Neko Heroine

   Neko Heroine



 Chapter 1

                 Have you ever been forced to move because your mom or dad has their new job in another town? Well that’s the situation I’m in. My mom, Wendy, and I are driving from my home town in Jester City to somewhere in Tomark City. That’s pretty much on the other side of Planet Raeth. I’m seventeen years old, I’m just like any other normal teenage girl. I like anime, make up, boys (of course), and junk food. My favorite video game franchise is Sonic the Hedgehog, only Sonic isn’t my favorite character. I like Amy Rose instead, she’s always chasing after Sonic, has an intense rage when angered, and a hammer. Anyway enough about what I like, I have pink and purple hair that reaches down to my shoulders (it was just blonde), and blue eyes. Right now I’m wearing a pink Amy shirt, blue jeans, red heart shaped ear rings, blue necklace, and purple sneakers with black strings. My mom has blonde hair, and blue eyes. We look almost identical. She’s wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers.

             Because of us moving, I had to leave all my best friends behind and start all over again. I’m slumped down in the car with my arms crossed and my feet on the dashboard listening to techno music. My mom looks over at me and nudges my leg. “Get your feet off the dashboard please.” My mom said. I huffed and puffed and took my feet down. “Tell me again why we’re moving?” I asked. My mom sighed and said “Because my new job is in Tomark City, I told you this a hundred times.” “I can’t believe your making me move away from all my friends, especially my best friend Kary.” I said. Kary’s been my friend since kindergarten. She likes everything I like except for her favorite Sonic character. Unlike me she likes Sonic. We did everything together and we were almost like sisters. “I know Kristie, but I need this job.” My mom said. “Maybe you could have Kary come over and visit one day.”

             “I don’t want her to just visit; I want to be back home where I can see her whenever I want.” I said. “Well I’m sorry, but we are moving, end of discussion.” My mom said. I let out a loud sigh, and turned up the volume on my IPod. After hours of driving, my mom and I passed a sign that said ‘You are now entering Tomark City limits.’ In the distance I could see tall buildings and skyscrapers. “This almost looks like Jester City.” I said. “See? Now it’ll be like you never left.” My mom said smiling. “Yeah yeah…” I said frowning. Once we were in the city, mom looked at the direction she had written down and said “Let’s see…our house is…” Mom looked up and saw the house. “There!” We pulled into the driveway and got out of the car. I looked up at the two story plain white house that had red shutters, a red door, black roof, and flowers all around the side. “Isn’t it great?” My mom said happily as she went to the front door and opened it.

 “Yeah…great.” I said following her. “Go ahead and choose your new room.” Mom said patting me on the back. I sighed and began walking up the stairs. When I reached the top, I looked to my left and right and saw two bedrooms, and a bathroom. Not caring, I chose the bedroom on left, and walked in the room. It was about the same size of my old room, only just a tad big bigger. There were three windows, one on each wall. The room smelled of fresh paint, and it had a red carpet. “I got the room on the left!” I yelled poking my head out of the door. “Ok!” My mom said downstairs. I walked over to the window that was on the right side of the room and looked outside. Down on the sidewalk, I saw a girl with short black hair and green eyes walking by herself. She was wearing a red t-shirt with Knuckles on the front, blue jeans, and pink sneakers with purple strings.

 All of a sudden, a group of girls came up from behind her and pushed her to the ground. The girl began to cry as the other girls started laughing. The one thing I hate the most is bullying, so with my hands clenched tight, I ran out of my new room and down the stairs. When I got outside, I saw the girls kick mud in her face and said “Opps!” while they laughed. “Hey!” I yelled as I got closer to them. “Stop picking on her!” “Oh? And who might you be?” the girl in front of the other girls asked. “Your worst nightmare.” I said. “She’s the new girl that just moved into that house.” Another girl said pointing at my house. “Well then, I guess we’ll have to show you who’s the boss around here.” The girl up front said. There were four girls who looked like they were from a gang. The girl up front had long brown hair and green eyes. The girl on the left of her had red hair and blue eyes. To the right of her, the girl had curly black hair, dark skin, and brown eyes. Then the girl in the back had short blonde hair and green eyes.

 They were all wearing the same outfit, they wore a black leather jacket over top of their white t-shirt, black jeans, and black boots. All four girls began walking towards me cracking their knuckles and giggling. Back when I was seven, I was bullied around in school. So my mom took me to a karate class and at the age of fourteen I became a black belt. The brown haired girl raised her fist at me and charged towards me. I squatted and did a round house kick that tripped her up. Her other friends growled with anger and charged at me. The red head nearly hit me in the face, so I grabbed her arm and threw her behind me. The other two came up to me with their fist high in the air, so I did a spin kick and smashed their faces in. The brown head grabbed me by my ankles, and went to trip me up. I managed to catch myself by holding myself up with one hand, and threw my leg down onto her back. She let out a loud cry and began rolling around in the mud.

 Then the blonde head put me into a choke hold, so I grabbed her by the neck and lifted her over my head. She slammed down on the brown haired girl and let out a cry too. The four girls got to their feet, and took off running. “Don’t think this is the end!” The brown haired girl screamed. “Yeah whatever!” I yelled. I turned around to see the girl they were picking on crying on her knees. “Hey, it’s ok.” I said softly. She looked up at me and whipped away her tears. “Y…You saved me…” She said still whipping away her tears. “Of course I did, I couldn’t just let them pick on you like that.” I said. She smiled and got to her feet. “What’s your name?” I asked. “J…Jennifer.” Jennifer said. “Well it’s nice to meet you Jennifer, my name’s Kristie.” I said. “It’s nice to meet you too Kristie.” Jennifer said smiling warmly. I saw that she was completely covered in mud so I said “Come on let’s get you cleaned up.” I grabbed her by the hand and began walking towards my house.

 “You can take a shower, and I’ll let you borrow some of my clothes while I have yours washing.” I said. “Ok…” Jennifer said. We walked through the front door, and my mom stopped us. “Oh my god, what happened?” my mom asked. “Jennifer was being picked on by a group of girls, so I kicked their butts.” I said smiling and feeling proud of myself. My mom sighed and said “Well let’s get you cleaned up.” My mom walked upstairs and Jennifer followed her. I went back outside and began looking through my box of clothes that was in the moving truck. “I’ll let her wear this, and this.” I said as I grabbed up a gray t-shirt with Inuyasha on it, and blue jeans. I then walked back into the house and up the stairs. “The clothes I’ll let you wear are on the sink.” I said placing them down. Jennifer who was already in the shower said “Ok thank you.” I then walked out of the bathroom and back downstairs to unload my things from the moving truck.

 Twenty minutes later, I had all of my things in my new room and was already unpacking. There was a knock at my door, and Jennifer walked in. “Thank you.” Jennifer said smiling. “You’re welcome, hope your okay with Inuyasha.” I said pointing at my shirt that Jennifer was wearing. “Oh no it’s okay, I actually like Inuyasha.” Jennifer said. “You do?” I asked. “Yeah, he’s my favorite character.” Jennifer said. I smiled and said “Me too.” Jennifer squatted down next to me and looked into the box I had open. “You read manga too?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, I’m a huge anime fan.” I said. “Same here.” Jennifer said laughing. “So you like knuckles?” I asked. “Hm?” Jennifer asked. “You’re shirt, it had knuckles on it.” I said. “Oh! Yeah, he’s my favorite character in Sonic.” Jennifer said. “My favorite is Amy.” I said pointing at my shirt. “She’s my second favorite.” Jennifer said smiling. I pulled out a stack of manga and set them aside.

 “So where did you move from?” Jennifer asked. “From Jester City.” I said. “Oh, do you miss your friends?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah…” I said sadly. “Especially my best friend Kary.” “I know how you feel, I had to move from my home town back in Trinity City.” Jennifer said. “How’s it like there?” I asked. “Pretty crazy, after the whole Planet Raeth take over, my mom and dad decided to move here.” Jennifer said. “Oh yeah I heard about that, a group of people with amazing abilities worked together to stop it from happening.” I said. My mom then walked into my room and said “Jennifer are you hungry?” Jennifer’s stomach began to growl, and she said “Yes ma’am.” My mom smiled and said “Great, I have some sandwiches downstairs if you would like one.” “Ok!” Jennifer said standing up. My stomach began to growl as well because of the long ride I had over here. “I’m coming with you.” I said standing up. After we ate, Jennifer and I went back up to my room and got to know each other a little better.

 Then when it was dark, Jennifer had to go home. “It was nice meeting you.” Jennifer said at our front door. “It was nice meeting you too.” My mom and I said. She then left out of the house, and we closed the door behind her. “So…” My mom said smiling. “You already made a new friend.” “Yeah, and she likes everything I like.” I said smiling. I then thought about it for a second and said “Don’t even say what you’re about to say.” “Like what?” My mom said with a huge smile on her face. “You know what I’m talking about.” I said giving her a look. “I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.” My mom said. She then began to tickle me, and I fell to the floor busting out laughing. “Y…You…k…know I hate being tickled!” I screamed as I kicked and squirmed.

                                                           Chapter 2

 Two days passed by, and my mom and I finally had everything unpacked. In my room I had my dresser on the right side of the wall in the corner with my flat screen plasma TV sitting on top of it. My bed was on the left side of the room facing towards my dresser. My computer desk was on the left side of the room a few feet away from my bed. I had a large stuffed animal of Amy holding her hammer standing a few feet away from the dresser. There were posters of Amy, Sonic, Inuyasha, Naruto, and Ichigo on my wall. Next to the door I had my bookshelf with all my manga and anime movies in it. And lastly I had a coffee table in the middle of the room with my favorite Amy chair pushed in under it. “This looks exactly how my room looked like back in Jester City.” I said smiling with my hands on my hips. My mom then came into my room and said “I see that your done, and it even looks like your old room.” “Yep, this will at least make me feel like we never left.” I said. “That’s good, anyway I made lunch downstairs so when you’re ready to eat come on downstairs.” My mom said. “I’ll be down in a minute.” I said. “Ok, don’t take too long.” My mom said as she left out of my room.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I walked over to my bed and laid down. As I was staring up at the ceiling I began to remember all of the good times I had back in Jester City. I missed all of my friends, all of my teachers from school, and even the annoying tree that scratched at my window. I sighed and got up from my bed. As I was walking down the stairs, there was a knock at the front door. I opened the door to find Jennifer standing on the other side. “Oh hey Jennifer.” I said. “Hi.” Jennifer said as she came in. “Want something to eat?” I asked. “No I’m good, I ate before I came over here.” Jennifer said. “Oh ok.” I said heading to the kitchen. “So have those girls messed with you, since I beat the crud out of them?” I asked. “No, they’ve been ignoring me for some reason.” Jennifer said. “That’s because they got their asses handed to them.” I said smiling. “Kristie!” My mom said looking over at me. “Language.” “Sorry.” I said. “Anyway what brings you here?” I picked up a ham and cheese sandwich and took a bite.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I was wondering when you’re going to start school.” Jennifer said. “Oh uh…” I said looking at my mom. “We were going to head over there after lunch.” I said. “I can’t wait to hang out with you in school.” Jennifer said happily. “I hope you get the same classes as me.” “We’ll see.” I said smiling. “Well I’m going to go now, so you can finish your lunch.” Jennifer said. “Here’s my number so we can talk later.” Jennifer grabbed a piece of paper towel and pulled out a pen then wrote her number down. “I’ll be sure to call you tonight.” I said. “Ok.” Jennifer said smiling. She then walked out of the kitchen and left out the front door. Minutes later after I was finished eating, my mom and I left out of the house and got into the car. “A brand new school.” I said sighing. “Don’t worry sweetie, you’re going to love it.” My mom said. “I sure hope so.” I said. We backed out of our driveway and took off down the road.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> When we arrived at the school, I looked out the window and saw that it was a lot bigger than my old school. There was hardly anybody here and that’s because it’s a Sunday. “This is way bigger than my old school.” I said as my mom and I got out of the car. “It sure is.” My mom said. We walked through the main doors of the school, and looked for the Main office. “Here we go.” My mom said walking into the main office. I felt butterflies in my stomach as we got closer and closer to the front desk. “Yes how may I help you?” The lady behind the counter said. Her name tag on her shoulder said ‘Susan.’ Susan had her brown hair up in a bun, she wore black framed glasses over her green eyes, and she was wearing a blue dress. “I’m here to enroll my daughter into your school.” My mom said. “Ok…what is her name?” Susan asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Kristie.” I said. “Ok Kristie, just give me one minute.” Susan said typing on her computer. “Here you are.” Susan said. “Your last school was back in Jester City correct?” “Yes.” I said. “Ok…give me another minute.” Susan said typing again. After a minute, Susan looked up and said “Ok, you’re all set.” “I’m printing out you new schedule right now.” The printer beside her turned on and pulled in a piece of paper. Once it was finished printing, Susan handed me my new schedule and said “I hope you have a great day.” “Thank you.” My mom and I said as we began walking out of the main office. “I got the same classes as I had before back in Jester City.” I said staring at my new schedule. “That’s good.” My mom said. As we were about to walk out of the school, I saw a teenage guy who looked the same age as me walking down the hallway. He had short black hair, blue eyes, and wore a white lab coat over his white t-shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers. The guy turned his head towards me and smiled. I smiled back, just before I smacked into the front doors.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I fell on my ass rubbing my face and said “Ow…” “Kristie are you okay?!” My mom said concerned. “Yeah, I’m just fine.” I said as I got up. I turned around to see if the guy saw me embarrass myself, but there was no sign of him. I sighed and walked out the front doors. When I got back home, I stripped down to my underwear, plopped down on my bed, and turned on my TV. I flipped through the channels until I found the Anime channel and saw that it was having an Inuyasha marathon. “Oh yay.” I said pulling the covers over me and laying my head back on my pillow. I watched episode after episode until it got dark, and remembered to call Jennifer. As I grabbed my phone off charge, I dug into my pants pockets and pulled out the paper towel Jennifer wrote her number on. I dialed in her numbers, and it began to ring. A few seconds later, Jennifer answered and said “Hello?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Hey Jennifer, how are you?” I asked. “Good, how was the school?” Jennifer asked. “Pretty big.” I said. “I also got my new schedule.” “Sweet, what classes did you get?” Jennifer asked. I told her each of my classes, and I heard her squeal on the other end. “You got all the same classes I do!” Jennifer said happily. “We even got lunch together!” I thought about the guy I saw earlier and said “Hey Jennifer, I saw a guy earlier walking down the hall.” I said. “He was wearing a white lab coat.” “Did he have short black hair and green eyes?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, how do you know?” I asked. “That’s Trevor, he’s a scientist.” Jennifer said. “Him and his dad work on projects and stuff at home.” “Why was he at the school on a Sunday?” I asked. “He stays after school on Saturday’s and Sunday’s doing scientific stuff.” Jennifer said. “Oh ok…” I said thinking. “Where does he live?” “Just down the road from where you live.” Jennifer said. “He’s like the fifth house down from you.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Mmm hmm…” I said. “Anyway, did you see that the Anime channel is having an Inuyasha marathon?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, I’m watching it right now.” I said. “Me too!” Jennifer said. Jennifer and I talked for hours about Inuyasha, until my mom came into my room and said “Time for bed, your starting school tomorrow.” “Aww…” I said sadly. My mom then left the room. “Hey Jennifer, I have to go.” I said. “I’ll see you tomorrow at school ok?” “Ok.” Jennifer said. I then ended the call and turned off my TV. “Tomorrow is a big day.” I said as I set my phone aside, and snuggled up in my covers.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                              Chapter 3

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> The next morning, my alarm on my phone went off and woke me up. I slowly sat up rubbing my eyes, and then stretched my arms as I yawned. “Time for my first day of school…” I said sleepily as I stood up and walked towards my dresser. I grabbed a shirt, underwear, bra, jeans, and socks, and then walked towards my door. When I got into the bathroom, I set my clothes down on the sink, and hopped into the shower. Twenty minutes later, I got dressed, and walked out of the bathroom. “Breakfast is ready!” My mom yelled as I was walking down the stairs. I ate my breakfast really quick, and jetted out of the front door when I saw the bus pull up. “Love you honey!” My mom said at the door. “Me too!” I said getting on the bus. The bus then drove off. A few blocks down from my house, we stopped in front of Jennifer’s house, and Jennifer got on.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Hey Kristie!” Jennifer said walking towards me. “Hey Jennifer.” I said scooting over in my seat. She sat down next to me and smiled. “So are you ready for your first day?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, I’m really pumped.” I said sarcastically. “That’s good, I hope you’re sitting next to me in our classes.” Jennifer said. “I hope so too.” I said smiling. I then looked at kid after kid that was on the bus and noticed someone missing. “Hey where’s Trevor at?” I asked. “Shouldn’t he be riding with us since he lives down the road from me?” “Oh he doesn’t need to ride the bus; he drives himself to school.” Jennifer said. “Oh…” I said. We finally arrived at school, and everyone got off the bus. There were a ton of other buses letting kids off as well. We all headed inside the building, and I looked down at my schedule. “So where’s Mr. Frinkle’s class at?” I asked. “Don’t worry about that, just follow me to each class and soon you’ll get use to knowing where all your classes are at.” Jennifer said smiling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I followed Jennifer down a hallway, and she turned in to one of the rooms. The name ‘Mr. Frinkle’s Math Class’ was on the door. “Ugh…math, I’m horrible in math.” I said sighing. I went into the class room and saw that a seat was open next to Jennifer. “I guess your wish has come true.” I said sitting in the seat next to her. “I know right?” Jennifer said all giddy. I looked around and saw other kids sitting in their seats. Then a bald headed man with a gray bushy mustache wearing a striped white and blue shirt with a neck tie around his neck, tan khaki’s, and black dress shoes walked in the class room and shut the door. “Good morning class, I am Mr. Frinkle.” Mr. Frinkle said. “The reason I introduced myself, is because we have a new student.” Mr. Frinkle turned to me and smiled. “Class, welcome Kristie Lipton to our math class.” Mr. Frinkle said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Everyone turned to me and said “Welcome.” Then they turned back to Mr. Frinkle. “Before we get started, did everyone do their homework last night?” Mr. Frinkle asked. “Yep I sure did.” Everyone in the room but me said. “Good, please place them in the homework box.” Mr. Frinkle said. Everyone got up with their homework in their hands, and placed it in the homework box that was on Mr. Frinkle’s desk. When everyone was seated, Mr. Frinkle said “Ok class, please open your textbook to page two hundred and twenty one.” Again, everyone but me pulled out their math text book and began flipping through the pages. I’m not going to bore you with school work, so I’m just going to skip to lunch time. I walked into the cafeteria with Jennifer, and got in line. The smell of pizza, green beans, French fries, and mashed potatoes filled the air.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I grabbed a chocolate milk from out of the mini fridge they had on the counter and continued walking down the line. When I had what I wanted to eat, I paid for my lunch, and walked with Jennifer over to one of the tables in the middle of the room. “It’s just us?” I asked as I sat down. “Yep just us.” Jennifer said. “You don’t have any other friends to sit with you?” I asked. Jennifer frowned and said “No…not really.” “How come?” I asked. “Nobody really likes me.” Jennifer said. “That’s harsh.” I said taking a spoon full of potatoes and placing it in my mouth. “Not really, I have you now.” Jennifer said smiling and taking a bite of her pizza. “Yeah you do.” I said smiling back. After about five minutes went by, I heard a group of girls behind me giggling. I turned around to see that it was the girls from the other day that was picking on Jennifer. “We have lunch with them?” I asked turning to Jennifer.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Yeah try not to pay any attention to them; they’ll cause nothing but trouble.” Jennifer said. “Will do.” I said drinking my milk. All of a sudden a blob of mash potatoes hit me in the back of my head. As I was whipping it off, I heard one of the girls say “Nice shot Becky.” Grinding my teeth, I finished cleaning off the potatoes and continued eating my lunch. Another blob of mashed potatoes hit me in the back of the head. The girls began to burst out laughing. I turned to them and said “You got a problem?!” The browned hair girl said “Oh no, just using your head as target practice.” The girls again busted out laughing. I growled and turned back to Jennifer. “Come on, let’s move to another table.” Jennifer said getting up and taking her tray. “Gladly” I said following her.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Aww…are we running away like little scared mice?” The brown haired girl said. I ignored her and sat at one of the back tables against the wall. “They’re just asking for another ass whooping.” I said angrily with my right fist in front of my chest. “I know they deserve it, but not while we’re in school.” Jennifer said. I took a deep breath and said “Yeah, you’re right.” We started eating our lunch again when I looked up at Jennifer and said “So how do you know so much about this Trevor guy?” Jennifer started blushing and said “Oh...um…” Jennifer stuck both her index fingers together like Hinata does in Naruto. “I…sorta…have a crush on him…” Jennifer said. “Really?” I asked. Jennifer smiled and nodded. “Well when I saw him yesterday, he did look pretty cute.” I said. Jennifer nodded and shoved a spoonful of mash potatoes in her mouth.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> When lunch ended, Jennifer and I put our trays up, and began walking back to class. As I was looking out the window while Jennifer was talking to me about how cute Knuckles is, I saw a reflection of Trevor walk in the opposite direction of me. I turned my head to see no sign of him. “Is something wrong?” I asked. “Uh…no…” I said. “I just thought I saw Trevor.” “Oh, well sometimes I see him too when he’s not really there.” Jennifer said. “I think it’s from thinking about him so much.” “Yeah…” I said looking out the windows again. Ever since I saw Trevor yesterday, I’ve been having a strange feeling that my life is going to change somehow. I try to ignore the feeling, but no matter what it keeps coming back. Once our third period class was over, we went to our fourth period class. We did boring class work, and had one boy get into a fight with another boy over who was stronger. “Boys will be boys.” I said shaking my head.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> The bell rang, and everyone cheered. They jetted out of the classroom, and headed out to the buses. “So are you going to call me tonight?” Jennifer asked as we got on our bus. “Sure.” I said smiling. Jennifer smiled back and sat in the same seat we sat in earlier this morning. We dropped off kid after kid, until it was time for Jennifer to get off. “I’ll talk to you later tonight.” Jennifer said standing up and walking towards the doors. “Talk to you later.” I said waving goodbye. The bus took off and headed to my house. “Hey.” A guy said as he sat next to me. “Hi.” I said. He had short blonde hair and brown eyes. The clothes he was wearing was a black t-shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers. “My name is Phil, what’s yours?” Phil asked. I knew where Phil was going with this, but it wasn’t going to happen. “Getting Off, nice to meet you.” The bus pulled up to my drive way and I stood up.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I walked passed Phil and felt his eyes on my ass. He then smacked my ass and I turned around giving him an evil look. He just smiled and laughed. I walked towards the doors and heard him and his buddies say “She’s got a nice ass.” Then they all laughed and gave each other high fives. I huffed and stepped off the bus. As the bus was taking off, Phil stuck his head out the window and did the ‘call me’ motion with his hands. I stuck my tongue out and began walking to my house. As I was walking up the drive way, I thought about Trevor and where Jennifer said he lived. “It wouldn’t hurt to introduce myself to him.” I said turning around and heading back to the sidewalk. A minute later after I had passed four houses on the right, I came up to a mailbox with ‘The Clays’ on it in sticker form. “This must be it.” I said walking up to the front door.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I knocked on the front door, and seconds later there was no answer. Then I rung the door bell and seconds later still no answer. “He must not be home.” I said. I walked towards the sidewalk, and as I was walking back to my house, I heard yelling from behind me. Thinking it was the girls from the other day, I turned around getting ready for a fight. Instead a blonde furred cat with gold eyes was running towards me. “Stop that cat!” I saw Trevor yell as he chased after it. When the cat was close enough, I snatched it up and held it up to my chest. The cat hissed, and bit me on the arm. “Ow!” I cried in pain as I dropped the cat. I looked at the cat bite that was on my arm and began feeling weird. Everything started to spin, and I fell to the ground passed out. The next thing I knew, I woke up from the smell of fried chicken. I slowly sat up and felt a sharp pain shoot from my arm where the cat had bitten me. “Ow…” I said as I held my arm.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I then looked around and saw that I was in someone else’s room. “Where am i?” I asked myself. I stood up and walked over to a picture that was on the wall. In the picture, was a boy that looked about seven years old, behind him was his mom and dad. “That looks like Trevor.” I said. “That’s because it is me.” A voice at the door said. I jumped and turned to see Trevor standing in his doorway. “What happened?” I asked. “Well…you were bitten by my cat, and passed out.” Trevor said walking towards me. “Passed out from a cat bite?” I asked. “Not just any cat, it was a special kind of cat.” Trevor said grabbing my arm and looking at the cat bite. “How are you feeling?” “A little dizzy.” I said. “Mmm hmm…” Trevor said putting his finger to his chin. “Why did that cat have gold looking eyes?” I asked. Trevor stared at me and smiled. “I want you to follow me.” Trevor said. “Ok…” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I followed Trevor out of his room, and down the stairs. He then poked his head into the kitchen and said “Hey dad, I’m going to show our guest the lab, is that ok?” Trevor’s dad walked out of the kitchen and said “Sure son, that’s fine.” Trevor’s dad had long black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a white apron with ‘Kiss the cook’ written on it over his blue shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers. “Cool, follow me please.” Trevor said guiding me down the hallway. He turned to a metal door that was on the left side of the wall, and placed his thumb on a certain spot on the wall. All of a sudden the door slid open, and Trevor and I walked down some stairs that was behind it. “What is this place?” I asked as I looked around and saw beakers of several animals on shelves. “This is our lab.” Trevor said. “We do all sorts of experiments down here including animal experimenting.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “So the cat that bit me was an experiment?” I asked. “Yep.” Trevor said as he walked over to another metal door and opened it by turning the door knob. “Because I brought you into the house, I didn’t recover the cat that got away.” “Sorry.” I said feeling bad. “It’s ok, me and my dad will find it later.” Trevor said. “We have a tracking chip on its collar, so finding it won’t be hard.” “Oh ok.” Trevor then flipped on a switch, and the room we were in lit up. There were cages with different animals in them that stretched around the whole room. “This is where we keep all the animals at.” Trevor said. “As you can see, none of them have golden eyes like the cat you saw, that’s because the cat was our first test subject with what my dad and I are working on.” “What exactly are you guys working on?” I asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “We’re trying to enhance the animals agility, senses, and their way of thinking.” Trevor said. “Not only that, we’re also trying to make new breeds of the animals family line.” “So what’s going to happen to me since I was bitten by your cat?” I asked. “We don’t know yet, but if you start feeling any side effects from the bite, let us know immediately ok?” I nodded and said “Sure.” Trevor and I walked out of the room, and Trevor closed the door behind us. “Now that you know, are you hungry?” Trevor asked. My stomach began to growl and I said “I sure am” “Good, I hope you like chicken.” Trevor said smiling as he started toward the door. “It’s my favorite.” I said following. After dinner, I thanked them for the meal, and left their house. It was getting dark, and I knew my mom was worrying about me, so I ran home.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Where have you been?” My mom asked as I walked through my front door. “Oh, I was at one of the neighbors house.” I said covering my arm. “I was worried sick about you, you should have told me.” My mom said feeling relieved. “I’m sorry mom, I’ll tell you next time.” I said as I began walking up the stairs. “Oh and Jennifer called, she’s wondering where you are.” My mom said. “Thanks mom.” I said walking into my room and closing my door. I stripped down to my underwear, picked up my phone, and called Jennifer. “Hey Kristie.” Jennifer said on the other line. “Where have you been?” “I went over to Trevor’s house and introduced myself.” I said. “You did?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, and boy are you going to flip from what I’m about to tell you.” I said rubbing my arm.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Waking up the next morning, everything felt fine. I didn’t feel dizzy anymore, and I wasn’t experiencing any side effects. “I guess I’m fine now.” I said grabbing my clothes from my dresser. I looked down at the cat bite, and rubbed my finger back and forth on it. “Ow…it still hurts.” I said in pain. Just like yesterday morning, I hopped into the shower, got dressed, ate breakfast, and got on the bus. As I was getting on the bus, I saw Phil and his buddies in the back snickering as I walked towards the seat Jennifer and I sat in. “Whatever.” I said as I sat down. We drove up to Jennifer’s house, and she got on. “Good morning Kristie.” She said. “Good morning.” I said focused on my cat bite. “So is that it?” She asked. “Yeah that’s it.” I said letting her get a better look at it. “Oh man, that cat got you pretty good.” Jennifer said. “Does it still hurt?” “Not really, it only hurts when I touch it.” I said. Jennifer poked it with her finger. “Ow!” I cried in pain. “Don’t do that!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Sorry, I just wanted to see how it felt.” Jennifer said. “Like a normal cat bite.” I said. “Oh.” Jennifer said. We arrived at school and headed to our classes. Again, I’m not going to bore you with school work, so let’s just skip to lunch. “Cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, peas, and tater tots.” I said looking at the blackboard where the lunch ladies have the cafeteria menu written on it. “I love cheeseburgers.” Jennifer said happily. We got our tray of food and began walking towards the tables. I saw that the girls from yesterday weren’t sitting where they were, so Jennifer and I sat back at the middle table. “Hopefully they’ll sit somewhere else.” I said taking a bite of my cheeseburger. All of a sudden I heard them coming towards us, and I’m thinking to myself Please don’t sit behind us, please don’t behind us. Of course I didn’t get what I wanted, they sat at the table they were sitting at yesterday.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Hello again.” The brown haired girl said grinning. I sighed and said “Not again…” Three minutes later, as I was talking to Jennifer about how cool it was being a Trevor’s house, my hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Then without hesitation, and my arm feeling like it had a mind of its own, I snatched a tater tot that was heading for my head in mid air. Jennifer, the girls behind me, and some other kids that were around us all dropped their jaws. I held the tater tot in my hand, and began wondering how I just did that. For the rest of lunch time, Jennifer and the girls behind me didn’t say a thing. I sat there trying to figure out how I caught a tater tot in mid air with my back turned. ''Could this be one of the side effects? ''I thought to myself. ''If so, I need to head over to Trevor’s house as soon as I get home. ''“Kr…Kristie…” Jennifer said as she and I were walking back to class. “How did you do that back there?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I’m not sure…but I’ll find out later tonight and tell you ok?” I asked. “Sure…” Jennifer said still in awe. After school was out, and we were on our bus heading back to school, I kept staring at the bite mark on my arm. Jennifer nudged me, and I turned to her. “Why are those guys staring at you?” Jennifer asked. I turned and saw that Phil and his buddies were staring at me with smirks on their faces. “Yesterday after you got off, Phil with the short blonde hair sat next to me and tried to flirt with me.” I said. “Then as I was getting off the bus, he smacked me on the ass.” “He does that with all the girls he likes, except for me.” Jennifer said. “Well one of these days, he’s going to have a broken hand if he doesn’t stop.” I said. “Well here’s my stop.” Jennifer said. “Are you planning on going anywhere tonight?” “Yeah, I’m going to swing by Trevor’s house, I think what happened earlier was a side effect.” I said. “Oh ok, call me when you get home?” Jennifer asked. “Sure friend.” I said smiling. Jennifer smiled back and ran off the bus giggling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I took in a deep breath and exhaled as the bus took off. Then Phil came up to my seat and sat next to me. “Touch my ass again, and I’ll break your hand.” I said. “Ooo…you’re the like it rough girl.” Phil said grinning. “I never did catch your name.” I frowned and saw that my stop was coming up. “Buzz off.” I said standing up. The bus slowed down, and I walked passed Phil. Just like earlier, my hairs on my neck stood up, and in a flash I grabbed Phil’s hand and twisted it has hard as I could. “Ow!” Phil cried in pain. “You…you broke my hand!” All the kids on the bus was in total shock, and even the bus driver. Astonished from what just happened, I ran off the bus and into my house. The bus stood in front of my house for about a minute, and finally took off. “I’m heading over to the neighbors house.” I said opening the front door. “Ok, be back for dinner.” My mom said in the living room.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I walked down my driveway, and headed towards Trevor’s house. When I arrived in front of his house, I felt my heart begin to race. Maybe it was a side effect, or maybe it was because I had a crush on Trevor, who knows. Anyway I walked up to the front door, and knocked. Trevor’s dad answered and said “Oh Kristie, it’s nice to see you again.” “Are you here because you might of come across a side effect?” I nodded and said “Yeah.” “Okay then, please come in.” Trevor’s dad said stepping aside. I walked into the house, and Trevor’s dad closed the door behind me. “I never properly introduced myself.” Trevor’s dad said. “My name is Doug.” “Nice to meet you sir.” I said. “So what kind of side effects are you having?” Doug asked. “Well…I wouldn’t really call it a side effect, but a ability.” I said. Doug’s eyebrows rose up. “Like what?” He asked. “Do you have a ball or something?” I asked. “Yeah, I have one in my pocket.” Doug asked pulling out a red rubber ball.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">'' I’m not even going to ask. '' I thought to myself. “Ok, I want you to throw the ball at me while my back is turned.” I said. “What will this do?” Doug asked. “You’ll see sir.” I said turning around. I closed my eyes, and seconds later, I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Without warning, I spun around and caught the ball before it hit me. Doug’s eyes were wide, and his jaw was dropped. “See?” I asked. Doug rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. “It appears you may have developed cat like reflexes.” Doug said. “Kind of like Peter Parker, when he was bitten by a spider in the Spiderman movie.” “You can’t be serious…” I said in shock. “It appears so.” Doug said. “Hey dad, I’m home.” Trevor said walking into the house. He saw me and said “Oh Kristie, you’re here too.” “I’m guessing you have a side effect?” “Better than that son.” Doug said smiling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “What do you mean dad?” Trevor asked. “Watch.” I said throwing the ball back to Doug. I turned around and closed my eyes. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck, and the next thing I knew I was holding the ball again. “Whoa…” Trevor said with his eyes wide. “She may have cat like reflexes.” Doug said. Trevor thought for a moment and said “Yeah that sounds about right.” “After you left last night, my dad and I went looking for the cat.” “We found it in an ally way, and as we slowly approached it with our animal catcher gun, it felt us coming and took off running.” Trevor than looked at his dad and back at me. “We chased after it shooting nets to capture it, but every time it got close, the cat spun around and tore it to pieces with one swipe.” “How did you mange to capture it?” I asked. “Well after dozens of tries, we had it cornered in another ally way, and caught it by putting it to sleep with our sleeping gas.” Doug said. “Once we got it back to the lab, we undid our experiment on it.” Trevor said. “So now it’s just a normal cat?” I asked. Trevor nodded.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “May I see it?” I asked. “Sure, he’s right there.” Doug said pointing at the stairs. I turned my head, to see the cat lying down asleep on the seventh stair. “He’s not going to bite me again if I go to pet him will he?” I asked. “Oh no, he only bit you yesterday because of what we had in him.” Doug said. “He turned nice after we took out what we had in him.” I walked up the stairs, and sat on the step that was under him. He then slowly opened his eyes and yawned. “He’s pretty cute, when he’s not trying to kill me.” I said petting him down his head. “You can have him if you’d like.” Doug said. Surprised, I said “Really?!” “Yeah, we have no more use for him anyway.” Trevor said. “Oh yay!” I said happily. I then thought about my mom and said “I don’t know if my mom would let me keep him though.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Well if she doesn’t, you can always bring him back to us and we’ll take him back to the pound.” Doug said. “Ok!” I said picking up the cat. As I was heading to the front door, Trevor stopped me by grabbing my arm. “If you experience any more abilities like the cat reflexes, call me.” Trevor said as he let go of my arm and wrote down his number on my hand. “Will do,” I said smiling warmly. I then opened the front door, and walked out. “What am I going to name you, if mom let’s me keep you.” I said looking at the cat as I walked towards my house. Pressing my finger against my lip, I thought of all the male cat names I could give him. “I know!” I said snapping my fingers. “I’ll name you Lightning!” I held Lightning up to my face, and he licked my nose. “I’m glad you like it.” I said whipping my nose.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> When I walked into my house, I yelled “Mom could you come here for a second?!” “Sure sweetie, just let me put the lasagna in the oven.” My mom said in the kitchen. She then came to the door and said “Where did you get the cat?” “The neighbors was giving him away, please can I keep him?” I asked. My mom stared at me, then at the cat. She thought for a minute and said “Ok why not, since this is a new start for us you can keep him.” “Yes!” I cheered happily. “But you must make sure you take care of him got it?” My mom asked. “Ok!” I said hugging her. I then ran up to my room and closed my door behind me. “This is my room.” I said placing Lightning down on the floor. “My room is your room.” Lightning walked over to my bed, jumped on the mattress, and laid down. “You and me both.” I said stripping to my underwear and lying down next to Lighting. “I can tell we’re going to be good friends.” I cuddled Lightning in my arms and began petting his head.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> The whole rest of my week was normal, I didn’t have anyone mess with me or Jennifer, and I didn’t have any more cat like reflexes. It’s Saturday, and Jennifer and I are in my room playing with Lightning. “So you haven’t had any more episodes?” Jennifer asked. “No not really.” I said holding a string with a ball at the end. Jennifer looked around my room and saw my Nintendo Wii beside my TV. “Hey, when did you get a Wii?” Jennifer asked. “Oh I’ve been had that, you just didn’t see it when I first moved in because I still had it stored in some of our boxes. “Could we play a game or something?” Jennifer asked. “Sure, what game would you like to play?” I asked. “I have Mario Kart Wii, Super Mario Brothers Wii, Super Smash Brothers Brawl; well you can just look for yourself.” I opened my dresser draw that was next to my clothes draw and let Jennifer look through them.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Hey how about we play this?” Jennifer asked holding up Naruto Shippuden. “Sure ok.” I said turning on my Wii and putting it in. We started the game up, and grabbed our controllers. “I’m going to be Sakura.” I said. “Well I’m going to be Hinata.” Jennifer said. We began our match, and as we were playing, I began to have a strange craving for fish. I ignored the craving, and paid attention on the game. A minute later, the smell of cooking fish filled my nose. It smelled like it was close by, so I paused the game and turned to Jennifer. “Jennifer do you smell fish cooking?” I asked. Jennifer sniffed the air and shook her head. “Well I do, and it’s strong.” I said. “Maybe your having one of those moments where you think your smelling something, and really you’re not because it’s your nose or mind remembering the smell.” Jennifer said. “Oh no, this smells like someone is cooking it right in front of me, adding spices and everything.” I said sniffing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I looked over at Lighting, who was sniffing the air too. “Look, even Lightning smells it.” I said. “Well I don’t, and I’m glad I can’t, I don’t like fish.” Jennifer said. I put my controller down, and followed the smell towards my window that faced towards the road. “It’s coming from outside.” I said opening my window. Lightning got up on the window sill and began sniffing with me. “Mmm…it smells so good.” I said. “Can we get back to the game?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, after I find out where this smell is coming from.” I said. Jennifer sighed. Jennifer and I ran downstairs, and out the front door. I sniffed the air and said “This way!” We walked towards the sidewalk, and began heading towards where Trevor lives. When I was in front of Trevor’s house, Jennifer said. “Why are we here?” “The smell is around here…” I said sniffing. As I turned away from Trevor’s house, the smell was weakened, but when I face towards his house, the smell was stronger.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “No way…” I said amazed. “The smell is coming from his house.” “We’re not going to go see him are we?” Jennifer asked blushing. “Of course we are, this could be another cat ability I’m having.” I said walking towards Trevor’s house. “O…Ok…” Jennifer said nervously. I knocked on their front door, and Trevor answered the door. “Oh hey Kristie.” Trevor said smiling warmly. He then saw Jennifer and said “And…Jennifer right?” Jennifer stayed quiet and nodded. “Are you having another episode?” Trevor asked. I ignored his question and said “Is that fish your cooking in there?” “Yes, yes it is, why do you ask?” Trevor asked. “Well I can smell it from my house, but Jennifer can’t.” Trevor stared at me for a second and said “You probably have a cat’s sense of smell too.” “Well if I do, that fish your cooking in there smells really good.” I said. “Would you like some?” Trevor asked. “Yes!” I said busting into the house and nearly knocking Trevor down.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer smiled and waved at Trevor as she walked past him. “So what is it this time?” Doug asked as I walked into the kitchen. “Sense of smell.” Trevor said coming from behind me. “Ah…I take it the fish drew you here?” Doug asked. “It sure did, may I have some?” I asked. “Sure, grab a plate.” Doug said. “Would you like some too Jennifer?” Trevor asked. Without thinking about her not liking fish, Jennifer grabbed a plate and said yes please. I wanted to laugh, but kept it in. Doug picked up a two pieces of fish, and placed it on my plate. I quickly ran to the table and began to chow down not caring about eating the bones. “It’s soooo good!” I said licking my lips like a cat. Trevor smiled and said yep just like a cat.” Jennifer staring at Trevor, took a bite of her fish, and realized what she was eating. She slowly began chewing on the fish, trying to make it look like she was enjoying it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> In seconds my fish was gone, and I was ready for more. “Wow, you must have been hungry.” Trevor said keeping his eyes on me and smiling. Doug placed two more pieces of fish on my plate and I said “Oh yeah” Jennifer noticed Trevor only staring at me, and spat out her fish. “So far, you have two cat abilities.” Trevor said in the living room. “Fast reflexes, and sense of smell.” I had my fill of fish, if I was in a cartoon, my stomach would look like Shaggy and Scooby’s stomach in Scooby Doo. “What other abilities do you think I’ll be getting?” I asked. “Well, the abilities are slowly showing up, so we’ll know when they appear.” Trevor said. “But the abilities cats have are fast reflexes, sense of smell, sense of hearing, night vision due to the way their eyes are, a powerful jaw, sharp triangle claws, and a flexible body.” Trevor thought about the last one he said, and blushed. I realized what he was thinking and blushed as well.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “So pretty much, there’s more to come?” I asked. Trevor nodded. “How’s the cat I gave you? Did you give him a name?” Trevor asked. “Yep, I named him Lighting, because of what you told me when he was trying to get away. “That’s nice.” Trevor said. Trevor then turned to Jennifer. “You’re pretty quiet, afraid I might hurt you or something?” Trevor asked. Jennifer blushed and shook her head. “So are you new to what we’re talking about, or did she already tell you?” Trevor asked. “S…She already told me…” Jennifer said staring into Trevor’s eyes. I sat next to Jennifer and wrapped my arm around her. “I told her on the night I got bit, then after that I’ve been telling her ever since.” I said. “Oh ok, at least you won’t be confused.” Trevor said. I looked at the clock on the wall, and said “Well Trevor, it’s time for us to head back.” “Thank you for the delicious fish.” “You’re welcome.” Trevor said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> As Jennifer and I were heading out the front door, I turned to look at Trevor, and he smiled and winked at me. I blushed, and turned my head towards the road. “He hardly paid any attention to me!” Jennifer whined as she and I headed towards my house. “The only time he said anything to me was when we were about to leave.” I was in my own little world thinking about Trevor, that I didn’t hear anything Jennifer said. “Hello?” Jennifer asked snapping her fingers in front of my face. “I know you’re thinking about how good the fish was, but it’s like I didn’t exist.” “Don’t worry Jennifer, he’ll notice you one day.” I said. “I sure hope so, could you imagine Mr. and Mrs. Clay?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah…Mr. and Mrs. Clay….” I said thinking about me and Trevor together.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                        Chapter 6

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Hey mom, Jennifer is going to take me to the mall.” I said the next day. “Do you need any money to get anything?” My mom asked as she was getting ready for work. “Could you spare fifty dollars?” I asked. “I’d like to buy me a new purse.” My mom dug into her purse, and pulled out fifty dollars. “Here you go sweetie.” My mom said handing me the money. “Thanks.” I said stuffing it into my pants pocket. “Have a great time at the mall.” My mom said opening the front door and walking outside. “Have a nice day at work.” I said. She smiled and closed the door behind her. I then walked into the kitchen. “Before I go, I’m going to fix myself something to eat.” I said opening the freezer door and pulling out a ham and cheese hot pocket. “My favorite.” I said opening the package and placing it into the microwave. A minute and thirty minutes later, the microwave beeped, and I took the hot pocket out.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> My cat senses didn’t mind the hot pocket, so I took a bite. Then there was a knock at my door. “That must be Jennifer.” I said walking to the front door and opening it. “Are you ready?” Jennifer asked smiling. “Yeah, just let me finish eating this.” I said. A minute later, I finished eating, and said “Ok let’s go.” I closed the door behind me,   and Jennifer and I walked to the sidewalk. “So what are you going to buy at the mall?” Jennifer asked. “Just a purse.” I said. “Cool, I’m going to get some new clothes.” Jennifer said. “You want me to judge which clothes look good on you?” I asked. “Sure!” Jennifer said nodding. We both turned the corner and saw the group of girls from school walking on the other side of the street. “Oh crap…” I said slowing down. “Should we turn and walk away?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, let’s hurry before…”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Before I could finish, one of the girls spotted me and said. “Well look who we have here girls.” I sighed and said “Here we go…” They walked over to us and the brown haired girl said “You do know, that you to are on our turf right?” “We can walk anywhere we want.” I said. “Oh really?” The brown haired girl said. “Well, I have my other members just down the road, maybe I should have them come over and change your mind.” “Come on Kristie, let’s just go.” Jennifer said pulling my arm. “Maybe you should.” I said thinking about my karate moves and cat like reflexes combined. “Ok then.” The brown haired girl said. She then turned around and yelled “Hey guys, come over here!” “Let’s teach this whore not to mess with us!” They cheered, and began walking towards us. “Before we knock your lights out, let us introduce ourselves since we didn’t get the chance last time.” The brown haired girl said grinning.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I’m Becky, the leader of our gang.” Becky said. “This is Danna, Angie, and Vicky.” Danna is the red haired girl, Angie is the black haired girl, and Vicky is the blonde haired girl. “Well before I beat the crud out of all of you, I should introduce myself too.” I said. “I’m Kristie.” The other girls that Becky called over, came up behind them and one of them said “Is she giving you problems boss?” “Yeah, let’s teach her a lesson.” Becky said cracking her knuckles. Jennifer jumped into the bushes that were beside us and coward in fear. Becky took a swing at me, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Without thinking, I grabbed her hand, and kneed her in the gut. She let out a loud wheezing sound and fell to her knees gasping for air. “Next?” I asked. Her other members came at me with baseball bats and knives. Thanks to my cat like reflexes, I was able to dodge every swing they took at me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I knocked out three to four girls, but no matter how many I knocked out, they kept coming. Four girls came at me from all sides, and I managed to slip away from them in time before they smashed into each other. “This is too easy.” I said dodging punches and kicks, and hitting them with my own. Danna went to grab me from behind, but I elbowed her in the ribs, and tripped her up. All around me was girls moaning and groaning in pain, and only one girl was left standing. I jumped at her, and she took off running. “Ok Jennifer, it’s safe to come out.” I said turning to the bush she was hiding in. Jennifer poked her head out, and looked around. “Wow…you took all of them out?” she asked. “Yeah.” I said. “It was pretty easy.” “Ready to go to the mall now?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah let’s go.” I said. As we were leaving the pile of girls, I saw that Becky was slowly getting up, so I walked over to her and kicked her in the face. She fell back to the ground knocked out cold. “Let’s go.” I said following Jennifer. We spent two hours at the mall looking at all the clothes and jewelry. I bought a pink purse with Amy on it, and used the left over money to buy something to eat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer bought about six dresses, and star shaped ear rings. As we were coming out of the mall, we saw Trevor heading towards us. “Hey Trevor!” I said waving. He saw us, smiled, and waved. “Hey, you guys just finish shopping?” he asked. “Yep, before we got here, we ran into some trouble.” I said. “I’m guessing you were the one who took out all of those girls?” Trevor asked. “You saw them?” I asked. “Yeah, I was on my way over here, and I saw them passed out on the sidewalk.” Trevor said. “I must have knocked them out good if they’ve been laying there for two hours.” I said laughing. “So why are you here?” Jennifer asked blushing. “I’m just here to look around and maybe buy something that might catch my eye.” Trevor said. “Could we hang out with you?” I asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Sure, and if you want you can put your stuff in my car.” Trevor said pointing at his blue mustang. “Ok!” Jennifer and I said running towards his car. Trevor opened his trunk, and we placed our things inside. “Ok let’s go!” I said grabbing Trevor’s hand and pulling him into the mall. “Wait for me!” Jennifer said following us. We followed Trevor around like we were puppies following their mother. Trevor walked into Dirble’s Game Store and looked at all the games. Jennifer and I stared at him the whole time as he picked up game after game and read the back. He then turned to us and noticed us watching him. We quickly looked away and when we turned back towards him, he was smiling. We left the game store and walked into the malls pet store. Trevor looked around at all the animals that were in their cages, and stopped in front of an Eagle.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Are you thinking about getting him?” I asked. “Thinking about it, we don’t have an Eagle yet.” “He looks cute.” Jennifer said getting a closer look. Trevor looked around for a employee, and saw one behind the counter. “Excuse me sir, I’d like to buy this Eagle.” Trevor said. The guy came from behind the counter, and opened the cage. “Follow me please.” The guy said walking back to the counter. Trevor paid for the Eagle, bought a leather glove, and walked out the store with the Eagle on his arm. “May I pet it?” Jennifer asked. “Sure.” Trevor said smiling. As Jennifer was petting the Eagle, Trevor was staring at me. My face turned red, and I looked away. Once we were done with the mall, we left out to the parking lot, and got into Trevor’s car. “Thanks for giving us a ride home.” I said fastening my seat belt. “No problem.” Trevor said putting the car into drive. “What a beautiful bird.” Jennifer said in the back seat as she pet the Eagle’s back. “What are you going to name him?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I don’t really name the animals I buy.” Trevor said. “Oh…well can I name him?” Jennifer asked. “Sure go ahead.” Trevor said. “I’ll call you Baldy.” Jennifer said petting Baldy’s head. Trevor looked over at me and smiled. I blushed and smiled back. We stopped in front of Jennifer’s house, and Jennifer opened the door. “Bye Trevor, bye Kristie.” Jennifer said waving. “Bye Jennifer, I’ll call you tonight.” I said. Trevor than drove off. “Hey Kristie?” Trevor asked turning to me. “Yeah?” I asked. “Can I take you out to eat sometime?” Trevor asked. I got goosebumps all over, and my face turned redder than ever. “Y…You want to take me out to eat?” I asked nervously. “Yeah, I’d like to get to know you.” Trevor said smiling. ''Oh my god! Oh my god! I can’t believe he’s asking me out!'' I thought. “Sure…” I said smiling back. “Great, once we get out of school, I’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight ok?” Trevor asked. “Ok.” I said feeling butterflies in my stomach. Trevor parked in front of my house, and I got out. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” Trevor said. “You too.” I said. He then drove off, and when he was out of sight, I began to dance and cheer. I then thought about Jennifer and said “I better not mention this to her, it’ll break her heart.” “But yes! I get to go out with Trevor!”

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Tomorrow came, and I was pumped about my date with Trevor. I looked at the time, and it was seven thirty two. “I need to hurry and get dressed.” I said running from the bathroom to my room. I opened my closet, and shifted through the dresses I had hanging up. “Nope, nope, nope.” I said looking at each dress. When I found the dress I wanted, I pulled out of my closet and held it up to my chest. “Perfect.” I said looking in my mirror that was on my closet door. The dress I picked out was red and came up to my knees. I laid it on my bed, and sat at my computer desk. My mom came into my room and said “What are you getting all dressed up for?” As I was putting on lipstick, I said “My date with Trevor.” I said. “Is he the one who gave you Lightning?” My mom asked. “Yep.” I said now putting on mascara. Lightning then jumped onto my lap. “Not now Lightning.” I said pushing him off. “Well have a great time.” My mom said smiling. “I will.” I said. It was now seven fifty five, and I had all my make up on, as well as my red dress.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “How do I look?” I asked turning to Lightning. Lightning looked up at me, and then began licking his leg. “I’ll take that as good.” I said. I pushed up my breasts, and made sure my hair was ok. As I was fixing my hair, I felt something furry on my head. Thinking it was Lightning somehow I turned to him and saw that he was still licking his leg. I checked in the mirror, and saw that my ears were gone. “What the?” I asked. I let my hair down and was shocked from what I saw. On the top of my head were blonde furry cat ears. “W…What? H…How?” I said feeling them. They were as soft as Lightning’s ears. “What is going on?” I asked as I was freaking out. “Kristie! Trevor is here!” My mom said from down stairs. “Ok! Be down in a minute!” I said feeling my cat ears again. I looked around the room from something to cover my head with, and saw my dad’s old cowboy hat in my closet.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “That’ll do!” I said grabbing it from the top shelf and placing it on my head. Making sure that the cat ears were hidden, I walked out of my room, and down the stairs. Trevor and my mom looked at me with confusion when they saw the cowboy hat. “I didn’t think we were going to a rodeo show.” Trevor said laughing. “Why do you have that on?” My mom asked. “I thought it would look great with my dress.” I said trying not to fall in my red heels. “Ok…whatever floats your boat.” My mom said. “It was nice meeting you Trevor.” Trevor and My mom shook hands, and we both headed out the door. “So what’s the real reason for the cowboy hat?” Trevor asked as we were walking towards his car. “This!” I said pulling off the hat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Trevor saw the cat ears, and gasped. “Whoa…I wasn’t expecting this.” Trevor said getting a closer look at them. “Neither was I!” I said. Trevor reached for my ears, and began petting them. Feeling his warm hands, and how good it felt as he petted them, I began to feel horny. “Stop. Please stop.” I said pulling away. “They feel just like real cat ears.” Trevor said. “Yeah, and my normal ears are gone.” I said feeling where they should be. “That’s probably because your cat ears took their place.” Trevor said. “Well how do I make them go away?” I asked. “Hang on, first let’s see what they’re capable of.” Trevor said. “I’m going to walk over here and whisper something, tell me what I said ok?” “Ok.” I said. Trevor stepped a few feet away from me, and covered his mouth. “Kristie, you look so beautiful tonight.” I heard Trevor whisper. I blushed and said “You said I look beautiful tonight.” Trevor blushed and said “Wow, you can hear just like a cat can.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Now how do I make them go away?” I asked. “I don’t know; try thinking about having your ears come back.” Trevor said. I closed my eyes and began thinking about my ears appearing back where they should be. When I opened my eyes, I felt the cat ears still on my head. “It’s not working.” I said. “Try harder.” Trevor said. Again I thought about my ears appearing, and felt the cat ears shrinking. Once they were gone, I felt for my ears, and said “They’re back!” “Good, so now whenever they reappear, you know how to get rid of them.” Trevor said. “Thank you for helping.” I said smiling. “No problem, now let’s go eat.” Trevor said as he began walking towards his car. Making sure my ears were still in their place, I followed Trevor and got into his car.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Did you really mean what you said back there?” I asked as we drove off. “About what?” Trevor asked. “About me being beautiful tonight.” I said blushing. Trevor blushed and said “Yeah, you look amazing.” I leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you.” I said smiling. “You’re welcome.” Trevor said smiling back. We were about to passby Jennifer’s house, and I saw her outside playing frisbee with her Husky. I quickly ducked right before she looked at Trevor’s car. “What’s wrong?” Trevor asked. “I don’t want Jennifer to see me.” I said. “How come?” Trevor asked. “Well she has a crush on you.” I said. Trevor smiled and said “Oh she does, does she?” “Well she is cute, but she’s really not my type.” “Am I?” I asked. Trevor blushed again and said “I’m taking to out to eat aren’t I?” I smiled and said “Yeah, you are.” Minutes later, we were driving through the city, and Trevor pulled into the parking lot of Ooo La La Restaurant. “We’re eating here?” I asked getting out of the car. “Yeah, is something wrong?” Trevor asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “No, just this is a really fancy restaurant.” I said. “Well I want you to have a great night.” Trevor said walking beside me as we headed towards the front doors. “You’re so sweet.” I said. We headed inside, and the smell of all sorts of food filled the air. “How may I help you tonight?” the butler said behind his podium as we came up towards him. He was maybe in his thirties with brown eyes and short black hair that was combed backwards. He wore a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black tie, black dress pants, and black shoes. On his name tag it said ‘Roger.’ “I have dinner reservations for two.” Trevor said. Roger looked at his clipboard on his podium and said “Right this way.” We followed him to a table that was in front of a window, and we sat down. “You’re waiter will be here shortly.” Roger said just before he walked away.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “This place is amazing.” I said looking around at all the fancy decorations and chandeliers that were hanging from the ceiling. “Thank you.” I said turning to Trevor. “You’re welcome, now like I said yesterday, I’d like to get to know you better.” Trevor said. “What would you like to know?” I asked. “Everything.” Trevor said smiling. “I’m willing to listen. “Ok…where do I begin?” I asked. “Well as you know, I moved here from Jester City.” I said. “I heard it’s a great city.” Trevor said. “It is.” I said. “Anyway, my mom and I had to move because of her job, so I had to leave all my friends behind.” “That’s sad.” Trevor said frowning. The waiter than came up to us and said “Hello, I will be your waiter for tonight.” “How may I serve you?” Trevor and I looked at the menu that the waiter handed us, and I flipped through the pages looking for anything good to eat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I saw they had fish, and I said “Yes, may I have the fish please.” “Certainly, is there anything else?” the waiter asked as he wrote my order down. “Could I also have spaghetti and meat balls?” I asked. “Of course.” The waiter said writing it down. He then turned to Trevor. “I’d like the steak with mash potatoes, green beans, and French fries.” Trevor said. “Ok sir, how would you like your steak?” the waiter asked as he wrote Trevor’s order down. “Well done.” Trevor said. The waiter took our menus, and said “Your food will be done shortly.” When he walked away, I continued talking. I talked and talked for about twenty minutes, until our waiter brought us our food. “Will that be all?” the waiter asked. “Yes, thank you.” Trevor and I said. He then walked away, and I was ready to dig into my fish.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> As we ate, I told Trevor everything about me. He thought it was funny when I told him I used to wet the bed until I was ten. I slapped him on the arm and threatened him to never speak a word about it. After my life story, he began telling me about his life. How he’s the grandson of a great mechanic that lives in Raeth Neighborhood, why he and his dad moved to Tomark City, how he got into doing what his dad does, and all of his likes and dislikes. We finished our meal, and both left the restaurant. “I had a great time.” I said holding Trevor’s arm. “I did too.” Trevor said smiling and staring into my eyes. I felt a wave of comfort as I stared back into his eyes. “Let’s get you home.” Trevor said seeing how dark is was. “Yeah…” I said overwhelmed from his dreamy eyes. We both got into his car and drove off. When we arrived back at my house, Trevor said “Mind if I walk you to your door?” I blushed and said “S…Sure.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> As I was about to open the door, Trevor stopped me and said “No, let me.” He then got out, and ran around to my side to open my door. “Quite the gentlemen.” I said smiling as he helped me out. “My mom always told me to treat a lady with respect.” Trevor said. I blushed and said “Aww…” He walked me to my door, and we stopped in front of it. “Thank you again for taking me out to eat.” I said. Trevor smiled and said “You’re welcome.” There was a connection between us, and we both slowly leaned forward. As I was closing my eyes, my mom opened the door and said “Welcome home, how was it?” Trevor and I pulled away, and turned to her. “It was great mom.” I said smiling. “That’s good, thank you for taking Kristie out.” My mom said turning to Trevor. “You’re welcome ma’am.” Trevor said smiling. I then kissed Trevor on the cheek, and walked into the house saying “Good night!” When I looked back, Trevor had his hand on his cheek and was smiling. My mom then closed the door and turned to me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Jennifer came by and asked about you.” My mom said. “What did you tell her?” I asked. “I told her you went out on a date with Trevor.” My mom said. My jaw dropped and I said “Why would you tell her that?!” “Jennifer has a huge crush on Trevor, now she’s going to hate me!” “I’m sorry sweetie, I didn’t know.” My mom said frowning. “I didn’t think it was a big deal.” I sighed and said “I’m going to call her and tell her I’m sorry.” I then ran up to my room, and stripped to my underwear. “Come on Jennifer, answer…” I said as I grabbed my phone, dialed her number, and it was ringing. It went straight to her voicemail. “Crap!” I said calling her again. It went straight to her voicemail. I threw my phone down, and sighed. “I’ll have to talk to her tomorrow on the bus.” I said closing my eyes. Lightning hopped up onto my bed, and laid on top of me. “I hope she doesn’t hate me.” I said petting Lightning.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Waking up the next morning, all I could think about was my night with Trevor last night. Along with Jennifer hating me. I got dressed, ate breakfast, and got on the bus. Phil still wasn’t on the bus ever since I broke his hand the other day, but I didn’t care he deserved it. I slid over to the window, so Jennifer could sit next to me. As we pulled up to her drive way, I felt my heart racing and hands shaking. The doors opened and Jennifer got on. She saw me, and didn’t say anything. “Good morning.” I said as Kristie sat next to me. She just stared towards the front and didn’t even acknowledge my existence. “Jennifer about last night…” before I could finish, Jennifer got up and moved to the back of the bus. I sighed and said “This is going to be a long day…” Throughout each of our classes, Jennifer didn’t say anything to me. Even when we were partnered up, we only talked about our school work. Then when lunch came, Jennifer sat quietly at our table.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Jennifer, I’m sorry ok?” I said. “Trevor and I just went out to eat and…” Before I could finish, Jennifer held up her finger and said “Shut it, let me say what I have to say.” I kept my mouth shut and waited for her to speak. “I’m not mad about you and Trevor going out to eat, even though that did hurt me.” Jennifer said. “I’m mad because you didn’t tell me you were going out to eat.” I stayed quiet and stared at her. “We’re friends, we should tell almost anything to each other.” Jennifer said. “No matter how much it hurts us.” “Oh…” I said sadly. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you feelings.” Jennifer sighed and said “It’s ok…” “So how was it with him anyway…?” “It was amazing!” I said happily. Jennifer had a frown on her face and looked down. “But don’t worry, Trevor and I are just friends ok?” I asked. Jennifer slowly smiled and said “Ok…” Lunch ended and Jennifer and I began walking back to class. “I also had cat ears.” I said pointing at the top of my head.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Cat ears? Like in an anime?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, they were furry and blonde, and they made my normal ears disappear.” I said. “Can I see them?” Jennifer asked. “It’s not that simple, I don’t know how they appeared.” I said. “Trevor helped me get rid of them for the time being, plus I would have them appear while we’re in school.” “Aww…” Jennifer said sadly. “Well maybe you can show me when we get home.” “Sure.” I said. School ended, and Jennifer and I headed back home. When I got off the bus, Jennifer came running up to me, and we went into my house. “Oh boy I can’t wait to see them!” Jennifer said as we walked upstairs to my room. “Shh…I don’t want my mom to know.” I said when I reached the second floor. “Sorry.” Jennifer said as we went into my room and closed the door behind us. “Ok, I need to close my eyes and try to think about them appearing again.” I said. “Ok.” Jennifer said as she stared at me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I closed my eyes and thought really hard. Jennifer then gasped, and I opened my eyes. “You weren’t kidding.” Jennifer said reaching for them. I backed up and said “Don’t touch them, when Trevor touched them, it made me really horny.” “Pleeeeease.” Jennifer begged. I sighed and said “Ok ok but don’t rub them to long.” Jennifer grabbed my cat ears, and began rubbing them. “They’re so soft…” Jennifer said smiling. “Ok you felt them, stop before I start getting horny.” I said trying to pull away. Jennifer kept rubbing them, and I didn’t feel horny. “Huh…I guess I only got horny because Trevor’s a guy.” I said. “This is so amazing.” Jennifer said laughing. Her rubbing my ears felt so good, I understood why cats like it so much. Jennifer finally let my ears go, and giggled.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Can you move them like a cat?” Jennifer asked. I focused on my ears, and they began to twitch like a cat. “That’s so cute.” Jennifer said all giddy. My mom then knocked on my door, and I began to freak out. “Crap I have to hide them!” I said whispering. I grabbed the cowboy hat that I was wearing last night, and put it on my head. My mom then opened the door and said “Jennifer would you like something to eat?” “No thank you, I’m still full from lunch at school.” Jennifer said. My mom looked at me and said “You must love your fathers hat.” “Yep, I’m just pretending to be a cowgirl.” I said smiling. “Ok, you two have fun.” My mom said as she closed the door. I sighed with relief and took off the hat. “Time to get rid of the ears.” I said thinking about them disappearing. My normal ears came back in place, and Jennifer said “Aww…but they made you look so cute.” “And I loved rubbing them.” “Well you can rub Lightning’s ears.” I said picking up Lightning and handing him to her. “So want to play a game?” Jennifer asked as she rubbed Lightning’s ears. “Sure, what do you have in mind?” I asked. “Mario Kart?” Jennifer asked. “Ok.” I said walking over to my TV.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                         Chapter 9

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Four days goes by and I haven’t had any other cat like problems. Trevor and I are still friends, and no we haven’t kissed. I’m in my room playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl online as Pikachu, against two other players with the names ‘Tim the strong’ and ‘Pat the quick’. “Wow, these guys are good.” I said. Tim the strong was playing as Ganondorf, and Pat the quick was playing as Sonic. It was a team battle, and my other team mate was already defeated. All of a sudden my cell begins to ring, and I was shocked to see who it was. “Oh my god its Kary!” I said happily. I put down my controller and answered my phone. “Kary hi!” I said joyfully. “Hi Kristie!” Kary said on the other line. “How have you been?” “I’m good, just missing my besty.” I said. “I miss you too.” Kary said. “So what’s going on?” I asked. “Oh nothing…just coming to Tomark City to visit my best friend!” Kary said happily. “Oh my god! Really?!” I asked. “Yeah, I’m on the way now.” Kary said. “I should be there in about an hour.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I felt like I was about to explode from all the joy I was felling. “I can’t wait!” I said happily. “There’s so much I want to tell you!” “I can’t wait to hear all about it.” Kary said. “Well I’ll see you when you get here.” I said. “Ok, bye.” Kary said. “Bye.” I said. I closed my phone and began jumping into the air with excitement. “Kary’s coming over! Kary’s coming over!” I cheered. My mom walked into the room and said “What are you so happy about?” “Kary’s coming over to visit!” I said happily. “She is? Well I better start cooking.” My mom said. “I can’t wait!” I said joyfully. I turned to my TV and saw that I was defeated. “Durn, almost had those two…but oh well Kary’s coming over!” I cheered. “I have to call Jennifer and tell her to come over.” I dialed Jennifer’s number and it began to ring. “Hey Kristie.” Jennifer said. “Hey, guess who’s coming over to visit?” I asked. “Who?” Jennifer asked. “My best friend Kary!” I said happily.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Really? Cool.” Jennifer said. “I want you to come over and meet her.” I said. “Ok, I’ll be over in a minute.” Jennifer said. We both hung up and I began straightening up my room. About an hour later, Jennifer and I were looking out of my window waiting for Kary to arrive. “Where is she?” Jennifer asked. “She’ll be here.” I said. Two minutes later Kary’s mom’s car pulled in front of the house. “She’s here!” I yelled as I ran out of my room. “Wait for me!” Jennifer said behind me. I ran downstairs and opened the door. “Kary!” I said joyfully as I walked towards her. “Hey girl!” Kary said grabbing her bag of clothes from the back seat. Kary has long purple hair and green eyes. She’s wearing a blue t-shirt with Sonic on the front, blue jeans, and black sneakers with pink strings. The two of us hug, and pull away. “So you’re staying for a few days?” I asked pointing at her bag of clothes. “Yep, my mom said I could.” Kary said smiling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Kary then noticed Jennifer behind me and said “Who are you?” “Kary, this is Jennifer.” I said. “Nice to meet you.” Kary said shaking Jennifer’s hand. “Nice to meet you too.” Jennifer said smiling. “So is she my replacement?” Kary asked nudging me. “Yep.” I said laughing. Kary began laughing too. “Come on in.” I said. “My mom has dinner ready.” The three of us walk into the house, and I close the door behind us. “Nice house.” Kary said looking around. “It’s like my old house, but a little bit bigger.” I said. My mom came up to us and said “Kary! It’s so nice to see you again!” My mom hugs Kary and they pull away. “It’s nice to see you again too.” Kary said smiling. “I have dinner ready, you must be starving.” My mom said walking back into the kitchen. “I sure am.” Kary said placing down her bag of clothes. We all ate dinner, and then went to my room. “So how long are you planning on staying?” I asked. “Five days.” Kary said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer nudged me in the side and whispered “You should show her.” I thought about it, and said “Hey Kary, want to know what’s been going on around here since I moved?” “Yeah sure, when did you get a cat?” Kary asked as she began petting Lightning. “That’s part of what I’m going to tell you.” I said. “When I first moved here, everything seemed normal.” I began. “Uh huh…” Kary said listening. I told her everything that happened, and Kary’s jaw dropped. “So…you have cat like abilities?” Kary asked. “Yep.” I said. “And…cat ears?” Kary asked. “Yeah and they’re so cute.” Jennifer said all giddy. “Are you messing with me?” Kary asked. “Nope, I’m dead serious.” I said. “May I see your cat ears?” Kary asked. I made my cat ears appear, and Kary gasped. “Oh my god! You do!” Kary said in shock. I made my ears twitch, and Jennifer squealed. “Would you like to fell them?” I asked as Jennifer began rubbing them.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I don’t know…” Kary said. “It’s ok, see Jennifer is rubbing them.” I said. “I wish I had cat ears!” Jennifer said jealously. “Go ahead.” I said. Kary reached up and felt them. “Oh my god they’re soft!” Kary said. Jennifer was rubbing my left ear, and Kary was rubbing my right ear. “That feels so good…” I said relaxed. “So you got bit by Lightning while he was enhanced, and this happened to you?” Kary asked as she still rubbed my ears. “Yep.” I said showing Kary my bite mark that’s now healed. “This is so cool…” Kary said. “So you haven’t found out any other abilities besides the one you already have?” “Nope, they randomly show up.” I said. Jennifer and Kary stopped rubbing my ears, and I made them go away. “So Jennifer, I see your wearing Knuckles on your shirt, is he your favorite character?” Kary asked. “Yep.” Jennifer said. “Well I like Sonic because he’s so fast, and he’s cute.” Kary said smiling. “I like Knuckles because he’s so strong, and cute.” Jennifer said. “Think we can play Sonic Riders?” Kary asked. “Just like old times?” I asked. “Yep just like old times.” Kary said smiling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Ok, but you know who’s going to win.” I said. “We’ll see.” Kary said. The three of us began playing, and we picked our favorite characters. We played for hours, until it got late. “Well I’m going home now, I’m tired” Jennifer said yawning. “I’ll see you later.” Jennifer opened my door, and walked out. “It’s late, time to hit the hay.” Kary said rubbing her eyes. “Where am I going to sleep by the way?” “Well…we don’t really have another bed, and I don’t want to make you sleep on the couch downstairs, so I guess you can sleep with me.” I said. “Like when we were kids?” Kary asked. “Yep.” I said yawning. Kary and I then stripped to our underwear, and got into my bed. “Good night, Kary.” I said. “Good night Kristie.” Kary said facing the other way. Lighting jumped up on the bed and laid between us. We then fell asleep.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                         Chapter 10

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Good morning!” Kary yelled in my face. I grunted and pulled the cover over my face. “Come on sleepy head, you and Jennifer are going to take me around the city!” Kary said jumping on my bed. Did I forget to mention that Kary is hyper in the mornings? I honestly don’t know where she gets this energy from. “Come on! Come on!” Kary said shaking me. “Ok ok, I’m up.” I said sitting up in bed and rubbing my eyes. “I can’t wait to see what Tomark City is like.” Kary said happily. “Well it’s pretty much the same in Jester City.” I said. “Yeah…but they must have some stores that Jester City doesn’t have.” Kary said. “I thought for a second, and said “Well I don’t know any yet, I’m still trying to understand my way around Tomark City.” I said getting dressed. “That’s why we’ll have Jennifer with us.” Kary said. “Ok, let me just call her and ask her if she wants to hang out.” I said grabbing my phone. Five minutes later, Kary and I grabbed a quick snack to eat and walked over to Jennifer’s house.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Then on the other side of the street, I saw Becky and her gang. “Hi!” Kary said waving at them. I smacked my hand to my head and said “Oh no…” Becky and her gang noticed us, and ran towards us. “Kary, there girls are nothing but bad news.” I said. “They picked on Jennifer when I first arrived here, through mashed potatoes in my hair, and tried to fight me.” “Really?” Kary asked. “Yes! And now they’re coming over here to start another fight.” I said. “I don’t know how you took us all out the other day, but you won’t get so lucky this time.” Becky said pulling out a pocket knife. Danna, Angie, and Vicky pulled out one as well. “Prepare to die!” Becky and her girls all screamed as they went to strike me. I Quickly did a back flip, and kicked Becky in the jaw. Becky rubbing her chin, laughed and looked over at Kary. She then held Kary in a choke hold, and had her knife up to Kary’s throat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Surrender, and your friend lives!” Becky yelled. I began to think of all the ways I could take Becky out, but in doing so I would be risking Kary’s life. I sighed, and fell to my knees with my hands behind my head. Becky motioned her girls to tie me up, and they ran over to me. Once they were finished tying me up, Becky pushed Kary to the ground, and made me stand on my feet. “Start walking.” Becky said as she pushed me. They lead me towards their gang that was down the street. I heard Kary behind me yell “Don’t worry Kristie! I’ll get help!” Once I was in the gang’s territory, Becky lead me inside of her house, and down to her basement. “Sit down.” Becky commanded as she pushed me into a chair that was in the middle of the room. Becky’s goons tied my legs to the legs of the chair with chains, and tied my hands to the back of the chair.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “How are you going to get yourself out of this one?” Becky asked grinning. “By escaping and kicking your ass.” I said. Becky got angry and punched me in the face. The pain in my cheek throbbed as I turned back to her. “I’m afraid that won’t happen.” Becky said. “You see my girls and I are going to have some fun with you.” “What kind of fun?” I asked. “Show her Vicky.” Becky said looking at Vicky. I heard a metal door open, and fire crackling behind me. Vicky walked over to me, and the next thing I knew, I felt a hot metal rod burning my back. “Ahhhhhhhhh!” I cried in pain. Vicky pulled the rod off my back, and began laughing. “We’re going to torture you until we get bored, then we’re going to kill you.” Becky said grinning. She then motioned to Vicky to burn me again. “Ahhhhhhhhhhh!” I screamed as I felt my skin began to melt. For ten minutes, Vicky burned different part of my body. Tears were flowing down my cheeks, and I couldn’t take another burn.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Vicky then put away the rod, and they stripped me down to my underwear. “Nice body, I’d hate to see it all messed up.” Becky said laughing. Vicky walked over to Becky carrying a large box. Becky opened the box, and pulled out a whip that had sharp blades at the ends. My eyes widen, and I began shaking my head saying “No please don’t!” Ignoring my plea, Becky held the whip in the air, and began hitting me. The blades began cutting deeper and deeper as she swung it over and over again. I screamed at the top of my lungs, and began rocking the chair back and forth. “This will teach you not to mess with us!” Becky yelled as she continued hitting me. “I want a turn.” Danna said. “Yeah me too.” Vicky and Angie said. They then took turns whipping me and cutting me. By the time they were done, I had blood trickling down my whole body from every cut they made on me. “Now don’t you look pretty?” Becky asked. I looked up at her and spat in her face.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Becky again punched me in the face, and made blood come out my nose. “How dare you spit in my face!” Becky yelled angrily as she whipped my spit off. A smiled crossed my face, and Becky punched me again. With a busted lip, a spat out a glob of blood to the floor. “Hey boss, our pizza is here.” One of Becky’s goons said coming down the stairs. “Oh goodie, I’m starving.” Becky said. “We’ll be back to torture you some more after we’re done eating.” Becky and her gang all walked upstairs, and closed the door. I struggled to try and break the chains with my increased strength that were tied around my hands, but couldn’t even make the budge. “What am I going to do?” I asked myself. I thought about all the cat powers that I had, and knew that none would help me. “I really wish another cat ability would show up right about now.” I said. I tried to break the chains around my hands again, but had no success. “Come on break damn you!” I said as I tugged and tugged. All of a sudden, I felt long claws extend from my fingers.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “What the?” I asked as I wiggled my fingers around to feel the claws. “Hmm…maybe…” I said as I held out one finger and had the claw lay on part of the chain. I bent my finger, and where I had my claw, was now a cut through the chain. “Oh my god it worked!” I cheered. I then began cutting then chain, until my hands were free. “Yes!” I said happily as I held my hands out and looked at the claws on my fingers. “Now to free my legs.” I said holding up my hand. I swung my hand at the chain with one swipe, and the chain completely tore to pieces. “I’m free!” I cheered. Thanks to my big mouth, one of Becky’s goons opened the basement door and saw that I was free. “Becky! Our prisoner has escaped from her chains!” Her goon yelled. “Say what?!” I heard Becky upstairs scream. Becky came through the basement door, and saw me standing in front of the chair.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I don’t know how you did it, but you’re not getting away from me!” Becky screamed as she pulled out her knife. I held up my claws, and blocked Becky’s knife. “What are they?!” Becky said in shock when she saw my claws. “Weapons that are going to take you down!” I yelled. With one hand holding Beck’s knife back, I used my free hand to scratch her chest. “Yeeouch!” Becky cried. I tore through her clothes, and caused her to bleed. Becky backed up holding her chest, and screamed “Get her girls!” Danna, Angie, and Vicky came at me with their knives held in the air. As I dodged their attacks, I kicked Angie in the back of her legs, scratched Vicky in the face, and stabbed Danna in the side. They all fell to the ground crying in pain, as I ran up to Becky and scratched the living hell out of her. Blood went flying everywhere, until more of her girls came downstairs. Looking for a way out, I saw a window on the other side of the room, and booked it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> A few girls blocked my path and went to stab me, but I grabbed their arms and twisted them until they snapped. “Yeahhhhhh!” they girls cried as they fell to their knees. I hopped up onto some boxes that were under the window, and busted the glass. Looking back, I saw Becky staring angrily at me with blood trickling down her face. I grinned and lifted myself out of the window. “You’ll pay for this!” I heard Becky yell from in the basement as I ran towards the sidewalk. All of a sudden, Trevor’s car pulled up and he said “Get in!” I ran around the car, opened the door, and hopped inside. Trevor then drove off leaving tire marks on the road. Gasping for air, I turned to Trevor and said “Thank you.” “You’re welcome.” Trevor said smiling as we turned the corner and passed by my house. “I’m taking you back to my place so I can get you cleaned up.” Trevor said. I smiled and said “Ok.” We parked in front of Trevor’s house, and got out of his car.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You’re pretty torn up.” Trevor said as we walked towards his front door. “Yeah, they were torturing me with a hot metal rod, and a whip with blades at the end.” I said. “Man…they must really hate you.” Trevor said. “More than you know.” I said as we walked into the house. Jennifer and Kary were waiting inside the house, sitting at the kitchen table when I walked in. “Oh my god Kristie!” Kary and Jennifer said as they ran up to me to hug me. My cuts and burns began to hurt as they hugged me. “You’re hurting me…” I said in pain. “Oh sorry.” Kary and Jennifer said letting me go. They had my blood on their clothes, and said “Oops.” “Come on, you can talk after I get you cleaned up.” Trevor said guiding me to his lab. “I’ve called the cops to have Becky and her gang arrested.” Trevor said as we went down into the lab. “Please, sit.” I sat down on the table that was in the middle of the room, and saw that I still had my claws. My hands and claws were completely covered in blood. “I got away with these.” I said holding up my hands.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Whoa…” Trevor said amazed as he grabbed a med kit. “You have cat claws too?” Kary asked as she and Jennifer came down into the lab. “Yeah, they appeared when I was trying to break the chains that were tied around my hands. “Oh wow, they’re really sharp.” Jennifer said feeling them. Trevor opened his med kit beside me, and began cleaning the blood off. “I guess so if they cut through the chains.” I said. “They also tore Becky and her goons up.” Trevor grabbed the bottle of peroxide and began pouring it on me. “Sssshhh.” I said in pain as the peroxide went into my wounds. “So did you get Jennifer, than came over here to tell Trevor?” I asked looking at Kary. “Yeah, and I’m really sorry I put this on you.” Kary said. “It’s my fault they came over to us.” Kary began to tear up, and I patted her on the shoulder saying “It’s ok, it’s not your fault.” “They would of seen me anyway.” Kary sniffled and nodded. “I was so scared for you.” Jennifer said tearing up as well.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Well I’m ok now, thanks to you guys.” I said smiling. Kary and Jennifer smiled and went to hug me, but then stopped when they realized that they would hurt me again. “Amazing!” Trevor said. I turned to him to see that he was looking at one of my cuts. “Your cut is healing all on its own!” Trevor said in shock. “I don’t know how, but it is!” I held up my arm to see more of my cuts healing at a fast rate. Trevor picked up his notebook that was on the table I was sitting on. “Not only does our experimental fluid enhance the animal we put it in, but it also enhanced tissue growing.” Trevor said holding his head. “So I can heal myself as well?” I asked. “Yes, just like one of the hero’s that saved Planet Raeth a few years ago.” Trevor said. “This is amazing!” I said as I watched all my cuts heal. “I need to study this a bit further to understand why it enhances tissue growing and to see its healing limits.” Trevor said. “Your burn marks aren’t healing though.” Jennifer said behind me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Exactly what I mean.” Trevor said. “It must have limits to what it can and cannot heal.” I noticed that I was still in my underwear, and said “Uh…guys could I get some clothes?” Trevor looked at me and blushed. “I’ll go get you some!” Trevor said running out of the lab. I giggled, and Jennifer gave me a ‘lucky’ look. I cleaned the blood off my hands, and studied my claws. They were as long as daggers and they were curled just like cat claws. “They look really dangerous.” Kary said as her and Jennifer stared at them. “Oh yeah, they’re pretty dangerous.” I said. “They even stopped Becky’s knife when she was about to stab me.” “They didn’t break or anything?” Jennifer asked. “Nope, they’re in pretty good shape.” I said wiggling my fingers around and watching my claws go back and forth. Trevor ran back into the lab, and handed me some of his mom’s clothes. “Luckily we still had some of my mom’s clothes stored in my dad’s closet.” Trevor said. “Thank you.” I said putting on his mom’s red t-shirt and blue jeans.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You’re welcome.” Trevor said smiling. “I’ll return them as soon as possible.” I said. “No that’s ok; we’ve needed to get rid of them.” Trevor said. “Every time my dad sees them in the closet, he gets memories of them back in the day.” “Oh ok.” I said. “I hope Becky and her gang gets locked up for a long time.” Kary said. “How dare they torture my besty.” Kary wrapped her arms around me and I saw Jennifer frowned. “Well, thanks for everything.” I said. “I’m going to go back home, and take a hot bath.” “You’re very welcome.” Trevor said. “And would you mind coming over tomorrow?” “How come?” I asked. “There are a few test I’d like to try out to see how far you healing limit is.” Trevor said. “So I’m going to be your guinea pig?” I asked. “Well no, just I need to see how much your healing powers can take.” Trevor asked. “Sounds pretty painful, but I’ll do it for you.” I said smiling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Trevor smiled back, and I turned to Jennifer who had her arms crossed and a frown was on her face. “It’s not what you think.” I said. We all went upstairs, and left out of the house. “So are you going to put your claws away?” Jennifer asked. “I forgot about them.” I said. “If they’re just like my ears, maybe I can do the same thing to make them disappear.” I focused on my claws to disappear, and they retracted back to my normal nails. “There we go.” I said holding up my hands. “I never did get to explore Tomark City.” Kary said sadly. “Don’t worry, we will another day.” I said. “Yay!” Kary said happily. As we got close to my house, we saw police cars drive by us. Inside one of them were Becky, Danna, Angie, and Vicky. I stuck my tongue out at them, and Becky gave me an evil look. “I’m glad they’re off the streets.” I said in relief. “Now let’s go get something eat after I take a bath!” We all cheered, and ran to my house.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                           Chapter 11

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Kary, Jennifer, and I all agreed to not mention what happened yesterday to my mom. Kary stayed home while I went to school, and when I got back home, we headed over to Trevor’s house. “What do you think Trevor’s going to do?” Kary asked. “I don’t know, but it doesn’t sound good.” I said. Jennifer had chores to do, so she could come along with us. We walked up to Trevor’s front door and knocked. Doug answered the door and said “Hello Kristie, who’s your friend?” “This is Kary, she’s visiting for a few days.” I said. Doug wasn’t home yesterday so he hadn’t met Kary yet until now. “Well come on in, Trevor’s waiting for you down in the lab.” Doug said moving to the side. We walked inside, and Doug shut the door behind us. “Trevor they’re here!” Doug yelled. “Ok dad, I’ve got everything set up down here.” Trevor said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Go ahead.” Doug said as he walked into the living room. Kary and I walked downstairs, and saw Trevor placing down some operation tools on the table. “So what are you going to be doing to me?” I asked. “I’ll be inflicting wounds on your body, and see which ones heal and which ones don’t.” Trevor said. “Have a seat.” I hopped onto the table, and took a deep breath. “Yay…more torture.” I said sarcastically. “Don’t look at it as torture, look at it as an experiment.” Trevor said. “Oh yeah, that makes me feel better.” I said sarcastically. “The first test we’ll do is just a simple cut.” Trevor said holing a scalpel. I swallowed hard and closed my eyes. Trevor than made a small cut on my arm and I cried out in pain. Blood trickled down my arm, and the three of us watched to see what the cut will do. All of a sudden, my wound began to close and the cut disappeared. Trevor began writing down some notes on his clipboard.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Now to see what it will do when I stab you.” Trevor said. My eyes widen as Trevor lifted the scalpel over his. I bit my lip and prepared for intense pain. “Yeaaahhhhh!” I screamed as the scalpel went deep into my arm. Trevor pulled the scalpel out, and blood flowed everywhere. Shaking from the pain, we watched as blood kept coming out of my wound. Nothing happened. “Mmm hmmm…” Trevor said writing down more notes. “If this isn’t going to heal on its own like the cut, how is it?” I asked. “Don’t worry, my dad and I made a fluid that will heal any cut, stab wound, bullet wound, broken bone, or burn.” Trevor said as he grabbed a bottle off the table. He then sprayed my wound with the fluid, and in an instant, it healed. “This stuff can heal anything, but the one thing it can’t do, is bring someone back to life.” Trevor said. “Well it’s amazing.” I said rubbing my arm. “Since a stab wound wouldn’t heal, I guess shooting you is out of the question.” Trevor said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You were going to shoot me…?” I said with my jaw dropped. “Yep, but I won’t have to.” I let out a relief. “Now since your burn marks didn’t heal on their own, I’ll just use my spray to heal them.” Trevor said spraying my back. Trevor watched as the burn marks healed instantly. Trevor then walked in front of me and said “Hold out your arm please.” “Ok…why?” I asked as I held my arm out. Trevor grabbed it and snapped it in two. Screaming at the top of my lungs, I laid on the table rolling back and forth holding my broken arm. “Why did you do that!?” I screamed as tears flowed down my cheeks. “I’m sorry!” Trevor said. “But don’t worry, if it doesn’t heal on its own, this fluid will.” Kary stared at me with fear in her eyes. I tried to relax, as I looked down at my broken arm. Seconds pasted and it never healed. “Ok it’s not healing, fix it!” I demanded. Trevor grabbed a needle with some of the healing fluid in it, and shoved it into my arm where it was broke at. In seconds, my arm healed and I was able to move it around without any pain.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Phew…” I said exhaling. Trevor wrote down some more notes, and placed his clipboard down. “Well you’re all done.” Trevor said smiling. “Thank goodness.” I said getting down from the table. When my foot touched the floor, I slipped up on some of the healing fluid, and fell on Trevor. “Ow…” I said picking myself up. Mine and Trevor’s eyes locked onto each other, and my face turned bright red. “Are you okay?” Kary asked. I snapped out of it, and stood up. “Yeah, I’m fine.” I said whipping myself off. Trevor stood up, and whipped himself off as well. I turned to him and he smiled. I blushed, and said “Ok Kary, let’s go back to my house.” “I need to run around the room screaming for a bit from what happened today.” “Thanks for coming over.” Trevor said. I turned back to him and said “You’re welcome.” We then left the house and headed back to my house.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                             Chapter 12

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Even though Becky was in jail or juvenile detention, some of her goons were still in school. As Jennifer and I walked to my next class, some of Becky’s goons stared angrily at me as I passed them. “They sure look like they want to kill you.” Jennifer said. “Let’s just try to ignore them.” I said. We were a few feet away from our classroom door, when all of a sudden I heard a cry for help with my enhanced hearing. “Someone’s in trouble!” I yelled. “Who?” Jennifer asked. “I don’t hear anyone.” “I do, and it’s coming from outside!” I yelled as I ran for the doors that goes out of the building. I busted through the doors, and heard the cry for help again. “It’s coming from over there!” I yelled turning towards the sidewalk. I ran across the road to the other side, and heard the cry for help coming from above me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I looked up, and saw a black cat stuck in a tree. “Huh?” I said confused. I though I heard someone cry for help from up there. “You did, it was me.” The black cat said. My eyes widen and my jaw dropped. “Y…You can talk?” I asked. “You can understand me?” The black cat asked. I nodded as I was still in shock. “Well can you help me down?” the black cat asked. I pinched my arm thinking this was a dream, and didn’t wake up. “How is this possible?” I asked myself thinking I went crazy. “Uh…help?” the black cat asked. “Could it be from yesterday when Trevor injected me with that healing fluid? Or is it a cat ability?” I asked myself as I walked back and forth. “Hey!” The black cat screamed. I looked up and the cat said “Help me out of this tree please.” “Oh right!” I said taking out my cat claws, and climbing up the tree. “Wow…you’re kind of like me, only you’re not a cat.” The black cat said. “I’m sort of half cat.” I said grabbing the black cat. “How did that happen?” the black cat asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I got bit by my used to be experimental pet cat, and this is what happened to me.” I said. “Experimental?” the black cat asked. “Where people do several things plants and animals to see what would happen to them.” I said. “Oh, well I don’t like the sound of that.” The black cat said. I jumped down from the tree and landed on my feet. “So what’s your name?” I asked. “Midnight.” Midnight said. “Oh well I’m Kristie.” I said. I placed Midnight down, and he stretched his legs. “Well thanks for saving me.” Midnight said. “You’re welcome.” I said smiling. Midnight then ran off. “Who were you talking to?” Jennifer asked as she walked up to me. “Oh uh…a cat…” I said sounding crazy. “A cat…?” Jennifer asked in confusion. “His name was Midnight, and he wanted me to save him from the tree.” I said. Jennifer blinked a few times, and said “Are you feeling okay?” “I’m feeling just fine.” I said. “Ok…well class is about to start, we better get going before we’re late.” Jennifer said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> For the rest of the day at school, all I could think about was talking to Midnight who was a cat. School ended, and Jennifer and I got on the bus to go home. “You sure you’re okay?” Jennifer asked as she felt my head. “You’ve been quite since you saved that cat.” “Yes, I’m fine.” I said taking her hand from my head. “Just I really did understand what Midnight was saying.” “Another cat ability?” Jennifer asked. “I think so.” I said. “Well, you do have a cat at home, did you understand what Lightning said this morning?” Jennifer asked. I thought about it, and said “No, he was asleep when I left.” We pulled up to Jennifer’s house, and Jennifer said “Well here’s my stop, I’ll be over in a minute.” “Ok.” I said smiling. Jennifer got off the bus, and the bus took off. When it stopped it front of my house, I got off, and saw Jennifer running towards me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “let’s go see if I can talk to Lightning.” I said heading into my house. “I can’t wait to see this.” Jennifer said following me. When we got to my bedroom door, I could hear Kary in my room singing to one of the songs on Karaoke Revolution. I opened my door, and Kary paused the game. “Oh thank goodness.” I heard a voice under my bed. Lightning crawled out from under my bed, and began rubbing his ears. “Guess what Kary, Kristie said she can understand what cats can say.” Jennifer said. “You can?” Kary asked looking at me. I turned my attention away from Lightning and looked at Kary. “Yeah…” I said thinking I was crazy again from hearing what Lightning said. “What’s Lightning saying right now?” Jennifer asked as she picked Lightning up. I looked at Lightning, and he said “Why do they have to pick me up? I hate being picked up.” “He said he doesn’t like being picked up.” I said. Jennifer looked down at Lightning and placed him back on the floor.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Sorry Lightning.” Jennifer said. Lightning looked up at me and said “You can understand me?” I nodded. “Well thank you for telling her to put me down.” Lightning said as he began to lick himself. “You’re welcome.” I said. “I’ve been wanting to tell you this since we first met, but I knew you wouldn’t understand me until now.” Lightning said. “I’m sorry I bit you.” “It’s ok.” I said. I looked up at Kary and Jennifer who were staring at me and looked back at Lightning. “Kary is a horrible singer; I had to hide under the bed just to block out the sound.” Lightning said. “What’s he saying?” Kary asked. “He said you’re a horrible singer.” I said. “Ugh…that’s mean!” Kary said crossing her arms. “Bad kitty!” “Oh I’m the bad kitty? How about bad Kary.” Lightning said. “While you were away, she got into your bed and pleasured herself.” I looked at Kary and said “You pleasured yourself in my bed?” Kary’s face turned red and she said “Lightning said that?!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer giggled. “I guess I’m going to have to wash my sheets and blankets.” I said. “Doesn’t matter now, she’s been pleasuring herself since she got here.” Lightning said. “Ewww!” I said whipping myself. “Kary you’re so nasty!” “I can’t help it!” Kary said. “When I get horny, I have to do something about it!” “You don’t have to do it in my bed!” I yelled. Jennifer giggled again. “You have no room to talk.” Lighting said. “Before she got here, I had to sit and watch you pleasure yourself.” My face turned red and I said “Ok! Let’s get off the subject!” I walked over to my bed and pulled the sheets and covers off. “I’m going to get these washed.” I said heading out the room. When I walked into the laundry room, I shoved my sheets and covers into the washing machine, and started it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I can’t believe Kary did that.” I said shivering. “She could have just gone into the bathroom.” When I walked back into my room, Kary was on the floor tickling Lightning to death. “P…please…s…stop, I…I can’t take it anymore!” Lightning laughed. Jennifer just stood in place giggling as she watched. Kary finally stopped, and Lightning ran over to me. “Please save me.” Lightning said with his paws on my legs. “My turn.” I said grinning. “Oh please no!” Lightning yelled as he tried to run, but I grabbed him in time and began tickling him. “Y…You’re s…so mean!” Lightning laughed. Later that night, Jennifer, Kary, and I were playing Karaoke Revolution, when Lightning said “Could I give it a try?” “It wouldn’t really work for you, since you’re a cat and all but ok.” I said placing the microphone down in front of Lightning. I chose a song, and through my ears I could hear Lightning sing. As for Kary and Jennifer, they just looked at Lightning with confused expressions on their faces.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Because the game couldn’t pick up Lightning’s singing, there was no notes that were being hit. “You’re pretty good.” I said smiling. “Thank you.” Lightning said smiling. Hours later after Jennifer went home, Kary and I got in bed with my clean sheet and covers back on my bed, and Lightning laid on top of me. “You know you snore when you’re asleep.” Lightning said giggling. “Oh shut up.” I said petting his head. Lightning began to purr, and said “I love it when you pet me.” “Good night.” I said. “Good night.” Lightning and Kary both said. I closed my eyes, and fell asleep listening to Lightning as he purred.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                         Chapter 13

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I spent my normal day at school, and came home. As I was getting off the bus, Trevor pulled up in front of my house. “Hey Kristie, would you like to go see a movie with me?” Trevor asked. I smiled and said “Ok!” “But let me tell my mom where I’m going ok?” “Sure thing.” Trevor said smiling. I ran into the house, and two minutes came back out. “She said it was ok.” I said opening Trevor’s car door. I hopped inside and we took off. “So what movie are we going to go watch?” I asked. “Up to you.” Trevor said smiling. I thought about what movies were playing, and said “How about Epic?” I asked. “Sure, I’m ok with cartoon movies.” Trevor said. We drove through town and parked in the mall’s parking lot. We got out of the car, and headed inside. There were people everywhere walking to store to store. “I love the mall; so much you can do and see.” I said acting like a kid in a candy store. “I do too.” Trevor said smiling. He went to grab my hand, but I pulled away.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I know he’s doing this nice thing for me, but I don’t want to get to close to him and hurt Jennifer’s feelings. Trevor bought our tickets, and we walked into the main lobby. “Would you like anything?” Trevor asked as we came up to the concession stand. “A bucket of popcorn, and a sprite.” I said. “Ok.” Trevor said. Trevor bought a large bucket of popcorn and two sprites. “Thank you for taking me to the movies.” I said smiling. “You’re welcome.” Trevor said as we walked into our movie. There was hardly anyone in the theater, so we sat at the very top row. Commercials were playing, and it showed upcoming movies. Trevor pretended to stretch, and placed his arm around me. I didn’t want to be mean and take his arm off, so I let this one slide. As the movie started, and the room turned dark, my eyes began to feel funny. I began rubbing them hoping they would stop, and began eating my popcorn. Twenty minutes later, the room went dark, and my eyes began to feel funny again.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Why are they so itchy?” I whispered as I rubbed them again. “Your eyes?” Trevor whispered. “Yeah, they feel really itchy every time the room goes dark.” I said. I blinked at few times, and all of a sudden the room didn’t seem to dark anymore. It was if I was looking through night vision goggles. “Uh…Trevor…” I said turning to him. Trevor saw my eyes, and nearly fell out of his seat. “Your eyes…” Trevor said pointing at them. “What? Do I have pink eye?” I asked. “No…you have cat eyes.” Trevor said. “And they’re really creepy to look at in the dark.” I rubbed my eyes again because they were still itchy. “I can see everything in here when it goes dark.” I said. “Well cats do have night vision.” Trevor said. “That explains it.” I said rubbing my eyes. I blinked a few more times, and the night vision went away. “Ah, there we go.” I said. We continued watching the movie, and when I went to grab a handful of popcorn, mine and Trevor’s hand touched.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I turned to Trevor and saw that he was smiling warmly at me. My feelings for him overwhelmed me, and we both leaned forward. As our lips drew closer, I could feel his warm breath against my face. I wanted to kiss him so bad, that I ignored the fact that I didn’t want to hurt Jennifer’s feelings. Our lips touched, and fireworks began to go through my body. We slowly moved our lips up and down, and Trevor placed his hands on my face. We sat there kissing for about five minutes, until I started feeling a sharp pain in my back. “Ow…” I said pulling away and rubbing my back. “What’s wrong?” Trevor asked. “I don’t know, I feel a sharp pain in my back.” I said. “I’m going to the bathroom real quick to check it out.” “Ok.” Trevor said smiling. I ran out of the theater, and into the bathroom. The pain began to grow as I walked into one of the stalls. I pulled my pants down, and when I turned my head, I gasped.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I had a furry blonde tail coming through my underwear. “A…tail?” I said wagging it back and forth. I grabbed it with my hands, and felt its soft fur between my fingers. “It’s as long as my arm.” I said holding out my arm. “Excuse me, are you okay in there?” a women asked as she knocked on my stall door. “Yeah, I’m fine.” I said. “Ok, please hurry I have to pee.” The women said. “All of the other stalls are occupied.” “Be out in a second.” I said as I crammed my tail back into my pants. The pain shot through my back again, as I stepped out of the stall. “Thank you!” the woman said as she ran into the stall. I left out of the bathroom, and back into the theater. “Is everything ok?” Trevor asked as I sat down. “I have a tail…” I said. Trevor looked at my back and saw a lump in the back of my pants. “It hurts so much.” I said. “I have to take it out.” “Not here in the theater.” Trevor said. “Have you tried making it go away?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Yeah, when I was coming back from the bathroom.” I said. “Do you want to leave?” Trevor asked. I shook my head and said “No, I don’t want to ruin the movie for you.” “I’ll just deal with the pain, until the movie ends.” “If that’s what you want.” Trevor said. After the movie was over, Trevor and I headed back to the car. I got in, and took my pants off. “Ah…” I said in relief as I set my tail free. “Wow…” Trevor said staring at it when he got into the car. “Can I touch it?” “Sure.” I said smiling. Trevor reached over, and began petting my tail. Just like my ears, I began to get horny. “It’s so soft…” Trevor said. All of a sudden, I began purring. Trevor smiled and said “Someone’s happy.” I bit my lip and nodded. Trevor stopped petting my tail, and started the car. As we were heading home, I tried to focus on having my tail go away, but I had no luck. Trevor parked in front of my house, and said “We’ll here’s your stop.” I smiled, put my pants back on, and said “Thank you.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Trevor and I leaned forwards to kiss, but I stopped and said “I can’t…” “How come?” Trevor asked. “I told Jennifer that I wouldn’t get to close to you.” I said. “Well, she doesn’t have to know.” Trevor said kissing me on my lips. I began kissing back, and my back started to hurt again. “I guess she doesn’t…” I said as we pulled away. “Talk to you later?” Trevor asked. “Yeah.” I said smiling and kissing Trevor on the lips again. I opened my car door, and got out. “Bye, and thanks for the movie.” I said. “You’re welcome.” Trevor said smiling. I closed the door, and Trevor drove off. Later that night, I showed Kary my tail, and she went berserk trying to grab it. Lightning played with it as if it were a cat toy. Before I went to bed, I finally managed to make my tail go away. “Today was amazing.” I said lying in bed thinking about Trevor and me kissing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                               Chapter 14

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Kary goes home today, and I’m going to miss her so much. I didn’t go to school today just so I could spend my last day with her. She had everything packed and ready to go. “It’s sad you’re leaving today.” I said. “I know, I’m going to really miss you.” Kary said frowning. “So what do you want to do before you leave?” I asked. “Well…remember when I said I wanted to explore Tomark City?” Kary asked. “Yeah.” I said. “Can we?” Kary asked. “Sure.” I said smiling. Since Jennifer is at school, Kary and I will have to search the town by ourselves. “Hey mom, Kary and I are heading out to explore the city.” I said as we ran down the stairs. “Do you think I could have some money to get us something to eat while we walk around?” My mom in her room said “Sure sweetie.” I heard her going through her purse, and she came out of her room handing me fifty dollars. “Thanks.” I said smiling. “You’re welcome, now go have a good time.” My mom said hugging me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Kary and I ran out of the house, and began walking down the sidewalk. “I saw you and Trevor kiss last night.” Kary said nudging me. “You did?” I asked. “Yep, how was it?” Kary asked. “Wonderful.” I said smiling and thinking about the other night. “Are you going to tell Jennifer?” Kary asked. “I should, but I can’t.” I said frowning. “If I do it’ll break her heart.” “Yeah, but you should tell her.” Kary said. “Lying to your friend isn’t very healthy in a relationship.” “I know…” I said sadly. “Tell her for me, your besty” Kary said smiling. I smiled back and said “Ok.” “So where are we going?” Kary asked. “Up to you.” I said. “Ok!” Kary said taking off running. “Wait for me!” I said chasing after her. We spent the rest of the day going to building to building looking at all they had to offer. Kary and I then stopped in the park, and played with some ducks that were around the pond and had a hotdog at a hotdog stand.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> It felt like the good old days back in Jester City. When it got dark, we headed back home. “What a day.” Kary said as she and I walked up to my house and went inside. “Yeah what a day.” I said laughing. Kary sighed sadly and said “Well, I better be getting on home now.” I frowned and said “I’m going to miss you.” Kary grabbed her things, hugged me goodbye, and walked back outside. “You will come and visit again right?” I asked as I stood at the doorway. “Certainly.” Kary said smiling. She then placed her stuff in the back, and got into the driver’s seat. We waved goodbye for one last time, and Kary took off. Feeling sad, I closed the front door, and went to my room. My phone began ringing as I walked through my bedroom door. “That’s probably Jennifer.” I said. “I guess it’s time to tell her that Trevor and I are together.” I walked over to my bed, and answered the phone. “Hey Jennifer.” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Hey Kristie, today was a bummer without you at school.” Jennifer said. “I’m sorry about that; I just wanted to spend one more full day with Kary.” I said. “That’s ok.” Jennifer said. “There’s something I need to tell you…” I said slowly. “Me too! Can I go first?” Jennifer asked. I sighed and said “Ok…” “I just want you to know, that when you saved me that day, and we became friend, it was the happiest day of my life.” Jennifer said. “Because before you moved here, no one liked me, and I didn’t have one single friend.” What she said touched my heart, and I began to tear up. “Ok! You’re turn.” Jennifer said happily. After from what she said, I could tell her about me and Trevor. “Well…I wanted to say…that you’re a friend someone could wish for.” I said. “Aww…” Jennifer said all giddy. “Thank you!” Feeling horrible, I said “You’re welcome.” “So how did your day go with Kary?” Jennifer asked. “Good.” I said feeling sick to my stomach. “We explored around the city.” “Did you get lost to the point where you needed me?” Jennifer asked. “A few times.” I said. We talked for the rest of the night about how are day went, and fell asleep with each other still on the phone.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                             Chapter 15

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> A week and four days after Kary left, Trevor and I kept our relationship a secret from everyone including my mom and Jennifer. It was a Monday morning and I was lying in bed asleep, when all of a sudden I felt something furry in between my legs. I pulled my covers off, and saw Lightning sniffing at my crotch. “What are you doing?” I asked as I pushed him away from me. “You smell so attractive, I want you.” Lightning said coming back to my crotch. “Eww no!” I yelled getting out of bed. “Why would you want me?” “Because you’re in heat.” Lightning said coming over to my leg and began humping it. “No! No! No!” I screamed as I kicked him off my leg. “Cat’s go in heat, people have periods.” I then thought about it for a second and said “Oh…” “Please…you smell so good.” Lightning begged as he scratched at my leg. “No!” I said walking away. “I’m getting into the shower, so leave me alone.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Lightning sighed, and kept sniffing the air as I got some clothes from out my dresser. After I took my shower, and got into some fresh clothes, Lightning ran into the bathroom and began smelling my underwear. “That’s so gross…” I said walking out the bathroom. I ate breakfast, told mom goodbye, and ran to the bus. As I was walking to the seat Jennifer and I sat in, all the guys that were on the bus turned their heads towards me and smiled. “What’s their problem?” I asked myself as I sat down. Then one of Phil’s buddies sat next to me and said “Usually I’m not very attracted to you, but there’s something different about you today that is.” The guy said placing his arm around me. “Unless you want your hand broken like your buddies, I suggest you take it off of me.” I said clenching my fists. The guy then took his arm from around me, and said “How about you and I head over to my place later tonight? I’ll be sure to give you a good time.” He then winked at me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> The bus was about to pull up to Jennifer’s house, so I busted the guy in the face and he fell out of the seat. “You’re in my friends spot.” I said grinning. Jennifer got on the bus, and saw the guy pick himself up off the floor. “What happened?” Jennifer asked as she sat next to me. “I’ll explain later.” I said crossing my arms and looking out the window. As I was explaining what happened this morning to Jennifer, every guy I walked past turned their head to me and smiled. Even the guys with their girlfriend in front of them looked my way. “Hey!” I heard a girl yelled as she smacked her boyfriend in the face. “So you going in heat has taken place of you having a period?” Jennifer asked. “Not really, I’m still bleeding down there, but I think it’s a mix of the two.” I said. “And not only Lightning is attracted to you, but every guy you walk pass?” Jennifer asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “From the looks of it, yes.” I said. “I wish I could have all the guys attracted to me.” Jennifer said day dreaming. “Trust me, you don’t, they’re such pigs.” I said as we walked into our first period class. Again every guy turned to look at me and either smiled or winked. Even Mr. Frinkle gave me a funny look. “This is going to be a long day…” I said sitting down in my seat. All first period, Mr. Frinkle and the entire class but the girls couldn’t keep their eyes off me. Once class ended, it didn’t even feel like I had a first period. When lunch time came around, I made sure that Jennifer and I sat away from all the guys, just to make sure they don’t try anything funny. As Jennifer and I were heading back to class once lunch ended, the guy from off the bus earlier this morning, grabbed me and pulled me into the boy’s bathroom. He then pushed me up against the wall and began to take my pants and shirt off. “Let me go!” I yelled as I broke free from his grasp. Pulling my shirt down and trying to keep my pants on, I kicked him in the groin and he fell to his knees crying.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Don’t you ever do that again!” I screamed. I then unlocked the bathroom door, and outside waiting for me was Jennifer. “Oh my god…are you okay?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, I’m ok.” I said fixing my hair and clothes. “I can’t wait until this is all over.” I said walking to class. School finally was over for the day, and Jennifer and I went home. “I’ve got to help my dad with something when I get home, I’ll call you later.” Jennifer said getting off the bus. “Ok.” I said. When my stop came up, every guy I walked past whistled and pretended to grab my ass. “Such pigs…” I said stepping off the bus. The bus drove off, and I sighed. I turned around to head to my house, when Trevor pulled up. “How was school?” Trevor asked smiling. “Horrible.” I said turning towards him. “Horrible? How come?” Trevor asked. “Every guy was staring at me in a sexual way and I was almost rapped!” I said as I began crying. Trevor stepped out of his car and walked over to me. “Hey, it’s ok…” Trevor said hugging me. I sniffled and looked up at him. He had the same face expression as everyone at school, but it was ok for him to have that face expression for me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “How about we go inside your house, and I’ll try to make you feel better.” Trevor said rubbing down my back and smiling. Chills went through my body, and I became extremely horny in seconds. “Sure…” I said hypnotized by the mood that was around us. We both ran into the house laughing, and started making out once we got inside. My mom works all the time and she doesn’t get off until late at night, so I don’t have to worry about her walking in on us. Trevor and I made out all the way up the stairs, and into my room. Lightning saw us come in, and said “Oh so you’ll be with him, and not me?” Ignoring what he said, I kicked him out of my room and shut the door. “I see how much you love me!” Lightning cried as he scratched on my door. Trevor laid me on my back, and continued kissing me. The passion between us was so strong, it would make you faint.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Trevor then grabbed my breasts and began squeezing. In pleasure, I moaned as he kissed my neck as well. I then began undressing myself, and Trevor did too. In our underwear, Trevor got in between my legs, and began squeezing my ass as the other hand squeezed my breasts. I wanted him so bad, but I remembered that I was still a virgin. “Wait…” I said placing my finger on his lips so he would stop kissing me. “I’m…a virgin.” My face turned red, and Trevor smiled. “Same here, so it’s new to both of us.” We continued making out, and ten minutes later we began to make love. The feeling of him inside of me was so unimaginable, that I didn’t know where to begin to describe it. I moaned and moaned each time he moved, and my claws came out. I then scratched Trevor down his back, and he seemed to enjoy it. “Meow....” I said smiling as we stared deep into each other’s eyes. Trevor smiled, and kissed me on my lips.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> An hour and a half later, Trevor and I were finished, and I was lying on Trevor’s chest with my eyes closed. Trevor had his arms around me, petting me down my back, and making me purr. “I love you…” I said softly as I rubbed my face into his chest. “I love you too…” Trevor said kissing me on my head. We then fell asleep cuddling each other. Three hours passed by, and I heard a car door slam outside. I jolted up, and shook Trevor. “Tevor, my mom’s here.” I said. “Hurry, we need to get dressed and make it look like were were playing games or something.” “Huh? What?” Trevor said sleepily. “Get up silly!” I yelled rolling him out of bed. Trevor got up, and began putting on his clothes. “I’ll start the Wii up.” I said as I finished getting dressed. I heard the front door open down stairs, and my mom saying “Kristie, I’m home!” “And I see Trevor’s car outside, you two better not be doing what I think you’re doing. Trevor smiled and said “We already did.” I pushed him over, and stuck Mario Kart into the Wii. “Come on, come on!” I said as the game loaded and I heard my mom coming up the stairs.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Trevor was fully dressed now, and he sat next to me with a Wii remote in his hands. My mom opened my door, and saw us racing. “Hi mom, welcome home.” I said smiling. “Hey there.” Trevor said waving. “What are you two up to?” My mom asked. “Just playing Mario Kart Wii.” I said holding up my controller. “Mmm hmm…” My mom said believing it. “Well you two have fun, and don’t forget you have school tomorrow.” “Thanks mom, and I know.” I said smiling. She then closed the door, and Trevor and I were relieved. “That was a close one.” I said whispering just in case my mom was still at the door listening. “Yeah it was.” Trevor whispered. We spent another hour playing Mario Kart for real, and Trevor kissed me goodbye. “I had a fun time tonight.” I said holding his hands as we walked to his car. “I did too.” Trevor said smiling. We gave each other one last kiss, and Trevor got into his car and drove off. “Amazing…” I said placing my hands to my chest and feeling the love.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                       Chapter 16

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Wednesday morning I woke up with no period mixed with in heat, and I was relieved. I had to spend another day trying to avoid every guy I came across, and ignore their sexual lust for me. With my eyes barely open from being so sleepy, I grabbed my clothed from my dresser and walked into the bathroom. I placed my clothes down on the sink, and looked in the mirror. My eyes shot open, and I screamed. My cat ears were on my head, I had my cat claws coming from my fingers, my tail was wagging back and forth, my eyes were now cat eyes, I had cat fangs sticking out from my mouth, I had whiskers coming from my cheeks, and the biggest one of them all was my hair and skin. My hair was no longer pink and purple, it was back to its original color, and my skin was now furry and blonde. “What the hell happened to me?!” I yelled as I rubbed my furry blonde arm. My mom busted through the bathroom door yelling “Kristie what’s wrong?!” and when she saw me, she screamed and fainted.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Mom!” I screamed as she hit the floor. Minutes later my mom was lying in her bed, when she slowly opened her eyes and saw me. “Oh my god! Oh my god!” My mom yelled as she got out of bed and got in the corner. “It’s ok mom, it’s me Kristie!” I said trying to calm her down. “K…Kristie?!” My mom said in fear. “W…What happened to you?” I sighed, and explained the whole story. “I’m going to go over to Trevor’s house right now, and have him reverse this!” My mom said angrily. “No mom, it’s ok.” I said. “I like being half cat, plus I don’t think Trevor could reverse this, he never asked me if I wanted to.” “But…you’re different.” My mom said. “I know, but having these powers, makes me feel like I can do anything.” “Even though they can be a pain sometimes.” I said thinking about me going in heat. My mom sighed and said “Do they make you happy?” I smiled and said “Yes.” “Well I guess you can keep them, but be careful ok?” My mom asked. “Ok.” I said hugging her.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> My fur began to tickle my mom’s nose, and she pushed me away to rub it. “Can you go back to normal now?” My mom asked. “I tried while you were unconscious.” I said. “Nothing I do works.” “Well, you can’t go to school looking like that.” My mom said. “I guess you’ll have to stay home until you control it to go away.” “Ok.” I said. “And when school ends, have Trevor come over and try to help you.” My mom said. “Right now, I have to get ready for work.” “So don’t I look cute?” I asked smiling. “Yes, very cute.” My mom said smiling back. I then left her room, and went back to my room. “Ok, how can I make it where I can turn this on and off?” I asked myself. I closed my eyes, and imagined me back to normal. When I reopened my eyes, I was still furry. “Let’s try this again.” I said closing my eyes. I imagined myself normal again, and reopened my eyes to see that nothing had changed. “Uggh!” I said in frustration. “How am I going to control this?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I laid down in bed, and began thinking. Lightning jumped on my bed, and said “You look amazingly beautiful, you should stay like this.” “I don’t want to stay like this, I want to be able to turn it on and off whenever I want.” I said. “Well while you’re doing that, do you think you and I can make some kittens?” Lightning asked smiling. “You’re the only female like cat that I’ve been around since forever.” I turned to him and gave him an evil look. “Ok ok, I get it.” Lightning said licking himself. I sighed and laid on my bed for a few minutes. “Can I teach you a few tricks?” Lightning asked breaking my quiet time. “What?” I asked. “Like licking yourself.” Lightning said. “What is with you and all the sexual stuff?” I asked. “It’s not sexual; it’s to clean yourself when your fur gets dirty.” Lighting said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I sighed and said “Fine, how do I do it?” “Ok, just sit like I’m sitting, and lift up your leg.” Lightning said. I got up, and sat like Lightning was sitting. “Are you sure I can bend my leg like that?” I asked. “You’re half cat aren’t you? You should be flexible enough to do it.” Lightning said. “Ok…” I said beginning to lift my leg. I stuck out my scratchy tongue, and began to lick my leg like a cat. The fur from my leg began to enter into my mouth, and form into a ball. “I’m doing it!” I said amazed. “Good, now try to lick your back.” Lightning said as he licked he back. I got on my hands and knees, and stretched my head to my back. Just like my leg, fur began to enter into my mouth as I licked my back. “Good job.” Lightning said smiling. When I stopped licking my back, I felt a lump in my throat, and I began to hack it up. I ball of blonde fur the size of a baseball, came out of my mouth and landed on my bed. “Ew…” I said picking it up and tossing it into the trash.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “It’s not gross to me, because it’s just my fur.” Lightning said. “So what other tricks do you have to teach me?” I asked. “Well I’ve heard you purr a few times, but do you know how to hiss when angered?” Lighting asked. “Oh that’s easy.” I said. “Hisss!” “That wasn’t a real hiss that was you pretending to hiss.” Lighting said. “Well show me how.” I said. “Make me angry.” Lightning said. “Ok!” I said thinking I’m going to enjoy this. I grabbed Lightning’s tail, and pulled really hard. Lighting arched his back, his fur raised up, and he let out a loud terrifying hiss which showed his fangs. “That hurt!” Lightning yelled angrily. “You told me to make you angry.” I said smiling. “Ok, now it’s your turn!” Lighting ran up to my tail, and chomped down hard. Pain shot through my body, and I arched my back letting out a terrifying hiss like Lightning’s. “There you go!” Lightning said smiling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I rubbed my tail and said “You didn’t have to bite me.” Lightning then jumped on my TV and said “Try balancing yourself on this.” “Won’t my weight make it fall to the floor?” I asked. “It’s worth a try.” Lightning said. I got up from my bed, and got onto my dresser. “Here we go…” I said taking a deep breath. I jumped on top of my TV, and I was amazed by it not falling over. “How?” I asked as I walked back and forth. “Duh, you’re half cat, your balance and weight are just like mine.” Lightning said. “Now try to jump from here to your door without dragging your feet.” I saw the distance, and said “Are you sure?” “I haven’t been wrong yet have I?” Lightning asked. “Ok…” I said preparing myself. I felt the muscles in my legs flex, and my whole body shot across the room without my feet dragging the carpet. “Oh wow!” I said happily. “I did it!” “Excellent!” Lightning said jumping over to me. “You’re a great teacher.” I said petting Lightning. Lightning began to purr, and said “Thank you, but there’s still more to teach you.” “Ok then, let’s get started.” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> For the rest of the day, Lightning showed me several different cat aspects. When I heard the bus go by, I looked out my window to see Jennifer running down the sidewalk towards my house. “She’s going to flip when she see me.” I said as I licked myself. “Kristie you here?” Jennifer asked as she came into the house. “Yeah, I’m in my room.” I said. “How come you didn’t come to school today?” Jennifer asked as she began walking up the stairs. “Come up here and you’ll find out.” I said. Jennifer slowly opened my door, and her jaw dropped. “Wow…!” Jennifer said amazed. “You look like a cat more than ever!” “Yep, I woke up this morning like this, and I can’t make it go away.” I said. “I’m going to have Trevor come over, and see if he can help me.” I grabbed my phone from off my bed, and dialed Trevor’s number.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Lucky…you have Trevor’s number…”Jennifer jealously said as she crossed her arms. “Yeah because of this.” I said pointing at my cat transformed body. Trevor picked up, and said “Hey baby.” “Hey, look I need you to come over and check something out.” I said. “Mmm hmm…” Trevor said. “Does it involve something between your legs?” My face turned red, and I turned away from Jennifer. “No, its cat related.” I said. “Oh…” Trevor said. “I’ll be right over then.” We hung up the phone, and I turned back to Jennifer. “So I he coming?” Jennifer asked. “Yep, he’ll be here soon.” I said. “Ok!” Jennifer said happily as she began rubbing my furry blonde arm. Five minutes later, Trevor came into my room and saw Jennifer. “Oh you’re here too Jennifer.” Trevor said feeling awkward. “Hi!” Jennifer said blushing and waving. “Whoa…” Trevor said when he saw me. “You’ve gone full cat.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Yeah, and I want to go back to full normal Kristie.” I said. “It won’t let me change back.” Trevor thought for a moment and said “Well I’ve been doing more research, and I came to found out that when a ability or feature on your body appears, your body stays in the form until your body gets used to it.” “So you think this is happening to me?” I asked. “Yep, so all you have to do is just wait it out.” Trevor said smiling warmly at me. Jennifer’s phone then began to ring, and she answered it. “Hey mom.” Jennifer said. There was a pause. “Aww…do I have to?” Jennifer complained. There was another pause. “Ok, I’ll come home…” Jennifer said sadly. She then hung up the phone, and said “My mom wants me to come home and give the dog a bath.” “I’ll see you tomorrow Kristie!” Jennifer then ran out of my room. Trevor and I waited to make sure she had left the house, and when the front door slammed, Trevor and I were all over each other.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                        Chapter 17

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Looking in my mirror the next morning while I was in my underwear, I saw that I was back to normal. I had no claws, fur, cat eyes, cat ears, cat tail, fangs, and my hair was pink and purple again. “Now hopefully if I change to my cat version, I can change back to my normal version.” I said taking in a deep breath and closing my eyes. I thought about me transforming into my cat version, and when I opened my eyes, I looked just like I did yesterday. “Ok.” I said taking in another deep breath. “Let me change back please.” I closed my eyes, and thought about me transforming back to my normal self. I opened my eyes, and saw that I was no longer a cat. “Yes!” I cheered. “I’m getting better at controlling it!” I turned to get my clothes out of my dresser, and headed to the shower.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I wonder what would happen if I took a shower in my cat form?” I asked myself. “You’re not going to like it.” Lightning said. “Don’t you know some cats hate water?” “Yeah, but it shouldn’t be that bad.” I said stepping into the shower and going into my cat form. “Ok…but I warned you…” Lightning said as he left the bathroom. I turned on the shower, and when the water hit my body, every part of my body screamed and I jumped out of the shower hissing. “That was horrible!” I screamed. “I told you.” Lighting said licking himself. “Why do you think we lick ourselves?” “I’ll go back being normal and take a shower.” I said. I took my shower with no problems, ate, and got on the bus. I went through the day at school like normal and came home. Jennifer came over, and wanted to hang out in town for a bit so we began walking. As we were walking past a bakery, I heard from a mile or two away the sound of ringing. “Someone’s being robbed!” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Being robbed?” Jennifer asked looking around. “I don’t see anyone being robbed.” “That’s because it far away, I can hear ringing.” I said. “Well the police will take care of it.” Jennifer said. I felt a strange feeling come over me as if I should go take care of it myself. As Jennifer was walking the other way, I took off running towards the ringing. “Kristie! Where are you going!?” Jennifer yelled after me. I felt my speed increase as I ran, and in seconds I arrived in front of a bank with police cars all around it. The officers were behind their car doors pointing their guns towards the bank. “Come out with your hands up!” One officer said in an intercom. Inside the bank I could see men holding guns with black ski masks over their face. On the floor were people with their hands on their heads. My hands clenched and I began running towards the bank. An officer saw me and stopped me. “I’m sorry miss, but you can’t come through.” The officer said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I sighed and turned around. When the officer turned back towards the bank, I changed into my cat form, and climbed up the nearest building. On the roof, I looked at the distance from where I was to the bank. “Oh man…that’s far.” I said swallowing hard. Taking a deep breath, I back up to get some running distance, and took off running. When I came up to the edge, I jumped with all my might, and flew across the street landing on the roof of the bank. “I made it!” I cheered. I then looked around, and saw an air duct leading into the building. Of course it was covered, so I brought out my claws, and tore it to shreds. “Let’s do this!” I yelled as I jumped into the air duct. I crawled through the vents until I came to an opening that leads into the main lobby of the bank. I could see one of the guys holding his gun, barking orders to get the money out of the safe.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I took another deep breath, and fell through the vent landing on top of the guy. His comrades in shock saw me, and pointed their guns at me. “How the hell did you get in here!?” One of the guys yelled. “And what the hell are you!?” “Your doom.” I said grinning as I ran towards the guy that yelled. He and his buddies began shooting at me, but with my cat reflex’s, I dodge every bullet. I high kicked the guy in the jaw, and began whaling on his chest. The whole time this is happening, I’m dodging bullets left and right. The guy fell to the ground knocked out cold. I turned to his buddies, and they became very angry. “Die you beast!” another guy yelled as he and the guy next to him began shooting uncontrollably. Dodging every bullet, I came closer and closer to them. Once I was close enough, I tore their guns up into tiny pieces, and they looked down at the remains in shock.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “What are you going to do now?” I asked smiling and showing one of my fangs. They both fell to the ground in fear, and suddenly I felt a sharp pain go through my right shoulder. I turned around to see the guy I fell on, standing up with his gun hoisted at me. “You’re going to pay for this.” He said grinning. He began shooting, and in pain from my shoulder, I dodged every bullet having some bullets nearly hitting me. I grabbed a cash register from off the counter, and flung it at him. He held up his hand and smacked the cash register to the other side of the room. I charged at him with full force, and tackled him to the ground. I then began scratching his face up until you couldn’t recognize him anymore. Huffing and puffing, I got off of him and walked towards the other bank robbers the fell to the fell in fear. “Get up!” I screamed. They nervously stood up, and I grabbed both of them by the throat. I carried them outside, and dropped them to the ground. “There’s two more in there.” I said looking at the police.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> The police were dumbfounded from what I just did, and one of the officers came over to me and put handcuffs on the guys I dropped. Everyone that was watching began cheering, and began chanting “Cat girl! Cat girl!” I smiled and lifted up my arm in the glory. “Who are you?” one of the officers said coming up to me. “I’m just a Neko, a Neko Heroine.” I said thinking about what a half human and half cat person is. I then climbed up the side of the bank, and disappeared from everyone’s view. I changed back to normal, and on the other side of the street, as I watched as the officers put the robbers in the back of their cars. Holding my shoulder, I heard Jennifer behind me yelling “There you are!” She noticed that I was hurt, and said “Oh my god! What happened?!” “I’ll tell you later, let’s just get to Trevor’s house ok?” I asked. “Sure sure!” Jennifer said as we both began walking.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> When we arrived at Trevor’s house, Trevor was in shock from my wound and invited me in. As I was sitting down in the lab, I explained the whole story to Jennifer. “So you beat up those robbers and called yourself Neko Heroine?” Jennifer asked. “Yep.” I said. “Just like in the mangas!” Jennifer said happily. Trevor pulled out the bullet from my shoulder, and I let out a loud scream. He then sprayed me with his healing spray, and the wound healed up in an instance. “So you’re a hero huh?” Trevor asked. “Heroine, that’s a female version of a Hero.” I said. “Well you should be a little more careful.” Trevor said smiling. “This is so cool!” Jennifer said jumping up and down. “You’re like the heroes that saved Planet Raeth, or one of the heroes from a comic!” “So how did it feel?” Trevor asked. “What do you mean?” I asked. “To save all of those people in the bank.” Trevor said. “It felt amazing, knowing that they know someone’s out there watching over them.” I said happily.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Are you going to wear a costume?” Jennifer asked. “I don’t need one.” I said. “My cat form is my costume.” “Well you should at least wear something that won’t give away who you are.” Jennifer said. I looked down at my pink Amy shirt and said “Yeah you’re right, I wear this shirt a lot, someone would recognize me.” “Well let’s head back to your house and choose some clothes for you.” Jennifer said walking towards the labs entrance. “Right behind you.” I said getting off the table. When Jennifer wasn’t looking, I kissed Trevor on the lips, and took off running. I looked back and said “Thank you!” He smiled and said “You’re welcome.” Jennifer and I were in my room, going through my clothes picking out what would be great for me to wear. I stripped down to my underwear, and began holding clothes up to my body. “Hmm…nope.” I said going through clothing after clothing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Lightning jumped on my bed, and Jennifer without looking, threw clothes on top of him. “Hey who turned out the light?!” Lightning said trying to free himself from the pile of clothes. He poked his head out, and a purple tube top was still on his head. I thought for a second, and had a great idea. “I know what my shirt will be!” I said picking up Lightning and the purple tube top. “What?” Jennifer asked. I held Lightning in front of the purple tube top, and said “I’ll wear this purple tube top, with a cats face on the front.” “That’s a great idea!” Jennifer said clapping. “Now…how can I get a cat face on it?” I asked. “I know how to sew.” Jennifer said. “How do you know how to sew?” I asked. My mom taught me when I was little.” Jennifer said. “Sweet, now what can my pants be?” I asked. “Why not just wear nothing, you are half cat after all.” Lightning said. “No way, even if I have fur, you can still get a good view of my breasts and crotch.” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Durn…” Lightning said disappointed. I looked around and saw my blue skirt my mom had bought me last Christmas. “I’ll wear this, because it’ll be easier for my tail to move around.” I said picking it up. “That’s a great idea!” Jennifer said happily. I noticed Lightning playing with my martial arts black belt, and took it from him. “Stop, or you’ll mess it up.” I said. “But it’s fun.” Lightning said frowning. I held it in front of me and said “I’ll wear this too, so it’ll let the bad guys know that I’m not to be messed with since I’m a black belt in karate.” I said lying it down on my tube top and skirt. “So what else?” I asked. “I think that’s it.” Jennifer said smiling. “You should wear something other than that necklace.” Lightning said. “You’ll defiantly be recognized if you’re wearing that.” “Oh you’re right” I said taking it off. “You should also wear a collar, since you’re half cat and all.” Lightning said. I gave him an evil look. “I didn’t mean it like that.” Lightning said on his hind legs and waving his front paws back and forth. I thought about it, and said “Yeah I should…” “But I don’t own a collar.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “We can go buy one!” Jennifer said smiling. “Ok!” I said putting my clothes back on. We took off running out of my room. Jennifer and I headed back into town, I bought a cute pink collar with a red gem in the middle, and headed back home. “Ok, let’s see how I look.” I said back in my room as I stripped down again. I put on the purple tube top, the blue skirt, my black belt, and the pink collar. “Looking good so far.” I said looking in the mirror. I then changed to my cat form, and said “Oh wow!” Jennifer came up beside me and said “Aww!!! You look so cute!” I blushed and said “Really?” “Yeah, this outfit is perfect for you!” Jennifer said happily. “Do you think anyone can see my underwear with my tail up in the air like that?” I said turning and looking at my tail. Jennifer backed up a few feet, and said “Not really, unless you really look.” Jennifer said tilting her head. “Good, because I don’t want perverts getting a good look under my skirt after I kick their ass.” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I got a good view.” Lightning said grinning. I felt rage build inside of me, and I kicked Lighting across the room. “Pervert!” I screamed. Lightning held his head and said “It was worth it.” The rest of the night, Jennifer and I talked about me being a heroine, and how I would be popular among the people of Planet Raeth. Before she left to go home, I gave her my purple tube top. “I’ll have it done by tomorrow.” Jennifer said. “Thank Jennifer.” I said smiling. Once she left my room, I grabbed my phone to call Trevor, and laid down on my bed. “Hey baby.” Trevor said on the other line. “Hey love muffin.” I said smiling. We talked for a few hours, until it was time to go to bed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                   Chapter 18

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer came over the next day with the tube top finished, and a brown paper bag. “What’s in the bag?” I asked as she set it down. Lighting jumped onto my computer desk and began sniffing the bag. “Just a little something for Lightning.” Jennifer said smiling. “Whatever it is, it’s making me want it bad!” Lightning said scratching at the bag. Jennifer handed me the tube top, and I looked at the cat picture that was on the front. “Wow this is great…” I said turning to Jennifer as she opened the paper bag and pulled out catnip. My nose got a whiff of it, my cat form came out on its own, and my entire body went into over drive. “Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie!” I yelled as I tackled Jennifer. I took the catnip from her, and began sniffing it uncontrollably. “It smells sooooooo good.” I said high on the catnip. Lightning jumped on my back, and began clawing at my face screaming “Hand it over!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I ripped him off my back, jumped onto my TV, and hissed. “Maybe bringing catnip over was a bag idea…” I heard Jennifer say. I took another whiff of the catnip, and fell to the floor with my eyes half opened and a smile across my face. “I’m sooooo stoned right now…” I said laughing. Lightning ran up to me and snatched the catnip from my hand. “Mine now!” Lighting cheered as he ran under my bed. “Oh no you don’t!” I yelled going under my bed after him. Lightning was in the corner hissing, and when I tried to reach for him, he scratched my hand. “Ow! Why you little!” I yelled as got deeper under my bed. Lightning then took off running, and I managed to grab him by his tail. “Come here you little demon!” I said pulling him towards me. He then sprayed me in the face, and I let go screaming “Eww!” I whipped the piss from off my face and got from under my bed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Kristie…I think you should calm down…” Jennifer said coming towards me. “No! Now where did he go?!” I yelled as I looked around my room. Jennifer pointed at the closet. I walked over to the closet and opened the door. Lightning was nowhere in sight. “Come on out, or things will get ugly!” I yelled. Lightning suddenly jumped from behind a pile of clothes, and knocked me to the floor. I grabbed him by the leg before he could get away, and snatched the catnip. “Yes! I got it!” I cheered as I stood up and held it into the air. Jennifer quickly took if from me, and stuffed it into her pocket. “Give it back!” I whined as I tried to go into her pockets. “Not until you calm down.” Jennifer said. I crossed my arms and said “Fine…” I then watched as Lightning crept up from behind Jennifer getting ready to pounce as soon as she takes out the catnip. “Watch out for Lightning.” I said pointing at him. Jennifer turned to him, and pulled out the catnip.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Lightning jumped into the air, and I held up my foot so he would hit it. Lightning fell to the ground knocked out cold. “Ok, I’m going to split the catnip between the both of you ok?” Jennifer asked. “Ok…” I said. Jennifer split the catnip in half, and handed me my half. She then held it in front of Lightning’s nose, and when Lightning awoke, she threw it into the closet. Lightning chased after it, and Jennifer shut the door behind him. I laid on my bed sniffing and nibbling on the catnip as if it were candy. Jennifer sat next to me and watched as I enjoyed my catnip. “How do you feel?” Jennifer asked. “I feel like I’m high in the air like a kite, and the wind is blowing through my hair as I watch rainbows make babies.” I said high off my mind. “So do you like the picture on the tube top?” Jennifer asked. “Yeah, it looks nice.” I said rubbing all over my bed and sniffing the catnip at the same time.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Thank you.” Jennifer said smiling. Minutes later I finished eating the catnip, and I was still feeling high. “What else do cats feel when they eat catnip?” I asked. Jennifer thought for a second and said “Well they experience drooling, sleepiness, anxiety, leaping about and purring.” Jennifer turned to me and saw drool coming from my mouth. “Just like that.” Jennifer said pointing at my drool. I whipped my drool away, and began to yawn. “Boy am I sleepy.” I said. “There’s another.” Jennifer said. I laid down and closed my eyes as I purred. All of a sudden, my eyes shot open. “Oh my god! Oh my god!” I screamed. “What? What is it?” Jennifer asked. “My hair! Is it ok?” I yelled as I messed with my hair. “Yes, you’re hair is fine.” Jennifer said. “You’re having another side effect from the catnip.” “Oh my god which one?!” I said still worrying about my hair. “Anxiety.” Jennifer said. “Oh my god! What’s that mean? Is it something bad? I hope it’s nothing bad! Please tell me it’s nothing bad!” I said flipping out. “It’s where you get worried or nervous.” Jennifer said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Oh…” I said calming down. Then I felt a bolt of energy go through my body, and I began jumping around the room like a ninny. Jennifer sighed and shook her head. In the closet I could hear Lighting screaming “Where am I?! Why is it dark?! Am I dead?! Help someone let me out!” I giggled and continued jumping around the room. Jennifer walked over to the closet because Lightning was scratching at the door, and let him out. Once Lightning was free, he began jumping around the room with me. “Weeee! This is fun!” I cheered. “I feel like a kitten again!” Lightning said happily. We spent the last hour jumping around, and Jennifer had to go home. Lightning and I were lying on the bed tuckered out, and I told Jennifer that I was sorry for the way I acted. “It’s ok, I enjoyed watching you two jump around the room.” Jennifer said smiling. “I’ll see you tomorrow ok?” “Sure,” I said giving her thumbs up. She then left out of my room. “We should do this again sometime.” Lightning said turning to me. “Yeah we should.” I said petting his head.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                     Chapter 19

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Finally it’s Saturday!” I said waking up and rubbing my eyes. “I can now go into town, and hang around looking for any bad guys to show up.” I got dressed, stuffed my cat form clothes into my backpack, and headed out of my room. “Kristie I made breakfast.” My mom said as I was about to head out of the door. “That’s ok mom, I’ll eat something in town.” I said. “Why are you going to town?” my mom asked. “To beat up bad guys.” I said smiling. I then walked out the front door, and ran to the sidewalk. “I would let Jennifer come with me, but I don’t want her to get hurt.” I said as I headed towards town. Once I was in town, I walked by a few buildings looking for any signs of danger. “Seems quite…” I said smiling. As I was walking past an ally, a guy out of nowhere grabbed me, and pulled me into the ally. Him and his buddies threw me down to the ground, and began tearing off my clothes. In rage, I changed to my cat form, and bested free from their grip.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Holy crap!” One of the guys yelled when he saw a good view of me. I was partly in my bra and underwear, so I tore the rest of my clothes off, and stuck on my cat outfit. “That was my favorite shirts.” I said cracking my knuckles. The guy that grabbed me had a smug look on his face, and he said “Don’t be afraid boys, she’s just a freak.” “Once we take her down, we’ll have our fun with her.” My hands clenched and I gritted my teeth. As the guy was laughing, I jumped high into the air and came down on him with my foot in his mouth. “You like that taste?” I asked. “That’s the taste of an ass whooping.” I then kicked his body at his buddies, and they fell to the ground. The guy that said holy crap began to come up from behind me, once he was close enough, I smacked him in the face with my tail. He fell to the ground, and began crying like a baby.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Just as I was about to smash another guy’s face in, a police car came by and saw us. His alarms went off, and both the driver and his buddy got out of the car. “Freeze! You’re all under arrest.” Said the driver. All the guys that grabbed me fell to their knees with their hands behind their heads. “Thank goodness you’re here officer, these guys jumped me and tried to rape me.” I said walking towards them. The driver and his buddy handcuffed the guys, and picked them up. “Neko Heroine right?” The driver asked. “Yes sir.” I said smiling and nodding. “You’re quite the hero, have you ever considered working for the law?” The driver asked. “No sir, I’m still in school so I can’t.” I said. “Well we appreciate the help your giving us, keep up the good work.” The driver said. He shoved the guys in the back of his car, and they drove away. “They appreciate my help!” I said happily. “This is nothing like the movies where they tell the good guy to leave this kind of work to them.” Still in my cat form, I climbed up the side of the building and got up on the roof.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I’m feeling more like a hero by the minute.” I said proudly. I then jumped to another building, and felt the wind in my fur. “This is so amazing!” I cheered. For the next few hours, I rounded up bad guy after bad guy. I had a few cuts and bruises, but since I can heal those pretty fast, they were gone in seconds. It was getting dark, and I still feel pumped and full of energy. “I’ll take care of one more bad guy, and then go home for the day.” I said perched on the edge of a building. I closed my eyes and focused my ears to hear the surrounding sounds around me. I could hear cars honking their horns, babies crying, a few people sleeping, and the subway that was under the street. “Hm…seems pretty normal.” I said. All of a sudden, there was a cry for help coming from a few blocks away. “Someone’s in danger!” I yelled as I ran towards the cry for help. I came up to an ally, with a guy with a black ski mask over his face holding a knife up to a women’s throat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Just give me the purse, and I won’t kill you!” The guy screamed as he tried to pry the purse from the women’s hands. “Help!” the women cried. “Hey!” I yelled as I slid down the side of the building with my claws. “Let the lady go!” The guy turned to me and said “Well if it isn’t the cat girl.” The mugger said turning to me. “You look pretty sexy in that skirt.” “Too bad you won’t get the chance to take pictures.” I said grinning. “We’ll see about that!” the mugger yelled as he came at me with the knife. I grabbed his hand he was holding his knife with, and went to twist it. He then grabbed my arm, and lifted me over his head. I fell on my back having the wind nearly knocked out of me. “I see you’re a black belt.” The mugger said pointing at my black belt around my waist. “I’m a black belt as well.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Well this should be an interesting fight.” I said picking myself up off the ground and whipping the dirt off of me. The mugger dropped his knife and came at me with his fist at his side, and when he went to hit me, I grabbed his arm and high kicked him in the face. Ignoring my blow, he elbowed me in the side, and I let go of his arm. The mugger then did a back flip, and charged at me with a spin kick. I blocked his kick, and punched him in the guts. He let out a loud cough, and looked up at me with an evil smile on his face. “What are you smiling about?” I asked. The mugger grabbed a hand full of dirt, and threw it in my face. “My eyes!” I cried as I rubbed them. The mugger ran up to me, and began punching me in the stomach repeatedly. He then tripped me up, and upper cutted me in the gut. I let out a loud cough, and blood flew from my mouth. Lying on the ground in pain, the mugger picked up his knife and got on top of me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You’re going to have to do better than that.” The mugger said with his knife at my throat. He then grabbed my ass and said “Nice piece of ass you got here, mind if I have my way with it?” The mugger then laughed, and I kneed him in the groin. He fell backwards holding himself, and I got up with fire in my eyes. “How dare you grab my ass!” I screamed as I let my claws out. “N…Now hold on just a minute, can we talk about this?!” the mugger said as he began scooting away from me. “Sure we’ll talk about it, after I beat you into hamburger!” I yelled. “P…Please no!” the mugger begged. I jumped on top of him, and began whaling on his face. “Never…touch…my ass…again!” I screamed. After I was done, the muggers face probably looked liked it went through a crushing machine that’s at a dump. There was some rope nearby, so I grabbed it and tied the mugger up.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “The police will be here for you soon.” I said grinning. “I hope you enjoy your time in jail.” The women the mugger was mugging, came up to me and said “Thank you so much, how can I ever repay you?” “There’s no need ma’am.” I said. “As long as you’re safe.” I then took off running, and climbed up the building I was on earlier. Tired and hungry, I walked into my house, and went into the kitchen to heat up last night’s dinner. I then walked up to my room, and laid down on my bed. My phone began to ring, so I put it on silent. “Not now Jennifer, I had a long day.” I said turning back to my normal self. I turned on my TV and shoved a spoonful of macaroni and cheese into my mouth.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                      Chapter 20

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Mom! I’m heading over to Kristie’s house!” I said as I put my shoes on. “Ok Jennifer, just remember to be back home before eleven ok?” My mom asked in the living room. “Ok!” I said happily as I left out of my house. “Kristie didn’t talk to me last night, so I’m going to go see what she’s up to.” I said as I skipped down the street. It was a three minute walk from my house to hers, one and a half if I was running. I saw Kristie’s house in the distance, and felt a rush of joy fill my body. “I’m so glad Kristie’s my friend, if she hadn’t moved here, I think I would still be depressed.” I said. As I got closer, I noticed Trevor’s car in front of her house. “What’s Trevor doing here?” I asked myself. I came up to the front door, and walked in. “Kristie I’m here!” I yelled. There was no answer. “Ok I’m coming up!” I yelled as I began walking up the stairs. When I reached the top of the stair case, I could hear moaning coming from Kristie’s room.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Is Trevor doing another wound test?” I asked myself as I grabbed the doorknob. I twisted the doorknob, and slowly opened the door. I poked my head inside of Kristie’s room, and was shocked from what I saw. Kristie was on top of Trevor rocking back and forth with no clothes on. My eyes widen, and tears began to fill my eyes. I felt as if my heart was stabbed with a dagger, and I quickly shut the door. With my hands covering my eyes and tears flowing like a waterfall, I ran downstairs and out the front door. I began heading back to my house. I had a secret bush that was a few blocks down from my house, so I jumped inside and sat on the ground bawling. “H…How could s…she do this to me?” I said huffing and puffing. “She knew I was in love with Trevor, and she steals him from me.” I whipped away some tears, and thought about them together in Kristie’s room which made me burst out crying again. “S…She didn’t even tell me!” I said starting to get angry. “We’re suppose to be friends and she didn’t tell me!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I began smashing my fists into the ground as my tears flew in different directions. “How could she!? How could she!? How could she!?” I said with my face in the ground. I took in deep breathes and whipped my tears away again. “Why does Trevor like her som much?” I asked myself. I thought for a second and said “Is it because she’s just one of Trevor’s experiments?” I stood up and stepped out of the bush. “Well if that’s the reason why he likes her so much, then I’ll become one of his experiments too!” I said as I began running towards Trevor’s house. “I’ll make him love me and not Kristie!” When I ran by Kristie’s house, I saw that Trevor was still there. “Lucky…” I said jealously. I ran up to Trevor’s house, and saw that his dad wasn’t home. “Perfect…” I said smiling. Sneaking around the house, I found a window that lead into the lab. “Please be open…” I said walking up to it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I pushed the glass, and the window opened right up. “Yes!” I cheered. Sliding inside, I noticed I was in a closet. I opened the closet door, and walked into the lab. “Let’s see Trevor said he kept his animals over…” I said as I searched around the room. “…there!” I walked up to a metal door, and turned the doorknob. As I opened the door, I could hear all sorts of animal coming from inside the room. “Now to be just like Kristie.” I said happily. I flicked on the switch, and all the animals in their cages turned their eyes on me. “Hi there, Baldy.” I said smiling as I walked up to his cage. “Last time I saw you, was when we left from the mall.” I stuck my finger in his cage, and he went to bite me. “Eek!” I said pulling out my finger, and falling backwards. I fell onto a big switch that said ‘Cage release’ and pulled it down. “Uh oh…” I said as the cage doors opened. All the animals came out of their cages, and came at me. “Oh no!” I screamed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> On my left leg I was bitten by a python reticulatus, on my right arm I was bitten by a golden retriever, on my right leg I was bitten by a jack rabbit, on my left arm I was bitten by a spider monkey, and on my neck I was bitten by Baldy. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I screamed for help. Then all the animals that bit me ran out of the room. Feeling extremely dizzy, I fell to the ground and passed out. I then awoke when I heard bumping and voices from upstairs. Freaking out, I ran out of the animal room and back into the closet. The window I can in, was too high for me to reach. “Oh no! Oh no! What do I do?!” I whispered. I looked up at the window, and my legs began to feel like they were about to take off. Jumping as high as I could, I caught the window sill and pulled myself out the closet. Once I was outside, I took off towards one of the neighbor’s house. When there was no one around, I could feel this strange power deep inside of me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Oh wow…” I said amazed. “Is this how Kristie feels?” I remembered jumping high into the air, and catching the window sill. “How did I do that?” I asked myself. I bent my legs, and jumped. This time I didn’t jump high into the air, I jumped like I normally do. “Why can’t I jump like before?” I asked jumping again. I saw that it was getting dark, so I began heading back home. “Maybe I’ll try some more when I get home.” I said taking off. When I got home, I told my mom and dad that I was home, and ran up to my room. I closed and locked the door behind me, and sat on my bed. “Ok, I was bitten by five animals, so let’s see what happens.” I said closing my eyes. I thought about Baldy that bit me, and when I opened my eyes I noticed my mouth and nose had changed. “Oh my god!” I said feeling the yellow eagle beak. “I have a beak!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I rubbed my beak back and forth, and my mom knocked on my door. “Jennifer are you ok in there?” My mom asked. “Yeah I’m fine, I just saw a spider that’s all.” I said. “Oh ok.” My mom said. She the walked away from my door. I made the beak go away, and thought of another animal. Let’s try the python.” I said closing my eyes. When I reopened them, I saw that my skin had turned all scaly. “Woah…” I said amazed. “I can’t wait to show this to Kristie!” I then thought about what I saw earlier, and said “I mean Trevor, and then he’ll be sure to love me!” I made the scales go away, and for the rest of the night I practiced making different animal parts appear on me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                       Chapter 21

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> All day today, Jennifer hasn’t said anything to me or even looked at me. She didn’t seem mad, so that can’t be it. After school, I got off the bus and headed over to her house. As I was walking down the sidewalk, Trevor pulled up beside me and lowered his window. “Come with me, I need to show you something.” Trevor said with a serious face. “Ok…” I said getting into the car. We drove off, and headed to his house. Once we were in his house, we went down to the lab. “Yesterday after my dad I got home, we came down to the lab, and saw that someone was in here. “Who?” I asked. “I don’t know, but whoever it was released all of the animals.” Trevor said as he opened the door to the animal room. All of the cages that had animals in them were now empty. “So what do you want me to do?” I asked. “Well luckily my dad and I implanted tracking chips in all of the animals, so I need your help to try and capture them all.” Trevor said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Ok.” I said smiling. “And maybe I can find out from the animals who released them.” “I thought you could only talk to cats?” Trevor asked. “Yeah…but I’ll at least give it a try.” I said. “Ok then, let’s head out.” Trevor said grabbing the tracking device from off the table. We left the house, and followed to the whereabouts of the first animal that appeared on the device. The first animal we came across, was Baldy, the eagle that Jennifer named. He was perched on a tree branch in the park. Trevor and I got out of the car, and Trevor pulled out a net gun. “Good luck.” Trevor said handing me the gun. I went into my cat form, and walked up to the tree Baldy was in. “Nice Baldy…” I said as I crept up towards him. Baldy spread open his wings, and let out a loud screech. I pointed the gun at him, and out shot a net. Before the net could get close, Baldy took off into the air. “Damn!” I yelled. I climbed up the tree, and jumped high into the air.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Baldy took off into the sky, and I fell to the ground missing him with one of the nets. “Shoot!” I said chasing after him. Baldy looked down at me, and turned towards me. “Going to make this easy on me?” I asked as I got the gun ready. When he was close enough, I fired a net at him, and he dodged it just in time. He swooped over my head, and laid a white one on me. “Eeww! That is so gross!” I said laying on the ground and rolling around to get the crap off. “Ok now I’m mad!” I said standing up. Baldy was now perched on the pier that was over top of the pond. “I’ll get you this time!” I said dashing towards him. I aimed my gun at him, jumped towards him, and fired. Baldy flew away, and the net wrapped around the pole he was sitting on. As for me, I fell into the pond, and began freaking out when I hit the water. The water drove me crazy, that I quickly changed back to my normal self. Baldy then landed on my head.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You’re a bad eagle.” I said looking up at him. I pointed the gun at him, and fired. The net wrapped around his body, and he fell into the water. “Oh yeah! That’s what you get!” I cheered as I watched Baldy squirmed in the net splashing water everywhere. I pulled him out of the water, and walked over to Trevor. Trevor pulled a special cage from out of his trunk, and I placed Baldy inside. “So Baldy, can you understand me?” I asked as I squeezed some water out of my shirt. Baldy looked at me, and stared at me as if I was stupid. “I guess I can only talk to cats.” I said. “Well that sucks, now we can’t figure out who set the animals free.” Trevor said frowning. “Let’s go round the other animals up.” I said getting back into Trevor’s car. Luckily there wasn’t anyone at the park that saw who I was or what I changed into. We drove off following to where the next animal was.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Two hours later, after I had multiple problems of trying to get each animal, we finished gathering all the animals up, and drove back to Trevor’s house. “Not one animal could understand me.” I said as I helped carry all the animals back into the lab. “Well you either can only talk to cats or your ability to talking to animals haven’t developed that far.” Trevor said. “Oh ok.” I said. “Well thanks baby, for helping me.” Trevor said smiling. “No problem muffin.” I said smiling back. We then kissed, and I headed for the door. Trevor smacked me on the ass, and I turned around and winked at him.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                     Chapter 22

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> In just a short amount of time, unlike Kristie, I’ve managed to control three out of five of the animals that bit me. So far I can go into an eagle form, rabbit form, and a golden retriever form. After school, I went up to my room to make sure I was ready to show Trevor my new abilities. I closed and locked my door, and opened my window. I changed to my eagle form, and felt the wind coming through the window blow through my black feathers. From head to toe, I was covered in black feathers. I had eagle eyes, and eagle beak that was yellow, and my arms were now large wings. I climbed out of the window, and began falling towards the ground. I held out my arms, and the wind beneath me caught a hold of my wings and made me sore into the sky. “Weeee!” I said happily as I began flying around my house. Everything underneath me was getting smaller and smaller as I flew higher and higher. “This is so amazing!” I said smiling. I began flying away from my house, and into the city.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> All the people and cars looked as if they were off ‘The Sims’ games. Using my binocular vision, I zoomed in at the ground and could see someone’s face clear as day. “Flying is so cool!” I said joyfully as I flew around a tall building and looking at all the people inside of it as they watched me with their jaws dropped. “I giggled, and flew down into an ally way. “Now let’s try my rabbit form.” I said changing from my eagle form to my rabbit form. My entire body was now covered in black fur, and I had long rabbit ears as well as rabbit eyes and a cute black cotton tail. I looked up at one of the buildings, and prepared to jump. Just like in the closet the other day, I jumped high into the air, and landed on the roof. I then took off across all the buildings at full speed, and jumped on the roof of a much taller building. “Trevor’s going to love this!” I said happily. I looked down at the ground, and jumped off the side of the building.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> As I was in the air, I changed back to my eagle form, and flew the rest of the way down. “Now let’s try my doggie form!” I said landing into another all way. My eagle features began to go away, and my dog form began to cover my body. I had short black fur, droopy doggie ears, dog eyes, and a bushy black tail. “Woof!” I barked as I got on my fours. All of a sudden, the smell of cooking hotdogs filled my nose. I took off running out of the all way, and ran past everyone on the sidewalk as they looked at me in shock. A few blocks from the all way, I could see the hotdog stand in the distance. “Hotdogs!” I cheered as I ran towards the hotdog stand. The guy at the hotdog stand saw me, and took off screaming. I dove my face into the stand, and began chowing down on all the hotdogs. “So…good…” I said with my mouth full of hotdogs. All of a sudden, a dog catcher came up behind me with a lance, and wrapped the metal loop around my neck.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> He pulled me out of the stand, and gasped when he saw my face. I looked up at him, and growled. Ignoring my teeth that showed, he pulled me towards his truck yelling “Come on dog, let’s go!” I stood on my feet, and grabbed the lance. The dog catcher’s eyes grew wide as I snapped the lance in half with my mouth. He panicked, and ran for his truck. I chased after him, and began scratching and barking at his window when he got inside and closed the door. He then drove off, and nearly hit a stop sign. I smiled and began walking the other way. Everyone I walked passed, kept their distance and ran away. “Time to show Trevor.” I said changing back into my eagle form, and taking off into the sky. I flew out of the city, by my house and Kristie’s house, and landed in front of Trevor’s house. I changed to my normal self, and knocked on Trevor’s front door. A few seconds later, Trevor opened the door and saw me standing on his porch.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Oh hey Jennifer, what brings you here?” Trevor asked. “Well…” I said blushing. “I want to show you something…” “Oh? What is it?” Trevor asked. I took a deep breath, and changed into my dog form. Trevor’s jaw dropped, and he nearly fell to the floor. “I’m just like Kristie.” I said happily. “So now you can like me too!” Trevor still in shock said “So wait a minute…” “It was you who broke into my lab, and released all of my animals?” “Well…kind of…” I said. “I wanted to get bit by one of your animals, so you could love me like you love Kristie.” “How do you know that I love her?” Trevor asked. He then thought about it, and said “Oh…so you were the one who opened Kristie’s bedroom door…?” I nodded and said “Yeah that was me…” “So you think I’m with Kristie just because she’s half cat?” Trevor asked. “Am I right?” I asked. “No, but you coming into my lab the other day, was not cool.” Trevor said. “Sorry, but I just wanted you to love me.” I said. “Well not to hurt your feelings Jennifer, but I was never really attracted to you.” Trevor said. “When I first saw Kristie the day she went to get transferred, I felt a connection between us.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Tears began to fill my eyes. “So you never liked me?” I asked. “I like you, but only as a friend.” Trevor said. “I’m sorry.” I was now bawling with my face in my hands. “I…I did this for you…” I said huffing and puffing. “Well, if you want me to, I can try to find a way to reverse what you have.” Trevor said. An anger began building up inside of me for Kristie, and I took off into the sky in my eagle form. “Jennifer come back!” Trevor said below me. I ignored him, and flew home. I flew into my window, and laid on my bed crying. All of a sudden, my phone began to ring. I checked it, and saw that it was Kristie. Clenching the phone, I tossed it as hard as I could out of my window, and continued crying. “I hate you Kristie!” I screamed as I began pounding my fists on the bed. “I hate you! I hate you!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                           Chapter 23

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I wonder why Jennifer didn’t show up to school today.” I said to myself as I got off the bus. “I better go check on her and make sure she’s ok.” I said as I started to head towards her house. All of a sudden, I heard my phone ringing in my room. I ran into the house, into my room, and answered the phone. “Hello?” I asked. “Hey baby.” Trevor said on the other line. “I know who came into my lab the other day.” “You do? Who?” I asked. “Jennifer.” Trevor said. “She came by my house yesterday, and told me.” “Jennifer?” I asked. “Yes, and there’s more.” Trevor said. “She has a animal form as well.” “She does?!” I said in shock. “Yes, more than one.” Trevor said. “Jennifer told me that she got bitten so she could be just like you and that I could love her.” “Oh my god…” I said placing my hand over my mouth. “So she saw us the other day?” “Yes.” Trevor said. “The first from she showed me was her dog form, then when she was upset, she took off into the air in her eagle form.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Jennifer…” I said sadly. “I did this to you…” “Hey, it’s not your fault.” Trevor said. “It’s mine.” “How?” I asked. “I was the one who accidently let the Lightning loose that night, and I was the one who accidently left the window in the closet unlocked.” Trevor said. “But…” I said. “No buts, it’s my fault.” Trevor said. “Well what are we going to do about Jennifer?” I asked. “You should go over to her house, and try to comfort her.” Trevor said. “I don’t know…I’ve got a bad feeling about that.” I said. “But I’ll go…” “Ok, call me when you get back home so I’ll know you’re ok.” Trevor said. “Ok.” I said smiling. “I love you.” Trevor said. “I love you too.” I said happily. I hung up the phone, and headed out of my room. Two minutes later, I walked up to Jennifer’s front door and knocked. A few seconds later, Jennifer opened the door. “Hey Jennifer, I heard about yesterday…” I began to say when she slammed the door in my face.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Go away!” Jennifer said on the other side of the door. “I just want to talk.” I said. She opened the door and got in my face. “I don’t want to talk to a backstabber like you!” Jennifer yelled. She then slammed the door in my face again. “I know what I did was wrong, and I should have told you.” I said sighing. “I’m sorry.” “Sorry doesn’t work for me anymore, I hate you and your stupid cat form!” Jennifer yelled. “Look!” I yelled. “I’m sorry, but you don’t have to be such a…” “What!?” Jennifer said flying the door open. “The B word?!” “Yeah!” I yelled. “You’re the B word!” Jennifer screamed. “You moved here, stole the man of my dreams, lied to me, and didn’t even care about how I would feel!” “That’s not true!” I yelled. “I did nothing but care about how you feel, I tried to keep Trevor and I a secret so I wouldn’t hurt your feelings!” “How was the sex with him the other day huh?!” Jennifer asked. “Did it feel great? Because it hurt me like hell!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “The sex with Trevor was amazing!” I yelled as I grinned. “Too bad you’ll never be able to feel that with him!” Jennifer snapped, and tackled me to the ground in her dog form. I changed to my cat form, and we began struggling with each other in the grass. “I hate you!” Jennifer screamed as she bit me on my arm. I cried out in pain, and scratched her on the face. As she had her face in her hands screaming, I grabbed her around the neck and pulled her over me. Jennifer landed on her back, and screamed I anger. I stood up, and whipped the blood off my arm where she bit me at. “I’ll kill you!” Jennifer yelled as she got up and her body began to change. She was now half rabbit, and she started running around me at full speed. I tried to keep my eyes on her, but she was moving too fast for me to catch up with her. She then jumped at me, and punched me in the gut. The impact from her blow, caused me to fall to my hands and knees.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I was trying to gasp for air, when she came at me again with a kick in my face. I flew to the other side of the yard, and crashed into a tree. Jennifer changed her body into her eagle form, and flew at me with her beak aimed at my heart. I picked myself up, and elbowed her in the back when she was close enough. Jennifer fell to the ground, and I got on top of her. I then began whaling on her back, as she let out loud cries from every blow. All of a sudden she changed again, and this time is wasn’t a form Trevor told me about. Jennifer now had short black fur, a long monkey tail, monkey ears, and monkey feet. She wrapped her tail around me, and threw me like I was a rag doll. Jennifer picked herself up off the ground, and looked at her monkey tail. “This is new.” Jennifer said smiling. “How many animals can you change into?!” I asked. “Enough to take you down!” Jennifer yelled.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I brought out my claws, and charged at her. When I was a few feet from her, she jumped up into the tree above her. Jennifer than grabbed me with her monkey foot, and began slamming me into the tree. “Die! Die! Die!” Jennifer screamed. My face kept pounding into the tree, until I held my claws in front of me, and drove my claws into the tree. Jennifer couldn’t pull me loose, so she hung down with her tail, and grabbed me by the hair. I jerked my head away, and freed one of my claws. I then turned around, and began slashing her face repeatedly. Jennifer fell to the ground crying, and I freed my other hand. Just as I was about to stab her in the chest, she kicked me in the head, and changed to her eagle form. Holding my head, I watched as she took off into the sky and disappeared in the distance. Catching my breath, I changed back to my normal form and began walking home. Trevor pulled up beside me, and saw that I was wounded.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Get in, I’ll take you back home and heal you wound with my spray.” Trevor said holding up the bottle of his healing spray. I got into the car, and we drove off. “How did you know that I was going to need that?” I asked. “Well after we got off the phone, I sent out Baldy to watch you just in case if anything happened to you.” Trevor said. Baldy was in the back seat with a camera around his neck. “Thanks.” I said smiling at Trevor. “You’re welcome baby.” Trevor said smiling back. Baldy flapped his wings, and I said “And thank you Baldy.” Trevor parked in front of my house, and sprayed Jennifer’s dog bite. The wound healed up instantly. “I don’t know what came over me, to make me feel that way towards Jennifer.” I said. “I mean she’s my friend.” I said. “She’ll be fine, we just need to leave her alone for awhile.” Trevor said. “Yeah I guess you’re right.” I said. I opened my car door, and got out.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “One more thing.” Trevor said rolling down his window as I began walking towards my house. “What is it?” I asked walking back towards him. “I’d like to take you out tomorrow.” Trevor said. “Where to?” I asked. “The same restaurant we went to on our first date.” Trevor said. “What’s the special occasion?” I asked. “You’ll see.” Trevor said smiling warmly. I kissed him goodbye, and walked to my house. When I walked into my room, I laid down on my bed and began to cry. “I’m a horrible friend.” I said cuddling up in my covers. Lightning jumped on my bed and laid next to me. “It’s ok.” Lightning said licking my tears away. “It’s ok.” I hugged Lightning, and fell asleep with him in my arms.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                          Chapter 24

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> School seemed to go by pretty slow, since Jennifer didn’t come. I was going to apologize to her, and hope she would forgive me. The entire day though I had my date with Trevor on my mind and what he was going to do. On the bus, I watched as we passed by Jennifer’s house. I could see the marks I made when my claws were in the tree. The bus pulled up to my house, and I got off. I waited for it to drive off, and then I headed over to Trevor’s house. Trevor was getting into his car, as I walked up. “I was just coming over to get you.” Trevor said smiling. “I’m really curious about why you’re taking me out.” I said smiling as I got into the car with him. “You’ll find out soon enough.” Trevor said backing up and taking off down the road.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> We both arrived at Ooo La La, and got out of the car. I wrapped my arm around Trevor’s, and we walked inside. The same greeter was behind the podium, and he showed us to our seats. As we waited for our butler, Trevor kept his eyes locked on mine, and grabbed my hands. “You’re very beautiful.” Trevor said smiling warmly. I blushed and said “Thank you, your handsome yourself.” Our butler walked up to our table, and took our orders. Once the butler walked away, Trevor got out of his chair, and pulled something out of his pocket. He the stood in front of me, and knelt down on one knee. In shock I said “Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!” Trevor held a small black box and opened it revealing a gorgeous ring with a diamond the size of a acorn. “Kristie…will you marry me?” Trevor asked smiling and looking up at me. Tears began to flow down my cheeks, and without hesitation I cheered “Yes! Yes I’ll marry you Trevor Clay!” He placed the ring on my finger, and stood up to kiss me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Everyone around us began to clap and cheer. We both sat back down, and talked about how much we loved each other. Thirty minutes later, Trevor and I walked out of the restaurant. I jumped, and Trevor caught me in his arms. “I’m so happy!” I said happily. “Me too.” Trevor said kissing me. We got back into the car and drove off. When we got to my house, we saw that my mom wasn’t home, so we ran up to my room and began making out. Trevor dug into his wallet and saw that he had no protection. “I don’t have any condoms.” Trevor said. “Who cares.” I said turning into my cat form. “We’ll be married soon anyway.” Trevor threw his wallet to the floor, and laid me down on my bed. Lightning sat on my dresser watching. Trevor and I made love, then he got dressed and left before my mom got home. Laying on my bed, I held up my hand and stared at the ring he gave me. “Oh I can’t wait to be Trevor’s forever!” I said happily as I rolled around in my covers and giggling.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                               Chapter 25

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> My fight with Kristie the other day left me wounded and in pain, but luckily I can heal myself like Kristie can. I found a abandon shed that had a bunch of empty X-box 360 boxes in it, and decided to live there from now on since I couldn’t go back home. “I need some help if I want to take Kristie down.” I said as I paced back and forth. “But who should I get to help me?” I thought ad thought, until it finally hit me. “I know! I’ll break Becky and her gang out of jail, and have her work for me.” I said snapping my fingers. “But helping me take down Kristie as they are isn’t going to cut it.” I thought about the animals in Trevor’s lab and said “I’ll have them get bit by one of the animals each, and then they wouldn’t be so easy to defeat.” I giggled evilly, and changed into my eagle form. I walked outside, and took off into the sky. Minutes later, I arrived at the prison, and flew down on the roof.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> It was dark, so the guards would have a tough time seeing me unless they shined a light on me with their spot light. I opened a vent that was close by me, and went to change into one of my forms. Looking down at my skin, I saw that I didn’t have fur, but black scales. “What perfect timing.” I said. “My sssssnake form finally kicked in.” As I said before, I have black scales, snake eyes, snake fangs, and my legs stayed the same. “Time to go.” I said noticing a light coming towards me. I slid inside the opening, and through the vent. As I passed by every opening, I kept my eye out for Becky and her girls. “Nope. Nope. Nope.” I said going by one after the other. Finally I came up to an opening, and saw Becky laying on the top bunk bed throwing a rubber ball into the air. Under her was Danna who was sleeping. In the cell next to them, was Angie and Vicky.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Below me was a police officer was eating a ham and cheese sandwich. I opened the vent, and slowly let myself down towards the officer. When he realized that I was over him, I quickly bit him in the neck releasing my venom inside of him, and he fell out of his chair dead. “Holy crap!” I heard Becky and the other girls scream. I turned to them and Becky backing into a corner yelled “Y…You stay the hell away from us you freak!” I changed back into my normal form and said “Shhh…they’ll hear you.” Becky came out of the corner and said “Jennifer, is that you?” I nodded and said “Yeah, I’m here to break you guys out.” “No way!” Becky said. “I’m not going anywhere with a freak like you!” “Don’t you want to get revenge on Kristie?” I asked. “Wait, you want to get revenge on Kristie too?” Becky asked. I nodded. “Why? Aren’t you like her friend or something?” Becky asked. “Not anymore.” I said grabbing the keys off the officer’s pants.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “We should go with her.” Danna said. “Yeah boss, it’s better than being locked up in here.” Angie said. “Alright.” Becky said. “But what’s the catch?” “I’ll become the leader, and you guys do as I say.” I said. “No way!” Becky yelled. “I built this gang up, and I’m not just going to give it away like it’s free puppy.” We heard more officers coming towards us, and Becky said “Ok ok! You can be leader! Just get us out of here!” I unlocked both cell doors, and we escaped into the vent. When we were outside, there were alarms going off and dogs barking. “How will we get out of here?” Becky asked. I changed to my eagle form, and said hop on. “You can turn into a bird too?” Becky said in shock. “Yes, now get on.” Becky and Danna climbed onto my back, and I took off into the sky grabbing Angie and Vicky by the shirt. “I’m going to die! I’m going to die!” Becky screamed when she looked down. “No you’re not, as long as you hold on tight.” I said turning my head to her. Angie looked over at Vicky and saw that she was eating a ham and cheese sandwich.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You got that from the dead officer didn’t you?” Angie asked. Vicky nodded and said “I love cheese.” Angie sighed and said “Gross…” I flew on top of a tall building, and set Becky and her girls down. I then changed back into my normal self, and turned to them. “Why are we up here?” Becky asked. “Because I’m going to ask you guys something.” I said. “Ok, what is it?” Becky asked. “How would you like to be just like me?” I asked. “What girly and annoying?” Becky asked laughing. Danna, Angie, and Vicky laughed as well. “No.” I said with a serious look on my face. “To be part animal.” “How?” Becky asked. “By me taking you to Trevor’s house, and letting one of the animals bite you each.” I said. “Will it hurt?” Vicky asked. Becky sighed and said “Of course it’ll hurt you idiot!” Becky then turned to me and said “Do we get to choose what animal we want to become?” “Yes.” I said. “Well then, let’s go!” Becky said. I grabbed them back up in my eagle form, and carried them to Trevor’s house.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> As I was flying over Kristie’s house, I looked down and saw Trevor and Kristie run into the house. There was something shiny on Kristie’s finger, so I zoomed in with my binocular vision and saw a diamond ring on her finger. “They’re getting married…” I said angrily as I clenched my feet. “Ow!” Angie and Vicky cried. “You’re hurting us!” “Sorry.” I said loosing up my grip. I landed behind Trevor’s house, and changed back to my normal self. I walked over to the window I went through last time and went to push it open. “Damn…” I said seeing that it was locked. “It’s locked.” All of a sudden, Becky kicked the window and busted the glass. “Not anymore.” She said smiling. We dropped into the closet, and walked towards the animal room. I opened the door, flicked on the switch, and gasped from what I saw. All the animals but four were gone. “How?” I asked. “I remember Kristie and Trevor rounding up all the animals the other day, where could they have gone?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Well there are four animals here.” Becky said. “A pig, a goat, a rat, and a horse?” “I claim to be part horse!” Angie yelled as she ran towards the horse. “No you don’t!” Becky yelled as she tripped Angie up. “I’m going to be part horse.” Becky said walking towards the horse. “There’s no way I’m going to be those other disgusting animals.” Angie had a evil grin on her face, and she opened the pig’s cage. The pig charged at Becky, and bit her on the leg. “Nooooo!” Becky screamed trying to get the pig off her leg. Becky then passed out and fell to the ground. I stuffed the pig back in its cage, and locked it. “Hello there little guy.” I heard Vicky say in front of the rat’s cage sticking her finger inside. “You’re kind of cute.” The rat bit her finger, and she jerked away yelling “Ow!” Seconds later, she passed out on the floor. Angie picked herself up, and allowed the horse to bite her. “Yaaay!” Angie cheered just before she hit the floor. I turned to Danna, and she said “I like goats.” She fell to the floor as well and I saw that the goat had taken a chunk out of her pants. “Time to get out of here.” I said picking them up and carrying them out on my back while I was in my monkey form. Once I was outside, I took off into the sky with all four girls clutched in my feet.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                            Chapter 26

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “That’s wonderful!” My mom said happily when I showed her my wedding ring. “My little girl is growing so fast!” My mom hugged me with tears in her eyes. “I can’t wait to be married to Trevor.” I said staring down at my ring. “So who’s going to be your maid of honor?” My mom asked. “Jennifer or Kary?” “Well…” I said thinking about the problems Jennifer and I are having. “Jennifer and I are kind of in a big fight.” “What?” My mom asked in shock. “What happened?” “She’s upset with me because I kind of took Trevor from her.” I said. “Aww…” My mom said sadly. “Well I hope you two work it out, I’d hate to see you lose another friend.” Back in Jester City, I did have another friend just like Kary, but I did something that made her hate me and never talk to me again. All of a sudden, the house phone began to ring. “One second sweetie, that’s probably my boss.” My mom said going into the kitchen. I continued staring at my ring, when my mom poked her head out of the kitchen and said “Its Jennifer’s mom, she’s wondering where Jennifer is.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I haven’t seen her since Wednesday” I said. My mom sighed and stuck her head back into the kitchen saying “Kristie doesn’t know where she is either.” “I’m heading over to Trevor’s.” I said running out the front door. “Ok!” My mom said still talking on the phone. I ran over to Trevor’s house, and knocked on his door. “Hey baby.” Trevor said smiling when he opened the door. “Jennifer hasn’t come back home yet.” I said. “I think I might of hurt her pretty bad.” “I beg to differ.” Trevor said. “What do you mean?” I asked. “Come look what’s on TV.” Trevor said stepping aside. We walked into the living room, and saw that the news was on. “Four girls escaped from Tomark Prison last night, and it appears they had help.” The news reporter said. A video then filled the screen of a girl who was half snake, biting into one of the officers. Then she changed into Jennifer, and let Becky and her gang loose. “Jennifer…what have you done?” I asked.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Apparently there are more half animal people out there that are bad, if that’s the case, could we really trust Neko Heroine?” The news reporter asked. It suddenly switched over to the chief of police. “If you see any traces of this new animal girl or the escapees, report them immediately.” The chief said. “And if you see Neko Heroine, report her as well before it’s too late.” Trevor turned off the TV and turned to me. “What am I going to do?” I asked freaking out. “Calm down.” Trevor said comforting me. “It’s going to be ok.” He sat me down, and kissed me. All of a sudden my worries faded away. We pulled apart, and as I smiled warmly at him, I said “Thanks.” He smiled back and said “That’s not all what happened last night, someone broke in to my lab again when I was with you.” “Jennifer?” I asked. Trevor nodded. “And I think she wasn’t alone.” “You think Jennifer brought Becky and her gang over here to get bit?” I asked. “Yes, because there was a pool of drool on my floor.” Trevor said. “I ran it though the DNA machine that my uncle made for me when I was a kid, and it came up as Becky’s.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “What is Jennifer planning?” I asked. “I don’t know, but whatever it is it’s not good.” Trevor said. “I’ll go out and find her.” I said. “Ok, but make sure not to go into your cat form, you don’t want the police after you.” Trevor said. “I know.” I said kissing him goodbye. As soon as I stepped out of the house, I took in a deep breath, and tried to focus on Jennifer’s smell. “That’s odd, usually I can smell her from here.” I said unable to pick up her scent. “Since I can’t smell her, maybe I can hear her.” I said making my cat ears appear. I closed my eyes, and focused on all the sounds around me. There were people talking, kids playing basketball, and babies crying. “I can’t seem to hear her either.” I said frowning and crossing my arms. “Maybe I’ll walk to the city, and keep trying.” As I walked towards the city, I didn’t smell or hear any traces of her. “Why am I not picking up her scent or hearing her?!” I screamed. People who passed by me, looked at me funny. Then down the street from where I was, I heard a little girl crying for help.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I ran in her direction, and saw that she was hanging from a flag pole sixty feet from off the ground. “Mommy!” She cried as her fingers began to lose their grip. I quickly dove into the closet ally way, and changed into my cat form. As I was running towards the building, the little girl lost her grip, and began falling towards the ground where there was a crowd of people gasping in shock. I jumped onto the building, and began climbing as fast as I could. When the little girl was in reach, I held out my hand, and caught her by the collar. Everyone below me, began to clap and cheer. I put the little girl on my back, and began sliding down the building. When my feet hit the ground, the police showed up, and pointed their guns at me. Even the officer that said I was doing a good job had his gun pointed at me. “Neko Heroine, you’re under arrest!” the chief said with an intercom. “Why?” I asked. “I didn’t do anything wrong.” “Not yet, so please come with us, or we’ll have to use force.” The chief said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I sighed, and began walking towards them with my hands behind my head. Then all of a sudden, the little girl I saved ran in front of me with her arms stretched out. “You’re not taking the kitty cat!” The little girl yelled. Even though I knew she was being serious, she looked so cute! “Whoever’s daughter this is, please get her out of here.” The chief said. The little girl’s parents walked up to us, and joined their daughter. “Ok! That’s it! Get them out of here!” the chief ordered. Police officers began to surround us, until more people from the crowd joined in. There was so many people surrounding us, that the officers couldn’t get to me. The chief’s face turned red, and he yelled “You might be protected by all of these people, but when they’re not there to save you, you’re mine!” The police and the chief then drove off. Everyone that saved me from being brought in, began clapping and cheering again.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> The little girl I saved, looked up at me and smiled. “May I feel you kitty ears?” she asked. “Sure.” I said kneeling down. She grabbed both of my ears, and began rubbing them. “They’re just like my kitty’s ears!” She said excitedly. “I have a kitty too.” I said smiling. “Really?” “What’s its name?” The little girl asked. “Lightning.” I said. “What’s your kitty’s name?” “Midnight.” The little girl said. “Midnight?” I asked. “You know I met a cat named Midnight, could it be him?” The little girl looked over at the front door of the building, and said “There’s Midnight now!” She ran over to him, and picked him up. “See this is my kitty Midnight.” The little girl said. “Oh it’s you again!” Midnight said surprised to see me. “Hi again.” I said. “Thank you for saving my master.” Midnight said licking his paw. “It was no big deal, I guess being rescued is yours and hers thing.” I said laughing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Yeah you can say that.” Midnight said smiling. “You can talk to Midnight?” he little girl asked. “Yeah, I can talk to all cats.” I said. “Even mine.” “This is Angle by the way.” Midnight said. “It’s nice to meet you Angle.” I said smiling. Angle gasped and said “How did you know my name?” I pointed down at Midnight. The crowd around us started ooing and ahing. “That is so cool.” Angle said. “I wish I could talk to animals.” “Well I have to go now, try to be careful next time ok?” I asked as I patted her head. “Ok!” she said happily. I then took off running, and climbed up the building that Angle fell from. When I reached the roof, a helicopter popped out of nowhere, and shined it’s light on me. I hissed at it, and began jumping across building after building. The helicopter was right on my trail, so I had to come up with a way to get rid of it. I saw an abandoned old house in the distance, and headed straight for it. I busted down the door, and quickly changed back to my normal self.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Then I heard police surround the house, and I ran down into the basement. Searching for a way out, I saw a hidden door behind a bookshelf, and pushed the bookshelf out of the way. “Yes!” I cheered. I opened the door, and began running down the long passage way knocking all the cobwebs and spiders down. Seeing light at the end of the tunnel, I ran at full speed. When I came out of the tunnel, I saw that I was in the graveyard that was two blocks from the house. “Whew…” I said whipping my forehead. I gave up on looking for Jennifer, and headed back home. Trevor was waiting for me outside of my house when I walked up. “Thank god you’re ok, I saw on the news that the police had you surrounded. “Yeah, but I managed to slip away.” I said smiling. “So any luck on finding Jennifer?” Trevor asked. “Nope, I didn’t get a trace of her.” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Well, I better be getting home, the police knows that my dad and I do animal experimentation, and we need to get rid of all traces of it.” Trevor said. “I love you.” I said kissing him. “I love you too.” Trevor said when we pulled away. Trevor then began walking home. I walked into my house, and ran up to my room. I turned on my TV, and switched it over to the news. “Police are searching for the one known as Neko Heroine” the news reporter said. “It’ll be a matter of time when they find out just who she is.” I sighed, and turned the TV off. “It’s so stupid that they’re after me, just because Jennifer broke Becky and her gang out of jail.” I said. “I mean I did so many heroic things to prove that I’m good, and they push that aside as if it was last week’s news.” I placed my pillow on my face, and tried to forget the world around me. All of a sudden, my phone began to ring. I checked it, and saw that it was Trevor. “Hey baby.” I said answering it. “Hello Kristie.” Jennifer said on the other line. I shot up from my bed, and said “Jennifer?! Where’s Trevor?!” “He’s right here.” Jennifer said giggling. “You should really keep an eye on him, because another girl might sweep him off his feet.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You were watching us?” I asked. “Yep, and not only that, I followed you around the whole city as you tried to search for me.” Jennifer said. “So that’s why I couldn’t pick up your scent.” I said. “That’s right, and I was so high above your head, that you couldn’t hear me either.” Jennifer said giggling. “What are you going to do with Trevor?” I asked. “Oh I have a little something planned for him, as well as your mom.” Jennifer said. “You have my mom too?!” I said angrily. I heard some rustling on the other line, and my mom yelled “Kristie save us!” Clenching my teeth, I punched a hole in my bed. “See?” Jennifer asked. “Let them go!” I screamed. “I’m afraid I can’t do that, you see, after I’m done setting up my surprise for them, I’m going to take you down and rule over Planet Raeth!” Jennifer said evilly. “Why are you doing this?!” I asked. “You know why!” Jennifer screamed. “I told you the other day right before we fought!” I heard Trevor in the background trying to say something, but Becky shut him up by slapping him in the face and yelling “Shut up!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I’ll call you when my surprise is ready.” Jennifer said. She then hung up, and I threw my phone at the wall screaming “Damn it!” I covered my head with my pillows, and began crying. “Mom…Trevor…it’s my fault you’re in this mess…” I said. Lightning jumped up beside me, and scratched me on the face. “Get yourself together, instead of crying, you should train yourself in trying to take Jennifer down.” Lightning said with a serious look on his face. I whipped away my tears, and said “Y…You’re right…” “I should be preparing myself for what’s to come.” Lightning nodded. “Thanks Lightning.” I said. “You’re not such a perverted cat after all.” “Well…” Lightning began to say. “Don’t ruin it.” I said. I got out of bed, and began to train in my cat form. “I’ll save you Mom and Trevor, and I’ll make Jennifer wished she never met me.” I said swiping an empty soda can off my TV and making it hit the floor in pieces.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                        Chapter 27

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Today’s the big day!” I cheered as I got up from my bed. I nudged Becky and her gang with my foot and said “Come one guys, we’ve got a surprise to work on.” Becky snorted, and rolled over. “Just like a piggy.” I said shaking my head. I walked over to the corner where I had Trevor and Kristie’s mom tied up. “Good morning, did you sleep well?” I asked. They both gave me a evil look. I turned around to see Becky and the others still asleep. I changed to my dog from, and let out a loud bark. Becky, Danna, Angie, and Vicky all shot up from their beds. “We’re up! We’re up!” They yelled. “Come on, let’s get things started. The plan is to have Kristie choose between Trevor and her mom on which one to save. I got the idea from Infamous and a few movies. “We need to find two tall building that are side by side, and hang them from it.” I said grinning. “Then Kristie will have to choose between her mother and the love of her life.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “So the one she doesn’t choose dies?” Vicky asked eating cheese. Becky slapped her in the back of the head yelling “Of course you idiot!” “Now get started, as for me, I have other things to do.” I said walking towards the front door of the shed. “What are you going to be doing?” Angie asked. “I’m going to be working on the taking over Raeth side of the plan.” I said. I then opened the door, and took off into the air. “Aww…she gets all the fun!” Danna complained. “Stop your complaining, we’ve got work to do.” Becky said turning to Trevor and Kristie’s mom. For the rest of my plan, I’m going to take all of Trevor’s and his dads enhancement fluid, and inject all of the animals that are in the zoo’s, dog pound’s, pet stores, and anywhere else you can find a animal. Then I’ll use that army of animals to take full control of Tomark City! I laughed evilly as I flew past Kristie’s house.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I landed in the front of Trevor’s house, and bashed in the door. Trevor’s dad wasn’t home, so I walked over to the lab door and kicked it in. Two minutes later, I walked out of the house carrying all of the fluid that I could find. “Time to set this plan in motion!” I said flying into the sky. An hour later, after I implanted every single animal in Tomark City with the enhanced fluid, I got a phone call from Becky. “Is it ready?” I asked. “Yes ma’am” Becky said oinking. “Excellent, time to get Kristie’s attention.” I said just before I hung up. I released the last cage of enhanced animals that was in the zoo, and flew away. “Where are they?” Kristie asked with a serious voice when I called her. “They’re on separate tall buildings, that are near to one another in the city.” I said. “Is that supposed to be a riddle or something?” Kristie asked. “No.” I said. “Anyway I’ll be watching.” I ended the call, and headed into the city.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal">                                                        Chapter 28

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I’ve got to hurry and save my mom and Trevor!” I said running out of my house. At full speed, I dashed down the road, and arrived in the city three minutes later. I looked for the tallest building I could find, and ran straight towards it. “They must be it!” I said noticing a building close by it being as tall as the one I spotted. When I arrived on the street both buildings were on, my cell phone began to ring. “I’m here.” I said. “Now where’s my mom and Trevor?” “First we’re going to play a game.” Jennifer said giggling. “I’m not in the mood.” I said. “Oh you’re going to be whether you like it or not.” Jennifer said. “Look at the very tippy top of both buildings, and tell me what you see?” I looked up, and saw my mom dangling from a chain on the left building, and Trevor dangling on the right building.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> My eyes grew wide, because I knew exactly where Jennifer got this whole idea from. “That’s right, you get to choose who lives, and who dies!” Jennifer said giggling evilly. “You’re horrible!” I yelled. “I’ll give you one minute to decide, and don’t even think about moving from that spot.” Jennifer said just before she hung up. “What am I going to do?” I asked myself looking back and forth at Trevor and my mom. “I have to choose one, and have the other die.” I grabbed my hair in frustration, and screamed. “I don’t want either to die!” I yelled. “Trevor’s my soon to be husband, but I’ve only known him for a short time.” I said looking in Trevor’s direction. “My mom on the other hand, brought me into this world, and I’ve known her all my life.” Tears began to fill my eyes, and I broke down crying. “Don’t worry about me!” I heard Trevor say above me. I looked up at Trevor, and whipped away my tears. “Save your mom, she’s more important than me!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I stood up, and said “But I love you!” “I love you too, but your mom is your mom, and she’s way more important than me!” I swallowed hard, and began to cry again. All of a sudden, my cell phone rang again. I answered, and Jennifer said on the other line “Time’s up!” Then chains that were holding my mom and Trevor broke, and they began to fall. “I’m so sorry Trevor!” I screamed changing into my cat form and bolting towards the building my mom was falling from. I climbed up the building as fast as I could, and caught my mom in mid air. Time around me began to slow down as I watched Trevor get closer and closer to the ground. Then out of nowhere, Baldy swooped in and grabbed Trevor by the shirt. “Baldy!” I cheered as I watched him lower Trevor to the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I slid down the side of the building, and placed my mom down when I got on my feet. “No! No! No! No!” I heard Jennifer scream on the phone. “That was not supposed to happen!” I held the phone to my ear and said “That’s too bad, looks like your plan was ruined.” “I’m afraid not.” Jennifer said laughing evilly. She then hung up, and I saw a red dot   appear on Trevor’s chest. “Trevor get down!” I screamed. Before Trevor could react, the sound of a gun fired off, and Trevor’s chest was bleeding instantly. Everything slowed down again, as I ran towards him as he held his chest and looked down at his blood on his hand. Trevor then fell to his knees, and mouthed ‘I love you….” I ran to his side, and picked up his head. “Trevor no!” I cried. “Please don’t die on me! I’ll get the healing spray and have it heal you!” Trevor slowly opened his eyes, and said “I love you Kristie, and I’ll never for….” The life in Trevor’s eyes faded away, and he died in my arms.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Trevoooooor!” I screamed as I held him tightly. Tears were now gushing from my eyes, when all of a sudden the police surrounded me. “Stay back!” I screamed in anger and sadness. “Stay back!” Two officers ran up to me, held me down, and another handcuffed me. They pulled me towards their car, as I struggled to be with Trevor. “I’m so sorry Trevor!” I cried. “I’m so sorry…” The officers pushed me into their car, and drove away. As we drove away from Trevor, I stared out the back window and watched as him disappeared in the distance. My mom had her face in her hands crying. As we drove through town, I saw in the left side window, a bunch of animals going rampage and killing everyone they came in contact with. With horror on my face, I banged the fence that was between the officers and I, and yelled “There are animals killing people over there!” “Yeah yeah, tell it to the judge.” The officer in the passenger seat said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> We arrived at the police station, and they took me into the interrogation room. “Sit down!” the chief ordered as he sat down in the chair across from me. I sat down, having Trevor’s death on my mind. “Who are you working for?” The chief asked. The chief, is a large man with a cowboy like hat on, and a gray bushy mustache. His eyes are green, and of course he’s wearing a police outfit. “I don’t work for anybody.” I said. “Oh really?” He asked sitting back in his chair. “Then how do explain all the other half animal freaks that are running through my city?” “They’re working together, but I’m not.” I said. “If you hadn’t notice, I’ve been helping people along with some of your men.” “That’s just a cover up story, just so you can protect your comrades from being arrested.” The chief said. “It’s the truth!” I yelled. “And explain to me why is it that we found you with the body of Trevor Clay?” The chief asked leaning forward and placing his hands on the table.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “He was my fiancé, and I was trying to save him from my used to be best friend Jennifer.” I said angrily. “Mm hm…” The chief said rubbing his mustache. “Look, I don’t have time for this, there are people being killed from animals as we speak.” I said. “You have to let me go!” “No can do little missy, you’re considered a threat to everyone in Tomark city possibly even the whole world.” The chief said. “Then you leave me no choice…” I said bring out my claws. “What do you…” Before the chief could finish, I cut through my handcuffs, and ran for the door as a officer bring doughnuts came in. “Get her, don’t let her escape!” the chief screamed. The officer holding the doughnuts, blocked my path, so I did a round house kick and he fell to the ground. I then flew opened the door that was nearly closed, and ran as fast as I could. “Get her! Get her! Get her!” The chief screamed from behind me. A few officers ran in front of me, and I jumped over their heads.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I saw the exit in view, when all of a sudden, another officer pointing a gun at me yelled “Stop!” Ignoring him, I continued for the door, and he began to fire. I dodged each bullet, and tripped him up. I then busted through the front doors, and climbed up the side of the building. “I have to stop all of the animals, and take Jennifer down!” I yelled as I jumped across building after building. Thoughts about Trevor began to flow through my mind. “I mustn’t think about him at a time like this.” I said tearing up. “I must…save Tomark City!” I changed into my cat form, and ran as fast as I could.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I never told Kristie, but I have another crush on someone at school. His name is Nathan, and I think he has a crush on me too. After I watched Becky blow a hole in Trevor’s chest, I flew into the sky heading over to Nathan’s house. He lived a few blocks from the school, so it wasn’t hard finding his house. I landed in his front lawn, and walked up to his front door. When I knocked on his door, I heard thumping coming from inside, and he answered the door. “Hey Jennifer.” Nathan said blushing. “Hi Nathan.” I said blushing back. Nathan has long black hair, brown eyes, and he dresses like a guitarist, which he is. “What brings you here?” Nathan asked. I took a deep breath, and kissed him on the lips. In shock, Nathan nearly fell backwards, but caught himself by grabbing the door frame. I pulled away and said “I’ve always wanted to do that.” Nathan’s face was red as a beat, and he said “So did I, but that was a little unexpected.” Nathan’s also a bad boy, so asking him to do anything bad, and he’ll do it.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Sorry, but do you mind joining me and my group in taking over Tomark City?” I asked. “Oh yeah I’ve heard about you guys on the news.” Nathan said. “That’s really cool.” Nathan said smiling. “So will you come with me?” I asked. “Of course.” Nathan said putting on his shoes. “Great!” I cheered as I changed back into my eagle form. “Grab on!” “Whoa…” Nathan said amazed. “What the news said about you was true.” Nathan wrapped his arms around my waist, and I took off into the air. “The view up here is amazing!” Nathan said looking down. “It sure is.” I said smiling. “So how are you planning on taking over Tomark City?” Nathan asked. “Well I already have enhanced animals running around killing people in the streets, now all that’s left is to get rid of my used to be best friend Kristie.” I said.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Oh yeah, the cat girl.” Nathan said. “So what do you need me for?” “Well…I heard you beat the crud out of Kristie the other day.” I said. “Oh you mean when I was robbing that lady’s purse, and Kristie showed up?” Nathan asked. “Yeah.” I said nodding. “At first I was mad at you for it, but from what I’ve been through, I could really use your help.” “Sure, I’ll open a can of whoop ass on Kristie with my karate moves.” Nathan said laughing. I dove down to the shed I was hiding out at, and set Nathan down. “I’m back!” I said walking through the front door. “Who’s he?” Becky asked cracking her knuckles. “Nathan here is going to help take Kristie down.” I said. “He kicked her butt the other day like it was nothing.” “Oh well if that’s the case, any hater of Kristie is a friend to us.” Becky said smiling. “Nice shot on Trevor’s chest.” I said congratulating her. “Now Kristie knows how I felt when she ripped Trevor’s from my heart.” “Thanks, so what now?” Becky asked. “Now we head out, and take Kristie down once and for all!” I said raising my fist into the air. “Yeah!” Becky, Danna, Angie, Vicky, and Nathan all cheered. We ran out of the shed, and headed back into the city.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Bring it on!” I yelled as I was surrounded by multiple different types of animals. A lion came at me, and I picked it up throwing it over my head. The animals suddenly moved out of the way, and I saw an elephant charging straight at me. “Holy crap…” I said in shock. I quickly climbed up a telephone pole, and the elephant wrapped its trunk around it. It then snapped the telephone pole in half, and I fell on the elephants back. “Oof!” I said when I landed. The elephant in rage, began stomping the ground and trying to shake me off. I dug my claws into its back, and the elephant let out a loud cry. It then ran towards a building, and I crawled up to its head. “Down boy!” I screamed elbowing it in the head. The elephant fell face forward, and catapulted me at the building where I caught myself on the side with my claws. All of a sudden, a gorilla landed on my head, and knocked me to the ground. It then grabbed my body up, and swung me around like sparkler.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “I think I’m going to be sick!” I yelled. The gorilla then smashed me into the concrete sidewalk, and began stomping on me. Trying to turn myself around, each blow the gorilla did on me made me cough up blood. I finally managed to grab its foot, and flipped the gorilla on its back. In anger, it stood up and began beating its chest. “You want more big boy?” I asked grinning. The gorilla charged at me, and I did a back flip kick to its jaw. It flew high into the air, and landed on the roof of a building across the street. The lion I tossed over my head, ran up and bit me on my arm. “Yeeeeouch!” I cried out in pain. I grabbed the lion by the fur, and slammed him into the ground. The lion let loose and passed out. My arm was gushing out blood, and I tore off part of my shirt and wrapped it with it. When I looked up, I saw the animals coming towards me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Stay back!” I roared very loudly. The group of animals tucked in their tails, and ran away in fear. “Was that just a roar?” I asked touching my throat. “Kristie!” I heard Trevor’s dad say behind me. I turned to him, as he ran up to me. “I’m so glad I found you, have you seen Trevor anywhere?” Doug asked. I looked away with tears in my eyes and said “He’s…dead…” Doug gasped, and said “No! That can’t be!” “He was shot in the chest…” I said sadly feeling the pain in my heart. “No…” Doug said with tears in his eyes. I wrapped my arms around him, and patted him on the back. We had our few minutes of crying time, and pulled away. Doug noticed the wound on my arm, and said “What happened?” “A lion bit me.” I said looking down at it. “Well here, I brought some healing spray just in case.” Dough said handing me the spray. “Thanks.” I said taking off my torn piece of shirt and spraying the bite.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Just before you got here, I let out a loud roar and scared away the group of animals that were surrounding me.” I said. “That was you?” Doug asked. “That sounded just like a lions roar.” “I know right?” I said. “How’s that even possible?” “Well Trevor and I wanted to see if one animal bit another animal, and it showed no signs of changing.” Doug said. “But when we had the same like family bite one another, it showed signs of each animals like abilities in both animals.” Confused, I said “What?” “You were bitten by a lion correct?” Doug asked. “Yeah.” I said. “Well the lion and the cat are in the same family, only they’re not alike.” Doug explained. “And since you were bitten by a lion, you are able to things lions can do.” “Like roar?” I asked. “Yes, as well as having powerful strength.” Doug said. “Sweet!” I cheered. “Now, where may I find my sons body?” Doug asked. “I’m going to take him to my dad’s, and have him bring Trevor back.”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “You can do that!?” I asked in shock. “Yes, my dad has technology that you can possibly dream of.” Doug asked. “Then if you knew about bringing Trevor back to life, why isn’t your wife alive?” I asked. “Because there was nothing left of her to use to bring her back…” Doug said sadly. “Oh…I’m so sorry…” I said feeling bad. “It’s ok.” Doug said placing his hand on my shoulder. “At least I can still bring my son back to life.” Doug than ran off, and took off into the sky with rocket powered shoes. “Trevor’s near the two tallest buildings in the city!” I yelled after him. “Thanks!” Doug yelled back. As soon as he disappeared in the distance, I was tackled to the ground by a familiar feathery ex best friend. Jennifer held me down, and began smashing my face into the road. “Get off!” I screamed as I threw her off of me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer did a back flip, and landed on her feet laughing. “That’s a good look for you.” Jennifer said snickering as I picked myself up and whipped away the blood on my face. “You think so?” I asked. “I’ll make sure you’ll get to experience too.” I charged at her with my claws heading straight for her. Jennifer just stood in place, with a grin on her face. All of a sudden, I had a blow to the side, and flew a few feet down the road. “Who the?!” I asked catching myself. Looking up, I saw that I was kicked by a guy with long black hair and brown eyes. “Who are you?” I asked. “You don’t remember?” the guy said. “I kicked your ass in the ally.” “You’re the mugger!?” I asked. “Yep.” The guy said grinning. “This is Nathan, he was another crush I didn’t tell you about.” Jennifer said kissing him. “Ready to get your ass kicked again?” Nathan asked. “Yeah, I’m ready.” I said cracking my neck. Jennifer stepped a few feet back and watched. Nathan came straight at me, and jumped into the air with his foot coming towards my face.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I stood my ground, and swatted his leg as if he were a fly. In a matter of seconds, he flew towards a telephone pole, and smashed his face in. “What happened?” I asked. “I thought you were going to kick my ass again?” He slid down the pole, and landed on his back. The training I had in my room the other day really paid off, not to mention the strength I just got from that lion’s bite. “Nathan!” Jennifer cried out as she ran to his side. “Now it’s just me and you.” I said walking towards her. “On the contrary, it’s us five and you!” Becky said behind me. I turned around to see them in their animal form. My eyes began to tear up and I busted our laughing when I saw what animal Becky was part of. “What’s so funny?!” Becky asked oinking. “Y…You’re a pig!” I said falling on the ground and laughing my ass off. Becky clenched her fists, and gritted her teeth.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> She then ran at me at full speed, and kicked me as hard as she could in the gut. My body flew high into the air, and slid across the tar road. As I tried to catch my breath, I looked up at Becky and her gang. As I said, Becky is half pig. She has little pig ears, pig snout, tusks coming from out her mouth, and a curly pig tail. As for everything else, it remained the same. Danna was part goat; she has goat ears, goat eyes, long red fur, goat tail, and horns. She reminded me of Satan, because of her red fur, but I know that’s the color of her hair. Angie was part horse; she has short horse ears, horse eyes, and a long bushy tail. There wasn’t much to say about her. Then the most creepiest one out of the four of them, is Vicky. She’s part rat; she has black beady eyes, rat ears, a long pink rat tail, rat teeth, and blonde rat fur. “Eww…” I said looking Vicky up and down.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Now that we’re at the same level dealing with being part animal, let’s really kick your ass.” Becky said cracking her knuckles. “Animal or not, you’re still the same punk I beat up the first time we met.” I said. “What do you think we were doing in prison all this time?” Becky asked. “We made sure that the next time we saw you, we were going to take you down, and beg for mercy!” “Enough big talk, let’s let our fist do the talking.” I said readying myself. Becky, Danna, and Angie all charged at me, Vicky stood in place with a grin on her face. “Her grinning is making me uncomfortable.” I said as I dodged one of Becky’s blows. All of a sudden, I felt horns go deep into my back, and I began flying into the air. I flew past a tree, and dug my claws into it to catch myself. “Ow ow ow ow ow!” I cried in pain as I rubbed my back. Danna charged at the tree, and knocked me to the ground hitting the tree with her horns. Danna can full speed at me, and kicked me into the air. Becky jumped into the air, and slammed her fist onto my head.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I hit the ground like a rock, and coughed up blood. I whipped the blood from my mouth, and picked myself up. All three girls were charging towards me, when I picked up a car that was close by me and threw it at them. With no time to dodge, the car smacked them in the face, and they flew back with the car landing on them. “Having a lion’s strength is amazing.” I said flexing my arms. I saw the car being picked up in the air by Becky, and she tossed it back at me. I brought out my claws, and cut the car in two. Danna then rammed me into my gut, and Angie kicked me into the face. I slid back a few feet, and grabbed Danna by the horns. I lifted her up, and slammed her down on Angie. Becky jumped into the air, and came down with her fist hitting the ground missing me by inches. I began punching her in the face repeatedly, and did a round house kick to the side of her head.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Becky stayed in place, and turned her head towards me with my foot still locked on her face. She then grabbed my leg, and tossed me into the air. Danna came up to Becky, and tossed her into the air after me. When Becky reached me, she punched me in the back as hard as she could, and head butted me to the ground. I caught myself just before I crashed into the dirt, and Becky came down on me with both of her feet driving into my back. I coughed up more blood, and Becky jumped off of me landing beside Danna and Angie. Trying to catch my breath, I got to my feet and looked over at Vicky who was still grinning at me. “Why isn’t she fighting?” I asked. “Vicky doesn’t have to fight, she has her ‘pets’ fight for her.” Becky said grinning. “Pets?” I asked. All of a sudden, the sound of scampering feet began to come from all around me. “Oh god…” I said as the vermin came closer and closer. “Rats!” Thousands and thousands of rats surrounded me, and all jumped into the air with their mouths open showing their sharp jagged teeth.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Before I could get away, rats were all over me, biting my entire body. I screamed in pain as I began pulling rat after rat off of me. Becky, Danna, Angie, and Vicky all laughed as they watched me get tackled to the ground. “It was nice seeing Trevor die after I shot him in the chest!” Becky gloated. Puffing up my chest, I let out a loud roar, and the rats ran away in fear. Angry as hell, I shot up from the ground, and ran at Becky with my claws headed straight for her throat screaming “How dare you!” Becky held back her arm, and went to punch me as I got close. I dodged just in time, and sliced her arm off with just one swing. Becky stepped back a few feet, screaming her head off as blood shot out of her right arm. “Y…You bitch!” Becky yelled. “You cut my arm off!” Danna and Angie came at me with their fists in the air, and I stabbed them deep into their guts. They fell to the ground coughing up blood, and I grabbed both of them by the head, and twisted their necks.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Vicky was freaking out, and decided to run. I chased after her, and bit her on the neck. I watched as the blood shot out of her neck, and bashed her head in with my foot. I then turned to Becky who was now on her knees crying. “Jennifer!” Becky cried out. “Do something!” Jennifer shook her head and laughed. “You bitc…!” Becky yelled just before I sliced her head off and tossed it to the ground. “Bravo.” Jennifer said clapping as she walked towards me. “Bravo.” “You’re next.” I said coldly. “Ooo I’m so scared.” Jennifer said giggling. Jennifer then changed into her rabbit form, and dashed towards me at full speed.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Closing my eyes, I imagined my training with Lightning. He hopped around my room as fast as he could, while I tried to catch him with my hands. He was fast, but after a few tries I managed to grab him. As for Jennifer, she runs just a little bit faster, but I’ll be able to keep up with her now. With my eyes locked onto Jennifer, she ran up to me, and I upper cutted in the jaw. Jennifer flew into the air, and quickly changed into her eagle form. She then came down at me like a jet, and stabbed me in the arm as I tried to block her. Jennifer then grabbed me with her foot, and flew high into the air. I lifted myself up, and began scratching her leg. She let go of me, and I began free falling towards the ground. Jennifer turned around, and began hitting me back and forth with her beak and claws. I finally had enough, and grabbed her by the wing.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Let go!” Jennifer screamed. “Hell no!” I yelled as I began yanking out her feathers. She managed to break free by scratching me with her foot, and tried to fly away. But since I pulled out some of her feathers, she began to fall with me. Jennifer saw a tree below her, and changed to her monkey form. She grabbed a tree branch with her hand, and I fell to the ground landing on all fours. Jennifer then jumped out of the tree, and elbowed me in the back like a wrestler. She wrapped her hands around my neck, and squeezed hard. I felt the life drain out of me as she held on tighter and tighter. I dug my claws into her hands, and bit her arm. Jennifer cried out in pain, and I kicked her off of me. She fell face first in the mud, as I ran up to her and began stomping down on her. With each blow, she coughed up more and more blood. Jennifer then changed into her snake form, and wrapped her body around me. “I’m going to break every bone in your body!” Jennifer yelled as her body became tighter and tighter around my chest.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Squirming and wiggling, I managed to break my arm free, and stabbed her in the side. Jennifer let go, and I fell to the ground trying to catch my breath. “Here! Have ssssome of my poisssson!” Jennifer screamed as she went to strike me with her fangs. I quickly grabbed her by the mouth, and slammed her to the ground. All dazed, Jennifer picked herself up and changed into her dog form. As she growled showing her teeth, she jumped at me and bit me on the leg. “Yeeeouch!” I cried in pain as she bit harder. Before I could grab a hold of her, Jennifer began punching me in the chest repeatedly, and did one final blow to my face with her foot that sent me flying. Jennifer changed back into her rabbit form, and ran after me. She jumped high into the air, switched back to her monkey form, and bashed me in the gut with her tail. My body hit the ground, leaving a crater the size of a large boulder under me. Jennifer landed beside me, and placed her foot on my throat.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Any last words before I snap you neck like a twig?” Jennifer asked. Before I could say anything, Jennifer’s body began to shake. She took her foot off my throat, and held her head screaming. “W…What’s happening to me?!” Jennifer screamed as she began to change extremely fast in all of her animal forms. I slowly sat up, and watched as she fell to her knees screaming in pain. “Looks like you changing so much into all of your forms are taking a toll on you.” I said grinning. Jennifer fell on her back as she twirled and shook all over the ground. Before a big dust cloud appeared around her, I saw that mixtures of different animal parts from her forms began to appear all over her body. “Oh my god…” I said in shock. Seconds later, Jennifer stopped screaming and I began to walk over towards her trying to see through all the kicked up dust. “Jennifer…?” I asked as I got closer and closer. The dust finally settled, and what I saw in front of me made my stomach churn.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer had furry rabbit ears, face covered in snake scales, snake fangs, snake eyes, furry dog torso, eagle wings, furry monkey legs and feet, and a furry monkey tail. “Jennifer…what happened to you…?” I asked in disgust. “Behold! My ultimate animal form!” Jennifer yelled as she held up her wings. “You’re ultimate form is kind of hard to look at.” I said looking away. “Silence!” Jennifer yelled as she flew at me with intense speed. “Oh crap!” I screamed as she hit me in the gut, and flew me across the ground. She wrapped her tail around me, and held me down as she lunged her fangs at my neck. Using all my strength, I broke free from her tail, and kicked her hard in the jaw. Not even making her budge, she looked down at me and laughed. “Uh oh…” I said. Jennifer grabbed me up by her feet, and began flying around in circles. She then aimed towards a building, and shot me off like a rocket. As I flew towards the building, Jennifer appeared above me, I kicked me into the bricks. Globs of blood shot out of my mouth, and Jennifer began kicking me repeatedly in the face and gut. She then grabbed me by the shirt, and slid me up the side of the building.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> When we reached the top, she tossed me on the roof, and bit me on the arm. I felt her poison going inside of me as she held her teeth in my arm. Grabbing her by the hair, I yanked her fangs out, and slammed her face into the roof as hard as I could. When she fell to the ground knocked out, I rolled away from her, and saw that the poison in my arm was spreading. “Crap! Crap! Crap!” I yelled as I held my arm trying to stop the poison. I then remembered the healing spay, and pulled it out of my back pocket. “Yes!” I cheered. All of a sudden, there was a quick flash and the spray was gone. “No!” I yelled in a panic. I heard Jennifer laughing behind me, and I turned to see her holding the spray in her foot. “Aww…do you need this?” Jennifer asked grinning. “Too bad you won’t get to use it to save yourself.” Jennifer opened her mouth wide, and swallowed the bottle of spray. “Nooooo!” I screamed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Mmm…delicious.” Jennifer said rubbing her stomach. I looked down at my arm and saw that the poison was now spreading to my chest. Feeling weak and disoriented, I fell to the ground and watched as Jennifer came towards me. “How does it feel?” Jennifer asked. “To have the love of your life torn from you as you watch him die in your arms?” Jennifer placed her foot on my head and began putting pressure. “Don’t worry, you’ll soon be with him.” Jennifer said laughing. The world around me began to grow dim, and I felt my heart beat slower and slower. I shut my eyes, and thought about my mom, my best friend Kary in Jester City, Doug, and everyone else I loved. “Good bye everyone, I love you…” I said. All of a sudden, there was a loud familiar gunshot, and I heard Jennifer scream “Get this off of me!” My eyes shot open, and I saw Trevor running towards me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> He picked me up, and shoved a bottle of healing spray down my throat so I could drink it. The poison in my body began to fade away, and I began to feel recharged like a battery. I took the bottle out of my mouth, and wrapped my arms around Trevor yelling “Trevor! You’re alive!” Trevor smiled and stroked my hair. I pulled away, and said “Your dad’s dad really did it didn’t he?” “He brought you back to life?” “Yep, but I’ll explain later.” Trevor said. “First you need to take care of her.” Trevor pointed at Jennifer, who managed to get the net off of her. “No!” Jennifer screamed when she saw Trevor. “How are you alive?! I saw you die in her arms!” “It doesn’t matter how I’m alive, what matters is you getting your ass kicked!” Trevor yelled. “I’ll show you!” Jennifer screamed as she charged at the two of us. I got to my feet, and smashed her face in when she got close.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Jennifer flew backwards, and caught herself. “Come on, let’s finish this!” I yelled cracking my knuckles. “With pleasure!” Jennifer screamed as she grabbed me with her feet and flew high into the air. I grabbed her by the foot, and began stabbing it with my claws. Jennifer let go, and I climbed onto her back. I started whaling on her head as she tried to shake me off. Jennifer began spinning in circles, and I grabbed her by the wing. “What are you doing?!” Jennifer screamed as I began pulling on her left wing. With all of my might, I ripped her wing out of its socket. Jennifer cried out in pain, and wrapped her tail around me throwing me off her back. Doug came out of nowhere, and caught me in mid air. “Thanks.” I said smiling. I watched as Jennifer fell from the sky, and crashed into a tree. Doug lowered me to the ground close by Jennifer, and I walked over to her. Jennifer was lying on her back holding her bleeding arm, and hissed at me.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I got on top of her, and began whaling on her face. “You killed Trevor!” I screamed as my fist made contact with Jennifer’s face. “You caused pain and suffering to this whole town!” I punched in her in the face again, and broke her fangs. “And you tried to kill me!” I screamed hitting her like crazy. I stopped hitting her, and she spat blood to the side. “None of this would of happened, if you had just been honest with me.” Jennifer said tearing up. “If you had just told me that you were dating Trevor, none of this would of happened!” “So it’s your fault!” I lowered my fist, and began to tear up as well. “You’re right…” I said sadly. “It is my fault…” I sat on top of Jennifer’s chest, and began to bawl. “I was such a horrible friend to you!” I cried. “I’m so sorry!” Jennifer stared up at me and said “We had are good times together right?” I whipped the tears away from my eyes, and nodded. There was a pause between us, and Jennifer said “I forgive you….”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> “Y…You do…?” I asked surprised. “Yeah, I realized that I over reacted, and I’m sorry we put each other through this.” Jennifer said smiling. I smiled back, and whipped my tears away again. “I’m glad you saved me that day…” Jennifer said as tears ran down her cheeks. “I’m glad too.” I said. Jennifer laughed, and began coughing up blood. “Jennifer!” I screamed. “It’s ok…” Jennifer said. “If I die, I want you to remember me…” Jennifer coughed again, and said “Not as your enemy or like I am now, but as your best friend…” Tears filled my eyes again, as I watched her life fade away before my eyes. I laid my face into her chest, and began bawling again. “Jennifer…” I said huffing and puffing. “I’ll always remember you and all the good times we had together…” Trevor and Doug walked up to me, and placed their hands on my shoulders. I stood up, and cried in Trevor’s chest. “S…She’s gone…” I said grabbing Trevor’s shirt. “She’s gone…” “Shh…” Trevor said comforting me. “She’s in a better place now…” Doug picked Jennifer up, and said “Would you like me to have my dad bring her back?”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I pulled my face from Trevor’s chest, and said “That won’t be necessary, I think she wants to be happy wherever she is.” Doug nodded and said “Well, I’ll tell her parents, and pay for her entire funeral.” Doug then walked away, and I continued crying in Trevor’s chest. Later that night, as I was lying on my bed crying, I felt sick to my stomach and ran to the bathroom. “Ugghh…” I said with my head over the toilet. “Why do I feel so sick?” I then remembered the night Trevor proposed to me, and said “No…that couldn’t be…” “There’s no way that I’m pregnant, it hasn’t even been a week.” I got up, and ran to the store. When I got back home, I took the pregnancy test, and I came up positive. “I…I’m pregnant?” I asked in shock. My mom knocked on the door, and said “Kristie, is everything alright in there?” “Just fine.” I said. “Ok.” My mom said walking away. I stared down at the pregnancy test and smiled. “I’m going to be having Trevor’s baby.” I said.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> I’m going to fast forward through some of the things that has happened after Jennifer died, so bare with me. We had Jennifer’s funeral a day after she died, and everyone that knew and loved her were there including me of course. Jennifer’s mom and dad were crying in each other’s arms, and I comforted them. I told Trevor about me being pregnant two days after Jennifer’s funeral, and his eyes filled with joy. A month later, he and I were married. I forgot to mention how Trevor was revived so fast that day, so I’m going to tell you now. After Doug flew to where his body was at, he used a teleporting watch, and teleported to his dads house. In the past, the life machine that his dad built took three hours to bring someone back. But because his dad had more experience through the years, he managed to bring Trevor back in three minutes. Once Trevor was alive and well, they left Doug’s dad’s house, and teleported back to their house. Of course you know the rest, so let’s skip to the present where I had my baby. Doug told me, that because I was half cat, the pregnancy developed faster than a normal person.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"> Another month had passed, and I had triplets. Two were girls, and the third was a boy. The two girls, we named them Jennifer and Ruby. The boy, we named Greg. When I gave birth to them, the doctor pulled them out while they were all in their cat forms. Today is August seventeenth, twenty thirty. Trevor and I now had our own place, and I was finished with school forever. I have a job as a vet, and Trevor is a professional scientist who helps people with him and his dads healing spray. I still think about that day when I last saw Jennifer, and it haunts me. My triplets are aging the same rate as everyone else now, so the time when they were still inside me and how they aged so fast, only happened that one time. I do go by Jennifer’s grave once and awhile and place flowers on it, and cry for a few minutes. Also, I still listen out for people in need of help, and give them the help they need. Oh and my best friend Kary, she ended up moving into the apartment next to me with her new boyfriend Drake. Anyway this is the end of the story, and I hope you enjoyed it so…bye!

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