My second Fox and the Hound fic...now in this story Chief has a soft side...wel...he always had a soft side
Pairing: Todd/Copper
Rated: K
"We'll always be friends, won't we?" Todd said
In the days and months to come, when Copper would learn how to hunt and Todd would pretend that the odd pain inside of him wasn't there, 'always' would seem much shorter then it had when the hound was just a hopeful puppy and the fox would tug his ears.
But all that mattered in that moment when the world was a playground and being in a trail meant curiously following a scent was that Copper was Todd's best friend and Todd was Copper's and no one, not even Big Momma or Chief, would ever change that.
2. Choice
If it had been in a dream, it would have been simpler.
Todd could be standing on one side in front of him and the master on the other, and then Copper could follow one path or the other completely guilt free.
But the hound never had that dream, instead he had trail behind both, sometimes running towards Todd and sometimes toward the master.
But the road got wider and wider and eventually branched, one to the left and one to the right, slowly leading farther from one another, and as the distance engulfed him he howled one last time for a friendship doomed since it began and followed on.
3. Reason
Big Momma was a religious woman, so far as owls go, and coincidences were nothing but owls working in mysterious ways.
He had his reasons, she knew, and there were good ones for placing Todd in the midst of all their lives.
He was placed in her life to replace the owletts long since grown, he was there to help ease Widow Tweed's loneliness and give her someone to love, and he was there to ease Dink and Boomer's obsessive focus on that damn caterpillar.
Yes, Todd had his reasons for placing friends where they were, but it wasn't until destiny bought Copper and Todd met Todd that Big Momma realized that sometimes his reasons was to laugh as everything fell apart.
4. Love
"What's love Big Momma?" The fox said wondering
The owl smiled, she knew these questions would come eventually.
"Love is what you feel for someone, when you want to stay with them forever, and you would do anything for them" Big Mama explained
"It's the feeling in your stomach when your around them and you want things to stay like that forever" She added
She flew down from her perch to stand next to Todd
"Is there someone who makes you feel that way, Todd? She was hoping that it's Vixey
"Yes." He said smiling looking at her
"Then you should tell them." She said lifting his spirit up
"Don't worry, I will eventually" He said before Big Mama flew off into her hole to rest
Todd went in a hole to sleep
While he was sleeping, he was cried
"I miss you Copper" He said though his tears
Meanwhile, at Amos Slade's home, Chief and Copper were asleep but as soon a they were about to fall asleep, Copper had a question
"What's love, Chief? He asked
The aging dog opened one lazy eye and heaved a sigh, he knew these questions would have to come eventually.
Chief turn his head to Copper
"Love is when you meet a certain someone and make puppies with them" The mentor explained
He closed his eye again,
"Now go to sleep" He said before shutting his eyes and went to sleep
"Well I guess that's okay" The hound thought
Copper murmered, curling into his barrel and looked up
"As long as Todd's happy, I'm happy" He whispered to himself
Copper sighed
"I miss him so much" He said depressingly
Meanwhile, Dinky and Boomer had been chasing that caterpillar half of the night, They decided to give it a rest
"Hey, Boomer you want to stop" Dinky
"Sure, I'm tired anyway" Boomer
"Come on, I know a place were we can sleep" He said before flying all the way to another hole in the tree, they got in and Dinky got in the nest and he fell asleep
Boomer got in last, he put his legs in first and slowly scooted in due to the size of the hole
Dinky felt his friends soft feathers against him but don't mind so he buried his head into Boomer's feathers
The caterpillar was still running but he stopped once he heard nothing
The caterpillar looked around to see if there were Dink and Boomer around but there wasn't, he then want to his home in the trees and went right to sleep
I put a little Dinky and Boomer in there
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