This is something that's been kicking around in the back of my mind for some time so I thought I'd put pen to paper (always good when the characters start talking to you...)

Disclaimer- I don't own anything (especially not the Storm Hawk, but I like to!) except from the plot, my original characters (The Glaciers and Ella-Mae, Daisy and Dillan) and my Terra so please no stealing of them!

This is my first attempt at fan fiction, so please review and let me know if I should continue!

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The Crystal Rose of Terra Midgard

Darkness had fallen on Terra Midgard and the nightly blizzard had started in earnest, hiding everything behind a curtain of snow. The snow began to fall faster, burying the buildings below in a silent white shroud.

Suddenly the blare of a klaxon sounded out and harsh crystal searchlights began to criss-cross the sky above the Cyclonian Military compound nestled into a snow-filled hollow.

Three young Blizzarians huddled in the darkness between buildings, the two littlest were clinging tightly to the tallest one, a female. She crouched down and smoothed down the boy's unruly black hair, "Don't worry Dillan, I promise I'd get you both outta here and I'm never broken a promise to you yet have I?" Ella-Mae smiled reassuringly at the two children and gave them a quick hug before she carefully peeked out of the alley they were hiding in.

"Mommy, they're gonna find us." the little girl whimpered, nervously toying with a lock of her light grey fringe.

Ella-Mae looked back at the twins and laughed, "Those Talons couldn't find their butt with both hands AND a map! The only one we gotta watch out for is the Dark Ace and he left for Cyclonia this morning." She turned back to the mouth of the alley so the kids wouldn't see her worried frown. Whilst it was true that the Talons stationed here on Terra Midgard were totally inept, more so than usual, there were a lot of them and Ella-Mae wasn't entirely sure what she was going to do now that she, Dillan and Daisy had managed to escape from their quarters.

In the end the choice was made for her as Daisy squealed in terror as a Cyclonian guard grabbed her by the back of her t-shirt and lifted her into the air.

"Get your paws off my sister Cyclonian swine!" Dillan shouted before launching himself at the man and sinking his teeth into the Talon's arm.

"Cyclonian swine?" Ella-Mae thought as she raced to the struggling trio, "Dillan's been reading too many adventures!" She drop kicked the Cyclonian who collapsed, twitching.

"Come on kiddies, time to go." She grabbed each of the children by the hand and they raced out of the alley towards the perimeter fence at the edge of the compound. Behind them Ella-Mae could hear the shouts of the Talons. A flash of blood-red light burst from her left; she turned and took the brunt of the blast protecting Daisy from the Talon and his Firebolt staff.

Ella-Mae gasped as she felt the energy wash over her side, it felt like red-hot knives were being buried in her side. She staggered away from the rapidly approaching Talons, the twins helping her to reach the momentary safety behind the generator building.

"Mommy?" Dillan clung to Ella-Mae's arm while Daisy kept a lookout for the Talons.

"I'll be fine sweetheart; we just need to get out of here." Ella-Mae gritted her teeth and forced herself to her feet. She swayed as a wave of dizziness hit her, "Let's go kiddies, you wanna get out right?" Ella-Mae studied the distance between the ground and the top of the fence; it looked to be about 10 feet high. "I can make that with both the kittens... I think; it'll need a run up though."

Ella-Mae scooped up the twins in her arms, "Hold on tight you two; we're only gonna get one chance to do this." She began to run as fast as she could toward the lowest section of the fence resolutely ignoring the sticky feeling of her wound bleeding into her fur.

"There they are!" shouted one of the nameless Talons from behind them. Ella-Mae risked a glance behind them and nearly stumbled; there had to be every Talon on the base chasing them. Adrenaline pumped through her system and she sped up, dodging the blasts from the Talon's shock sticks.

As they reached the chain link fence Ella-Mae gathered the last of her flagging strength and jumped. She just managed to clear the spikes but not before another blast hit her in the back.

She screamed and lost her grip on Daisy and Dillan, "No! Please..." She hit the ground badly and screamed again as she felt her leg twist unnaturally beneath her. Ella-Mae saw the twins tumble down the snowy embankment into the blizzard.

"Shit." She tried to get her hands beneath her to get up and find her charges, but her arms seemed to have no strength. She pulled herself toward the edge of the ridge, blood from her wounds soaking the snow around her. She shivered and pulled herself over the edge, falling into the darkness.

AN:

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