A New Era

Chapter 8: Head Lord's Place

Snow, Koal, and I all look in awe as we enter the enormous cave. The areas where the light did shine through, had red drapes linned with gold and silver weaving. "THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!" Koal shouts out.

I try to tell him to keep his voice down, but before I can say the entire sentence, the owl that carried me, swiftly moved over, in front of Koal. "What was that?" He asked, in a soft kind of way.

"Sir, I said this p-place is a-amazing." Koal responded, but also studdering.

"It's ok to be afraid. You all are NEW WARRIORS! A NEW ERA HAS BEGAN!" We all cringe at that unexpected light voice but a little gravelly. "You all will be HONORED, FED, AND SHELTERED." I can see Koal saking a little bit.

"Are you okay, Koal?" I question.

"Oh. Yes I am... Just.. Fine." He replies in a kind of scarred voice.

"Leo? Are you sure he is okay?" Snow asks, "He doesn't to me."

"He probably got intimidated by that owl." I respond as the "Head Owl" started to speak.

"All you owlets will now train and become warriors. We will take down the Gardians of Ga 'Hool!" She attempted to hype up the crowd. "We will CELEBRATE OUR NEW GENORATION OF PURE ONES!"

"We are just owlets! How can we fight full grown owls?" An owlet asks from the crowd we all are in.

"A thing called training" She responds.

"Koal are you buying this at all." I ask him.

"No not at all... Snow seems to be... um... quivering." He responds in his shaky voice.

"Snow? Are you okay?" I ask her when I turn around amd find her puffed up like an angery porcupine and uncontrollably shaking.

"N-n-no. I a-a-am n-n-not." Snow responds. "These owls are, the pure ones."

"Okay so. What does that mean?" I ask.

"These owls are the bad guys. The Gardians of Ga 'Hool are the good owls." Snow says. "Once we escape we have to fly to the Gardians."

"So these guys are, and will always be rude?" Koal asks.

"Yes we need a NEW plan."