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Title: Of Chicks and Owlets
Characters: Otulissa, Cleve, Soren, Pellimore, the rest of the Band, Chaw of Chaws, nestmaids
Fandom: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Rating: G
Summary: Post series. What a half-blind owl got to do now with the arrival of three eggs of her own?
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"Ah! It shakes again!" cried Bell as Soren laughed. His youngest daughter reminded him of himself, when he had—with his late parents and Kludd—watched in anticipation as Eglantine started to hatch out of the egg. Soren felt his gizzard clench as he thought of a similar memory where Coryn also used to excitedly waited with bated breath when all of his chicks had started to hatch out of their eggs one by one. Despite the chicks did not hatch all on the same day, it never stopped Coryn from being excited. What fond memories... those times, it really felt as if Coryn was not just his nephew, but his own son.
Soren shook his head as he glanced around the hollow. It looked like the hollow had started to be a bit tight to fit all of them. Otulissa and Cleve aside, there were several other owls inside this hollow; squeezing themselves rather tightly just so they would witness the hatching of the first of Otulissa's chicks. Pelli was beside him, as well as his three B's—the girls never want to miss the hatchings—Gylfie, Ruby... Audrey and Mrs P. Eglantine, Primrose, Digger, Octavia and Fritha waited outside the hollow. Even Tengshu came by to welcome the arrival of the first of the three chicks.
If Otulissa had been nervous before, she barely felt it now with so many of her dearest friends as well as her mate, Cleve, sitting beside her. "I'm so excited!" she exclaimed as Soren and Pelli flashed a knowing glance to each other. Soren churred.
"Ezyl always said that eggs only start to get interesting when they began to hatch." Soren turned his head almost around as he caught Octavia snickering to herself from outside the hollow.
"That he did! 'Eggs are so boring!' he used to say. Can't even let me be excited as I waited for Soren's chicks to hatch out!"
Soren smiled. Immediately the memories started to flow back into his mind, of how Ezylryb and Octavia had bickered like a pair of old owls over his chicks. He used to think if Lil, Ezylryb's old mate was still alive, they could have bickered fondly with each other in that exact way. Soren hastily wiped a tear away with his talon. It was also during that time when he had welcomed Coryn to the great tree...
"Would it be a girl, Da?" Bell suddenly asked as Soren looked down towards her.
"I wonder as well, dear..." he said cryptically even though he had overheard Mrs. P saying earlier that she sensed this one to be a girl. Another boy and another girl would come out much later.
"Ah, I wonder what should I name the chicks!" exclaimed Otulissa again as Cleve reassured her with his wings. "We'll figure it out soon enough." he said.
"Glaux, I hoped she won't name a daughter with that name—ah! Octavia!" Otulissa looked up as she heard Twilight's voice from outside the hollow. Despite what she caught from his words, she had no inclination to beak back towards the Great Gray.
"Oh look! The tooth egg finally come out!" cried Blythe as everyone in the hollow bowed closer to take a look. Even the commotion outside stopped abruptly as they strained their ears to better hear.
"That was a tooth egg?" Bell cried in awe as the shell cracked to reveal a slimy, featherless creature with a bulging head. Soren smiled as he watched Bell's eyes widened in surprise to see such a revolting but adorable creature came into being. "Did I looked like that when I first hatched too?"
Pelli churred aloud as Otulissa joined her mirth. "Certainly, my dearest. All owls looked like this when they first hatched. How they grow so fast after that."
Otulissa hooted cheerfully, "Indeed they would, all the First ceremonies this little one would get would just breeze past so fast! Oh my, Mrs. P! You were right! It is a girl! I'll call this one Emellia!"
Gylfie's eyes sparkled as she exchanged glances with Soren, Pelli and Ruby. "That's closest enough she could get, isn't it?" she said as the four owls churred softly. Everyone knows how often Otulissa talked about Strix Emerilla, a renown weathertrix that was part of her ancestry. It won't be so surprising if Otulissa would name her chicks based on Strix Emerilla's name, Strix Struma... or any other esteemed Spotted owls in her ancestry.
"That's a marvelous name, dear," Cleve said as he ran his beak over Otulissa's face feathers fondly.
"Didn't we tell you? You wouldn't stray far than being any less a good mother to your chicks," Soren told her as Otulissa waved her wing at him.
"Ah pishposh! Don't remind me how silly I've been these nights past!" she exclaimed before cooing at her newly hatched owlet opening its eyes for the first time, marking her First Sight ceremony complete.
"Can I treat Emellia like a cousin, Da? Can I, can I?" Bell hopped around again as Otulissa gently pecked her head.
"Certainly my dear. Even if not everyone here is a Spotted owl, I wouldn't want any less than all of you to be part of the chicks's life."
"Hear, hear!" Gylfie and Digger exclaimed almost together as owls from inside and outside the hollow cheered. Soren chuckled as he caught wind of the singing of two Great Grays from outside, the two being Twilight's older brothers Tavis and Cletus as they celebrated the event with joy.
Pelli chuckled with glee. "If every new hatching was such a lively thing like now, I can't imagine how it would be when that time comes for dear Gylfie, Digger and Twilight!"
Gylfie churred. "Oh Pelli dear I can't imagine that! I'd need to first find a mate then, wouldn't I?" Her eyes brightened as loud laughs erupted from outside.
"Though I'd bet the tree would be full of songs all day the moment Twilight gets a mate!"
Everyone in the hollow started to laugh as the night grew old with even more merriment.
Characters: Otulissa, Cleve, Soren, Pellimore, the rest of the Band, Chaw of Chaws, nestmaids
Fandom: Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Rating: G
Summary: Post series. What a half-blind owl got to do now with the arrival of three eggs of her own?
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"Ah! It shakes again!" cried Bell as Soren laughed. His youngest daughter reminded him of himself, when he had—with his late parents and Kludd—watched in anticipation as Eglantine started to hatch out of the egg. Soren felt his gizzard clench as he thought of a similar memory where Coryn also used to excitedly waited with bated breath when all of his chicks had started to hatch out of their eggs one by one. Despite the chicks did not hatch all on the same day, it never stopped Coryn from being excited. What fond memories... those times, it really felt as if Coryn was not just his nephew, but his own son.
Soren shook his head as he glanced around the hollow. It looked like the hollow had started to be a bit tight to fit all of them. Otulissa and Cleve aside, there were several other owls inside this hollow; squeezing themselves rather tightly just so they would witness the hatching of the first of Otulissa's chicks. Pelli was beside him, as well as his three B's—the girls never want to miss the hatchings—Gylfie, Ruby... Audrey and Mrs P. Eglantine, Primrose, Digger, Octavia and Fritha waited outside the hollow. Even Tengshu came by to welcome the arrival of the first of the three chicks.
If Otulissa had been nervous before, she barely felt it now with so many of her dearest friends as well as her mate, Cleve, sitting beside her. "I'm so excited!" she exclaimed as Soren and Pelli flashed a knowing glance to each other. Soren churred.
"Ezyl always said that eggs only start to get interesting when they began to hatch." Soren turned his head almost around as he caught Octavia snickering to herself from outside the hollow.
"That he did! 'Eggs are so boring!' he used to say. Can't even let me be excited as I waited for Soren's chicks to hatch out!"
Soren smiled. Immediately the memories started to flow back into his mind, of how Ezylryb and Octavia had bickered like a pair of old owls over his chicks. He used to think if Lil, Ezylryb's old mate was still alive, they could have bickered fondly with each other in that exact way. Soren hastily wiped a tear away with his talon. It was also during that time when he had welcomed Coryn to the great tree...
"Would it be a girl, Da?" Bell suddenly asked as Soren looked down towards her.
"I wonder as well, dear..." he said cryptically even though he had overheard Mrs. P saying earlier that she sensed this one to be a girl. Another boy and another girl would come out much later.
"Ah, I wonder what should I name the chicks!" exclaimed Otulissa again as Cleve reassured her with his wings. "We'll figure it out soon enough." he said.
"Glaux, I hoped she won't name a daughter with that name—ah! Octavia!" Otulissa looked up as she heard Twilight's voice from outside the hollow. Despite what she caught from his words, she had no inclination to beak back towards the Great Gray.
"Oh look! The tooth egg finally come out!" cried Blythe as everyone in the hollow bowed closer to take a look. Even the commotion outside stopped abruptly as they strained their ears to better hear.
"That was a tooth egg?" Bell cried in awe as the shell cracked to reveal a slimy, featherless creature with a bulging head. Soren smiled as he watched Bell's eyes widened in surprise to see such a revolting but adorable creature came into being. "Did I looked like that when I first hatched too?"
Pelli churred aloud as Otulissa joined her mirth. "Certainly, my dearest. All owls looked like this when they first hatched. How they grow so fast after that."
Otulissa hooted cheerfully, "Indeed they would, all the First ceremonies this little one would get would just breeze past so fast! Oh my, Mrs. P! You were right! It is a girl! I'll call this one Emellia!"
Gylfie's eyes sparkled as she exchanged glances with Soren, Pelli and Ruby. "That's closest enough she could get, isn't it?" she said as the four owls churred softly. Everyone knows how often Otulissa talked about Strix Emerilla, a renown weathertrix that was part of her ancestry. It won't be so surprising if Otulissa would name her chicks based on Strix Emerilla's name, Strix Struma... or any other esteemed Spotted owls in her ancestry.
"That's a marvelous name, dear," Cleve said as he ran his beak over Otulissa's face feathers fondly.
"Didn't we tell you? You wouldn't stray far than being any less a good mother to your chicks," Soren told her as Otulissa waved her wing at him.
"Ah pishposh! Don't remind me how silly I've been these nights past!" she exclaimed before cooing at her newly hatched owlet opening its eyes for the first time, marking her First Sight ceremony complete.
"Can I treat Emellia like a cousin, Da? Can I, can I?" Bell hopped around again as Otulissa gently pecked her head.
"Certainly my dear. Even if not everyone here is a Spotted owl, I wouldn't want any less than all of you to be part of the chicks's life."
"Hear, hear!" Gylfie and Digger exclaimed almost together as owls from inside and outside the hollow cheered. Soren chuckled as he caught wind of the singing of two Great Grays from outside, the two being Twilight's older brothers Tavis and Cletus as they celebrated the event with joy.
Pelli chuckled with glee. "If every new hatching was such a lively thing like now, I can't imagine how it would be when that time comes for dear Gylfie, Digger and Twilight!"
Gylfie churred. "Oh Pelli dear I can't imagine that! I'd need to first find a mate then, wouldn't I?" Her eyes brightened as loud laughs erupted from outside.
"Though I'd bet the tree would be full of songs all day the moment Twilight gets a mate!"
Everyone in the hollow started to laugh as the night grew old with even more merriment.
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