Chapter 1: Rain

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It was summertime again. Hot and sticky. But what could she do about it?

Raining Winds nudged aside her unfinished fish to watch Roaring Skies prance around giddily.

"Summer makes you feel nice, doesn't it?" Raining Winds purred.

"Mhm! But don't tell Mother that I like the summer. She'll feed me to the bears! Drop that look, Rain! I want to live at least for a Moon-circle!" Roaring Winds pouted.

Rain shook herself and smiled wryly. "How much of a Moon-circle? Half? A quarter?"

"NO! Then I'd barely be a Moon-circle old when I die! Father says the oldest Fox ever was ten Moon-circles old! I'm determined to beat that record!" Roar cried.

"Then you have a long way to go, Little Brother," Rain turned back to her fish, smiling inwardly.

At half Moon-circle old, Rain was the oldest of her litter and one month from leaving home. Roar was at the moment a quarter Moon-circle old.

Rain slowly finished her fish, then rose upwards, saying, "Besides, Mother's right. Winter IS the best season."

"That's YOUR opinion. Now go play with Flying Ark and leave me alone," Roar scowled.

"Fine!" Rain whisked away and bounded out of her den, heading for the next camp over, Arks of Flame. It was only a few bear-lengths away from her own camp, Winds of Snow.

Fly-Fy, as Rain liked to call Flying Ark, was perched upon a stone wall presumably made by a Weak-sensed, which were creatures that walked on two legs and had an uncanny knack for having terrible senses. They were still a mystery to the foxes.

"Rain!" Fly-Fy hopped down from the wall and bounded over to Rain, who leaned to the side so as to not get run over.

"You will NOT BELIEVE what we found today!" Fly-Fy continued, her long grayish pelt swishing around.

"Hm? What'd you find?" Rain asked, curious.

"Well, I didn't find it, exactly, but Stormy Ark did! Follow me!" Fly-Fy bounded off, Rain hurrying after her.


A/N  oof ok dere short, cringy, weird. Mkay bai.

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