Note as of 2004: Forgive much of the writing and plot and immature thought processes in this story, please; I wrote it back in. 1999? 2000? Something like that. It's been a while and I'm older, more mature, and more improved now. With that in mind, enjoy Phoenix Heart!

Foreword - AKA: A Very Long Author's Note, Plug, Random Info, and Other Miscellaneous Drys.

"Phoenix Heart" bears need for more explanation than the skimpy summary allowed in FFN. It's based off of an original freeform roleplaying game called Shadow Star, played through email, without dice. You can find out more about SS, or join it if you'd like, at /.

The only characters that are mine in this story are Tyrona, Kylranal, Geribec, Kiranna, and Kenral. Geribec and Kenral are up for adoption to roleplay at Shadow Star. If you join SS, and want to roleplay one of the characters in this story, just ask. (Jessamyn and Ashalle are taken, however) Flaren is not taken, and I would love to have a good writer/roleplayer (the two usually go hand-in-hand) to roleplay him. The characters are all my own creation, with the exceptions of Ryntan, Marcath, Jessamyn, Shay, Ashalle, and Shaytenelle.

An explanation of bond names- all phoenixi names end in -nal, all dragon names end in -lle, and all flamecat names end in -nal. There are other bond species as well (dolphins, kraenon, equines, maricorns, gryphons, etc) which aren't mentioned in "Phoenix Heart."+

Symbols you need to know!

{{Text in double curly brackets indicates private thoughtspeech spoken by a bondcreature to their bond.}}

{Text in single curly brackets indicates public telepathy spoken by a bondcreature.}

[[Text in straight brackets indicates telepathy spoken by a humanoid to their bond. Only telepaths can 'path to beings other than their bond.]]

~~Text in double tildes indicates telepathy spoken by a god.~~

~Text in single tildes indicates humanoid-to-humanoid telepathy, such as through the Council link.~

_Italicized text in underscores indicates private thoughts._

This is how things are in "Phoenix Heart," anyway. They are mostly the same in Shadow Star, although some people use double tildes (~~) for humanoid-to-bond speech or vice-versa. It varies from player to player.

Well, enough of the major Shadow Star plug. The story is far more interesting, believe me. Enjoy "Phoenix Heart."

Sounasha

AKA: Danielle, Dani, Danni, ~D, Sasha, and Tyrona