Keenan the Hedgehog's Diary

Note from ArianatheEchidna: This is all about Keenan the Hedgehog, one of my fan chararters for my Ariana the Echidna searies. This all takes place like around during the begining of spring somewhere at Station Square at the Train Station, where his adventures began before setting his foot down in Hyrule and met up with Ariana and Melodey the Fox, along with Link, Navi the Fairy and Sellabey Jr. the Fairy. Hope you enjoy it!

Entry One:

It was a dark, windy, stormy, cold, rainy day when I was at the train station; waiting to go buy a ticket so I can travel farther up west of town. How long I've been traveling? Right... 50 long years... all on my own. Ever since my sister's death I was all alone in the world... searching... longing for a purpose. I looked back at the clock. About 6 hours I've been sittin' here... alone... waiting. I took out a nearly burned photo of me, my sister, Keeda, and my parents and gazed at it with sadness.

"So... you've been waiting here too, young man?" I heard someone say to me. I turned to see an old male hedgehog, around the 50s, now sitting next to me. "Sorry if I startled you."

"No. It's fine, sir. It's just that... no one around here ever spoken to me before." He stared at the photo.

"From the look of your sinister eyes you seemed to be in a deep lose. Something happen to them?" he asked me.

"Well, let's just say... my family was taken away from me... by death."

"I'm terribly sorry to hear that. Some of my students were taken away from me too by death." I looked at him.

"Who are you?"

"The name's Rock Kendo, but to my students I'm Master Kendo. May I ask for YOUR name?" I sighed.

"Keenan... Keenan the Hedgehog. The last of the Phoenix Clan and those who dwells within a village of Burning Ember Valley. It's... nice to meet you, mister-"

"Please, call me Kendo." He smiled at me warmly. For the first time ever I smiled back.

"OK, it's nice to meet you, Kendo. So... what brings you here?"

"I'm going to head back to the temple." He suddenly looked at me with an odd look in his eyes... fatherly. "Care to come with me?" I was shocked. Dose he REALLY want me to come with him? Is this an opportunity I've been looking for? "You don't have to if you don't want to."

"Oh! I um... I do! I mean I... I really appreciate the offer, really! It's just..." Suddenly we heard some screams of horror as some black creatures with bright yellow eyes appeared. I began to growl in rage. "Damn! Not my day!" I pulled out my father's sword, then I ran at the creatures and killed one of them, but then I suddenly let out a scream of pain. I could hear Kendo scream my name before everything went black.

When I was able to open my eyes, I saw Kendo in front of me, holding me on his lap. T then noticed that we're on a train.

"Kendo? W-where are we heading? What h-happen to..." he placed his finger on top of my lips as he shushed me.

"You need to rest. The creatures injured you. We'll be at the temple soon." I couldn't believe it! He saved me? Am I actually going WITH him? I couldn't help but shed a tear of joy as I fell into a dreamless sleep.