted by Soren to the Parliament meeting today" She said.
"Okay, thank you for warning me Gylfie" She was nervous, was Soren mad at her for attacking the owl? Had she done something wrong?
Seeing that Pelli was a little stressed, Gylfie whispered some tactful words to her "Don't worry, it's nothing bad" She said and winked at her.
That comforted her a lot, but made her nervous at the same time, what had she done to be invited to a meeting of such importance? She got up and followed Gylfie out of her hollow, then walking down the hallways that led to the central parliament.
It was still the huge, magnificent room as it had always been, low candles coming down from the ceiling and a huge desk for the parliament members to sit at. There was a podium in the center that she was expected to stand on. To her surprise, she saw Soren in the Weather Ryb's spot, which was usually occupied by Ezylryb. She standed there and waited nervously on the members to start talking. Soren gave her a loving smile which made her calm down a lot. He turned to Boron and Barrane which were whispering quiet things in private, perhaps thinking of a work around to something the parliament had decided.
It was Boron who initiated the meeting "We stand here today to discuss the latest events that occurred while the weather chaw was on a trip to enter a storm, who shall speak first?" he said.
"I will" Soren said while getting up from his position. Pelli saw a huge bandage on the area where his gash would have been and wondered if it still hurt him a lot.
"In the Spirit Woods, 3 days ago, we were ambushed by a small pack of Pure Ones. I took on most of them, but one slipped away from me and meant to attack the young owlets we had with us. Being the oldest one in the pack, I expected Pelli to charge back at the owl, and she did just that, which makes us all very proud of you Pelli" Soren said slowly and smiled at her.
Pelli nodded and let him continue his speech He doesn't mention that I lost to that owl and if not for him, I would not be alive she told herself, thinking about how brave he had been.
"Assuming the command of Ezylryb while he is away on a mission in the Northern Kingdoms, I would like to transfer you to the Search and Rescue chaw, it is obvious that you are born to save others, not interpret the weather in this chaw." He announced her.
She was surprised at first, not sure how to react. It was good as she knew it was the right chaw for her, but it would also mean being away from Soren. And so, she stood there, saying nothing as the parliament members had expected her to do.
"Welcome to the Club!" She heard Twilight yell in the background, which led to many parliament members, including Soren to burst out laughing.
"Okay enough serious talk, dismissed" Boron said whilst smiling to the others.
Soren came down from the steps that led to the parliament desks. She came running towards him. "I… I… Thank you" was all she could say to what Soren had done for her.
He smiled back "Being a Guardian of Ga'Hoole is about saving innocents and protecting the weak. You did just that Pelli, I'm proud of you." He said.
"But you still saved the day in the end; you defeated so many Pure Ones on your own!" she exclaimed.
"That is true, but I simply did my duty, it's what I'm here to do" He answered.
Pelli smiled inside, why did Soren never want to take credit for what he did? He was a hero today, people had to know that. She would start spreading the news of his success as soon as she was out of here. "Sometimes, I wish you would accept the fact that you saved me countless times" She said and laughed.
He smiled back "Again, it's my duty, I don't expect anything back from my work, just that owls live" He said.
She smiled at him. How could someone be so modest? He saved every single living owl in this tree a million times, and yet he doesn't brag or abuse his person. He could have every single girl in the school following him around wherever he goes, but he decides to sit around at the library and read. She was quite impressed with him. The perfect one.
She did not know what to think of him becoming the weather ryb while Ezylryb was away "Why is Ezylryb away?" She had to ask.
"That is something that may only be discussed among parliament members, a very important and dangerous mission is all I can say" He answered back.
"Okay" she said a little disappointed.
"Would you like to fly with me?" He asked.
Taken off guard and completely unaware, Pelli could only muster out a few words "I… Uhh… Yes"
And so they took off, flying above the great blue sea which erupted with orange and pink light reflections from the current sunset. This was like a dream come true to Pelli, a romantic flight with the owl of her dreams. She only worried that Ayanna and the other girls that had joined the Soren fan-club would be jealous of her and start gossiping about them.
*Ayanna*
Her worries were justified as not a hundred meters away; Ayanna was watching them, eyes wide with jealousy. She took off immediately and woke her friends in their hollow. It was one of the smaller hollows as they were quite low ranking pupils, and yet they fit around seven owls in it.
"I just saw Pellimore flying around with Soren" She said, almost yelling out of rage and frustration.
"That's very good for her!" an owl yelled happily and smiled.
"But not for us! Don't you get it? If she gets to him, he's done, she's one of them" Ayanna exclaimed, while the others gasped in disbelief.
"So that's how she survived that attack…" Another started saying.
"Yes, she was never in true danger during the attack, Soren was, but being the great fighter that he is, he defeated all the Pure Ones whilst Pelli pretended to be in danger to get closer to him later on" Ayanna yelled out, walking in a circle now.
"My friends, Pellimore is a pure one."
AN: OH SHEET! What will happen next? I wonder myself. (Not really ) Anyways, PM/review if you have any suggestions/requests/any other things to ask me. I'm sorry that I've been away for such a long time, just wrote this chapter in around an hour and I hope I can get a few more out during this 4 day weekend which I have a surprisingly low amount of homework. See you all then! :D