A soft chirping filled my ears, I snorted and rolled over, stupid clock must be going on the fritz… again. Burring my head, I noticed the warmth of my pillow. Mmm comfy! I burrowed my head deeper into them, inhaling deeply –

And coughed out a lung full of fur.

I screeched and jumped to my feet catapulting myself a good ten meters from the animal laying on the ground, and up into a tree. Upon my quick escape to a slightly higher ground the animal on the ground also got up hissing from the quick removal of it's occupant, me, from it's pillow like state.

I peered down at it from the tree cautiously, the animal that now looked up to me was a large panther black as night, with out the stars and moon. Wow aren't I poetic?

"Are you coming down any time soon?" The panther asked, it's sharp teeth reflecting the morning sun.

"N-n-no! I think I'm fine right up here." The answer squeaked out through my vocal cords. The big cat looked up at me giving me the expression of, 'you're a moron', "Well if you won't come to me then…" It calmly walked towards the tree, then reached up, very casually, and pulled it's self up. "I will come to you."

Shit. I forgot, big cats can climb trees, but then again big cats shouldn't be able to talk. AT ALL.

I pulled my self away and hid in the farthest part of my branch away from the panther. Then something else clicked. I looked around. This wasn't my room! Or anywhere NEAR my house! I spent enough time in the woods around my house to know that too! And one last thing, though looking back at the panther that was now licking it's self-clean. There are definitely no panthers in Canada!

"What the hell is going on!" I rounded on the panther, staring at it with an air of frustration and confusion. "Where am I, we…what ever! There is no way I'm in Canada."

The panther just ignored me and kept on cleaning it's self. I moved closer and waved my hand in front of his face or her I really couldn't tell. It looked up at me.

"Oh so now you would like to talk? After so rudely awakening me. After acting like a scared little child just learning what good and bad are? Now you demand answers?" It said.

"Yes, I do!" I looked it right into it's coal black eyes and tried to stare it down, just like I used to do to my cats. But I should have learned my lesson from them. Cats have two layers of eyelids. They don't need to blink.

"HA!" I looked at the big cat in surprise, it was on the same branch as me, that alone nearly scared the shit out of me and I almost fell off the branch. Almost, not quite! "I win."

"Not fair!" I whined, as I removed my self from the branch. Wow, I thought, I sound like Luk- Oh crap. Ooooooooooooh crap!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh crap! I knew where I was now!

I dropped down from the tree and crashed through the bushes on to my left.

"Wait!" yelled the panther leaping off the tree and following me, "don't you want to know where you are?"

"I think I already know!" I half panted half-yelled back to it. The clear blue sky was becoming even more visible through the small gap in the tree. "Whoa!" I skidded to a halt and just in time too as I came upon the edge of the cliff.

"Wow." I looked around taking in the differences. The air was so clear! I breathed in deep taking in the most beautiful gulp of air I had ever breathed. Opening my eyes I stared around at everything in the valley below me. It was very rocky, area but nearly shear cliff all together with pointy rocks and broken dishes and Fon machines. The fon machines that was powered by the fonic artes that went though the fonic belt that was up in the fonic sky that was looked at by the people with fon stuff in them who loved the fon master who liked the field of Fonons. Phew that was a mouth full, try saying that ten times fast! 2

I could sea the see from here it shone blue like crystallized glass, but then my eye were drawn to the center of the huge crater. Baticul. Shock must have been written allover my face.

"We definitely aren't in Kansas anymore Toto." I said feeling the approach of the large cat. Turned around to face it. Looks like I had gotten over the two major fears that had plagued since I ended up here the fact that a huge panther was stalking me and that said panther talked. "We are not on my earth, are we?"

"No" the cat said shortly. Well this was getting repetive, and annoying! I mean the panther wasn't even giving me a full answer. The thing wasn't even giving me a name!

I sighed, walking away from the edge for the cliff. "Fine then basic one word questions first, since you seem to have too little intellect to answer my question. What is your name?"

The cat gave me a death glare worthy of a Aya, "My name is Slink, and my intellect surpasses yours by far!"

"Please! I could take you on one handed!" Jeez I am really getting too friendly in this world, but I guess I need the information. "So I'm in Auldrant?" In the world of the game I had just been so thrilled to play only a few moments ago. Now still thrilled, not so happy.

"Yes."

I yawned. Funny, I though, placing a hand on my chest. My heart beat regularly, and my lungs weren't struggling for oxygen, I had just been running for what seemed like 5 or 10 minutes just to get to this spot. I am not by all means a small girl. I have muscle hardened calves from riding my bike and using roller blades, and I weight a good 150-180 lbs. and am in no way healthy. On earth that much time running and I would be wheezing all over the place!

"It is the air of this world." I looked down at Slink. "It works in many way. In your world the air is polluted and disgusting. In this they use nature to power everything so the fotons are used in the stead of coal of other crude products." He had started to lick himself again, cleaning away the dust he had gotten on his immaculate black coat from following me.

"Okay tell me if I'm wrong about anything here. One you're a talking cat who has all the answers, right?"

"Correct."

"Then why am I here?"

He stopped cleaning, and turned to me, "That child, is one question that I do not know the answer too. I was summoned by what I believe to the lord of this world, to assist you in your travels."

I looked curiously at him. "So your not from this world either?"

He chuckled, "Child I am not from any world. I sit at the crossroads and wait to make my deals. This is the first time I have been away from my post. However I am sure some one has filled it."

I sucked in my breath. His 'job' did not go unnoticed by me. I knew my ghosts and demons well enough. "You're a cross road demon!"

He looked shocked. "Correct. I must say though I would not have thought that you would know about what I am."

"I don't know much." I mumbled.

I looked back out at Baticul. I was on it's left side where a cliff and a slightly large patch of trees sat nestled in the side of the creator that was formed by the falling meteor, oh sorry, falling fonstone. Fon-freaken-tactic! 2

I really was here! But who knew what time it was? I could be at the VERY beginning of the game when Hod first fell, and Luke or the game's current Asch as we know him was being born!

With out turning back I was about to ask my question when a loud crash interrupted. I spun back around, "What was that!"

"Seeing as I am with you I do not know what caused that commission." Okay now the cat was pissing me off. I guess I couldn't handle a taste of my own medicine!

"Well there's only one way to find out isn't there!" I pushed back to the woods, and headed right to where I had just come from. As I reached the clearing I ducked behind a tree. I full out expected who ever was there to see me; I wasn't exactly a ninja.

"Stupid! Stupid! STUPID BOAR!"

I blinked once, twice. I knew that voice.

I peered around the tree and came face to face with Tear Grants.

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1 Rules found here: .org/wiki/The_Game_%28mind_game%29 good luck to you all and for anyone playing sorry!

2 This sentence was created by a friend of mine and even if it was totally unnecessary I wanted to include it XD