As the stars come out to play Ebony begins to tell Hale, the Comet cat, and her Grandfather a bedtime story. She tells the tale of Noctua the Star Owl who hears and sees all, she is the eyes and ears of Ursa Major, the mother of all stars. Longing for a family Noctua flies down to Ia to lay her eggs but all is not well. Food is getting harder to find and the greedy Ghost Owl, Umra, is lurking in the shadows...