2 New Beginnings

Avril woke to the sound of water rushing over rock. she drew a breathe in through her nose, smelling the clean air. She felt her ears twitch at the sounds of insects crawling nearby. Her eyes popped open. Where am I? Avril thought. Wait a sec...I was dead, I know I got shot. Avril looked down at herself, only to find that those weren't the right hands she was moving. They were longer, more elegant than hers were. She felt her ears twitch again at the sound of something rustling the leaves. She moved the hands that weren't hers to feel soft fluffy ears sticking out of the top of her head. She quickly retracted her hand, only to repeat the motion of feeling the soft fluffy fox ears sticking out of her head. Flabbergasted, Avril stood, only to trip over a very fluffy long white fox tail curled around her feet.

"Ouch" Avril yelped as she stood on her own tail. As she looked at her tail with complex feelings she saw a little black tip to her white shaggy tail.

"Oh no....Oh no.... this is not happening." Avril told herself as she looked around.

She rushed to the pond not ten feet away to look at her reflection. What she saw shocked her into stillness. White hair with soft black tips flowed loosely around a dainty face. High prominent cheekbones, a small button nose, and full plump lips stared back at her. Not my face Avril thought to herself. To top it off, she had white fox ears tipped with black atop her head. Avril sat back processing what was happening. As she sat there a flood of information swamped her thoughts. A kitsune, that's what she was, a teenage kitsune, sneaking away from her tasks back at the family home. Her name was Beltane, or at least the previous owner of this body was named Beltane, everyone loved Beltane within her kitsune tribe. She was the daughter of the Grand Master and his wife. As such she was a prominent figure among her people, and great things were expected of her. As such Beltane was under constant scrutiny, she came here to play hookie for a day. Only to find her best friend and her fiance canoodling in the tree. Beltane was destroyed to find them here like that. She climbed up the tree to escape them only to be brutally shoved out of the tree, landing on the forest floor and instantly dying. Avrils' wandering soul was instantly sucked into Beltanes' dying body.

"Oh crap" Avril said to herself. Avril looked around, using Beltanes memory to navigate the surrounding area. She stumbled up, heading in the direction of Beltanes kitsune tribe. As Avril walked, a plot slowly simmered to life inside her mind. A plan to exact revenge on her ex-best friend and fiance. Avril giggled as she thought of the devious ways to trap her prey. Soon she was at the edge of her clan and the forest. She tore her black leggings, and ripped her flowing shirt sleeves. Avril smudged dirt on her face and scratched her hands with nearby branches. Ready to create a net for her nefarious prey she staggered into the clan, unaware of who was watching from the forest.