By now Meiko had travelled for a week. With aching feet, cold ears, a hungry stomach and no entertainment, she was seriously wondering if this trip was worth it. "I don't know if he'll even be happy to see me, or care who I am?" she thought as she trudged through the snow. "And it seems I'm getting nowhere. All I've seen is snow, snow, snow and more snow." She sighed. She started to hate the snow. It was a boring white colour with no unique features, plus it covered everything around her. "I hate snow "she moaned. A sudden gust of wind blows in her face. "And I hate the wind too" she growled. Looking down as her stomach groans she whimpers "And I'm hungry". Bursting into tears, she cries "I want to go home!" Another gust of wind blows in her face causing her to cry harder. "I want to be in my nice warm bed, sipping a hot, fresh cup of chocolate milkshake!" she continued to cry out. Not watching where she's going causes her to trip and fall on the ground. "Ow, that hurt" she moaned as she looks up. Laid in front of her is a road. "Huh, is this a road" she says looking up and down it. Suddenly a thought pops in her mind. "Wait a minute if this is a road that means…. that there must be a town or village nearby!" Jumping up with her tail wagging excitedly, "Which means warm beds!" she squeals. "Yay!" she yells before running off, following the road.
Sprinting as fast as her legs could take her and yelling "Warm beds, yes!" she finally comes face to face with a brick wall by running into it. Rubbing her nose, she looks up. She notices that if she jumped high enough she could reach the top of the wall. Before thinking she goes and does' this. Standing on the edge and using her tail to even out her balance, she looks at what was on the other side. Small wooden houses are lined up beside each other with a large, paved road in the distance. On the road are several small planes. "I bet one of those planes could get me far away from here" she thinks. A small below her calls up to her. "Hay, you" Looking down she sees a young boy of around ten. "What did you say?" Meiko asks. The boy looks annoyed. "I said, hay you, what are you doing up there?" he says. Going through her mind to say something, she says "Um, sightseeing?" The boy doesn't look like he doesn't believe her. "What, don't you believe me?" Meiko says. The boy just walks away. "That was weird" Meiko thinks before jumping down.
Before heading towards the planes, Meiko decides to look around. As she walks past a window, something inside catches her eyes. Peering in, she sees shelves of food with a counter near the front. The sight of the food causes her stomach to growl. "I forgot how hungry I was" she says. Turning away from the window, she sadly says "It's a shame I don't have any money, then I could get something." Turning around, she sees the boy from before standing in front of her. Surprised Meiko says "You again?" The boy answers back "What would you expect, I do live here" Looking annoyed Meiko says "What do you want?" "Nothing really, I just want to know something." The boy says. "And what would that be that" Meiko says. "Are you not human?" he says. Looking confused, Meiko says "Not human? What makes you think that?" Pointing to her tail, the boy says "Because you have a tail" Grabbing her exposed tail and shoving it under her shirt, she says "What tail?" The boy's face turns angry before saying "Your tail, I'm not stupid" Realising she had been caught; Meiko slumps down onto her knees. "Okay, you caught me. I'm not entirely human, what are you going to do about it?" The boy anxiously looks around before whispering to Meiko "Follow me" Surprised by what the boy says; Meiko looks at the boy confused. Sighing the boy grabs her and pulls up, before leading her away.