++++"Why do I have to run away?" a ten year old blonde asks her mother.
"Because I had a vision that your father is going to kill me and then himself. You have to change and never return. From there you need to lay low for a while and never go by your name. You will have to come up with a new name." the dark haired, Native American woman said in answer to her daughter.
"I'll miss you Mommy" were the last words the little blonde told her mother before she turned into an orange tabby cat and jumped out the window.
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(The next night the little girl is sitting alone in an alley trying to come up with a new name.)
"I need a name, a really cool street name. I can't use Jaclyn Elizabeth any more. What would Mom do? I know! She would come up with an Indian name that describes who she is. Let's see. Rosethorn, too cheesy. I don't really want a sad name, so Rainheart is no good. I know, something with blade in it. Earthblade is perfect! So I have a name… now what?" Just as the newly self-appointed Earthblade came up with a name, a teen with brown hair and green eyes came upon the ten year old.
"What are you doing here? You're trespassing on the Bloody Rose gang's turf! If you don't leave now I will have to kill you. What gang are you from?" he snarled.
"I'm not part of a gang! I ran away from home." Earthblade grumbled.
"Well, you must be a loner than. We get them sometimes. If you don't bother our gang then you'll be able to stay. What's your name by the way?"
"My name's Earthblade. What's yours?"
"Sydney." At that point Earthblade decided to change and leave, much to Sydney's surprise. "How did you do that? It's not possible to change into a cat!" The little tabby then turned back and gave him a funny look.
"I thought lots of people could turn into animals. I can turn into any cat or cat-like creature any time I want."
"So you're telling me your some kind of cat girl? That only happens in stories!"
"Apparently not, since I just turned into a cat. By the way, any place around here that I could stay at?"
"But you just turned into a cat! You..you aren't real. I have to be dreaming! This just can't be happening."
"You're not dreaming. Cause if you were I would most definitely not be in your dream. What's so wrong with me anyway? I haven't attached you and I'm leaving like you asked. "
"I'm sorry it's just hard to believe. I always thought stuff from fairy tales weren't real. And here right in front of me one has come to life!"
"So? Do you want me to leave or do you want to keep gawking at me?"
"Wait didn't you ask for a place to stay? So doesn't that mean you have no clue how to live on the street?" he questioned.
"Of course! Didn't I tell you I just ran away from home!" she snapped
"I'll help you, but on one condition. You have to agree to be my friend." he told her.
"Sounds like a fair trade to me. So, where are we going?"
"To my favorite warehouse." he answered as started to walk away, "and do me a favor, don't turn into a cat around other people. It will freak them out."
From there the teen taught the little girl how to live on the street and they remained friends from the day forward.+++
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"Wow, that's a great story Kit! Where did you hear it? A ten year old boy asked.
"Yeah, where did you hear that story, Kit? I want to know!" yelled another ten year old.
"Well, it's the story of how I met ReiRei. I just changed the names and the color of cat I turned into at the time."
"Can you tell us another story?" both kids asked the same time.
"No, sorry, I have work to do. I'll tell you another one later. See yah later." And at that the skinny, yellow eyed eighteen year old left the old warehouse.
"Damn this curly hair of mine! It's always getting in my face! I need to cut it soon. I think I'll start in the grocer district and see which stores are closed for the night." She thought as she went from alley to alley.
Sometime later she dropped into a dark alley and came across the one thing that would change her life forever