The Chosen Phoenix II

Chapter 1- The "Hero" of Elliot Village

' Hey, Lesley! Lookin' good today! ' 

Jyn Lesley waved as Elliot Village's blacksmith waved a wrinkly hand at her. She smiled as Leckeo trotted beside her proudly.

It had been the best day of her life... well, it's been the best day of her life ever since she had saved the world from Asuss Quet, a dark warrior and former friend of the former Chosen Phoenix, Gunnar Lesley. She reminded everyone of him, especially Anthony Elliot, the Leader of Elliot Village. She had brown hair and pure brown eyes, as pure as the healthy bark of a tree in a sunny forest.

As Jyn settled down in her cottage, she plopped into bed, smiling.

' So, this is our life now, Leck, ' she said as Leckeo settled down on his bed.

' Jyn! ' a tall good- looking man barged in all of a sudden, causing Jyn to let out a yell and roll of her bed.

' Has anyone ever taught how to knock?! ' she groaned irritably, scowling at the figure standing at the entrance of the house. ' And you just opened the front door without knocking and rushed here to barge? Did you knock down the dining chair that stood in the way? '

' No, and sorry but this is urgent and exciting news! ' the man said. He stepped closer to help Jyn up.

Jyn, still scowling, stood up and looked straight into Ben Copper Jr.'s blue eyes. Ben sighed and smiled at her knowingly.

' Alright, alright. What's going on? ' Jyn said.

' There has been a few problems going on, and I was wondering maybe you could help them. But before you say anything else— ' he said. But before he could even finish, Jyn let out a, ' Yes! ' and leaped high into the air, nearly bumping into the ceiling. 

' What is it! I wish it's sky pirates! O- or maybe even trolls! O- or giants! Ice giants! Earth giants? Water giants! Ooh, ooh! Maybe those monsters could be undead, making it more challenging! Undead ice giant, that should make sense. Whatever undead creature... oh! Maybe even werewolves! Weird looking seals? '

' Uhh, Jyn, it's none of that— '

' Sorry can't talk now gotta save the world now bye! ' and with that, she was off. Leckeo had raced out to catch up with her. Ben slapped his forehead, heaving a huge sigh.

Meanwhile, Jyn was running around the village, looking for anything that seems unusual, or hearing anyone shout—

' Help! ' Jyn heard a voice behind her, she spun around, ready for whatever crazy obstacle was about to come, and there, standing in front of her, was a quivering woman pointing at the roof of her house with a quivering finger. Jyn looked up and let out a gasp. There was a toddler laughing as if he was at a playground and was about to jump off the roof.

' My child! ' the woman gasped. Jyn turned to face her then she turned back, smirking.

Heading towards a nearby tree, Jyn slowed down to wait for the correct moment before boosting her speed and she leaped high into the air, bouncing off the tree and caught the toddler just as he was about to fall. She landed safely with full care. The child was still laughing, his eyes that stuck to his chubby face roved over to Jyn's eyes. She smiled. Letting the child onto his feet, he ran towards the mother. The mother let the exact same gasp and nearly fainted. She picked up her child and hurried over to Jyn.

' Thank you! Oh, thank you! God bless you, thank you, thank you! ' she breathed, struggling to catch up with her breath as she walked away due to her continuous thanking. Jyn chuckled nervously and turned to the rest of the villagers who had been watching. They were cheering for her. Jyn smiled proudly as Leckeo stopped and sat down beside her. 

Jyn felt just like the moment when she returned to the village from the core of the Earth. Ben strolled towards her.

' I guess maybe that was action. Previously I was actually referring to Jill who ran out of toilet paper. ' he chuckled. Jyn gave him a great look of disgust.

To Jyn, that had seemed like a bad luck when Ben said those words, navies for the next few days, she hadn't really saved any lives yet. Like...

' Hello, young lady... c- can you help m- me get my glasses over there? ' an old woman had stammered as she lifted a shaky finger towards her pair of tiny glasses...

' Uhh, which glasses? ' Jyn saw nothing on the table that the old woman was pointing at. Just then Jyn realised the glasses the old woman was looking for was on top of her head. 

Groaning, Jyn sweared a few words under her breath, closely followed by a sigh. There was another time where she had been mistaken as a babysitter to a couple, ending her up chasing the naughty little baby who kept messing the house... and so on and so forth...

' That's it! I can't take it anymore! ' Jyn groaned as she fell backwards onto her bed. Leckeo leaped up to sniff her black hooded, long- sleeved sweater and let out a grunt of disgust.

' I know... also, what you're smelling is the milk that baby spat on me... '

Leckeo yelped and took a glance at Jyn's stained sweater. He leaped of her bed and headed to his water bowl to swallow great gulps of water, forcing him to choke.

' Hey, Jyn, how is it— oh yeah I forgot to knock at the front door again... ' Ben opened her door. Jyn sighed a ' it's okay ' and walked out of her room, past Ben into the dining room.

' What's with the stains on your— oh... uhh... ' Ben paused to belch, and continued, ' maybe you should wear that grey sweater I gave you last year, I'll wash this... '

The grey sweater wasn't much, it was just a plain old, but thick and comfy sweater. Jyn put on the sweater and handed her hoodie to Ben. Closing the front door behind her, Jyn heard Ben let out a loud groan of disgust. She sighed and went back into her room.

' Guess I'm just the " Hero " of Elliot Village. The " Hero " who saves minor things... I shouldn't even call myself a hero actually. '

Jyn roved her eyes over to the empty stand. Just at that moment, Jyn's expression changed to a lucky excited feeling as Axel, her pet phoenix and, of course, a former pet to Gunnar, swooped in and landed comfortably on the stand.

' Axel! Where have you been? ' Jyn gasped excitedly as she rushed out of bed and across the tiny room to stroke Axel's warm feathers. Axel chirped a lovely song as he looked at his empty bowl that balanced tightly at the corner of his stand.

' Oh yeah... Ben caught a rabbit for you, Leck. And I've got some bits of vegetables and seeds for you, Ax ( Axel was no ordinary bird. As a phoenix, he could eat almost anything ). Ben's washing my sweater right now at the moment... wait let me get your food... ' Jyn went out of the room and returned a moment later with a small packet of bits and pieces of vegetables and seeds, on the other hand a dead rabbit for Leckeo. Leckeo sniffed and shot his head up from his tiny, circular bed, then he leaped out and grabbed the rabbit from Jyn's hands. Jyn then poured the vegetables and seeds into Axel's bowl. Axel turned and immediately started picking on them.

For the next few hours, Jyn watched her two pets eat and then they all fell asleep together.