I'd like to start out by saying that old habits die hard. In other words… I am starting yet ANOTHER fic, even though I just started writing TWO OTHER ONES, and am in the process of REWRITING A FEW OTHERS! NI! …I have a problem.

ANYWAY, this fic is more of an "in-between-quel" of another fic I'm working on. I hope that you read, enjoy, and do NOT call the rehab for write-aholics like me.

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Diary of an Outcast

I was born in the ghetto, where I was forced to take care of myself after my world shattered after I turned seven. From that point on, I refused to trust anybody, respect nobody, and shun everybody.

Then I went to prison. It wasn't like any other prison… it was more like a prison for supernatural creeps. That's where I learned the hard way that a smart mouth can really get you into deep shit.

It's also the place where I met only two people I could trust… though, a few days later, one of them passed on. They were already dead, so it's no big deal. The other guy took some time, though.

Then we broke out, which wasn't as easy as planned, and met some other guys with problems of their own, only to run into more douche-bags. One big life-changing, back-breaking, agonizing, annoying trip later, our problems are solved.

…At least, that's what we thought. Turns out four years later another psycho decided to give us hell, driving us to a place that I still don't believe exists, where we found out a bunch of secrets, had to save the world, and yadda yadda yadda.

The only difference was that in the end, our problems weren't completely unsolved. …At least, mine wasn't. I thought I could never be any less of an outcast than I was before…

Then I got wolf-ears. And a tail.

Both were a pain in the ass to keep hidden. I knew that if anyone else, other than my closest friends, ever saw my mutations, all hell would break loose and no doubt people would label me as a freakin' "Inuyasha" impersonator. (though, that anime guy never had a tail, lucky son of a bitch).

How did I get wolf ears and a tail? I got bit by a werewolf, then bit by a half-werewolf, and la dee frickin' da, I'm a freak.

I wanted to use this as an excuse to skip school… but I wasn't going to make that mistake, and wind up nowhere again. For my late-mother's sake, and for my foster-dad's sake, I continued my education… though I had to hide my ears and tail well, coming up with the excuse that I had a bad scalp condition and couldn't take off my hat for any reason. I also managed to skip gym classes, so my tail wouldn't show through those pathetic shorts they made everyone else wear.

Some kids tried to yank my hat off, resulting in me throwing on a wig underneath, which had some black, shedding marks on it (whipped it up, myself), and I told the kid the condition was contagious, throwing a bit of "black dandruff" at him. From that point on, no one tried to pull my hat off… though I did flunk gym class and ended up taking summer school for it. Dammit.

Then came graduation, where I did the dumbest thing I could think of.

You see, when I was growing up on the streets, I never thought that I would go to school and graduate, like what my mom had planned before she died. So, as I walked down that line and received my diploma, I felt as if, for the first time in my life, I actually did something right, something that would make everyone proud of me and see me as a whole new person, and when everyone else threw their hats into the air, I had to join in…

Well, everyone saw me as a different person… but for a whole different reason.

The next thing I knew, Silver, Radio and I were packing up our bags to leave town, before the paparazzi surrounded our house. "How long will you be gone?" Rudy Homes asked me, as he and Danny Charmm stood in my room.

"For a while. God knows how long it'll take everyone to forget that they saw a kid with wolf-ears." I replied, stuffing my clothes into my suitcase.

"What if we just told everyone they were fakes? A joke you decided to pull?" Danny suggested.

"Too late for that." Radio said. "Someone had already pulled on his ears, and noticed how well-attached they were."

"So, where are you going to go?" Rudy asked.

"The only place where we can lay low without suspicion." Silver said, entering the room and holding up a gold coin. "Fairytale Land."

"You've GOT to be shitting me." I sneered. I honestly would have preferred hiding in an old, worn-out beach shack, like how I used to, than go back to that horrific, mind-numbing land of enchantment.

"It's either there, or to a science lab. And I hardly think that you would want some nerd trying to dissect your head,"

I hated it when Silver had a point. "How long are we going to stay there?"

"Just until this whole scenario becomes old news… which may take a while," Silver then turned to Danny and Rudy. "You two stay behind, and contact us to tell us if anything changes. Keep an eye on the place too- I didn't buy this house just to abandon it,"

"Yes, Silver." Danny said with a nod.

"We'll leave late at night, when no one is awake. That's probably going to be the only private-time we have to make it to the train-station, unsighted." Radio said, packing her bag.

"Hold it, Radio! Why are you going?" I scoffed. "No one saw your cat-ears, or anything!"

Radio was sort of like me… only more of a Furry. …A Furry Princess, actually. Every time she got excited, her cat-ears would show, and if she were to be kissed, she would turn into a cat… which made it hard for us to keep up a relationship, but hey, no couple's perfect-

Yeah, I'm dating a cat-girl! You got a problem with it, then you can stick it up your ass.

"It's not my species, James," Radio said, solemnly. "It's the mystery behind it. If there's one place where I can find answers about my family and this unnamed royal family I was to be betrothed to, it would be Fairytale Land."

Radio was under a curse, just to fill you in. I'll tell you more later.

Silver and I both exchanged a look. Radio had been looking for answers all year, keeping in contact with our detective-friend, Izzy, but nothing came up, and she was determined to solve the mystery. …And neither of us wanted to give her a reason to give up.

"Alright, then." Silver said.

When 3 AM came around that night, we said goodbye to Rudy and Danny, and set off to Fairytale Land, not knowing how long it would be until we saw our friends again.

Not knowing… until three years later.

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A/N: So, what do you guys, think? It may be a while before my next update, since I have so many other things to work on, so please don't get your hopes down if I don't update for a few days.

Just review, don't flame, and have a nice day.