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Barn Owl

How it saved me

By Jeremy WhitePublished 2 years ago 5 min read
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Barn Owl
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One day you are walking in the woods at dusk, and you hear a shriek. You stop and listen. You are trying to figure out what you just heard. You finally see what it was. It was a Barn Owl. You decide to watch it for a minute. You watch how it hunts and how it flies through the air. You think it is a beautiful species. You have not seen many owls before. You feel a connection with this one.

You go home and do some research on Barn Owls. You learn that they usually do not live that long, around four years. The females are larger than the males. They like to nest in holes. Their diet varies by location, but they eat small rodents and birds. You saw a female that night.

You become obsessed with Barn Owls. You go out looking for them whenever you have a free night. You buy posters, stuff figures, books, anything you can find relating to them. You really have no idea why you suddenly became obsessed with them. It was like something in you said you needed to become obsessed with them.

This all happened the summer before you entered High School. You knew that High School was going to be hard at first because you had to move that summer to a place that was smaller and was woods and farmland. You miss your friends and are not looking forward to trying to make new friends. You know you are not going to fit in. You did not fit in at your other school either.

You finally found some really close friends that you are now away from. You are shy and have always been into things that most kids find weird. Like magic and dragons and witches.

The first few months went as you thought they would. You are still friendless and are having a tough time adjusting to a new place. Your parents are worried about you. You keep telling them that you are fine and you like being a loner.

One night you have a dream that will start to change everything. You dream about Barn Owls. This one seems to be trying to tell you something. You are in your High School and the Owl is leading you to a particular stair well. You see someone you do not recognize, and they are crying. The Owl is over their head telling you to talk to this person.

You wake up with a start. You wonder if you are a Witch or have some kind of power. You run and tell your parents and they tell you that the Barn Owl may be your spirit animal and to listen to it. You are not surprised when they say this. It explains why you became obsessed with them the summer before High School.

The next day at school the dream played out in real life. You walk into this stairwell and see someone crying. You walk up to them and ask if they are O.K. They tell you no that they are new and afraid they will not make any friends. You tell them it will be O.K. You start to talk and instantly have a connection. You become best friends that day. All thanks to a dream and a Barn owl.

You make it through High School still best friends. The Barn Owl has not shown up again. There have been times when you wish it would have helped in certain situations. You guess you had to learn a lesson in those cases.

You two have decided to attend different colleges. You hate that you had to go to a different college, but yall had to pick the best schools for yall’s major. The good thing is that you are still in the same state. You are going into the city, and they are staying close to home. You are studying Psychology. They are studying Nursing.

The first few weeks are hard. You are trying to get used to the city again and trying to make friends. The good thing is that yall talk every day. You are going through this together.

A month into your college experience you have another Barn Owl dream. They are showing your friend at a party. The Owl is over your friends’ head pointing towards the door. It seems to be telling you that they should not be at this party. You wake up and call your friend and tell them not to go to the party tonight. They want to know how you knew that they were going to a party tonight. You say you had another Barn Owl Dream. They immediately say they will not go because they know what the dreams mean.

That night at the party a bunch of frat guys gang raped someone that looked similar to your friend. Your friend calls you and thanks you a bunch for having a dream and stopping them from going.

The summer before yall’s senior year yall are hanging out. You decide to go to a creek near your house. While walking through the woods you hear a Barn owl. You and your friend stop and listen for a minute. You two start to walk again and suddenly it flies over your head shrieking. Then it flies in front of you. You have never had this happen in real life before. Your friend asks what you think it means. You say it is trying to prevent us from going to the creek.

The next morning yall decide to go to the creek to see why the Barn Owl stopped you last night. When you reach the creek, you are both shocked to see a nest of water vipers. Once again, the Barn Owl has saved you and your friend.

You both graduate and go into your chosen careers. The Barn Owl has only shown up only a few more times. You are so thankful for your Barn Owl.

It has saved you and your friend a few times over the years. When it was finally your time it earned you one last time so you could prepare yourself and your friend for your time.

Young Adult
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About the Creator

Jeremy White

I am from a small town. I have grown up surrounded by woods. I love to Write. I started out with poems. I did not start writing stories until I joined vocal. Writing stories is really fun. I have a Bachelors in Psychology.

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