In the dead of winter, a couple of Ninetails stay in their burrow hidden in the forest. There they watch over the egg of their soon to be born child. The mother is curled around the egg to keep it warm and the father is watching the entrance for intruders. This a special day for them and it all begins with a cracking sound.
The mother looks to the egg with a smile waiting to greet the new Vulpix. The father hearing the sounds, rushes over. As the shell falls, so too does the smile of the mother. Her expression changes to horror and the father’s to confusion. In the egg was a shiny golden vulpix instead of a normal colored vulpix.
“Why did this have to happen?!” the mother yelled out as she moved away from the child.
The father approached her looking at the fur coat of the child, “Maybe he’ll grow out of it?”
“YOU DON’T GROW OUT OF A CURSE!” she snapped back at him.
She moved towards the entrance of the burrow. The father confused picked up the child by the nape of the neck and followed after his lover who was outside now. She was looking away from him and the child.
“It’s easier to pretend it never happened,” she said as she looked back to her lover, “than to live with the shame of a golden child… leave it behind and let us leave and never look back.”
While the father felt that this was wrong, leaving the child to die in the snow, there was only one thing that he loved. He placed the child in the snow and the the two left the area. The cries from the child were ignored or not heard by the forest inhabitants.
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In the same forest, was a shrine to a divine being long forgotten lived a Ninetails named Suzukaze, though she preferred to be called Suzu. She had found this place long ago and made it her home. This place now serves as a place for Suzu’s connection and guidance of her goddess. Suzu also kept the shrine open for those in need of shelter and a place where Pokémon would go to ask for guidance.
Today was just like any other day. There had been no visitors and Suzu had already gotten supplies for this winter so there was no need to leave the shrine. Or so she thought. However, life, much like her, works in mysterious ways.
While watching snow fall from the front door to the shrine she felt a presence within in the forest. It was faint and slowly dying down, but it was strangely familiar to Suzu. Intrigued by this strange sensation she ventured out into the snow towards the source.
It had taken some time for Suzu to track down the source as the connection to it had faded out as she got closer and closer. There in the snow was the source she felt. A new born Vulpix, abandoned by its parents. The poor thing had died in the snow. As Suzu moved towards the child visions started to bombard her head.
“Zora” the Umbreon called out. …YOU. Strong emotional feelings rushed Suzu. She knew this Umbreon. Why did…
Another scene attacked her as she continued to move towards the child. “You came,” Suzu smiled as the Umbreon joined her. The Umbreon sat next to the Absol, “of course.” SHE LOVED YOU. Another emotional surge rushed into Suzu’s mind. Was this her…
Her line of thought was cut off as she stood over the child. A vision of the Umbreon lying in her own blood. SHE DIED. The Absol screamed out in pain, anger, and sadness. … The vision faded back to the real world and Suzu could feel the tears on her face. It felt so real to her.
“…ix” Suzu’s eyes snapped to the Vulpix who had moved just a little. The child was still alive. YOU LET HER DIE!
NO! Not again! Suzu picked up the child in her mouth and ran towards the shrine. ‘Not again!’ she repeat over in her head. Faster and faster she moved, her speed picking up the snow from the ground.
Suzu used her psychic powers to open the door and ran inside of the shrine. She then again used her psychic ability to grab the wooden logs she had gathered for winter and place them in the fire pit in the middle of the shrine. With a quick breath of fire from Suzu the logs were lit.
While this would help warm the place she would need more things to warm the child up. She brought blankets over to her with psychic and then wrapped them around the child. Suzu then wrapped her body around the blankets and the child hoping that she could still keep the child alive.
Suzu kept watch over the child, but stress and worrying from what had just happened eventually dragged her into a deep sleep. It wasn’t until much later that a small movement later woke her up. Suzu looked down to see that the child was still breathing and was starting to wake up. “Welcome to your new home,” Suzu said quietly as she nuzzled the child.
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This is a fanfiction based on ask-shinyvulpix. I don’t own these characters but will happily write about them.