Adventures of a Neko

Vol. I

Prologue

I stood there in Soluna City. I gawked at Gears University, standing tall and proud in the background. I was finally there.

My name is Andy Torhjo (pronounced Tŏr-hō). I am 17 years old and I am from the planet of Oryan (Ŏr-yăn). My mother is one of the cat beings, who are basically cats that stand on their hind legs and talk. My father is a human. Thus, I am not going to fit in well in Gears University, the place my father chose for college. I, myself, look like a normal human. I only have hair on my head, I wear normal clothes, and I have normal eyes. However, I have cat ears and a cat tail. Also, I do tend to make cat gestures instinctively, such as purring, meowing, and so forth. My father said he went to Gears University, and figured I should go too. On one of his expeditions into space, he met the love of his life, my mom. Long story short, they married and had an ugly creature for a baby (me). I had a hard time on my mother's home planet. I was always on the brunt end of immature jokes in elementary school. Even in middle and high school I was nagged and teased with names like cat boy, neko man, furry, or fandom man. They never learned to be mature. I doubt Gears University will be much different. Still, the city and buildings were beautiful. I actually looked forward to learning to defend space. It was the furry jokes I was not looking forward to.

I walked off the space craft, and immediately, I felt as if I gained about 200lbs. There was something I'd forgotten about. Earth gravity was very strong. I'd need to get used to that. I stood there, stunned for a second. I was frozen mid-step, as if time itself had stopped. Everyone passed by me, so oblivious to the beauty I saw, in slow motion. Then, suddenly, everything sped up as I was rammed in the side and knocked down. I got up, dusted myself off, and looked at the thing, or should I say person, who had rammed me. He finished collecting his books as I stared at him.

"Watch where you're standing, furry creep!" With that, he ran off past me. Earth was already turning out to be fun.