Hey guys, I'm back with the start of a new fic! you probably know why I'm doing this, so I'll only bother to tell you this;
From now on, as a way to make my stories a bit more interesting, I'm going to include certain quotes that I feel best-fit chapters that I feel are...important. You know, the big moments, the highlights, the turning points, parts like that.
And...yeah, that's all I wanted to say so let's get on with it!
Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.
-Hugh Prather
I lived in a small town, not really known for anything major or important. All we had was a small forest behind us, and a road in front of us. My house was the second one down said road, where I lived with my family. We were a small group, just me, my dad, my mom, and a little sis. the four of us had our highs and lows, but we always stuck together.
Maybe that's how this all started.
Me and my sis had gone out into that small patch of trees I was talking about to play. We were pretty close, and she was the sweetest little thing once you got her to open up. Like an orange, fresh from the tree. Me on the other hand well, I was always a bit caught up in my own world. I just kept to my study's, hoping to one day make a name for myself through my knowledge. Because of this, I always had my face in some type of book whenever I had the time, be it for business or pleasure. Of course, I always made time for my family, especially my little sis.
The two of us had found the spot where we had always gone to, she always asked me to come to play with her here, and I always said yes. The games we played were silly in concept, who could pick up the most sticks, who could jump the highest, who could say the alphabet quicker, little childish things like that. But I'd be lying if I said they weren't some of the best times I had, beaten only by a good novel, coupled with a few biscuits and a glass of orange juice. All things considered, we had a pretty good time and had made our way back to the place we called home with a basket of sticks.
Right about then was when it all came crashing down on top of us.
Like I said earlier, our town was not well known and thus, had a mediocre police station that didn't even bother to check the forest. This is the reason we found ourselves being threatened by someone we had never seen before with a sharp, glistening, knife. The thug was covered with a dark grey cloak and demanded we lead him back to our home so he could rob the place. Naturally, we got the heck out of there and dropped the sticks.
Not the smartest move.
He was faster than us and had us cornered behind one of the large boulders in the woods...i...can't remember most of the details, but what I do remember is this: at some point he had slashed at my sister with the thing, and kept cutting her with the knife...its...hard to remember without cringing...the tears on her face...the way she pleaded him to stop...the way he kept barking orders to her...
I think it was there, that I lost it.
I had tried to stop him, but every time I did he just threw me off like I was a fly, a bee, a gnat...i just felt so upset...so angry...so hurt...so weak... I felt my fingers tense up and my teeth grit themselves...the last thing I said before I completely lost control was me screaming; "GET AWAY FROM HER!" before I felt sharp appendages rise from my tensed fingers as I swung my hand at the thief...what happened next was a blur...i heard the thief scream in pain..at least, I think it was pain...my sis looked at me...my body...felt really weird. My fingers started going numb, I felt...hair in places it shouldn't be, and my stomach started moving around, to the point where I wanted to throw up..but for some reason, I couldn't...leaving me with a feeling of nausea. Eventually, my conscience couldn't handle it, and I passed out.
When next I awoke, I was in a small room that had white walls, a white floor, a white light, and...well, was just really WHITE...what I experienced next was...shocking, to say the least.
What tried to do at first was stand up and walk around but when I did, for some reason I fell almost instantly. I kept trying to stand, but it just didn't work...that's when I noticed...i...didn't...have...hands.
I let out a small yelp when I realized this and tried to look at the rest of myself..once I had managed to roll over, I saw...i...had...black...fur...now I was properly freaked out.
I then noticed a small pool of water to my left. I didn't know why but I was really thirsty at the time, to the point where it took priority over figuring out what heck the even happened to me. So since I apparently couldn't stand, I dragged myself to the water with my...let's call them...'stubs' till I was close enough to drink it...of course, my stubs were pointed at the end and...had..no...fingers...so after failing to scoop the water in my 'stubs' i decided to just use my tongue instead. Sure it wasn't the best table manners, but mom wasn't here to nag me about that, so I didn't care.
"Mmm." I thought to myself as I drank. The liquid was cool, clean, and very refreshing. I breathed out a content breath as I looked at the surface of the water...only to see a ripple of black fur stare back at me...
I shut my eyes before the ripples could calm. "No.", I told myself. "This isn't happening. There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for all of this."
Yet no matter how much I repeated those exact words to myself, my heart wouldn't slow down. It kept beating at the same rapid pace for about six minutes before I tried something else. "You are okay. You're alright. And most importantly given the current circumstances, you are human. If you were to open your eyes and look at the water in front of you, you would see yourself. Not somebody else, yourself. You are you. Nothing, living or dead, can change that..you are human. You have to be. you were born a human, so you can't be anything else. It would go against the very laws of nature."
As I kept adding truth upon truth to my tangent, my heart eventually managed to slow back down to a normal pace...slower...slower...until finally, it relaxed. I felt myself smile. "See? there's nothing to be worried about, you are human. To be anything else would be absurd... it's okay. Your human...now...open your eyes. Open your eyes, look at the reflection, and see there was nothing to worry about." I follow my own advice and open my eyes, expecting...knowing, there to be a human gazing back at me.
What I saw instead, was a small black fox grinning back at me...a zorua.
I immediately dunk my face under the water. "THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF LIIIIGHT!" My brain kept screaming the same words over and over and over again. I couldn't believe it. It was impossible. I wanted to see my family again. I wanted them to hold me, and tell me it was okay. I didn't want this.
"THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT!" My brain kept shouting the same sentence at my heart, demanding it to stay calm. Yet it only could keep beating at the speed of an athlete or it would not beat at all, knowing the truth in front of it, despite what my brain told it to believe. It was in full panic, like a runaway freight train with no breaks.
"THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT! THAT WAS A TRICK OF-"
"HUUAAAA!"
I couldn't hold my breath any longer.
I was panting over the pool of water, my eyes closed...when they opened, I was greeted with a much more distressed (and much wetter.) zorua than the one before...now I'm not really sure how this happened, but the next thing I know I'm flying through the air and landing on my backside...it hurt, obviously.
I was starting to pant uncontrollably, partially because my body was starved for oxygen, and also because I was really, REALLY scared right now...before I could ask myself questions, I heard a door open as a strange lady dressed in pink walks in. Once she notices me, she says; "Oh! I see your awake little guy!" she then giggles a little bit. "And it seems you were quite thirsty too." I stare on, in utter disbelief at this woman, speechless.
She then sighs to herself. "Nothing huh? Well, I can't really blame you, I'd be at a loss for words too if I discovered something like this."...I look on a bit longer before I try to speak. "zor-!" I immediately grab my throat with my 'stubs' as I try to say actual words. "ZOR! ZORUA! ZOR! UA! UA!" I start to panic. Have I forgotten how to speak? Suddenly, the lady rushes over to me and says comforting words. "Hey hey! It's okay! It's okay!" As she says this, she kneels to the floor and gently picks me up. I react with fear, but before I can attempt to escape her grasp she starts...stroking me...
id (serenity) - Fire Emblem Awakening
She was very gentle, slowly running her hand over my back repeatedly... I didn't know why but...as she did this... I felt...calmer...like she was soothing me. "..It's okay...it's okay..." she said as she did this. Eventually, she started to do the same to my cheek, I let out a little gasp when she did this...but soon enough, I went right back to being soothed...after a while of this, I looked at her face while she did this. "Shhh...Shhh..." she whispered as she continued to calm me down...eventually, my heart stopped beating so fast..once this happened she...gave me a hug...
"...You okay now?" she asked me...she felt so...warm... I was nodding my head before I realized I was..she then pulled away and then looked at me "Okay, I know you must be confused right now, maybe even scared. But if you keep panicking like this, it will only get worse...try to stay calm, and slowly sound the word out."
Not having anything else to go on...and almost being completely soothed at this point, I nodded my head and tried to say something. "..z...zo...zoru...zo...zor" I felt my panic return, but the lady just started stroking my side again.
"Just relax...if it helps, try closing your eyes," she told me, not wanting me to panic again
I trusted her, and did just that...it was...hard to describe what it felt like, trying to say something else...it was like my throat was paralyzed, and I was reaching for vocal cords that weren't there...but...i knew they were there...they had to be..."zo...o...o...o...oo...oo.."
"That's it...you can do it." the woman said, encouraging me to push further.
"..Oo...o...w...w...w...w...o...wo.." I felt like I was so close, just had to push a little harder...i tried to pronounce the breaths I exhaled. "...h...h..w...h..wh...o..w..h..o.."
"Keep going, your almost there," she asked...not that she needed to.
"W...h...o...w...h...o..w..h..o...wh..o..w..ho...w-who?" I just managed to breathe out a word...it's...also hard to describe why that felt so hard... I went for the next word.
"..Ua...ua...u...a..u...a...a...aa...aa..."
The lady went silent as I tried to teach myself how to speak again, seemingly wanting me to be able to focus... I tried to craft my exhales into another word.
"Aa...r...r...r...a...r..."
Almost there...just another letter.
"...E...e...a...e...a...r...e...a...r...e...a...r...e..a..r..e...ar..e...ar..e..a..re...a..re...a-are?" That's two, only one left and we have a question.
"...Y...y...o...o...u...u..."
I could tell I was starting to get better at this, my mind was starting to recover.
"...Y...o...u...y...o...u...y...o..u..y..o..u...yo..u...y..ou...y-you?" So close, just have to put them together...surprisingly, this was the easiest part.
"..Who...are...you?" *sigh* thank goodness, I can still talk.
She looked at me and smiled. "See? I knew you could do it." then she gave me a wink. "And to answer your question, my name is miss joy!"
"...W-" before I could take three more days to ask my next question, she put a finger to my mouth and said, "Don't worry, I can already tell what your next question is...how do I put this?" I looked at her, slightly confused. "...well...um...your..not..really...a human."
And there you go, guys! my new fanfic is now revealed! Now again, I want to reiterate that this does not mean I'm giving up on a buneary's heart. Rather, I'm going to keep up with both and switch whenever I feel like doing so. And...that's...really all he wrote...no, I'm serious, that all I wrote.
This is riolulover97 hoping you all go to heaven!