How the fox and the hound fell in love

         There was a fox and a hound . They were bounded by fate to meet and become a whole .
The fox lived in a dead tree just on the outskirts of a town called Privitty. She often would starve for days before finding some substance to fuel her back to life . Of course this is no way to live but what could you do . She was terrified of being caught by hounds and their hunters . She'd rather starve than be someone's handbag.

         One day a hound was set free from his cozy little home . He had the perfect life. He ate three times a day, took 6 hour naps and never had to fear about being hunted for the coat of fur on his back. He was a curious little creature named Ivory . He wondered into the forest on the outskirts of town doing what a dog does . Who would of guessed it, he found the dead tree the fox lived in . How ironic right ?

         He, of course, could smell her and took precaution approaching the dead trunk . The poor fox was too weak to snarl or warn him off. She was dying from starvation and dehydration. The hound noticed and felt sympathetic. He thought to himself

"Maybe he should kill her and end her misery," but he was kind and instead, he ran home and brought back a chunk of dear meat. She was scared to take the meat at first.

What if he had poisoned it? What if it had sharp objects in it?

She declined his generous attempt in keeping her alive . He was curious to see the foxes sharp teeth.

The fox took precaution by taking small bites . She slowly began to consume the entire carcass.

         The hound was content with seeing her regain her strength and he left her to it . He got home just before noon, while the fox ate every last bit of meat off the deer leg.  He was such a good boy . His owner would shower him in kisses and feed him treats for just being cute.

      It was a windy night and the fox had to find a warm place to sleep and stay alive, just to die slowly tomorrow. The hound had nothing to fear . Ivory had a warm cozy bed by the fireplace.

           At the break of dawn the hound was in the forest looking for the fox . He quickly picked up the scent of the fox and tracked her to a barrow under a tree. The fox looking much better than she did yesterday and snarled at him. The hound was too fascinated by the fox's majestic coat of fur and how beautiful she was . Ivory took a step forward, ignoring her warnings, he was entranced with how such a beautiful creature could be turned into a hand bags. The fox leaped forward and bit his ear, she would feel too guilt if she were to kill him . He was so kind to her the other day but that did not stop her from letting him know to keep his distance.

              Ivory whimpered and took a step back . He understood he was not wanted so he went back home to his perfect little life in his perfect little world.

           The fox got bored and realized that she was harsh and he meant no harm . She felt guilty for the pain he must feel in his right ear . She waited for him to come back . A day went by and he didn't come . Days turned into weeks and she realized she pushed away something that could've been a friendship. She grew sad and wonder is this is why she was never able to find a mate .

           The hound ivory came back before the month was out. He waited at the dead tree trunk . The fox picked up his scent and greeted him with precaution. The hound knew not to over step his boundaries as he kept his distance. The fox approached ivory with a gentle matter . They got acquainted with one another quick . The fox finally had a chance of making a friend.

            For months the hound would come out to the tree trunk and play and spend time with the fox . They became great friends and it was lovely to see the fox be free again. One day there were chasing each other through the woods it was lovely sight . The wind howled as they danced with leaves in the wind. Bang. The fox was shot by a hunter in the ear . She runs as the hunter calls ivory to his side .

         The fox immediately runs to her tree trunk and seeks shelter . She licks her paw as the blood drips from her ear. Ivory next to his owner wonders  if the fox is alright . Of course he can't seek her out cause he would put her in danger.

       Ivory returns home with his owner to his perfect little life in his perfect little world. The hounds owner does a sweep around the perimeter of the house and closes up any holes or possible escape routes. Ivory can no longer visit the fox . In that moment his perfect little world began to crumble .

             He no longer had a perfect life. He didn't eat three times a day nor did he take his 6 hour naps . Instead he worried about the fox . He worried if he'd ever get the chance to see her run with the wind and fade in with the fall leafs . He was truly memorized by her and her every move . He latched on to his memories of her ,but time went on and no matter what happens the world keeps spinning and his memories of his dearly loved fox faded .

              The fox grew and found a mate and had cubs. They were equally as beautiful as her , but unfortunately she lost her mate to hunter.
She didn't think much of the hound anymore she had her cubs to worry about . Her cubs meant the world to her . Just like how the fox meant the world to the hound.

           A couple months passed the fox had raised her kids . They left her to live there own lives . She grew lonely and sad just like before. She would often just sit in the open wishing she'd get killed by a hunter , but one day the hound got out . He was still as curious as before and the second he stepped into the forest he set himself free . He ran deep within the forest and lost himself to nature. And pretty ironic he found the foxes trunk .

          With one whiff of her scent he remember everything. He remembered how beautiful she was . How's her presence put a shadow on the sun . How she was his sun .

          He chased after her scent . He spent hours looking for her and when he found her he was horrified at what he saw. His beautiful fox layed there soulless and dead. She faded in with the fall leafs . His whole reasoning to a perfect life died with her . She was his ,but now she's dead . The hound layed next to her . His crumbling world turned into an apocalypse. Nothing was worth it anymore without her . He'd miss everything about her.

            He left her corpse at sunset . He left all his feelings for her with her . He made it home and sat in front of the fire place looking deep into the flames . He saw the light that shined in her eyes within the flames . He then understood she had a burning and bright passion and personality . He fell in love with fox that was now dead . He walked into her eyes and with every second that went by he was burned alive. And through death they were connected and reunited. It was truly more beautiful than life itself.