When I arrived home, mother was already cooking dinner.
"I'm home mom." I said and threw my bag to the door of my room. I came back out and saw my mom reading the school page on the computer.
"Annie, there was a fire at school today?" She said as she began scrolling down the page.
"Well, yes, a girl's hair suddenly caught on fire and the bell rang." I said taking a candy from the candy jar.
"Honey, I know that someone's hair won't suddenly catch on fire." My mom said and stopped clicking. She turned around and stared at Tibbers that was still hanging from my hand.
"Annie Hastur. You didn't!" She said and stood up. She walked towards me and grabbed my wrist.
"Mom! Stop! It hurts!" I grunted and tried to pull.
"I've had enough with you and your fire burning everywhere" She took my Tibbers and threw it into the trash.
"Give me back my Tibbers!" I shouted.
"I am confiscating that doll!" My mom shouted and twisted her arm free.
"You are a cursed child!" She said and she glared at me.
"I hate you!" I shouted and ran to the trash. I grabbed my doll and ran out of the house.
"Come back here!" I heard my mother shouting in the distance. I kept running as tears spilled down my cheeks. I then threw Tibbers on the ground. Seconds later, he grew big and sat there as a living bear.
"Tibbers..." I said sobbing. Tibbers hugged me and nudged my arm. I smiled and stood up. Tibbers picked me up and put me on his back.
"Can you take me around the city? I don't want to go back and I don't care anymore if people see you." I patted Tibbers as he began to move. We walked around and occasionally, there were people who started to stare at us. Some even ran away because it is rare for them to see a bear in the city since most of the times, they stay in the forest incase we attack them. We came into a stop when I saw Alice staring at me and Tibbers.
I quickly hid my face and wiped my tears. I turned away with Tibbers and walked into another direction. Alice stood there dumbstruck and staring out into the sky. A few moments later, I saw her running towards us.
"Annie! Wait" She shouted and stopped in front of us. I stared at her and said.
"What do you want?" I said and sighed. It took a few moments for her to answer as she looked Tibbers up and down.
"I um... I want to ask... Is there a problem between you and your mom? Because... your mom called my mom to see if you were with us." Alice said and looked at me worriedly.
"I just tried to burn my mother and instead I chose to run away for a while." I snapped and turned around. When I started walking, Alice shouted.
"You can stay with me!" She said and I stopped.
"But I've been so mean to you." I said feeling guilty and with regret.
"And you're still my best friend." Alice said with a smile. I hopped off of Tibbers and ran to Alice. I then gave her a giant hug. I laughed when Tibbers gave Alice a bear hug.
"Don't kill her!" I said as Tibbers glowed with fire. We then walked back into Alice's house. Alice told her mom about what happened and so she called my mother telling her that I will stay with them for a while.