Myth of the Shadowfox
"Myth of the shadowfox?" Hitomi repeated. "I've never even heard you
mention a 'shadowfox'."
"My mother told me a story about them when I was quite young," Van explained. He smiled and continued at the fond memory of his mother. "One of the reasons I remember it so well was that I had my mother tell it to me so much." He chuckled. "It started like this: Shadowfox: a creature that, if caught and persuaded, will give a boon to it's captor in exchange for its release.
"A shadowfox was a creature of stealth, speech, and of darkness. Night was their element. Black, albino, or white ones were the best to catch. They had the more powerful magic out of all the colours: black being the highest, then white, then albino.
"A shadowfox looks like a human. A few ways to tell them apart are their senses. Their eyes would be an odd colour and they could see well in the dark. Their hearing would be acute, sensitive to loud noises. It would be able to pick up even the softest of sounds. Their sense of smell would be astounding. Their eyes might tear due to an especially strong odor."
As Hitomi listened to Van's tale, she was suddenly reminded of Riis. She needed to know more about them so she turned her attention back to Van. Van had stopped, but now continued.
"Shadowfox have several forms. A human like appearance that allows them to blend in with society is the first form. This form hides the second form. This second form is similar to that of a human except fangs can be seen in the mouth, their eyes have a lining of unnatural yet natural colour. They have claws. On the top of their heads are fox ears while protruding from the bottom of their spines is a tail. Their third form is that of a fox.a large fox. It's said that they stand a meter high at their shoulders in this form.
"No matter what form they're in, a shadowfox needs to be above something status wise, but also need to have an authority above them. For example, one might have a dog as something to be above while an older sibling is above them.
"As for weapons.it's been said that shadowfox like to use glaives, staffs, scythes, or just about anything that is either a pole or a pole with a sharp object at the end."
Van paused and seeming to check the information in his head before he started to tell the story again.
"For some unknown reason, it's said that shadowfox can hear the music of a silver flute. Even if they're hundreds of miles away from the musician they can still hear the music. They also like to make music.
"I heard it that shadowfox derived from the Gossamer Wood. That's why I'm a bit worried for you friend," Van concluded. Thunder rolled overhead as the wind changed direction yet again and blew into their faces this time. Hitomi became nervous and Van's eyes narrowed.
"This is going to be one nasty storm," he commented. "Lucky us we reached the castle before it pounced."
"Dear God," Hitomi cursed. "Riis is still out there!"
"Damn," Van cursed as he ran to his rooms.
"What are you going to do?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, since she landed in the Gossamer Woods, I was thinking," Van let his thought hang in the air.
"And?" Hitomi asked still not grasping his idea.
"I'm going to play a silver flute," Van said.
Hitomi's eyes shone with sudden understanding. "I get it now."
"Glad to hear it," Van said with a lopsided grin. They disappeared into the castle.
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Riis trudged through the woods intent on finding Hitomi and Dutch. Her ear twitched and she heard the distinct noise of soft running. She looked up and, in the dimness of the forest, saw Dutch running at her. She smiled and yipped. This only made him run faster. She smiled when he overran her location. She smiled again as he turned and trotted back toward her. He smiled his doofy smile, twitched his left ear and raised his right eyebrow.
"No!" Riis laughed. "We can get lost in the woods another time. Right now I want to find out where I am." In response to her statement, thunder roared above her and was immediately followed by a torrential downpour.
"Great! Just great!" Riis' mood darkened. She didn't particularly want to transform again. She started to run to the right when she heard a noise. She found it moments later to be one of her bags. She hurriedly opened it to pull out a green cloak. She zipped it shut again. She threw the cloak over her drenched form. Dutch just smiled and barked.
"I know it won't help me that much now," Riis replied to his inquiry. "But it will help me to retain what body heat I have left." Dutch just yawned and started in another direction.
I think he's trying to get me lost, Riis thought as she growled him back. As she was deciding on where she would go next, she heard the prettiest music ever. She closed her eyes and relaxed as the silver music fed her mind. She jumped when lightning cracked above her. She jumped, terrified. She lost her mind to her instincts when the situation finally sank in. And her instincts told her to follow the music. She took off running through the woods, pack in one hand, cloak billowing out behind her, Dutch running slightly in front of her on her right.
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Van's unruly hair was swept about his face as the wind changed again, this time bringing rain. He didn't flinch. He needed to get Riis here. If the music didn't work on her, he hoped it worked on her dog. Merle had found the pair as they walked in the castle, so she was absent this time. He changed to a different song. The beginning of this song brought an eerie tone on the wind from the woods. He wondered if shadowfox really did live in the Gossamer Woods.
After a few songs, Koyo appeared next to Van.
"Any luck, father?" Van shook his head yes.
"Should I go?" Van shook his head no.
Koyo sat down. He had a wonderful mix of his mother and father's features. His hair was a few shades lighter than his father's, but many shades darker than his mother's. Some really dark brown colour. His right eye was green with brown flecks and his left eye was cherry-wood with green flecks. His skin tone was the dark complexion of his father. His Draconian wings were white as well. He wore a black cloak over his green tunic as his father wore one over his red tunic.
It seemed like Van played the silver flute for hours. When He thought he saw something coming toward the castle, lightning struck a tree and fell in its path. A dog was barking. It had passed the tree and was calling for its mistress who was still running. She jumped the tree, and Koyo's eyes widened. He would have had to either fly over it or go around it. The figure just stood there breathing heavily. Koyo leapt off the roof, wings finding slits in his clothing as not to rip them. He glided down and started to run to her. He stopped when she turned to face his direction and the wind blew to him
Her eyes were like a cat's eyes and were the oddest colour. He couldn't specifically identify it. He saw that, instead of regular fingernails, claws dominated the ends of her slender musician's fingers. Something twitched underneath her cloak that had to be a tail. The wind whipped her hood back some to reveal black ears. The girl brought her hand up to draw the hood back over her ears and tuck a piece of loose hair back in its place.wherever that was. She closed her eyes, revealing a silver lining that seemed to be natural. He saw something in her mouth change by the way her skin moved, her hood fell, and the something under her cloak stopped moving. When she opened her eyes, the lining remained, but her eyes were glazed with fatigue.
"Hello Koyo," the figure said before she collapsed. Koyo scared stiff at the mention of his name. How did she know it? He didn't see when the dog came exactly, but it nudged him forward. He took the hint and picked up the surprisingly heavy girl. He muttered to himself as he made his way back into the castle.
Van stood on top of the castle, wind whipping his cloak and hair, silver flute in his hand. He watched the whole exchange before he, too, followed Koyo's example and entered the castle.
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HEHEHE! I do have a green cloak! I'm thinking that the next chapter is coming soon. I'm starting to get ideas for my other stories so this might not be updated as soon as you all would like. I'm working on it! *closes door to lair and starts typing*
"My mother told me a story about them when I was quite young," Van explained. He smiled and continued at the fond memory of his mother. "One of the reasons I remember it so well was that I had my mother tell it to me so much." He chuckled. "It started like this: Shadowfox: a creature that, if caught and persuaded, will give a boon to it's captor in exchange for its release.
"A shadowfox was a creature of stealth, speech, and of darkness. Night was their element. Black, albino, or white ones were the best to catch. They had the more powerful magic out of all the colours: black being the highest, then white, then albino.
"A shadowfox looks like a human. A few ways to tell them apart are their senses. Their eyes would be an odd colour and they could see well in the dark. Their hearing would be acute, sensitive to loud noises. It would be able to pick up even the softest of sounds. Their sense of smell would be astounding. Their eyes might tear due to an especially strong odor."
As Hitomi listened to Van's tale, she was suddenly reminded of Riis. She needed to know more about them so she turned her attention back to Van. Van had stopped, but now continued.
"Shadowfox have several forms. A human like appearance that allows them to blend in with society is the first form. This form hides the second form. This second form is similar to that of a human except fangs can be seen in the mouth, their eyes have a lining of unnatural yet natural colour. They have claws. On the top of their heads are fox ears while protruding from the bottom of their spines is a tail. Their third form is that of a fox.a large fox. It's said that they stand a meter high at their shoulders in this form.
"No matter what form they're in, a shadowfox needs to be above something status wise, but also need to have an authority above them. For example, one might have a dog as something to be above while an older sibling is above them.
"As for weapons.it's been said that shadowfox like to use glaives, staffs, scythes, or just about anything that is either a pole or a pole with a sharp object at the end."
Van paused and seeming to check the information in his head before he started to tell the story again.
"For some unknown reason, it's said that shadowfox can hear the music of a silver flute. Even if they're hundreds of miles away from the musician they can still hear the music. They also like to make music.
"I heard it that shadowfox derived from the Gossamer Wood. That's why I'm a bit worried for you friend," Van concluded. Thunder rolled overhead as the wind changed direction yet again and blew into their faces this time. Hitomi became nervous and Van's eyes narrowed.
"This is going to be one nasty storm," he commented. "Lucky us we reached the castle before it pounced."
"Dear God," Hitomi cursed. "Riis is still out there!"
"Damn," Van cursed as he ran to his rooms.
"What are you going to do?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, since she landed in the Gossamer Woods, I was thinking," Van let his thought hang in the air.
"And?" Hitomi asked still not grasping his idea.
"I'm going to play a silver flute," Van said.
Hitomi's eyes shone with sudden understanding. "I get it now."
"Glad to hear it," Van said with a lopsided grin. They disappeared into the castle.
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Riis trudged through the woods intent on finding Hitomi and Dutch. Her ear twitched and she heard the distinct noise of soft running. She looked up and, in the dimness of the forest, saw Dutch running at her. She smiled and yipped. This only made him run faster. She smiled when he overran her location. She smiled again as he turned and trotted back toward her. He smiled his doofy smile, twitched his left ear and raised his right eyebrow.
"No!" Riis laughed. "We can get lost in the woods another time. Right now I want to find out where I am." In response to her statement, thunder roared above her and was immediately followed by a torrential downpour.
"Great! Just great!" Riis' mood darkened. She didn't particularly want to transform again. She started to run to the right when she heard a noise. She found it moments later to be one of her bags. She hurriedly opened it to pull out a green cloak. She zipped it shut again. She threw the cloak over her drenched form. Dutch just smiled and barked.
"I know it won't help me that much now," Riis replied to his inquiry. "But it will help me to retain what body heat I have left." Dutch just yawned and started in another direction.
I think he's trying to get me lost, Riis thought as she growled him back. As she was deciding on where she would go next, she heard the prettiest music ever. She closed her eyes and relaxed as the silver music fed her mind. She jumped when lightning cracked above her. She jumped, terrified. She lost her mind to her instincts when the situation finally sank in. And her instincts told her to follow the music. She took off running through the woods, pack in one hand, cloak billowing out behind her, Dutch running slightly in front of her on her right.
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Van's unruly hair was swept about his face as the wind changed again, this time bringing rain. He didn't flinch. He needed to get Riis here. If the music didn't work on her, he hoped it worked on her dog. Merle had found the pair as they walked in the castle, so she was absent this time. He changed to a different song. The beginning of this song brought an eerie tone on the wind from the woods. He wondered if shadowfox really did live in the Gossamer Woods.
After a few songs, Koyo appeared next to Van.
"Any luck, father?" Van shook his head yes.
"Should I go?" Van shook his head no.
Koyo sat down. He had a wonderful mix of his mother and father's features. His hair was a few shades lighter than his father's, but many shades darker than his mother's. Some really dark brown colour. His right eye was green with brown flecks and his left eye was cherry-wood with green flecks. His skin tone was the dark complexion of his father. His Draconian wings were white as well. He wore a black cloak over his green tunic as his father wore one over his red tunic.
It seemed like Van played the silver flute for hours. When He thought he saw something coming toward the castle, lightning struck a tree and fell in its path. A dog was barking. It had passed the tree and was calling for its mistress who was still running. She jumped the tree, and Koyo's eyes widened. He would have had to either fly over it or go around it. The figure just stood there breathing heavily. Koyo leapt off the roof, wings finding slits in his clothing as not to rip them. He glided down and started to run to her. He stopped when she turned to face his direction and the wind blew to him
Her eyes were like a cat's eyes and were the oddest colour. He couldn't specifically identify it. He saw that, instead of regular fingernails, claws dominated the ends of her slender musician's fingers. Something twitched underneath her cloak that had to be a tail. The wind whipped her hood back some to reveal black ears. The girl brought her hand up to draw the hood back over her ears and tuck a piece of loose hair back in its place.wherever that was. She closed her eyes, revealing a silver lining that seemed to be natural. He saw something in her mouth change by the way her skin moved, her hood fell, and the something under her cloak stopped moving. When she opened her eyes, the lining remained, but her eyes were glazed with fatigue.
"Hello Koyo," the figure said before she collapsed. Koyo scared stiff at the mention of his name. How did she know it? He didn't see when the dog came exactly, but it nudged him forward. He took the hint and picked up the surprisingly heavy girl. He muttered to himself as he made his way back into the castle.
Van stood on top of the castle, wind whipping his cloak and hair, silver flute in his hand. He watched the whole exchange before he, too, followed Koyo's example and entered the castle.
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HEHEHE! I do have a green cloak! I'm thinking that the next chapter is coming soon. I'm starting to get ideas for my other stories so this might not be updated as soon as you all would like. I'm working on it! *closes door to lair and starts typing*