There's a legend about a certain forest. It is said that deep within the depths, there lived three brothers. They were fox hybrids and they were most certainly dangerous. It is said that a goddess blessed these brothers with their animal features, so they could live as guardians of the forest. They each owned a part of the forest and they protected the foxes within their territory. Should you ever come across one of them, run away as fast as you can, for these brothers would not hesitate to kill anyone trespassing onto their territory.

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Something was wrong. Feliciano knew it the moment the birds had gone silent. He sat up and angled his ears around, trying to find out what had caused this unnecessary silence. He let out a sharp but low howl, alerting his brothers of possible danger in his territory. He stood up and began to walk, looking around cautiously.

"The forest certainly seems okay... But it's too quiet," he mumbled to himself. He put his hand on a close by tree and stopped. His ears twitched as he caught a sound. Footsteps, ones too heavy to be a fox or any other small creature. And from the sound, it was many of the same kind. He felt a growl rise in his throat. Humans! How dare humans trespass into his territory!

He considered shifting into a fox and killing the person in his territory, but it had been a long time since he had killed a human. Lately, he's led them out of the forest and told them never to come back. Maybe these people just got lost. He huffed and sniffed the air. Once he caught their city scent, he began to track them down.

"Surely, they must be up to no good. Otherwise, the forest wouldn't have gone silent like this," he muttered. Suddenly, a gunshot went off and a bunch of birds flew into the air, cawing and chirping loudly to warn other forest creatures. Feliciano snarled and began to run.

"How dare they come here to hunt," he growled as he ran. Something suddenly wrapped around his ankle and he was lifted off his feet. His head smacked against the ground as he was lifted into the air. He groaned and looked up at what snagged his foot.

"A rope trap? Did those humans put it up?" He wondered aloud. He sighed in annoyance. It wasn't like he could do anything to get down, so he was stuck. Or so he thought, until he heard a familiar voice.

"Feliciano, are you stuck? I hope this isn't the reason you called for me and Romeo out here," the voice huffed and Feliciano looked around until he saw his older brother in his fox form. He looked tired, so Feliciano could only guess he had stayed up late taking care of his territory.

"It's not. Please get me down, Lovino. And quickly, there are hunters in the forest," he said just as another gunshot went off. Lovino's ears twitched and he looked along the rope to see which tree it was tied to. He walked over to the tree, just as three hunters came into view. One pointed a gun at Lovino.

"Lovino, run!" He screamed as the hunter shot at Lovino. He flinched, but luckily he didn't get hurt. He snarled at the hunters as another pointed a different gun at Feliciano, one he recognized as a tranquilizer gun. He understood now, the humans were here for him and his brothers.

"Lovino, go! I'll be fine, but you need to get Romeo and hide! Go, quickly!" Feliciano said, right as he the person shot a dart at him. It hit him on his shoulder and he let out a small hiss of pain. "Lovino, go!"

Lovino gave his brother a horrified look before turning and darting off right as another bullet was shot at him.

Things soon became hazy. He remembered briefly the humans lowering him down and he tried to get up and run. But his body wasn't responding, not cooperating. The drug was making him unable to run, to get away from these people. He heard another gunshot and a howl from a fox. He couldn't tell if it was one of his brothers, but it soon didn't matter as he passed out.