Broken Wings

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Phoenix yawned, blinking open his eyes as he woke. It was already late in the day, as he had fallen asleep around 4 in the morning having been recording and editing all night. Propping himself up and reaching up to rub the sleep out of his eyes, he suddenly felt a tickling sensation on his face, and fluff as he cleared his vision. Confused, he glanced at his arm.

Phoe blinked, for a moment wondering if he'd been spending too much time on minecraft. His eyes had to be playing tricks on him. After all, there was no possible way he could have a wing was there?

Phoenix closed his eyes again, breathing in deeply, before opening them and looking once more. The bright red feathers were still there. He lifted up his other arm. The fiery plumage was there too.

In silent shock and horror, he reached up ever so carefully to his face, just to be sure. But as soon as his wing made contact, he felt light headed.

He placed a wing on the wall to hold himself up, trying to get a grip of the situation. He had wings, a beak, and everything he just-

There was no way this was happening, no way that this was real.

It was then that he felt the earth, and his bed vanish. Phoenix was falling through the air for only a split second, hitting a small bit of water and then falling onto cold hard stone. Wobbily getting to his feet, he tried to get used to the odd feeling of standing as a bird. This was not what he had imagined being a phoenix was like.

Looking around, his eyes widened as he noticed the wooden boxes floating high up in the sky, noticing one was missing the bottom directly above him. He then realized that the ground beneath him, was his.

"Phoe's Funhouse." The sign read, the credits of the map just below. He had built this map. He had Created this. It was his.

The sound of someone screaming caught Phoenix's attention, and he watched as a Fox fell from a second crate. Mini just barely landed in the water, before crashing onto the ground. The human-like fox dazedly got to his feet, before noticing the bird in front of him.

"Uh... Phoenix? Are you actually a... Phoenix?"

"I could ask you the same question mate, how'd you end up as a fox?"

The orange fluffball glanced back at his tail, before reaching up and feeling his fluffy ears.

"I guess I just woke up like this, and then I was falling. I can't remember much else. I'm pretty sure I went to bed in my own room, so... Wait a second isn't this the minecraft map you built?"

There was loud splash and a thud behind Phoenix, and a blue frog, tongue lolling out of his mouth, rolled across the ground. Not long after, three other people crashed on the stone around the fox and bird.

Jake, Keke and Haze, the humanoid frog, Koala and cat, each looked around them confusedly. Star however was curled into a green and brown ball on the ground, her wings pulled in tightly around her.

"Crap why am I falling why am I falliiiiing!!!!"

Big-B hit the water feet-first and landed on the ground already standing. However, he still looked himself. He looked around at the other six, and then noticed Star to his right.

Walking over to the feathery ball, he reached out and shook her shoulder. There was an audible squeak of terror, and she curled tighter.

"Star it's okay, it's just me."

"B-Big-B? I-is that you?"

She slowly uncurled, sitting up and looking around cautiously. Spotting the crowd of humanoids, she froze.

"W-what the- N-no I have to be dreaming. I'm dreaming, right Big-B? This is a dream right?!"

Phoenix walked over to stand beside Big-B, reaching out a wing to help. Eyes wide, Star took it, but instantly let go.

"No! Phoenix how did you end up... Mini... Haze... Jake... Keke..."

She took his wing once more, standing and turning in a circle as she looked behind her. The brown feathery wings flapped, and she reached back to touch them carefully, squeaking as she realized that everything around her was real...

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So, first chapter pull you in? The next chapters will be longer for sure, and I'd love to hear your feedback as this starts! I'll post the first few chapters right away, and updates will be every Saturday! Enjoy!

~Alice