A/N: Hello everybody! So this is my first ever story on this site so if my writing is bad please bear with me and let me know in a review and I will try to make my writing better. And since this is my first story, please no flames. Thank you!

Italics is a dream

All she could do at this point was run. Run and scream for help as her home was being consumed by fire and everything she knew and loved was quickly being destroyed. She needed to find help for her parents, her siblings, her family. She ignored the blinding pain in her face as she ran, knowing it wasn't important at the moment. But something, some kind of external force made her slow to a stop and turn around.

There in the distance the young female molehog could see her family's burrow and the large area around it engulfed in flames. As she looked more closely with her one good eye she saw something even more horrifying.

It was her parents, laying on the ground, dead.

Sapphire bolted upright, dripping sweat. She looked to the other side of the small space in her burrow one could call a "room" and saw her two older brothers, Zack and John, quietly sleeping. Shakily, she stood up and crawled out of the burrow to get some much needed fresh air. She sat in the dirt outside the entrance and for the third time that week, let the tears stream down her face. She missed her parents dearly and although she began to get used to the idea of life without them, it still didn't fill the void in her heart.

Then out of nowhere, Zack sat on the ground next to her.

"Hey sis, did you have that dream again?" he asked out of concern.

"Yeah, but I'll be okay." she replied.

Zack raised a questioning eyebrow. "Are you sure? This is the third time this week."

Sapphire just nodded, not even able to speak anymore. Zack sighed and pat his sister gently on the back.

"Alright. Well let's just go back to bed. I can tell by the moon's place in the sky we still have a long time to go until sunrise."

Sapphire smiled up at her brother. "Okay, I'll be there in just a second." He smiled and descended back into the burrow.

Sapphire walked a few feet to a small puddle of water made by the recent rain they just got a few days ago. She stared at her reflection in the water, aided by the moonlight. She lightly touched the area around her left eye. She had to carry an awful reminder of that day on her face for the rest of her life. Sighing in grief and sorrow, Sapphire walked back into her burrow, hoping to get some peaceful sleep.

A/N: What's up with Sapphire's eye? What happened to her parents? You'll find out in maybe a chapter or two. What did you guys think? Tell me in a review, I would love to hear! Sorry it's kind of short, that's because it's a starting chapter to familiarize you guys with my OC. Chapters will get longer in the future.