w00h00!
YES!
That was seriously cool. I really like phoenixes, but I'd never really thought of it being that way before. Origional. Also, I liked the way that you worked in a lot of the old legends about properties of phoenixes (The feather colors, the tears' healing properties, etc.) Good stuff. This is nice. Keep up with the short stuff.
Off to read the next one!
_Ahrar