Tylisia arose from a long afternoon nap, stretching her wings out as she stepped out of her hollow and into the dim sunlight. She ruffled her feathers in protest as a gust of wind blew against her, hitting her with a mist of sleet and tiny rain droplets. Snow was in the cold autumn air; if only the temperature was a little colder, the sleet would turn to snow.
Tylisia looked up at the sky with her large, bright eyes. It was completely covered with a blanket of pure white clouds that hung heavily in the sky. The trees around her had been stripped of most of their leaves from the previous night's fierce wind and rain storm, and so the forest had an empty, shaggy look to it. Tylisia could just imagine what it would be transformed into after the first snowfall; blankets of pure white would be laid upon the ground, and the thin trees would be become sparkling icicles that reached up to the sky. The forest would literally be transformed into a magnificent winter wonderland, and that's what Tylisia always loved about the first snowfall of the year.
Tylisia sighed and looked around. She heard a few distant hoots from other owls that echoed through the forest.
"Scree-eeech!" Tylisia called to Jay.
"Scree-eee-eeech!" Jay hissed back to her in response, telling her he was at the center tree, helping a group of owls find the perfect hunting spot with the most abundant amount of prey to catch for this Thanksgiving. The owl kingdoms always celebrated Thanksgiving in a very cheerful manner, filled with many seasonal festivities and a gigantic -and seemingly endless- amount of food for all the owls in the kingdom to share. And so in preparation, with Thanksgiving only a couple weeks away, the owls always made sure to choose a good hunting spot where they could catch the most prey to be supplied for the Thanksgiving feast.
Tylisia leaped into the air and soared towards the center tree, anxious for something exciting and helpful to do. Maybe I can help find a good hunting location, too? She thought to herself as she glided on the wind.