Disclaimer: I do not own Fawkes, but I own the other creatures in the story.
Chapter 1
Fire Bird
Fire.
That's the first thing I saw.
Everywhere I looked I was surrounded by a golden glow. Flames licked the tips of each of my feathers, engulfing me. The heat swarmed around me, stinging my eyes.
It was surreal.
But I wasn't afraid. Instead, I felt safe.
My eyes started to adjust and I saw I was in a volcano. No not a volcano.
The Volcano.
The volcano of phoenix fire.
I spread my wings about to fly, but stopped dead.
Something was wrong.
The fire about me flickered aggressively, it too sensed it.
Suddenly, a huge tremor rippled across the ground, sending each flame into a mad twisted dance.
All I could see around me was a frenzy of jerking movements.
Then the walls started to collapse, so I did the only thing I could do.
Fly.
With a swift down stroke of my wings, I soared into the air.
Smoke billowed around me as I made for the only exit.
Higher and higher I flew, the gap above me shrinking fast and the fire below racing up towards me, but with one final surge, I burst through the opening and soared into the blue beyond.
Wind rushed through my feathers as I made an abrupt turn and watched as the very thing that created phoenix fire, destroyed it.
That's when it dawned on me.
I was the last of my kind.