It's just a thought that occurred to me when I was very little. One-shot! Pre-movie!
Each day, a young fox named Tod and a hound pup named Copper played in the woods. That was until a bear cub their age stopped by without their alertness. "Hi!" he called to get their attention.
"Hello," Copper said.
"Hi," said Tod.
"Do you want to be my friend?" the bear cub asked them.
The duo looked at each other in the eye intently until they finally replied simultaneously, "Sure."
"Okay," said the bear cub.
"I can invite you over," Copper said.
"That'd be great," the bear said.
"I'll invite you over, too, Tod," Copper said, looking at Tod.
"Thanks, Copper, you're a true friend," Tod beamed.
…
That night as promised, Copper led Tod and the bear cub inside without being detected by Chief and the hunter named Amos Slade. Everything went well at that time.
The bear curiously took a gander at the living room and boy was he engrossed!
Even Tod was amazed, marveling over everything in Amos' house and best of all, no one got caught for Amos and Chief were already in bed.
"Hey, guys!" the young bear called, peering out the window.
Tod and Copper went over by him to see what was up with that bear.
"What is this?" he asked gesturing towards the window.
"That's a window," Copper replied.
"Okay because I can see the stars and the world from up here."
The fox and the hound climbed up the windowsill to watch the world from above.
Wanting to see more of the house, the cub plopped down to the floor and found a tug-o-war toy.
"Wanna play?" the bear cub asked.
"Yeah," Copper replied, "But let's not wake Chief and my owner."
"Who's Chief?"
"My adopted father."
"Oh," the bear cub said thoughtfully.
They played tug-o-war as quietly as they could.
Unfortunately for the bear cub, he lost and he hated to lose. So, he heaved himself up to avenge himself against the winner. It was then Copper realized that the bear cub had been a horrible friend at the end and just when the bear cub was about to strike him, Copper bounced up on him and bit him in self-defense.
Tod saw all that was happening and recognized how bad the bear cub was, so he, too, jumped up on the bear cub in order to protect his friend with all the courage that he can muster from mayhem.
"Look guys, I'm sorry," the bear cub lied, feigning shock and innocence.
"Get out!" Copper growled.
"Yeah, out, traitor!" seconded Tod, "That was your fair warning."
Without another word, the traitorous bear cub went home.
"Thanks, Tod, for saving me," Copper said.
"Hey, anytime you need me, I'll always be around to protect you," Tod replied and his promise was kept.
The End
Author's note: Sort of similar to my previous Fox and the Hound one-shot, A Beastly King of the Forest, but with the bear being a cub in this story, who stirred up trouble. It's funny how a creature like him hated to lose.
*I'm also alluding to the scene in the movie when the bear was about to finish Copper off, it looked to me like he smiled just doing it because he likes seeing his victims get hurt. That was until Tod came straight to Copper's aid.
*The moral of the story is, do not be friends with those who were mean to you before.