CHAPTERS

Prologe: Betrayal?

The deformed, yellowish sun of planet Kamelia slowly emerged to commence a new day. The minutes accelerated, and so did Fox McCloud's heart. He was sent to this "paradise" in order to complete a very dangerous task: to find the missing Krozoa Spirit that was holding Dinosaur Planet on his last mission. Why another one...? Why didn't it show up when I was at that mission? said the orange-colored fox. That Krozoa Spirit was released and it never came back... and it was the most important one. Dinosaur Planet, as Fox liked to call it, exploded because of this missing spirit, and just a little floating piece remained. The survivors blamed Fox for not completing the mission, and that made Fox feel guilty and bad, because all the dinosaurs, except the Thorntails, died. The queen AND king of the Earthwalkers, Tricky... everyone.

"I'm just glad that Krystal didn't --" Fox was interrupted by the blue vixen, Krystal McCloud, now married to Fox.
"You are glad of what?" said Krystal as she prepared two cups of coffee on the kitchen.
"I was about to say that I'm glad that you didn't die in Dino Planet," said Fox. He lowered his head and sighed.
"Oh, dear," said Krystal in a saddish tone, "just forget about Dino Planet. Just complete the mission and you'll see how you'll forget!"
"I can't... I just can't! I mean, I killed everyone in there! My friends, everyone!" cried Fox.

Krystal gave Fox the coffee she prepared. She smiled and petted Fox in the head, and looked into his eyes.

"You'll remember my words one day," she said.

Suddenly, the Great Fox made a stop. The gigantic space ship was in bad shape and it seriously needed treatment, but the crew didn't have time for that.

"Fox! We're here, prepare for landing!" Yelled Slippy Toad, the green toad, "Remember to bring your maps, guys! This is a new planet!"

"Krystal, before you leave, come to the meeting room," announced Peppy Hare, the oldest of them all.

Krystal nodded and stood up. As she walked towards the meeting room, Fox standed up and followed her, too. When she entered the room, she looked to both sides and then walked in. The door closed automatically, so Fox didn't have time to enter. He just tried to litsen the conversation.

"Girl, I have good news,"
"What?"
"Okay, you said you wanted a daughter right?"
"Yes, yes I did!"
"You HAVE one! But the results showed she is not a purebred fox, she is mixed with a wolf... are you sure Fox is your only companion?"
"..."

Fox's eyes opened, widely. He ran towards his room and awaited for Krystal's arrival. He had tears in his eyes and was really mad.

Krystal breathed in and out, and then opened the door.

"Fox...?" she faintly said.
"Is that true?" Fox said firmly.
"...Fox don't get ma--"
"WHAT do you mean by 'don't get mad'? I mean, I heard everything in there. If I find out who's that wolf I'll take care of him myself. Now, go on and get out of here, we have to get dressed."
"..." Krystal went walking out of the room with her head lowered.

As Fox started to get dressed the ship made a strange noise comming from the engine, growing and growing each time more, until the Great Fox felled down, falling into the unknown of Planet Kamelia...

End of Prologe

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Chapter 1: Planet Kamelia

The Great Fox made a catrastophic crash in the center of Sharon, Planet Kamelia's main city. The gigantic space ship broke into pieces, but the crew didn't get harmed. Fox McCloud, the leader of the team, ran desesperately for oxygen, since they were covered with smoke, and everyone did the same. The only crew member who got "harmed" was R.O.B., the robot, and it didn't survive. Krystal started to call Falco Lombardi, the hawk, since he didn't appear anywhere.


"Falco! Falco! Where are you?" yelled and yelled the blue vixen, searching for her friend.

As she runned, she tripped over a group of rocks... could Falco be there? She started to remove the rocks and called Fox for help. Fox attended Krystal immediately, while the other members of the team searched for a place to look for help.

"Falco, is that you?! Talk to me!" said Fox.
"*Cough, cough... who... who are you?" said him.
"You're not Falco... you're... you're..." Fox tried to recognize the figure but he couldn't.
"Dylan Wolff!" Krystal yelled in exitement, but remembered about Fox and then blushed. "...n-nice to meet you here."
"Krystal... *cough. What are you doing here sweetheart?" said the black, white and grey wolf, who had beautiful yellowish eyes.

Fox's eyes changed completely, from a serious look to a furious look. He took out his sniper and pointed to the wolf's head.

"Is this that wolf Krystal McCloud?" Fox said looking at Dylan at the eyes.
"Fox, let him go! It was my fault... Do you want me to tell you everything?!" Krystal begged for mercy.

Fox lowered the gun and closed his eyes.

"Yes," Fox said.

"O.K., it all started months ago... I was waiting for you while you were on your job, fighting Andross. When you discovered I was pregnant, you told me to stay at the Great Fox. So I was alone, but suddenly someone knocked the door, and I thought it was you... so I asked, 'Who is this?' and that someone replied that he was in desesperate need of food, so I opened the doors and he was crawling inside, so I helped him." Krystal paused and took a sighed. "Then, what it seemed hours appeared to be days, and then months and you still weren't home yet. So he and I fell in love and..."

Fox's heart started to beat faster when Krystal made that sudden stop. He stood up and looked at Krystal.

"I can imagine what happened next," Fox sadly said. Krystal walked towards Fox and hugged him, and almost as a whisper she said, "Sorry."

Dylan stood up also, and when he did, Fox noticed that Dylan was taller than him. Dylan also was more muscular than Fox, and it had better looks, so Fox thought that maybe that was the reason why Krystal fell in love. Fox didn't say anything for a moment, he just smiled and then started to walk towards the town.

"C'mon, you two," yelled Fox, "We need a hotel to stay in."

Krystal made a deep breath and then walked. Dylan walked behind her also, and soon everyone else followed Fox. Then, all of a sudden, a figure appeared at the distance, running towards them. It seemed pretty much like a hawk, and a blue one... could it be Falco? It was! Fox ran towards him also, and soon everyone did.

"Ah, I'm glad to see you all guys," Said Falco with a big grin. "So, whatcha doin'?"
"'Whatcha doin'? We were worried about you! Weren't you in the accident?" asked Slippy.
"No, what accident? ... Okay, what just happened to the Great Fox?!" said Falco when he saw the ship.
"So if you weren't there... who was the blue bird that was with us?!" said Peppy in confusion.
"Weird," said Krystal, "I remember that same bird walking to the engine this morning when I was making coffee."

Everyone started to think about what happened. When Falco looked to the right, he saw a blue bird, exactly as he was, that was getting off the Great Fox and started to run.

"Hey, hey, hey! Stop right there!" yelled Falco.
"What was that!?" said Fox.
"I know that guy! He seems oddly familiar!" yelled Falco. "AFTER HIM!"

Everyone started to run after him. As they ran through the dry desert, they noticed that they were getting closer to the town. Suddenly the figure dissapeared, and the all ended up in a house. The owner of it, a white, innocent-looking female hare looked scared because of their dramatic entrance.

"...Can I help you, sirs and ma'am?" said the hare.
"Have you seen a hawk just like me?" said Falco.
"Yes, he just passed by," said the hare, "by the way, my name is Bunni Yatkani, at your service!" said Bunni.
"Okay Bunni, see you soon." said Fox. They got out of the house and then started to run again.


When they were almost catching him again, the floor opened by surprise and a giant, dragon-like creature, emerged from the sand. With a loud roar, the creature started to walk towards the team.

"Everyone, guns out!" commanded Fox. "FIRE!"

All of them started to shoot at the creature, but they had no luck... when all hope was fading, Dylan took out a big blaster and shoot the creature at the head, and exploded... it fell to the ground, motionless. It was surely dead.

Everyone started to clap and cheer for what Dylan had done, except for Fox, he knew there was something ackward about this wolf...

END OF CHAPTER 1