Know this, foolish mortal: I do not own Starfox. Everything else is mine. You may use my characters if you wish, with my permission of course. I won't deny you. If you do without my permission, that's fine, but make sure you notify me so I can check out your work. This is rated M for violence in later chapters: you have been warned.

Chapter 1 - Moonshadow

They came out of the black oblivion that was unknown space, speeding through the stars in a ship fit for a god. The size of it was simply impossible to describe in any other words than a black moon. A dark mass that blocked out the sun's life-giving rays and parted the clouds, as though they were frightened of it's terrifying aura. They were not visitors. They did not come in peace. The ones who came to Corneria in a black moon were pirates of supreme might. The Moonshadow, they called themselves. Their intention: the destruction of Corneria.

A man is crying,it takes me to a certain place

Which I just often find

Fox had been awakened with the dawn of a new existance. A dawn devoid of the light and lovingly warm embrace of the sun he had grown to love; to need.

I see a family walking, always thinking

Of being somewere else in time

Yet he no longer had it. It was wrongfully taken from him by the Moonshadow, along with his entire team. Falco, Slippy, Peppy, Krystal, Rob…all dead at the hands the pirate soldiers that now ran about Corneria's capital city.

So I fall face down in a rut

I can't seem to get out of

Fox feared them more than he hated them by a longshot. This was perhapse because of the fact that he could never look into their eyes, which were always hidden behind a helmet and tinted visor. It made them seem soulless and empty; soulless beings have no emotion. Or mercy, for that matter. They were, as Fox had experienced hands-on, invincible; using technology he knew nothing of. Now, as month after torturous month of surviving off scrap and rats he caught crawling about on the floor, he began to realize how lucky he had been; he was lucky to be alive.

Please wake me,

Please give me some of me back

The feelings I had

Here he hid, in an abandoned underground rebel base, avoiding the ominous eye that hung evermore in the sky that burned with dark fire. He only dared to venture outside when absolutely nesessary, but always made his visit under the evil that loomed overhead quick.

Fox rubbed his forehead wearily as he sat up from the uncomfortable bed he now slept on. He flinched as his back popped in several uncomfortable locations; something he was used to, but still didn't have to like. He didn't like a lot of things nowadays. Like having nobody to talk to. The vulpin decided it was time to start a day full of constant anxiety and lonleyness…oh boy. Fox did the usual: brushed his teeth with a toothbrush he had found, took a piss, and grabbed his gear. He was fortunate to have found this rebel base, for it was filled with all manners of weaponry. Blasters, Rifles, grenaids, kevlar armor, and plenty more. Enough to last Fox at least a decade of combat.

Sometimes I wish I could be strong like you,

I doesn't matter…

Each time I wake I'm somehow feeling the truth

I can't handle

Fox looked about his dank home, giving thanks to whatever god might hear him for his blessing: shelter. Then, he stepped into the elevator, punching in the numbers that would take him to the surface. When he reached his destination, he made sure twice over that his photon – rifle was fully charged and ready to blow some pirate-heads off. Stepping into the shadows of the apocolypse above, Fox made his way to the abandoned grocery store to pick up a few things he desperately needed(the most inportant of the was soap) and stealthily return to his base. The city before him was now more of a graveyard consisting of demolished buildings that once stood proud against the sky. It made him think of how easily something of beauty can be destroyed. Then, halfway across the street, Fox spotted a lone Pirate Soldier facing the other direction. He was apparently of higher rank, for his armor was all black, and the others had grey and white. No tail. No skin showing. Nothing, just like all the others. Fox cursed silently, and slunk into the shadows…

Fox hid for a while under the collapsed roof of an old restaurant, being as quiet as…

" Don't move." Fox froze, the hairs on the back of his neck prickled with fear. He turned his head slowly to find that somehow, the sentinal had found him. Damn. Should have kept an eye on him! The pirate had a particularly powerful-looking plasma cannon pointed right between his eyes. He had no intention of provoking it " Fox McCloud?" He asked in a deep, commanding voice. Fox nodded slowly.

" What's it to you?" The pirate chuckled beneath his black visor.

" Not much, considering I could squash you like an insect in this position. All I have to do is pull this trigger, and bang, that would be the story of you." Fox looked at him with questioning and sarcastic eyes.

" Oh? Why don't you just blow my brains out and get it over with then?" He shook his head.

" My orders are to terminate all Cornerian soldiers in the area. Our holy lord Dagon never ordered us to kill mercenaries. As a matter of fact, I used to idolize the Starfox team."

" I guess that's why you became a pirate, huh?" Fox said with some contempt. The soldier only laughed.

" I became a pirate so that I could be with the dominating force rather than against it. That's also one of my orders, actually." He lowered his gun some.

" What orders?"

" Why, to take you into custody. Lord Dagon wants you alive, and I am ordered to keep you that way. Now stand up please." Fox had no choice but to obey. " Start walking" The pirate led Fox back to his personal ship, which was far superior to any arwing Fox had ever seen.

" Hmm…pretty cool." The pirate grinned under his helmet.

" like it? Standard unit for Moonshadow, but still better than anything you furry types have on Corneria. You should feel honored to ride in this. Fox entered the ship with the pirate right behind him. At first, Fox had planned to take the ship himself and leave the pirate stranded. He took one look at the controls, and felt his plan shatter.

" Sit." The pirate commanded, pointing to the seat next to him. To the vulpine's surprise, he made no attempt to bind Fox in any way. But then, there was nothing he could do…until he saw the pirate remove his black helmet. Fox was speechless. " You look troubled, McCloud. Don't be. You won't see too many of my kind operating in the pirate core." This pirate, from another time and place…was a human.

That was chapter 1 for ya. Gimme some reviews quickly, as I wish to know what others think of the beginning. I won't expect too much…no a whole lot is happening right now, but it will.