Hey guys Turtle here for my first story! This story was actually inspired by, believe it or not, role playing with my friend. Yup! We were totally nerding out and were role playing our minecraft characters when it hit me: I could totally make our characters a fan fiction story. So here you have it. The Turtleflame Legacy is not actually what we were role playing. No, this came to me after we had how we met all figured out. This has nothing to do with what we roleplayed that day. (though one or two parts may reflect a little of what happened in our texts hint, hint. Yes, we were texting it.) So, onto the first chapter of my first fan fiction.

Here we go!

Prologue

"We can't do this for much longer! It's going to catch us!"

Two girls are running from an ever following monster behind them. It's back-lit so they can't see what it looks like. The girl on the left has the ears and tail of a gray fox while the girl on the right has a turtle shell on her back.

"We don't have to outrun it," the girl on the right shouts back. "we just have to make it to that portal!"

The actual portal sits in the mouth of a large valley. It's glowing an unearthly green and is almost a quarter of a mile away from the running girls.

"How will we make it in time? It's are already halfway to us!" The girl on the left replies.

"We just need to have faith Kitsune. Just have faith." The girl on the right says this as the monster gets closer, closer, always closer.

The one on the left, apparently named Kitsune is the first to scream as the beast makes a grab for her tail. He misses, but only by a hair. The beast lets out a fierce, frustrated howl and both of them scream. The portal is close now but the beast is too. He makes another grab at Kitsune and this time, gets her. Lifting her high into the air, then throwing her at the side of the valley. She slams against it with a sickening THUMP! and just lays there. When the girl with the shell reaches her, she touches her softly, a single tear rolling down her face.

"Turtlelove..." The dying Kitsune says. "Run."

Before the beast can grab both of them, the girl named Turtlelove grabs Kitsune, lifts her onto her back, and sprints for the portal.

The beast, infuriated by the escaping girls lets out another terrifying howl and does the last thing they expect. As they get closer to the shimmering light of the portal, the beast picks up a large chunk of the land, and throws it at the portal. It hits it head on letting out an ear-splitting crack, and it explodes.

As the portal explodes, it throws both of the girls back. Turtle, determined now not to let her friend die, throws herself in the way of Kitsune and the wall of the valley. With her tail taking most of the damage, they survive. The beast on the other hand, had been scared off by the huge explosions still going off, and had run away.

When the explosions stopped, it began to rain. It fell hard and fast on the two girls both of which were soon soaked. Laying Kitsune on the grass, Turtlelove pulled out a very rare potion she had made a while back in case of an emergency like this. She poured it down Kitsune's throat praying to Notch that she wouldn't die.

Then Turtle dared a glance back at the portal and was amazed by what she saw. The portal sat as it had moments before the beast had thrown the rock. It remained standing. Untouched, as if nothing had happened. The ground around it however, was completely destroyed. The only way to get to it now would be to build across the gap and hope you didn't fall.

When Turtle looked back at Kitsune, she hadn't changed at all. She was still laying on the ground completely still. With a sinking heart Turtle began to cry again. It's too late. She thought. I didn't give it to her in time. Turtle then took out all the dirt she had from the explosion, and started to build to the portal. All she wanted now was to go back home. Leaving Kitsune in the rain at the side of the valley, she went through the portal, and was gone.

So, Kitsune may or may not be dead, Turtle has gone home through the portal, and there's a beast after both of them. Phew, and this is only the prologue! :) Well, I definitely can't wait to see what happens in the first chapter! Where will Turtle end up? Is Kitsune really dead? What was chasing them? Why am I asking so many questions? Well, until next time. Seeya!

~ TL