Well, when telling a story it's usually best to start right at the beginning and continue on from there. Lets do that shall we? We shall, and you're going to bucking like it!
Ahem...
A mare of stately silver coat writhed under her sheets, her husband no where to be seen, though there was a curiously stallion shaped lump beneath the covers. "Oh Celestia yes! Right there, right th-"
NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! Too far back, far too far back.... Just forget you saw that... I know I'd like to. No one should have that image of their mother in their head, now should they?
Lets fast forward a little bit, like oh say nine months or so later? Sounds jolly good to me.
In the fall there was born a lovely little colt, and damned if his folks weren't proud of what they'd managed to bring into the world. Flash Dancer, this colt's mother, was a mare who's coat shone a lovely silver sheen with a mane of bronze. Fitting coloration for a metalworker who specialized in making high end jewelry that usually was formed of those two metals polished till they glowed.
The father of the colt in question was a deep dark color, something in the vicinity of what one would find if the looked at the bottom of a well around midnight. Unlike most ponies, that color was completely uniform for him, a solid black stallion by the name of Onyx Dust. Gems were his thing, and he had a real knack for making things like jet shine like stars. Dark stars, but stars all the same.
As one could guess this made the two of them quite the pair, a couple of ponies who payed the bills with ease due to their combined efforts in making things well worth wearing if one happened to enjoy such adornments. Their cutie marks were even fairly close to one another, both had a ring adorning their flanks, Dancer's made of bronze twined round some dark metal and capped with a bit of obsidian. Dust's was silver studded with little azure stones, the same color as his wife's eyes.
Now as much as has been said about these two, they're really only important in-so-far as bringing our hero into the world. Little Fox-Fyre, the colt currently wrapped in a blanket and held tightly to his mother as she smiled down at him for the first time, Dust looking on with a warm smile on his face. I suppose at this point it should be mentioned that this couple were earth ponies, so it should be a bit of a surprise that they happened to have a unicorn for a son.
Fox-Fyre, being a unicorn, of course had a little nubbin of a horn atop his widdle head. A horn mostly covered by the fuzz of his jet black mane... Well mostly jet black, an electric blue streak ran right down it proud as ya please. It went quite well with his silvery coat, close enough in color to his mother's to look much the same, if a few shades darker.
Now, being earth ponies, it was a bit odd that these two should have a unicorn for a foal, but hey, genetics are kinda weird that way in Equestria. Best not to question these things. Dancer and Dust sure didn't, they were just happy to have a healthy little colt, one who'd likely be turning heads when he came of age. Well, they were right, but for different reasons. He turned heads alright, but not because he was eye candy... That however is jumping far ahead, so that won't be told just yet. What will be told is the trouble one little colt can cause with random magic surges in an earth pony house hold.
A couple months after birth
Fox sat gurgling happily, his horn alight with an azure glow that matched his eyes quite nicely. Also wrapped in that glow were his folks, who were admittedly unperturbed by this. It was a rather common occurrence for them really, well common in so far as they'd quickly gotten used to being randomly freed from the confines of gravity and made to walk on the ceiling for a bit every now and again. In fact theres was likely the only house in Canterlot that needed to have their ceiling cleaned once a week to remove hoof prints. Not something one would normally think to remove from the upper reaches of one's home, no?
"He's at it again dear..." said Dancer with a sigh, her hooves busy fiddling with a bit of gold wire she'd been busy bending into shape for a horn ring some hopped up prince had wanted... Bluebutt or something like that. Whatever his name was, his money was good even if his manners left something to be desired... hitting on a married mare, the nerve.
"That he is... Well, the doc said those magic flare ups would clear up after a couple months, give or take a week... Hopefully this is the last time. I'm seriously considering attaching a chair to the ceiling with how often this goes on." replied her husband with a good natured sigh, as annoying as it was colts would be colts and their little Fox couldn't really help it at this age anyways.
Speaking of which, right as the last syllable left Dust's mouth, that lovely glow around the little unicorn's horn cut out, letting his parents drop unceremoniously to the floor. Fox found this to be very funny, laughing so hard he himself fell over onto his back and rolled about, apparently cruising to bust a gut. Then again, the little fella's point is kind of plain to see, a pair of ponies getting all tangled up with one another and landing with a little "Oof" was kind of funny... Just maybe not so much as Fox found it to be.
Whatever your view on the subject, Dancer and Dust's was that it was worth a laugh, mostly because Fox looked like a four legged silver pill bug rolling about as he was. Dancer made sure to snap a picture for blackmail later on in life. I'm sure if you listen hard enough you can hear the parental laugh of good natured evil. After all, what kind of mother didn't embarrass her colt when he brought home his first date via a photo album?
As far as days went in the house of Dust (as most other ponies called it) that was pretty typical. The three were quite a happy family after all, their days full of laughter and warm love... Sadly, such things can hardly ever last forever...
If this first chapter seems a bit rambling I want to be known that I've not slept much over the last couple of days so ham sandwich.... Wait, what? Well, food items aside, I'm not all here mentally... More so than normal.
While it isn't as technically accomplished, I like this better than Mark of the Wyld because of the lighter tone and the comedy which is always what I like best about your writing. I'm not sure which would be worse: his parents dying or them getting sick of the fact he never learns how to control his magic.
Not much else to say at this point except that it was good fun. Is the narrator supposed to be Fox-Fyre himself?
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Maaayyyybe.... Shhh, not supposed to know that just yet. Tell nopony and theres a cookie in it for ya.
Anyways, glad you like it Fox-Fyre's actually my first OC, and I tend to use him for my avatar for pony related things... He's just so stylish, ya know? Man that collar
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So that's who that guy is. It has bugged me for ages because, although you keep mentioning your hat, there is nary a hat to be found in the picture and I couldn't work out why. Now I get it: it isn't you.
Is that slightly arrogant shonen-rival looking pony with the scars going to be in this too then?
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XD No, she's not mine. Hildagard there belongs to a friend of mine, the same one who drew that. I've got my own art for Fox, but she got a wild hair and drew those two together. I do believe she was meant to look more annoyed than arrogant. Either way, considering what Fox's talent actually is and his personality it would be easy to get annoyed by him I suppose... Think Pinkie with a horn and you're close enough. That being said he's not as random... Just hyper and kinda odd.
found this by searching for foxes. I hope to see fox mythology in some form... but if not.. oh well.
I will likely enjoy this story, so I hope to see more!
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THeres a kitsune in From the Outside In.
3055615 awesome, I'll go check it out! still watching your story, as it seems interesting anyway.
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Thank you kindly, and I hope you enjoy where it. Stay foxy Yes that joke was completely necessary.
3056180 I don't always stay in a certain state. but when I do, I stay foxy.
Stay foxy my friends!
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The most interesting fox in the world... Something tells me I'll need to sit and draw this later on just for shiggles... After I finish some stuph for school that is.
3056503 want fox? look at my icon. want more fox? I might draw this too!
The foxes rocks!
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Buddy, I used to be largely involved with the furry fandom, trust me... I know how much foxes rock, especially those with nine tails >;3
3057023 Erm... I was too.. but then the mountains of... y'know.. stuff... came pouring out of their closet.
I became involved with furries, starting with TF and stuff.
(which I still love)
But the amount... of crazy and corrupt junk that I saw... kinda scarred me for life. I walk the furry side of the web carefully now. XD
If you were talking about how good the tails could be used to tickle people, or do some harmless(non-erotic) naughtiness....
Then I feel foolish..
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I was hinting at the fact that my fursona was a kitsune o_o ...But yeah I know exactly what you mean... Flashbacks of fur piles... -suppressed shudder-
3057271 Mine is one too! lol.
Mine only has three tails because nine is just begging to be an OP gary stu. XD(not saying yours is)
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Nine tails are a sign of great knowledge, and yes a kitsune with all nine is kind of OP... But only if you really let them be. A kitsune's real strength comes from illusions. If you can look past those they're just semi-immortal messenger spirits with a penchant for mischief.
3057351 I have my own Kitsune headcanon. :D
If you can headcanon tv shows, I thought- why not legends?
I like you. have some Clockwork Derpy.
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Edit:there, fixed. you never saw my mistake.
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You sir, may have a for the awesome drawing.
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I had a fic Idea. I dunno If it'll ever get done
(my last two fic ideas were both started, one on fanfic.net and only 1 chapter, and another that never got posted for here)
But, while studying pinkie pie's antics, I got to thinking...(which is a dangerous thing)
WHAT IF PINKIE PIE IS A KITSUNE!?
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(I didn't make this pic, I just randomly searched it up right now and amazingly found a pinkie fox pic, too lazy to take 30-40 minutes to draw a good one in my style myself. XD)
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Hmmm.... This may or may not be filed away for later use... If it is, you will be accredited for it.
3057995 That's sounds awesome. :3
If I ever write my version, I'll be sure to tell ya!
3057995 I think I fixed the pinkie fox image I found.
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I'll hold ya to that lol. Anyways, its high time I got settled down to write for the night... Oh insomnia, sometimes you grant me such wonderful abilities... Such as a long productive night.
3058257 Isomnia FTW!
I love kidding myself like that XD
I know very good and well that insomnia is just an unwillingness to sleep, and I don't put myself to bed anyway DX
lol
I plan on drawing my own story pic when(and if) I ever get this fic going.
3058257 and yeah, I will PM ya.
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THere is actual medical, or psychological really, cases of insomnia. I myself have whats called a 25 hour non-sleep rest cycle (if I remember correct) basically my internal clock, the one that says "Hey Parable, quit being a retard and rest man!" has an extra hour on its alarm than most everyone else. Thing is, I get so used to not being tired I just wind up not noticing when I am, thus winding up staying up long enough to begin to experience some of the joys of sleep deprivation.
Heres a short list: Jitters, lethargy, shakes, mind being all a-jumble. Thats usually what happens for the first day or so of no sleep. After that it clears up, I get hyper-lucid and just plain hyper... If a bit off kilter. After three days or so I get some minor visual hallucinations or synthasemia. Purple tastes bad just fyi. Usually half way into the fourth day is when I pass out for a few hours, get up and do it all over again.
3058430 Yikes.... sorry.
I get shakes from lack of sleep too.
But I make myself go to bed sometimes....
I'm sorry for your real insomnia problem, unlike mine.
I have, however- messed up my internal clock by sleeping at really weird hours.
1-3amto10-12pm
I really need to get a hold of that problem of mine...
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oh, my! look at the time,
It's time for you to write and me to rhyme!
I'm sorry to drop this like a dime,
perhaps again tomorrow, friend of mine!
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Try melatonin pills. They're natural, none of that pharmaceutical crap. Melatonin is the chemical your body produces that regulates sleep and is why you wake up feeling rested. If I get too bad I take a few of those and just lay down for awhile. Don't quite get to sleep most of the time, but it's still very restful.
3058677 nah, I don't take pills.
My problem is behavorial. not an illness.
thanks anyway. :D
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lol alrighty.