Marie ducked behind the garbage can and waited for the dog to pass. The
annoying dog. She saw it walk up to her garbage can. Oh please, no, not
this time, she thought. Yet, once again, luck was on her side. It sniffed
the air and barked, then moved away.
For a second there she was sure she was going to be caught this time. Every time a dog passed, she waited, hiding. Usually it would ignore her, but sometimes the dog would actually sense her. And if it did.she was as good as dead.
It wasn't easy being what she was. 4"6 and with tri-coloured hair, she stood out among the crowd. People.stared. And that wasn't the only part. There were.other.things that made her different.
Normally a person who liked to play "Duel Monsters", a card game, would only have their deck of cards. Oh, Marie had a lot more than that. She had a special pendant, a commitment.and a power that would make human flight seem normal.
Sure, there were dragon people out there, but what about dragon/cat?
Neko/Dragon. Somehow that just didn't seem normal. Well, it wasn't normal. And yet, because she had just learned that about herself recently, it seemed even more strange. Likely she was the only one like that. Not even her triplet brother and sister could be like her.
Marie stepped out from behind the can and began her walk home. At least she could be normal there.or as normal as she could get. Her family knew about her.
Eventually the game shop where her grandfather worked came into view. Marie opened the door, said hi to her grandfather and brother (he was working there?) and climbed the stairs to her room. She flopped down on the bed and changed to what was supposed to be her natural form. It felt different for her. Maybe that would change over time. Maybe.
Cat ears poked out from under her black and red hair. Dragon wings were folded around her. Claws dug into the covers of her bed. To top it all off, she had a tail. A cat tail.
At least the mirror didn't break.
Everything had gone wrong since she had come back from the duelist kingdom with her siblings, friends and grandfather. She liked a man who caused her torture and now had another girlfriend. She had problems in school for missing school. She had constant fears of changing to dragon or neko in the middle of class. And dogs were behaving oddly around her.
She never had liked dogs. They had always been annoying yapping animals with no meaning. They begged. And chased cats. She loved cats.
And she was a cat.
Well, no big surprise to why dogs hated her, then.
"Marie!" Miya's voice echoed up the stairs. "You home?"
"No duh! Why ask?"
"Someone wants to talk to you.."
"Who, Joey?"
"Of course not.it's a girl from your class. Two, actually. You know them? Yudii and Ashlee?"
"Um.yeah, them. What did they say?"
"Well.they're your friends, right?"
"Kind of." Marie listened as Miya played the message again. "They want to be friends with me? Marie Mutou? Marie who missed school for a month or two with her weird triplets (er, sorry Miya) and three- no, four friends?"
"Looks like it.so, what about that?"
"Yeah, OK, I'll phone them back later!"
For a second there she was sure she was going to be caught this time. Every time a dog passed, she waited, hiding. Usually it would ignore her, but sometimes the dog would actually sense her. And if it did.she was as good as dead.
It wasn't easy being what she was. 4"6 and with tri-coloured hair, she stood out among the crowd. People.stared. And that wasn't the only part. There were.other.things that made her different.
Normally a person who liked to play "Duel Monsters", a card game, would only have their deck of cards. Oh, Marie had a lot more than that. She had a special pendant, a commitment.and a power that would make human flight seem normal.
Sure, there were dragon people out there, but what about dragon/cat?
Neko/Dragon. Somehow that just didn't seem normal. Well, it wasn't normal. And yet, because she had just learned that about herself recently, it seemed even more strange. Likely she was the only one like that. Not even her triplet brother and sister could be like her.
Marie stepped out from behind the can and began her walk home. At least she could be normal there.or as normal as she could get. Her family knew about her.
Eventually the game shop where her grandfather worked came into view. Marie opened the door, said hi to her grandfather and brother (he was working there?) and climbed the stairs to her room. She flopped down on the bed and changed to what was supposed to be her natural form. It felt different for her. Maybe that would change over time. Maybe.
Cat ears poked out from under her black and red hair. Dragon wings were folded around her. Claws dug into the covers of her bed. To top it all off, she had a tail. A cat tail.
At least the mirror didn't break.
Everything had gone wrong since she had come back from the duelist kingdom with her siblings, friends and grandfather. She liked a man who caused her torture and now had another girlfriend. She had problems in school for missing school. She had constant fears of changing to dragon or neko in the middle of class. And dogs were behaving oddly around her.
She never had liked dogs. They had always been annoying yapping animals with no meaning. They begged. And chased cats. She loved cats.
And she was a cat.
Well, no big surprise to why dogs hated her, then.
"Marie!" Miya's voice echoed up the stairs. "You home?"
"No duh! Why ask?"
"Someone wants to talk to you.."
"Who, Joey?"
"Of course not.it's a girl from your class. Two, actually. You know them? Yudii and Ashlee?"
"Um.yeah, them. What did they say?"
"Well.they're your friends, right?"
"Kind of." Marie listened as Miya played the message again. "They want to be friends with me? Marie Mutou? Marie who missed school for a month or two with her weird triplets (er, sorry Miya) and three- no, four friends?"
"Looks like it.so, what about that?"
"Yeah, OK, I'll phone them back later!"