Visual description- Mrs. Valerie the fox snuggles and sings to her adoptive daughter Jane the german shepherd. Jane is waking up following a nightmare. She is wearing a pink t-shirt and diaper. Her Mom is wearing a blue nightgown. Fireworks are going off outside, which is what woke Jane up. Jane's bedspread is pink and my little pony themed. There is a giant teddy bear in the background.

Jane was not well. She was having a nightmare.

She was a baby pup again. She was somewhere dark. She felt hot. She tossed and turned in her crib. Then-

BANG! BANG! BANG! POPPOPOPOPOPOP!

The loudest, most horrible sounds filled the room! Lots of them! And something big and angry made these big thudding sounds in the walls. They whistled less than a foot from her head!

There were loud, angry, ugly voices outside Jane’s window.

“Come on out if you know what’s good for ya, you son of a-”

“Maybe we’ll spare your pretty wife if you come die like a man!”

“Otherwise everyone dies now!”

Then Mommy came in, and scooped both her and her twin brother Jack up into her arms. Jane had never heard her heart beat that fast before. She ran with them so fast! Then they were in the bedroom closet.

“Mommy, wha-?”

“Not right now sweetheart, please!” Mommy whispered. She sounded so scared! She was holding a cell phone to her ear. “Hello, 911?”
Then there was a loud grumbly sound of a bunch of motorcycles taking off. “RRHM RRHM! RRHHHHHMMMM!”

After that, Jane didn’t see what happened next. Her mind took her to somewhere else. She was still wearing her jammies, and she was toddling close to the kitchen table. Mommy was crying hard, her paws in her head. There was a grown-up dog in blue sitting next to her.

“I’m very sorry, ma’am,” he said.

“Mommy, where’s Daddy?” Jane asked, feeling scared.

Mommy scooped her up in her arms and sobbed into Jane’s chest.

A terrible, awful thing had happened.

Things faded to black once again. Jane was a little bit bigger now. She wasn’t quite a baby anymore, but not quite big enough to be out of diapers.

Her Mommy was giving her and her brother one last hug. “I will come back,” she said. Tears were in her eyes.

“When?!” Jane said, sounding panicked.

“When I find out what happened to your Daddy. I love you both so much, guys.” Mommy gave them both one last kiss. “God be with you!” She started her motorcycle and drove off. RRHMRRHMM! RHMMMMMM!

“No wait, Mommy please! Don’t leave me!” Jane screamed!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Jane woke up, tears streaming down her face.

BANG! BANG! BANG! Fireworks were going off outside her window! All those terrible moments came rushing back.

Jane couldn’t take it anymore! “Mommy! Mommy!” she started screaming! Her heart and head wouldn’t stop pounding, and it felt like she wouldn’t be able to stop crying!

Her door flew open, and Mrs. Valerie the fox rushed in! “Jane?! Jane, sweetheart, what happened?!”

There was the anguished howling of a distraught 5-year old. “I-I-I hadda nightmare an’, an’-” she choked through her tears.

“Shhhhhhhh,” Mrs. Valerie said, scooping her adoptive daughter into her arms.

“*sniffle*hic* It was about those big meanies who killed my Daddy an’ made my Mommy go away, an’ I was back at the orphanage wivvout you, and- “

“Oh you poor thing, that does sound horrible.” Mrs. Valerie cooed. She snuggled Jane close. Her nighttime diaper was soaked through! Poor thing was going to need a change after this.

After a few moments, Mrs. Valerie said “But it was only a bad dream, dearie. Those bad people aren’t going to come after you, or your brother. And I’ll always be here, forever and always.”

“You promise, Mama?” Jane asked.

Mama? Mrs. Valerie’s heart stirred a little. Ever since coming to live here, Jane had been reluctant to call her that, understandably. But now?

“I promise with all my heart, little one.”

Poor Jane wasn’t quite finished crying, so Mrs. Valerie held her close and started singing a quiet song she had learned in church when she was a little kit.

“Come to me, come to me; come when you are weary! Come to me, come to me, and I will give you rest!”
Jane was still very sad and scared, but at least she knew nothing bad was going to happen to her, her brother, or her new Mama ever again.

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I adopted Jane and her brother Jack from  TheHotrodHero a while back, but never did anything with them. Then we kinda lost contact, and didn't talk for a while. So I thought I'd give him this picture and story as a makeup gift.

Artwork is done by the great  strawbsplayroom, and the original can be found here- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/49569715/

Thank you once again!