Tylisia gazed up at the night sky in wonder. At last, the past few days of clouds and rain had passed, and the sky was clear. Bright stars were crystal clear and sparkling upon the vast black carpet that stretched beyond the eye could see, above the treetops.
Scree-eee! Tylisia heard a familiar Barn Owl screech in the distance. It was a particular call to her name.
Screee-eee-eee! Tylisia called Jays name in response.
Screeeech! Jay hissed, "Where are you? A few Pure Ones have invaded at the northern part of our kingdom and are wandering through the kingdom. Several of our best warriors are searching for them now, and suggest all the owls in the kingdom to hide out in their hollows for now." Though he spoke in nearly a whisper, Tylisia's keen owl ears could clearly hear what he was saying. Worry and panic rose in her gizzard. She hissed back, "I am sitting on a branch near the top of a large oak tree. My tree hollow is not too far away, and I will fly there now-" but suddenly she was cut off by a hard blow that hit her from behind. An enormous pair of strong claws wrapped around her and lifted her clean off the branch she had been sitting on. Screeeeeechhh!!! Tylisia hissed in fear. She heard Jay cooe back in alarm, asking frantically what was wrong. But she could not answer back to him because the strength of the thing that hit her caused her head to feel dizzy and she blacked out. The last thing she saw was the ground flying passed below her, and a pair of evil red eyes behind a cruel metal mask that unblinkingly glared down at her.