Prompt 191: Hidalgo
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tamingthemuseTitle: The Fable of Eight Foxes
Author: tigerstriped86
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG
Author's Note: A creation fable, featuring a mother fox, her youngest cub, and a magical star that talks. I swear, I'm not on anything when I write this stuff.
There was once a mother fox, as the story is told, that roamed the skies. This was a time long before planets or people or even cookies. The fox walked along the hot, newborn stars with her dainty steps. She was all alone and mostly happy, although she did long for someone she could talk to and play with.
Now, the she fox had a favorite game she loved to play where she would leap across as many stars as she could, the grace of her body stretched out in a long red streak across the boundless dark sky. She would count the number of stars she passed, but there was no one else that she could tell the number to. At least, no one she could see.
One day, the she fox Raina was playing her game and feeling very lonely when she heard a whistle from below. There was a star that was whistling to her! It was the brightest and most well-defined star she had ever seen. The closer she got, the more heat she could feel radiating from it.
“You sure are able to leap great bounds, Raina. It is no surprise that no one can challenge you yet.”
Raina merely blinked from far away. “How do you know my name?”
The star smiled sweetly at Raina's question. “I know many things. They call me Watcher star and I have been watching you for some time.”
Raina turned back to the path where she had been leaping. “Well, come then! We could play together! I've never had another friend.”
The star waved back and forth in response. “I'm sorry, but that's not possible. I am stationary, while you are able to move. There is no one quite like you Raina.”
Raina's shoulders sagged and her fine fox tail with a creamy white tip, drooped until it fell between her back paws. “That's such a shame. I wonder if you might count for me then?”
Again, the Watcher star shook. “I can't see that far. But I do know of a way where others might come and play.”
Even though the Watcher star was extremely hot, Raina moved close enough to hear, her interest stirred that she might no longer be lonely. “You do? Please tell me.”
The Watcher star smiled. “I have family that lives very far away and we all seem to have magical powers to grant one wish. If you give me a fox tooth, I might be able to grant one wish for you.”
Raina's forehead furrowed. “But how would I eat the tiny stars that are unable to twinkle?”
“That is simple, Raina,” the Watcher star replied, “your tooth will grow back and I am sure that you might be able to miss one.”
Raina shook her head slowly. She was frightened, but was still very lonely. Using her front paw to wiggle a tooth from her mouth, Raina tossed the tooth at the Watcher star, hoping he could catch it. The star grew brighter and brighter as Raina's tooth disappeared into his yellow center. After a moment, Raina had to turn her head away until she heard a mew.
Surprised, she watched as a tiny blue fox cub emerged from the Watcher star. The fox cub sneezed and then blinked, pleased with its own action.
“Mew?”
“She is beautiful!” Raina exclaimed.
“I am glad you enjoy your new daughter. Please, go and be merry!”
And for a time, Raina and Mewna were very happy, mother and baby fox cub. But Mewna did not like playing Raina's favorite game and often Raina would look back sadly as Mewna would simply dip between new stars, playing tag with each one instead of leaping across many at one time. There came a day soon enough that Raina and Mewna were on opposite sides of the stars and Raina found that Watcher star was whistling for her again.
“Hello Raina! How are you and Mewna getting along?” Watcher star stated with a wide smile.
“Not well.” Raina shook her head. “Mewna does not want to leap among the stars. She likes to dip between them and play by herself.”
The Watcher star frowned, causing his light to dim. “This makes me sad. Is there anything I could do?”
Raina pleaded with the Watcher star. “Might we try again for a different fox cub, Watcher star?”
The Watcher star nodded solemnly. “Maybe a different tooth would work better? I see the first tooth has not quite grown back.”
Once again, the Watcher star grew bright as it gave birth to another fox cub, a brilliant shade of orange to match his sister's fetching aquamarine coat.
“Tatatar!”
Raina's voice was low, very impressed. “Incredible!”
The Watcher star was also very pleased. “I hope this is more suitable for you. Anymore and you might attract the attention of my family very far away. You see, we're really not supposed to perform magic for anyone else!”
But the second child, Tatar didn't fair much better than the first. He careened amongst the stars without direction, making silly noises and ignoring all of Raina's suggestions and advice. As time went on, Raina and the Watcher star tried over and over with a variety of tooths until there were seven healthy fox cubs and no fresh teeth left to try.
“Hidalgo!” Said the seventh cub, a fetching tan colored cub who looked at her mother with adoration.
The Watcher star's smile was not quite so bright this time. “I don't think I can make anymore fox cubs, Raina.”
Raina nodded in thanks. “That's alright. The main thing is that you did your best.”
And that the Watcher star did. Hidalgo, the final fox cub of an elegant tan shade, followed and loved his mother Raina, even when all the other cubs became jealous. Raina found that she wasn't as able to leap as far without the healthy teeth to eat the right stars, and so Hidalgo was there to assist any way he could. Raina and Hidalgo leaped, counting each others stars in tandem. The other fox cubs became so jealous of their youngest brother that they hatched a plan.
There came one day where Raina and Hidalgo were playing their favorite game when all of a sudden, Hidalgo stumbled from the force of a comet hitting his side! Stopping to look, Hidalgo saw his sister Mewna digging up rocks behind stars to throw with her tail. And one by one, each child began to throw rocks and stars at Raina and Hidalgo until they had to leap across the sky, faster and faster.
“Watcher star! Watcher star!” Raina cried in distress.
“I see! I see!” The Watcher star replied.
“What shall we do?” Hidalgo's tiny voice echoed out at the star.
“I have the power to create, but it will take strong magic to save you from your brothers and sisters and you Raina from your children. I know I am hot, but I will make you safe if you leap into my side.”
Raina looked at Hidalgo with a tear running down her cheek. “We must, my child! I hope we might meet to leap again!”
Once Raina touched the surface of the star, she was surprised to find that the Watcher star was cool to the touch and that no rocks or stars could come near him. Right away, Raina felt herself begin to change but it did not hurt at all. She closed her eyes, thanking the Watcher star for all he had done with her last breath.
But the Watcher star could not have known what his power would do. Creating protection for Raina and Hidalgo caused a shock wave among the stars, turning each of the fox cubs themselves into planets, with the Watcher star at the center and Hidalgo, his favorite cub at the right place to grow vegetation and human life while his mother Raina was nearby, a planet that glowed red like her beautiful coat.
And, of course, the Watcher star did live up to his word and nothing yet has happened to Hidalgo and Raina, or, as we know them, Earth and Mars.
Author: tigerstriped86
Fandom: Original
Rating: PG
Author's Note: A creation fable, featuring a mother fox, her youngest cub, and a magical star that talks. I swear, I'm not on anything when I write this stuff.
There was once a mother fox, as the story is told, that roamed the skies. This was a time long before planets or people or even cookies. The fox walked along the hot, newborn stars with her dainty steps. She was all alone and mostly happy, although she did long for someone she could talk to and play with.
Now, the she fox had a favorite game she loved to play where she would leap across as many stars as she could, the grace of her body stretched out in a long red streak across the boundless dark sky. She would count the number of stars she passed, but there was no one else that she could tell the number to. At least, no one she could see.
One day, the she fox Raina was playing her game and feeling very lonely when she heard a whistle from below. There was a star that was whistling to her! It was the brightest and most well-defined star she had ever seen. The closer she got, the more heat she could feel radiating from it.
“You sure are able to leap great bounds, Raina. It is no surprise that no one can challenge you yet.”
Raina merely blinked from far away. “How do you know my name?”
The star smiled sweetly at Raina's question. “I know many things. They call me Watcher star and I have been watching you for some time.”
Raina turned back to the path where she had been leaping. “Well, come then! We could play together! I've never had another friend.”
The star waved back and forth in response. “I'm sorry, but that's not possible. I am stationary, while you are able to move. There is no one quite like you Raina.”
Raina's shoulders sagged and her fine fox tail with a creamy white tip, drooped until it fell between her back paws. “That's such a shame. I wonder if you might count for me then?”
Again, the Watcher star shook. “I can't see that far. But I do know of a way where others might come and play.”
Even though the Watcher star was extremely hot, Raina moved close enough to hear, her interest stirred that she might no longer be lonely. “You do? Please tell me.”
The Watcher star smiled. “I have family that lives very far away and we all seem to have magical powers to grant one wish. If you give me a fox tooth, I might be able to grant one wish for you.”
Raina's forehead furrowed. “But how would I eat the tiny stars that are unable to twinkle?”
“That is simple, Raina,” the Watcher star replied, “your tooth will grow back and I am sure that you might be able to miss one.”
Raina shook her head slowly. She was frightened, but was still very lonely. Using her front paw to wiggle a tooth from her mouth, Raina tossed the tooth at the Watcher star, hoping he could catch it. The star grew brighter and brighter as Raina's tooth disappeared into his yellow center. After a moment, Raina had to turn her head away until she heard a mew.
Surprised, she watched as a tiny blue fox cub emerged from the Watcher star. The fox cub sneezed and then blinked, pleased with its own action.
“Mew?”
“She is beautiful!” Raina exclaimed.
“I am glad you enjoy your new daughter. Please, go and be merry!”
And for a time, Raina and Mewna were very happy, mother and baby fox cub. But Mewna did not like playing Raina's favorite game and often Raina would look back sadly as Mewna would simply dip between new stars, playing tag with each one instead of leaping across many at one time. There came a day soon enough that Raina and Mewna were on opposite sides of the stars and Raina found that Watcher star was whistling for her again.
“Hello Raina! How are you and Mewna getting along?” Watcher star stated with a wide smile.
“Not well.” Raina shook her head. “Mewna does not want to leap among the stars. She likes to dip between them and play by herself.”
The Watcher star frowned, causing his light to dim. “This makes me sad. Is there anything I could do?”
Raina pleaded with the Watcher star. “Might we try again for a different fox cub, Watcher star?”
The Watcher star nodded solemnly. “Maybe a different tooth would work better? I see the first tooth has not quite grown back.”
Once again, the Watcher star grew bright as it gave birth to another fox cub, a brilliant shade of orange to match his sister's fetching aquamarine coat.
“Tatatar!”
Raina's voice was low, very impressed. “Incredible!”
The Watcher star was also very pleased. “I hope this is more suitable for you. Anymore and you might attract the attention of my family very far away. You see, we're really not supposed to perform magic for anyone else!”
But the second child, Tatar didn't fair much better than the first. He careened amongst the stars without direction, making silly noises and ignoring all of Raina's suggestions and advice. As time went on, Raina and the Watcher star tried over and over with a variety of tooths until there were seven healthy fox cubs and no fresh teeth left to try.
“Hidalgo!” Said the seventh cub, a fetching tan colored cub who looked at her mother with adoration.
The Watcher star's smile was not quite so bright this time. “I don't think I can make anymore fox cubs, Raina.”
Raina nodded in thanks. “That's alright. The main thing is that you did your best.”
And that the Watcher star did. Hidalgo, the final fox cub of an elegant tan shade, followed and loved his mother Raina, even when all the other cubs became jealous. Raina found that she wasn't as able to leap as far without the healthy teeth to eat the right stars, and so Hidalgo was there to assist any way he could. Raina and Hidalgo leaped, counting each others stars in tandem. The other fox cubs became so jealous of their youngest brother that they hatched a plan.
There came one day where Raina and Hidalgo were playing their favorite game when all of a sudden, Hidalgo stumbled from the force of a comet hitting his side! Stopping to look, Hidalgo saw his sister Mewna digging up rocks behind stars to throw with her tail. And one by one, each child began to throw rocks and stars at Raina and Hidalgo until they had to leap across the sky, faster and faster.
“Watcher star! Watcher star!” Raina cried in distress.
“I see! I see!” The Watcher star replied.
“What shall we do?” Hidalgo's tiny voice echoed out at the star.
“I have the power to create, but it will take strong magic to save you from your brothers and sisters and you Raina from your children. I know I am hot, but I will make you safe if you leap into my side.”
Raina looked at Hidalgo with a tear running down her cheek. “We must, my child! I hope we might meet to leap again!”
Once Raina touched the surface of the star, she was surprised to find that the Watcher star was cool to the touch and that no rocks or stars could come near him. Right away, Raina felt herself begin to change but it did not hurt at all. She closed her eyes, thanking the Watcher star for all he had done with her last breath.
But the Watcher star could not have known what his power would do. Creating protection for Raina and Hidalgo caused a shock wave among the stars, turning each of the fox cubs themselves into planets, with the Watcher star at the center and Hidalgo, his favorite cub at the right place to grow vegetation and human life while his mother Raina was nearby, a planet that glowed red like her beautiful coat.
And, of course, the Watcher star did live up to his word and nothing yet has happened to Hidalgo and Raina, or, as we know them, Earth and Mars.
