Author's Note: I thought that the ending to the original movie, while better than the book, was too tragic with them never able to meet again. So, I wrote this.

Characters

Tod Male Fox Alignment: Good (usually)

Copper Male Hound Alignment: Good (usually)

Daisy(OC) Female Hound Alignment: Good

Vixie Female Fox Alignment: Good

Cato (OC) Male Fox Alignment: Good

Alexia (OC) Female Hound Alignment: Good

Mutt (OC) Male Hound Alignment: Good (mostly)

Valarie (OC) Female Fox Alignment: Good (mostly)

Chief Male Hound Alignment: Good (usually)

Amos Male Human Alignment: Bad (mostly)

Widow Tweed Female Human Alignment: Good

Amos's Hunter Buddies (OC villains) Males Human Alignment: Bad

Fang (OC villain and main antagonist) Male Wolf Alignment: Bad at heart, whatever he appears to be otherwise

Fang's Wolf Pack (OC villains) Mixed Wolf Alignment: Serve Fang and so are bad too

Character Relationships

Tod

Vixie: Wife Ally

Cato: Son Ally

Valarie: Daughter Ally

Copper: Alleged best friend, though their relationship suffers at times, particularly when Tod learns about his mother's death and how it happened.

Daisy: Good enough, though, being the mate of Copper, their relationship suffers.

Alexia: Friend of his son's. Ally enough, though there are a few tense moments at times.

Mutt: Friend of his daughter's. Ally enough, though there are a few tense moments at times.

Chief: More hostile toward him as they had been enemies for a long time and enmity is reignited here again.

Amos: Hates him as he keeps wanting to kill him and his family.

Amos's Hunter Buddies: Hates them too for the same reason as he hates Amos.

Widow Tweed: Great friend. She took him in and protected him for years. He is loyal to her, if not to many other humans.

Fang: Is Tod's new best friend, though Tod becomes increasingly alarmed at his behavior and eventually comes to realize who his true best friend is.

Fang's Wolf Pack: Friends with Tod, though he is increasingly at odds with them as the story progresses too.

Copper

Daisy: Wife Ally

Alexia: Daughter Ally

Mutt: Son Ally

Chief: Good friend Ally

Tod: Alleged best friend, though their relationship suffers at times, especially when it appears that Mutt and Alexia have ditched him to go live with Tod.

Vixie: Friendly enough though again, being the mate of Tod, their relationship suffers at times.

Amos: Master Ally

Cato: Ally enough, though some tense moments.

Valarie: Ally enough, though some tense moments.

Widow Tweed: Ally as she is nice and a human

Amos's Hunter Buddies: Ally at first, though he grows increasingly alarmed at their cruelty to animals, which he eventually comes to realizes includes dogs too.

Fang: He hates him as he's an enemy of all humans and hounds.

Fang's Pack: Hates them too for the same reason as he hates Fang.

Cato

Alexia: Best Friend Ally

Mutt: Soon becomes Friends Ally

Valarie: Sister Ally

Tod: Father Ally though he thinks him a coward and a conformist for a while

Vixie: Mother Ally though he wishes that she would have a different view than her mate

Copper: Ally, though he finds him cowardly for not wanting to spend time with his father

Daisy: Ally

Widow Tweed: Ally for the kindness she showed to his father

Fang: Ally briefly but he quickly sees through him, unlike his father, and their relationship goes south pretty fast

Fang's Pack: Same as with Fang

Amos: Enemy, though he wishes it weren't so.

Amos's Hunting Buddies: Enemy for sure

Alexia

Cato: Best friend Ally

Valarie: Friend soon enough Ally

Copper: Father ally, though she finds him a coward and even leaves for a while, wanting to be with Tod so she can stay with Cato.

Daisy: Mother, ally

Tod: Ally, especially as he saved her dad's life, but she does wish he'd want to be with Copper again.

Amos: Owner Ally

Amos's Hunting Buddies: Ally briefly, but she quickly realizes, much sooner than her father, that they are bad news.

Mutt: Brother Ally

Fang: Mostly enemy. Ally for a bit, though not for long.

Fang's Pack: Same as with Fang.

It had been 2 years since Tod had last talked to Copper. It seemed their friendship would only exist in their memories of each other. After all, with Amos still determined to hunt him and his family, it seemed that they could never meet up.

Tod returned from gazing at Copper's home and went back to his wife Vixie and their two children Cato and Valarie. It's over. We can't meet again. Tod thought. "Hello guys." said Tod to his family. Vixie knew what was bothering her husband and she and Tod exchanged a sad look. Though friends with Copper, if only at a distance, the two had decided not to mention Copper to their kids, feeling that it might only lead to heartbreak someday.

Meanwhile, Copper was at the house of Amos, his owner. He too was thinking of his old friend, unaware that he had been gazing at the house and thinking of him too. They had seen each other since the last time they had talked, but both seemed to be in mutual agreement that the best way to keep up their friendship was to keep apart. "Copper, what is it?" said his wife Daisy. "Old memories. Sad ones." said Copper. She knew about Tod, for Copper had told her. However, their two children Mutt and Alexia had no idea of his existence. They thought it was for the best, so that they would have no more heartbreaks.

As they went to bed, Alexia went outside to go sniff around. She came toward the woods. She came across a fox. Cato stared at her. They had never seen each other before, their parents having kept them away from each other for safety. They stared at each other and came closer. Perhaps now, after all of this time, perhaps things could now change for the better. Or...would they?