FoxTail Prologue

Story by Zafmod on SoFurry

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#2 of Project FoxTail

The official prologue to FoxTail. (the first half was apart of the preview)


FoxTail never really figured out where he belonged, at birth he looked like a normal healthy brown eyed human baby with black hair, he had no fangs or a tail and eventually went to human schools.

His father, Zalphine (Zal-fe-en), was a full blooded wolf beast; his blood drew all the way back to African wolves.

FoxTail's mother, Zii, was a Kitsune, she preferred to stay in her human form but for reasons unknown she couldn't hide her tail, she was born in America and doesn't know where her blood line starts.

FoxTail also has two younger brothers, Marrok (Ma-rock) the second born of the three, took after their father and was a wolf beast.

Tokala (tow-ca-la), the youngest, took after their mother and was a male Kitsune.

Despite all three of the brothers having the same parents, FoxTail was the only one that would be considered a full shifter later in his life, Tokala couldn't hide certain fox features like his tail or ears.

FoxTail's family belong to a group known as The Beast Clan; this clan is filled with various types of foxes and wolves, Zalphine was the clan's leader before his death.

The Beast Clan was not only revered as being amongst the strongest known clan in the world but also the most feared, this allowed them to gain a lot of territory with very little conflict.

There were once fierce wars for land before humans became involved; clans and tribes were not as organized as they are now, at one point in time the conflicts that reigned over the world caused great tension between humans and beasts.

Growing weary of the incessant fighting and fearing that the humans would become another enemy to his people, a wolf beast named Vornax (Vor-nex)

decided to work alongside his counterparts and create a way to make peace with the other clans and tribes.

Vornax, along with other leaders from numerous clans and tribes, came to terms that a system should be placed in order to control any and all differences between them. The system they created was inspired by humans and their governments, a ladder of sorts would be implemented to keep a fair balance within a circle of leaders.

Each clan decided that seven well-trusted creatures in their respected circle would suffice for a fair and balance voting house.

On the very top would be the wise elder, the leader amongst the elders, while two other creatures from three different job classes filled the six remaining spots. It wasn't hard for the leaders to choose how the ranking system would work, they quickly agreed upon hunter, caretaker and warrior as the best choices.

Unfortunately the humans were very concerned that this new agreement between these creatures would lead to their demise, some even believed that humans would be enslaved if they allowed the beasts to create their own government.

In an attempt to avoid another war that could cause further tension, humans and beasts came to an agreement, one that left some beasts distorted towards humans.

Beasts were no longer allowed in the open were humans could see them; this decision was made to allow the humans to forget about the beasts, and overall the wars, causing beasts to become nothing more than fairy tales.

There were exceptions to this ruling; shifters, creatures that are able to change their appearance to look human, were allowed to live amongst them.

This did not sit well with creatures that could not shift their form and the ruling was soon seen as humans being chauvinistic.

In order to live alongside humans, shifters would first have to register into a system created to keep a watchful eye on them; this too came under scrutiny as being discriminating and unethical. Despite the controversy the rulings stood, while this was a peaceful means to end all tensions with humans it also left a divide between beasts and humans.

Shifters who didn't mind the registration law worked with humans to create an organization, whose sole purpose was to ensure that the new laws were being upheld, this organization was name the 'Special Agency of Force and Escalation' or S.A.F.E.

With the organization established and a new system implanted into law, shifters began to create lives with humans. S.A.F.E only allowed two different types of creatures to join their ranks, shifters and humans; this was decided since both species created the agency solely with each other in mind.

One of the things S.A.F.E kept track of was the age of shifters, at a certain age they reach puberty and their bodies begin to change almost like humans; the most noticeable difference is that shifters gain powers; some will gain super strength or abnormal speed and mobility.

This is when they are considered becoming an adult, for beasts who were not shifters, once they gain their powers a job is given to them so to pull their weight and contribute to their clan or tribe. There are three jobs known as 'working classes'; hunter, caretaker and warrior.

The elders chose the job someone obtained based on their talents and how well certain abilities matured, the ones that have shown great speed and mobility became hunters.

Hunters are proud of their jobs and carry themselves with pride as they are responsible for their whole clan or tribe food stocks.

Caretakers were chosen for a beast with a high sense of intelligent.

Caretakers are very cautious and are the most trusted class, because anatomy for beasts can be complex caretakers are chosen very carefully.

Warriors are the third most respected group in any clan and tribe, after clan/tribe leader and elder, these beasts have shown great strength and leadership abilities.

Becoming a warrior is harder than the other classes; it isn't enough to be picked by the elders. Potential candidates would have to train and survive their initiation which could last for two years depending on the clan or tribe and is a brutal test of a beasts' strength, both physically and psychologically, there's even a possibility of death during the training.

Warriors are chosen to protect everybody from threats and uphold the laws laid by the elders; they are noble and faithful, nearly every young beast dreams of achieving this title, including FoxTail.