Ch.1: Flaming Saber
In the lovely forest of Koran there lived a kingdom of owls. And in this kingdom, King Autum ruled over the Boreals.
But even though he ruled the kingdom with a fair hand, others sometimes questioned the decisions that he made. One of the most criticized decisions of King Autum's career concerned an owl named Saber as his personal bodyguard.
“He could have picked someone better than Saber,” said Jade to her friend Mystella.
“True” said Mystella “ he is overly violent, but he is cute.”
The two female owls had been sitting on the branch of the birch tree since sunrise and were enjoying their time chatting. Although Mystella would never admit it to Jade she had a deep crush on Saber.
During the War of Claws and Fangs she has witnessed Saber's extraordinary fighting skills when he stopped the reigning wolf king Zacu from killing King Autum.
By the end of the war Zacu was allowed to walk away with his life, but it would be awhile before those wounds inflicted by Saber would heal. Ever since that war, Saber had the honored privilege of being King Autum's bodyguard.
And Saber was true to keeping his role. Although feared as overly violent by other owls, including Jade, Mystella felt attracted to this fierceness and would not rest until she and Saber were mates.
Years later Mystella got her wish, and found herself snuggling deeply in Saber's warm and soft feathers. Having a mate changed Saber's attitude completely, and every word coming from his mouth turned into soft petals instead of streams of fire. His personality had totally changed.
It wasn't long until Mystella gave birth to an egg. Both her and Saber couldn't wait until it hatched. But before it ever did, tragedy struck.
A fierce storm struck the forest of Koran forcing all owl families to take shelter in the trees. His protective instincts kicking in Saber shielded Mystella with one of his wings while she kept her talons wrapped around the egg.
The thunder roared like a mighty lion as lightning bolts cascaded out the sky and struck the trees. It did not take long for the trees to ignite and soon Saber and Mystella found themselves surrounded by a small ring of fire.
Although water was pouring fiercely from the sky it would take a while for the rain to put an end to this blaze. Next thing they knew King Autum was at their doorstep.
“Saber, Mystella” said the King “we must relocate to a safer part of the forest. The flames here are growing to powerful, we must go now,”
“I understand” said Saber and turned to Mystella “let me take the egg. I'm stronger, so if I carry it it won't weigh you down.”
Knowing that there was little time for argument Mystella handed over the egg and Saber grasped it protectively in his talons.
“Alright, let’s go,” said Saber, and he and his mate followed King Autum out of the nest.
All the other owls were already gathered and joined the group led by the king in hopes of getting safely out of the forest fire. As they flew Saber noticed that most of the other mother owls were carrying their eggs, including Jade.
Jade had to be the most tired of them all, and her mate didn't seem to care a bit about it. That was one of the things Saber disliked most about other creatures, because they would rather live by their own rules instead of showing the proper respect like you were supposed to with any woman.
Suddenly things seemed to take a turn for the worse as the fire started to crown, spreading the blaze and increasing the danger.
“Help! Saber!” cried Mystella's voice.
Saber turned around and almost dropped the egg as a horrible sight played out before his eyes. Mystella had been torn away from him in a falling heat wave making her plummet away from the main group and into the roaring flames down below.
All the anger Saber had suppressed while being married to Mystella spiked again when he witnessed his mate plunging to her doom, with his talons made helpless because they were gripping onto a little egg.
The rain finally seemed to be winning over the fire as King Autum led the group of owls onward. With each flap of the wings Saber's anger intensified. And what better target to focus his anger on than the egg that had cost him from saving Mystella's life.