Title: Frightened Deceit

Author: icedragongurl

Show: Elf Quest

Disclaimer: I don't own Elf Quest, Wendy and Richard Pini do… I only own Foxtail

Warnings: Cursing… fighting…ermmmmmmm… sweatdrop that's all so far

Subject: Drama, adventure, a little angst, maybe romance… never know

Chapters: 1/8

The forest was quiet and still, it had rained for three days straight and finally it had stopped. The mist from day break still lingered and the dew clung to the leaves on the trees. What looked like a small child from a distance, walked softly through the grass, silver hair shining in the early morning sunlight. Skywise was no boy, he was an elf, small and youthful looking as were most of the other elves.

He was like a brother to the chief of the Wolfriders, the pack of elves that he had grown up in. Ever since they had managed to recreate the Holt, he started to take an early morning hike through the forest, patrolling the Holts borders. It had started out like a simple old normal day as it usually was. He stalked the borders looking for anything suspicious, but not seeing anything out of the ordinary. Skywise sighed aloud and played with the stone tied loosely around his neck.

Not noticing the unnatural lump on the ground hidden by the long grass Skywise tripped and fell flat on his face. Pushing himself up and coughing at the dirt he sat back on his butt. There lying in the middle of the border… was a young male elf. He had spiky short red hair and a very feminine face; it was almost scary how if you looked at the boy from a distance you would have thought it was a woman with short hair.

The boy was unconscious with a few gashes, bruises, and burns lingered on the boys pale skin. He had clearly been attacked by something or someone! Skywise rolled the boy over onto his back, bandages tied around his chest and a loose shirt thrown over the bandages. The boys face was burning hot and it was clear he had a fever, almost immediately after Skywise sent for Leetah and Cutter.

Shortly he was joined by his friend and chief, and the sun tanned healer. Cutter was unsure about the strange elf. Who was he? Where had he come from? There were no other places anywhere close to the border where other elves lived. Leetah felt the boys' forehead and realized the same as Skywise; the boy indeed had a fever. Leetah looked over at her Lifemate with a clear hesitation, waiting for a reaction. The reaction came as a brief nod of approval. Immediately the two male elves lifted the unconscious boy onto Cutters wolf and they headed back towards the Holt. They planned to find out and help this boy as long as he meant no harm.

Foxtail sat up immediately in fear and shock, she had no idea where she was, she was lying on furs and pelts with her shirt and bandages still intact. Almost seconds after she had awoken she was joined by a tall dark skinned, red haired she-elf. The she-elf smiled at her and nodded,

"My name's Leetah, you are safe, you can relax."

Foxtail nodded and propped herself against the wall and the furs. She eyed the other elf,

"Where am I?"

Leetah smiled softly, and a small blonde haired, also tanned child elf peeked its head to look in. When it saw her, its eyes went wide and the head vanished to be replaced with shouts of,

"HE'S UP! HE'S UP!"
Only one thought went through her mind,

'He! I'm not a he? Do I look like a- … okay so maybe I do…'

She sighed deeply,

"I'm Foxtail... I'm sorry if I unconvinced you"

Leetah shook her head as another elf joined her, a male elf with platinum blonde hair in a ponytail. He held himself with strength. He was obviously the leader. The male eyed her in suspicion.

"Who are you? What were you doing at our borders?"

Foxtail blinked one… twice… then tilted her head in confusion, borders? The male gave her a contemplating look,

"You have no idea do you?"

She shook her head; she didn't have any recollection of what had happened before she passed out. She just knew that she was running away from something that was after her. That's when it hit her. Humans!

"Humans!"

She shouted in a panic,

"That's what it was! I was wandering through the forest when I was attacked by humans! I ran and the burned me, slashed at me, beat me. I was lucky enough to get away. They kind of just froze and then turned and ran. I passed out minutes after they left!"

The chiefs' eyes went wide in a mixture of fear, horror, disgust, and shock. Leetah took her quivering hand into her own in compassion before turning to the other elf and with a serious face she said,

"Cutter, I believe her. What she says is true. From your stories, I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened. Let's help her. Cutter?"

The male elf called Cutter glanced from Leetah to Foxtail to Leetah before sighing in defeat,

"Fine. She can stay. If anything happens then will you take responsibility of her actions Leetah?"

The dark skinned elf nodded hesitantly, the chief Cutter smiled and shook his head in exasperation.

"You can be so stubborn Lifemate…"

Leetah nodded with a smile. She turned back to Foxtail and smiled

"Rest, Cutter and I will come back and introduce you to the pack."

Foxtail nodded and watched as the two left and another elf joined her shortly after. Another male with silver hair this time, he looked at her as if wondering what she was. She quirked her eyebrow in annoyance, this guy was so annoying for absolutely no reason! At the same time he was definitely good looking and extremely attractive. The outfit allowed her to leave little to imagination. She blushed and looked away.

"I'm Skywise. What's your name?"

Foxtail looked back at him.

"Foxtail, nice to meet you Skywise"

Skywise nodded,

"Indeed."

Suddenly his face was just inches from her own.

"You're not a guy are you?"

She blinked in shock and chuckled to herself. Then with an annoyingly smug smile she said,

"That's for me to know and for you to find out."

Skywise smirked back at her,

"I look forward to the challenge."

Foxtail smirked back.

"Indeed"

TBC:

Foxtail is a girl! She looks so much like guy! Skywise finds out the truth and she begs him to keep the secret. He agrees but to what extent?