A/N: OK, "What about Fox?" and blah blah blah, I'll get to him later, its
still at the point where it focuses a bit on the other characters. But
since Mia just now came up and we're moving along chapter wise....well, I
figure now is a good time to go to the human village and what Mia's
business for being there is.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Star Fox, Nintendo does. Mia and Shane belong to me, any relation to anybody else's characters in ANY way is completely coincidental.
Chapter 7-Mia's Disguise
Mia was deep into the woods, walking the eastern path. She appreciated what Shane was now. He was slowly getting better, but he was still mysterious. She walked through the woods in her vixen form until she neared the end. It was still dark, and the woods looked scary. But to her the woods were still beautiful. Everything looked beautiful to Mia.
The wind rustled the leaves on the trees. It was much harsher than previous nights actually. Mia didn't care, it always felt good. She was a little more concerned about Shane. She knew that in the end this would be a happy ending...she just couldn't promise to give Shane what he wanted. And what he wanted was Krystal. Mia couldn't promise that it'd work out in the end, but she could try.
When Mia got close to the edge of the forest, she let a dark glow surround her as she turned back into the old women covered in brown rags. Her walking stick came back to her as well. When she came out of the woods, she looked down on the glowing village. This was her home.
She walked into the village. For an old women, she got a lot more respect than most of the other elders did. She was known and liked around the village, especially by little kids. The kids enjoyed the "fairy tales" she told that involved animals. Mia lived in a nicely decorated house on the far end of the village. She got visitors a lot and didn't really show her vixen form. She had showed some kids. Eventhough the kids went home and told their parents, the parents always said "That Mia and her stories." The kids would constantly say "No, really." Of course the parents would just smile and say: "OK I believe you." Eventhough they really didn't.
During the night though, Mia often walked into the pub. Eventhough there was a lot of drinking, the people there were friendly. Mia knew at least one other fur that imitated a human in the village. In fact, he was the bar tender at the pub. With this in mind, it was easy to see why she went there.
Mia walked into the pub and sat at her usual bar stool. "How are you today Pepper?" She smiled.
As a human, the former general was a bearded man. He had a pretty good build, but he rarely ever took off his bartending outfit. He wore a red apron over a white shirt with black pants. His beard wasn't all that big. It wasn't so big that it started to hang down. He refused to go out as his original furry self. He was actually beginning to like some of the people that came in.
"How is he so far?" Pepper asked. He knew about Shane.
Mia held up a crystal ball to reveal a depressed Shane. "Its working out better than I hoped for actually. It sounds cruel, but he still needs to suffer a little bit more. But the ultimate torture will be once he turns back to a humna."
"Don't you think he may have suffered enough?" Pepper asked.
"I think he'll be fine. He says he actually likes being a fox. He has found a love, or so he thinks." She said putting the crystal ball away. "He has something for a blue vixen named Krystal. He seems to be very confused though. He seems scared to love, actually."
To Pepper this came as a shock. He was busy cleaning out a few tall mugs, but he was listening well. "Thats a little sad you know. He'll be fine in the end. He just has to be careful."
Mia nodded. She didn't usually drink and she didn't want to now. Part of her actually started to feel sorry for Shane. She would still try her best to make his story have a "happy" ending. Be that as it may, it was still working perfectly. The only questioned that arised in Mia's mind was this. 'When Shane becomes human again....would Krystal still love him back?'
***
It was still late but Fox was still up. He wanted to pay a visit to Krystal. He didn't know what he was to do though. Krystal was probably really tired after her day anyway. Fox knew most of the story, but not all of it. Now he was interested in Shane. Who was Shane? Fox had never heard of him before. He'd caught a quick glimpse, but that didn't tell him much of anything.
Fox tried to go to sleep at least. His eyes were darted at the ceiling as he rested in a cot that he set up in the hut. He blinked a few times and continued to stare at the ceiling in deep thought. It wasn't too much longer before he actually did fall to sleep.
***
Mia, still at the pub, was now starting to get a little tired. She let out a large yawn and began to slowly walk out of the pub. "You need any help?" Pepper offered, but she shunned his offer of support. She stumbled out of the pub. She hadn't had anything to drink at all. It didn't matter, a body was a body.
Mia got home and quickly closed the curtains. They were dark blue curtains, that of which she made herself. She locked her door and then with a quick flash was in her vixen form once again.
Her house was only one floor, and nothing more. She was proud of what she had. In her den were paintings of foxes. They were all around the living room actually. This did in fact bother some humans. To them it just wasn't "right." As much as she enjoyed being in the village with humans, she'd noticed that most were stuck up and very egotistical. It made her much happier that she was a fur instead. She didn't think that humans were evil. Actually, she thought they were very weak creatures.
She actually kept a notebook of what she'd noticed about humans. In her conclusion, they weren't as different from the furs as everyone thought. They were both very similar in ways unspoken of. Mia always told herself: "Humans and Furs will one day be able co-exist." She wouldn't let herself come to rest until that day came.
Eventhough in her eyes humans were somewhat weak, she noticed compassion in most of them. They worked together. If one needed help, there was usually someone there to help. Not that Mia was complaining, but you didn't see much of that in the fur village. In the fur village it was always about surviving on your own. Many furs she'd seen were raised to do their own battles. Many were raised not to enlist the aid of others, but to defend for themselves. Yet, humans were raised to get along with each other. Then how did most of them become so stuck up and so egotistical to think they could take on the world if they tried?
Mia went to her study room which was next to her bedroom. She sat at the desk and looked at what she'd noticed furs and humans had in common. They spoke the same language, had the same way of showing love, felt the same way about certain situations. They were so much more alike than everybody thought. The answer she was hoping to find in the human village was how this whole hatred started.
She put everything aside and pulled out her crystal ball again. She decided to watch Shane a little bit more. If anything, Shane was probably the key to this whole thing. If only she could use Shane to make them see just how similar furs and humans really were.
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A/N: OK, I didn't really like this chapter that much but its not up to me whether or not you like it, its only up to me to choose to go on. The next chapter should be very interesting...
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Star Fox, Nintendo does. Mia and Shane belong to me, any relation to anybody else's characters in ANY way is completely coincidental.
Chapter 7-Mia's Disguise
Mia was deep into the woods, walking the eastern path. She appreciated what Shane was now. He was slowly getting better, but he was still mysterious. She walked through the woods in her vixen form until she neared the end. It was still dark, and the woods looked scary. But to her the woods were still beautiful. Everything looked beautiful to Mia.
The wind rustled the leaves on the trees. It was much harsher than previous nights actually. Mia didn't care, it always felt good. She was a little more concerned about Shane. She knew that in the end this would be a happy ending...she just couldn't promise to give Shane what he wanted. And what he wanted was Krystal. Mia couldn't promise that it'd work out in the end, but she could try.
When Mia got close to the edge of the forest, she let a dark glow surround her as she turned back into the old women covered in brown rags. Her walking stick came back to her as well. When she came out of the woods, she looked down on the glowing village. This was her home.
She walked into the village. For an old women, she got a lot more respect than most of the other elders did. She was known and liked around the village, especially by little kids. The kids enjoyed the "fairy tales" she told that involved animals. Mia lived in a nicely decorated house on the far end of the village. She got visitors a lot and didn't really show her vixen form. She had showed some kids. Eventhough the kids went home and told their parents, the parents always said "That Mia and her stories." The kids would constantly say "No, really." Of course the parents would just smile and say: "OK I believe you." Eventhough they really didn't.
During the night though, Mia often walked into the pub. Eventhough there was a lot of drinking, the people there were friendly. Mia knew at least one other fur that imitated a human in the village. In fact, he was the bar tender at the pub. With this in mind, it was easy to see why she went there.
Mia walked into the pub and sat at her usual bar stool. "How are you today Pepper?" She smiled.
As a human, the former general was a bearded man. He had a pretty good build, but he rarely ever took off his bartending outfit. He wore a red apron over a white shirt with black pants. His beard wasn't all that big. It wasn't so big that it started to hang down. He refused to go out as his original furry self. He was actually beginning to like some of the people that came in.
"How is he so far?" Pepper asked. He knew about Shane.
Mia held up a crystal ball to reveal a depressed Shane. "Its working out better than I hoped for actually. It sounds cruel, but he still needs to suffer a little bit more. But the ultimate torture will be once he turns back to a humna."
"Don't you think he may have suffered enough?" Pepper asked.
"I think he'll be fine. He says he actually likes being a fox. He has found a love, or so he thinks." She said putting the crystal ball away. "He has something for a blue vixen named Krystal. He seems to be very confused though. He seems scared to love, actually."
To Pepper this came as a shock. He was busy cleaning out a few tall mugs, but he was listening well. "Thats a little sad you know. He'll be fine in the end. He just has to be careful."
Mia nodded. She didn't usually drink and she didn't want to now. Part of her actually started to feel sorry for Shane. She would still try her best to make his story have a "happy" ending. Be that as it may, it was still working perfectly. The only questioned that arised in Mia's mind was this. 'When Shane becomes human again....would Krystal still love him back?'
***
It was still late but Fox was still up. He wanted to pay a visit to Krystal. He didn't know what he was to do though. Krystal was probably really tired after her day anyway. Fox knew most of the story, but not all of it. Now he was interested in Shane. Who was Shane? Fox had never heard of him before. He'd caught a quick glimpse, but that didn't tell him much of anything.
Fox tried to go to sleep at least. His eyes were darted at the ceiling as he rested in a cot that he set up in the hut. He blinked a few times and continued to stare at the ceiling in deep thought. It wasn't too much longer before he actually did fall to sleep.
***
Mia, still at the pub, was now starting to get a little tired. She let out a large yawn and began to slowly walk out of the pub. "You need any help?" Pepper offered, but she shunned his offer of support. She stumbled out of the pub. She hadn't had anything to drink at all. It didn't matter, a body was a body.
Mia got home and quickly closed the curtains. They were dark blue curtains, that of which she made herself. She locked her door and then with a quick flash was in her vixen form once again.
Her house was only one floor, and nothing more. She was proud of what she had. In her den were paintings of foxes. They were all around the living room actually. This did in fact bother some humans. To them it just wasn't "right." As much as she enjoyed being in the village with humans, she'd noticed that most were stuck up and very egotistical. It made her much happier that she was a fur instead. She didn't think that humans were evil. Actually, she thought they were very weak creatures.
She actually kept a notebook of what she'd noticed about humans. In her conclusion, they weren't as different from the furs as everyone thought. They were both very similar in ways unspoken of. Mia always told herself: "Humans and Furs will one day be able co-exist." She wouldn't let herself come to rest until that day came.
Eventhough in her eyes humans were somewhat weak, she noticed compassion in most of them. They worked together. If one needed help, there was usually someone there to help. Not that Mia was complaining, but you didn't see much of that in the fur village. In the fur village it was always about surviving on your own. Many furs she'd seen were raised to do their own battles. Many were raised not to enlist the aid of others, but to defend for themselves. Yet, humans were raised to get along with each other. Then how did most of them become so stuck up and so egotistical to think they could take on the world if they tried?
Mia went to her study room which was next to her bedroom. She sat at the desk and looked at what she'd noticed furs and humans had in common. They spoke the same language, had the same way of showing love, felt the same way about certain situations. They were so much more alike than everybody thought. The answer she was hoping to find in the human village was how this whole hatred started.
She put everything aside and pulled out her crystal ball again. She decided to watch Shane a little bit more. If anything, Shane was probably the key to this whole thing. If only she could use Shane to make them see just how similar furs and humans really were.
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A/N: OK, I didn't really like this chapter that much but its not up to me whether or not you like it, its only up to me to choose to go on. The next chapter should be very interesting...
