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Introduction: I wrote this because if I continued on my other story, then things will get a lot less action-y. Everything is different, well, almost everything. Erm. History changed because some weird dude messed with a time machine. This was supposed to be the sequel to The Queen and the Common Engineer, but I like having lots of reviews in one place ^_^
*Epilogue*
Krystal sighed as she looked out the palace window, her emerald eyes watering from remembering Fox again. Even now, eight years later, she still thought about him every day, and she doubted that she'd ever stop. She came back to Cerinia a few months after Fox died, with Peppy alongside her, of course.
"Prime Minister," a maid knocked on Krystal's door, "Advisor Hare wishes to see you."
"Well, send him in!" Krystal waved her off. Her window faced the east now; right toward the springs that she met Fox in. Beyond that, the Great Fox was parked again in the clearing, the paint starting to yellow due to the age.
"Krystal?" Peppy opened the door and strolled in, "Thinking about Fox again, hmm?" Krystal nodded.
"It's his birthday," she said. Peppy nodded.
"Yes, it is, isn't it?" Peppy looked out at the summer sky, patting Krystal on the back; "Fox would've loved to spend his life with you. I know it."
"He would've," Krystal sighed, "I love him so much."
"There, there, Krystal," Peppy mussed up her hair like he used to do to Fox when he was younger, "He was a good dog, and we all know that. We all miss him."
"Thanks, Pep," Krystal hugged the old hare and went off.
**
What a handful, that little kit was, always getting into trouble this and trouble that. He would disappear for days on end, either in the forest hunting pigs or with the foresters, sharing cider with his best 'uncle', Erik. He was energetic, wanting to do anything that involved moving. He was known to jump out of his third story bedroom window to play sports with the village children. First Advisor Kohan was steaming mad whenever the kit showed up with mud all over his tunic. Krystal would watch in wonder as the kit tried to climb the sheer vertical cliff on the riverside and play swords with the palace guards. He was a lot like his father when Fox was younger, according to Peppy.
Today, though, Krystal found her kit in the springs, catching dragonfly larva in the water. Krystal leaned against a tree as the kit leapt this way and that, grabbing at the quick buggers. Being only seven, he was unusually strong and tall.
"Oh, mom, I didn't see you there," the kit grinned his mysterious smile and jumped out of the water, dripping wet.
"Didn't Kohan tell you to stay out of the forest, James?" Krystal smiled back and hugged her kit lovingly. Little James blushed.
"Mom, stop it," James muttered. Krystal laughed and looked into the blue kit's eyes. They were green, but not Krystal's bright green. It was Fox's color, a deeper, more thoughtful jade. His eyes glinted with enthusiasm and his bushy tail, just like Krystal's, swung this way and that. His fur was a dark blue, although sometimes Krystal found an orange strand on his tail. His bright blue bangs hung just above his eyebrows. James loved to raise them, in the exact same manner that Fox would.
"What? It isn't like anyone is here, is there?" Krystal tickled James' stomach and he laughed uncontrollably. After six minutes of no breathing, Krystal stopped it and James gasped for breath. He calmed down in no time and sat near the bank with his mother.
"Mom?" James asked quietly, "Where did you meet dad?"
"Well, me and Fox, it all started in this forest, right here, in these springs, right on this bank, in fact..."
**
A/N: Aw, how sweet. Well, anyway, fic done, go home. Oh, yeah: REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, and REVIEW, REVIEW!
Introduction: I wrote this because if I continued on my other story, then things will get a lot less action-y. Everything is different, well, almost everything. Erm. History changed because some weird dude messed with a time machine. This was supposed to be the sequel to The Queen and the Common Engineer, but I like having lots of reviews in one place ^_^
*Epilogue*
Krystal sighed as she looked out the palace window, her emerald eyes watering from remembering Fox again. Even now, eight years later, she still thought about him every day, and she doubted that she'd ever stop. She came back to Cerinia a few months after Fox died, with Peppy alongside her, of course.
"Prime Minister," a maid knocked on Krystal's door, "Advisor Hare wishes to see you."
"Well, send him in!" Krystal waved her off. Her window faced the east now; right toward the springs that she met Fox in. Beyond that, the Great Fox was parked again in the clearing, the paint starting to yellow due to the age.
"Krystal?" Peppy opened the door and strolled in, "Thinking about Fox again, hmm?" Krystal nodded.
"It's his birthday," she said. Peppy nodded.
"Yes, it is, isn't it?" Peppy looked out at the summer sky, patting Krystal on the back; "Fox would've loved to spend his life with you. I know it."
"He would've," Krystal sighed, "I love him so much."
"There, there, Krystal," Peppy mussed up her hair like he used to do to Fox when he was younger, "He was a good dog, and we all know that. We all miss him."
"Thanks, Pep," Krystal hugged the old hare and went off.
**
What a handful, that little kit was, always getting into trouble this and trouble that. He would disappear for days on end, either in the forest hunting pigs or with the foresters, sharing cider with his best 'uncle', Erik. He was energetic, wanting to do anything that involved moving. He was known to jump out of his third story bedroom window to play sports with the village children. First Advisor Kohan was steaming mad whenever the kit showed up with mud all over his tunic. Krystal would watch in wonder as the kit tried to climb the sheer vertical cliff on the riverside and play swords with the palace guards. He was a lot like his father when Fox was younger, according to Peppy.
Today, though, Krystal found her kit in the springs, catching dragonfly larva in the water. Krystal leaned against a tree as the kit leapt this way and that, grabbing at the quick buggers. Being only seven, he was unusually strong and tall.
"Oh, mom, I didn't see you there," the kit grinned his mysterious smile and jumped out of the water, dripping wet.
"Didn't Kohan tell you to stay out of the forest, James?" Krystal smiled back and hugged her kit lovingly. Little James blushed.
"Mom, stop it," James muttered. Krystal laughed and looked into the blue kit's eyes. They were green, but not Krystal's bright green. It was Fox's color, a deeper, more thoughtful jade. His eyes glinted with enthusiasm and his bushy tail, just like Krystal's, swung this way and that. His fur was a dark blue, although sometimes Krystal found an orange strand on his tail. His bright blue bangs hung just above his eyebrows. James loved to raise them, in the exact same manner that Fox would.
"What? It isn't like anyone is here, is there?" Krystal tickled James' stomach and he laughed uncontrollably. After six minutes of no breathing, Krystal stopped it and James gasped for breath. He calmed down in no time and sat near the bank with his mother.
"Mom?" James asked quietly, "Where did you meet dad?"
"Well, me and Fox, it all started in this forest, right here, in these springs, right on this bank, in fact..."
**
A/N: Aw, how sweet. Well, anyway, fic done, go home. Oh, yeah: REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, and REVIEW, REVIEW!