Chapter 1

The fire spread quickly. Burning up everything in its path. The screams of the villagers echoed around the flaming town. From his viewpoint atop that ridge he could see for miles around, no help was coming. He couldn't help but smirk

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The green echidna woke from his disturbed slumber sweat dripping down his dreads. His protruding horn set on fire as he thought of that dream, the same dream he has had every night for two years. Was it a memory? He started having it after his fall from which he lost his memory but now and again he got flashbacks, sometimes happy but mostly not. His knuckles flared up as he tried to figure out who that mysterious shadowed character was.

Who is it, is it me, is it my father, he has a horn like mine that's all I know, damn, why cant I remember

The blue flames from his knuckles and horn illuminated the darkened forest, casting eerie shadows upon the ground and trees.

"Flamehorn! Calm down or you'll burn us all to hell" shouted a wolf walking out between two trees

"Ghostwolf, how long have you been there?" replied the echidna.

"Long enough, come on we've got to get moving," said the leather-clad wolf. As he turned light glinted of his round shades into Flamehorn's eyes making him blink. Flamehorn stood up pulling on his leather gloves his knuckles fitted nicely in the holes he had ripped in.

"Ghostwolf, tell me again about that night you found me" asked Flamehorn

"Flamehorn how many times must I tell you" replied the wolf

"Oh, just once more my faithful mentor"

"Very well. I was on my journeys as usual when I saw flames in the distance. Upon rushing down the mountain paths towards the town, I found you sprawled face down upon the path, your face was cut, your body broken I figured you fell from the ridge above, I picked you up and carried you into the darkness of the night. From there I nursed you back to health and helped you tame your inner flame as my mentor did to me. And as for that I don't remember anything important at all, just training you and nursing you back to health and that's how we came to today" told the grey fox adjusting his shades.

"But mentor how could I have fell" asked the young echidna

"It looked as if you were running from something, you had terror in your eyes, and looked as if you had seen death in the eye. Now enough of this we must make town before supper"