Fer.al Series #2 - The Blood Tundra

Chapter 5: The No-spark

Creatures with Sparks are not from the planet of Fer.al, but creatures without Sparks are.

Sparks are immortal, unless killed by an outer force. But No-sparks are mortal.

Why is this Kitsune a No-spark, and why are they trying to help me, risking their finite life?

The Kitsune walked towards Lillie, the pixel fire on their head intensifying. "Thank...you..." Lillie said, eyeing the No-spark in their bright white eyes. "It's my purpose," The Kitsune smiled a little, then brushed their fur.

Purpose? What purpose? The purpose they're created for?

Lillie fixed her eyes on the Kitsune. She must've seen them before. They look so familiar.

......

"Hmm...I wonder who's that. The Kitties didn't tell me."

A white and green Kitsune stalked silently through the snow. His white wings blending into the bleak background. Still, motionless, as he watched the three Kitsunes and one Senri stumble around Blooderfly Meadow. Robin, he muttered, eyeing the orange Kitsune. Lillie, he whispered again, squinting at the Senri, and Arc, pointing towards the grey Kitsune, the must beautiful one of the group in his mind, but he couldn't admit it. Those were the information the Nekomata had told him, ever since the three went missing. #777 had asked him to keep watch over them.

And the last Kitsune. Maxwell only brushed against them once, when he was following them in the snowy hills, evading the Wingwatchers. He's sure that this Kitsune isn't part of the Nekomata, or even a helper agent. White and black. Pixel flame instead of spark. And when Maxwell saw that bright flame decal situated on the center of their chest, he couldn't agree more that the creature resembled a certain Minecraft Youtuber he saw on the Decree Board.

Slowly, his mouth formed the word Sapnap, then suddenly hushed. #777's voice rang again in Maxwell's head, this time the description of Lillie: Pink and yellow Senri, fire powers, hot personality, says "sapnap save me" as exclaimation just as you say "works of wild".

Fera must've created this Kitsune for a reason.

Maxwell placed both his paws over his chest and closed his eyes. Go, save her, he whispered in his mind, so light that only Fera could hear him, Sapnap.

......

"What's your name?" Lillie asked as the Kitsune shuffled to their feet.

"I, uh, I don't have a name..." they said, stopping mid-word many times.

"Wha-" Arc gasped, trotting up to Lillie with Robin beside her. "What do you mean, you don't have a name?"

The Kitsune put their head between their front paws. "I can't remember. My memory is blurred. If I have a name, then it wasn't supposed to be remembered. I can't recall anything. It's as if... as if I was just newly born. A new start."

Hmm...Seems like Fera has just created this creature. "Then why did you help me?" Lillie added.

"Because it was an instinct, a primal instinct inside me, pushing me forward to you, to lead the way when you're chased by these Wingwatchers...I need to clear my mind for a while..."

Lillie was touched. This Kitsune, without a memory of who they are themselves, decided to help her out of the blue. "One final question, will you save me?" Lillie grabbed hold of the Kitsune's paws. "Like, when I'm in danger, will you try anything, do anything, to save me?"

"Yes. Anything and everything." A definite answer. Lillie couldn't help but stare at the pixel flame floating on the Kitsune's head, where a spark should be, signaling their brittle life.

Two minds, one in the Meadow, one hidden behind; one out in the open, one camoflauged down under; one Senri, one Kitsune, the same time, in the same Tundra, thought the same thing.

I think I have found my Sapnap.