Ha! Here it is just as I promised. Sorry it took so long, I was getting picky with some last minute editing.

Anyway, this is an illustration for my poem, of the same name, which was posted yesterday: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1382721/ Please read it, please do.

The header is a snippet from the original poem of course and the illustration is from Fox McCloud's stanza.

I feel like I owe some people an explanation, several explanations in fact.

First of all, the presence of General Pepper... He wasn't a pilot, this is true, but this isn't an Arwing mission, is it? I'd imagine he is a sort of ambassador or diplomat accompanying team Starfox. He winds up in the same trouble as them however. Pepper is a mystery to me, I don't know that much about him except he usually seems to give the missions to the team...

Anyway, onto the next query: Falco... He's not really to blame for much of this, even so he feels very guilty. His 'familiarity' aforementioned in the previous submission, with the planet was that he was in fact an escaped 'criminal' from the planet. He escaped many years ago and the turmoil of the planet kept officials from pursueing him. Falco feels that its his fault the team is in its predicament, but that's not true. The team is being prosecuted because of its attempts to restore peace, the fact that Falco is in league with them and that he's a convict only heightens their sentence, but his absence would not have removed it. Even so Falco feels terrible. Clouds Parted hardly makes things better when he forces him to watch as his friends are tortured before the Restoration. He is then forced into a chamber with Fox as the Restoration begins. When and why Falco became wanted all those years ago is still a mystery. Falco is the first to succumb to "Complete Restoration" by which I mean he becomes an egg again.

Fox clutches Falco's egg and hopes against hope for something, anything to save Falco.

Another thing, Peppy's presence, I know he left in one of the games, can't remember which, but this story must be taking place after the events of "Starfox Adventures," but before Peppy leaves.

Now, the absence of Slippy and Krystal, they are here, they did accompany them, but they weren't captured. They're basically the team's only hope for survival.

The events are out of order, mind, and the regression is hardly mentioned at all. I am fond of the picture though, comments are welcome.

The rest of the story has yet to be written, but I found that this method of storytelling is fun and effective. I may continue this with another poem and another illustration soon.

But before that I must finish several people's Requests.