My collar was green. Breathing deep, I shrugged into my coat and stood still. Turning my foxy ears to and fro, I listened for the tell-tale steps of worried parents checking up on their eldest kit. Nothing. Just the creaks and groans of our old building.

Long ago, two races ruled over the earth: Humans and Monsters. One day, a war broke out between the two races and after a long series of battles, the humans were victorious. The greatest of their Magicians sealed the Monsters underground with a magic spell. A barrier to separate monsters below, humans above. - Really want to see how this does. Rated M just to be safe.

If anyone noticed the lone homeless kid wandering the streets, nobody paid him any mind beyond the customary glance. Tummy rumbling, the kid peered warily down an alley. Empty. Slipping from the mindless throngs of the city proper, he vanished into the cracks.