Taylor's Past: Chapter 1

The Bitter Beginning

The night air was cold and the breeze blew through the forest, making the trees wave in the wind. There were barely any clouds in the sky, making the stars shine brightly and the moon glimmer above.

12 year old Rose Mary Fox, the five tailed fox, sat on the windowsill of her room. She had light red/pink hair and red fur with black forearms and legs below the knees. She had shining green eyes and she wore a white nightgown that almost reached her ankles.

She stared at the sky, looking for "her star."

Rose finally spotted a dazzling light blue star in the sky, on the right side of the moon, which made her smile. She reached her hand out for it, but it was too far away to touch. Her smile faded and she pulled her hand back with a sigh.

"It's too far away..." Rose sighed. "Nothing is too far away." Someone said. Rose turned around to see a beautiful night black female fox with long pink hair that almost touched the floor, and dark pink eyes.

"Mom..." Rose said as she jumped down from the windowsill and landed inside her room. "I'm sorry, I should be asleep." Rose apologized as she bowed her head, but her mom only laughed softly. "It's alright, Rose, you haven't done anything wrong." She said as she walked over to her daughter and pulled her in for a hug.

Rose buried her face into her mom's shoulder before they heard the door open. A tall red fox with white messy hair and green eyes came into view. "Hey, sweetie, we're home from work." He said as he kissed Rose's forehead. Rose smiled at him and he picked her up and swung her around, making Rose laugh. "Aww, I missed you little rascals." He said as he messed up Rose's hair.

"Dad." Rose wined as she fixed her hair. Her mom went over to a crib beside Rose's bed and picked up a small bundle of blankets. "Shhh, don't wake up the baby!" She shushed, and she began rocking the bundle of blankets back and forth. "Hello, pup." She smiled.

The little baby wrapped in blankets was none other than Taylor Spencer Fox, aka, Taylor the Fennec Fox. (Bet you didn't see that one coming lol) She had short, snowy white hair and fur as black as the night sky, like her mother's. Her cyan colored eyes were closed as she slept, and she had big fennec fox ears poking out of her head. Her mother held her close to her chest as she rocked her back and forth, humming a lullaby. Taylor smiled in her sleep as she curled up against her mother.

Her mom smiled and turned to put her back in her crib. "Goodnight, my little Taylor, sweet dreams." She said softly as she turned back to Rose and her husband. "Now as for you." Rose's dad said as he lifted her up and put her over his shoulder.

"Dad!" Rose giggled as her dad jumped around, spinning her in circles before he plopped her down in her bed and kissed her head. "Goodnight, Rose." He said as he stood up. "We love you both." Then they walked towards the door and closed it, making the door click shut.

Rose waited for them to close their door as she leapt out of bed and ran to the window again. She stared out the window, finding her star again as she just stared at it, and she was about to reach for it again when she heard her mother call; "and don't stay up too late!"

Rose pulled her hand back and smiled as she crossed her arms on the windowsill, resting her head on them like a pillow. She looked out to the meadow, and gazed at the forest around the house. But just then, she heard Taylor moving around, and she looked back at her baby sister. "Taylor, what's the matter?" Rose asked as she went over to her baby sister to see those two cyan eyes looking at her.

Taylor looked around in confusion and saw Rose, bringing an innocent smile to her face as she squealed, reaching out for her and kicking her little feet. Rose rolled her eyes and picked her up from the crib, cradling her as Taylor played with her hair.

"Is that all you wanted, you silly little thing?" Rose asked as she stroked Taylor's hair. Taylor giggled and clapped her tiny hands. Rose smiled again before she saw a glowing light in the corner of her eye, and she turned towards the window again. She walked across the room and looked out the window to see a dozen iron robots, and they were all shooting the house with flamethrowers. Rose gasped in horror as she saw the fire catching onto the wooden house, and hearing the flames crackle and hiss as Taylor started to cry.

Rose held her little sister close as she ran to the door, throwing it open as she ran down the hallway, just to see it already glowing with fire. "Mom! Dad!" Rose screamed as she reached their bedroom door. "Rose?! Get out of the house!" Her dad ordered through the door. "What about you?!" Rose cried as Taylor cried harder.

"Rose, the door is stuck, and we're trapped inside. So get you and your baby sister out of here! NOW!" Her mom fiercely shouted, which made Rose flinch.

"I'm not leaving you..." Rose whispered. "Rose, you need to liste-GYAAA!"

Rose heard nothing else but silence and fire cracking and her screaming sister. "Mom? Mom! Daddy?! SAY SOMETHING PLEASE!" Rose screamed as she kicked the door, but it wouldn't budge.

The fire was eating away at the house, and a flaming wooden board fell in front of her, blocking the way to the door. "No!" Rose screamed as she was forced to back away from the door.

She glanced down at baby Taylor, who had fear written all over her face. "Come on, we're getting out of here." Rose said as she held Taylor close to her chest and dashed back to her room.

She grabbed something small on the bookshelf beside her bed before she ran towards the window and jumped out, curling her five fluffy tails under her so she would have something soft to land on.

Taylor thought this was hilarious as she giggled and kicked her little feet.

"So... We have some survivors of the fire, eh?" A fat man asked as he flew above them in a carrier or something. He wore glasses and a red jacket/shirt, and even though he had no hair on his head, he had some on his face, but in mustache form.

"Who are you?" Rose asked in a broken voice as she stood up, hugging Taylor protectively.

"Oh, my name is Dr. Eggman, and I've come to help you." He said, but Rose bared her teeth in rage. "Liar... You LIAR!" Rose shouted, and Eggman frowned. "Robots, get them!" He shouted, and at once all of the robots ran towards them.

Rose put her hand out in front of her and the grass under the robots turned into long vines that wrapped around the robots and started crushing them. Then Rose ran towards the forest, away from the burning house she once called home.

To Be Continued...

(Sonic the hedgehog does not belong to me)