The Dark King, Chapter 1: The Dark King Arrives

He shoved the last horse into its stall just as the sun rose above the horizon.

"Good work Fisk," said the horse keeper as he tossed him a coin.

Fisk grinned and walked towards his shabby little stone house. It wasn't much, but he was lucky he could even afford a house. He hadn't even gone to school. He did small jobs around the kingdom for a living. The only companion he had was an old beagle. He needed so much money he worked his back out over night. He took a small food bowl, threw in a few leftovers and dropped it in front of the beagle. He went outside for a breath of fresh air and noticed something odd.

It was two in the morning and the sky was pure black with the moon hanging in the sky. Then over the hills he noticed a large black stallion galloping up the hills with a large man in pitch black armor sitting on top. The man wore a large black cape across his back and had pure black eyes. His stallion galloped up the hill while his rider waved a blood red flag in the air. He took a torch out of the black bag slung over his shoulder and struck it with a match. He thrust the torch at a nearby crop and it burst into flames. Everyone started screaming and running.

The dark rider withdrew a long dark sword and struck a pedestrian running by. Instead of instantly dying, the pedestrian's eyes turned pure black. The pedestrian shouted "Hail the mighty Dark King!" The dark rider withdrew a bow and arrow and started shooting at everyone he could reach. Before he knew it, helpless people everywhere were strutting around with pitch black eyes.

Fisk ran into his house and locked the door. He jumped through a trap door to his basement and quickly hid behind a broken-down wagon. Above he heard footsteps behind his door and the door came crashing down.

The dark man kicked over furniture searching for life that wasn't dark. He slashed the trap door open and leaped in. Fisk could almost hear the raspy breath of the dark man. Then the dark man said, "Ahh, there's nothin' here, I'll go search the castle and kill the king!"

Fisk gasped a breath and slumped down.

Owls Poem

Owls are silent flyers

But their hoots are loud

My ear drums burst when they hoot away

Of their calls they are proud

Their feathers are long and sleek

They shine in the moonlight

Some are spotted and some are striped

They shimmer in the night

Their talons are long and deadly

Like daggers flying through the air

They silently pick up their prey

They are beyond compare

Barn Owls have a heart shaped face

Elf Owls are minuscule

Great Grays are huge

The Spotted Owl's eyes shimmer like a pool

Bird of the Sea: Chapter One: A New World

His egg tooth started protruding from the egg shell. His eyes were sealed tight shut. He could hear the egg shell cracking around him. His head started popping through the top of the egg. He felt his puny body flop out on to the crevice ledge. He could hear other birds squawking around him.

While laying on the rocky ledge he felt one thought nag at his mind—food. He started peeping rapidly for food. He kept on peeping until he finally felt a large beak slip a small fish down his throat. He then felt a beak pick him up and plop him on a soft pile of twigs and leaves. He felt a beak running through his fluffy feathers preening him. He could feel the large beak plopping more fish down his throat.

The little puffin could then hear muffled voices start speaking up in his ear slits.

"We will name him Thoralf", said a sweet voice quickly.

Then a squeaky little voice spoke up, "Mummy, why is it naked?"

Many questions slammed into the new puffins brain, like what was a mummy? He didn't really even know what a "question" was. The noise of the world was almost too much too bear after being cooped up in an egg for a month.

Burrowing Owls

The burrowing owls are know for their very long legs and for burrowing in the ground, while most owls live in trees. Unlike other owls the burrowing owls are awake during the day. They have bright yellow eyes, no ear tufts, a flattened facial disc, and white eyebrows. They range to southern and northern America. Before European colonization reached America / the new world, burrowing owls covered all of the new world. Due to deforestation in South America their numbers are decreasing. They are featured in a film called HOOT. There is also a burrowing owl named Digger in a book series called The Guardians of Ga'Hoole.

Eastern screech owls

Eastern screech owls will usually grow to be 16 - 25 cm. They have ear tufts and yellow eyes. Screech owls will mainly feed on large insects. The screech owls endangered rate is on least concern. The screech owls have two color phases, the grey and red phases.

Snowy owls

Large snowy owls breed on the arctic tundra where they will lay 3 to 11 eggs. The parents can be extremely territorial with their eggs and will defend the nest against all animals that pass by. When in the wild the snowy owls can live to 9 years. Unlike most owls the snowy owls are active both day and night! The snowy owl's main food is lemmings. Adults can eat 1,600 lemmings a year! The snowy owl makes a loud screeching noise. Snowy owl males get whiter than females. Females snowy owls are darker white with black spots. Elderly males can get completely white.

Tyto Alba (Barn Owl)

Tyto alba owls are some of the most widely spread out in different countries. They are pale-faced, long-winged, short-tailed owls. When hunting it flies low over open ground. The common age of tyto albas is 4 years old. Usually they only breed once in a lifetime. Its predators are American opossums, raccoons, and other birds like hawks, eagles, other owls, and the biggest threat humans and cats. Owls do not poop, they spit out pellets.