Chapter 1 – The Race
In the Terra Amazonia our heroes, the Storm Hawks, are relaxing in a peaceful and harmless environment. Everyone was taking in their hobbies and doing their own activities. Stork, the merb, was inventing a new gadget to help the condor shields, Radarr was drinking from a coconut and lying back on his hand-made hammock, Finn and Junko was sky surfing around the terra, while Piper and Aerrow were studying more on binding.
The squadron took a vacation a few weeks after they received their official Atmosia Squadron Medals, which they earned after defeating Master Cyclonis and her kingdom from taking over all of Atmos. They're now relaxing after yet another mission of collecting crystals to become the first squadron to collect all of the crystals in Atmos.
"YEAH! WOO-HOO!" Finns voice echoed across the terra while riding the wind currents with his wind surfer, showing off his tricks and his stunts. Junko looked back and saw and cheered. Finn held the handle, which was tied around Junkos Skimmer, with one hand and raised the other in the air cheering as he flew across the air. Junko raised both his hands from the handles that controlled the vehicle and cheered. Finn noticed his hands both raised "Uh… Junko." Finn said with a nervous and worried tone. Junko looked both at his hands; they screamed as they lost control and spun through the air. They tossed and turned across the terra screaming with extreme panic. Junko quickly grabbed the handles and took back control of the vehicle. They both stared at each other and laughed nervously. Finn suddenly had a surprised look and his face and pointed to a wall of rocks, which they were about to crash into, and yelled. A large crash was heard across the terra, which made Piper and Aerrow look at where the smoke was. Piper looked at Aerrow "Finn?" she asked with a giggle. Aerrow looked back at her and winked "Finn." They both smiled and walked toward the wreck.
Finn fell from the crash and slid down branches and landed safely on his feet. Finn looked at himself and smiled "Not a scratch." He clapped his hands and begun walking, but Junko suddenly fell on top of him crushing him into the ground. Junko looked down and noticed Finns hand sticking out from the ground "Oh, sorry buddy." He said as he pulled Finn from the ground. "No worries…" Finn had a crooked smile and begun wobbling. "I'm good." Finn held up two fingers and fell backwards. Junko helped him up.
"You guys never learn do you?" a voice spoke as Junko looked around. Piper walked out from behind bushes and giggled. "No matter how many times you two crash, you'll just keep doing it and doing it again." Piper smiled as she walked up to Finn and wiped the dust off him. Finn pushed her away a bit and wiped himself off and shook his head. Aerrow stepped out of the shadows and walked right next to Piper and wrapped his arm around her waist "What's the point, it's their nature." Aerrow chuckled as he looked at Piper who was giggling. "Well, at least we're having fun instead of smooching faces and acting googely, like you two." Finn pouted crossing his arms. Aerrow and Piper looked at each other and gave a kiss. Finn faked a gag and Junko chuckled. "We're going back to the condor, you guys coming?" Aerrow asked looking back at the boys. "No way brother, we still got energy to explode out on this terra." Finn said as he waved him arms around and grabbed Junko by the head and gave him a noogie.
"Alright, you two go nuts." Piper said as she and Aerrow walked off hand in hand. Fin and Junko walked the other direction and suddenly heard a motor run in the distance. They both looked around to see where the sound was coming from. Finn looked in a bush, and then suddenly a Skimmer came out of nowhere and nearly ran right over him. Finn screamed jumping into Junkos arms. The vehicle stopped and the person riding it was Starling. "Starling?" Finn and Junko questioned at the same time. Finn got off of Junko and walked to her "What are you doing?" he asked as she got off her vehicle. "Finn, Junko, it's good to see you again." She said as she gave them both a big hug. "What're you doing here Starling?" Junko asked giving her a hug back. Starling smiles and looked around the area "Just getting in a few miles before the big race in Atmosia." She smiled pointing at her vehicle. "Race?" Finn questioned. Starling hopped on her vehicle and ran the motor. "There's an all-round Atmos race starting soon, and it begins in Atmosia, don't tell me you guys haven't heard." Starling said raising an eyebrow. Finn and Junko stared at each other and stuttered. "Well, it begins in two days, might as well get as much training as you can. The race isn't only going to be fun, but dangerous too." She said as she revved her motor. Finn looked at her "What's the catch?" he questioned crossing his arms. "There's a Dragon Stone as the prize." She answered. Finn and Junko had a confused look "Dragon Stone?" they both asked at the same time. "Ask Piper, she'll fill you in." Starling grinned and took off.
Finn and Junko looked at each other and raced back to the condor. "Hey! Does anyone know about a race that's going on in Atmosia?" Finn asked as he jumped in the condor, standing in the middle of the cockpit. "Race?" Piper asked and looked at Aerrow. "What race?" Aerrow shrugged his arms with a confused look. "There's a race around Atmosia, and it's huge!" Finn said spreading his arms wide. Junko smiled "Yeah, Starling told us about it just now." He said pointing a thumb back behind him. "Starling? She's here?" Piper asked as she rolled up her map. "Oh-ho-ho, rivalry." Stork assumed as he tweaked with his gadget. Aerrow looked at Stork then at Finn. "What's this race at Atmosia?" he asked as Radarr climbed on Aerrows shoulder and perked his ears interested. "Well, she told us at the race is worldwide, meaning it's an all-round race." Finn said as he rubbing his chin. "You mean terra after terra?" Piper asked. Finn nodded and continued "And the prize for the race is something called a 'Dragon Stone'" Finn said scratching the back of his head. Piper gasped as she dropped the map "A Dr-Dragon Stone?" she stuttered. Then whole group looked at her. "Th-That's one of the rarest crystals to find!" She yelled as she picked up the map. Aerrow walked up to her to calm her down "What's this stone about?" he asked. "The Dragon Stone is a powerful and rare stone, it's said that if you combine two it will lead you straight to the Helix Crystal, the one crystal that's never ever been found." Piper said as her legs quivered. Aerrow put a hand on her back and rubber her gently. "This is starting to sound interesting." Aerrow said as Radarr nodded in agreement. "We should check out this race, and see what all the hoopla is." Junko suggested. "Agreed." Aerrow said as he walked to Stork. Stork sighed "Again with these challenges, I'm never going to get a break." Stork walked to the steering and started up the condor. "I can't believe someone would put up a rare stone like that for a race… so strange" Piper asked herself.