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~~~~~~~~~~~Wiles of a Fox~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is a story about the shang fox, and how she positively hates Alan of Pirates Swoop because they grew up together like enemies. But after 11 years is the animosity still there? Please read even with my complete lack of summary writing talents.

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The little girl ran as fast as she could away from the steaming wreckage of her once home. The smoke and ash tore at her lungs while she escaped, her long honey colored hair flying in stark contrast to the greys of charred items and the orange of flames licking around her feet. Every thing she had known was gone and reduced to a collection of ashes.

She had then become a street rat with all that it entailed. No one was trustworthy 'cept for her uncle George. This little girl was a foundling, taken in by the cousin of the old rouge (remember her from book 1 of the lioness?) and though she looked the polar opposite they got along quite well for a family. But like all good things it had come to an end when the child was thrown out after a long and gruesome battle for the crown. It had ended with the enemy setting fire to the court (as shown in the 1st paragraph) and destroying the women's wing along with her mother.

This little girl, Eli, was left alone and helpless in a world of traitors and thieves. Eli survived well on her own despite the haunting memories of her mother's last scream of agony within her head, visiting her uncle every so often for fun and happy visits.

But one part wasn't so fun and happy. Her "Cousin" the evil incarnate of all that is sludge-y and atrocious, Alan. Alan was Aly's twin and while the two girls got along fine, Alan and Eli were like oil and vinegar, trying to stay as far away as possible due to the impending evil that was brought with the other.

In fact, an old nanny of the two had decided to lock them up in a room to settle their differences, the damage was pretty minimal, for the two of them. Only a broken chandelier misplaced torches, scorch markes across both sides of the outer corridor and only one painting was completed with 4 holes about the size of a 6yrs fist.

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Unfortunately that was all behind her, "and it is never good to dwell on the past for it distracts you from the future" as her mentor the Shang Eel used to say. Eli was now alone, traveling off of the remote island by a boat that would carry her back to her home and remaining family. "I will miss my teacher, the warmth of our smiles when we finally finish a complicated pattern, or when he looked upon me with pride as we finish a level," Eli mourned to herself, "But I cannot be weak," she resolved " I am the Shang Fox, and will show those that oppose me that while I may have been small at one point I have grown and plan to help uncle, aunt, and everyone so they never have to go through what I did."

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So what did you guys think? First 10 reviewers get a metaphorical fortune cookie with the fortune on the side, so its more like a cookie and a fortune then a fortune cookie, but oh well.

Please take pity on the writer and review, sorry it's so short though. :c(

Peace, Love, and Cookies!

---song of the souls