The shadows fell behind me as I raced over the fallen trees and branches that had fallen on the path. Running was my weakness, or our weakness I should say, this is why it was the main focus of our training. We started the courses when we were four, to fit in as normal students in the school system humans attended. Our main goal was to fit in, for if we stood out we would be huge targets. If you were ever found you basically had no choice but to kill yourself or else your whole leash would be located. This was our worst fear, many didn't even want to be in this plane. We were forced here, to play out the stories of the Grimm.

Our kind was associated with the vampires, humans and bats in one, they were careless allowing humans to see there true form. We were much more careful, thats why we had no "nickname" such as vampire. We were just regular humans, that is until we transformed into our true self, a fox. Many were only this when they were forced to play a part in a Grimm's fairytale, when a new Grimm took place and replayed all the stories. Why the original Grimm Brothers felt the need to add us to over twenty of there tales, I will never know. Why they put us as the threat in so many when we just sat back minding our own business other wise. But this was our fate, a fate we had to play or were exposed and murdered by all the other creatures put in those tales. As a kid we were put in school, and in training, both in order to survive. At sixteen I was a Junior in high school, thinking I was now past the point were I would be pulled in. The latest Grimm was doing so well already through seventy stories and going strong. When out of nowhere he died, not of the threatening life he was forced to play, but of a regular old shooter. A for gods sake, now a new Grimm was taking power.

I walked in to school, a new one I might add the third in a week. Everyone was scared of becoming a new play piece so we moved, and moved, and moved again, so many times I lost count, my parents said we would most likely stay here. We might actually be safe. I was one of the few that got to stay with my parents, there was a better chance if we separated. The adults went one way the elders another leaving the kids together. Their plan, to pull the stories force away from us. I along with three others went to this school, just enough to be protected but not to draw too much attention. Rose was my best friend, the only girl my age, we became really close after training together from the time we were six, before that I just trained with Walter, he was a year older but never took anything seriously, the exact opposite of his best friend Osbert, he was the strongest, almost like my brother, we were all kinda like a family, growing up together. Not many kids stuck around the leash so the few that did got extremely close especially because whenever we separated we were all together, meant to protect each other. There were nine of us here hiding while trying to gain some sort of child hood others seemed to have at birth.

Going to first period with Oz, one of three classes we shared. Every class I had with one of them, this allowed us to stay more protected. The one class I didn't have with any of them, due to scheduling errors on our part, was my sixth period acting class. We attended an arts school, one of the top in the country, both Rose and Walter joined band, this was far from the average school band class, they actually formed bands, making videos and everything. Osbert on the other hand took a drawing class, he was a true artist, amazing at this, I guess being that deep helped develop this talent. I shared three classes with Oz, two with Rose and one with Walter. We only had one class we all shared, english forth period.

I along with Rose walked in together from third, one of the few classes we shared. Walter was already sitting in the back chatting with a group that has come to love him, he's such a people person, it's so weird he ever became friends with Oz. He nearly blends into the wall just sitting back observing everything and everyone. I guess thats kinda how me and Rose are, she flirted with every guy she saw, I was more like Oz, thats how we became so close. I went to sit beside him now. "Hey" I said,

"They have been fawning over him all day. It's kinda annoying" he greeted

"Yeah, I know what you mean."

"Rose is getting a lot of attention?"

"Does she ever not?" I retorted

"Good point, she just asks for it constantly, you would be getting just as much if you did that too."

I stared at him with a questionable look on my face, soon class started and the day went on.

We went our separate ways to Sixth period, sitting in the back, we had assigned seats, the chair next to mine stayed empty till the last person entered. I swear my heart stopped when he stepped through the door