Authors Note: This part of the story was not written by me, it was written by another author, Gazza. This fic will have many different authors all contributing with different characters, but the original idea for these characters did also come from Gazza.
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//I ran through the pouring rain! They were after me! They were a race
of alien bugs that went in your head, and then they controlled your
body, and had access to all your memories. They impersonated you, and
did a very good job.

I ran into the high school, and up the ramp. I dashed into the
cafeteria and hid under the table. They were coming... Suddenly, a
masquerade of animals burst in through the windows! My friends, the
rest of the Animal Changers!!!

We'd got the power to change into any animal we've touched from a
dying alien that crash-landed on Earth not too long ago.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed my throat, and a raspy voice hissed, "Take a
step closer and I'll evaporate his head!" He thrust a phaser onto my
head, and pulled me back toward the exit.

~Help me!~ I called through telepathy. It came with the power to
change into animals... But for some reason, things didn't look too
bright...

--Adam
(Played by Jewel)//

I clicked the send button and pushed my chair back away from my desk.
I had to go get ready for church... I checked my AOL Instant Messenger
to see if Jarold was online, but no one was.

I walked into my bathroom, and started brushing my teeth. I walked
back into my bedroom and looked out the window. "Darn it," I hissed
when I saw it was snowing again, forgetting I was brushing my teeth.
Foam sprayed out of my mouth and all over my computer!!!

"Damn it," I said, more carefully this time, as I wiped off the
monitor. DING! The noise caused my head to snap up and look at the
AIM. IWillDomin8 was online. Huh?

I hadn't ever added any IWillDomin8 to my list... I double clicked, to
send this person an IM. "Who are you?" I typed.

FunnyBunny1230: Who are you?
IWillDomin8: Hello Jewel
FunnyBunny1230: Who is this?
IWillDomin8: Your Role Play is very interesting Jewel.
FunnyBunny1230: Ronnie, or Jarold? Which one is this? You two are the
only members of my role-play that would be dumb enough to try and
scare me.

I had just started my Animal Changers RPG, and already had 6 members,
most of whom I knew. I clicked onto the site, so I could get a
complete view of all the members. As I clicked into it, my mouth
dropped open. There were seven members! But I hadn't approved a
seventh member!

It had to be Ronnie! He was the only one who knew how to join without
waiting to be accepted.

IWillDomin8: Jewel, how did you come up with the idea for your role-play
FunnyBunny1230: Don't play dumb, Ronnie. I know it's you now...
IWillDomin8: Knock knock!

Suddenly, I fell out of my chair! There was a knocking downstairs on
the door!!! It had to be Ronnie... Now was my turn to creep him out!!!
My bedroom window was right above the front door.

I looked out, and Ronnie was standing there...In a brand new leather
jacket! Oh this would be great! I ran into the bathroom, filled a cup
with water, and back to the window. Just as I got there, I saw him
going inside! Dang it! My parents must have invited him in!

I dashed downstairs, and he looked at me with a sly smile. "Hey
Jewels. Can we take a walk?"

"Be back in ten minutes for church!" My mom called as she walked out
of the entry.

Ronnie and I walked outside, and as soon as we turned the corner, and
onto a new block, he grabbed me! Suddenly, the door on two black vans
opened, and a bunch of guys jumped out!!!

I screamed, and kicked Ronnie, and he released me very involuntarily!
I started to run, and looked back. Ronnie was...Ronnie
was...growing???

I ran as fast as I could, through the snow, until I reached the lake.
I had to go somewhere they would only follow on foot!!! I dashed out
onto the lake, which was frozen over well enough to walk on. I thought
so anyway.

I looked back, and this bird with....EIGHT wings was following me! And
it was catching up!!!!

On the other side of the lake--I was almost half way across by now--I
saw one lone person walking along the road. "HELP ME!" I yelled,
louder than I knew I could yell. "PLEASE HELP ME!!!" I didn't know
what he could really do, but I needed any help I could get!

I looked back at the bird, which was continuing to gain on me at an
alarming rate. And when I looked back, the walker was gone... I was
almost there!!!

I reached the other side of the lake, and then continued running, to
who knew where. I looked back again, to find not only the bird, but also a
gorilla!

That's when I saw it: the high school! It was huge, and complex,
three floors, lots of ramps, walkways, aka good way to lose
someone...or in my case, someTHING!

I ran, and ducked inside the high school, glad that the doors were
always left open. There was a really cool spiral ramp, leading all the
way up to the third floor, which was where I'd probably have the most
hiding places.

I loped up the ramp as fast as I could, but I was so tired out. The
nearest room was the computer lab, which would provide me with ample
hiding spots.

I ran in there and practically collapsed on the floor. I lay there,
waiting, hoping, knowing I should call someone...but who...? Then, it
occurred to me that I should contact the others on the group. Whatever
was chasing me would probably go after them too. I logged onto the
group website, and started typing up a post. When suddenly I heard
footsteps....LOTS of them...

"Shit...hurry up, damn it!" I yelled at the computer. I clicked the
send button again and again, but these computers were so outdated... I
ducked down below a row of computers, and then saw two police men look
in the room. And lots more behind them. "Oh thank God you're here!
There was this thing chasing me and--"

"Come with us, NOW!" One yelled and pointed a gun at me. The police
were in on it too!!!!

I gasped, and ducked back down, right before the police man shot. I
scurried across the row on my knees, hurrying toward the door that led
to the teacher's office. If I could get into his office, I could post
a message to the group using his semi-recent computer.

I went in and locked the door instantly! I ran to get things to block
the door, because I'd seen enough movies to know that just locking a
door never works with guns involved.

I logged on, and then into the group website again. I started typing,
but then heard a voice in my head. Step aside, ingrates! it hissed.
It sent chills down my spine... It reminded me of the 2nd Emperor on
my RPG.

I wouldn't have time!!!! I could get their phone numbers!!! I logged
into the moderator section, and using some of my advanced computer
skills, found out that 3 of them logged on in from the local library
regularly... And two of them apparently logged on from their homes. I
printed out the information, logged off, and searched for a way out as
something BIG began body-slamming the door.

The window was my only option!!! I shattered it using the chair, and
then peered out. There was a tree about ten feet out from the window,
but I could never make it...

Jump! said a voice in my head, again. But this time it was
different, it wasn't pure evil... It wasn't evil at all. JUMP! I'll
catch you!!!

I looked down again to see a gorilla at the bottom. WHAM! The door and
everything blocking it gave way! Without thinking, I jumped!

The gorilla actually did catch me, and then I scurried back away from
it, very freaked out. "Who are you, who is that, WHAT IS GOING
ON?!?!?!?" I yelled. Then, something burst out of the window I'd
jumped out of. It was changing... It looked exactly like the Untaurs
from my RPG, but as I watched, and as it fell, it was becoming the
eight-winged bird again...It was changing!!!

This had to be a nightmare! It was like my RPG come to life!!! I took
off running, and the gorilla called for me to wait, but I didn't. I
looked at the sheet in my hand and saw that one of the people on my
list was only a couple blocks away. I'd have to lose the alien bird
first...

Cemetery! I crept into the cemetery, and waited while the alien bird
flew right overhead. I sat there, gathering myself. Trying to form
thoughts, steady breaths...

Time to go... I got up and jogged to the nearest one's house. Kyle. He
was great, probably one of my best friends, from the internet anyway.
We'd never met, because until now, I never even knew he lived in the
same city as me. He seemed like an awesome guy online, he was funny,
witty, smart, and a great RPer.

His mother seemed to be very surprised when a tired, freaked out,
about-to-pass-out strange girl showed up at her doorstep. "Is...Is
Kyle there?" I panted. She looked at me very oddly... The guy behind
her was ignoring me and walking from somewhere, to somewhere, but he
stopped dead in his tracks.

"I'm sorry...no one named Kyle lives here..." The woman shook her
head, continuing to look at me like I was some sort of nut job. Maybe I
was... Maybe this was insane...

"Mom, I'll take it.." the guy gently pushed his mom aside and came
outside, shutting the door behind him. "Who are you?" He looked down
at me. Tall...Buff...Generally good-looking. The kind have guy I would
have dated before this morning. Now, guys weren't very high on my list
of priorities.

"Listen....I...I need to talk to Kyle. If you know him, I need to see
him. He might be in danger..." I panted, looking up at him between
every deep breath.

"I am Kyle," the guy said, sounding halfway freaked, halfway curious.
"Or at least that's what I go by on the internet. I'm assuming that's
how you know me..."

"Oh...hi...I'm Jewel... The RPG... I'm Jewel, from the RPG." I
couldn't think of what to say. This guy I'd been so personal with, so
open with... I had expected something much... well, much less...
"But...the RPG... It's true...All of it..."

-Jewel