Meadow in Ionia
The wind blew softly giving a pleasant breeze, the afternoon sun shined brightly, multiple animals rested on the green grass of the meadow, animals such cats, dogs, rabbits and even foxes.
The sound of boots against the ground caught the attention of the animals, some of the more timid ones immediately fled to their dwellings, while the others just looked at the source with curiousity.
Walking towards the meadow was a young boy, looking like he was just about to enter his teen years, he wore an oversized hooded purple cloak that dragged behind him, If one were to squint they could see the plain shirt and blue shorts that he wore underneath.
The boy was giving a pleasant smile, his pearly white seemed to shine as he stared at the animals with his surprisingly white eyes, a few of the animals left as soon as the boy entered the meadow, the others however eagerly rushed towards him, though the one that was the most enthusiastic was an adorable white fox that had yellow eyes.
The boy laughed and spread out his arms, allowing the animals to tackle him to the ground, the cats purred as they rubbed against him, the dogs licked his face and the fox nuzzled his cheek, the boy laughed as they continued their affectionate assault.
The reason the animals were behaving so friendly was that the boy always visited them, sometimes bringing food, sometimes bringing toys and like now just visits the meadow to play with them.
Finally they stopped, though the fox lingered longer before it noticed it was the only one that was still showing affection, allowing the boy to sit up and wipe off any saliva or fur on his face with the cloak.
After he was cleaned he immediately returned the favor and began petting the animals, scratching the cats under-chin, rubbing the dogs belly and scratching the fox behind its ear, each causing them to go putty in his hands.
Before long the boy starting playing with the animals, any others that happened to walk by watched the kid play with his furry friends, though some were looking at him with sympathy.
The sun began to set and eventually the animals either left the kid to return to their dwellings or just fell asleep on the grass.
All except for the fox, who snuggled up against the kid, yawning but refusing to sleep as It still wanted to play with him more.
The kid giggled and yawned, he rubbed his eyes with the sleeves of the cloak and looked at the fox who looked at him with droopy eyes, giggling he picked up the fox and held in front of his face, gaining a surprised yip when he bumped his nose against its own, he laughed, it gave a playful grown and nipped his nose, elicit a reaction from him instead, he pouted as the fox got it's revenge.
"Flare, Flare" A woman's voice called out, the kid looked over his shoulder, the fox doing the same, standing at the edge of the meadow was a woman with long brown hair, the same hair color as the kid.
Adjusting his left hand so that he could hold the fox in place, he raised his right armed and shouted "I'm over here mom" with an adorable squeaky voice, the fox yipped as long as it could as well.
The woman turned to the kid, concern in her pale grey eyes as she jogged towards the boy, she sighed in relief when she saw her son was unharmed, she even smiled when she saw the fox that he had rested on his shoulder.
The woman then replaced her smile with a frown and placed her hands on her hips, the boy withered under her gaze while the fox seemed to make itself smaller, "Flare you know you're supposed to be home by now" she scolded, Flare flinched "Am I in trouble?" he asked meekly, the woman raised an eyebrow and gave him a 'What do you think?' look.
The boy shrunk under gaze even more and muttered a frightened apology his fox companion buried it's face in its fur, his mother's frown softened and patted the boys head and scratched the fox behind its ear, both Flare and the fox looked to the woman who now had a smile "Come on, If we go now we could get some ice-cream" she said playfully, before she began walking away
Flare smiled and stood up and started following her, suddenly she cleared her throat and pointed at her shoulder while still facing away from her son.
The boy thought about what she meant, before he understood, immediately a sad look replaced his confused one "But mooooom" he whined, though she only waved her index finger in response "You know the rules, Riah stays here" she told him.
He groaned in disappointment and picked Riah from his shoulder, the fox pouted when he placed her on the ground "Sorry girl rules are rules" he said sadly, then he smiled again "Don't worry I'll visit soon and I'll bring toys" Riah yipped happily, Flare then motioned her to return home which she obliged.
After she was out of sight he sighed in sadness, before it was replaced by a giggle when his mother poked his sides "Hey come on now, don't be sad, we'll get her for your birthday how's that sound?" she encouraged the boy.
The boy looked up to his mother, excitement in his eyes "Really!" He exclaimed happily, his mother nodded but she lifted a finger before Flare could jump for joy "On one condition" she said firmly, Flare listened intently, suddenly she hooked a finger in the collar of his cloak "You need to stop wearing your father's summoning robes" she said with smile.
Flare pouted "Aww but there comfy" he whined again, his mother merely shook her head as she help Flare into the carriage, before entering herself.
Flare looked out to the meadow one more time and waved hoping that his fox friend could see him, Riah who able to see the waving hand crouched down and wagged her tail in response.