9 year old Nick was running around in his green scout uniform. He was so happy, he finally going to be a member of the junior ranger scouts at last.
"Nick, come here so I can brush your fur. You want to look your best for when become a scout don't you?" his mom said.
Nick stopped running around and went over to his mother, and sat down in a chair. "I'm really exicted, i'm going to help lots of mammals, and we get to go camping and i'm gonna make lots of new friends."
His mom ran the brush over his head. "Of course you will darling." she smiled softly at him, although deep inside she was worried about her son. She knew foxes were treated as crimnals in this world.
"Oh mom it's nearly 7.30, can i go now please?" he asked.
His mom chuckled, and allowed him to go. "Good luck Nick." she shouted as he ran out of the front door. She just prayed the mammals there wouldn't judge him.
Nick ran to the building where the scouts held their meetings.
"Well here I go." Said Nick, as he put on a confident smile, and he came down the stairs to meet the 5 members of the junior ranger scouts. A woodchuck,a zebra,a mooze,a horse and a hippo. They all had friendly smiles on their faces.
"Hey Nick" greeted the woodchuck. "Are you ready for initiation?" he asked.
Nick had a sly smirk on his face. "Yeah pretty much born ready."
He then gave the zebra a high five, and stood up straight, as the woodchuck signaled for the lights to be turned off. Everything was dark for a moment, until Nick seen a bright light come on to his face. He blinked a few times to get use to the flashlight. Then smiled, as he dream was seconds from coming true.
"Ok, now raise your right paw, and deliver the oath" the woodchuck told him with a smile.
Nick held up his paw and said "I Nicholas Wilde promise to be brave, loyal, helpful and trustworthy." he grinned.
The woodchuck smirked to the others, then when he looked back at the young fox his friendly smile was gone, and replace with a mean sneer.
"But you're a fox, how could you be anything like that?"
Nick was now both frightened and confused. "What do you mean?" He asked, as he took a few steps back.
"What he means is, everyone knows what you foxes are like." The zebra said, as they 5 came closer to Nick. They began to make a circle around him blocking any chance of escape.
"You're always lying."
"Cheating."
"And stealing."
The woodchuck then pushed the scared fox to the floor, and the zebra and the moose held him down by his arms. "The only way we'll trust you is with this." He smirked evilly, holding a muzzle in his paws.
Nick's eyes opened wide, as he began to yell. " No please guys, what did I do to you?"
His pleas were ignored by the scouts, and they slipped the cold, hard muzzle onto his face.
Then they all began to laugh. "If you really thought a fox could be a scout, you must be dumber than you look" the woodchuck mocked.
It was all way to much for poor Nick, as he got up and ran outside.
"Aww he's gonna cry" He heard one of the scout taunt.
Nick sturrgled to pull the muzzle over his head, but soon succded and he threw it on the floor in anger. What had he done? All he ever wanted was to be a scout.
Why were foxes treated so badly in this world? What had they done so wrong?
Nick then decided to go home, but he just couldn't tell his mom what had happened. She had spent ages saving up for his uniform, all to make him happy. Plus he was scared he wouldn't be believed, after all it was their word against his and it 5 against 1. he had no chance.
Soon Nick arrived back home, before he went on he put on a fake smile.
"Hey little scout." His mom greeted. "How was it?"
Nick wanted to cry, he wanted to hug his mom and tell her everything but he couldn't, he just couldn't.
"It was great mom, everyone is really nice." He lied still putting on his false smile.
"Well thats great honey." Said his mom, giving him a hug.
"Yeah well uh i'm uh pretty tired, do you mind of i get an early night?" he asked.
"Of course darling, you've had a busy day today, you get some rest."
Nick then went up to his bedroom and took of his uniform, at first it was a symbol of happiness, Something that would have made his dream come true, but now it was just nothing.
Nick still tried not to cry incase his mom heard him. He then looked out of the window, and saw a star in the sky. He remembered a few years back his mom had told him it was the wishing star. He had never wished on it before, but could this star really grant wishes?
"Starlight, star bright, the first star I see tonight,I wish I may, I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight." he paused for a moment. "I wish I had a friend." he said.
He then went to bed wondering if it would come true, would he ever find a true friend?
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