Cassie woke up the next morning, and looked around in slight confusion.
"did last night really happen?" she wondered. Tohru and the others had
already gone to school, and Shigure was down in his room, working like
crazy on his manuscript, while hiding from his editor, who was trying to
push him so they would make the due date. Shigure loved playing tricks
onher, and he would often act like nothing had been done on it at all,
while it was really done, and then while his editor hasseled him, he'd
sneak off and hide from her while her back was turned, nearly giving the
poor woman a heart attack.
Cassie smiled to herself thinking of this, and she wondered down the stairs, looking for him so she could ask about the creature. "Shigure?" She called, and listened for a responce. He came around the corner. "Hello Cassie, good morning!" He smiled, and Cassie shly smiled back. "I had something to tell you...something strange I saw last night..." she trailed off, but she could tell that he was paying close attention. Shigure looked at her in full interest. "Go on.." he urged. "It was some kind of huge creature, it was over in the forest trail, I don't know what it was...but it was big..it looked like some kind of giant wolf!" Shigure seemed quie puzzeled over this, and he sat thinking about it for a while. "Perhaps you were really tired from working so late, you imagined it..." "I don't think so" Cassie answered, but Shigure looked at her. "what makes you so sure?" "ah..nothing..it was just so real..."Cassie trailed off again, and Shigure stod up. "I'll look into it, but you may have been halucinating last night." Cassie nodded unsurely, and walked off into the next room.
Later that day, she could hear Shigure in the next room talking quietly to Kyo and Yuki. Haru had stopped by, and he and Tohru wandered into the room as well. Cassie got a feeling she had better stay away from the room, having a strange feeling there was something being disscussed other thanthe strange creature, that she was not allowed to hear. Cassie walked outside, feeling the cool breeze against her tired face. The sun was just setting, and she had had the day off, so she spent it exporing the nearby woods, and planting a small garden of her own in the woods. The others didn;t know about ityet, it was going to be a surprise, once she thought of an occasion. Cassie decided togo there now, and she walked by the shadowing trees into the deep forest. She was carefull to make sure there was no one following her, and more carefull to make sure there was no russeling in the brush, as she did not want a repeat of last night's happenings.
There was only the sound of birds brushing through the trees, and Cassie felt quite at ease in the woods. She decided to be safe she'd head home early, before the sun set into the trees.She didn't want to be stranded there in the dark. Cassie tended the small friuts she had planted, making sure they had enough sun, and water. She sat content on the ground to sit and think, watching the sun set and happily humming to herself, life was so much better now. She thought of all the things she must do, taking the Sohmas and Tohru away...they can't really be a big family,can they? Cassie was sure she'd met most of the family, and would be amazed if there were many more. "but where can I take them?" she wonderd, and thought of all the places there was to go. There was one place she could think of, she'd been there once before with her parents, when she was very young. It was a place by the ocean, with a beach and a huge feild of flowers. When Cassie first saw it, she thought she was in heaven. The sun had been shining brilliantly in a shining blue sky, and the light flickered and sparkeled off the ocean waves. Cassie had forgotten her misery, and she smiled for the first time in a long while, while she was there. "That's where i'll take them" she decided happily.
Cassie sat up and realized with a start it was getting dark, and the sun was setting below the horizon. Cassie stood up in alarm, and raced down the path, fearing the starnge beast that may still linger in the woods. Nearing the Sohma house, she could hear yuki and Kyo calling for her. She ran over to them, and stood calmly in thoer midsts. "WHERE WERE YOU?!" Kyo yelled, while Yki looked worried. "YOU HAD US GOING, TELLING US ABOUT SOMESTRANGE CREATURE AND THEN YOU GO AND WONDER OFF WHEN YOU KNOW ITS STILL AROUND SOMEWHERE!!" Kyo's hair seemed to stand on end, and Yuki sighed and brushed past him. "I don't think it's a good idea for either you or Tohru to wander off alone anymore, not intill we know what you saw, and where it is." Cassie nodded reluctantly. Shigure came over. "he's quite right. this is a house hold desision. you can never be too carefull." Shigure smiled, and Cassie forced a quick smile. "so, you have no idea?....." she asked. "No..we don't know what it was you saw..but we're thankfull that no one was hurt." Haru walked up and said, "i must be going now, I've got to look after Kisa, and make sure she's safe." Shigure nodded. "i must make a journey tomorrow, to see if a ..friend of mine knows anything about this..."They soon parted and went off to bed. Cassie sat up in her room quietly, wondering what it couldof been. Sitting quietly in the room with Tohru, she murmered toherself; "I wonder if werewolves are real...." Tohru seemd nervous by this idea, and said, "no, no! that can't be! i mean, tey're only fairytales, and fairytales arn't real!" Cassie sighed. "yeah, i guess you're right." she closed her eyes, and gave in to the darkness to sleep.
Cassie smiled to herself thinking of this, and she wondered down the stairs, looking for him so she could ask about the creature. "Shigure?" She called, and listened for a responce. He came around the corner. "Hello Cassie, good morning!" He smiled, and Cassie shly smiled back. "I had something to tell you...something strange I saw last night..." she trailed off, but she could tell that he was paying close attention. Shigure looked at her in full interest. "Go on.." he urged. "It was some kind of huge creature, it was over in the forest trail, I don't know what it was...but it was big..it looked like some kind of giant wolf!" Shigure seemed quie puzzeled over this, and he sat thinking about it for a while. "Perhaps you were really tired from working so late, you imagined it..." "I don't think so" Cassie answered, but Shigure looked at her. "what makes you so sure?" "ah..nothing..it was just so real..."Cassie trailed off again, and Shigure stod up. "I'll look into it, but you may have been halucinating last night." Cassie nodded unsurely, and walked off into the next room.
Later that day, she could hear Shigure in the next room talking quietly to Kyo and Yuki. Haru had stopped by, and he and Tohru wandered into the room as well. Cassie got a feeling she had better stay away from the room, having a strange feeling there was something being disscussed other thanthe strange creature, that she was not allowed to hear. Cassie walked outside, feeling the cool breeze against her tired face. The sun was just setting, and she had had the day off, so she spent it exporing the nearby woods, and planting a small garden of her own in the woods. The others didn;t know about ityet, it was going to be a surprise, once she thought of an occasion. Cassie decided togo there now, and she walked by the shadowing trees into the deep forest. She was carefull to make sure there was no one following her, and more carefull to make sure there was no russeling in the brush, as she did not want a repeat of last night's happenings.
There was only the sound of birds brushing through the trees, and Cassie felt quite at ease in the woods. She decided to be safe she'd head home early, before the sun set into the trees.She didn't want to be stranded there in the dark. Cassie tended the small friuts she had planted, making sure they had enough sun, and water. She sat content on the ground to sit and think, watching the sun set and happily humming to herself, life was so much better now. She thought of all the things she must do, taking the Sohmas and Tohru away...they can't really be a big family,can they? Cassie was sure she'd met most of the family, and would be amazed if there were many more. "but where can I take them?" she wonderd, and thought of all the places there was to go. There was one place she could think of, she'd been there once before with her parents, when she was very young. It was a place by the ocean, with a beach and a huge feild of flowers. When Cassie first saw it, she thought she was in heaven. The sun had been shining brilliantly in a shining blue sky, and the light flickered and sparkeled off the ocean waves. Cassie had forgotten her misery, and she smiled for the first time in a long while, while she was there. "That's where i'll take them" she decided happily.
Cassie sat up and realized with a start it was getting dark, and the sun was setting below the horizon. Cassie stood up in alarm, and raced down the path, fearing the starnge beast that may still linger in the woods. Nearing the Sohma house, she could hear yuki and Kyo calling for her. She ran over to them, and stood calmly in thoer midsts. "WHERE WERE YOU?!" Kyo yelled, while Yki looked worried. "YOU HAD US GOING, TELLING US ABOUT SOMESTRANGE CREATURE AND THEN YOU GO AND WONDER OFF WHEN YOU KNOW ITS STILL AROUND SOMEWHERE!!" Kyo's hair seemed to stand on end, and Yuki sighed and brushed past him. "I don't think it's a good idea for either you or Tohru to wander off alone anymore, not intill we know what you saw, and where it is." Cassie nodded reluctantly. Shigure came over. "he's quite right. this is a house hold desision. you can never be too carefull." Shigure smiled, and Cassie forced a quick smile. "so, you have no idea?....." she asked. "No..we don't know what it was you saw..but we're thankfull that no one was hurt." Haru walked up and said, "i must be going now, I've got to look after Kisa, and make sure she's safe." Shigure nodded. "i must make a journey tomorrow, to see if a ..friend of mine knows anything about this..."They soon parted and went off to bed. Cassie sat up in her room quietly, wondering what it couldof been. Sitting quietly in the room with Tohru, she murmered toherself; "I wonder if werewolves are real...." Tohru seemd nervous by this idea, and said, "no, no! that can't be! i mean, tey're only fairytales, and fairytales arn't real!" Cassie sighed. "yeah, i guess you're right." she closed her eyes, and gave in to the darkness to sleep.