Hey everyone! It's me, Amberpetal. I've decided to take a small break from Amnesia, since I can't come up with any good ideas for it. In the meantime, I've decided to take up another story- one that has an easy plot to follow. So, my lovely Amberpetalians (cheeZy name), welcome to TAID, or TaiD, or Trapped In A Dream!

It's basically a humorous, comedy kind of story with bUncHeZ of action.

On with the story!

"Warriors- the New Prophecy!"

The English teacher excitedly waved the book around, a big, silly WOWZERS-IT'S-LITERATURE smile on. Most of the class slumped into their seats and groaned, while a small part of the class (the bookworms) squealed.

There was one kid in the corner who looked frightened; Alexis Mackendale. Ever since she disappeared for 6 months at the beginning of the year, she came back with the chills. Whenever someone mentions "warriors" or "cats", she leaps out of her chair and screams.

And runs to the nearest exit.

And promptly disappears for the rest of the day.

We started working on the Warriors series since school started. Now, we finished the first arc; WHEE-HEE! TORTURE'S OVER! Moving on to the second series.

"Now, I have about 32 books in here, for all my classes to share. I want to know that whichever book you get isn't yours to keep- it's for other students as well. So I don't want you to…"

On and on and on she drones.

For the good of the readers, I'll skip to the end of the class. (and since English is my last subject, that means I get to go home. Finally)

I pick up my binders and papers, as well as my homework- write a long, stupid paragraph about what I think the book is going to be about.

Isn't it obvious? Uh, duh- cats.

Right when I was about to exit, Alexis- remember that strange/creepy/weird kid Alexis?- ran up to me and grabbed my arm. Her grip was tight, and chilling. I swear she cut off my blood circulation.

"Jaden," she whispered, clutching my arm and staring at me with big brown, dark, scared eyes. "I've been watching you."

Good to know that I'm being stalked.

"You must be careful," she said. "The world you're about to enter… you may think whatever is written on paper is going to happen- it's not." she squeezed me tighter. "Whenever a forbidden presence enters a story, it'll change it completely."

"Uh…" I wasn't sure what to make of that. "Sure, I guess?"

"You have the student phone number handbook, right?"

"Well, yeah-"

"Good." She smiled tightly. "You know how to reach me if you come back."

She released my arm, and sudden warmth surged through my veins. I sighed, rubbing my purple arm back to normal. I glanced at Alexis. "Anything else I should know?"

I was being sarcastic, but Alexis took me seriously, tipping her head onto one side. "When you're there, at you meet them, tell them… tell them Lilyseed sent you." Her voice quivered. "If you come across Ravenwing, tell him I will always be with him."

I blinked, then stared at my arm. Good! It wasn't eggplant purple now. I glanced back up. "Is this a joke-?''

Alexis was gone.

~ Trapped In A Dream ~

"Mother! I'm home!" I slammed the door shut, hoping to hear my mom call back to me.

Nothing.

I sighed. Looked like she was out again.

"Dad?" I called. I dropped my backpack near the door, walking across our hall into our kitchen.

My dad was there, staring at some paper (bills) with a pen in his hand (pen) and a frustrated expression on his face.

"Hey dad," I said casually, plopping on the dining table. "Where's Mom?"

"You know where she is, Jaden," Dad responded vaguely. "Away."

"You know, she might be going to the b-"

"Enough, Jaden." He knew what I was going to say. I'd tried to tell him multiple times. "Go to your room and work on your homework."

Grumbling a bunch of things I'm supposed to say but say it anyway, I retrieve my backpack and stomp up into my room.

My room is a mess, as any regular lazy teen would; my bed was the only neat thing. My desk was a mess. The floor was partly covered with letters for my friend living in Illinois.

Collapsing in my chair near my desk, I unzip my backpack and pull out my math, science, English, history, geography, art, math, math and math.

"Time to start working on the pile of doom," I mumbled, taking out my pencil.

*many centuries later

"Finally!" I shoved aside all my homework. Well, almost all my homework. I had saved the worst for last; my English homework.

Don't get me wrong; English is great! It lets me communicate with other English-speaking members. What I don't get is why we have to learn about it. And why we have to read. The horror!

Reluctantly, I took out my copy of Warriors: The New Prophecy: Midnight. Talk about long title.

I opened my book. The instructions my English teacher, Ms. Samantha, were to read only chapter two (we read chapter one in class) and give a very "logical assumption" one what the book may be about.

I started reading.

About halfway through the chapter, I started getting sleepy. I glanced up. It was only 3.

I tried to keep reading. My eyelids refused to stay up; I felt them dropping, further and further…

I felt myself lulled into sleep.

When I reopened my eyes, I was in swirling darkness. Through the mist, I saw what people call a "meif'wa". If you don't know what that is, congrats! You passed the stupid test.

But seriously, it means half cat, half human.

She had long blond hair, and orange cat ears. She was wearing a pink dress with lots of sparkles (Oooooh! spArKleZ) and a long orange cat tail dipped in white at the end.

"Welcome, Jaden Luise," the meif'wa girl said, spreading her arms. Her amber cat-like eyes burned like cold fire. "We've been expecting the next human."

"The next?" I very stupidly responded to the meif'wa. "What do you mean, next human?"

"It's too much to explain- we only have seconds left, Jaden. And to make use of that time, I must issue a warning. Don't worry, any questions you may have will be answered in time, if you are patient."

"What the heck does that mean?"

"The warning," the meif'wa continued as if I hadn't said anything- stupid ignorant cat girl, "is that when you inhabit such a body, you must learn to use it, and fast. Be careful out there- there will be cats who will want to hurt you."

"Cats? You mean people, genius?" I snorted.

"No." Her eyes then literally started glowing. "I mean cats."

Suddenly, I jerked back awake.

"Woah, what a cray-zee dream," I muttered. "Almost just ominously strange as Alexis."

I raised my face, and with a jolt of surprise, I realized I wasn't in my room anymore.

"What the-" I started saying a very long string of colorful phrases my parents would not approve of. If I were on a tv show, you'd hear a LOT of beeps.

Get it? HAHAHA... No.

"WHY AM I IN A FREAKING FOREST?!" I shrieked at last, spinning around and around.

Now, most people in movies would be like, "oH tHis muSt bE a dreAm! s0meoNe piNch mE! oH waiT, n0 onE iz hEre!''

But in real life?

I looked around, getting the weirdest urge to sniff. Was it me, or were the trees taller than normal? Was the grass longer?

I saw a wild, long river flowing to the left of me. Suddenly thirsty, I bounded up to it.

I didn't even have to bend over; I kinda "crouched". The ground was much closer than usual.

Or maybe I was being delusional. You know, that kinda happens when you wake up after a creepy dream and end up in random forest.

I as peered in the water, about to drink, I noticed something.

My reflection.

Totally normal, right?

Except it was a cat.