In two completely different worlds, two creatures were sleeping. They were two very different creatures, as one was a schoolgirl while the other was a Lord among cats. However, they shared on very important similarity.
They both loved each other.
And refused to accept it.

Haru shivered, the enormous gown the King had bestowed upon her not being the warmest thing in the world. A slight feeling of nausea filled her, as she looked at the plate before her. Fish, she hated fish! This was no better than the sushi her mother made her eat on Tuesdays. But...She also felt a overwhelming feeling of despair, as if she would never feel happy again. She felt lonely, so lonely...
"Excuse me, would you care to dance?"
Her head snapped up. She knew that voice, she knew this place, this time...She had been here before...
"Baron!"
He smiled down at her coyly, a look of confidence in his eyes.
"Just trust me."
And so she took hold of his hand, and he lead her out into the dance floor, him leading her. All the steps came naturally, which was surprising because Haru was certainly not the dancing type. Anyone at school could tell you that. But everything seemed so right with him...Was it Baron? She couldn't tell, nothing was clear anymore...She was falling...
"What's happening to me? I've never felt like this before...Maybe life as a cat wouldn't be so bad."
Instantly whiskers sprouted from her face. Oh no! This only happened when she was beginning to accept life as a cat...She didn't want to be a cat! But did she? Maybe this life wouldn't be so bad if she spent it with him...

"Careful, Haru. Don't loose yourself. Believe in who you are. I said so before, didn't I?"
He spoke those words to her softly, tenderly. She seemed so small and afraid, his timid little kitten. All he wanted to do was take her into his arms...
But he couldn't. Not in front of the royal court of Cat Kingdom watching. So all he could do was lead her in their seemingly never-ending dance...
Around they whirled, until the entire court disappeared, and only they remained, gazing into each other's eyes deeply. Nothing else mattered, he cared about nothing else but her. If only he could admit it.
Until then, this would do...

Suddenly, she noticed it was only them in an empty ballroom. Gone were the King and his lackeys. Only her and...
"Baron!"
There was a tinge of fright in her voice, it was dark. So dark, the dark held such fears...She pressed against his chest, whimpering slightly. She knew it was stupid, but ever since she was a child she had been afraid of the dark. Ever since father...
"Calm down, Haru. I'm here. No one will hurt you when I'm here."
She felt his hand against her back, the other on her hair. Instantly she felt calm again, and looked up at him. Green eyes behind a blue mask..."You promise?" She asked in a child's voice. Whispers of black spirits swirled around them in their dancing paradise, as the Cat Kingdom had disappeared into darkness. The dream was turning into a nightmare...
He just smiled. "I promise. Just trust me!"
So they stood there together, still dancing, with the wisps of hidden demons swirling around them. She was safe, everything was perfect...Until...

The entire world suddenly began rocking around them. The very ground the stood upon was moving, and Haru soon lost her balance. His hand automatically darted forward, catching her waist. "B-Baron...!" He moved his cape around his shoulder so it covered her slightly, his eyes glancing around, trying to analyze the situation. There was always a practical way to get out of such things..."Stay calm, Haru. Fright will do nothing for us here."
She was clutching onto his shoulders tightly now, his poor frightened kitten...
He was dragged out of his thoughts suddenly as she let out a harsh scream. He whipped his head over in her direction only to see the ground collapsing into darkness, just in front of her. "Quickly, this way...!"
Pulling her sharply to the left, he lead her down a thin path, trying to dodge the bits that were falling away into the darkness. He could hear her give a little scream, and he called back "Just trust me!", grasping onto her gloved hand...
But there was nothing there.
Whirling around as fast as he could, he searched the area for her frantically. There she was, on her knees, having tripped over her dress. A large CRACK! sounded, and the ground between the two of them separated, her falling steadily backwards.
Being consumed by the darkness, she looked up at him with horrified, terrified eyes. "BARON!"
He couldn't save her now...
"HARU!"
His hand grasped only darkness...
He failed her.

At that moment, two creatures awoke in a deep sweat, both panting deeply. The girl was crying, and her mother came into comfort her. Hushed words were exchanged, but the girl quietly whispered excuses, and the two of them went back to bed.
But only one went back to sleep peacefully.
The other creature, however, awoke in a place alien to him. Oblivious for the first few moments, it was only then when he regained his bearings when he noticed the difference. He wasn't in a small bed in the Cat Bureau, he was lying on a street bench...He raised his hand to look at his watch. 2:30am. Wait...
He had skin. SKIN.
Raising his hands to his head, he felt around gingerly...His ears were at the side of the head...They were rounded...
Standing up on his feet gingerly, he crept over to the fountain that was bubbling merrily, trying not to notice his lack of a tail. Leaning over, he peered into the water...
"GOOD LORD!"

Author's Note:
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