Notes: this is my firs story I have ever put on a site period. I hope you guyz enjoy this because I have a lay out as to where I'm goin with this story. ENJOY! '
Prologue:
Dorothy walks across a black stage, white garments flowing around her feet with each step. The light shines solely on her leaving the rest of platform pitch black. She finally stops in the middle as a soft melody starts up and shebegins to sing softly.
/"Every story, tale, or memoir
Every saga or romance
Whether truth or fabricated
Whether planned or happenstance
/Whether sweeping through the ages
Casting centuries aside
Or a hurried brief recital
Just a 30 minute ride
/Whether bright or melancholy
Rough and ready
Finely spun
/Whether with a thousand players
Or a lonely cast of one
/Every story, new or ancient
Rag–a-tale or work of art
All are tales of human failing
All are tales of love at heart"
The stage suddenly burst into light and Dorothy sings with a new determination, throwing her long skirts aside to reveal formfitting white pants and a matching one sided white belly shirt.
/"This is the story of a love that flourished in a time of hate
Of lovers no stretch of time could separate
Love set into motion on the Nile's shore
Destiny ignited by an act of war
The Gods had made an earth, still born
creatures differing far and wide
but the perfect creation
began to turn and choose sides
destruction of fellow neighbors justified
each race divided
controlled by conceit and pride
oh.........."
Dorothy fades away as a whole new symphony takes control and fades into the current scene of the back of a head full of brown air, the owner with their back turned to the screen and seemingly staring at the window
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I yawn tiredly and stretch, finding myself somewhat sore.
Ever since the dawn of time itself I have hated mornings. Now I know you think that really doesn't make sense because there is no possible way I could've been alive at the dawn of time in order to hate mornings. Well you are mistaken. You see my tale does actually start at the dawn of time because I AM the dawn of time. Now you're looking at me like I'm crazy. Not to mention I'm rambling....Oh dear……..
Well I have to admit that when I first heard that my first thought was "can YOU say PSYCHO….." and I'm told it showed very blatantly on my face too,but I guess in order for you to understand I'll have to start at the VERY beginning, many years ago…..
It'd be best if I let someone else take over from here.
(X)(x)(X)
Some period in the A.D. timeline……….
Now I'm not even going to try to sit here and tell you there is no God. There is indeed a God. He created me along with all the other beings in the world. Each of them put there with a purpose, that fact still stands today. But there was an imbalance as well, not everything can be sunny delight you know.
This imbalance created beings that are not yet accepted even until this day. These beings range in characteristics and personas. Vampires, craft users, mages, apparitions,and wickens.You name it, it exist.(Unless you go on to things like a clean port a potty, then your just out of luck.) But I was supposed to be beginning a story now wasn't I? Well then I'm sorry for rambling about.
Life was created with a body to perform specific functions that help the organism it host survive and so on, but these 'defects' , if you will, have created un necessary complications within the blue prints of life and the seams holding together the structure of society. SOme were curses placed upon the being, forcing them to live a life theydidn't which to live and meet a destiny they'd rather soon forget. But not all of these differenceswere so bad, in some cases theywere extraordinary gifts that could benefit everyone around them and bring a further sense of diversity. If only..... if only they were used that way. For with the sudden appearance of these strange traits and abilities came the manifestation of evil. Humans chose not to accept those who were different and as one would expect, those who were different used their abilities to bring about hell on those who shunned them. However... there were those who chose to accept everyone no matter who they were, what they looked like, or what the had done. They chose to love because it was what God and the fates wanted for people. But then organizations were formed within the mortal society against the 'other beings' as they had been named. These organizations lived to slay them thatthey deemed un worthyto share the earth with themin addition tothose that chose to stand against their cause. It wasn't long before'Other Beings' banded together and sneered at all who were too weak to be a part of them. The earth becamea cruel place.And so it came to pass that races warred against and within one another. The world became corrupted and something wicked was born out of it. Something that in the end, wouldpull the strings of all who allowed it to do so.
And that's where I come in. The heart of the matter lies in fact that I am the phoenix. I was created to balance out the worlds sense of good and evil. And if there ever was a time that 'un named something wicked' would strike out and try to make the world it's own, I would be there.
I have nowlived for 500 years. I trained in the Temple of The Egyptian Sun God Helios and set out to fulfill my job. I watched over earth, blessed families and individuals, and brought hope being the beacon of earth itself. Now my journey will be ended within a day only to begin again. As we speak I'm preparing my nest and herbs to complete the ritual that has gone on for so many years. This ritual was how I was born. Right here in the Sun temple.
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She walked down the hall briskly. It was almost time for the ceremony. Lady Po was a priestess of the Sun Temple, although currently her career as priestess was being jeopardized by the fact that she was running late for the Sunset ceremony. She scowled to herself not being able to believe that she could have lost track of time so quickly. But then again this was the first Sunset Ceremony she would be taking part in, which was even more reason for her to panic! As she began in an UN lady like sprint down the hall she met with leader of the night's festivities.
"Treize I am SO sorry, I know I'm running late!" The ginger haired man shook his head in distaste.
"Lady Po you know you must be there when the Phoenix is reborn, although there are other Priestess hands, the required number is THREE and if your here that means only TWO are fulfilling their duties. Now hurry along before tragedy strikes." He said, shooing her along. Lady Po nodded her head and continued in her sprint. /Why the on earth is this temple so BIG……. Does it even matter? Two, three it's all the same! /
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Far off in the distance a form watched as the preliminaries for the ceremony began.
"It's time we made our move, boys, let's go!"
They stalked off into the night prepared to change the world…..and not for the best either.
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"Where in the Devil is PO?!" Head priestess Une fumed. The other temple hands sat quietly preparing the Phoenix for what awaited her. For someone who was supposed to be 500 years old, the phoenix looked quite young; she could've passed for a normal girl of 15. It was an incredibly cool night and Lynx sat in the courtyard. She couldn't believe 500 years had passed so quickly. She turned to Une and asked what seemed to be the silliest question in her whole existence.
"Will I remember anything when I'm reborn?" Une looked at her with sympathy. It had to be hard knowing you were being prepared to die, even if you were going to be reborn the minute you died.
"No, usually they don't…." Lynx nodded quietly excepting this.
"I'm here!" In the distance a young priestess with honey blonde hair ran with a very perturbed looking man in tow. Une snorted. The scroll bearer took this as his cue and stood ready to take notes.
"It's about time, come let us begin already. Lynx." She nodded to the raven haired woman who sat cloaked in a red silk. Her green eyes shined with determination, set on fulfilling the quest that awaited her. She knew she would be reborn and in turn the hands of the temple would teach her reincarnation just like they had taught her at the beginning of her existence. The temple shone with bright candle light and smelled of herbs. It was a brisk night. She clutched her medallion closer to her heart and looked at Une and Treize.
"I'm ready." Just as she was prepared to take her place in the nest an arrow shot through the sky hitting a nearby pillar. Attached to it was a note.
Tonight a new chapter begins with a new beginning….. Une's brow crinkled in confusion as she read the note. She looked in the direction in which the arrow had came from and fell to the floor instantly before she had time to even think. Lynx looked up to see that an arrow had pierced Une's heart. Treize ran to where Une had fallen just as a guard came through the main doorway of the courtyard and ran up to Lord Treize.
"We're being attacked. The temple is surrounded!" Lady Po met Lynx eyes and they both knew this couldn't be good. Treize looked at the guard.
"Sound all alarms." Treize then looked to Po and the remaining hands of the temple. "Get Lynx out of here at all cost, the ceremony must be completed!" Po, Nora, and Leia nodded and set off down the corridor with Lynx. Treize sighed and looked at the woman laying cold in his arms. He set Une down carefully, leaned her against a pillar, and sighed.
"Lord, knows what fate will decide for us now…." And with that he set off with the guard.
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Woman and children screamed in the distance as pure chaos ensued all around them. The city as a whole was being attacked. It was Ray Maten's luck that caused her to be sneaking around trying to steal from The Sun Temple at a time like this.
A short girl who looked to be only 13 years old, due to her height, stood amongst the madness consuming the small dockside town.
"What have I gotten myself into, these people are nuts!" She shook her head causing the long black ponytail she sported to sway against her back following the head's movements. Night was her element; she was after all a vampire. Her blue eyes shined through the night glinting in the wake of flames that suddenly started to consume a nearby market cart.
"Well I better start making my way, right Hel?" The bird that sat on her shoulder clicked its beak quietly in approval while ruffling it's feathers. She smiled over her shoulder at the bird and flung her cape to the side so it wrapped around her. She prepared to slip back into the shadows just as four figures were heading in her direction. /Damn, I've been caught haven't I?/
"You ,child, what are you doing in the temple? You cannot possibly be one of the temple helps!" A young woman with wheat blonde hair and blue eyes accused her. She smirked.
Ray chose to ignore the fact this woman failed to address in her a decent manner and smiply smirked.
"Well if you must know I am a thief and I had planned on taking a couple of souvenirs, I mean it's not everyday a person like me gets to visit the Temple of the SUN!" At this the young woman turned red.
"Thieves and stealing are quite frowned upon here, when this is over you will be going straight to the gallows, how DARE you mock me, you filthy little street rat!" Relelna stepped forward as if prepared to strike the girl when suddenly Po stepped forward.
"Leia! Don't you see? WE have NO time for this! WE have to get the phoenix out of here and QUICK!" She turned to Ray, studying the slim figure currently standing in a position of slight rebelliousness. The small heart shaped face was set in a bord expression." You may be of some help, come with us!". Ray rolled her eyes adjusting her cloak.
"Why should I?" Po had had enough.
"Because, you brat, everyone's lives are at stake here!" Ray seemed as if ready to retort- and possibly kick Sally in the shin whena young man of Asian decent then showed up. It was the scribe and scroll bearer from earlier. He wrinkled his nose in disgust at Ray before stating his mission.
"General Treize…….has fallen! The temple is swarmed and only getting worse. There is no possible way to make it out!" Leia simply rolled her eyes as if their situation couldn't be more obvious (which it couldn't), while Po simply sighed, and the other two helps exchanged worried glances. Ray coked her head to the side, studying the scroll bearer.
"Well I could've told you that!" This earned her a glare from the scribe who she simply flipped the bird at.
"Word is that Marquise's forces are coming for Lynx and plan on taking the temple! WE have to find a way to complete the ceremony before dawn!" He stopped in mid sentence, his eyes widening in slight disbelief. "Po what on earth are you doing?" The young man looked at Po in shock as she ripped the hem of her garments and cut herself. She looked at him.
"It is way too hard to run in this and besides if we burn some herbs," she took a satchel out her garments and emptied it," it will make it appear as if the first part of the ceremony is complete which MIGHT slow them down. In the end they might decide to go after the reborn Phoenix but by then we could've covered enough ground." Everyone looked to each other to see what the others thoughts mightbe and nodded their head. Po then ran to the end of the corridor and pulled down a sword display. She pulled out a long silver Saber. She looked at Lynx.
"Do you have it with you?" Lynx pulled out a small dagger to answer Po's question, Po nodded. She prepared the herbs and took a strand of Lynx hair, which became a black feather. She set fire to it and stood up.
"Let's go everyone." Everyone started to head in the direction of the temple exit except for one. Po sighed.
"Are you coming?" Ray looked at her and smirked showing the barest glint of a fang. She made her way past Po.
"Sure, why not?" They both followed after the rest of the group.
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Metrian scowled and his hazel eyes burned with intensity. He was a general in Marquise's dark army and he could NOT believe these people had yet to retrieve the phoenix. He tried to get information out of Treize but the man simply refused to give him what he needed, so of course he had to die. He wrinkled his nose in distaste as he watched the city around the temple burn. He crossed his arms and snarled at no one in particular, the snarl showing his fangs.
"Metrian, you should lighten up. We will have the phoenix in time, there is absolutely no way she could have escaped, the temple is surrounded." Alex sauntered over to Metrian, a mischievous glint evident in his eyes. Metrian snorted and a dangerous aura instantly formed around him, causing Alex to back off.
"Oh and I supposed we should have a nice little picnic and sing songs of mirth while the phoenix is possibly escaping somewhere in this very temple." Metrian glared dangerously over his shoulder, the room rumbling slightly with his quickly rising temper.Alex chuckled.
"Well maybe you should join the troops, you know, give them a little incentive." He grinned devilishly and was pleased to see the aura dim andMetrian smirk in response. Metrian stood.
"Let's go change the world Alex, let's go…….." And with intentions of pure evil they set out to join the ensuing chaos that ran amidst the temple. /Zechs will be pleased when we bring Lynx's head on a platter./
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Chang Wufei was put out by this whole situation. What kind of immoral unjust lunatics would try to kidnap the phoenix? It was unheard of! Didn't the fools know that they could cut the very strings of time and all that makes sense in the world by doing so? And on top of that he was being commanded by a woman. A priestess ONNA! But even he could set aside his pride when the situation called for such an extreme. It was simple, there was absolutely no time to argue and bicker when the temple of HELIOS was under siege.
It suddenly occurred to him, how big the temple really was. They had been walking for what seemed like forever and dawn was fast approaching. He'd be damned if they weren't at least in the heart of the temple, assuming this woman knew where she was going. They had yet to come across any of Marquise's men but it was only a matter of time being that they were nearing the entrance and the place was surrounded. A thought suddenly dawned on him causing him to stop mid step. The absence of one set of foot steps caused everyone else to slow to a halt to see who had suddenly stopped or been killed. Ina situation such as this it wouldn'thave been a great surprise.
"Po where are you taking us? It can't possibly be to the entrance we'll be caught there for certain!" Po rolled her eyes and turned to Wufei.
"Obviously! Do you think that I'm such an incompetent that I'd lead us straight into Marquise's forces?" Po planted her hands on her hips, a look of indignation twisting her features. Wufei could be such an ass.
"Do you really want me to answer your question, this is after all your first year serving as a real hand in the temple and all the sudden you know what we should and shouldn't do in a crisis? I think not!" He folded his arms over his chest and gave her a skeptical look.
"Wufei please trust me, I know what I'm doing!" She began her voice rising slightly. He let down.
"Fine, let us keep moving." Po looked grateful.
They continued walking until Po stopped them again about 30 minutes later.
"This is it. We can complete the ceremony here and escape." They had stopped at a wall, which looked just like all the other walls if they weren't mistaken. Nora spoke up.
"I know you're a smart girl and all Po but," she looked around," what exactly are we escaping through?" Po motioned for Lynx to come over.
"Lynx I want you to press your medallion to the symbol on the wall that is identical to that of the one on the medallion." Lynx nodded and did as she was told. Lo and behold and line appeared right down the middle of the symbol and followed through the length of the wall. The wall rumbled beforeparting and showing a small gap where the line had been formed.Just as they prepared to go in they were interrupted.
"Lynx darling, why are you taking your leave so early? I thought you'd be wanting to see me?" At the end of the corridor stood Metrian and Marquise's forces. Lynx looked upin shock and started gripping the dagger in her cloak with one hand while clutching the medallion in the other.
"Metrian…….." He smirked and stepped towards Lynx who in turn took a step back and gripped the dagger even tighter. Po dashed forward with her sword in hand while Ray and Wufei took positions on her right and left. Alex shook his head.
"I think it's time we finished what we came here to do." Metrian took out his sword and pointed it at the group.
"Handle them!" With that Marquise's forces charged at the group. Ray took out a rather large bladed ring and began her attack while Wufei unsheathed his sword. Lynx looked at the violence around her and made the move. She lunged at Metrian.
"You bastard! You LIED!" She lashed out with her dagger putting more force into her blows with the word 'lied'. Metrian smirked and countered her attacks.
"I have a job to do, how the hell was I supposed to know YOU were the damned PHOENIX?" He bared his fangs and nearly knocked Lynx into a nearby pillar.
"So if I had told you, you would've still tried to kill me? Do I mean nothing to you?" Her words were strained as she continued fighting, driven by her anger. Around them spells were flung back and forth sending soldiers this way and that. Nora stepped back, letting a bridge of ice rip through the corridor causing debris to fall here and there.
"You can't always have it your way, not every tale has a happily ever AFTER!" She was pushed against the wall with his blade to her throat. She narrowed her eyes and could see her friends fighting in the background. She knew what to do. She repelled Metrian's blade and ripped the medallion from around her neck.
"Catch!" she threw the medallion and by chance it was Ray who caught it. Po looked alarmed.
"What are you doing?" Po looked back while fighting off two of the soldiers. She watched as Lynx broke out in an all out sprint down the corridor, dagger still in hand…….
"Damn! Continue fighting I will go after her!" And with that Metrian took off after Lynx.
"Wufei do something!" Po yelled.
"I'm kind of BUSY," he kicked another soldier hard in the gut "leave it in Lynx hands she knows what she's doing!" They continued to fight while outside the beginning of new day were ready to start.
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/I know I could make it outside to the river if I just try to make it to the river outside I coul-/ Her thoughts were broken as a shout rang threw the air.
"Lynx damn you, what the hell are you doing?!" It was Metrian and he was hot on her trail. His aura rose round him and she could feel the ground beneath her start to shake.She prayed to every god she could think of that she made it through this. She could hear Metrian shattering things in his path angrily. Suddenly a sphere of energy flew past her. /Damn! He's a craft user! /
"I don't want to make this hard on you Lynx!" She continued running while dodging the spheres. She fell to the floor as a string of fire flew through the air, causing her to lose her balance in an attempt to duck. She quickly rose though, knowing she had not time to nurse her now throbbing ankle. Just as she made it out the temple entranceashard of energygrazed her shoulder. The place the shard had grazed instantly started to burn and Lynx could feel the warmth of her own blood seeping through her finger.She cried out in pain but was determined not to let Metrian catch her. She could almost hear the river and see the edge of the cliff.
She neared the edge and eyed the dagger in her hand nervously. Metrian appeared moments later looking livid. He materialized right in front of her causing her to jump back nervously, nearly slipping of the edge. She could hear a whimper forming in her throat but she needed to be strong. Well that's what she told herself anyways.
She focused her energy and flung Metrian back using a large gust of wind that had begun roaring around her like a sheild. Metrian growled low in his throat, trying to find the weak spot in the barrier she had formed.
"Don't do something stupid Lynx." She glared at Metrian hatefully.
"NO I'm doing what needs to be DONE!" The sun peeked up behind her signaling the arrival of dawn and she smirked, the picture of Godess as her hair blew in the wind and she clutched the dagger. Silent words only Metrian could hear fell from her lipsand with that she plunged the dagger into her gut and sent herself off the edge of the cliff. Metrain reamained frozen in his place by what she had said and clenched his eyes shut as the wind continued to roar and the sun continued to rise.
Lynx smiled sadly as she plummeted towards the dark water below.
/I wonder now, will I be reborn?..../ she laughed bitterly as she hit the harsh cold depths.
/It done Po, it's done…/Was her last conscious thought before white flames engulfed her, even beneath the water.
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"There is nothing we can do, there's too many of them!" Po ducked another flying piece of debri while punching a soldier square in the jaw. Alex approached her his eyes flickering manically.
"Why are you guys doing this, it would have been so much easier to just hand us Lynx!" He lunged snarling as he verged on what seemed to be some sort of transformation. Heobviosuly has lost patience and was ready to get down to business and be done with it. Po cried out alrmed and threw herself to the side, dodging what seemed to be a slowly growing Alex. Suddenly as she nearly lost her balance an image shot through her mental barriers. "Let's go!" She yelled to Wufei and Ray. The other temple hands had long since made their way through the passage. She laughed.
"You fools are too late, Lynx is gone, Metrian failed." The look on Alex's face was priceless. Po hissed in pain as her head started pouding dangerously and she fell to the floor, screaming. Ray saw the feral gleam in Alex's eyes, picked up a stone, and threw it at his head, her strength and power propelling it as though it were a stone out a sling shot. The stone hit it's mark and broke Alex's concentration long enough for Wufei to swoop in and escape with Po through the door. Ray followed, making sure to stick her tongue out and raise her middle finger in victory as she made her exit. A un human roar rumbled throughout the area as the stone wall moved back in place, sealing the entrance from which they had came.
"We made it." There was silence and the only sound that could be heard as they walked was their harsh breathing. Po groaned slightly as she regained consciousness. Wufei still insisted on carrying her and she didn't argue.
"What is to come of the reborn Phoenix?"Ray asked curiosuly.Po shook her head and they both stopped.
"I don't know" she said sadly. "As long as the Phoenix is out of Marquise's hands we can only hope for the best." They continued walking in silence, just praying that dawn would be waiting for them by the time they reached the exit.
Ray looked down at the Medallion. After all of this all she got was a medallion. What the fuck hell would she do with such a cheesy trinket?Maybe she could sell it perhaps. There wasn't too many options. Something told her that maybe she should keep it around for a while. She did, after all, come for a 'souvenir'.She smirked.
/Piece of crap might come in handy…./
She suddenly looked up, notiving she was alone in the narrow passage, barely able to make out the shadowed forms of Wufei carrying the injured Sally.
"Wait up! How could you just leave me?" She huffed indignantly, stomping to illustrate her point. She hurried after Po and Wufei.
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"You FAILED Metrian!" Metrian knelt before Zechs and involuntarily flinched. Not at the volume of his Lord's voice but at the word FAILED and the emphasis put on it. He had to admit failure was not something he was accustomed to.
"I know my Lord." He kept his head bowed so as not to further anger his Lord with the sight of his face.
"You will find her! Is that clear? I don't care if it takes centuries! I will not have all this hard preparation go to waste." He calmed down a bit. "At least the temple hands don't have her and Treize and Une are dead, so we can make up for this screw up." Zechs left eye twitched as he sat down slowly staring off at nothing in particular.Metrian glanced up fearing the sudden absence of his Lord's un necessary roaring about.
"I will have the power of the phoenix and reshape this world to fulfill my every desire." Zechs laughed manically at the though while Metrian grimaced at his Lords obvious insanity. /I will find you Lynx, even if it DOES take centuries./
And so it came to pass that a certain raven haired girl would haunt his and another's dreams in the years to come. For it wasn't certain when she would return or where she would return,but that she would indeedreturn. Fate would see to it.
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Notes: Um, this was my FIRST story. The rest of it will most likely be continued in POV. Please review and tell me wut u think or give me some ideas as to the timeline here. Because I'll tell you right now I am completely lost when it comes to historical stuff. ESPECAILLY timelines. THe beginning lyrics belong to the people whom own the play "AIDA".Until next time ya'll……..