An Owl's Rise

Watching the eagles suddenly come under attack from another source, Evelyn was stunned for a moment before moving into action.

She had built up her full power wind attack and let it loose against the largest eagle who had been giving her trouble with its lightning attacks.

With its attention diverted this eagle failed to notice her blast of wind in time, and its body was hit hard and blown back as if it had just been impacted by a car.

To make matters worse for it, there was a tall and thick tree behind it, and it impacted hard against it.

CRACK!

As it smashed against the tree there was a loud noise and Evelyn was certain it was the the sound of bone cracking.

Now that she had dealt with one more of the eagles, she turned her gaze towards the direction of the attack that probably saved her life and was surprised to see where it had come from.

Flying around a hundred feet away was another owl that had nearly pure white feathers except for a few black ones that created a pattern down its wings and torso.

Seeing it she was immediately reminded of the snowy owl from back on earth, Though like most beasts on this world, it had grown far larger than its earth counterpart, being around eight feet tall.

Of course, just because it helped her out here did not mean she was going to trust it. So, while this new owl and the one remaining eagle were currently having a stare down, she got back up and began flying away.

She was perfectly fine to let the two of them duke it out while she escaped and found somewhere safer to rest.

Though both the eagle and snowy owl were surprised to see her just get up and run away, as the eagle thought it was about to be double teamed, while the owl thought she would be grateful for its help and stick around.

However, instead of fighting each other like she had hoped, the eagle flew away not wanting to be killed, and the owl chased after her.

'Damn it. Just leave me alone.' She thought.

Unfortunately, that did not seem to be happening, so instead she circled around much to the snowy owl's surprise as she flew right past it.

'If I am going to have to deal with this other owl, I might as well get something else first.'

Soon she made it back to where the eagles had cornered her and found the one she hit trying to limp away, as it could not fly wit one of its wings injured.

Swooping down silently Evelyn caught it off guard and sunk her talons into its neck.

As soon as this happened it began violently thrashing around and starting crackling with electricity.

Immediately she began convulsing from the shocks running through her and she felt an incredible pain all over her body.

Yet she had endured worse pain before and continued to take it as she dug her talons into one of the beasts that had just tried to kill her.

Eventually the eagle's resistance began to wane as blood poured out of its neck, and its body went limp as Evelyn took its life.

Jumping off of it, she felt quite dizzy from the electrical shocks, but she stayed up and turned towards the other owl which seemed to be waiting for her and was staring intently.

Standing in front of the now dead eagle she looked at it almost glaring, sending it the message that this was her prey.

Though the other owl seemed to have no interest in the eagle's body and was instead completely focused on Evelyn.

It slowly landed on the ground not far from her and began glowing faintly.

Thinking that it was going to attack, Evelyn moved into a defensive posture, ready to flee if she had to.

Just like the eagles that had attacked her, this owl was at the peak of the fiend beast rank, and she doubted she could win a fight in her current exhausted and injured state.

Luckily it did not send out any sort of attack, and instead a thin strand of magical energy flew off its body and connected to her.

As this happened, she heard a voice in her head that said, 'Please to not be afraid. I was only hoping to help you.'

Hearing this Evelyn was utterly shocked, since this other owl had just spoken inside her head.

This was something totally new to her, and while it was not actually words that were transmitted, she received the meaning of what the other owl was trying to convey straight into her mind.

'Are you doing okay? You look to be a bit injured. Did you need any of my assistance?' The other owl asked Evelyn.

Testing out the connection that had been made to her, she tried transmitting her own thoughts to the other owl and it seemed to get through.

'No, I am fine. Thank you for your help but I no longer need your assistance. I would prefer if you left now.'

Naturally she did not trust this new owl. Just because it helped her out did not mean it was not planning something nefarious.

With the experience she had from both of her lives she had become very untrusting. Believing that any and everyone wanted to do something awful to her, or at least use her in some way.

It also did not help that everyone that she ever trusted was now dead, and all that remained for her were painful memories.

Nevertheless, this snowy owl did not immediately take off and leave. Though it did seem saddened by Evelyn's distrust and hostility towards it.

'Are you sure you want me to go? I think it would be better if we stuck together in case anymore eagles' attack. They are notorious for trying to target us owls when we gather. I assume that you are also heading for the Owls' Roost, so it would be best to go together.'