It takes you a moment or two, but you finally make your decision, “…I wanna be a Kitsune”

     The lord of the dead raises an eyebrow, “A bit oriental, isn’t it?”

     “Don’t be racist” you reply sharply.

     He shrugs and readies his spell, “Suit yourself…”

     His horn glows a familiar dark green hue, before it explodes into a near-blinding white flash. On your way out, you think you hear him whisper, “Good luck”

     You awake in the bed of a morning-sun-lit room.

     Groaning, you slowly roll to your side, slipping off your blankets. Ooh, paws…and tails…three tails. Oh, right, you’re a Kitsune, aren’t you?

     You get up and look out your window. A red sun peaks out over the horizon, almost sternly greeting you as a challenge to start your day.

     You slowly shuffle toward the door…wait, where’s the door? Oh right, the doors slide here…you slide it to the side and make your way down to the kitchen table. Your mother and one of your sisters are already there eating rice.

    “Good morning” your mother smiles warmly.

     Being a nine-tailed Kitsune, she has lived for over a millennia, and as such has developed magical powers beyond your comprehension. Her coat is a bright, beautiful white and the tips of all nine of her tails are light, shining gold. Her kind yet austere face displays the wisdom and experience of divinity itself as she towers over the low table, a little over twice your size.

     “Good morning, Mother” you bow slightly as a sign of respect, which she returns courteously.

     A bowl of rice is already set up for you next to your sister, who is a little over 100 years younger than you, and has only two tails. You sit next to her and begin eating with your chopsticks, which, under normal circumstances, would be rather difficult, but since you’ve been a Kitsune for over 400 years, you can do without thinking.

     Your sister turns to you quickly, “You go out to see the world today, do you not?”

     A good-natured smile forms on your face as your mother frowns in disapproval, “Yes, I will be”

     “Where will you go?” she asks calmly and politely, but with a sharp edge of eagerness in her voice.

     You are about to respond, but you stop; you hadn’t thought about where you wanted to live. Your inability to answer causes your mother to facepaw for a moment, smiling lightly.

     She chuckles at your bewildered expression, “You did not think this through, did you?”

     You shake your head and smile sheepishly, “Not at all, Mother…”

     “I was just like you once,” she commented with a smile, “young and a little naïve…I went to Equestria. I met your father there, long ago…so very long ago…and to this day I still think back on it and laugh. If I had not been so bold, I would never have met my soul mate”

     “Mother? You have been around the world, have you not? Where would you suggest I go?” you ask curiously.

     Your Mother IS the wisest creature you know, after all, so why NOT ask her?

     She smiles warmly, “Your father was from Japan in the human realm, and he always said that it was beautiful…but from my own experience, I can safely say that Equestria is…my favorite place of all of the dimensions”

     You nod confidently, “Equestria it is, then”

     She laughs, then slowly gets up from the table, “I will ready the transportation ritual…meet me at the altar when you finish eating”

     You nod, then quickly finish your rice.

     On your way out, you hear a casual, “Goodbye, brother”

     The Kitsune were a travelling spirit; you never thought much of a Kitsune leaving home, and you did not expect your siblings to, either. Experiencing it now, though, you find it surprisingly depressing to leave the ones you hold dear…but you move on. No turning back now.

     You walk into a golden room with burning incense. Various golden statuettes of divinities and religious figures of all sorts line the walls. The Christian god, Allah, Buddha, Zeus and the other Greek gods, an assortment of every divinity from every religion and, missing from her spot, was Princess Celestia. Your mother had placed the sun goddess’ statuette on the altar, ready for transportation, and was reciting several incantations from a scroll onto it.

     You step on a low, ivory pillar in the center of the room gingerly. Your mother finishes her muttering and the pillar begins to shine and glow. She rolls up the scroll and walks over to you, teary-eyed, and hugs you.

     “I will miss you, young one…stay safe, be good, and embrace your heritage” she sobs as she casts the final spell which, in a flash of light, sends you away.

     When she is sure that you are gone, she walks over to the golden statuette of Celestia and hugs it, “Please watch over him…”

     You look around and notice that it is no longer morning, but the middle of the day, rather. Standing up, you here a soft clank of metal at your side. Looking down, you see a fat bag of bits hanging at your side from a clean, leather belt. Aw, your mother must have give you some money, how cute. Quickly counting your coin, you find that she has given you 100 coins...probably the currency of the land.

100 bits added...

     Almost dead-center in front of you, a little while away, you see a relatively large town. Suddenly, it occurs to you that…you aren’t entirely sure what species dominates this planet. You COULD go into town, but that would risk you getting caught. On the OTHER paw, you could walk through the farmland and try to spot some lowly farmer to determine what species they are…what would be best?

Choice:

1. I'll explore the village. As long as I keep cover, I shouldn't be spotted. Click here

2. It would probably be best if I played it cool, first...I see an apple farm over there, anyways. Click here