Origins

[Battias]

Chapter 20

Swarr was now over a supposed Kraal hideout, the supposed location of his parents. He rested on a cliff near the Hrath'gar Glacier for the day, and traveled for the night. Swarr heard rustling in the trees, he kept the dye tied tightly to his leg. suddenly, a colorful Whiskered screech burst out of the small trees, rusty battle claws on him, "Raghh!" The Kraal shrieked, legs extended, Swarr tured to face the Kraal, and was waiting for the right moment to do an evasive spin, but unexpectantly the Kraal stopped charging, his eyes wide, he said in Krakish "Are you Swarr?" Swarr nodded, The Kraal unstrapped his claws and said quickly "Come!"

Swarr was surrounded by various colorful owls, The Kraal that nearly fought with him said "I have sad news about your parents," Swarr spoke to them in Krakish, as it was all they knew, "What? Where are they?" the screech shook his head, "Pure Ones, Your parents wanted to stop St. Aegolious from entering the north, but weeks ago they were overpowered by Pure Ones, Your father is dead, Your mother just died hours ago," Swarr looked to the floor, a tear fell from his eye, he looked back up and the Screech held out a single feather, one from his mother. His parents never stopped thinking about him, they told everyone about him. "You can stay with us if you wish, be with your mums soul," Swarr shook his head, and said clearly, "No, I can't, I am a Guardian of Ga'hoole, A Teacher, and a friend to many," The Kraals nodded, saying "Your parents would be proud, consider us friends with the Guardians," Swarr nodded, and headed off, He unintentionally gained allies for the Guardians, they had backup incase of an attack.

Now it was time to visit Myria.

[Battias]

Chapter 21

Swarr entered the retreat, and headed straight for Myria's hollow, he peeped inside to make sure she was there, she was not. He looked for her in the library, she was not there either, when he could not find her, he asked thee caretaker of the library, an old great grey, "Excuse me, have yo seen Myria?" he asked quietly, the Great grey whispered back "She's in the medical ward caring for a injured owl," Swarr nodded, and headed off. when he arrived, he saw her, next to a bloodied Barn owl. He approached slowly and said "Hi Myria, How're you doing?" Myria turned slowly, "I'm doing fine, but this Tyto is a Pure one," Swarr gasped, "What?!?! Why are they caring for a horrible tyrant's minion?!" Myria sighed, "They don't believe in violence, I must obey their rules, but I will never enjoy the company of a Pure One," There was silence for a while,the Pure one stirred in his sleep, Myria sighed, and said happily, "So, what brings you here?" Swarr blinked, and shifted his shoulders, "I came to do several things, I came to fly the Northern wings, I came to look for clues as to what happened to my parents, and I came to visit you."

"Any luck?" Myria asked quietly, Swarr responded quietly "Yes, they are in Glaumora," Myria let out a sorrowful sigh, Swarr contiinued, "They became Kraals after my disappearance, because of this I gained more friends to help thee Guardians," Myria smiled, she shifted her wings and said clearly, "Keep making friends, when you need them, they'll be there."

[Battias]

Chapter 22

Home. Swarr arrived to the Great Tree when the sun was peeking over the horizon, he was greeted by Alysa, who smiled, and said, "How did the trip turn out?" Swarr shifted his wings, he flew for hours, and was not tired at all. "It was fine, I met some friendly Kraals, and visited Myria," He paused, pulling the concealed dye off his leg, "I was given some dye, it works on battleclaws, I got cyan, for you," Alysa smiled, and took the smalll dye jar, "Thank you, Swarr, I love it, I'll be sure to use it!" There was a moment of silence, they looked at the rising sun, "Tapping starts tomorrow, You excited?" Swarr nodded, he tapped his talons silently, and said "Yeah, I'm a little nervous, but i'll get used to it," Alysa nodded, and said "The tapping training was taken over by Cybrus, he volunteered to test their skills why you were away, all he really didd was test them and make theem study," Swarr nodded, "It's what Myria did, Alysa, I have to speak to Parliment, I'll be in the hollow before the sun is all the way up," Alysa churred, and let him leave.

Swarr stood in front of parliment, he cleared his throat and said "On the trip, I have gained a small group of Kraals as allies," everyyone in parliment nodded, King Soren smiled, happy with the additional fighters, a skeptical great grey, ann old owl with sooty feathers who was Ryb of the Metals Chaw, said "And how did you do that?" Swarr looked down, shifting his wings, "My families' influence on them helped."

[Battias]

Chapter 23

Today was the day Swarr met his first chaw, He stood in Myria's old hollow, he had books at the ready, he felt more confident that the chaw was younger than him, if he was to teach an owl who was older, he would feel awkward, but nonetheless he would do it. Slowly, one by one, the just-tapped chaw showed up, all varying species. A small pygmy showed up, a new arrival orphaned by the Pure ones, her name was Cylia, Afterwards a rather short great grey showed up, his name Darek, next a barn owl named Rana, she was orphaned as well. After a while, two other owls walked in, another barn owl and a screech, the barn owl, who was male, named Fillis, and a female screech named Anna. This was his first chaw, Swarr recalled how Myria began with him, first an introduction, then straight to books, "I am Swarr, the newest Ryb of the Weather chaw, I am experienced in the chaw, and I shall spread my knowledge to you all, You all aren't the only ones learning, I'm also learning how to be a good Ryb!" Swarr was happy he wasn't afraid of speaking, or else this would be harder.

"First thing My Ryb did was go straight to the books, it is to help build up safety and flight skills, So I shall do The same thing!" He pushed the books forwarrd, everyone stepped forward and grabbed one, everyone bearing a smile, even Swarr, "We will get to the real thing when the basics are finished!" Swarr nodded, spreading his wings wide, this was an exciting experience! He loved it!

[Battias]

Chapter 24

Swarr flew with his chaw out in the center of a storm, they were having a blast, it was always fun. "So anybody give me a rundown on the differant types of storm winds, and which one we're flying in?" Everyone shouted the answers, they were all right, no mistakes, nothing. Someone asked "Why does the weather chaw not fly in tornados?" Swarr remember flying his first storm with Myria, he asked the same question, "They are too dangerous for right now, but someday, We'll find a way!

Swarr was with Cybrus, his friend from his own chaw, in the dining hall. "Congradulations on you chaw's first storm! Would you enjoy some bingle juice?" Swarr shruugged, they were standing near the wall of the hall, "Glaux, why not, Give me half a cup!" Cybrus went to go get bingle juice and returned, they were silent for a moment, before Cybrus said "I'm worried, the Pure ones have been silent," Swarr nodded, taking a small sip, "It's probably because they're planning, or they are weakened," Swarr respnded, Cybrus nodded and said "Yeah, I agree with that, they haven't fully recovered from the war." Swarr nodded, "The new high tyto is struggling, especially since he has to rebuild after they faced that Nyra wasn't who they thought she was," Swarr said, it was true, Nyra was a horror, she wasn't evven a tyto. Cybrus and Swarr finished their drinks, afterward Cybrus said "Well, I'll be going, I get to take the Guardian oath with everyone else in a week," Swarr nodded, Cybrus walked forward a few steps, then turned and said, "You and Alysa, everyone notices that you both are true friends, you both have something special," Swarr nodded, and smiled, Cybrus took off, and Swarr whispered under his breath, "Thank you."

[Battias]

Chapter 25

Swarr read in Myria's old hollow, or the weather interpretation hollow as it is commonly called, until Ryben, the whiskered screech he saved, flew in, and landed in front of the entrance, "Hello Ryben!" Swarr said, Ryben responded, "Hello Swarr, I haven't seen you since I was tapped, I tried for Weather interpretation or coillering, but I got Metas, and my sister got Tracking," Swarr nodded, shutting his book, "Well, I guess that's where they needed you, Do you like it?" Ryben nodded, "We aren't being taught to make blades until we are more experienced, but we can help in making helmets and shaping leather straps," Swarr nodded, "I've never used a helmet really, I plan in getting trained on how to use them in combat, maybe when I do, it'll be one made by you," Ryben smiled, and nodded, "It will be," Swarr planned on training with a helmet, they protected an owl's face and head, but they slightly distorted sounds, and make an owl's neck less flexible, but if he wore one, every owl would know he was a Guardian. "Oh, Swarrr, Cybrus, Alysa, and everyone else is taking the Guardian oath!" Swarr smiled, and churred, "Well, let's go!"

Swarr and Alysa were alone in their hollow, the sun was rising, it was right after Alysa took the Guardian oath, They were standing facing eachother in silence, Swarr couldn't control himself, he was in love, he started the courtship dance, spreading his wings, moving ever so slightly, slowly and delicately, the best part was thaat Alysa joined him in the courtship dance, theyy would become Wingfast.

[Battias]

Chapter 26

"Swarr, it's perfect, our lives togeather is perfect," Swarr nodded, the moon rose in the distance, a clear night, it was perfect, she was right, waves crashed on the side of the island in which the Great tree stood, Swarr breathed deeply, "What's next for life to give us?" Alysa churred, and said in a whisper "The defeat of the Pure Ones and St. Aggies, Exploration, and Swarr, someday we will have a family," Swarr was stirred deeply, a family, owlets would be happiness, "One day, it will all happen, one day," Swarr said.

Swarr flew with Alysa to the forest of Tyto, they were behind a small unit of Guardians, once they fell in love, thee Pure Ones became active. A battle raged not too far. Swarr tightened his battle claws and looked at Alysa, he smiled and nodded, She smiled and nodded back, their perfect love came with perfect teamwork. Pure ones approached, the group dispersed, leaving Swarr and Alysa still charging forward. The Tytos were distracted by the splitting group, so Swarr and Alysa engaged, Swarr grabbed one fumbling Tyto by the wings, Alysa grabbed another, they spun and smashed the two Pure Ones togeather, both died from the ripping of the claws annd the breaking of bones. Swarr and Alysa were perfect fighters. Suddenly, a Pure one darted from a tree and flew right by Swarr's face, Swarr was dazed, suddenly another Pure one darted from the same tree, Swarr, still a little dazed, saw him coming but was two slow, while he started to pull up, he was raked upward across the face, Pain stung him imediately, Alysa screeched, He was a strong wiilled owl, annd managed to stay aloft while his wings felt as if they were locking up, or going yeep, he couldn't open his eye, his face was numb except for the pain. Alysa flew beside him, he squinted through his one un-bloodied eye, Alysa screeched in horror, "Oh my Glaux! Swarr, y...your face, the battle is woon, we need to get you home and looked at," Swarr blinked his one good eye, he was flying half blind, he said "Alysa, do I still have my other eye?" Alysa said in a stuttery voice, he could tell she was crying, "I don't know, Swarr"

[Battias]

Chapter 27

"Swarr, Alysa, the good news is that you, Swarr, have both his eyes still, bad news is that you have a terrible gash across your face, It will never heal properly, you will have a scar." Swarr sighed, his face tingled with pain, the Ryb of thee Healing chaw added "You won't be able to open your eye for weeks, it may disrupt and lengthen the healing process. I'm glad we didn't lose a good Ryb like you," Swarr nodded, the snowy Ryb of the healing chaw exited the hollow, as several other friends entered, such as Cybrus, Thyla, and Ryben, Ryben stepped forward and had tears in his eyes, "It's my fault, Swarr, if only I finished the helmet, this wouldn't of happened," Swarr shook his head and touched both his mate Alysa and Ryben with his wing tips, "No, Ryben, war is unpredictable, it just happened on its own," Ryben looked up to him, and nodded, unexpectantly Queen Pelimore entered, and said aloud "I am sorry about this happening Swarr, will you still be able to teach your chaw?" Swarr nodded, "I shall teach them, even while half blind."

Swarr was alone with Alysa, Alysa stepped forward and buried her head into his chest, "I'm happy I still have you,"Swarr closed his uninjured eye, she loved him, he loved her, it was unbreakable. Swarr's chaw entered, and started asking questions, "How will you teach us?" "What's going to happen?" "Will you be fine to teach us?" Swarr hushed them, and said "I love that everyone in this tree cares for me, but I care about two main things, my mate Alysa and thee wellbeing of my chaw, I will teach you, even if I have to fly into a gale without sight!"

[Battias]

Chapter 28

"Swarrr, the Pure Ones are attacking again! I've got to go!" Swarr felt agony, the Pure ones were causing too much destruction, it was only a week after his injury, "Alysa, I'll go with you to the armoury," Alysa nodded, and they both darted out of the hollow. Swarr's eye was still sealed shut, but he was told he could see through it again in another week. They arrived and Alysa strapped on her cyan claws, Swarr strapped on his, "Swarr, you can't go, You're still hurt," Alysa said, tilting her head, Swarr responded calmly, "Alysa, I'm not letting you go without me on your side," Alysa sighed, she knew he wouldn't back down, "I love you, Swarr, I just fear for you getting hurt," Swarr shifted his wings and said, "I love you aswell, and I have the same feelings," Swarr said. Ryben darted in with a shiny silver helmet, "Swarr, It's finished," He said, handing him the helm, Swarr smiled, and said "Thank you, Ryben," Swarr set the helmet on his head, it was amazingly light, and was shaped so that sound would not be distorted, His ear tufts poked through the top holes of the helmet, "Let's go."

Swarr and Alysa were over Cape Glaux, the Pure Ones were trying to do what they failed before, they were trying to assault the tree, Alysa said "Stay safe, Don't get flanked, I couldn't imagine you leaving me," Swarr churred, and said, "I Love you, Alysa," Alysa Smiled, they fought for hours with the opposing forces, they went without injury, Swarr fought decently with only one available eye. The Pure Ones fled, Swarr and Alysa regrouped, "Swarr, Your eye..." Swarr suddenly realised his eye was open, it healed, but sadly his scar would remain forever, it didn't matter, Alysa still loved him, Swarrr and Alysa lighted down on a nearby branch, and they buried their heads into eachother's chests.

[Battias]

Chapter 29

Swarr stood with his chaw, he had something special to tell them, He had gotten special permission from Parliment to do this, but after a week of chatting about it, it was accepted, Swarr cleared his throat, and said aloud "Tonight, I have finally got permission to take you all on an educational trip, Tonight, we go to the beyond! We are going to test the drafts of the ring!" Everyone hooted with delight, It was going to help the tree learn more about the heat of a volcano, and it was something fun for the chaw. "I have promised, though, that if there are any Pure One attacks, we will return immediately, I hope they calm down," Alysa glided throught the entrance, and approached Swarr, "Be careful Swarr, I'll miss you,"Swarr blinked and stood and nodded, everything would hopefully go Perfectly.

"What is that thing down there?" Cylia, the Pygmy in his chaw asked, "It's a caribou, I've never really seen them or wolves, this is a first for me and you, Don't worry though, I have read about the volcanos, I know whhat I'm doing," Swarr said, they were closing in on the ring, he could see Stormfast in the distance, it was hard to make out in the dense fog, but it was there, spewing small amount of ash into the sky. Swarr suddely noticed the caribou they passed was alone, didn't they travel in herds? It must've been lost. Howls suddenly cut the night sky, it was distant, one by one more howls filled the sky, they were surrounded by the sound, "Swarr..." Someone whispered from the back, "It's just wolves," He said quietly, Maybe their chaw could study the life of the wolves while they were here.

[Battias]

Chapter 30

"Everyone grab a meal for Breaklight, the sun is rising," Swarr said as they approached the cave they were to rest in for the day, Swarr found his meal, an unsuspecting squirrel scampering on the ground below, Swarr dove in on it and killed it. He arose back into the sky, and his chaw returned one by one, carrying voles, squirrels, and the smaller owls in his chaw carrying mice. They arrived at the cave, it was large enough to house them all, and provied rabbits-ear moss, it was perfect. Everyone glided into the large space and used the soft dry mosses to make some bedding, then everyone set down and slept.

Swarr awoke suddenly, the sun was in the horizon, it was dusk, he couldn't help but notice small rustling sounds, it wasn't the rustling of prey, it was something bigger, following the rustling was grunts, and strange whistling sounds, it sounded wolf-like, but it wasn't, he looked outside the mouth of the cave to find a wolf, it was brown with patches of skin showing through its fur, it wasn't right, Foam dripped from Its mouth, and it walked lopsided. Swarr woke his chaw, they were all confused, but once they say it, they understood, they fled the cave and headed into the sky, hopefully the diseased wolf would be gone when they returned. They flew for ten minutes until finding a clan of wolves, The clan noticed them, and looked up, Swarr glided lower to the ground and screeched, "Careful! Foaming mouthed wolf is coming!" Two wolves nodded, and ran into a den, Swarr and his chaw landed in a spaced out circle of wolves. After a few minutes, a large wolf, the cheif, Exited the den, "Thank you, friends, any more details?" Swarr nodded, "He's close, hes to the northeast of here, ten to fifteen minutes away," the cheif nodded, "I'm Darrow MacDuncan, This is my clan, may I ask your names?" Swarr nodded, "I'm Swarr, Ryb of Weather interpretation in the Great Tree," The rest of Swarr's chaw told their names, then Darrow said, "Guardians! Welcome to the MacDuncan clan, feel free to stay if you wish," Swarrr nodded, maybe they did have time to learn about the wolves.

[Battias]

Chapter 31

Swarr and his chaw were heading back to the MacDuncan clan, they were coming back from the volcano Stormfast, his chaw was chatting away, they obviously had fun "The drafts were so strong!" he could here some say, the den Darrow lended them came into view, it was unused, and was close to the clan. They approached and Swarr said, "We're going to visit the other volcanos of the ring, we may run into the Sacred Watch but we're Guardians, they should have trust in us," The chaw nodded, and looked torwards stormfast, the only volcano visible as a deep fog loomed. They approached den, Swarr could hear some yapping close, "Mum! Look! Owls!"

Swarr and the chaw landed in front of the den whenn a small light grey wolf pup arrived behind them, a growl followed behind the pup, "Misha! No! Don't run off like that!" The little female pup, Misha, whined, "Sorry mum..." Swarr churred, "Hello!" Swarr said, his chaw were interested in the pups, they had amazmemt in their eyes, "Sorry, first time she's seen an owl, anyways, I'm Hartha, Pups," the mother, a dark grey wolf who was rather skinny said, the pups yipped, "I'm Misha!" said the light grey female pup, "I'm Fen..." Said the small dark grey male behind his mother, Fen seemed a little scared, "I'm Swarr, Ryb of the Weather Interpretation at the Great Tree," Swarr spinneed his head around to nod torwards his chaw, but a yip cut him off, "How did you do that?!" Misha asked, "Spin my head? We have extra bones in our necks," Swarr said, almost completely flipping his head upside down, the pups were amused by it, His Chaw continued to give their names, Cylia, Darek, Rana, Fillis, and Anna. Fen said to his mother, stuttering quite a bit, "M..mum, can I ask..." Hartha nodded, Fen stepped forward and asked "Swarr, What happened to..." the pup stopped, was his scar what this pup was scared of, "The Pure Ones, Evil owls who the Guardians are at war with, me and my mate were headed to a battle, right behind two squads, I was dazed when a Pure one flashed by me, and I couldn't do nothing, My mate, Alysa, warned my, but it was too late, I thought I lost my eye, but I didn't, I'm lucky, this Scarr will stay with me," Swarr said, he didn't mind the scar, but it made Alysa worried, she loved him, Fen looked less scared, Harthaa said, "Well we better get going, we are in that den over there, I guess my pups won't leave the entrance just to watch you all," Swarr and his chaw churred lightly, Hartha smiled, they started walking awayy when the pups yipped back in unison, "Bye!"

[Battias]

Chapter 32

Swarr was suddenly awoke by Anna, "Swarr! outside!" she whispered, seriousness in her voice, Swarr peeked outside the den, he expected something like another foaming mouthed wolf, but no, Pure ones were spread out through the sky, their plans unknown, "What are theey doing here?" Swarr hissed to himself silently, Swarr retrieved his battle claws from the back on the den, only two, his students didn't bring any weaponry, "Anyone good at throwing?" he whispered, Cylia raised a shakey talon, Swarr said to her, "When we leave the den, I want you to grab stones, sharp sticks, anything, Throw them at the Pure ones," he turned to Rana and Fillis, "you two, take these battle claws, they're a little big but they will do," he turned to Darek, "We both are going to have to use anything, from bare talons to twigs, whatever works best," He thought of his last student, Anna, until she piped up, "Swarr, should I grab some coals from Stormfast?" Yes, of course, Anna was double chawed for colliering! "Pefect Idea, now, Darek stay with Cylia, Rana with Anna, and Fillis with me," Everyone nodded, nothing should go wrong.

"Guardians! It's that Great horned ryb that won't frinking die already!" A Pure one screeched, he was silenced by a stone cracking his beak. There were more than expected, they all regrouped and attacked, before they did damage howls made half thee Pure Ones go yeep, a hunting party of wolves snatched the low flying Pure Ones and dealth with them, the last Pure Ones were knocked down with thrown stones or a hot coal. This was an overwhelming victory.

[Battias]

Chapter 33

Swarr and his chaw were returning from observing the Sacred watch and riding some strong volcanic thermals. This was their last day here, the Pure ones were active, Swarr and his chaw approached the den of Darrow, entering slowly, they came upon Darrow resting, Swarr cleared his throat and said "Darrow MacDuncan, thank you for letting us stay in your territory," Darrow nodded, "You're welcome, as I said before, Guardians are always welcomed," Swarr nodded, and he and his chaw left. he heard howls behind him saying, "Form a Byrrgis! It is time the herds arrive!"


Swarr and his chaw arrived to the den where Hartha and her pups resided, he entered and found Hartha, buried in her paws, soft sobbing, her pups were by, so they were fine, Swarr slowly appproached, and said "Hartha, Are you all right?" Hartha nodded, "I'm fine...j..just... my sister, I loved her so much, She... She had a Malcadh," Swarr tilted his head slightly, his chaw behind him asking eachother "Malcadh?" "What's a Malcadh?", Hartha shook her head, "A cursed Pup! he had a crooked nose! my sister was cast out of the clan! Don't try to change anything, It's how we dealt with defected pups, it's tradition..." Swarr felt sorry for her, he suddenly thought back, to when he was an owlet, his sister, his gizzard ached, why now? why was he able to cope with the loss until now? "Hartha, Misha, Ren, sorry for the bad timing, but we are leaving tonight," Hartha nodded, Misha trodded over and asked, "You'll be back, won't you?" Swarr nodded, "we will, we'll visit."

[Battias]

Chapter 34

Swarr arrived at the Great tree with his chaw, he noticed in the distance a snowy owl he did not recognize heading torwards the tree, escorted by a member Guardian. Swarr ignored him for now, and headed to see Alysa, he landed in front of his hollow and found Alysa, she came up and buried her head into his chest, Swarr churred, "It's like this all the time, I come back and we have a nice little reunion," Alysa churred aswell, "Of course! we care for eachother don't we?" Swarr nodded, Suddenly a loud call rang through, "Everyone, please meet in the dining hall if able!" Swarr looked at Alysa, "Well, let's see what the commotion's about."


"Everyone, welcome the newest singer to the tree, we haven't had a singer for moons, this should lighten everybody up, Would you so kindly let everyone get to know you?" King Soren said, his age was starting to show, "Yes sir!" said the male snowy in a medium voice, "I'm Levi Plonk, I'm a great-nephew of Madame Plonk, I lived and learned how to sing in the Ice Narrows," He said rather strongly, he was a rather small snowy, he was a good speaker, "Anybody care to listen to a song?" Levi asked, Swarr nodded among the crowd of owls saying a strong "Yes!" or a "Please do!", Levi cleared his throat and started, snake at the grass harp were prepared and started, ten seconds later, he began,
"I alone,
Have yet to see the the world,
I alone,
have yet to see it's beauty,
yet there are others,
who have seen it all,
Cruelty,
Death,
Mercy,
Love....
Which will I experience?
I alone?
I hope for the happiness,
Of friends,
of a true home."

[Battias]

Chapter 35

Swarr studied peacefully in his hollow, it was a day since Levi has arrived, he hasn't sung much, Probably still getting used to his new home. Alysa approached the hollow's entrance, she looked over torwards him and said, "I'll be back Swarr, I have a small mission, no fighting involved, so don't worry," she reached her wing over and touched his wing, "You never know, be careful," Swarr said. She left, and soon after Levi landed right at the hollow entrance, "May I come in?" Swarr nodded, "Of course!" Levi stepped in and said, "Thank you, I thought I should go around and get to know everyone, and let everyone know me, I've started with the Rybs first, Swarr, is it?" Swarr nodded and smiled, "So, what do you do?" he asked with a friendly look on his face, "Weather interpretation, I was appointed ryb a long while ago, still on my first chaw, about to get my second," Levi nodded, Swarr asked, "Levi, did you learn to sing or did you have the natural talent?"

Levi blinked, he stood for a moment thinking, before saying, "Both actually, I could naturally mold any song to any tune, and could think up some songs on the spot, but my parents trained me constantly, to perfect my singing, they wanted me to become the singer so bad," Swarr churre, Levi added, "I lived in the Ice Narrows, I had no siblings so I was stressed to become the singer, with the Pure Ones and St. Aggies on the rise, they tought me how to properly use battle claws, but I hope I'll never have to use them," Swarr waited a few seconds before telling his story as an owlet, Levi listened, when Swarr finished he asked, "Swarr, how did you get that scar?" Swarr's smiled shrinked a little, "While I was dazed, a Pure One got me, it was too late for me to avoid him, my mate Alysa tried to warn me," Levi smiled, and asked, "was that Alysa that just left minutes ago?" Swarr nodded, "She had a small task to do, you can talk to her later, she's a very caring owl, and a very caring mate!"

[Battias]

Chapter 36

Swarr listened to Levi sing as the sun started rising, when his singing stopped, Swarr sat wondering, one was where Alysa was, and wondering why he never thought about writing until now, he has been an owl who studied constantly, but never thought about writing one himself, to help others study. He would wait to write it, Alysa suddenly flew in, tired, "Swarr, you need to talk to parliment," Swarr was confused, he bobbed his head, "W...why Alysa?" Alysa did as she always does and buried her head into Swarr's chest, "St. Aggies, they're torturing owlets, Laughter theropy, it's cruel, and they are doing it for fun!" Swarr gasped, "Glaux, was that your mission? I'll talk to them," Swarr started heading out before Alysa stopped him, "Swarr, want to know why this bothers me so much?" Swarr looked back, and said, "W...why Alysa?" Swarr shivered, she was naturally a caring owl, a lovely owl, but this was differant, "I was... I was thinking we should start a....a family, I mean, we already are a true family, but..." Swarr nodded, "I know what you mean," Swarr left for Parliment, he felt a tear roll down his face, and a smile start to form.

"Five Months!?" Alysa asked when Swarr got back, "I tried Alysa, King Soren was worried since they were now using laughter therapy just for fun instead of punishment, but all the owls in Parlimennt said we couldn't fight them directly until we are ready," Alysa sighed, "I know you tried your best Swarr, I won't start a war if we can't afford it, but this bothers me, I don't want any owlets to grow into war," Swarr knew, he just knew she didn't want to start a family in a war.

[Battias]

Chapter 37

Cybrus approached Swarr while he was alone in his hollow, Alysa gone off somewhere, Cybrus cleared his throat and said, "Swarr, what do you think of Levi?" Swarr looked up from his attempted bookwriting, "He's a nice sort of owl, friendly and strong," Cybrus shifted, "Swarr, I haven't gotten to talk to him yet, he seems to be going slowly with meeting everybody," Swarr churred, "Cybrus, He's young, give him time, he's a nice owl when you get to know him, he's maining befriending Rybs from what he told me, says he's hoping to learn valuable lessons," Cybrus nodded, "I've just felt a little strange about his coming, it's been months... years since we had our last singer," Swarr responded quickly, "I've never heard such a voice, A gadfeather sung rather harshly last time I heard singing!" Cybrus churred, "Swarr, who do you consider a true friend?" Swarr bobbed his head, rather confused, "You, Alysa, King Soren, everybody is a true friend, if you can trust them," Cybrus looked down, moonlight seeped into the hollow as the clouds moved out of the way, "Swarr, I better get going, Be good to Alysa!" he said jokingly, and left, a strong wind began to rustle the leaves, Swarr felt the air turn colder, it was the time of the Copper-Rose Rain, Fall.

Levi stood outside Swarr's hollow, "May I come in?" he asked before Swarr eveen noticed him, "Sure, sure," Swarr said invitingly, Levi came inside and asked, "Swarr, you know Krakish, right?" Swarr nodded, "I don't speak Krakish a whole lot, maybe every now and then, I'd say once a day, maybe just a simple word, why do you ask?" Levi blinked quickly, and said, "I wanted to know if you could teach me Krakish, it may be improving to my songs," Swarrr nodded, "Tonight I'm busy studying, and tomorrow I have to teach my chaw, so the day aftee that I'll be free to teach," Levi looked at him wide-eyed, "Thank you! Thank you Swarr! See you in two nights!" Levi left quickly, singing a little happy tune, Swarr went back to his attempted bookwriting.

[Battias]

Chapter 38

Swarr awoke suddenly on a bright afternoon, tonight he was supposed to teach Levi Krakish, he awoke to a loud commotion outside, Alysa awoke soon after, Swarr tilted his head indicating for Alysa to come, and they both flew torwards the western side of the island, a sudden screech pierced the day, "THEY'RE DEAD!" Swarr landed behind a huge crowd, he broke through the crowd with Alysa and came upon a young bloodsplattered spotted owl, his name was Tobias, "What happened?!" owls screeched from the crowd, Swarr made his way in front of Tobais and screeched, "Silence! Has anyone gone to get King Soren?!" The crowd looked at eachother, before Cylia from his chaw and another owl went to get King Soren, "Levi, are you here?" Levi emerged from the crowd, shivering, "Levi, sing something to calm him down," Tobias started breathing furiously, and sobbing quite hard, three songs later, his condition was the same, "That's enough, Levi, Thank you," Levi nodded and backed off.

"Great Glaux, lad, calm down, Yeben clarren! don't go completely yoicks!" Tobias's breathing slowed, "S...sir, we..." Tobias's breathing started up again, he went yeep, Swarr said to him, "Do you understand, Tobias, you have to speak so we can know what's going on! Heeldving!" Tobias's breathing calmed dramatically as he hid his head under his wings, "Sw...Swarr sir.. me, Y..yen, Arthor, an...and my sister... my sister, Pella, we... we got bored, Pella... she... she came up with an idea... to go to the beaks, sneak out...." Gasps came from the crowd, Swarr shushed them and let Tobias continue, "W...we were attacked... Pure Ones... they... THEY KILLED THEM! THEY'RE DEAD! IF ONLY I HAD STOPPED THEM INSTEAD OF GOING ALONG!" He screeched, heavy crying following after, Swarr comforted him before asking, "How did you make it?" Tobias sobbed lightly, "Pella, she...she died first, I went yeep, we were flying low, so I didn't gett hurt... but, Pella, her body... it... IT FELL ON TOP OF ME! IT WAS HORRIBLE!" Swarr calmed him, "Hey... its okay, calm down, I lost my sister too, but that sounds hagsmireish, lets gett you cleaned up and calm you down," Swarr said calmly, Swarr didn't have any personal relationships with Tobias, well he did now, Swarr guided him to the medical hollow, "Hey, I'll check on you in a few, okay, nest maids and healers will help," Tobias nodded like a young owlet when they're in trouble, Swarr left, and met back up with Alysa, they looked at eachother, they were concerned

[Battias]

Chapter 39

"Yuoy is I, tuoy is you, but it is also He or She, nuoy is we, and vuoyven is them, Levi try to remember that, you're getting nuoy and vuoyven mixed up," Swarr said torwards Levi, they started practicing Krakish just half an hour ago, he was getting along well, though he mixed few things up, "We can continue tomorrow, we can train more with the small bits and pieces," Levi nodded, "Thanks again, Swarr," Levi fluttered out of Swarrs hollow, Swarr could hear him repeating the conjugations to himself before his voice faded, Alysa entered, saying, "Teaching over? Swarr, I've got to go with the Search and Rescue chaw to recover the... the owls we lost in the beaks..." Alysa said slowly, "I'm guessing I can't come?" Swarr said with a slight churr, Qlysa shook her head, smiled, then left.

Swarr entered Tobias's hollow, he was staring wide-eyed at the floor, not moving at all, a concerned looking member of the Healing chaw looked torwards Swarr, a dead mouse in her Whiskered screech Talon, she said shakily, "He... he hasn't moved at all, he won't eat, drink, speak, nothing!" Swarr sighed, Tobias was not such a strong owl, but he did have a strong will, until it was shatttered throwing him into insanity, "For Glauxs sake, Tobias, knock it the frink off, you can't be acting like this, I'm usually a nice owl, but I'll change that in order for you to get back on track!" Swarr scolded, Tobias flinched, and slowly moved his head up, he blinked hard, and said slowly, "It... it feels like...like I'm yeep, I... I couldn't move, until now," Swarr shifted his wings uncomfortably, "That's depression, I've experienced it once, I'll probably experience it again, but you need to learn to control it before it takes you over," Tobias nodded slowly, then took the mouse from the Healer and slowly ate it.