Chapter 11
The Cover
Krystal's eyes lit up.
"We're here we're here let's go come on move faster come on let's go!" She poured out. Falcon and I rolled our eyes.
"Now Krystal, you don't need to get too excited." Dad calmed. He turned around to all of us. "Here's the plan. Son, you're going to stay with Falcon and Krystal. I'm going to be back at home. You first go to where Krystal wants to go, and then you and Falcon can go to your store. Only buy clothes. Oh, and here-" He paused to search his pocket and handed me a ton of green leaves. "I found out this is the stuff you trade for clothes, only humans have it at a certain amount, and you can't bargain. I think it was called, money." Dad finished.
"Okay, bye Dad." I called to him as he walked off. "Bye Fox!" He replied. Krystal seemed scared that Dad was gone, but she was probably wanted to buy more than worry. "Yay! Let's go to...that store!" She pointed to a store that had displays of clothes. "Come on, better get it over with..." Falcon sighed. Krystal wanted to show us that she wasn't immature, so she walked into the store, compared to running. There were tons of girls in there, but they didn't look like us. For a fact, they didn't look like animals. We just put our head down and followed Krystal, who seemed perfectly fine with all these different faces. "Don't make any friends." I muttered to Krystal. She turned back to me and nodded. I guess she knew that everyone was suspicious about us. She continued looking around, and she found something she liked. "Um, Fox?" She turned to me with questioning eyes. "How do I know this fits me?" "Er...maybe there's a changing room where you change into it, and see if it fits you..." I trailed off. "Let's ask someone." Krystal stated. "Maybe them?" Falcon tipped his head to people behind a table, who were handing other people bags. "Okay, let's try." I gulped, and walked over to them.
"Excuse me?" I said.
"Yes, how can I help you today?" The human asked politely. "Where can I find a changing room?" I asked. "Well, it can't be you, but are you talking about your girlfriend?" She asked, and looked at Krystal. Falcon almost laughed, which I will regret from him. "She's...not...my girlfriend..." I managed to say. The human sighed. "The changing rooms are over there." She pointed to a hallway. "Thanks." I muttered. We walked to the other side of the store and waited for Krystal to try the dress on. Falcon had a smirk on his face from the conversation with the human. Krystal walked out of the changing rooms. "How do I look? It fits, but I don't know if you guys like it." Krystal said. Her dress was white and it glittered in the light. She looked so different in a dress...
"I think its fine. Now let's get out of here." Falcon said annoyingly. "What about you, Fox?" Krystal asked me. "Um...ah...it's...its great! I-I mean, I like it!" I hope she took that as a yes. "Okay! Let's buy it!" She cheered. We walked over to the table where the human was standing. "That'll be sixty dollars." I reached into my pocket and pulled out the money. "You gave a little extra, here you go." She handed me back some of the money and gave me the bag which had Krystal's dress. "You two make a good couple." She added as I turned around. I narrowed my eyes and walked out of the store. Falcon didn't say anything this time. We walked towards a store, but Krystal dragged us away.
"I'm sorry, but I found some trashy magazines and they had people who were at parties wearing that stuff-" She pointed to a shop which had lavish clothing in it. Falcon nodded in approval. "Heed her advice, Fox. Let's go!" He told me. We started walking towards the store. Krystal still stuck with me, because she wanted to see what I would choose. She tipped her head over to the black suits. I never realized how much Krystal had a taste for clothing. She was acting more mature and maybe more...
"Would you pick something instead of daydreaming? We don't have all day!" Falcon told me. "How about this, Fox?" Krystal handed me a black tuxedo, which stood out from all the others. "Let me go to the changing room and see if it fits." I instructed her. I looked around for a sign and I found it. I changed and couldn't believe it. It actually fitted me! I looked in the mirror and was stunned. I had changed from an ordinary fox, into a striking fox. One problem.
My tail.
We'd have to cut holes though all of our clothes for our tails. I better tell Falcon. I walked out of the changing room and looked at Falcon.
"Falcon, we-" I dropped my voice to a hush. "-need to cut a hole for our tails." "Yeah, I was just talking about that with Krystal." Falcon replied. "Well, let's change back and pay for this." I said. I went back to the dressing room and changed back. My tail slipped through perfectly, and I felt much better. I grabbed my suit and headed for the table. "That adds up to two-hundred dollars." The man said. I pulled out a wad of money and handed it to him. "You gave too much, here's your money back." He gave me the change and looked at Krystal. "You-" "Don't say it." I interrupted. I grabbed the bags and we turned around and walked out.
"Do you remember where the exit is?" I asked Falcon.
"No, I think Krystal knows." He replied.
"Nope, I have no clue." Krystal added.
"Let's ask someone." I assured. We walked over to a human who was standing in one spot, not moving. "Where can I find the exit?" I asked the human. "Well, there are many different exits..." The human trailed off.
"Where can I find the exit near a grassy field?" I responded. "Oh, that's over that way, but you'll need to walk a long way to get to the parking." He stated. "Parking? W-" "Okay, thank you." Falcon cut in. We followed the human's directions towards the doors. "What's parking?" I asked Falcon. "I don't know, but we probably don't even need that information." Falcon responded. "I'll ask Dad when we get home." I mentioned. I pushed the doors open for Falcon and Krystal. Falcon didn't say anything, but Krystal gave a brief thanks. I was pleased by Krystal and continued on. We were outside of the mall and we gasped.
Wolf was lying lifeless on the meadow.