Fire Of The Phoenix
Disclaimer: I own Phoenix, Si-Shan, and some random characters that wander in.
A/N: This is an AU which takes place when Lady Knight does, but instead of Kel this is my version, which has very little in common with LK, except the stopping of the Scanrans…
Prologue- Origins
Far to the North, a long way past the Copper Isles and even further from the realm of Tortall, there lies a country that the people of the Outside know very little about. It closed its borders over a thousand years ago, for reasons unknown to the rest of the world, and no trading ships or visitors have been in or out of the country since.
Little is remembered of it from the time before it was separated, though many rumours spread periodically through the peoples of other lands, telling tales of the mysterious people of the hidden land. All that is known for certain is that it is an ancient land, filled with tradition and strange practices; Si-Shan, the country of the Firebird.
But in all the time since they closed their borders against outside influence and interference, interest in the land has faded along with knowledge as none left to tell tales. Not a single person in a thousand years. That is, until now.
One special girl in the whole country has managed to escape. But her disappearance has not gone unnoticed by the powers of that realm…