Fighter's Calling

Disclaimer: I do not own Storm Hawks, or any characters owned by the authors and authoresses here. All characters, settings, ideas, and concepts belong to their respective owners. However, I do own Emma and the setting of where this is taking place.

Prologue: Reason

Why is there fighting?

Throughout history in one world or another, there always have been battles or wars against two or more sides. Sometimes it is for the greater good, and at other times, it is just plain stupid. But still fighting is fighting, and in an age of peace, it is pointless. But why do they still do it?

Is there some reason to these battles? Some say there are; they say for protection, for survival, to save a love one. But are those the reasons? Do they fight for good intentions or to just get rid of the extra testosterone in their body?

Maybe it is for something more… Or maybe there is no reason at all.

Everyone peeked over Aerrow's shoulders as he was reading a flyer the Storm Hawks recently got. To anyone without any knowledge of Atmos' language, it said that there was going to be a fighting contest on Terra Colussmis, a terra where fighting was praised in the coliseum for it was named after. It was discovered not too long ago, so there were still some things unknown about it. But one thing for sure, since it was their vacation break, their leader wouldn't mind to check it out.

"So guys, wanna head over to Terra Colussmis to check it out?" he asked, causing everyone to cheer in response. Everyone wanted to go to Terra Colussmis for a reason: for Piper, it was to learn about the terra; for Finn, it was the cute girls there; for Junko, it was the food; for Stork, it was to see if there was anything against his "common" threats; and for Radarr, it was to take a rest from all the missions they had done. The red head smiled, before looking over at the couch where a person who was staying with them was lying lazily on the couch. "What about you, Emma? There's a fighting tournament that you probably want to do."

The brunette girl just laid there and answered, "Sure, I want to go to Terra Colussmis. But it is because we've been in the air for too long." The teen squadron sweatdropped; they still didn't understand why she like being on the ground more than flying on the Condor. "And I'm not going to do that tournament; there are going to be a lot of people stronger than me and I know I'm going to lose in the first round anyway." That made them sweatdropped even more; she was a little bit stronger than she thought she was, but then again, there were really strong people in the Atmos.

Stork, using his sneaky skills, grabbed the paper that the sky knight was hold and said, "Oh look, the winner of the tournament get a lifetime supply of ramen." The others just stared at him with freaked-out faces. They didn't know what ramen was, but their friend sure did talk a lot about how she missed it back on Gaia.

Suddenly, the girl instantly jumped off the couch and shouted, "I'm in!" Then, she headed towards Aerrow's room to find the Dark Ace dummy to practice on. Everyone else just stared at this miraculous change; they'll never understand the power of ramen.

Then, Piper grabbed the paper and began to read it. Then, she looked at the merb and said, "Stork, what makes you think the prize is ramen? It says here the prize is unknown." That made everyone looked over at him. His only response was smirking evilly.

"Oh… I know that, but she doesn't," the pilot said, causing his eye to twitch. Everyone sweatdropped at this; they knew Stork didn't like Emma so much because of her Gaian heritage. But that didn't give him a reason to make her fight. Oh well, maybe it was for the best other than her just laying around the ship when they're there anyway.

And so, the Condor started flying towards Terra Colussmis, not knowing what lies there for them.

Author's Notes:

Okay, this is one of my newest project fics and it is going to have a lot of characters, depending on how many peeps want in on the action.

Anyway, I'm going to lay down some rules for this. I know there are going to be a lot of OCs being entered, but only several will appear. So, don't get mad if yours doesn't appear in this. Also, 1-2 fighters must be entered per user, but you can have many in the stands as possible. One note though, those in the stands are not connected as much to the storyline as the fighters are. So, choose carefully.

Now, if you are entering, I not only going to need the basic description (looks, story, abilities, etc.), but I'm going to need their level as well. Why, you may ask? It helps when choosing a winner when they fight. If you have trouble choosing what level your character is, think about what level they were at the beginning of your story, their fights, the experience they gained, and anything else that might help. For example, Emma is probably in the late 10's or early 20's of experience.

And another note; I'm really crummy at fight scenes and might need a second person to help. But I'll try to update this as fast as I can.

Please Read, Review and if you want, enter through review, email, or PM.