Chapter 7: Elise, the Fox
Opening her emerald eyes, Elise looks around. She found herself laying on her side, inside a weird lab like place. Closes her eyes her mind is more focused on her headache. She sighs and she tries to stand up but find that she didn't get to far. Opening her eyes, she looks at her hand only to see a paw. She gasped as she took a look at herself. She starts to panic when she found a fox body.
"So, You're awake."
Elise looks across the room and saw the stranger. She then bares her now sharp teeth and starts to growl at him. The stranger then chuckles. "Now don't be like that. Baring teeth just isn't you."
She doesn't stand down. Not even when the stranger bowed to her. "Welcome to your new home, princess. I know you'll enjoy it here."
"I already hate it here."
The stranger looks at her and smirks. "Unfortunately for you I can't have you inside here, so you're going outside."
"Is this guy absolutely insane?"
Before she could continue on her thought, he picks her up and takes her outside. He puts her on the ground. The girl who is now a fox looks up at him with fright and anger. The french sorcerer smirks down to her. "It'll be wise ff you stay in the area. Don't want those wild beast attacking, do you." He smiles and walks away. Elise stares at him before walking away.
Turning at a bush, she heard talking. Thinking of who else could here she wonders closers to the noise. When she got close enough she saw a wild boar chatting with a hare. The hare's ears drew their attention to the fox and the rabbit looks at her. The boar looks over to Elise and laughs. "Well look what we have here. A pretty little vixen."
The Hare hops up to her. "Not really what you'd expect out of a fox." The hare look back to the boar. "Wouldn't the wild ones normally, you know, attack us."
The Boar approach them both. "Well, you. A wild fox would attack you." The hare rolls his eyes at the comment. Elise backs away as her ears fall back in fright.
The wild boar glances to the hare. "I have a feeling that she's not a fox at all." The pig looks back to Elise. "So that creepy Sorcerer turned you into an animal too, eh. Wonder what you did. Glance at him the wrong way?" He chuckles as Elise trembles.
A female gray wolf walks to them and stop when she saw what was happening. She then push over the boar. "Alright that's enough, Lewis. Leave the poor dear alone."
The boar stands back up and looks at the wolf. "Just having a bit a fun, is all, Sylvia."
The wolf pets the fox's head with her paw gently to calm her down. "Well can't you see she is scared out of her fur." Sylvia looks down to the fox. "It's alright dear. No one will harm you."
The hare glances down to the ground and mutters. "Can't say that about Methis."
Sylvia sits beside Elise. "Don't pay any attention to Lewis. He didn't mean to frighten you. What's your name, hun."
The fox looks up to Sylvia. "Elise."
Lewis blinks. "Elise? You mean Elise, from that enchanted castle."
Elise looks at Lewis. "You knew about the enchantment?"
Sylvia nods. "We all do, hun. It was big new birds were flying around telling each other about."
Elise sits up. "What else did you hear."
Lewis scratches his chin. "A lot. Like how you and that other girl had shown up at the castle."
The Hare looks at the boar. "How about the time when that tea-cup was trapped underneath the ice that covered the lake, not to far from here."
Elise eyes wide. "Chip was trapped underneath Ice!"
They all look to the ground as a hole formed. A groundhog peeks out and looks at Sylvia. "Hey, hey, hey. Guess what I just heard. One of the two girls that showed up at that castle three years ago was just kidnapped."
Sylvia nods. "We know."
The ground-hog eyes wide. "You already know?" Tears start to swell in them as his voice start to get high-pitched. "Before...me? How?" Sylvia rolls her eyes and points a paw toward Elise. The groundhog looks at Elise. "...oh"
Elise looks at them. "Did Methis turned you all into animals, as well?"
Sylvia nods. "Yes. Each of us were kidnapped and brought here."
Elise looks at her. "How far is it to Adam's castle?"
Sylvia thinks. "Not too far away, but enough to get into trouble by wild wolves."
Elise's ears fall in depression.
AN: Thank you for those who is reading my story. I really appreciate it. But I'm juggling between four fan fics, early work for Halloween and random stuff in between. I will update as soon as I can.
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