Rosefeather: Hello! This is my first fanfiction. I would like you to know that this is not fanfiction now, but it will be soon enough. This is more of an intro. The good stuff will come. I might not get the next chapter uploaded this week. I will be working on it. Constructive criticism is welcomed. Don't get mad if it's not what you want. Just deal with it.

Aska: Yeah! Rosefeather does own everything in this story right now. We will add the disclaimers when they are needed. Right now, this is all her! And yes, my mom is a bit loony, but that's okay.

RF: Yep! Remember, I love reviews and constructive criticism, but don't just complain to complain. Please.

The Long Journey

Hi, my name is Aska, and I need to tell you a story about me. It all started out a long time ago, when I was still a normal human being. Things were perfect; I had a wonderful family and lots of good friends. High school was amazing and nothing went wrong. I was obsessed with anime, and I had a photographic memory. That made life a party. The only thing missing in my life was a partner to share things with. All of the guys in my class already had girlfriends. All of the upper classmen had girlfriends too. All of the guys I knew had girlfriends, and I didn't want to ask them to drop their dates for me. I wasn't that mean. Summer vacation came, and my parents wanted me to come with them on their vacation. We were going to Florida for a couple of months. I was really excited to go on this trip. There were so many things I wanted to do in Florida. I wanted to scuba-dive, and see the Everglades, and see the crocodiles and alligators. I wanted it to be a life-changing and eye-opening experience. It was, but not the way I thought it would be.

Time to Go

"Wake up! It's almost time to go, silly! Grab your bags and let's get out of here! Florida, here we come!" My mom was grinning like some sort of maniac as I tried to get out of my bed.

"Mom, could you please get off me? I can't get up."

"Of course, sweetie. Just hurry and get ready, kay?"

"You know I will, mom. Could you get off my bed now?"

She moved off of my bed and headed out the door, only pausing to call back, "We're having doughnuts for breakfast, if you don't hurry up, your dad and I will eat them all!"

I sighed and got up. 'Today is going to be a long day. It's a long drive to Florida, and we aren't stopping today except to eat and sleep,' I thought. 'The only things to do will be looking out the window, playing video games, and playing the puzzle games I'm bringing. Maybe I can get my mom and dad to let me turn on the TV.' While I was thinking, I was getting ready for the trip. My suitcases were packed and ready to go, all I had to do was pack them in the camper. My games were in a separate bag. This way I could keep them separate and accessible. I also had my laptop, but my parents wouldn't let me turn it on before we got to Florida. Ah, well. Time to go. I hope there's a doughnut left...

That Night

The camper rumbled to a stop. "Time to get ready for bed! We'll arrive in Florida tomorrow, you know. Get some sleep, okay? You'll want to be rested when we get there, don't you? G'night!" My mom had poked her head through the curtains separating the front and back of the camper to talk to me. She pulled her head back when she was done.

"Good night, mom."

The Next Day

I awoke with a start when I felt the camper lurch to the side. 'What's wrong? What's going on? Where are we? Oh my gosh, I hope we didn't crash!' These thoughts ran through my head as I hurried toward the front of the camper.

"Mom! Dad! Where are you? What's wrong? Are you all right? Please answer me," I yelled as I tried to reach the front of the camper. I tried to pick my way through the maze of broken dishes and haphazard luggage that had managed to fall down from the cupboards. It was a miracle that I didn't get glass stuck in my feet. At least, that's what I thought at the time. Pretty soon I get close enough to the front of the camper to see that the curtains have fallen down and my parents are passed out on the floor. I hurried over to them as fast as I could while avoiding the dangerous objects strewn about on the floor. When I finally reached my parents, I saw that they were still breathing. I reached into my pocket for my cellphone, but it wasn't there. It must have fallen out when the camper swerved. I picked my way back toward my bed. As I came closer, I saw someone lying in my bed. What are they doing there? I walked towards the sleeping person, and I didn't believe who it was. It was me. I was looking at myself lying in my bed. I looked closer and saw that an especially large trunk was lying nearby. One corner of the trunk was bloody. I knew that I didn't really want to know what happened, but I had to make sure. I looked back at my 'sleeping' form... and see a wound that I couldn't have lived through. A deep, bloody dent was in my forehead. I started to cry. My life was over. I had turned into a ghost. I don't know why I became a ghost, but I did and I should probably find out what I can do.

First, I decided to try touching things. Turns out, I can touch things. The only thing is, it takes forever to move anything at all. It takes about an hour to get my phone out of my pocket, and another ten minutes to open it and dial 9-11. When the voice on the other end of the line finally picked up, I tried to talk to them. They kept saying hello, and asked who was there. I kept trying to tell them where my parents were and that they were hurt, but they couldn't hear me. They had no idea that I was there. I felt so helpless. I started to cry again.

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" I looked up and saw a boy about my age looking at me with concern in his eyes. He was completely normal except that he had the eyes, ears, and tail of a wolf. I was frightened.

"W-who are you?" I tried to keep myself from stuttering, but I did anyway.

He looked at me with a twinkle of amusement in his eyes. "I'm Kito, who are you?"

"I'm Aska. I'm new to this whole ghost thing, so I'm wondering: What's with the wolf ears and tail?"

"Oh, these?" he asked with a smile. "You can take over people and animals as a ghost. It's really disorienting, so most ghosts don't do it. It's called becoming the animal. The thing is, you can keep some of the animal's traits if you become that animal enough. It's really cool, but not enough ghosts do it for it to be common knowledge." His amber eyes twinkled. "I'm like a lone wolf. I stand out because I do things other ghosts don't. Because of this, I know more about ghosts in general. No one wants to associate with me, though. It gets lonely. I guess the reason I'm a ghost in the first place is because I wanted a girlfriend. The spirits of deceased humans become ghosts if they have an unfulfilled wish that can be granted as a ghost. My personality just pushes everyone away from me instead… But here I am going on and on about me. I'm sure you want to know more about why you're a ghost and what you can do. I'm sorry." He hung his head while his ears and tail drooped.

"It's all right. You already told me why I became a ghost. And you told me about some of the things I can do as a ghost. Anyway, can we maybe move somewhere else? Please? I, I really don't want to stand near… that anymore." By that I meant my body. My dead body. It was making me uncomfortable being around it.

"All right. I understand. Let's go out to my favorite spot!" His eyes lit up and his tail started to wag. His body language was that of a puppy. It would be really easy to tell what he was feeling.

His favorite spot, as it turned out, was a wolf den where a female wolf had some pups. They were so cute! I turned to Kito. "These pups are so cute! How old are they?"

"They're about two weeks old. I've been watching them for a long time. You see," he looked at the ground and looked really fidgety. "I was the male wolf right before he got with the female. I left before… well, I left. But I knew that she'd have pups. I wanted to see them." He smiled, showing his wolf canines. "Sometimes I become one of the pups. It's really fun." His eyes widened. "Maybe you should try! I mean, it is a bit disorienting, but it's really fun once you get used to it." He gave me the puppy eyes. "Please?"

"All right, all right. Just stop giving me those puppy eyes." He smiled as he stopped. His eyes twinkled again. "I want to start on something else, though. I really want to fly. If nothing else, I want to become a bird. Is that all right?" I looked at him hopefully.

He smiled. "Sure. The birds are the hardest to become though." He gave me a concerned look. "If you don't know what you're doing, you could get yourself hurt really easily." He smiled at me again. "You'll be just fine. I'll help you."

Right on cue, a beautiful silver bird glided over to land on a tree nearby. I know my birds, but this one isn't one that I know. I memorized every single bird there was, but none of them looked like this. It was completely silver. It's wings were pure silver. It was gorgeous.

I took a deep breath. "All right. How do you become a bird?"