Chapter 2
“Well well well, if it isn’t Leanna.” Shardloss said. Shardloss is a brown screech owl with a whorl of black feathers on top of his head. He is a leader of a gang The Night Whispers. Ironic name if you ask me, because all they do is hoot and holler all day when we’re trying to sleep. During one of his gang fights, he lost a talon and had to get it replaced with a metal one. At least it makes it easier for me to hear him when he comes.“Ya know, you're supposed to reply to your elders when ‘e speak.” Shardloss said as he filed his metal talon, which he knew I hated. I hate it because it makes the worst noises. He smirked when he saw me wincing.
“Sorry, OLD MAN.” I said.
“ ‘Ey, ah didn’t mean it like ‘dat.” He said, his smirk replaced with a mad frown. Uh oh, he’s getting serious, I thought to myself.
Shardloss walked in closer to me and with not a hint of mischief in his eyes he had begun to speak.
“There’s somthin’ I wanna ask ya, and it’ll decide your future.” He looked me straight in the eyes, his a chocolate brown, mine pure black like the darkest of nights, without stars or the moon. “Do you believe in *Glaux?”
I opened and closed my beak, and in a whisper I uttered one word, “No.”
Shardloss immediately swiped his wing across my head and sent me tumbling to the floor.
“WHAT!” He screeched in the most horrible, gut wrenching scream I had ever heard. I quickly regained myself and dashed out of the classroom hollow as fast as I could, to the safety of crowds, of owls.
“YOU LITTLE *****! YOU ARE WORSE THAN A ******!” Shardloss screeched after me as I ran as fast as I could. When I reached the Great Hollow I beat my wings and flew into the rafters. I wilfed to half my size and glanced down. Shardloss ran through the great hollow, with a stream of curses issuing from his beak.
“Oh… Oh dear…” I whispered to myself. “This is not good, NOT GOOD! Shardloss is going to kill me!” It was only when I heard the wing beats of Sofia, my best friend, that I opened my eyes.
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