PROLOGUE:

Hey. I'm Ember.

Ever since I was born, I've been an animal-lover. That's how I got my cat, Cat. He's pure white with no markings, blind and he has no claws, but he's REALLY clever. I think, if he wasn't blind and he didn't have cataracts, he would have white eyes. Really, he's just a beautiful shadow of a cat.

I love him, more than I love anyone else…

Sort of.

I'm a bit obsessive about helping people. People have found out about me, and started to text me about their problems. And I could usually help them. It's how my mind works. It's why I end up lookking after everyone; stopping them from getting upset.

I don't really have a home at the moment, although I sometimes stay with my friend Emryn; Cat and I live on the street, but we have loads of friends, all of whom live over one street. I mostly hang around with Veneziano, Ludwig and Kiku, even though Kiku always gets embarrassed when I'm around. At least he doesn't object to Cat, though. I guess. And he's rather sweet.

But the person I get on best with is Gilbert. He's albino, like I THINK Cat is, and he looks quite evil. But, really, he isn't. He's sweet, if you understand him enough. And if you bring him something alcoholic… But he's nice.

As I'm an artist, I tend to take a box of pencils and pens with me everywhere. It's not a family thing; I don't know my family. I was raised by myself, and by no-one else.

I also bring in quite a bit of profit with my art, which is very good, because it means that if I keep selling I probably won't end up needing a job when I get older.

But, enough babbling.

On with my life.