This choice: Disguise herself and scare off the bear. • Go Back...Chapter #12A fox and her girl by: Unknown The Kitsune quickly hid herself in the woods outside the clearing and started working on an ilussion that she had used only a few times, and even then, she couldn't keep it up for more than an hour. Just as she finished making the illusion, the Kitsune turned and saw that the boy had entered the clearing, with the bear following less than a second later.
The boy tripped, and the bear lept towards him, ready to tear him apart. The Kitsune used her magic to teleport the bear a mile away, while still keeping her illusion up. After the boy seemed to calm down, she walked into the clearing with her illusion coming out first, asking:
"Are you alright!?"
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Karston had made it to a clearing, and looked when the bear broke into the clearing. While he was looking over his shoulder, he tripped over his won feet and tumbled onto his back. He grabbed his knife and tried to get up before the bear got to him. Realizing that he was doomed, he closed his eyes and waited.
And waited.
"Are you alright!?" He heard a girls voice ask.
He opened his eyes and looked to see that the bear was gone, and a teenage girl who was dressed in rags was coming towards him. She had short black hair and blue eyes and looked to be about his age. She came up to him with a look of concern on her face when Karston saw a fox following her as if it didn't want him to see it. Karston jumped to his feet when he saw that it had nine tails, and pointed his knife at the animal. "Get back, there's a Kitsune behind you!"
The girl looked at him with an expression of hurt on her face. "It's fine, she's with me."
Karston looked at this girl, noticing her eyes were a deep blue. As he looked back at the fox, he put his knife away and sat back down. "If you say so, but that things probably just tricking you."
The girl and the dog seemed to growl at him at the same time, before the girl asked him where he was hurt. After Karston told her, she started using some healing magic on his wounds while he kept his eyes on the Kitsune. As he examined it, he noticed that it had the same eyes as the girl, and that it's mouth moved somewhat when the girl talked. He had an idea, but he needed to test it out.
"I don't believe that we've introduced ourselves, my name's Karston, and I would be delighted to know the name of a lovely lady such as yourself?" He said, hoping his flattery would cause her to blush.
"M-my name's, ummm..." The girl responded, trying to think of one in a hurry.
"Surley you have a name, your parents must have given you one when you were born."
The girl stopped, and started crying, thinking of her father. Karston, however, wasn't looking at her, he was looking at the Kitsune, and as soon as it started crying, he silently drew his knife and approached the girl taunting her: Did your parents not care enough to give you a name, did they just drop you off in the forest to be raised or eaten by whatever found you first?!" Karston didn't like doing this, but if his suspiscions were right, then then he could be in great danger. He suddenly took his short knife and put it in the girls gut.
The girl broke down in more ways than one, her entire body slowly drifting away like ash in a breeze. Karston turned to the Kitsune, but was shocked when he saw that the fox was still crying.
"I bested your trick fox, I would ask that you would let me go now." He said, trying to sound tough, but he was curious about what was going on. Why was this thing crying, was it just another trick?
"Trickster, I beat you, release me!" Karston shouted, his loud voice not quite disguising his concern. If the illusion that the fox had created was simply to trick him, why was the fox still crying. This has to be a trick, I know it. But why do I still feel sorry for this thing?
Karston thought for a bit longer, until he decided to...  | Members who added to this interactive story also contributed to these: |
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