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Fox Tales

 

Prologue

 

AUTHOR'S NOTE: A prologue is like a summary of events that happen before the story takes place, or as a way to preview the story, like a movie trailer.

 

Meet Todd Reinhardt, an eighteen-year-old who, like anyone else his age, is having trouble discovering who he really is. He never had an easy life. His parents divorced when he was just four years old, he's been shuffled between both of his parents as they fought for custody over him, and he's always been jealous of his younger sister, Akane, who is a child prodigy, and is already a rising star in the political community at the age of fourteen. Simply put, he was an outcast to even his own family. Because he couldn't hold a job, no one could trust him to become responsible. He's been arrested for shoplifting three times, possession of marijuana, and has two DUIs. Somehow, though, he managed to either plead it down, or get the District Attorney to drop the charges. For Todd Reinhardt, life has had a wicked sense of humor.

 

Todd has never had an easy time making friends, but the ones that he has made are indeed an odd bunch of characters. First, you have Gary, a man who is an excellent lacrosse player, but always has trouble picking up ladies, probably because he always says the wrong thing at the worst possible time. Next is a man who is known by only one name, “Huff.” When his name comes up, instantly, he's associated with his wild concerts and even wilder parties. Half the time, you keep asking yourself, “Is he high right now?”

To make matters worse, Todd has a lady in his life named Naomi, a sweet, innocent, and beautiful young woman who is always looking out for Todd. Why does it make matters worse? Todd can't stop thinking about her to save his life.

 

Because of his problems with the law, the police are on him like a sniper rifle from an expert marksman. Todd's always down to his last strike, worried that the police will arrest him for some bogus law only so they could put him in jail. This was a reasonable fear for Todd to have, since no one wants to have prison show up on his or her personal record. Todd has a deep resentment towards the police since on all his arrests, he was either framed, or at the wrong place at the wrong time. He claims that he never committed any of the crimes charged, but no one would believe him with a reputation like his. Only Naomi believes him, which gives him some of the trouble he has with her. He expected her to be judgmental, but she was forgiving. He still has yet to get over that.

 

To say “life was rough on Todd” would be an understatement. Confused and misunderstood, he carries on though, and manages somehow to get himself out of trouble, even though trouble is hot on his tail. What he doesn't know is soon, it'll be in more ways than one.