Bios:

Cosmos: A little Chao, leaning mostly to a dark Chao, who is new and inexperienced. He is carefree and goofs off, but when things get serious his toothy grin disappears.

Zero: an unnamed Chao, he is quiet and shy when Cosmos talks to him. But, he compliments Cosmos' personality, and is sure to be his best friend. He doesn't seem to want to be a Hero or Dark, and will probably be a Neutral.

Chaos Clan

Jade: A nearly Hero Chao in the Chaos Clan, she has dragon claws, parrot feet, wings and tail, and a bored expression. She doesn't do much, and is lazy most of the time. She's really thoughtful, though, and invaluable for the clan.

Pyro: (after deep thinking, i have come to realize Pyro is a GIRL!)Almost a dark Chao, she is taken care of by Rouge, and her feminine charm rubbed off on her. Now everywhere she goes people do as she pleases, but she doesn't mind. She prefers it to the 'old fashioned way', whatever that menas…

Soul: A Chao in Chaos clan with no legs and a few peacock feathers on his head, he floats around with the gang. He's really cautious, though, and usually stays behind. Odd enough, he's usually the one who gets in trouble.

Aeon: An orange Chao from an egg, she's mostly shunned because she isn't of proper birth to the clan. Her intelligence is needed, though, for the rough-and-tough times, and she gives it to all who needs it. She is all phoenix except for green otter arms.

Heart: Mother of the clan, this Hero Chao's the main Chao. Her cheery disposition is often scary, but she thinks only for others, especially when they need it most. She has unicorn horn, seal flippers, and dragon wings, tail and feet, all a purple scheme.

Spirit: The father of the clan, he's a dark Chao with a weird hairdo. Everybody loves him, though, through the leopard claws and feet. He also has a leopard tail and a pair of tiger ears. His kind words always help, but since he's always talking with the other clans, he's usually away.

Fauna Clan

Buck: A total ram Chao, who's near the time to transform into a Hero Chao. He is the only Chao from the Fauna Clan who comes to meetings, so not much is known about it.

Falcon: He is the leader of the Fauna clan. He is all bird (the purple bird) with yellow tints. He has an excellent green thumb, and is a master at herbals remedies.

Other Clans

Shadow Clan: Black (leader Dark Chao), Jinx (Dark Chao with raccoon features), and Wisp (Dark Ghost Chao)

Sky Clan: Wings (Hero Chao with huge phoenix wings), Star (Baby Chao, just born), Zip & Zap (Twin Chaos, Zip is total tiger while Zap is a leopard), and Angel (leader Hero Chao with phoenix wings, dragon claws and feet, and a bunny tail and ears)

Aqua Clan: Gills (neutral with otter characteristics and features), Flipper (a seal Hero Chao), Tears (sad peacock Dark) and Giggle (laughing penguin Hero)

Cloud Council: Hooves (unicorn Hero Chao), Blazer (phoenix Hero Chao), Spyro (dragon Dark Chao), and Bones (no-legged bat Dark Chao)

Chapter 1

The Beginning

An egg was sitting in the middle of the Dark Garden. It was almost time for it to hatch. The clan had been waiting for this day, for the day their leader would be born. Every fall, a new leader was born, and this egg had been blessed. All of the other clans and people came from around the world to congratulate them. Even Sonic and his friends came over today.

Sonic was sitting cross-legged on the ground, his blue spikes waving in the small breeze. Tails was standing right next to him. He yawned. The sun was only just coming up, and he had stayed up last night working on his Tornado again. He yawned again. Knuckles nudged him. "Stop complaining, you wimp." He sighed. "Of course, I don't see why we had to come. The only one here who actually takes care of the Chao is Sonic, except for Cream and you."

Tails looked down. "Yeah, but it's nice to come and celebrate with them when they're about to have a leader every once in a while." Sonic shushed them. "Quiet, it's moving!" Everybody looked as the egg started to wiggle. It cracked, and stopped shaking. It was still for a while, before it cracked open slowly. A big, curious eye looked out of the shell. Sonic smiled as the other Chao cheered.

A unicorn Chao stepped forward. "Hello, new Chao. You have been chosen by the Cloud Council to be the Chaos Clan's leader." He grabbed the Chao and pulled him out of the egg. He held him high in the air, and said, "This Chao shall be named…Cosmos!" Everybody chanted the new Chao's name, as he laughed at them all, oblivious to what he was to be. He smiled a pointy-toothed grin. A Hero phoenix Chao leaned over and whispered in the unicorn's ear. He nodded. "Yes, I do believe he's Heart's child. She has that same grin, you know, and it doesn't surprise me."

Everyone quieted down, and made a path for a shadowy figure. He had a ghostly tail, waving like a candle in the wind. As he floated nearer to the child, he spoke in a moaning voice, "I see you have a new addition to your…family…how nice…" He stopped in the middle of the crowd. A wave of whispers went throughout the crowd, and he looked around. He was a Dark Ghost Chao, Wisp, from the Shadow Clan, who had come to congratulate them.

He waved his arm to the crowd. "And I believe everyone is relieved, too, at the sight of the new leader for Chaos Clan." Another wave of whispers buzzed in the tense air. Wisp was from Shadow Clan, a ruthless clan of war and violence. What could they possibly want, what point do they want to prove? A tiger Chao stood up, a determined look on his face. "What do you want, Wisp from Shadow Clan?" His friend, a gorilla neutral Chao, pulled him back, but he shook him off.

Wisp laughed, and the group looked pale. Wisp smiled at the little tiger. "Want? We don't want anything, dear boy, but to congratulate Chaos Clan. Why would we want to do anything else on this glorious occasion?" He stopped smiling, and the little tiger and gorilla gulped. "Of course, we hope nothing bad happens to the little guy, before he even starts to walk. Isn't that right, Jinx?"

A raccoon Dark Chao stepped from the crowd. He looked nervous, and kept twitching his nose. "Oh, no, of course not! What a terrible blow to the clan that would be!" He smiled, and twitched his nose again. "It would be horrible!" Wisp nodded. "See? We just wanted to grant him good luck and our best wishes. But, we wouldn't like this to go out of this clearing, for you see, Black is getting anxious." He put his hands behind his back. "He believes a war will break out between the clans. 'Nonsense,' we all cried, but he made up his mind and started to train us. I don't know why, though, a war would break out with anyone!"

The unicorn nodded. "Thank you, Wisp, for those…kind words. We wish you luck convincing Black to the truth." Wisp and Jinx bowed. "Yes, and you too, Hooves, for you may need it if our leader's assumption is correct." Then he beckoned to Jinx to follow him, and made his way out of the crowd. Two little baby Chao were playing in front of them. They were playing tug-of-war with a branch. But they stopped when he walked…err, floated, up. They looked up at him, and he smiled. They moved out of the way, and he and Jinx continued.

When they left, Tails shivered. "Do you really think a war will come between the Chao?" Sonic chuckled. "Of course not, Tails! What would they fight over?" Knuckles nodded. "And besides, how could these little guys hurt anyone anyway?" He scratched Cosmos under his chin. Cosmos giggled, and then chomped on his glove. Knuckles shook his hand, but Cosmos held on. Sonic laughed. "Not so cute and cuddly as they seem, huh? I think he likes you!"

Knuckles pulled the baby Chao off and grumbled. "You think it's funny, you try putting your hand in a baby Chao's mouth with sharp teeth!" Tails snickered, and Knuckles yelled at him, "Be quiet, Tails, before a put him on you!" Sonic scolded them. "Shhh, Hooves is talking!" Knuckles glared at him before he crossed his arms and listened to the unicorn Hero Chao.

He was speaking to the rest of the crowd. "We welcome you to our feast of fruits and nuts, friends! Come, let us eat!" He motioned to a huge pile of raspberries, hero fruit, coconuts, dark fruit, and such. They all ran over and started to eat. Knuckles took an apple, but put it back down when he realized the apple was on a Chao's head. The Chao chattered at him, before hopping off to get a drink from the lake. Knuckles frowned and carefully examined a mushroom before he popped it in his mouth.

Sonic was shoveling fruit into his mouth, but he stopped eating a banana to give a little baby skunk Chao an apple. The Chao smiled and took it, eating it in a few seconds. Sonic picked him up and scratched his stomach. The baby skunk laughed. Tails smiled as he bit off a raspberry. "Sonic seems to be friends with all of the Chao, huh, Knuckles?" Knuckles wiped the juice off of his mouth. "Yeah, he just likes the cute ones. He plays with the babies and leaves the older ones alone."

Sonic put the little skunk next to him and they both ate at lightening speed. When they couldn't eat anymore, Sonic took a toothpick and picked his teeth. The Chao picked up a small stem and tried to copy him. Hooves clopped over to them both and smiled. "I see Bubbles has taken a liking to you, Sonic. He's usually really shy." Sonic shrugged. "I guess it's just me, then. I can't help playing with the little guys!" Tails whispered into Sonic's ear, "How'd Hooves learn how to talk?"

Sonic shrugged, and Tails pondered while Knuckles relaxed by the water. The water was red, and Knuckles didn't want to know why, so he stretched out on the bank and closed his eyes. A Neutral otter Chao and a Hero seal Chao were doing a swimming race. They raced past Knuckles and splashed him. He coughed and raised his fist at the giggling Chao. "I'll get you, Gills, Flipper!" They laughed even harder, and Knuckles grumbled and lay back down. He sniffed his arm, and licked it. "Mmm….raspberry punch!"

The Chao laughed even harder, and Knuckles smiled. "You think that's funny, do you?" They nodded. He smirked and jumped in. They screamed, and he grabbed the seal Hero Chao. The seal barked to the otter, "Help me, Gills, he's got me!" Gills got a determined look on his face and tackled Knuckles. As they all fought, Cosmos sat on the bank of the lake and clapped, grinning. Tails picked him up. "You like that? Well, he can be tough sometimes, but he isn't so bad, once you get to know him." Knuckles pretended to drown as all of the kid Chao piled on top of him.

When the food was all gone, the Chao started to leave. Heart shook their hands as they left. "Nice to meet you! Have a good day! Fly home safely, or swim home, if you have too!" The grown-ups laughed, and Sonic rubbed the little skunk Chao's head. "I've gotta go, Bubbles. See ya later!" The little skunk sniffed and pulled on his shoe. Sonic picked him up. "I can't bring you home, it's too dangerous! I'm always kicking Egghead's butt!" Bubbles smiled and said, "Egghead, egghead!" Sonic shook his head. "Besides, you have to go home too. Look, there they are now!"

Another skunk baby was crawling to Bubbles. He grabbed his tail and gurgled. Bubbles laughed and started to tickle the baby. As they laughed, Sonic tried to tip-toed away. Bubbles saw him and tried to run over, but the phoenix Hero Chao picked him up. "Come on, you have to go home now." Bubbles sniffed, but didn't object. Blazer walked off, the baby crawling after him, and Heart wiped her head. "Phew! That's all of them!" Jade, a parrot Chao with dragon claws (as the bios tell you), walked over to Cosmos. She looked at him.

Cosmos looked up at her and gurgled. Jade looked back at Heart. "I think he's broken." Heart laughed and walked over to them. "No, he's just a baby. He won't be a leader until he's older! In the meantime, I want you to look after him." Jade squawked. "But…but I have classes! I have to practice my flute and…" Heart patted his head. "You barely even play that old thing anyway! You can look after a little old baby, now, can't you?"

Jade looked at Cosmos. He was trying to chomp off his own foot. Jade turned back to Heart. "No." Heart sighed. "Alright, speak with Spirit. Maybe he'll take care of the little rascal!" Jade sighed and went to look for Spirit. He was usually out at a meeting with the other clans, so she might have to wait late. Cosmos crawled after her. He grabbed Jade's tail feathers. Jade shook him off and grabbed her tail. "Don't touch that!" She rubbed her feathers and continued to look for Spirit.

Cosmos sucked on his hand. He looked around and saw a small animal, a peacock. He smiled and crawled over to it. It tilted its head, and blinked. He giggled, and it flew over his head. He looked up and fell on his back. He got on his stomach and crawled after it, giggling.