One afternoon, I was walking home from school, the sun shone down brightly on my long auburn hair.
"What a day!" I exclaimed as I stretched my arms up towards the sky. "Those lectures were way too long and boring! I hope I never have to see another test in my life!" I shifted the weight of my book bag as I walked along, listening to the birds and feeling the breeze as it blew gently into my face.
I heard the bushes beside me begin to rustle. I stopped and waited, but nothing came out of them. I knelt down beside beside them, and quietly peered into the bushes, right into a pair of dark green eyes.
"Oh," I exclaimed as a small brown cat leapt out of the bushes. The cat meowed at me softly and rubbed against my legs. I smiled and bent down to pick her up, when I noticed a golden crescent moon on her forehead. In the center of this moon was a small white star.
"Strange," I remarked aloud, "I've never seen a cat with a mark like that before, and yet... That's silly! How can I recognize something I've never seen before." I sat on the ground in thought, wondering where I could have possibly seen that sign.
"Where," I murmered as I gently stroked the cat's head.
"Perhaps I could be of assistance."
"Wha!? Who said that?" I exclaimed as I jumped up and looked around. To my surprise, no one was there.
"Um, down here."
I looked down to see the cat looking up at me.
"Did you...? Wait. That's impossible. You couldn't have. I mean, after all, you're a cat, and cats don't talk."
"Are you sure about that?" she asked me.
"Ah!" I cried. "How can you talk, and why are you talking to me?"
"My name is Lyra, and I'm here to help you."
"Help me? What do you mean?"
"I'm here to train you. You recognized the mark on my forehead because you're from the Moon Kingdom."
"Uh, I'm lost. How can I be from the Moon, when I was born and raised on Earth?"
"Never mind. I'll tell you later, when your memories return."
"I guess I should take you home then," I replied.
I continued to walk home with Lyra at my heels. We walked in silence the rest of the way.
When we arrived, I confronted my mother about Lyra.
"Mom, can I have a cat, please?"
"What kind of cat did you have in mind?"
"Well," I began. "I found this brown cat that I really liked onn the way home."
"Where is it?"
"It's right outside."
We walked out the kitchen door to the driveway, where Lyra was patiently waiting for me.
"She's beautiful!" my mom exclaimed. "What are you going to name her?"
"I'll name her Lyra."
"Okay. She'll be your responsibility from now on."
"Yes ma'ame. I'll be sure to take good care of her."
"What a day!" I exclaimed as I stretched my arms up towards the sky. "Those lectures were way too long and boring! I hope I never have to see another test in my life!" I shifted the weight of my book bag as I walked along, listening to the birds and feeling the breeze as it blew gently into my face.
I heard the bushes beside me begin to rustle. I stopped and waited, but nothing came out of them. I knelt down beside beside them, and quietly peered into the bushes, right into a pair of dark green eyes.
"Oh," I exclaimed as a small brown cat leapt out of the bushes. The cat meowed at me softly and rubbed against my legs. I smiled and bent down to pick her up, when I noticed a golden crescent moon on her forehead. In the center of this moon was a small white star.
"Strange," I remarked aloud, "I've never seen a cat with a mark like that before, and yet... That's silly! How can I recognize something I've never seen before." I sat on the ground in thought, wondering where I could have possibly seen that sign.
"Where," I murmered as I gently stroked the cat's head.
"Perhaps I could be of assistance."
"Wha!? Who said that?" I exclaimed as I jumped up and looked around. To my surprise, no one was there.
"Um, down here."
I looked down to see the cat looking up at me.
"Did you...? Wait. That's impossible. You couldn't have. I mean, after all, you're a cat, and cats don't talk."
"Are you sure about that?" she asked me.
"Ah!" I cried. "How can you talk, and why are you talking to me?"
"My name is Lyra, and I'm here to help you."
"Help me? What do you mean?"
"I'm here to train you. You recognized the mark on my forehead because you're from the Moon Kingdom."
"Uh, I'm lost. How can I be from the Moon, when I was born and raised on Earth?"
"Never mind. I'll tell you later, when your memories return."
"I guess I should take you home then," I replied.
I continued to walk home with Lyra at my heels. We walked in silence the rest of the way.
When we arrived, I confronted my mother about Lyra.
"Mom, can I have a cat, please?"
"What kind of cat did you have in mind?"
"Well," I began. "I found this brown cat that I really liked onn the way home."
"Where is it?"
"It's right outside."
We walked out the kitchen door to the driveway, where Lyra was patiently waiting for me.
"She's beautiful!" my mom exclaimed. "What are you going to name her?"
"I'll name her Lyra."
"Okay. She'll be your responsibility from now on."
"Yes ma'ame. I'll be sure to take good care of her."
