Author's Note: This is the SEQUEL to A New Breed and now that I've started on it I realize that it will most likely be a much more in depth look at the characters I introduced in the original story as well as a story to take a new point of view at the lives of everyone's favorite furry superheroes. I just hope that this one will be more interesting then my badly written original story. J


Slowly Anna's eyes crept open, where was she? Glancing around she saw nothing but blackness. " Crystal? Melody? Stella? Hello?" No answer came from the darkness. Her eyes widened as she remembered what had happened, "LUMO! IF THIS IS ANOTHER TRICK OF YOUR'S…"

"Quiet, Anna," a gentle voice interrupted her. "You are safe and Lumo is gone for good."

Anna sat up and turned around, almost afraid to see if the voice belonged to who she thought it did. Behind her stood a middle aged roadrunner, her white feathers stood out against the surrounding blackness and a smile graced her face, "Welcome, daughter."

"Mom!" Tears filled Anna's eyes and she jumped up and threw her arms around the once familiar roadrunner before her. Anna's mother wrapped her arms around her child as Anna cried on her shoulder. Finally Anna pulled away and stared into her mother's face, "But I thought you were dead."

"Anna, you of all people should know that nothing is ever as it appears to be."

Laughing slightly, Anna let go of her mother and stepped back, "So what am I? I thought I was dead, but I'm definitely not, so what happened?"

"I saved you. As you know, no being can survive very long with all of the powers of the elements inside of them."

"Right, but I thought that there was no way to save a being who had taken in all of the powers."

"Not true. It is possible, but only for those with powers similar to ours."

"Oh." Anna slowly sat down, back to her mother, on the ground, wrapping her arms around her slim legs.

"What is it, Anna?"

"What's going to happen to me now?" She glanced back at her mother, "How long have I been gone?"

"Not long."

"How long?"

"Two weeks."

"That's long enough, mom. I don't know if I can go back, or even if I want to. Can I even go back? I mean, you "died" over fifteen years ago and you never came back."

Her mother sighed and sat down beside her daughter and then she snapped her fingers. The entire room was filled with light and Anna had to cover her eyes, having grown accustom to the subtle lighting. When she could see again her eyes widened, "But this is, this is…"

Her mother nodded, "Home."

"But the castle was destroyed!"

"Yes, but this is a replica made by a friend of mine, we're on a virtual network."

"So our home really is gone?"

"Yes. That's why I stayed here. Besides our home being gone I thought you and Lumo were dead, but I later found out you were still alive. Unfortunately, that was five years later and by then…"

"...Lumo was evil and I no longer had my memory."

"Right. I couldn't ruin your new life and I never wanted to see my traitorous son again."

"I still love him, mom."

"Lumo?"

"Yes, even though he tried to steal my powers, hurt my friends, and blocked my memory. I still remember him as the sweet big brother who took me for my first flight, always told me what was going on when no one else would, and who shared his candy with me on Methora."

Her mother smiled at the memory of the long ago holiday, "Yes, you always did love Methora. Anna, now that you're awake, you must rejoin your friends or else your life will be gone. They will have new lives and you will feel like a burden to them if you return."

"I want to stay here, like you."

"But you're not like me Anna. You've been gone only a few days, you can take back your life."

"No mom. I know the girls' hearts and, even though they never came out and said it, they want to join the Loonatics. If I came back on the scene, well, I don't want to stay in that city. All those people, mom, even without my wind powers it just makes me feel so, exposed."

"Without your wind powers?"

A slight blush graced Anna's cheeks, "When I felt my powers leaving my body and going back to their original owners I wrapped my powers of wind and light around fire. I couldn't let those powers die for another hundred years. I gave them to Rev. I sensed that the Loonatics would need them."

"Anna, be that as it may, you can still take those powers back. If this boy is willing, he can give them up."

"I know, well, if I don't make any other contact I have to find Rev."

Her mother nodded and smiled lightly at her daughter, "Good luck, Anna, and remember, I'll be only a call away."

"Mom?"

"Yes?"

"One more thing before I go. Lumo said that the unlimited power was passed down from mother to daughter."

"Well, that's not exactly true, Annie," said her mother, reverting to Anna's old nickname. "The power is given to the chosen ruler, but the power can show itself at any age before 10. Only one child may receive it in a generation."

"Does that mean that my daughter will receive it?"

"Daughter or Son."

"So it's not just a girl thing."

"Right, for the last four rulers it has been given to a female, which is why he believed that it was limited to girls. He was enraged to find that his baby sister would be given the crown while he remained in the shadows."

"But mom, I never wanted to rule!"

"It didn't matter if you wanted to or not. The power chose the ruler, which is why I took the throne instead of my sister."

"Aunt Christa was older than you?"

"By two years."

"Wow."

"Back to the topic of your children, yes. Even though they will never sit on the throne, your descendents will receive the powers of our line."

Anna sighed sadly, "But I know nothing of my powers. My training never even began because by the time I reached that age, we had already been attacked."

"Anna, there must be a way you can learn to use your powers."

Anna's eyes lit up. "What if you moved to Inasa? The girls are long gone and the planet is uninhabited. We could live there together, mother and daughter, you could teach me how to use my powers and I can keep you company."

"What about this boy…Rev?"

"Mom, he has light and wind powers; he could travel to Inasa and back in about ten minutes."


Rev stared out the window over the vast city of Acmetropolis, Thousands of creatures, each living out their hopes and dreams, but I can never live mine. He sighed and reached out with his powers, feebly grasping at a passing breeze. He has realized a few days ago that Anna's powers had come to reside in him and he was trying to do the things she had told him about, but it was obvious that Anna had learned these skills over the years. He tried again to reach out to the wind, but it was no use.

Rev closed his eyes and leaned back on the couch. He was all alone here. Everyone was off doing something. Even Crystal and Tech were out walking in the park, talking about Anna no doubt. Crystal was hit so hard by the loss of her friend and it still surprised Rev a little that Tech and her got along so well. Crystal was so much more like him, well, like he used to be.

Opening his eyes again he jumped up from his seat. Anna was leaning on the kitchen counter!

"What in the world?!"

"Hi Rev!"