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    After eating at the bakery, I accompany Aaron to his job at the smithy and we agree to meet at my house for dinner that night. As I was walking home, I noticed how nice of a day it was and decided that when I got home I would head to the grassy meadow where I liked to play on days like this. My house has a back door that leads to a dark alley so when I got home and morphed into a black fox, I went out my back door and hurried off to the meadow, taking the back alleys to keep out of sight of humans and animals alike. After playing in the grass for awhile I noticed that the soft, lime green grass that I had played in yesterday was now itchy and phthalo green. I instantly stopped playing, stood as still as a statue, and listened for the sounds of nature. Everything, including my breathing, was silent. Somehow, I knew nature was warning me of something but I didn't know what that something was. Not a moment later a heavily muscular man came up behind me and snatched me up by the scruff!

    "I could get a lot of money for selling you!" He maliciously sneered before he knocked me out.

    When I wake up I find myself in a cage with a raw rat and dirty water. At first I didn't remember what happened. Then everything comes back and I instantly morph back into a human. By doing this I was hoping that when he came back to check up on "his" black fox he would see me and let me go, thinking that the fox had escaped and was replaced with me. No such luck though. When he came back he laughed.

    "Did you really think you could fool me? You should know better, Amora. Ever since I saw you morph into a fox and save that putrid baby I knew you would be worth a bank full of gold!"

    "Let me go! And how do you know my name?" I yell.

    "I would never let a black fox leave my grasp so easily, especially one that's a vulpin." He states confidently."And I happened to overhear your conversation with your friend after you saved the baby a couple hours ago. Where are my manners? You can call me Warden."

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Aaron is at Amora's house and is waiting to be let in. He's wondering why she isn't answering the door when he remembers that she likes to hang out in the fields alone. When he gets to the fields he finds wagon wheel tracks. Aaron instantly thinks that Amora is in trouble and starts following the tracks in a hurry.