This is with Sonic fan characters only. If you don't want to read a fanfic with only OCs, don't read this. You'll be missing out on a good story, though. This is the back story for my phoenix character Era.
Eruption
By KikyoTheHedgehog/TrueBlueFlames
Chapter 1
"Hey Chicken!"
"What? Not gonna answer us?"
"We know you can talk, you freak!"
"Say something, or we'll MAKE you say something!"
The four older boys sneered down at the small white form before them, cowering down against the side of her house, staring up at them with terrified pink eyes. This child was around 5 years old, while the four bullies before her were around 9 or 10. When the child didn't answer them, one of them picked up a large stick and raised it menacingly.
"Speak!" The boy commanded, but the child didn't respond. She was too scared to do anything but sit and stare, to scared to even scream for help, her snow white feathers fluffed out like dendilion puffs. The boy scowled at this, and went to slam the sick down on her, but with a burst of wind, the stick was blocked by a pair of golden-yellow feathered arms folded above the protector's head, angry blue eyes staring up at the boy through the space between the arms.
The boys collectively gasped and fumbled backward away from the small, angry yellow bird. "Pick on somebody who can fight back, you big bullies!" She growled, lowering her arms and scowling at the boys. "She's not the chicken, YOU are! You're too scared to pick on anybody else, so you pick on the one bird in the village who can't fight back! Lowest of the low!"
"You tell em, sis!" A childish male voice called from behind the bullies, making them all slowly turn around to face the owner of the voice, the girl's older brother. The four knew they couldn't take these two on, but also knew they couldn't just run away. They refused to run from two kids who were younger than them.
The yellow female was slightly older than the girl they were picking on, at 6 years old, and her brother was just slightly older than her, at 7. Their age didn't stop them from stepping in when the bullies acted up. In fact, most of the adults in the village were terrified of these two children. Unlike the others in the village, these two had a unique power; flaming lightning. It allowed them to have both fire and lightning powers, and combine the two for extra punch. Not to mention their speed.. Most everyone in the village considered them to be demons of some sort.. And were just waiting for them to slip up so they could be banished.
"Get out of here, and mind your own business!" The boy with the stick demanded, swinging his weapon around threateningly. He was obviously the leader of the gang of bullies. The two siblings sighed and rolled their eyes, before each grabbing him by one arm and rocketing him at his house, tossing him through the front door, the boy kicking and screaming and swinging his stick all the while.
They flew back to the other three, who then ran for their leader's house, screaming like little girls. The pair of siblings landed infront of the cowering child, the girl kneeling down and gently petting her. "It's alright.." She cooed, "They're gone."
The small white girl squeaked softly at the older girl's touch, looking at her sheepishly.
"Go on inside now." The older boy said, "Have your mother clean you up. Those meanies got your pretty white feathers all dirty."
The small albino phoenix squeaked in response and darted into her house, nearly tripping in the process. The two siblings looked at each other and sighed, shaking their heads. "When will they learn?"
"Dunno." The girl replied, before giggling at her brother. He had somehow managed to get leaves and twigs tangled up in his sky blue feathers. Probably from when they were racing in the forest earlier.
"What? What's so funny?"
"Your feathers!" She laughed, "You're a mess!"
The boy blinked and looked himself over, chuckling when he saw he had taken part of the forest back with him. He took a twig out his feathers and plunged it into his sister's firey bangs, so it stuck straight out like a horn. "Yeah, and now you're an alicorn!"
The female phoenix looked up, crosseyed, to see the stick, making her brother laugh. She then got on all fours, neighed like a horse and trotted around him, wings unfolded slightly, head held high. "I am Alicorn Era! Look at my prettiness!"
This just had her brother laughing harder, to where he was having trouble standing. She then struck a pose like a horse standing up on it's hind legs, braying loudly, "You may now worship me, puny pheonix!" at which the blue phoenix fell over into the dirt of the village, laughing hysterically.
Era laughed, taking the twig out of her hair and flicking it off to the side, grinning at her brother. The two, Ember and Era, were inseparable; they were always together, ever since Era's egg was laid, Ember never left her side. They slept together, ate together, played together, even bathed in the volcano together. You never saw one without the other. Ever. Even if one was in trouble and being punished, the other took the punishment as well, even if they weren't the one in trouble.
After several minutes of laughing, the two looked at the sky, noticing it was starting to get dark. The two looked at each other and nodded, not needing words to know they should head home. Hand in hand, the two walked home to their parents. At bed time, they snuggled together in their bed and went to sleep, their wings wrapped around each other like a cocoon.
3 years later…
"Can't catch me, sis!" Ember whooped, flying through the trees of the forest with incredible speed, easily dodging the trees with grace and agility. On his tail was Era, who was managing to keep up with him, dodging trees just as skillfully as her brother.
"We'll see!" She replied, grinning, reaching out for his foot, which was just an inch or two out of the grasp of her fingertips. "Just a little more.." She beat her wings harder, inching a bit closer, only for Ember to smirk and blast far ahead of her, rocketing out of the forest, right into the village, a loud sonic boom sounding, the trees around him were blown down, and the houses in his path were blown apart from the wind his newfound incredible speed produced. Era came to a screeching halt when she saw what had happened, eyes wide. Before she knew it, Ember had circled back around to her, and hovered beside her, not having yet seen what he had done. "What? What's with the face?"
"Ember.. Look what you did..!" Era breathed, staring at the wreckage. Ember turned and looked, a gasp escaping the ten year old. "Oh crap."
"Ember Pheonix.. Your punishment for destroying part of the village.. By demand of the village.. Is exile." The chieftain pheonix boomed before the whole village, Ember standing solemnly beside him. "You must leave this village and never come back."
"No!" Era shrieked, and moved to run to her brother, but was grabbed by her father and held back. "We cannot defy the chieftain." He said quietly, sternly.
"Ember can't be exiled! It was an accident!" Era cried, "If he's going to be exiled, I should too! It's my fault, too! We were racing! You can't separate us!"
The chieftain looked at her, eyes dull. "This is your punishment, as well. Separation from your brother. You will stay here, while he must leave."
"You can't do this!"
"Era.." Ember sighed, head lowering. He walked over to his family, the village drilling hateful looks into him with every step he took. He hugged her, eyes filling with tears. "Please.. Stay here.. Being outside the village is dangerous.. There's enemies of the pheonix that lurk below the volcano, that will not hesitate to kill you if they see you."
"B-But Ember.. They'll kill you, too!" Era cried into his shoulder, "Take me with you.. Nobody can hurt us if we're together.. Those stupid Kitsune won't dare mess with us.. Please.."
"I'm sorry, Era.. Orders are orders.. And I want you to be safe." Ember quietly replied, burying his face in her hair. "And so I have to leave you here.. I'm sorry."
Before she could protest any more, Ember was gone with a burst of wind.
"Ember!" Came the heartbroken scream, tears streaming down her face, both of her parents grabbing her and holding the struggling pheonix back by her arms. "EMBER! Don't leave me! Don't leave me behind! Ember!" Her legs gave out from under her, tears streaming down her face, head lowering as she sobbed, her voice wracked with pain. "Ember.."
The phoenixes all looked from one to another, regret and sadness on their faces. What had they just done?
Hello! Yet another story, from me! LOL
Anyway, I hope you all will like this one, despite it not having the blue blur and friends in it. I know I'm not a very good writer, but I still enjoy writing, and I hope you all will leave reviews/comments on what you think so far.
And before anyone comments on the rivalry mentioned here, I have a tribe of phoenixes who live near the top of the volcano, and a tribe of Kitsune who live at the bottom of the volcano. The two tribes are enemies.
Yes, this volcano has a large forest covering most of it, spare when it gets closer to the peak.