The truth comes crashing down
"Vara?"
"Nyrox?"
Vara rushed to him and picked him up, dropping a woollen bag she was holding on the floor. "Nyrox! It is you!" She then hugged him tightly, squeezing all the air out of him.
"Yes," wheezed Nyrox. "It's me. Put me down please?"
"You two know each other?" Daisy asked.
"Yes," Said Vara putting him down. "I was his family's doctor." She reached into her bag and pulled out a few things, flask of water, bandages woven from Spinarak silk and a small towel. She turned to Nyrox and began to clean his wound washing the blood away with the water and mopping up the blood with the towel.
"I thought I'd never find you after you stormed off to kill your dad..."
Nyrox's eyes widened.
Oh crap. He thought.
"He what?!" Daisy exclaimed.
Nyrox turned to Daisy; still looking shocked, and then turned to Vara. Then stared off into the distance between them.
"Did... he not tell you, Daisy?" Vara said putting a bandage around Nyrox's head.
Nyrox's mouth moved, but no words came out.
It's over... Nyrox thought.
"Nyrox?" Daisy asked.
Nyrox looked at her, and panicked.
"I-uh-I...I..." was all he could get out.
All the guilt caught him again. It washed over him like a tidal wave and broke him.
He crumbled, he was no longer panic stricken. His head flopped and faced the floor. He never was good at keeping secrets.
"Yes... it's true," he mumbled. "I didn't lose my memory at all. My father killed my mother and tried to kill me. So I went out and killed him when I could."
Now it was Daisy's turn to be panic stricken, as well as Vara.
"Then I wondered around aimlessly then found you," He continued. "Then my next victim was Tzoc."
"You... killed Tzoc?" Daisy asked sounding quiet frightened.
Nyrox looked up at her.
"Yes. I drowned him." He said expressionless. "If it helps I didn't mean to kill him."
Daisy opened her mouth to speak, but Nyrox saw was she was going to say.
"No. I meant to kill my father."
Daisy and Vara were both shocked at this. Nyrox faced the ground again, waiting for someone else to break the awkward silence.
He shook, he knew what was coming. He knew that if he'd been honest she wouldn't have wanted him here. There was only on thing he wanted to do. He stood up on his paws, tears already welling up in his eyes, and ran off.
"Ny wait!" Daisy shouted out. She tried to run after him but Vara stopped her.
"Give him time," She said comforting her. "He was very upset when his mother died. Talking about it again must have upset him again."
* * *
Vara was half right. As Nyrox ran, tears streamed down his cheeks and hit the floor. It was because of the fact he had to talk about his mother again, but also cos he went back to his first thought. Who wants to be with a murderer?
He stopped running sometime later, but he did what he felt like, finding a quiet place so he could curl up and cry. He had cried himself to sleep. He tried so hard to block it out, but now it came back to him. The nightmares, only this time Daisy's shocked face haunted them too.
* * *
He woke up the next day, the fur on his cheek matted with tears, tear stains still on his cheeks.
So what now? He asked himself. Just walk around for the rest of my life? It all seemed to work well till I met her.
He looked at his reflection in a puddle.
"Heartless murderer." He said to it. His reflection turned into his fathers face grinning at him. Nyrox stood shocked.
His paws came out of the water, and pulled the rest of him out.
Nyrox stumbled back in fear. His dead father stood in front of him again. His fur looked ragged, and he was missing a chunk of flesh from his neck...
His father grinned at him.
Nyrox still stood, immobilised by fear.
"You're not real! You're dead!" He regained control of his body and swung his paw at his fathers face. His paw smashed through it, and water exploded from Sanzil's body, and his laughter echoed.
Nyrox woke from his dream, panting heavily. His father's laughter still echoing in his head.
He growled angrily. He walked out to the same puddle from his dream. "I'll never, ever be just like you bastard." He smashed his paw into the puddle, scattering it everywhere.
He turn back to where he ran from. "I'm not running from her." He said to himself, and spirited back.
* * *
Daisy walked out of the den and blinked in the sun light.
"Nyrox?" She called out hoping that he'd be outside somewhere.
She waited and sighed when she got no reply. She walked over to where he was last night.
"I'm going to have to find him myself." She said, and tried to figure out which direction he ran off in.
Although it wasn't needed. She got knocked off her feet.
"Ahh!" She screamed as she fell to the ground. "Get the-" The figure licked her cheek, then she saw him.
"Nyrox?"
Nyrox smiled and continued to lick her apologising when ever he could.
Vara had been sleeping against a tree stump, Daisy's scream had woke her up.
"Daisy what's... oh." She grinned when she saw Nyrox and Daisy together.
"Ny stop it." Daisy giggled pushing Nyrox off. Nyrox only avoided her paws and instead nuzzled under her chin.
"Sorry I ran off." He said again. "I promise I won't ever let you down again."
Daisy smiled and licked her mates head. "It's ok Ny... now will you let me get to my paws please?"
* * *
*Years later*
Nyrox jumped and landed on the ground with ease, clutching a branch of berries in his maw. He walked quickly back to his den.
He went straight in and padded quietly up to Daisy and placed the branch next to her.
She was sleeping with her side with her back against the wall. She lifted her head and kissed Nyrox. She then lent down and licked the head of the small sleeping Vulpix nuzzled up against her.
They had named their kit Nina. She was born only a few days ago.
Nyrox smiled and also licked the little head of Nina. He then stretched out and laid down on his side, arms wrapped around lightly around Daisy. He gave her a few loving licks,
"I love you Daisy." He purred softly to her.
"I love you too Ny." She replied happily.
He then reached down and softly stroked Nina's head.
"You too Nina." He said happily. To which the little kit woke slightly and whimpered out "Vul."
Then the new family, mother, father and daughter, drifted off to sleep.
The End.
"Nyrox?"
Vara rushed to him and picked him up, dropping a woollen bag she was holding on the floor. "Nyrox! It is you!" She then hugged him tightly, squeezing all the air out of him.
"Yes," wheezed Nyrox. "It's me. Put me down please?"
"You two know each other?" Daisy asked.
"Yes," Said Vara putting him down. "I was his family's doctor." She reached into her bag and pulled out a few things, flask of water, bandages woven from Spinarak silk and a small towel. She turned to Nyrox and began to clean his wound washing the blood away with the water and mopping up the blood with the towel.
"I thought I'd never find you after you stormed off to kill your dad..."
Nyrox's eyes widened.
Oh crap. He thought.
"He what?!" Daisy exclaimed.
Nyrox turned to Daisy; still looking shocked, and then turned to Vara. Then stared off into the distance between them.
"Did... he not tell you, Daisy?" Vara said putting a bandage around Nyrox's head.
Nyrox's mouth moved, but no words came out.
It's over... Nyrox thought.
"Nyrox?" Daisy asked.
Nyrox looked at her, and panicked.
"I-uh-I...I..." was all he could get out.
All the guilt caught him again. It washed over him like a tidal wave and broke him.
He crumbled, he was no longer panic stricken. His head flopped and faced the floor. He never was good at keeping secrets.
"Yes... it's true," he mumbled. "I didn't lose my memory at all. My father killed my mother and tried to kill me. So I went out and killed him when I could."
Now it was Daisy's turn to be panic stricken, as well as Vara.
"Then I wondered around aimlessly then found you," He continued. "Then my next victim was Tzoc."
"You... killed Tzoc?" Daisy asked sounding quiet frightened.
Nyrox looked up at her.
"Yes. I drowned him." He said expressionless. "If it helps I didn't mean to kill him."
Daisy opened her mouth to speak, but Nyrox saw was she was going to say.
"No. I meant to kill my father."
Daisy and Vara were both shocked at this. Nyrox faced the ground again, waiting for someone else to break the awkward silence.
He shook, he knew what was coming. He knew that if he'd been honest she wouldn't have wanted him here. There was only on thing he wanted to do. He stood up on his paws, tears already welling up in his eyes, and ran off.
"Ny wait!" Daisy shouted out. She tried to run after him but Vara stopped her.
"Give him time," She said comforting her. "He was very upset when his mother died. Talking about it again must have upset him again."
* * *
Vara was half right. As Nyrox ran, tears streamed down his cheeks and hit the floor. It was because of the fact he had to talk about his mother again, but also cos he went back to his first thought. Who wants to be with a murderer?
He stopped running sometime later, but he did what he felt like, finding a quiet place so he could curl up and cry. He had cried himself to sleep. He tried so hard to block it out, but now it came back to him. The nightmares, only this time Daisy's shocked face haunted them too.
* * *
He woke up the next day, the fur on his cheek matted with tears, tear stains still on his cheeks.
So what now? He asked himself. Just walk around for the rest of my life? It all seemed to work well till I met her.
He looked at his reflection in a puddle.
"Heartless murderer." He said to it. His reflection turned into his fathers face grinning at him. Nyrox stood shocked.
His paws came out of the water, and pulled the rest of him out.
Nyrox stumbled back in fear. His dead father stood in front of him again. His fur looked ragged, and he was missing a chunk of flesh from his neck...
His father grinned at him.
Nyrox still stood, immobilised by fear.
"You're not real! You're dead!" He regained control of his body and swung his paw at his fathers face. His paw smashed through it, and water exploded from Sanzil's body, and his laughter echoed.
Nyrox woke from his dream, panting heavily. His father's laughter still echoing in his head.
He growled angrily. He walked out to the same puddle from his dream. "I'll never, ever be just like you bastard." He smashed his paw into the puddle, scattering it everywhere.
He turn back to where he ran from. "I'm not running from her." He said to himself, and spirited back.
* * *
Daisy walked out of the den and blinked in the sun light.
"Nyrox?" She called out hoping that he'd be outside somewhere.
She waited and sighed when she got no reply. She walked over to where he was last night.
"I'm going to have to find him myself." She said, and tried to figure out which direction he ran off in.
Although it wasn't needed. She got knocked off her feet.
"Ahh!" She screamed as she fell to the ground. "Get the-" The figure licked her cheek, then she saw him.
"Nyrox?"
Nyrox smiled and continued to lick her apologising when ever he could.
Vara had been sleeping against a tree stump, Daisy's scream had woke her up.
"Daisy what's... oh." She grinned when she saw Nyrox and Daisy together.
"Ny stop it." Daisy giggled pushing Nyrox off. Nyrox only avoided her paws and instead nuzzled under her chin.
"Sorry I ran off." He said again. "I promise I won't ever let you down again."
Daisy smiled and licked her mates head. "It's ok Ny... now will you let me get to my paws please?"
* * *
*Years later*
Nyrox jumped and landed on the ground with ease, clutching a branch of berries in his maw. He walked quickly back to his den.
He went straight in and padded quietly up to Daisy and placed the branch next to her.
She was sleeping with her side with her back against the wall. She lifted her head and kissed Nyrox. She then lent down and licked the head of the small sleeping Vulpix nuzzled up against her.
They had named their kit Nina. She was born only a few days ago.
Nyrox smiled and also licked the little head of Nina. He then stretched out and laid down on his side, arms wrapped around lightly around Daisy. He gave her a few loving licks,
"I love you Daisy." He purred softly to her.
"I love you too Ny." She replied happily.
He then reached down and softly stroked Nina's head.
"You too Nina." He said happily. To which the little kit woke slightly and whimpered out "Vul."
Then the new family, mother, father and daughter, drifted off to sleep.
The End.