more than worry. “Yay! Let’s go to...that store!” She pointed to a store that had displays of clothes. “Come on, better get it over with...” Falcon sighed. Krystal wanted to show us that she wasn’t immature, so she walked into the store, compared to running. There were tons of girls in there, but they didn’t look like us. For a fact, they didn’t look like animals. We just put our head down and followed Krystal, who seemed perfectly fine with all these different faces. “Don’t make any friends.” I muttered to Krystal. She turned back to me and nodded. I guess she knew that everyone was suspicious about us. She continued looking around, and she found something she liked. “Um, Fox?” She turned to me with questioning eyes. “How do I know this fits me?” “Er...maybe there’s a changing room where you change into it, and see if it fits you...” I trailed off. “Let’s ask someone.” Krystal stated. “Maybe them?” Falcon tipped his head to people behind a table, who were handing other people bags. “Okay, let’s try.” I gulped, and walked over to them.

“Excuse me?” I said.

“Yes, how can I help you today?” The human asked politely. “Where can I find a changing room?” I asked. “Well, it can’t be you, but are you talking about your girlfriend?” She asked, and looked at Krystal. Falcon almost laughed, which I will regret from him. “She’s...not...my girlfriend...” I managed to say. The human sighed. “The changing rooms are over there.” She pointed to a hallway. “Thanks.” I muttered. We walked to the other side of the store and waited for Krystal to try the dress on. Falcon had a smirk on his face from the conversation with the human. Krystal walked out of the changing rooms. “How do I look? It fits, but I don’t know if you guys like it.” Krystal said. Her dress was white and it glittered in the light. She looked so different in a dress...

“I think its fine. Now let’s get out of here.” Falcon said annoyingly. “What about you, Fox?” Krystal asked me. “Um...ah...it’s...its great! I-I mean, I like it!” I hope she took that as a yes. “Okay! Let’s buy it!” She cheered. We walked over to the table where the human was standing. “That’ll be sixty dollars.” I reached into my pocket and pulled out the money. “You gave a little extra, here you go.” She handed me back some of the money and gave me the bag which had Krystal’s dress. “You two make a good couple.” She added as I turned around. I narrowed my eyes and walked out of the store. Falcon didn’t say anything this time. We walked towards a store, but Krystal dragged us away.

“I’m sorry, but I found some trashy magazines and they had people who were at parties wearing that stuff-” She pointed to a shop which had lavish clothing in it. Falcon nodded in approval. “Heed her advice, Fox. Let’s go!” He told me. We started walking towards the store. Krystal still stuck with me, because she wanted to see what I would choose. She tipped her head over to the black suits. I never realized how much Krystal had a taste for clothing. She was acting more mature and maybe more...

“Would you pick something instead of daydreaming? We don’t have all day!” Falcon told me. “How about this, Fox?” Krystal handed me a black tuxedo, which stood out from all the others. “Let me go to the changing room and see if it fits.” I instructed her. I looked around for a sign and I found it. I changed and couldn’t believe it. It actually fitted me! I looked in the mirror and was stunned. I had changed from an ordinary fox, into a striking fox. One problem.

My tail.

We’d have to cut holes though all of our clothes for our tails. I better tell Falcon. I walked out of the changing room and looked at Falcon.

“Falcon, we-” I dropped my voice to a hush. “-need to cut a hole for our tails.” “Yeah, I was just talking about that with Krystal.” Falcon replied. “Well, let’s change back and pay for this.” I said. I went back to the dressing room and changed back. My tail slipped through perfectly, and I felt much better. I grabbed my suit and headed for the table. “That adds up to two-hundred dollars.” The man said. I pulled out a wad of money and handed it to him. “You gave too much, here’s your money back.” He gave me the change and looked at Krystal. “You-” “Don’t say it.” I interrupted. I grabbed the bags and we turned around and walked out.

“Do you remember where the exit is?” I asked Falcon.

“No, I think Krystal knows.” He replied.

“Nope, I have no clue.” Krystal added.

“Let’s ask someone.” I assured. We walked over to a human who was standing in one spot, not moving. “Where can I find the exit?” I asked the human. “Well, there are many different exits...” The human trailed off.

“Where can I find the exit near a grassy field?” I responded. “Oh, that’s over that way, but you’ll need to walk a long way to get to the parking.” He stated. “Parking? W-” “Okay, thank you.” Falcon cut in. We followed the human’s directions towards the doors. “What’s parking?” I asked Falcon. “I don’t know, but we probably don’t even need that information.” Falcon responded. “I’ll ask Dad when we get home.” I mentioned. I pushed the doors open for Falcon and Krystal. Falcon didn’t say anything, but Krystal gave a brief thanks. I was pleased by Krystal and continued on. We were outside of the mall and we gasped.

Wolf was lying lifeless on the meadow.

My eyes widened and I scrambled over to Wolf- I mean Dad. I turned him over and the scar was revealed.

His eye.

His left eye was scratched badly, and I could hear why.

“Get them crazy rabid mutant whatever-they-ares outta my sight!” A human shouted. I leapt up and picked Wolf, er...Dad up and dashed off to the forest.

“Look who’s talking!” Falcon sneered back to the human as he raced after me.

“You heard the guy! G-Get out of his sight! Run!” Krystal cried. In the undergrowth Krystal and I could run faster, but Falcon couldn’t. I could hear a muddle of footsteps and faint shouts. “They’re gaining on us! Faster!” I called back to Falcon. “I’m trying!” We were nearing open ground and that’s where the ship was. We jumped in and I laid Wolf- Um, Dad down in his bedroom. Falcon looked outside and saw the humans rushing towards us. “Fox, you’ve got to do something!” Falcon panicked. I glanced back at Wol-...Dad, but he seemed in no condition to help me. “Fly the ship Fox! Fly the ship!” Krystal urged.

“I don’t know how!” I argued.

I was dazed at W-Dad’s recovery. He pushed himself up with his arms, but he collapsed back into bed.

“Just tell me how to fly the ship, and I’ll be good to go.” I said. “The manual is right here-” He pointed to a small leaflet on his bedside table.

“Okay, thanks. Don’t worry- I’ll take care of things here.” I replied kindly. “No, I want to help you-” Wolf started. “It’ll be okay, just leave it to me.” I cut in. Dad started getting out of bed, using all of his strength. “No! Don’t!” I cautioned. But W-Dad just plowed himself out of bed and staggered to the piloting room. I sighed and trailed after him, making sure he didn’t fall.

“Would you pick up the pace, Fox? We don’t have that much ti-” Falcon started.

“Quiet! Fox would eat you alive if he heard you say that to his dad.” Krystal whispered fiercely. Falcon quickly quieted down after her remark. I was amazed at how much my only two friends cared for my relationship with my father. Yelling from outside of the ship shattered my thoughts. Dad was already sitting himself in the seat and using all his strength to grasp the piloting gears. I scrambled over to him and watched Dad glance at the manual a few times before pushing a series of buttons. I didn’t even realize he had the manual, until he started to use it. I felt the ground lurch upward and the yelling die down.

“Wow! Come look at this, Fox!” Krystal whispered in awe. Falcon didn’t seem impressed, but I could tell he was still wowed by the view. I peeked out the window and watched as lush green forest and cloud-dotted sky met on the horizon. Krystal almost managed to grab me, but I side-stepped and she missed. I gritted my teeth for the next attempt, but she gave up. I glanced back to Dad, and he seemed to have no trouble at flying the ship. But he was looking at something else. I walked over to him.

“What are you looking at?” I questioned.

“The letter from Katt.” Father replied.

“Why?” Why would he care about a letter?

“Because it has the directions to her house. Could you tell Falcon to come over here for a second?” I gave a nod, and headed back to Falcon.

“Falcon, my dad wants to talk to you.” I stated.

“Sure.” Falcon replied uneasily. He followed me into the piloting room, with Father waiting there for us.

“Shouldn’t you be driving?”

“I’m on cruise mode.”

“Oh.” I finished the conversation clueless. “Falcon, which mountain did you live on?” Father pointed to the large mountain range ahead of us. Falcon paused to look around for his home, and pointed to the one to the far left. “Okay, so that means one, two, three...” Dad trailed off and squinted to the fifth peak. In the distance, you could see tiny lights flashing.

“We found Katt’s house! And just in time!” Krystal cheered unexpectedly.

“Krystal!” Falcon and I shouted with annoyance.

“Sorry, but I didn’t want to be left out of the situation.” Krystal whined.

“Come on now, we don’t need to start a fight before a party, do we?” Dad always found a way to settle uneasy nerves.

“Everyone can start to change into their clothes.” Father told to us. Krystal dashed to her room while Falcon and I walked. Falcon seemed worried about something, but I didn’t know what. “Are you okay, Falcon?” “Y-Yeah, I’m fine...” He stuttered. I wanted to say more, but I had reached my room. I ran back to the windows to get my clothes from the bag, and dashed into my room to change for the party.

I snipped a hole for my tail and put on my pants. My tail fit perfectly into the newly cut hole. I walked out of my room and Krystal was standing next to Father as he landed the ship. Falcon wasn’t out yet.

“Is Falcon ready yet?” I

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