I, as I knew very well, was not your average person. No, I wasn't strong, or brave, or even very

nice sometimes. But I was young, and not fully used to human society. In fact, I didn't like it at all. As

for looks, I was tall- for my age. Not the skinniest of girls, but not fat. I had pale skin and long, dark

brown hair, tied back in a sloppy ponytail most of the time.. I usually wore a

dark-colored T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, preferably without shoes. I don't like shoes. But on with

the story!

It was the 29th of May, and my school was out for Summer Vacation.

"Why don't you go outside?" My mother suggested. I rolled my eyes and put my laptop down on the

couch.

"Too..bright." I made my hands into claws and hissed like some sort of nocturnal animal.

"Oh, come on." She said. "Just go play or something."

"Got no one the play with." I complained. It was true- all my friends were gone on vacation.

"Then play with a cat." My mom pointed to Jake, one of our five cats, who happened to be walking past.

"Fine, fine. C'mon, Jakey." I grabbed him and bounded down the stairs and into the bright, southern

sunlight. The black-and-white Tuxedo cat meowed in protest, so I set him down on the grass.

Immediately, he ran off into the bushes.

"Get back here!" I exclaimed, stumbling after him. "Jake!"

"Mrreow!" He called out, still lurking in the bush.

"No way, kitten. I am not going in there."

"Rrreeow!"

"Just come out already!"

"Myyreeew!"

"Gaah!" I groaned, getting down on my knees and crawling into the bush. "Well, when mommy

complains because of grass stains, I'm gonna tell her it's your fault." Jake didn't reply, but just stared at

me like, 'Okay?' He turned around and ran through the bushes, towards the woods behind our house.

"Jake!" I called and crawled after him. Soon we reached the woods, and I found out what Jake was

chasing. It was a large white animal, judging by the only thing I saw of it, which was white fur. A cat or

rabbit, maybe? I thought. Suddenly, he stopped abruptly. I crawled forward, stumbling and tripped

over Jake. I grabbed the cat in desperation, tumbling head over heels into a huge hole.

"......."