The Future Depends On The Present

A Rude Awakening

(Author's Note: First off, I'm really sorry for doing this to you all, but I had absolutely no luck with the original idea. So if you would accept my apologies, I would really be appreciate it. As for the rest of you, I'm still sorry. Secondly, The fox kit names do not belong to me, they belong to jerod2447. Rose is mine and the rest belong to Disney. Thank you all to my followers and favourites as well as each and everyone of you who have read my stories)

The sun's orange rays penetrated the night sky, dragging it away for the beginning of another day. The sun may have been out, but the weather was unfavourable for many creatures in the surrounding areas. It had been five whole months since the fox kits had been born into this world. And now that the warm summer nights had faded away, the cold snowy winter months were underway.

At the Tweed Farm, all seemed well. The fox couple known as Tod and Vixey were sound asleep in there basket. Since the busy kits arrived, the pair stole every precious minute they could to rest. Although the six kits were a joy to have, there energised bodies and personalities became a handful after some time. Now though, their lazy bodies lay huddled together for warmth.

Widow Tweed was awake. Her priorities seemed to wake her while they sun was still young. She had done all her daily cleaning which seemed to suck her energy. Her tired body sunk into her arm creaky armchair, causing another elderly soul to rise.

Rose slowly sat up, her mouth gaping open as she took a deep breath, taking in the ice cold fresh air. As she sat in her basket, her eyes fluttered as they adjusted to the light. She had been helping her son and daughter in-law raise her grandkids. She had been a huge help regarding the kits caretaking. Her experience seemed to guide the kits on the more outdoor life and activities, while her loving nature allowed the old vixen to bond instantly with her grandkids, as well as her new love.

Now though, she had more pressing matters on her mind. In light of recent events, as well as those not so recent, her protective side always nudged her to check up on her family, despite knowing they were perfectly safe.

She stood up on all fours to take a good look at the group of foxes on the far side of the room. Looking over at the sleeping group, she could not help but feel satisfied with how her circumstances had played out. Her heart could only wish for one thing, and yet somehow she knew her prayer had been answered. 'Oh, Henny. If only you could see your son'

"Good morning, Rose," the voice of Widow Tweed caused the vixen o turn around in surprise. It's not as if the old lady's voice was unfamiliar, but Rose was unaware of the widow. Turning her sleepy body to face the old woman, she walked over to see if she could score a back scratch.

Once the old vixen was within arms reach, Widow slowly lowered her hand gently onto Rose's back. As she was given a back scratch, she felt a smaller body rub against her foreleg. She looked down to see non other then Sky, looking up and waiting patiently for a hint of being noticed. "Morning, Grandma," His voice showed eagerness to start the day as soon as possible was clearly visible.

"Good morning to you too, Sky. Why are you up so early?" Rose curiously asked.

"Well, you said you were going to teach us how to fish," He responded sharply.

"I'm not going to take you alone. We need to wait for your brothers and sis..." She was cut short as the young fox ran to the basket where he and his siblings slept. He wasted no time in jumping on his family in order to wake them up, unaware that he would wake the entire house up as he did. Squeals from the fox kits confirmed the rude awakening.

Tod and Vixey jumped hearing the cries coming from their kit's basket. They were about to attack, when they noticed that it was only the actions of one fluff ball. "Sky! What was that for?!" shouted Fyre as he stood up to chase his brother.

"Sky, why did you have to do that?" asked Lily as she slowly calmed down.

"We are going to learn how to fish!" exclaimed Sky as he ran over to Rose.

"Don't be stupid. How are we supposed to fish while the water's all frozen?" piped up Fyre as he walked over to his father, seeking some sort of warmth.

"Now, now Fyre. Don't be so mean to your brother. He's just exited to find out how to do things himself," Vixey calmly said as she stood up to walk over to Widow with Tod along side.

The kit's slowly calmed down to a panic as they ran around the house in search of something to do. All the while, knowing that nothing had changed since they had closed their small eyes the night before. Their search was then brought to an immediate hold as Widow recited the words they could not wait to hear, "Come now, it's time for our visit next door."

She opened the door, only to be greeted by a wave of invigorating cold air. The trees were lifeless and the ground was white. As white as snow could possibly be. Widow waited for all nine of her foxes to be outside before starting the short yet brutal trek to Amos Slade's Farm.

(Author's Note: So, what do you think will happen next? Obviously they will make it there, but after that? Anyhow, thank you to all of my readers, followers and favorites this far, including disneyfangirl447. Please leave reviews, I love reading what people think about my stories. and also, sorry if my writing has been slaking lately, I've only been able to do about ten minutes at a time, so I lose my rhythm. See you in the next chapter.)