Phoenix: Now we both know that almost everyone hates OC's…trust me.

Skye: But we want you to give this a try and you may find that it's funner with OC's. It means that you can make them do whatever you want without them going OOC.

Phoenix: But the OC in this one is mine. Her name is Alyssa…or Ally or Al. She's fourteen, she has brown hair with a hint of wine red colour in it. Her eyes are brown with a hint of green. She wears three-quarter length combat's and a vest top that is green. She also wears green basketball boots. She DOES know the Storm Hawks although she doesn't live on the Condor with them. Piper is like, her best friend and-

Skye: Okay…enough. Can we let them read now?

Phoenix: ¬_¬…warning…this may get gory, or rude. And I don't just mean mouths…I mean there may be sexual themes in this thing. Don't worry…there will be no actual sex but there will be some pervy stuff.

Skye: ¬_¬…so much for 'enough'…based on a cosplay. Ally's POV

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I laughed. Finn was so annoying but it was downright hilarious to watch Piper freak out and attack him every time he whistled.

Aerrow was directly to my right with Radarr perched on his shoulder. Finn and Piper were in front of us, attacking each other. Piper was obviously winning: Finn was banging his fist on the ground and screaming that he was giving up.

They came and sat next to us, causing a little bug to scuttle out from the grass.

"Ally, I need to talk to you for a second, if that's okay," Aerrow said.

"Okay," I said , hopping to my feet. "I'll be right back, you guys."

I followed him up a trail and Piper and Finn were soon out of eye and earshot. Aerrow stopped and turned to face me.

"Okay…I've decided I'm gonna come clean," he said seriously. "Alyssa…I like you. You know, like, like like you. And I want you to be my girlfriend."

My jaw nearly hit the ground.

"Aerrow!" I said, quite appalled. "What about Piper?"

"As bad as it sounds, screw Piper. I've liked you for to long and I'm not gonna keep Piper there any longer," Aerrow said.

Was I hearing things right?

"Aerrow…Piper really likes you and she's my best friend. There's no way I could do that to her. And think about your squadron," I said. "I can't do that to you guys."

"What's to think about?"

I thought hard for a minute and remembered one of his weaknesses.

"Me…think about me. I'm no Sky Knight and if some random enemy was to come for me…assuming you actually have enemies?"

"I have enemies alright," he said. "Oops!"

He slapped himself.

"Ooh…cat's outta the bag now Aerrow," I teased. "Who are they?"

He was silent for a minute.

"Only the whole Cyclonian race including the Dark Ace," he said.

"Oh…you know, the Dark Ace doesn't scare me at all," I said, waiting to see his reply.

"No, you're right, It's really dangerous. Oh well," he sighed. "At least you know now."

He put an arm around the back of my waist and yanked me forwards.

"Please don't do what I think you're going to do," I said.

His lips met mine and he kissed me. I was going to push away…but found that I melted as soon as we were touching.

I heard a gasp and Aerrow released me. We both turned to see Piper standing there, staring open-mouthed at us. Tears welled up in her eyes and I forced mine to stay down.

"Piper, I swear to you this isn't what it looks like," I said, forcing Aerrow to let me go.

"B-But you…a-and Aerrow. No!" she wailed.

I went to comfort her but she shoved me backwards and ran. I saw her Heliscooter take off and I felt Aerrow's hand on my shoulder.

"Leave her to calm down…she get's upset easily," he said softly.

"I would get upset too if I saw my best friend kissing my boyfriend," I said harshly, shrugging off his shoulder. "I'm going home."

"Let me walk you."

"I know how to get there myself. Good luck explaining this to people!"

I stormed off out of the woods and along the road to my house. I mean. Yeah. I had feelings for Aerrow. But there was no way I was going to do that to her and it had been Aerrow who had moved on me!

I had never been so angry and upset in all my life. I rounded a corner and found that I was in the centre. So I sat down at the water fountain and placed my head in my hands. I was going to have to set things out with Piper. She had to understand. But then it would turn her against Aerrow. Dammit, what was I to do?

I must have sat there for quite some time, thinking, because when I looked up, it was sunset and the sun was half-hidden. A couple beside me were kissing passionately and I secretly thought that they should get a room.

A Skimmer landed in front of me and I didn't really register who was on it…that was until people started screaming and yelling at me to run. I looked up at the silhouetted figure and could see nothing but red eyes. I gasped in realising who it was.

"Your little friend Piper paid me a little visit not ten minutes ago and told me all about the little thing between you and Aerrow. She was begging for my help," the Dark Ace said smoothly.

"No! She's a good person! She wouldn't ask for the help of YOU," I said, trembling.

I guess that I was more afraid of the Dark Ace than I said I was.

"Think again, Alyssa," he said silkily.

I gulped.

"What do you want with me?" I asked, annoyed that the fear showed in my voice and probably my expression to because he looked amused.

"A little trip to Cyclonia will be in order. So are we going to do it the easy way," he pulled out a two foot long blade and activated it so that it fizzed with red energy, "or the hard way?"

My legs were shaking so hard that it was amazing I was still standing. I turned and ran.

"The hard way, I assume," I heard him mutter. "Just the way I like it."

I heard his Skimmer rumbling after me and I dodged a few of his shots. I did a dive-forward roll and hid behind a brick wall, which exploded shortly after, causing a searing pain in my cheek. I felt blood run down my face, but ignored it. I ran faster. I felt a blow to my head with something hard and my vision went cloudy. I fell over and everything was black.

I awoke but didn't open my eyes. Memories flooded back into my mind and I thought it best to keep my eyes shut.

"She should be awake soon. I didn't hit her that hard," I heard the Dark Ace say.

"You always hit them hard," I heard a rough, reptilian voice say. "Remember that young man you killed last week?"

"How could I forget? He was a thorn in my side, the little pest," the Dark ace replied. "I love the way they beg for mercy and scream and-"

He broke off as I stirred. It was my attempt to cover my ears and not listen to what he was saying.

"Finally awake, I see, Alyssa. Repton, you can go now."

I heard a door slam and lock.

Then a voice spoke close to my ear and I flinched, "You can open your eyes now."

I did. I was lying on a damp ground and the Dark Ace was crouched over me. My head started pounding and the gash in my cheek was stinging. I tried to roll over and my body screamed in protest. I let out a little moan of pain and the Dark Ace chuckled darkly.

"Oh, a simple tap to the head and you're in excruciating pain? How pathetic!" he spat. "I can see that you won't last very long in here. Oh well…get up."

I didn't want to show him that I was weak (even though I was) so I tried to sit up. I got as far as to my knees and doubled over. He tutted impatiently and grabbed a fistful of my hair. He yanked me to my feet. I let out a cry of pain and my hands shot to my head to make him let me go. No such luck came to me and I earned myself a hard slap in the face which echoed sharply around the stone granite room.

I opened my eyes and saw those blood red ones staring into mine.

"Piper really is evil, isn't she?"

A few tears escaped my eyes and he wiped them away.

"S-She did this," I said, not really asking.

"Of course she did," he said silkily. "She saw you and Aerrow together and she begged me to do something about it. I asked her what I would get in return. She told me that Aerrow loved you and that was good enough for me. And I thought that the two of you were friends!"

He laughed as more tears streamed down my face. He didn't bother wiping them away this time, but released my hair and let me crumple to the ground at his feet. He laughed again and gave me a hard kick in the stomach then one in the ribs.

"I'll be back tomorrow," he hissed in my ear, before retreating from the room and extinguishing the fire torch next to the door, plunging the room into darkness.

Phoenix: Please review.

Skye: Remember that this is based on a cosplay. I didn't actually kick Phoenix or pull her hair but the Drama department at our old school showed us how to fight for the camera. It was awesome.

Phoenix: Thanks to my very amazing boyfriend who's name I shall not mention although his nickname is Wolverine (because he loves X-Men) for cosplaying Aerrow.

Skye: I was Piper for a little while then I switched to the Dark Ace. But yeah…please review. It would be nice.