A/N: I keep getting new ideas...enjoy this one, though!
"Kitty..."
"Kitty has to go." Sulley sighed.
Boo sat up in her bed and gave Sulley a hug. He hugged her back and placed her covers over her lap. Boo watched with teary eyes as her kitty left the room. She was sad and confused of why he had to leave. Sulley looked at her one last time, and closed her bedroom door. Boo climbed out of bed and ran to her door. She giggled as she reached for the doorknob.
"Boo!" she said, as she opened the door.
She gasped quietly as she stared at her closet. Tears filled her eyes as she looked at her clothes and toys inside her closet.
"Kitty?"
I put my book down and sighed. My foster mother was calling me from downstairs and I blew at the hair that was in my eyes. I got out of bed and opened my door. It had been the same since I was little. It wasn't as white since my foster mother never bothered to hire someone to repaint it. It didn't really matter since both sides of the door were covered in posters and stickers.
I hurried down the stairs and dodged all the chaos from all my other foser siblings. A paper airplane flew my way and I ducked. Kids were screaming and crying, as they usually did. I had 6 other foster siblings, but we never talked to each other. Most of them were related to one another, except me.
My foster mom was in the kitchen on the phone and making some lousy dinner. She was very young and had a child of her own that lived with the rest of us foster kids. He was her only real child. She had him when she was in high school, around the age of 17. Something about a cute tennis player or a party guy. I didn't remember what the story was, nor did I care.
My foster mom was a red head. She had green eyes and a lot of always whined about her freckles, but I didn't see why. I always envied people with freckles, since they seemed to make the person photogenic. I called my foster mother by her name: Kate.
"Oh, hey, Mary. Listen, I have to go to a job interview right now, so you're in charge, alright?" Kate asked, as she chewed gum.
I nodded. "Okay. I'll try to fix up sime dinner too. Good luck at the interview."
"Thanks. Bye-bye." Kate said, heading out of the kitchen, with her phone in her ear.
Frankly, I didn't know why she had her phone there. She didn't appear to be talking to anyone, but I shrugged it off. I made supper and tried my best to get all the kids to the table without killing each other. I was the eldest foster child, so I was like another adult in the house.
"Okay, everybody, we're eating Mac and Cheese, so eat up!" I announced.
All the kids ate and talked at the table. Kate was usually gone a lot, so I was pretty much the parent of the house. Even with so many other kids, I felt so lonely. I was home schooled, so I didn't have any friends. I grew up with al these kids but I never considered them as family. It's not that I hated them or anything. We just weren't close.
After dinner, I headed to my room. My sanctuary. I plopped myself into bed and stared at the ceiling. My eyes felt heavy and I quickly fell asleep.
"Take care of yourself and try not to run through anymore closets." Sulley said.
Boo giggled and fiddled with his lip, making him laugh a bit.
A brown regal door appeared and Mike stepped aside with pride. Sulley saw the door and frowned.
"Mike, that's not her door." Sulley said.
"What are you talking about? Of course, it's her door. It's her door!" Mike said, shrugging.
"No, her door was white." Sulley said.
Mike crossed his arms. "No."
"And, it had flowers on it."
"No. It must have been dark last night. Because this is its door." Mike said.
I sat up in bed, gasping. My room was dark and I realized I had slept longer than I wanted. I shrugged it off and checked my alarm clock for the time.
7:30? I wonder if Kate's back form the interview.
As I got out of bed, I wondered what my dream was about. I had kept seeing these two monsters in my dreams, and they seemed familiar to me. Particularly, the large blue one with spots. He was always smiling at me and arguing with the short green one. I got up and bumped into my small table by my bed. The drawer was open and it almost fell out when I bumped into it. My reflexes were quick and I stopped the drawer from falling. But, a lot of papers and crayons fell out.
"Really?" I asked, frustrated.
I sighed and bent over to pick up the mess. Most of the crayons were old and had been worn out. I tossed the crayons back in the drawer and grabbed a handful of papers. She shoved them in the drawer and paused when she saw that some of them had drawings.
"Hey. I remember these." I giggled.
I sat on my bed and looked over my drawings. Many of them were pretty strange. Too strange. One was of a long lizard-looking thing with a lot of arms. I winced and laughed a bit.
What made me draw THIS? I thought.
I put the drawing down and felt my heart stop at the next drawing. It was a drawing of the big blue monster that I had been dreaming about. It was holding hands with a little girl. I squinted and realized that the little girl was me.
When I was little, I always wore a little pink pajama that was like a night gown.
"What the heck...?" I mumbled.
I looked through the rest of the drawings, trying to find one of the little green monster that was also in my dreams. But, I didn't find any. I looked back at the other drawing of the monster and I, and winced at it.
Then, I took the drawing and sat at my computer. I quickly googled anything that had to do with a blue monster with spots, but I didn't find any images that matched my drawing. I placed my elbow on the desk and rested my head on my , I mocked myself.
What were you expecting to find? This was dumb.
I laughed at myself and shook my head. I felt ridiculous for getting so excited over such a thing, but couldn't help but wonder what that monster had to do with me. I didn't remember watching any cartoons with such a character or any movies. Nothing in my past reminded me about the creature.
I took a safety pin and pinned the drawing on my wall along with other posters I had. Hands on my hips, I sighed deeply.
Where did you come from?
Sulley straightened his tie and groaned. He hated to wear a tie for work, but it was part of the job. All the monsters had just finished returning their doors and were finishing up the day. Sulley smiled at all of them and wished them well. He looked at his clipboard and flipped to the back, where he had his drawing from Boo.
He looked down at it sadly, as he knew that she was much older now. His thoughts were interrupted by a pat on his back.
"There he is! The big man himself!" Mike said.
"Hey, bud. Ready to head home?" Sulley asked.
Mike nodded. "Hey, you alright?"
Sulley lied. "Yeah. why?"
"Come on, Sul. You're a bad liar. You were thinking about Boo again, weren't you?" Mike asked.
Sulley sighed. "She's grown older. Do you...do you think she remembers us at all?"
"Of course she does! She's not that old, Sulley. She's only 15."
"16." Sulley corrected.
"Whatever. The point is that she won't forget about you. I'm sure she remembers everthing about you." Mike smiled.
"I can't remember a thing about this thing." I said, slumping in my chair.
I had stayed up for hours, tryong to find something about the monster. But, I found nothing. Eventually, I gave up and tried looking up the monster from my other drawing. Nothing came up for a while, until I found an article.
TRACES OF STRANGE CREATURE FOUND AFTER DISAPPEARANCE
I read the article and was surprised at what I read. Apparantely,a strange creature appeared in a swamp in someone's home. It escaped and no one saw it for 14 years. Someone recently got a photo of it but it was blurred because the creature moved so fast. The creature entered a building, but as soon as entered, it vanished. People looked everywhere but it was never found. Foot prints were found in the swamp and scientists can't tell what species the creature is.
I took a closer look at the photo and saw that it matched my drawing. The creature was purple and had several arms and legs. Breathing heavily, I looked up where the swamp was and frowned when I realized it was somewhere in Kansas. I sunk in my chair and groaned.
"This thing has to be able to tell me about this other monster." I mumbled, looking up at the drawing that I had pinned on the wall.
I stood up and decided to go to Kansas. At first, I thought I was crazy. But, I knew it couldn't have been a coincidence that the creature in the phot matched the drawing I drew 14 years ago. Quickly, I packed my backpack and put on my favorite pink dress. Pink had always been my thing. I stuffed my cellphone inside and shoved the drawing I had on the wall inside. I crept downstairs, since it was late and grabbed some food from the cupboard and put it in my backpack.
Then, I walked into Kate's room and grabbed a stash of money that she kept there for emergencies. It was enough to get me to Kansas by train, but not enough to get food or shelter. I scurried to the kitchen and grabbed a bunch of junk food from the cupboard. Then, I grabbed a flashlight and left the house.
It was dark, and I walked towards downtown to get a train. As I walked, people stared at me. I ignored them but wondered why they were staring. I took a bus to the train station, and noticed a weird homeless guy staring at my feet. I looked down and noticed that I was barefoot.
I mentally facepalmed myself. The homless guy pretended to look somewhere else, and I sighed.
Oh well. I'm used to being barefoot anyway.
The bus arrived at the train station and I purchased my ticket to head to Oklahoma. I lived in Northern Texas, so I wasn't too far from my destination. I sat on the train and decided to sit in the back. There, I thought should have gotten some sleep. I got comfortable and rested my head on my backback. Then, I remembered something.
I reached into my backpack and pulled out my teddy bear from when was a kid. I loved it so much and snuggled with it as I slept. I didn't care if people stared. I just shut my eyes and played a song I had heard from when I was little in my head.
Oh, he's a happy bear...he's not crying and neither should you! Or we'll be in trouble 'cause they're gonna find us! So, please stop crying right now...
