Chapter 13
Soren sat in the library reading over books, he and Gylfie. Apparently Digger had the same idea as Twilight. It was a little concerning really, Digger was the wisest of them all, if he thought they should go to class, maybe Soren was wrong.
And his gizzard didn't seem to be telling him what was right.
He had lost track of the time when he saw Hedwig's Other walk in. He took a seat near Soren. For a moment neither of them spoke. Then Soren said, "You're Harry Potter right?"
"Let me guess," Harry started. Soren could tell from his tone this wasn't going to be a good conversation. "You think I'm a complete nutter for saying Voldomort returned."
Who is Voldomort? Soren thought. It didn't matter. He trusted Hedwig's Other, and it would be a bad idea to voice any doubt right now anyway. "No, I believe you." Soren said.
Harry blinked. He probably hadn't expected that. "Oh. Sorry."
"It's okay." Soren said. His mind raced. He had had a lot of awful things happen to him, but people always seemed to trust him. Except . . . when Striga took over the Ga'Hoole tree. Using that time to come up with his words he continued. "It's hard when people don't believe you. The least likely people no longer trust you. And it's worse when the one spreading lies is still out there getting stronger."
Once again Harry looked surprised. "Yeah. How do you know?"
"I don't think you'd believe me if I told you." Soren replied. Then he went back to his book.
For a moment that was the end of it. Until Harry spoke again. "So, who are you?"
"I'm Soren." He said. Then, it was really the end of their conversation.