Fox Victory Power

Hi guys! Again, this is another story by Stella Rosewood. As always, please NO editing or copying. Thank you!!
== Chapter 1 - Sunset ==
Sky opened her amber eyes to find her parents and littermates still sleeping. She carefully crawled away from her mom, Shooting Star, her dad, Canyon, and her brother and sisters. The den’s curved walls always made her feel warm and safe. But right now she couldn't stay inside. Sky carefully padded out of the den into the forest that surrounded them, instantly feeling the temperature drop. She was glad she had warm red fur. Her paws gently touched the ground each time she moved. 
Sky leaped onto the top of a small hill that normally had lots of flowers but were dying because it was autumn. Sky and her siblings called it the Flower Hill. She turned her attention to the west to watch the sun. It was a golden, glowing berry in the sky, falling lower and lower, casting the forest with thick, dark shadows. Sky patiently waited for night to fall. Any second an edge of the sun would fade into the horizon. Right before it did, it covered everything in orange light. 
All of a sudden, Sky gasped. The sun had temporarily blinded her! After she blinked a few times, the world slowly came back. Suddenly, Sky felt different somehow. Like some of her body heat came into the air and formed a circle around her. As she looked back at the sky, she saw the moon’s glow, revealing all of its craters. The sun must’ve set while she couldn't see because it was gone now. Sky decided to head back to her den so her family wouldn't get too worried. As she headed back, the strange feeling went away.
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When Sky got back to the den, everyone was half awake, except one of Sky’s slightly younger sisters, Glimmer, who was still asleep and mumbling something about golden mist and bells. Sky’s other younger sister, Return, was the first one fully awake. 
“Where were you?” Return whispered. “I could feel that you were gone.” 
“How could you tell? I wasn't even close to you!” Sky asked. 
“There’s just something about you and me, Sky. I can just feel your presence so I can tell if you are close to me or not.” 
“I didn't know you could do that. I don't have that feeling with you. Anyway, I went outside to watch the sunset.” 
“Oh, wow!” Return breathed. ”Was it beautiful?” 
“Actually, I didn't see it set. That was when it blinded me,” Sky admitted. “But it was cool. It looked like a golden berry. Then after that, I felt all strange, like —” 
“Wait a second. You felt strange and you didn't tell me?!” Shooting Star interrupted. 
“Sheesh, Mom. You didn't even let Sky finish!” Return said. 
“And since when did you get up?” Sky asked. 
“Now. Anyway, continue, Sky,” Shooting Star replied. 
“Anyway, as I was saying, it felt like some of my body heat formed a circle around me.” 
“Hey. What are you guys talking about?” Sky’s brother Forest asked, stretching and making the silver streaks in his dark red fur practically light up. 
“Sky was just telling us about the sunset,” Return and Shooting Star said at the same time. 
“Oh. See you later!” Forest said, bounding out of the den. 
“Hey, where are you going?” Sky’s dad asked, chasing Forest out of the den. 
“I wonder what the strange feeling was,” Shooting Star wondered aloud once Forest and Canyon had left. 
“Same,” Sky and Return agreed. 
“When is Glimmer going to get up?” Sky asked her mom. 
“Right now,” Glimmer said, yawning. “I had the strangest dream. There was a strange creature that looked like… um… I don't know. But it was purple, pink, blue, and white. And I feel like it was trying to talk to me. but I also think it wasn't trying to tell me anything. I guess it was just a dream. It was weird.” 
Something about Glimmer’s dream stirred up a faint memory in Sky’s head. As Glimmer kept on talking about it, the more she remembered. The creature finally took shape in her mind. It was about a few tail-lengths tall and indeed was all of the colors Glimmer had said. But Sky couldn't remember its name. Sky decided not to tell Glimmer, or anyone, actually, because… 
Sky gasped. The creature had just appeared right in front of her!
== Chapter 2 - The Vision ==
The creature looked right at Sky. Then it spoke. 
“I am so glad I can finally see you.” 
All of a sudden, the strange feeling from the sunset came back, except this time it felt a tiny bit different. Like it was a protective shield around her now. 
“The shield is keeping our conversation secret,” the creature said, seeming to read her mind. “You can ask me two questions. But then I have to go.” 
The creature looked around. “I can't stay long,” it warned. 
Sky's brain spun with all of the things she could ask. Finally, she decided on two. 
“One. Are you a boy or a girl, so I know what to call you. And two. What was the strange feeling from the sunset?” 
The creature smiled. “I am a girl,” she said. “And the odd feeling from the sunset was…” 
“What? What was it?” Sky asked. 
“I don't know if I can tell you,” the creature said. ”But I can try. The feeling that you felt was a new power. But that is all I can tell you.” 
Sky gasped. 
“A power? What power is it?” Sky asked. 
The creature looked at her again. 
“You will find out soon. And when you go alone, the answer will appear unexpectedly,” she said. 
The creature now started to fade away.
“No! Please don't go yet! Please stay!” Sky begged. 
The creature was almost gone now. 
“No one can know that you saw me. And remember that I will always be watching.” 
Sky watched her fade away. The shield started to fade too. Time must have stopped while she had her vision because Glimmer was still talking about her dream. Sky wanted to tell Glimmer that she had just seen a creature just like the one in her dream, but the creature’s voice still echoed in her head. 
No one can know that you saw me. 
“Okay! Let's go hunt!” Shooting Star said. 
“Okay,” Sky said. Sky followed her family out of the den.
== Chapter 3 - Hunting Practice ==
Sky jumped out of the den. 
“I’ll hunt over by the river,” Sky called to her family. 
She leaped over some leaves and tree branches as she made her way to the river. She stretched out her ears, listening for some sounds of a mouse, or a bird, or any other prey. Faint scuttling caught her attention. Sky swiveled her ears to pinpoint the sound. It was a mouse scurrying through a tunnel in the ground. She listened some more, searching around until she found the entrance to the underground tunnel it was hiding in. Sky crept into the hole. Sky lowered her body to the ground and stalked towards it. 
Once it was in her sight, she pounced! The mouse tasted good as she used her teeth to tear her prey into pieces, swallowing them immediately. Sky jumped out of the mouse hole and searched for more mice. After Sky caught a few more, she went back to the den to bury them for later. Sky set the prey down and buried them. Soon afterward, Return came back with a bird. 
“Whew!” she said. “This bird is heavier than it looks!” 
Glimmer and Forest came back quickly, with a few rabbits. 
“We caught them ourselves!” Glimmer said proudly. 
Shooting Star and Canyon returned with some vegetables and berries, which Sky, Glimmer, Return, and Forest all ate rapidly. 
“I love strawberries!” Sky declared.
“Me too!” Glimmer agreed. 
After they ate, they discussed who should hunt a little more. They finally agreed that Return and Shooting Star would hunt a little more while Sky and the others rested a bit. Sky found a soft patch of grass and laid down on it, curling her long tail that was more than half of her body length around her fluffy body. Sky heard a soothing lullaby being sung from somewhere, but she couldn't tell where it came from. As she thought about it, she started to fall asleep… 
== Chapter 4 - The Dream ==
Glimmer could hear the muffled voices of her family, even in her dream. It was standing right in front of her. The strange shape was purple, pink, blue, and white. Surrounding it was golden and silver mist with a hint of blue and pink. And some bells were chiming. It made the voices of the real world sound even softer than they should have. 
“Gimmmeeerr,” it said. 
“What? What are you saying?” Glimmer asked. 
“Glimmmeer,” it said again. 
“I can't understand you! Please. Talk normally!” Glimmer said desperately. 
“Iiiiiiiiiiiiii kkkaaaaaannnnttt,” This time Glimmer could understand a little better. 
“You can't?” 
The shape turned into a creature. The creature nodded, or, at least Glimmer thought it did. 
“Thhhe skkky ccannn winnnn withhh othhherrss. Mmmusssttt learrrrnnn tooo conntrroll.” 
“The sky can win with others, but it must learn to control?” Glimmer verified. It nodded again. 
“The sky? Control what?” Glimmer asked, but the creature was already disappearing, only leaving the chime of the bells and the beautiful mist behind. 
Seeing the mist gave Glimmer an idea. From now on, she would call this place Misty Dream Bells land. 
Something formed out of the mist now, like a mist hand. The hand came under her and pushed her out of the beautiful land, away from the bells, and out to the voices of the real world.
== Chapter 5 - Illusion ==
Glimmer opened her eyes. The real world was so much louder than Misty Dream Bells land. She wanted to go back, but she was too awake now. So Glimmer started telling everyone about her dream, though she didn't tell them everything. She had a feeling that she should keep this secret. All of a sudden, Glimmer felt a shift in the air, like a shield in the air. And then time seemed to stop.
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Glimmer couldn't move. Couldn't breathe. Could barely think. But a voice in her head said, “Just imagine yourself moving and breathing, and you will be free.” 
Okay, she thought. 
Glimmer did as the voice said, and all of a sudden, she could. Glimmer ran out of the den, feeling so free since she was the only one who could move. Glimmer leaped to her favorite spot in the forest, a sunny but shady patch of grass to just sit and think. As she sat, Glimmer felt strange, like she had tons of power all of sudden. She could now do things that no one could ever do! Glimmer jumped up and down in excitement, her tail swishing and hitting her paws. 
She thought of her favorite meal: mice and rodents. Suddenly, her instincts kicked in, and as she thought of mice, power from her heart shot out at the area in front of her. It created a swirling rainbowy hole! Once again, her instincts took control, and the power from her mind headed inside the hole. A big explosion covered everything in white light. When the white light cleared away, there were mice everywhere in front of Glimmer! She playfully jumped around them, until they started to scatter. Then she chased them, pouncing on them. But as she touched it, her paws went through it and touched the ground. 
What? Glimmer thought. This is just an illusion? 
Glimmer pounced on each mouse, and every time, they disappeared. 
But how did an illusion get here? 
Now that Glimmer was thinking about it, did she make the illusion? Using the energy from her mind and heart had made the mice appear. Which meant that she made the illusions! But what had she done to do it? Glimmer remembered her tail touching her paws and swishing. 
“That must be it!” she exclaimed. 
Swishing her tail and touching her paws must’ve triggered her instincts and made the illusion! Glimmer was enthusiastic! She had a special power! Thinking about powers made Glimmer wonder about what the creature had said in her dream. What had it meant about the sky learning to control something? Was it talking about her learning to control her power? Glimmer was still wondering when instantly she was teleported back to the same spot she had been in the den before time was frozen. Then she continued telling everyone about her dream, just like before. After a few more minutes, Glimmer’s family decided to go hunting.
“Let’s go!” Sky exclaimed enthusiastically.
== Chapter 6 - More Hunting ==
Glimmer went out with her brother Forest to hunt. Glimmer perked up her ears and listened for noises. She heard a faint chewing noise somewhere nearby. 
“Let’s go look for it,” she told Forest. 
Together, they tracked it down. It was a pack of rabbits! Glimmer and Forest stalked towards them, then pounced! The rabbits squealed as Glimmer’s paws landed on them. She bit them and set them down, then set out to look for more prey. 
Soon after they caught them, Glimmer led Forest back to the den with all of their rabbits. Sky, Return, and Shooting Star were there first, waiting with two rats and a frog. Glimmer showed them their rabbits as Canyon came back. 
“We caught them ourselves!” she said again proudly. 
Then Glimmer’s parents brought some blackberries this time. Everyone devoured them quickly. Finally, they discussed who should go hunt a little more, and the agreement was that Shooting Star and Return would go while the others rested. Glimmer crept next to Sky and copied her, using her fluffy tail to cover her body. Glimmer fell asleep quickly, knowing she was safe, and wanting to stay here, with her family, forever. There was no way she wanted to leave, ever. 
== Chapter 7 - On Our Own [coming soon] ==
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