Twinkle's Story: Chapter 5

Dr. Fox opened the door and was looking to see if Miss Fox, Duke, and my parents were still around. He's been out for quite some time, so I guess he hasn't found them. I bet my parents weren't still around, since I just yelled at them. This left me alone in my hospital room. I sighed as I sat down; my back touching the room's door. I don't know why I was still thinking about my parents and feeling... guilty.? I began to sing a song I enjoyed listening to with my lovely dj headset.

 When I came to the hospital, they removed my dj headset because they said it wouldn't help me heal. Well that's what the hospital staff told me. Duke told me that he argued with them, so I didn't have to take it off. Obviously, the hospital staff won the argument. I kicked my feet back and forth as I was sitting at the door. "... Turn away and slam the door. I don't care! What they're going to say..." I was referring to the argument I just had with my parents. I just finished singing softly to myself, "... That perfect girl is gone..." when Dr. Fox entered the room.

 I got up and moved over, and Dr. Fox sighed and sat on a chair in the room. I looked at him. He pat down a fur sticking up on his tail and said, "Nope. Been looking for them for about a half hour now. No use telling them the rest of what I have to tell you, Twinkle. My sister and that Duke kid... I couldn't find them either. Great job scaring your parents away, little girl. Didn't mean to offend you." Dr. Fox already had, though. "Come here, Twinkle. I need to put the rest of this stuff on you." He held up a strange back clothing piece. "Your body is extremely weak, so to prevent your back from carrying too much weight, you'll have to take your skirt off and put this on instead."

 I gave him a disgusted look. "Really? That old rag thing? Are you kidding me! At least give me one without holes in it!" I poked one of my claws through a hole in this strange clothing material that looked worn down. "Oh yeah, doc. My tail is heavy, and now you're saying that I have to wear very light clothing everywhere else on my body? Not much sense to me." Dr. Fox nodded.

 "The holes are there for a reason. They make the clothing more lightweight . Without them, it would weigh the same as your skirt, so then there's no point." He laughed to himself and continued, "Don't worry, Twinkle. The holes are just towards the top of your back. It will stay on you, I promise." I gave the clothing piece a wary sniff and examined it. I reluctantly allowed him to put the thing on my back. I decided to call it a blanket that was worn; a worn blanket.

 I decided to go to the bathroom. I took my lovely blue skirt off and replaced it with the worn blanket on my back. I looked at it in a mirror.

 It doesn't look too bad. I moved around with it on; it stayed. Good, he told the truth. Now I was looking at another mirror. A damaged one. I felt guilty again, since I left a dent in that mirror. I returned back to the main room. "Okay, Twinkle. You've been stuck in here for a while, so I'm allowing you to go outside. Take a walk or whatever. Be careful, though." I nodded, and opened the door. I closed it behind me as I stood in the hospital lobby. I walked down a hallway until I saw the door to exit. I exited the hospital building, and decided I was going to take a walk in the woods towards the wolf territory but still on fox territory.

I grumbled as my feet scraped against rocks and pebbles, and as my tail clumsily kept bumping into so many trees I walked past.  I suddenly heard shrieks and yelps.  I walked faster towards the noise. There was a sudden hole or pit in the ground. The noise was louder and clearer here. "Help! Help me! I tripped. I'm stuck. Please anyone help me!" Noises that sounded like crying followed. I looked down into the hole. A little wolf pup with a tawny colored pelt and amber colored eyes was howling and crying. He finally stopped for a moment and looked back at me. "Will you please take me out of here? I've been here for a while, and I'm-I'm scared. Please help me." I just glared at the wolf pup. "No way am I helping you. You shouldn't even be here. This is fox territory. You crossed your wolf territory border and entered fox territory. I don't care if you're just a pup, you don't belong here."

 I them heard the wolf pup squeak, "I... I didn't know I crossed the border. I'm sorry. Help me. Please... Hey, you're a blue fox. That's odd. I never saw or heard stories about any fox that's blue." I glared more at the wolf pup. I growled at him. "You know what? Life isn't fair!" I was about to turn and leave, but I saw the pup's eyes grow big and wide, and his body tremble as he walked towards the corner of the hole most away from me. Clearly terrified.

 I gasped. What have I done? I'm not this evil. I calmed myself down and told him I was going to help him get out of the hole.

 I dug into the hole and scruffed his small neck. I placed him down on the ground at my feet. Wonderstruck he gasped, "Wow! Th-thank you for rescuing me. I thought you hated me after what you said to me. You're a nice fox." The wolf pup tried as best he could to wrap his forepaws around my legs. I giggled. "Okay now. Let's take you to your home territory, okay?" He weakly nodded; I helped him cross back into his wolf territory.

 "You're the best!" he smiled and waved with his tail goodbye. I waved goodbye to him too, and I walked back to the hospital to my room.

I looked around and saw that Dr. Fox left my room. Probably had other things to do or something. I didn't mind though. I saw a note on a chair and read it: "Meet me at the Tall Tower's roof. 8:00 tonight. Be there. See you then, Twinkle." I saw that Duke signed the note.

 He must have been here when I was out, and he might have talked with Dr. Fox. I waited for a while, and then began heading towards the Tall Tower. It was nighttime out; stars shone brightly in the sky.

 However, it was raining now. I entered the building. No one was in sight. I ran up many flights of stairs until I arrived at the final floor. I saw a ladder leading up to a door. I walked up it and opened the door. I felt a raindrop on my nose. I closed the door. This is the roof of the Tall Tower. I saw Duke farther away from the door. He smiled when he saw me. "Hi Twinkle! I spoke with Dr. Fox, and he told me what he told you. He told me you had to wear different clothes. So will I." Duke wasn't wearing his usual fancy shirt. He had on a sports jersey.

 I was about to ask him what happened to it, but he continued. "I won't allow you to be the only one being different, Twinkle. I threw my other shirt out the window and put this on instead." I asked, "Why? Why would you do that!" "Because I want to." Duke sighed. "Dr. Fox also told me other information about you. Look, he told me that blue fur is an extremely rare disease. He also said that if you're not careful about it and don't wear your special clothing, that you'll maybe... die." I gave Duke a petrified look. I might... die.? I shuddered. "So I'm gonna make you live your life, Twinkle. I don't care if you die tomorrow, as long as I love you today."

 He gave me an embarrassed look, asking me if he said that correctly. I didn't care though. "Aww Duke. I love you too. And I'm not gonna die anytime soon. I'll assure you on that." He smiled a little again. He walked me towards the edge of the building's roof. He began hopping along the roof's edge, and told me to hop too.

 The wind blew through my fur, and I said, "Feels like we're flying." Duke replied, "Oh this isn't flying. You want to fly?" Before I could answer him, he held me up and lifted me beyond the roof. Wind blowing in my face, I spread out my front paws to look like a bird. "Whoa, Duke. I'm flying. Flying!" He giggled, "You sure are." We started laughing.

 Duke finally brought me back on top of the roof. "We're on top of the world. On top of our world on fire," Duke announced. I still laughed. For the first time since Fauna's death, I'm happy. For the first time, I'm alive and free.