I was walking through the woods my red tail swishing through the snow making big curving lines. Suddenly without noticing I’d gotten to my destination the Neutral Zone of the Clans. I noticed two other foxes coming their clans’ area. They looked as bewildered as I was that somebody else actually came here. I was mad someone had murdered my brother and what were they doing raiding my personal space the only space I could actually think things through.
I heard a faint wail coming from the girl from the other clan. I think he was trying to comfort her. I turned to leave but I had to take one more look. His head shot up he had that look in his eye though that said please come back and help me I couldn’t resist I had to.
At first I didn’t trust him, but he seemed too nice to keep secrets from he asked me why I was here. And I just knew I couldn’t lie. “The girl is my friend. Her name is Novis,” he said.
“Why is she crying?” I asked.
“Her house got robbed.”
“Oh that’s sad. What’s your name?”
“Klevlind,” he said.
“Let’s go figure out who robbed your friend’s house and who murdered my
brother.” And we were off. We raced to the edge of the forest to find a place to stay for the night. “Oh and by the way, my name is Amanda.”
I heard a noise I had to wake up Klevlind and his friend Novis. “Let’s go.” “Why?” he said tiredly.
“I heard a shuffling in the woods we have to make sure no one is following us.
And for the last time let’s go or I’m just going to leave you here and you’ll never know who robbed your friend’s house,” I said.
“OK fine I’ll wake her up. WAKE UP ALREADY!”
“Let’s go before someone hears us.”
I shouldn’t have talked to him like that that’s not a good way to talk to a
friend.
The Best and Worst Times of Life, p. 1
“I see a hut we could stay around there for a while. See that fox? He looks exactly like the fox who killed my brother!!” I said.
“Hey! That fox looks like the fox that robbed my house too!” Novis said. “That’s really weird. Let’s ask what his name is,” I said.
We went up to the fox. “What’s your name?” I asked.
“Quinten.”
Novis and I both pounced on him at the exact right time and in the exact right spot. I felt weird but in a way I felt superior. I had never killed anyone before. I didn’t know why but I started crying. He tried to comfort me. I started slowly to walk towards home.
I was sad I had just killed something for real. I noticed I had a big tear in my leg and I fell over in the snow. Klevlind helped me up to my feet. With Novis a little farther behind. I knew I would be OK because my mom was a doctor. By now Novis was far behind. We were back in the woods. Suddenly he pulled me closer and we kissed. And ever since I’ve come back to the place we met every day.
The Best and Worst Times of Life, p. 2