Chapter 2 – 

Alaya stared at Aisha, her radiant emerald eyes glistening like the stars. Her albino fur lurched in the harsh winds. Aisha noticed her honed crescent-like claws, and her whiskers seething , sensing danger. Her ears began to twitch, her nose sensed precariously.

To her amazement, she found an old packet of crisp that was concealed with a stapler. She yawned revealing her alabaster teeth, as pointy as a barbed fence. She approached Aisha, sniffing her hand, as she coiled into a fur-ball.

“She cleary likes you very much,” said Mr Hadfield, the fox disappeared into the bushes, faster than a blink of an eye. While they began their journey back to the village, a bold wind progressed against the land in Loveland Acres. Aisha felt something, something watching her. She glanced in the bushes, as she adored sage eyes in the Oak wood trees. 

“ She’ll be watching you, but don’t worry she has a soft spot for you,” Mr hadfield chattered. “I found her curled up in that exact bush lost as a miniature cub. Someone must have let her loose during the war. From then on, I came here everyday to nurture her . She’s grown so fast! But you must keep this secret — if anyone saw her they would kill her.”

That night Aisha was lying down in her bed. She dreamed of Alaya. How she was so comfortable around her. When she licked her hand, Aisha trembled in fear. She may be dangerous but not to Aisha. 

A week later, Aisha and Alaya began to grow a strong bond. Night after night, she would go to Alaya bring her oddments of food. At school her friends had taught her how to pick ripe raspberries from the trees. She would snatch them from the bushes and supply some for Alaya, her companion.

Time had gradually progressed. From then on, Alaya would pounce onto Aisha in a friendly way, she nudged her legs and scavenged for food in her pockets. Mr Hadfield could hear Aisha chuckling while playing with Alaya.

Through the summer she adored how the fox would comfort her. Their secret bound them together. Aisha wouldn’t  let anyone touch Alaya, nor would she let them do anything to her.