Post by Burning Falcon on Feb 2, 2007 15:09:16 GMT -5
Name: Hornet(ryb)
Gender: Female
Age: 3 Years
Species: Eurasian Eagle Owl, Bubo bubo
Chaw: Colliering & Weather Chaw
Rank: Colliering Ryb & Queen of Ga'Hoole
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Personality:
Queen? Bah! Forget titles! Hornet is nothing like a queen should act. Not only is she trained in the ways of the blacksmith, Hornet has firesight making her even tougher. Far from arrogant, Hornet is brave yet constantly rude and offending, and although she lays down the rules, she does enjoy a Wet Poop joke every now and then.
History:
"Who is that?" the young hatchling Hornet hooted softly, peeking out of her hollow with her sister by her side. Her older sister wasn't too much older, but her filght feathers were beginning to poke out and her down was vanishing rapidly.
"I'm not sure," twittered the shivering owl. "But I hope she's nice."
Alas, she was not. The Barn Owl's head tipped rapidly and her head swiveled to meet Hornet's eyes. She hooted in surprise and dove through the hollow a few seconds before giant talons thrust into the opening. Not even close to budging flight feathers, Hornet wobbled off, running like Burrowing Owls. Nobody could save her...
"Mom? Dad?" she peeped noisily. "Where are you?" She hadn't seen her mum or dad in days, and she and her sister lived off the vermin crawling in her hollow ever since the nest-maid was snatched away by another owl against her will.
Hornet, seeing a perfect notch in the roots, dove inside, completely hidden. She lisented to the screeches of the Barn Owl and her sister- her heart froze. Would her sister die? There was a loud screaming crack and Hornet knew someone had died.
Tired and hungry, the young Eagle Owl closed her eyes and fell asleep to the sound of crickets...
... and woke up to the heat and sound of fire. Loudly shreeing, Hornet darted from her spot just as the tree burst into flames. She was cornered, eyes darting around. Her eyes ficked on a clear pathway. If she could just squeeze through those flames, she could get out and through- Great Glaux! Was than an owl diving into those flames?!
She blinked and it clearly was an owl, diving into the fire and flying back up with coals. There was more than one, and the were carrying strange metal objects. She let out a loud shree, but she was sure she couldn't be herd over the flames. Then one owl thingyed and swiveled its head- like a Barn Owl. But this was a Masked Owl, and it had only caught a small bit of her loud scream. But it saw her and hooted to the other owls, who turned their attention to her.
"Come on, young'un! Keep away from those flames! A few feet of walking and you'll be right in our reach- c'mon now!" the oldest one hooted to her. But Hornet couldn't move. Her eyes were transfixed on the flames. She felt her body stiffen as she stared into them, visions morphing and dancing in front of her... it was the faces of a Spotted Owl and Barn Owl, both staring at her from the flames. Coryn, Hoole...
Her attention was snapped back as talons grabbed her gently, pulling her out of the way just as fire was about to kill her. The Masked Owl stared directly ahead as he and his companions flew side-by-side in sort of a formation.
"Where are you taking me?" hooted Hortense.
"The Great Ga'Hoole Tree," responded the Masked Owl, a hint of excitement in his voice. "We've discovered the next queen!"
Family:
Thunder- mate, King of Ga'Hoole
