Cat-Fox-Vixen

by Claradreamer

Vixen was raised by foxes ever since her father threw her off the cliff. Her family is asked to join the head foxes, but that risks exposing Vixen. Sacrificing everything, running away from the colony and living alone in the forest, Vixen and her family are found by a clan of cats. Vixen is renamed Vixenpaw and given a mentor. But is there more to this mentor than meets the eye?

5. The Fennicin

"This young pup has finished with milk and now ready for meat. Under the protection of the SnowRunners, she will now be known as Vixen"

"Yay!" Cried Tailtip, now known as Vixen. Crimson and Streak howled and Melody licked Vixen.

"Congradulations Vixen!" Streak barked "Now you can eat meat"

Melody brang out the bird she had hunted. Following the tradition, she took the tail, or tail feather in this matter, and buried it in Vixen's fur. Vixen gulped up the bird, leaving the head.

Crimson, Streak and Melody took the bird's head and painted Vixen with the blood. The celebration lasted all night.

Vixen was the first to wake up. There was a bird on the branch above their den. Remebering she could go out and follwing instinct, Vixen climbed the tree and leapt for the bird.

"Oof!' She landed on the branch and missed the bird.

"Vixen?" It was Crimson "How did you get up there? Foxes don't climb trees"

Vixen jumped down. Streak and Melody came out.

"It was so wonderful! Being in the tree. Jumping from branch to branch!"

Streak and Melody were staring at her.

"Vixen climbed a tree!" Crimson whispered to them.

"So? Can't you all climb trees?"

They all shook their heads. "Foxes don't climb trees. Fennicins and squirrels do"

"Maybe I'm half squirrel?" Vixen tried to joke. The joke fell flat. Crimson tried for a smile. Streak laughed nervously.

Just then they heard voices.

"Fennicins!" Melody hissed "Into the den!"

Streak, Vixen and Crimson leaped into the den as fast as they could. Melody came in straight after.

Vixen tried to listten closely.

"I think I smell fox" She heard a fenncin.

"They can scent us!" She whispered.

"Wait!" Crimson hissed "You can understand them?"

"Can't you?"

"No. What are they saying?" Melody asked.

Vixen listened again "They said that they can see us!"

Just then the fennicins burst into the den.

"Go away!" One hissed.

"Never!" Vixen shouted as fighting broke out. The fennicin paused.

"You can understand me?"

"Yes?"

The fennicin was about to say something, but it got bowled over by Streak.

"What areyou doing?" Streak shrieked "They're going to drivec us out!"

Vixen unfroze and swiped at a dark fennicin.

"Filthy fennicins!" She barked.

"We're not filthy!" It replied "You're the ones taking our prey. Foxes!"

"Stop!" A fennicin cried. The fighting paused. Streak, Crimson and Melody hissed and backed away.

"You, fox!" The fennicin said "You can speak like us, and understand us?"

Vixen hesitated. She looked back at her family. Melody caught her eye.

"Umm. Yes" Vixen said.

"Are you a cat?" Asked the fennicin.

"No!" Vixen was offended "I'm a fox!"

"No, you're a cat. Ready to become an apprentice. What's your name?"

"V-vixen. And I'm a fox!"

The fennicins eyes were softer.

"You're a cat. My name is Breezestar, of Meadowclan. Come" He turned around. "And bring your family"

I forgot to mention this, but when you're replying to my stories, please don't use texting slang (Like UR or GR8). I am not able to understand it and everything. By the way, the meat name ceremony, I got the idea for the rituals from Katheryn Lasky. She is the author of Gaurdians of Ga'hoole and Wolves of the beyond.

The feather thing was from the first flight ceremony from the owls (Ga'hoole)

The blood painting was from the wolf ceremony when an outflanker kills their first prey.

I hope you enjoy my stories! I'm still having writer's block and now need ideas for all my stories.