I would just like to state the fact that the Renamon in this story is not the Renamon of the animated series, it is another Renamon with a different name.
"Olive, I'm taking the dog to the vets, I think he ate a bottle cap!" my mother yelled as she hefted our pet to the car… "okay then… I do hope he'll be alright…" I muttered as I closed the door… I sighed, I was all alone again… my dad was at work, as usual, my brother was off having an all-night role-play game session with his friends… and now my mother was rushing my crazy-ass dog to the vets just because she's paranoid. As usual, the heating was set way too high, even though it was winter, I was sweating… and all I was wearing was my tank-top and miniskirt… I decided to take a breather. There's a river, by my house… there's something about it that I really like… I used to run there when my brother bullied me back when we were little, but now it was more of a mental sanctuary than a physical one. I slipped on my shoes and set off… it was only about fifty or sixty yards from the house… I walked up the shore, there's a small rock that juts out above the water, I used to stand on it, it gave me a feeling of power… nowadays I just sit there and admire the view of the trees and plants all around. I took a seat on the rock, my legs swaying back and fourth… something came to my mind, an old story I had been told by my mother.
Supposedly, a Turtle once lived at the top of the river, it was desperately lonely… one day, it grew tired of everything and curled up, letting itself roll into the water… but rather than drowning, it was swept downstream… it walked ashore and found another turtle… they became friends and lived happily ever after. I knew it was just a fairytale, but ever since my mother told me it, I nicknamed the river 'Friend River'… I breathed out slowly, smiling at the thought of that story, and how it had kept me entertained to no end as a child. Suddenly, my chain of thought was broken as I heard an odd noise… it sounded like heavy breathing, for a moment, I was worried there was some kind of brutish animal eyeing me up from a distance… but my curiosity was far stronger than my common sense, and I got up. I slowly crept towards the source of the sound, a little bit downstream… I soon realised that the sound was not breathing or panting… but rather sobbing… I drew closer… and parted the bushes. There was a figure, hunched over, facing away from me… I was, for a brief second, about to say something to it… but then I saw… this… thing had a large, furry tail, and pointed ears… I clasped a hand over my mouth to stifle a scream, and ran as fast as my legs could carry me… I finally reached the house, and slammed the door shut behind me… what the hell was that? Some kind of werewolf? I smiled to myself and said "no way, I'm overreacting… it was probably just a really big dog, or maybe a guy in a costume…" and with that, I reassured myself. Everything else that night went pretty normally… apart from when my dog came back from the vets… he sniffed my shoes and then barked at them a little bit… but I soon calmed him down, and went to bed. The next morning, I was woken up by my brother traipsing in… "hey Nick, how'd your session go?" clearly quite tired, he replied "Garnach no care for your speak, Garnach need sleep to restore his spell points…" and with that, he fell face-first into his bed, asleep. I sighed "whatever you say…" and got up, dressing myself… I went downstairs, and, boycotting breakfast altogether, decided to go for a little walk… I had just got out the door when I remembered last night's events… "alright, time to find out the truth…" with that, I set off towards the river again.
I could see that everything was normal at the usual spot… but it was further down I had encountered that… whatever… and so I went over my actions last night again… sure enough, I heard that sobbing noise, but this time, it was quieter… and more drawn out. I parted the bushes, and gasped… my eyes hadn't fooled me… there was some… thing sitting there, it looks like an overgrown fox, but it's human-shaped, and apparently female. It has a bullet-shaped head, and yellow fur… it bears a pair of markings on it's legs and under her eyes… and wears a pair of purple bracers, embroidered with the ying-yang symbols. I could hear her talking to herself as she cried… "it's all ruined… I'm stuck here, alone!…" listening to her, I realised she wasn't quite as monstrous as she looked… so I approached… "who… who are you?" she instantly spun round and looked at me… there was a silence… "I'm… I'm… Eleah… your… you're a human right?" I nodded… "yeah… my name is Olive, but… what are you?" she sighed "I'm a Renamon… I used to come from a different place altogether than this one… but something went wrong, and now I'm stranded here…" and with that, she began to cry again… I felt compelled to approach her… any number of things could have happened to me, she could have tore me in half, or it could have been an illusion… anything like that… but for once my feelings were right, I put my hand on her shoulder… "I… I wish I could make you feel better…" I murmured… she looked into my eyes "really?" I nodded "well yeah, you seem so sad…" she shakily lifted her large, three-fingered paw and put it on my hand… "how long have you been here?" she swallowed and said "the sun has set and risen again… I must have been here for half a day…" I cringed "oh dear… please… come and stay at my house, it's cold out here at night" she nodded slowly, and rose to her feet, wiping away the last of her tears "oh… okay…" I reached out and held her hand, guiding her back… "now, my parents are bound to give you odd looks… we have had our fair share of paranormal happenings, but never once has one of them been invited into the house…" she smiled "it's okay if I stay then… right?" I laughed "hell yeah… so… tell me… do you always… go around… naked?" she looked at me quizzically "I have fur don't I?" I rolled my eyes "well yeah, but… don't you ever care about fashion?" she shook her head "you should always look like what you yourself want to look like, not what others tell you to… I like myself like this, so I stay like this always" I smirked "you sound like my grandmother"
She didn't understand my comment, saying "oh… is there something wrong with my voice? I haven't cried myself hoarse have I?" I put my face in my palms and slowly said "no… it… doesn't matter…" we approached my front door, and I rung the bell… I could tell Eleah was nervous, her hands were shaking slightly. My mother opened the door, her jaw dropped and she simply said "what… the… HELL!?!" I attempted to explain "mother… this may sound like a joke, but I found this… person near the river, and she was really sad and had nowhere to stay so I offered to take her in…" my mother looked at her in an odd manner "is she… for real?" I nodded "I was amazed too, but this isn't like… a suit or something, she is genuine, said she came from another place…" my mother held up her hand as to silence me, then said "can she talk?" as if to answer the question, she said "my name… is Eleah… I am… a Renamon, you are Olive's mother?" my mum jumped back a little, then said "ahh… she can! Yeah, I'm Olives mother… so… are you some kind of monster?" Eleah hung her head, a tear in her eye, I patted her back and said "mum, that was harsh! She came from a different place, I don't know the rest… but she needs somewhere to stay, so quit the questioning and let her in!" my mother sighed and walked out of the doorway, allowing us inside. Just as I thought there were no more questions to answer, we were sprung upon by my brother… "dear lord!… does this mean werewolves are real!?!" he exclaimed, waving his arms frantically, I rolled my eyes and said "for the last time, NO!… this is Eleah, she is a Renamon… which is not a werewolf!" he relaxed a little, but was still a little amazed at her… "where did you find it?" I shook my fist and him and growled "she's called Eleah, and she is a person damnit, so shut up and treat her like one… I found her at the river, she was depressed about being stranded here, so I invited her to stay" he seemed a lot more reassured, saying "alright… my name is Nick Bemen, this is my sister Olive…" I interrupted "she knows my name" he ignored me and carried on "…Bemen… and our mother and father… just call them Mr and Mrs Bemen…" Eleah nodded gladly "many thanks, Nick, you have made things easier for me…" a smile played across his face, I could only imagine that he thought he was 'scoring' on her… "okay then Nick, thanks for that…" I said hurriedly to stop him from going any further "…I'm going to show Eleah her room now" he lifted his hand and opened his mouth to say something in protest, but then thought better of it… it was safe to say that times had changed since we were young… I now push him around.
We climbed the stairs… I noticed Eleah was very careful about the way she went up them, I could only guess that wherever it is she came from was either very primitive, or just had a distinct lack of staircases. Walking into me and my brother's room, I pointed to our beds "okay, my bed is pretty big, and it has a slide-out bed beneath it, it's not great, but it should do…" I slid out the flimsy bed underneath it… upon looking at it, it was clear that despite the massive size of my bed, this attachment bed could not be of any use to her, it was far too small, even for me. She looked it over… then she looked at my bed… "Olive… can… I please…" she began to blush, even with her fur, I could tell… "please… can I sleep in your bed…" I interrupted "but where would I sleep then?" she shook her head "no… can I please sleep in your bed… with you?" I froze… what in the world? I just found and saved some big furry fox-girl, now she wanted to sleep with me!?! "wait… well… uhhhm…" I muttered… followed by an awkward silence. Finally, I said "well, alright then… as long as it's not in… that way" she nodded "I fully understand… we are not yet that close" I raised an eyebrow "wait… yet?" she shook her head "it… it's… not important" and with that, she want back downstairs… I followed her, wondering just what she meant…
Dinner went off without anything significant happening… my mother asked Eleah a whole barrage of questions, but she didn't seem to mind… not only that, but she responded with some of her own… after we finally managed to escape that experience, I took her up to my room so we could listen to my music. "Olive… how old are you?" she asked as she lay out on the floor, her tail slowly swaying from side to side… "fifteen… my mother says I have all the common sense of a ten year old, but then again, she's the one who lost her passport in a zoo, so there" I said as I grinned, Eleah sighed "you know, you should be nicer to your family, then they'd be nicer to you…" I stopped for a moment… normally, when people tried to tell me how to act, I took offence… but she seems… so… honest about it, like she really wants the best for me. I stuttered "I'll… I'll keep that in mind…" she smiled "thank you for hearing me out… so, I take it you don't have any children… do you?" again, I paused… it must be a thing wherever she came from, having children at a very early age… "no, I don't… humans my age don't tend to…" she nodded "I apologise… it is the same for us too, I was just being arrogant in the presumption that humans coupled at earlier ages…" I laughed "well, your not all wrong, but stop using such big words, you'll fry my brother's brain!" we both laughed… I looked at her… there was something about her, even though she is this… well, non-human… I felt a connection to her, like we were already best of friends. "I am afraid I'm tired… I think I should sleep" I nodded "yeah, me too…" I undressed and got into bed… I couldn't help feel a little odd, seeing as I was wearing only my underwear, and she was… well… naked. As I lay there waiting to fall asleep, I moved about a bit (as I normally do)… by pure coincidence, I ended up in bodily contact with her… she was already asleep, which was a relief, and she appeared to be dreaming… I decided to stay where I was and listen to her whispered words, to get an insight to what was going on in her mind. "Ohh… I know… father…" she murmured, half-smiling "you… want… for me… to get… a… man… but I'm not sure…" she rolled over a little, her words becoming quieter, so I leant closer… "if maybe… maybe… it is a woman I seek instead… I do not care… for the gender… of my partner… and this one… this human I have found is…" I gasped… could she be in love with me? At the sound of my exclamation, she abruptly woke up "oh… whoa… Olive… why are you so close to me?" she said… I backed away, blushing "oh… no… it's… just… you were talking in your sleep…" her eyes widened dramatically… "what… did I say?" I smiled "uhhhm… something about a lover… that you didn't mind if you loved a boy or a girl… or a human for that matter…" her face turned red "please, I didn't mean what I said… about you… that was just… uhh… my mind playing tricks on me! Really!" I sighed "it's alright, get back to sleep…" and with that, we both fell into a deep sleep… but only after I had thought it over… does she love me?