The Vixen, A Kitsune Chapter 6
The Vixen, A Kitsune Chapter 6I can't say I don't miss home. 'Cause I do...but this life has
turned out to be much more exciting than the old one. I woke up with a splitting
headache. I looked around and saw that Tisha was gone. She must have gone hunting.
The neatly made bed with the silk sheets and feathery pillows were beyond
repair. There were gashes and cuts in the sheets and feathers were everywhere.
I saw glass bottles all over the floor. 'Ohhhh...' I said to myself, that's where
the headache came from. Layara was passed out next to me with her arm lying
over my chest; sound asleep. She must have drunk last night too, judging by how
many bottles were on the floor, we all partook. Her mouth was open and she was
drooling on the pillow. I gave out a small laugh and she woke up. She took a deep breath, rubbed her
eyes, and let out a relaxing sigh, "Was last night fun for you as it was for me?"
She said, smiling from ear to ear. "From what I can remember," I said,
laughing. Layara laughed "Oh you sweet
innocent little pony, I forget your not accustomed to our ways yet." Layara ran
her paw across my chest. "Well, the more you drink, the more tolerance you'll
have." Now she was smiling even bigger. "Now where is that Tisha, she should
have been back by now." The sun was up; looked to be about
ten o'clock. Layara looked worried. "Should we go after her?" I said "She left at about midnight. She usually
isn't out this late. I'll leave her a note in case she comes back and we're not
here. Let's get ready." I nodded and put the clothes on that
Tisha had gave me. I looked at Layara and she was actually putting on clothes.
Well, it was a hooded cloak; dark red with black stitching around the edges. It
also had four black straps along the front to keep it closed. Layara turned and looked me up and
down, "Your missing something," she said, cocking her head to one side. "Oh! Now
I know you haven't any training with, well anything, but come here and take a
look at what we have." I walked over to the cabinet and
there was all kinds of weapons to choose from, but the one that stood out the
most were the 2 short swords setting crossed each other. Layara noticed me
looking at them, so she took them from the shelf, placed them on my back, and
made sure they were secure. Both handles stuck out from my left and right
shoulder. "Well go on, lets see them." Layara
said. I reached up and lifted the swords
from their sheathes, both making a loud ringing as they came out. I have to
say, it felt good holding the two swords on my hands. I gave them a swing. They're
light; almost as if I was just swinging the hilt. I put them back in the sheath
as she walked towards me and she wrapped her arms around me. "My protector." She said, looking
into my eyes and kissing me. "Now let's go." We proceeded out of the cave and
down some rocky stairs ending up in the forest. I did not like this place. It
was dark under all those trees, very few light escaped the lush environment
under the trees. There was no trail or signs that anyone had been through here.
I followed Layara closely, I had no idea where we were now. Everything looked
the same. There was no sound except for the ones we were making. A light crunch
from the leaves under us. Layara was doing a better job of not making noise
than I was. Of course she was, she had them fox-like legs and I have these
clod-hoppin hooves for feet. Layara stopped. I wasn't paying attention and
bumped in to her. Layara removed her hood and still
facing forward with her ears perked up, she moved her hand behind her and
motioned me to stop. I didn't hear anything. I saw the hair on Layara back and
neck stand straight up, which made mine do the same. The air started getting
colder and I could see a fog rolling in, in the distance...I knew what was
coming. Before I could react, Layara grabbed
my arm, "Run!" she yelled. We both took off, running as fast as we could. I
looked behind me. The fog was catching up, rolling through the trees, faster
than we could run. The singing started. "Run little pony, run, run, run." "All I wanna do is have some fun." I tried to tune the song out of my
head; to concentrate on running. It was slowing me down. "Hey!" Layara shouted. "Listen to my
voice...we're almost to the river. We must cross the river!" She was out of
breath and panting hard. "She cannot cross the river. It is sacred to our clan
only. There is a bridge a long ways from here, she will have to cro..." Layara
tripped. No...she didn't trip. A vine had a hold of her leg and was dragging her
back. I took out one of my swords, jumped over her and cut the vine. Sheathing my
sword I got Layara to her feet and we took off again. The fog was right behind
us now, about 10 feet back. We could see the river now, coming up fast. We had
another 20 feet to the cliff by the river. Something grabbed both of us this
time. A vine attached itself to my arm and pulled me off my feet. I landed hard
on my side. Once again I unsheathed a sword and cut through it. I got to my
knees and Layara was trapped by a dozen or more of them. "Kael!" She yelled "Run!!!" She was
crying. I didn't listen. I ran for her as
the vines drug her back. I saw the blue aura of the queen's and lunged towards
the vine to cut it. In mid air, Layara managed to free her arms enough to place
her hands together. Time just stopped. She muttered something I didn't understand,
her hands started glowing red. She looked at me, and with her lips not moving,
I heard her voice. "I love you." She released her hands and pushed forward this
wave of air that knocked me back, mid-air, all the way to the edge of the
cliff, I hit the ground really hard this time, knocked the breath out of me,
and off I fell 60 feet into the river.