Ch. 1-Kitty
It all started on a rainy day last August. It started like a usual day but little did I know what was to come. My name is Josephine O' Neil but everyone (expect for my mother) calls me Kitty. I had just turned 17 the month before which gave me the status of a young adult. What I didn't know was it also marked the time for me to return home.
Well on that rainy August day, I was sitting on the window box overlooking the lake. No one was home and the only noise in the house was the beating of my heart. I was watching the rain break the lake's surface when I saw this light shine from the water at the bank. Of course curiosity got the better of me, so I put my sneakers on and went out into the rain. By the time I reached the lake the light had grown brighter. I stood still looking into the light and I saw what was the reflection of me and what was behind me. Well almost . . . It reflected everything behind me expect for the house and the road. While I was observing the reflection, I wasn't noticing the fact that the light was surrounding me. By the time I did notice, it was too late. I was trapped in the middle of a circle of bright light. The brightness continued to grow till it blinded me. The next thing I know I was in water. Well I swam to the shore and there in front of me was the place that was in the reflection. Somehow I was in a new place. After getting over my initial shock I realized it would soon be getting dark, not to mention cooler. I needed to make a fire. Thank the Goddess I was carrying a lighter and there were trees around the meadow. Well by the time the sunset I managed to build myself a nice sized fire. I stayed up for a few hours after darkness fell drying myself off. I was finally getting ready to fall asleep, when I saw this pair of green eyes reflecting the light of the fire. I still don't know how I managed to keep from screaming but luckily I did. I soon saw the owner of those eyes, a large white wolf. Two things struck me then, this wolf wasn't afraid of the fire and appeared to be friendly, the other was that somehow I knew this wolf. I don't know how I knew this wolf but I did, and I could tell it knew me. The wolf stepped closer to me and I held out my hand. After sniffing my hand the wolf let out a soft whimper and started licking it. Then I remembered. I knew where I was, who I was, and what I was, and that this was no normal wolf. He was my familiar, my shadow, my white shadow. "Shadow, is that you?! It's really you!" I received his response in my mind just like old times, "Of course m'lady." This land is my home, my true home. I slept peacefully that night with my old friend curled up at by my feet. Well it was peaceful till Neve showed up.