[Beam]

@Constellation
Fennec looked back at the ponderosa pine. So many dotted the forest, but he chose this one to call his home. It was wreathed in ferns, creating the illusion of regularness, but through the ferns, between two thick roots was a dramatic dip in the earth. It was large enough for him to stand, with an earthen bottom and surrounding ferns bending over, creating a dome of nature. When it rained, the ferns always dripped their contents on Fennec's fur, to he dug a little wedge deeper between the roots so he could easily shelter under the tree trunk while still in his little cove. Not to mention, the ponderosa released a aromatic vanilla-like smell anytime summer came around, so his hideaway was always fragranced.

He found his new home as quick as he could, because his last was unforgettable. His sisters, Holly and Swift, and himself had always stayed close together in their former home. They couldn't leave, even if they yearned to. He remembered the same flash of Swift's eyes and the grin of his mother and father, Holly's tail streaking away and the dust settling. His past was not to ever be uncovered, only in his mind would he remember. He couldn't push the memories to the back of his head, because this was almost half of his memory: Mother, Father, Swift Holly, Searching, Rocks, Fight they would always be stuck in his mind. He could never forget.

Fennec pressed his nose to the ponderosa pine tree as ferns tickled his sides. Like he had thought before. The pine would produce a sweet exterior smell, but it's pine needles could potentially wound. Like his mother. But not to mention, pine trees were all in all harmless survivors. His mom was more like a fox, graceful and nimble and sometimes evencute, but extremely hostile and horrible towards cats.

Fennec sat down and breathed in the smell of the sap and the perfume of the pines. How could nature create anything so beautiful? It was amazing: Shed pinecone sin the winter and cease it's sap smell, are through snow and frost, and in summer grow back pinecones and release its smell. In a way, Fennec was a pinecone. Pinecones only abandoned their waxy outside when immersed in fire. Only then they can grow into a pinecone. Without fire, pinecones would never blossom.He was a pinecone, before he was immersed the fire of his past, he was dormant and unblooming. But when sparks were kindled into an inferno, he grew to be a strong pine tree, better than ever. The flames hurt him, but they also fostered him to become stronger.

No wonder why he liked pine trees.