Strange Escapes

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This story takes place in Animal Crossing New Leaf. So there's a little bit of a spoiler to how the first few chapters will play out.

Just a little spoiler though ;)

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Prologue

They didn't understand me, they never would.

I had to get out.

So I did.

It was late when I left, so they wouldn't know I left. As the door creaked open I froze, and listened to the not so gentle snores of my father. When they didn't falter I continued.

Once the door was closed behind me, I broke into a run. I bought a ticket for the first train out of town, I didn't care where it led me. It was all the money I had on me. I'd been skipping lunch in school for weeks to save up the money.

It wasn't until I was safely aboard the train, watching my old home disappear, that I allowed myself to relax.

"Ex-excuse me, miss?"

I looked up and gawked. Standing before me, was a boy. He was tall and pale, with a nervous smile, and wore jeans and a red plaid sweater. What was strange about him was his hair, it was blue, and sprouting from it was a pair of cat ears. Between his hands he held a long, blue tail with a white tip and his eyes were red, with slit pupils, like a cats.

I blinked. He was still there.

"Excuse me, I just replaced the batteries on my clock, but I'm afraid I don't remember how to reset the date and time. Would you mind giving me a hand?" the cat boy said.

"uh, umm, sure…" I said awkwardly, still gawking. The cat boy smiled at me, revealing a set of sharp, white, cat teeth. He gratefully handed over a small watch, and I set the date for the 14 of May 2014, and the time for 1:15am.

"Oh thank you so much!" He said with another smile. "I'm Rover, by the way. Do you mind if I sit here with you?"

Yes. "N-no, go ahead," I muttered staring at his ears, which twitched swiveled as the train whistled.

"What's your name? If I may ask?"

"Jasmine." I said, wondering if I had somehow eaten some bad chicken for dinner.

"That's a cute name!" Rover said "It suits you!"

"Th-thanks,"

"So, where are you headed?" Rover asked looking me over.

I had to check my ticket. "Uh, MapleTree Valley,"

"Hmm, I don't think I've ever been there, hang on one sec." He said as he pulled a notebook out of his back pocket. He opened it up and began flipping through it, the notebook was filled with maps.

"Ahh, here it is!" He said turning the notebook over so I could see. On the page he indicated was a small green map with a river splitting the town into 3 sections. There were several houses marked out on the map, as well as a few stores and landmarks.

I half smiled, at least the town looked cozy.

"I have a cousin who lives there actually," Rover said, "It's a nice little town, don't ya think?"

"Well, I've never actually been there." I said simply

"Oh! Well you'll love it there! What made you decide to visit Maple Tree Valley?"

"I'm moving."

"You're moving to Maple Tree Valley, and you've never been there? You don't have much luggage with you, do you already have a house picked out?" Rover asked looking concerned.

I looked down, I hadn't really thought about that. I hadn't really thought much about anything really, I was just so desperate to get away.

"I-I'm sure I'll be fine." I said, less than convincingly.

Rover didn't look so sure either. But then he smiled and said "Well, you look like the lucky type. I'm sure you'll be just fine!"

"Thanks, I hope so."

The train whistled again, and began to slow.

"Maple Tree Valley! Next stop, Maple Tree Valley!" The words rang out over the intercom.

"Well, this is your stop!" Rover said with a smile. He held out his hand "I hope you enjoy it there. It was nice meeting you."

I smiled and shook his hand. "Nice meeting you too." Despite the fact that you're a creepy cat dude. I was never going to see anything like him again, that was for sure.

As the train came to a halt and I made my way off, I really started to worry about how I was going to survive. I had no money, no possessions, nowhere to stay. All I had was the shirt on my back.

What came next was the last thing I was expecting.