The Fox Alternate Ending

A six years later later Mei is now 17, soon to be 18 and off on her own.

Mei was out shopping. She was preparing for her birthday and didn't know what to get. She bought a small bag of sugar as they were currently out of it, and a little bit of Lychee, the small pink fruit looked delicious and she couldn't wait to get home and sink her teeth into it. Feeling as cheerful as someone in her city could, she started home.

Passing a dark alley, a hand reached out and grabbed her, pulling her in swiftly and causing her to drop her things. The fox held her close and put a knife to her neck.

"Well well well, looks like I found a pretty little rose." He said, looking Mei up and down. He held her waist close to him causing her to shudder in disgust.
Knowing that she couldn't fight him, nor could she call for help, Mei was completely and utterly useless. This fox could do whatever he wanted to, kill her, mug her.

She started to cry when she heard a familiar cold voice behind her say, "oh let the poor thing go, she is of no value to us." The fox released Mei and she pushed away, stumbling and falling to the ground. She was on her hands and knees as she looked up at Shen, the peacock's crimson eyes were glaring at her. Standing up and softly thanking him Mei hurriedly left.

And that was how I met
I groomed the long pale fur between my ears, and it just fell stubbornly into my eyes again. I slipped on a soft blue dress, and headed out. While wandering, I discovered a cart where an old lady was selling rag dolls. Little boys and girls with stitched mouths turned up in a smile, their clothes where dirty and in tatters, while empty button eyes stared up at you. I picked up one, a small bunny with brown and cream eyes and light brown fur that looked like mine. Her hands had been sewn together and clasped between them was a small white rose, cloth of course! But undoubtedly a rose.

Upon asking the woman how much, she told me it was 3 yuan. Paying her, I walked away with the small bunny. Stroking its soft cream hair as I walked, there was a cart selling peacock feathers.

Blue, brown, turquoise, Jade, green, even ones made to look like Shen's. Smiling I continued walking, the streets where bustling and full of people buying from carts that sold exotic fruits and toys, clothes and china dolls.

The sun was shining and it felt amazing to just feel the warmth on my face. I love days like these, when it feels like nothing could go wrong. Then there was a large part in the crowd, I looked to see what was going on, wisely falling back with the crowd. I was shocked to see Shen passing by and instinctively I dropped to the ground in a low