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"Did you see those two boys?" Chimi asked me.

"Yes, Chimi. I saw them," I replied. Chimi droned on and on about how "special" they were, and I just tuned her out as usual. Instead, I thought of how strange it was the school accepted new students when the school year was pretty much finished.

"They are finally here," Chimi murmured. "Oh my gods, this is amazing!" If I had been paying attention, maybe I would have noticed that Chimi wasn't making much sense. Instead I just nodded my head and agreed with her.

"It's amazing," I echoed. Suddenly, Chimi stopped short and stood in front of me.

"Are you even paying attention to what is coming out of my mouth?" She whined.

"I'm listening, Chimi," I replied absently.

"No, you're not!" she retorted. "You aren't even looking at me when I talk!" In response, I lifted my head up and looked right at Chimi. Chimi might be a pain sometimes, but she normally didn't complain this much.

"I'm looking at you right now," I said. Then, things got weird. When I looked at Chimi closely, her body almost seemed to shimmer, and it wasn't because of any body glitter she was wearing. "Chimi, are you okay?" I asked her. Okay, I was sure of it. Chimi's arms and legs were shimmering and seemed to swell larger. Chimi kept speaking, ignoring my comments.

"You're not looking at my head," she said. I stepped back in surprise as Chimi's began to inflate like a balloon and hair seemed to grow from her chin. "You're not looking at my body!" she said angrily.

"What?" I was really confused now, but as I watched, Chimi's body became full of hair and her hands became round and circular. Hooves. I grabbed hold of a water fountain next to me for support, feeling dizzy. Something had to be wrong with me. I looked quickly around the room. It was strangely quiet. The bell hadn't even rung yet, but there wasn't a person in sight.

That didn't exactly reassure me.

"Chimi, I think I'm sick," I gasped. I had to be imagining this.

"You're my best friend, Alissa, and you're not even looking at my tail!" I really didn't want to look, but I couldn't help seeing what was right in front of me. A hole appeared in the back pocket of Chimi's Lucky jeans. A snake slithered out of her jeans with sharp fangs and a tounge that flickered back and forth. It stopped short and was pulled back a few inches, almost as if it was attached to Chimi.

I screamed and blinked my eyes several times. Standing in front of me was not Chimi. Her body had stopped shimmering, and in its place was something much worse. Chimi's blond hair had fanned out all around her rounded face, forming something that looked like a mane. It was a mane. I could swear I saw whiskers by her nose. I dropped all the books I was carrying.

The pages stuck loosely in my binder sprawled all across the floor, but I didn't notice. Chimi was on all fours, but her hands and feet were now hooves and her stomach was furry. As a final touch, the snake-tail was attached to Chimi's furry behind. Chimi had the face of a lion, the body of a goat, and a snake tail.

"I think I'm still dreaming in English class," I croaked. Chimi, or whatever she was, roared at me defiantly and opened her mouth wide.

The room suddenly became very hot. I dove to the left and fell to the floor, gazing back at a huge smoking hole in the wall right where my face had just been. My heart pounded fiercely, and I had never felt so alert. I grasped at the ground and stumbled forward, pulling myself up and running for my life. I heard Chimi cackle behind me, but I didn't turn around to see what she was doing. I didn't know if I was crazy or not, but I decided to wait until after I was being chased to decide.

I ran down the hallway frantically, looking for somewhere I could hide. All the doors to the classrooms were closed tightly. The gym was a few doors down. I crossed my fingers for an instant and then ran into the gym, panting and breathing heavily. I was about to collapse when I stopped dead in my tracks.

In the gym was another Lion- Goat-Snake Monster. I gasped and then clamped my hands over my mouth. Then, I noticed I wasn't the only one in the room. Thomas, the new kid, was standing in front of the monster, his jaw firm and his eyes angry.

Thomas turned as I gasped and saw me.

"Get out of here, kid!" He said urgently. Then he turned back to face the monster and backed up slowly. That sounded just fine to me, and I took a step away from whatever my mind was imagining was on the other side of the gym. Just before I ran, the monster let out a roar and tilted its head back, its mouth open wide.

I don't know why I did it. I had no idea who this guy was, but instinct took over me and suddenly I was next to Thomas. I didn't bother to stop. Instead, I grabbed Thomas and threw him to the ground. As we fell, a ball of fire came hurtling towards us, sailing just over me. I could smell the singed hairs on the top of my head. I was lying on top of a very confused Thomas, my hands holding his down and my face only inches away.

"It-," I gasped. "It breathes fire." My chest heaved as I struggled to inhale and exhale properly. I could feel Thomas's chest move up and down as he too took in deep breaths. Thomas's wide green eyes stared at me, seeming more confused than ever.

"Wait," he said. Are you the girl?" This took me by surprise. Now I was the confused one.

"What are you-." I was cut off as another blast of fire came our way. Thomas quickly pinned me to him and rolled us away from harm. It would have been a little funny if I wasn't so scared.

Thomas and I got to our feet and distanced ourselves from the monster. Unfortunately, someone had left a full sack of basketballs in the corner of the gym. The monster began to hurl those at us. I quickly dodged a ball destined to break my face as Thomas ducked out of the way of another fireball.

"Distract it!" Thomas shouted before he took off across the gym, leaving me alone. My hands shook as the monster roared at me. I looked around for something, anything, I could use against the monster. There was nothing. I saw Thomas running past the monster to the far end of the gym.. What was he doing? The lion head whipped around and began to follow Thomas.

That's when I realized we would both die unless I did something fast. I had no weapon, so I did the only thing I could think of.

"Hey, you big, ugly Lion!" I yelled. The monster turned to look at me. It roared so loud I had to cover my ears. I took a big gulp before continuing. "You are so stupid! I don't like the part of you that is a goat either! You smell terrible!" I kept hurling any insult I could think of. Most of them didn't even make sense. For example: "That dress makes you look fat!" I screamed. At least it was working. The monster was focusing on me instead of Thomas.

I looked around the gym, searching for him. I couldn't see him anywhere. All I did see was a really angry monster coming towards me with its teeth bared.

I started to scream. The monster took each step towards me slowly, as if it was purposely making my death very dramatic. In the back of my mind, I wondered if my life would flash before me the way it did in movies. Before I got the chance to find out, a sword burst through the throat of the monster.

I flinched as the sword was slowly pulled out of the monster by Thomas, his face hard. The monster suddenly fell to the floor, its body disintegrating into a gold powder.

End of Chappy 2! =]

For those of you who have stayed with the story, you have to read the next chapter! It's my favorite.

Alissa and Thomas aren't safe yet...

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