AN: This is just something that came to me one night. I hope you like it. I own nothing. I want nothing but feedback.

And now.

Rising

Somewhere in this dark and unforgiving world where everyone lives in terror, where members of a radical oppressing government rule, where my kind hide in fear for their lives, those that I loved still live.

Somewhere in that world, snow blows in the desert.

A man sees everything from rose colored, stained glass.

A man with an accent plays cards.

A blue man vanishes.

A girl runs through walls.

A boy turns to ice.

A man, who is half beast, wanders lost in the memory of his beloved, whom he fears perished.

A young woman searches for that beast, the only man she has ever loved, though their skin can never meet.

I watch a leaves and dust are whipped through what was once my home, a place that was fit for kings and queens, but was merely a safe-haven for terrified children. It is now reduced to rubble.

I can no longer stand what this world has become, and I am strong enough now not to have to. No one knows of my existence, not even those I was closest to. Who I was would seek for a peaceful way to resolve what has happened. Who I am now demands vengeance, and the destruction of those who harmed our peaceful way of life. Those that I love will no longer have to hide in the shadows and run from the ignorant!

Somewhere, in what was Westchester County, in the desolate remains of a once magnificent mansion, a being whose power is matched by none, takes flight to right the wrongs and finish the fight that was started so long ago.

By the light of the moon, the Phoenix rises.