HEY 9 FANS! I'm really incredibly sorry I haven't uploaded anything for this fandom lately... it's just I have not had a single iota of inspiration since my last 9 update. I decided I'd wrap up this short little thing, which I do apologise for it being so short. In case you're not quite sure what scene this is it's pretty much the very scene in which Bambi meets Faline for the first time. Oh yeah, by the way, thanks to everyone who has sent me all of those requests! I'll try my best to do all of them :) On with the show! -HPS


The young prince was always eager to venture out into the Emptiness with Mother. There were always new words to learn, new people to meet, and new hideaways to explore. He was still a fairly new pup – the last pup to have been born into the coven – and for this reason he was eager to catch up with his friends in how knowledgeable they were about the world. 5 had already introduced him to many new concepts, including another of his close friends. 6, affectionately known as Flower by the young prince; had shyly introduced himself when they found him drawing in the soil. His unusual 'hair' had given him the appearance of a flower among the rare foliage that 5 had shown him.

But no matter. Neither of his close friends were there to watch him look at the puddle of the strange substance that Mother was bottling carefully, chatting to a friend of hers. So he would just follow the trail of the black sticky substance by himself down the stream that it had made. The walk wasn't that far from his mother... just into that nook there; and he had found the source of the strange river of substance. A large round thing had dripped a lot of it – his kind had made use of it, creating a channel for it to flow down as it leaked. Of course, being so young, he hardly noticed this; instead gazing curiously at the face that looked up at him with the same emotion. After a moment's thought he confirmed that this was indeed his face. The other face was white, anyway, and –

The other face? 9 jumped back with a start.

He looked up, finding the face attached to the body of a pup about his age. She grinned cheekily, waving her fingers in a funny girly way.

"Hello, 9." she said. And then she was gone. He looked around wildly, for the other pup, but he could hear nothing. He sighed, happy to continue exploring. But there was a rustle – and she was there, too close - ! Before he could comprehend what had just happened he was in the sludge. She was gone again, back again, gone again – it was frustrating.

Those were his first kisses – but, really, he was going to have no part of it. So, as prince-like as he could manage, he stomped off to Mother, and huffed by her leg. But Mother laughed at him and he only felt silly, covered in the tar-like substance.

The little witch appeared again and he added dust to the substances that he was coated in.

"Say hello to 7, dear." Mother murmured, betraying him again.

He wouldn't dare give this girl the satisfaction of hearing his voice.

"...Hullo." he grumbled.

The girl twittered playfully, her giggles ringing like a bell.