Lost Ring: The Fire Saga
By: Lord Red
Chapter 1: The Town
A small speck of bright light had started rising into the crystal clear blue sky over a small town. As the speck of light increased in size, the hotter the temperature was. That light was the sun. Now, in the small town, a few small houses could be seen, still covered in the morning dew. But, as the day wore on, the dew began to slowly disappear out of existence. Then, the day got hot.
In one house, one giant bandicoot could be seen sleeping lightly. His name was Crunch. Originally created by Cortex, Crunch had realized that he had been under Cortex's control and had gotten assistance from two young siblings, known as Crash and Coco. Very quick, very cunning, very orange, the brother/sister duo were always fighting Cortex and his minions. Until recently however, many of Cortex's minions walked out on him. Well, okay. Only three of them did. They were: Tiny Tiger, a tiger who was anything but tiny, Dingodile, a creature who was extremely ferocious and who was equipped with his flame thrower, and N. Brio, a scientist who had once worked with the evil Cortex, but then was double crossed by him. Simply furious at Cortex for taking credit for his work, N. Brio did his best to help Crash and Coco defeat that weakling. But, sometimes, the best plans can go awry, especially in the spring, when romance is in the air. Later that day in the town, while Crash, Crunch, N. Brio and Tiny were out at a nearby pub drinking, Coco wandered away to find Dingodile sitting on a bench. Coco smiled shyly as she looked at him. "Good morning, Dingo," she crooned. Dingodile looked up with a start and grinned. To him, Coco was the most beautiful thing on two legs, but he couldn't let her know that just yet. "Hey, sheila," he replied. "What's up, eh?" "Nothing much, Dingodile," Coco replied. "I'm just enjoying this scenery. I've never enjoyed that village scenery that much. It was kind of dull and all." Dingodile nodded. "I know what that was like," he replied. "Bored out of me bloody mind. I couldn't take it!" Then, a disturbance was heard in the distance. "What was that?" Coco asked. "I think we'd better check this out ourselves, sheila," Dingodile replied. So, hand in hand, the strange pair set off toward the horizon.
To be continued.