"Bring in the girl", one of the lab researchers demanded. They brought in the young girl, who looked no older than 5. She was terrified, confused, and angry. She had long, cream colored hair reaching down to the middle of her back. Behind the main researcher was a cage holding a large, orange and black striped canine with patches of cream colored fur and a long furry tail. Both her and the dog were taken into a large lab, and there the experiments begun.
Several hours later…
She awoke in a large cage, still unaware of what had just happened. She remembered the large canine, but it was nowhere to be seen. When she saw the fluffy tail, she turned around, expecting to see the creature. However, the truth terrified her. The tail was not belonging to the canine, instead it was hers. How had this happened? What did they do to her? She also noticed she had ears similar to the dog, as well as a patch of cream colored fur around each wrist and ankle. She was also wearing clothing with the same patterns as the dog. She felt a metal collar around her neck. She tried to cry out for help, but instead she breathed out small embers. "So the experiment was a success", a voice said. It was one of the people in charge of this place, and with him was the researcher from earlier. She curled her long furry tail around her body, afraid of the people nearby. She no longer wanted anything to do with other humans. They used her, a five year old girl, as nothing more than a science experiment. She would never be a normal human again.
10 years later…
It had been 10 years since she was turned into a fire dog chimera, but her hatred for humans had not gone away. No name, no idea of where she came from, and no freedom. It was these things and more that drove her to live, to exact revenge on those who made her this way. Suddenly, there was an explosion, and most of the researchers began to panic. The building was collapsing, and she did not want to be trapped here when it was done. Luckily, a large piece of debris fell on top of the cage, smashing it and allowing her to escape. She ran as fast as she could, but stopped when she saw the dead body of a dog. It was the same dog they used to make her into a chimera. There was a nameplate on the cage it was in. It read "Arcanine" on it. Deciding that this would be her new name, she bounded out of the building, not once looking back. Arcanine was able to escape, but where would she go now? She was alone, not a single friend in the world. She cried, but no sound came out, just embers and tears. Just then, a tiny bat crawled his way out of the debris. Arcanine approached it cautiously, knowing it was probably frightened by the collapse of the building. She knew how the bat felt, about how it felt to be used as nothing more than a guinea pig, and she wasn't going to leave him here. She held out her arm so the bat could climb up it. She carefully placed him in the fur on her tail, where he would be able to hold on when she ran fast. Deciding to name her new companion Screech, she ran off, in search of a new home.