[DO: Sorry to everyone for beginning with just a bit about 3 chars, I felt crappy enough about it to actually write the first story part freehand (freewrite, whatever..), hope ya like it. I'm just freewriting listening to Crash Warped music on YouTube. Enjoy Chapter 1: Crude Beginnings. BTW - I'm a bit of a Crash Nerd, so you can be certain that all of the canon stuff is researched and spelled right 'n stuff like that]

The Chaos Crystals of Armageddon

Chapter 1: Crude Beginnings

As the sun rose on N. Sanity Island, something seemed out of the ordinary to Crash. As he sat up in his bed and pulled on his jeans he still pondered just what could be so out of place. It took him until he sat down for breakfast until he could figure it out. He was not alone in his house. There was no 'intruder' so to speak, it was an old aquaintance of Crash's but what bothered him is just what they were doing there.

Crash didn't eat his N-Core*** brand Wumpa Flakes at the kitchen table, but at the one conveniently placed in the living room before the decently sized TV. The thing that first hinted to Crash that there was someone there wasn't that there was a sleeping bag in front of the TV, nor was it that there was an abnormal amount of steam coming from the shower, it was that there was one less Wumpa in Crash's basket then that he had left since the day before. (After he finished his Wumpa Flakes) Crash went to the bathroom door, knocked and when no one answered, opened the door and walked in.

A rather feminine silhouette was cast over Crash's shower curtain. Crash, even after over 10 years*, recognized the figure as that of his ex, Tawna Bandicoot. He had heard that she and Pinstripe Potoroo had been having relationship troubles, but he didn't think it was bad enough for her to come to his house. There was a short pause followed by the squeak of the water being torn off. Crash tried to leave, but couldn't get out fast enough. Just as soon as he turned away, the full form of Tawna appeared before him as she thrust open the curtain.

She would later regret it as she shrieked in surprise to find Crash standing in the middle of the bathroom. "(Crash's speech will be 'auto-translated' in ittalics fo you) Tawna, what are you doing in my house after all of this time. And in such...undress?" Crash asked with his arm over his eyes as Tawna put a towel over herself. Her reply was as Crash would have expected, "Well, ya see Crashy, it wasn't working with Pinstripe and you're the only decent guy left on the island and I needed a place to stay while I found myself some work, you know how it is out there." Actually, Crash didn't know how the world of working was. He only really 'worked' when Cortex attacked and his 'pay' was donated by fans and rescuees. He never had to deal with finding a job before.

Tawna and Crash walked out of the bathroom to find Coco standing in the doorway, a surprised look sat on her face. It changed to distaste as she addressed Tawna, "What're you doing here? I though you and that uptight (-mumbling-) Pinstripe were off together somewhere north of here." Tawna explained that she and Pinstripe had come to the beach for a vacation and on the last day Pinstripe decided to dump Tawna and return up north alone. She spent almost an entire day wandering around the coast until she found Crash's house, she had helped herself to a night's sleep (she didn't want to disturb Crash in the middle of the night) and took a shower that morning to wash of the 'trail'.

Coco didn't appear to be fully satisfied but Crash coaxed her down to a relatively calm state while Tawna got dressed in the guest bedroom (it used to be Coco's before she moved out**). At the time of Tawna's return, Aku Aku came in to see what was going on. Again Tawna had to retell her story and again Crash had to coax down his friend to make it easier to believe her story.

They had a good reason to listen to Crash, out of the five of them Crash was the one who saw Pinstripe at his worst. He knew how ruthless the potoroo could be. Especially if he had his tommy gun cleaned and loaded.

After everything was explained and accomodations were made for Tawna in Crash's house, the group went outside to see what was going on with the rest of N. Sanity Island. Coco's peace was short lived when they saw a male bandicoot coming towards them at a decent rate. His name was Kuruoshii and he seemed to like Coco, which didn't really sit well with everyone else. Not to mention that he worked for VonClutch in MotoWorld.

* I am not counting Crash: Boom, Bang! as part of the canon storyline b/c it was made by a third-party developer, and not many fans really like it...

** The pink house in Titans is believed to be Coco's house. If it isn't, it is now. Also (though not in canon story), Crunch has moved out of Crash's house to have more room for his weights 'n stuff...

*** A little bit of an Easter Egg, N-Core is a company made by Cortex, the logo is seen only in Crash Warped in the Secret Warp Room on the walls of the Lab Assistant Generator.

[DO: Lemme know what you think of it so far. Next up, 'Chapter 2: Return to MotoWorld? No way!'. Was that enough Tawna for everyone?]