Epilogue+ + + + + +
Spring had finally given way to summer, the perennials now in full bloom and showing off their colors. It had been a cold winter for northern Oregon, and the warm weather had come with great relief. Now, the sun shown down brightly on the freshly mowed lawn of a small log cottage. Two fox kits were rolling around and chasing each other across the grass, the sun highlighting their vibrant red and white fur. The two kits tossed and tousled playfully on the grass, now and then dodging in and out of the woods beyond the yard in impromptu games of tag.
From the porch of the cottage, two green eyes quietly watched the playing youths in the yard. A red paw reached for a nearby glass of lemonade. Sipping it gratefully, a middle-aged squirrel with red and white fur enjoyed the warm afternoon. He wondered if he ever acted so young and carefree as the two fox kits he was now watching.
Anthony was jostled out of his quiet reflections by his youngest grandson, Reddy, who had jumped up on his lap and began poking incessantly at his grandfather's arm to get his attention. "Grandpa? Grandpa, wake up!"
"I'm up, I'm up!" Anthony protested hurriedly, saving his arm from further assault. "What's up, Reddy?"
"Grandma said you have to watch us while she goes out to get groceries."
"Is that so?" Anthony asked, his ears picking up the sound of a car door slamming shut and a familiar Dodge Viper's engine revving up.
"Yeah! And she also said you need to get me a bowl of ice cream!" Reddy looked up at his grandfather with eyes of pure innocence and smiled hopefully.
"Okay," Anthony smiled. He reached a paw behind his back so Reddy wouldn't see the bowl of chocolate ice cream materialize in his paw with a small flash of light. He brought his paw back out and handed the bowl to Reddy. "There ya go, kiddo."
Reddy made himself comfortable in his grandfather's lap and took a spoonful of ice cream while Anthony contemplated the effects of spilled chocolate ice cream on squirrel fur.
"Grandpa?" Reddy asked. "Tell me more about great grandpa Fox."
"Oh," Anthony stretched, "what's left to know? I spent all week telling you about him. I've shown you pictures. What else do you want to know?"
"Did he ever find out who his parents were, or about his past?"
Anthony scowled for a moment. "Nope," he concluded. "But in the end he found out it didn't really matter. What mattered was what he did with his powers, to make his own life, and to have his own family. He became a toon, but it wasn't enough. He wanted to end his life here--with us, abandoning his immortality for a simpler life."
"He sounds like he was a real nut," Reddy offered, swirling his spoon in his ice cream.
Anthony nodded. "Yes he was, but he was also a real kind fox. I just wish you could have met him. He left us nine years ago--about a year before you were born."
Reddy fingered a gold, diamond-shaped pendent with green and white stones that was hanging on his grandfather's chest. "So is he why you have all those weird powers and why you stay young?" he asked, slyly.
Anthony looked shocked. He stared at Reddy with wide eyes which quickly resumed there normal complacent look. "You sure are a hard one to fool, kiddo. but, well, we'll just keep those things between us, okay?" He ruffled Reddy's head fur.
"Okay, grandpa," Reddy agreed, giving him a hug before leaping off his lap to go sit out in the yard and finish his ice cream. He turned once to look back at his grandfather on the porch, and the two exchanged a knowing glance with each other.
Anthony nodded to himself, and took another sip of lemonade. He gazed into the blue, cloudless sky above him, his eyes focusing on something beyond the simple blue, beyond the black of space and the stars beyond. "Quite a kid, isn't he, Dad?" And, somewhere beyond the blue, cloudless sky, the black of space and the stars beyond, in a place only Anthony could see, a fox nodded back to him.
THE END
Based on a true story.
All commercially licensed cartoon characters
are copyright and trademarks of their respective companies.
The following named characters that appeared
in this story are unique creations of
Andy Fox and are copyright him:
Fluffy C. Rabbit
Arthur Trenton
Phillip Sandal
Ed Puma
Dennis
Samantha
Fox
Vixen
Sasha
Lady Amber
Fern
Winston
Sandy
Anthony
Melanie
Melissa
Reddy
Starring the voices of
FLUFFY Joss Ackland
SASHA RACCOON Janet Wright
MYSTERIOUS FOX Michael Hordern
and starring ...
PHILLIP SANDAL Keith David
THORNE MOUSE himself
BLUE SKUNK Sean Campbell
(All actors were paid scale.)
TRANSLATION OF FLUFFY'S DIALOG Acme's English Toon Rabbit
dictionary, 5th Edition
SLAPPY'S WARDROBE ... not telling :-)
FERN'S HAIR DONE BY two large black paws
CATERING Sammich Express
WRITTEN BY Andy Fox
STORY EDITORS Sean Campbell
Pepe K.
SCREENING AND RELEASE The Great High King Uriah
DIRECTED BY Andy Fox
PRODUCED BY Acme Films Unlimited
Official Soundtrack for Forgotten Heritage
Yes, there was music playing during the story! Didn't you hear it? :-)
The soundtrack for this fan fiction was chosen with the idea in mind
that Forgotten Heritage is a movie rather than something being read,
therefor it may not completely time with the text as it is read, but
rather with the events as they happen.
Since I suspect very few readers are familiar with most of the songs
listed, it is a bit of a moot point anyhow. :-)
Morning Of My Life, Bee Gees
Chapter 3: Slappy and Andy have breakfast.
Never Ending Story #5: Sleepy Dragon
Chapter 5, scene 2: Arthur takes a journey.
Island, Jimmy Buffet
Chapter 11: Andy and Slappy talk on the deck.
Watership Down #2: Venturing Forth
Chapter 11: Sasha escorts Andy through the woods.
and
Chapter 17: Andy reflects.
Blue Waltz, Daniel Lanois
Chapter 12: Arthur in L.A. / Andy and Lady Amber / Fluffy asks a favor
Watership Down #8: Violet's Gone
Chapter 13: Andy and Fern say goodbye.
and
Chapter 27: The animals say goodbye.
Changing Channels, Jimmy Buffet
Chapter 15: Babs in the library / Andy and Fluffy arriving at plateau
Never Ending Story #11: Mirrorgate - Southern Oracle
Chapter 15, scene 2 through end of chapter 16, scene 1: Andy and
Fluffy depart and Andy reports to work
Never Ending Story #4: Ruined Landscape
Chapter 16, scene 2: Andy and Arthur talk and embrace
Backdraft: Closing Theme
Chapter 18, scene 2: Graduation ceremony
Never Ending Story #10: Atreju Meets Fakcor
Chapter 22, scene 2: Fluffy's ride
Watership Down #10: Bright Eyes and Interlude
Chapter 24: Fluffy's passing
Secret Place, Daniel Lanois
Chapter 25: Andy and Anthony talk
A Change (will do you good), Sheryl Crow
Chapter 25: Anthony takes a ride to Seattle
Under A Stormy Sky, Daniel Lanois
Chapter 25: Played as Andy and Anthony tour the country
Who Wants To Live Forever, Queen
Chapter 27, scene 1: Skippy slips away, Andy releases his powers
Tahitian Skies, Chet Atkins and Mark Knofler
Epilogue / end titles
Story available at on FanFiction.net under Cartoons -> Tiny Toon Adventures
Special Thanks To
Acme Looniversity
Tetra Dimensional Inc.
Acme Labs
The Southern California Woodland Animal Band
The J.A.M.
Doctor Lord
No animals were harmed in the making of this fanfic
Forgotten Heritage
A Fan Fiction by
Andy Fox
(C) MMIII
"It wasn't lost, dad. It... wasn't lost."
Anthony stood over his father's grave. He held a single white daisy in his paws as he looked down at the ground. He knew that his father was not buried in the earth beneath him, but had nowhere else to go.
"It wasn't lost, dad," he repeated. "It went out, but it wasn't lost... because I caught it, dad. I caught it, and it's in me now. I never told you, and I don't even know if you knew or not, but it's in me now, dad. It's... in me."
He laid the daisy against the small stone memorial next to the large oak tree. "I know everything, dad. I..." He sniffed and wiped his eyes. "I miss you."
He wiped his nose again, then turned and slowly made his way back to the mansion.
Spring had finally given way to summer, the perennials now in full bloom and showing off their colors. It had been a cold winter for northern Oregon, and the warm weather had come with great relief. Now, the sun shown down brightly on the freshly mowed lawn of a small log cottage. Two fox kits were rolling around and chasing each other across the grass, the sun highlighting their vibrant red and white fur. The two kits tossed and tousled playfully on the grass, now and then dodging in and out of the woods beyond the yard in impromptu games of tag.
From the porch of the cottage, two green eyes quietly watched the playing youths in the yard. A red paw reached for a nearby glass of lemonade. Sipping it gratefully, a middle-aged squirrel with red and white fur enjoyed the warm afternoon. He wondered if he ever acted so young and carefree as the two fox kits he was now watching.
Anthony was jostled out of his quiet reflections by his youngest grandson, Reddy, who had jumped up on his lap and began poking incessantly at his grandfather's arm to get his attention. "Grandpa? Grandpa, wake up!"
"I'm up, I'm up!" Anthony protested hurriedly, saving his arm from further assault. "What's up, Reddy?"
"Grandma said you have to watch us while she goes out to get groceries."
"Is that so?" Anthony asked, his ears picking up the sound of a car door slamming shut and a familiar Dodge Viper's engine revving up.
"Yeah! And she also said you need to get me a bowl of ice cream!" Reddy looked up at his grandfather with eyes of pure innocence and smiled hopefully.
"Okay," Anthony smiled. He reached a paw behind his back so Reddy wouldn't see the bowl of chocolate ice cream materialize in his paw with a small flash of light. He brought his paw back out and handed the bowl to Reddy. "There ya go, kiddo."
Reddy made himself comfortable in his grandfather's lap and took a spoonful of ice cream while Anthony contemplated the effects of spilled chocolate ice cream on squirrel fur.
"Grandpa?" Reddy asked. "Tell me more about great grandpa Fox."
"Oh," Anthony stretched, "what's left to know? I spent all week telling you about him. I've shown you pictures. What else do you want to know?"
"Did he ever find out who his parents were, or about his past?"
Anthony scowled for a moment. "Nope," he concluded. "But in the end he found out it didn't really matter. What mattered was what he did with his powers, to make his own life, and to have his own family. He became a toon, but it wasn't enough. He wanted to end his life here--with us, abandoning his immortality for a simpler life."
"He sounds like he was a real nut," Reddy offered, swirling his spoon in his ice cream.
Anthony nodded. "Yes he was, but he was also a real kind fox. I just wish you could have met him. He left us nine years ago--about a year before you were born."
Reddy fingered a gold, diamond-shaped pendent with green and white stones that was hanging on his grandfather's chest. "So is he why you have all those weird powers and why you stay young?" he asked, slyly.
Anthony looked shocked. He stared at Reddy with wide eyes which quickly resumed there normal complacent look. "You sure are a hard one to fool, kiddo. but, well, we'll just keep those things between us, okay?" He ruffled Reddy's head fur.
"Okay, grandpa," Reddy agreed, giving him a hug before leaping off his lap to go sit out in the yard and finish his ice cream. He turned once to look back at his grandfather on the porch, and the two exchanged a knowing glance with each other.
Anthony nodded to himself, and took another sip of lemonade. He gazed into the blue, cloudless sky above him, his eyes focusing on something beyond the simple blue, beyond the black of space and the stars beyond. "Quite a kid, isn't he, Dad?" And, somewhere beyond the blue, cloudless sky, the black of space and the stars beyond, in a place only Anthony could see, a fox nodded back to him.
Based on a true story.
All commercially licensed cartoon characters
are copyright and trademarks of their respective companies.
The following named characters that appeared
in this story are unique creations of
Andy Fox and are copyright him:
Fluffy C. Rabbit
Arthur Trenton
Phillip Sandal
Ed Puma
Dennis
Samantha
Fox
Vixen
Sasha
Lady Amber
Fern
Winston
Sandy
Anthony
Melanie
Melissa
Reddy
Starring the voices of
FLUFFY Joss Ackland
SASHA RACCOON Janet Wright
MYSTERIOUS FOX Michael Hordern
and starring ...
PHILLIP SANDAL Keith David
THORNE MOUSE himself
BLUE SKUNK Sean Campbell
(All actors were paid scale.)
TRANSLATION OF FLUFFY'S DIALOG Acme's English Toon Rabbit
dictionary, 5th Edition
SLAPPY'S WARDROBE ... not telling :-)
FERN'S HAIR DONE BY two large black paws
CATERING Sammich Express
WRITTEN BY Andy Fox
STORY EDITORS Sean Campbell
Pepe K.
SCREENING AND RELEASE The Great High King Uriah
DIRECTED BY Andy Fox
PRODUCED BY Acme Films Unlimited
Official Soundtrack for Forgotten Heritage
Yes, there was music playing during the story! Didn't you hear it? :-)
The soundtrack for this fan fiction was chosen with the idea in mind
that Forgotten Heritage is a movie rather than something being read,
therefor it may not completely time with the text as it is read, but
rather with the events as they happen.
Since I suspect very few readers are familiar with most of the songs
listed, it is a bit of a moot point anyhow. :-)
Morning Of My Life, Bee Gees
Chapter 3: Slappy and Andy have breakfast.
Never Ending Story #5: Sleepy Dragon
Chapter 5, scene 2: Arthur takes a journey.
Island, Jimmy Buffet
Chapter 11: Andy and Slappy talk on the deck.
Watership Down #2: Venturing Forth
Chapter 11: Sasha escorts Andy through the woods.
and
Chapter 17: Andy reflects.
Blue Waltz, Daniel Lanois
Chapter 12: Arthur in L.A. / Andy and Lady Amber / Fluffy asks a favor
Watership Down #8: Violet's Gone
Chapter 13: Andy and Fern say goodbye.
and
Chapter 27: The animals say goodbye.
Changing Channels, Jimmy Buffet
Chapter 15: Babs in the library / Andy and Fluffy arriving at plateau
Never Ending Story #11: Mirrorgate - Southern Oracle
Chapter 15, scene 2 through end of chapter 16, scene 1: Andy and
Fluffy depart and Andy reports to work
Never Ending Story #4: Ruined Landscape
Chapter 16, scene 2: Andy and Arthur talk and embrace
Backdraft: Closing Theme
Chapter 18, scene 2: Graduation ceremony
Never Ending Story #10: Atreju Meets Fakcor
Chapter 22, scene 2: Fluffy's ride
Watership Down #10: Bright Eyes and Interlude
Chapter 24: Fluffy's passing
Secret Place, Daniel Lanois
Chapter 25: Andy and Anthony talk
A Change (will do you good), Sheryl Crow
Chapter 25: Anthony takes a ride to Seattle
Under A Stormy Sky, Daniel Lanois
Chapter 25: Played as Andy and Anthony tour the country
Who Wants To Live Forever, Queen
Chapter 27, scene 1: Skippy slips away, Andy releases his powers
Tahitian Skies, Chet Atkins and Mark Knofler
Epilogue / end titles
Story available at on FanFiction.net under Cartoons -> Tiny Toon Adventures
Special Thanks To
Acme Looniversity
Tetra Dimensional Inc.
Acme Labs
The Southern California Woodland Animal Band
The J.A.M.
Doctor Lord
No animals were harmed in the making of this fanfic
Forgotten Heritage
A Fan Fiction by
Andy Fox
(C) MMIII