Disclaimer: I do not own Les Mis in any way, shape, or form. The original characteristics of Cassie and the other OC's are mine, though.

Cassie woke up with a headache—and a foul mood.

"Omigod, what happened? Take off the blindfold and the rope. Now."

Leslie obliged.

"Omigod, that was so, like, MEAN!"

"Listen-"

Cassie's face scrunched up, as if she was about to cry. "No, you listen! That was a dirty trick! That HURT!"

"No, wai-"

"I'm not staying, you creeps!"

Cassie turned, as if to leave, and tripped over something.

"Mew!" Cassie smiled at the creamy white kitty that was now rubbing against her leg, then picked her up and started cooing at her.

"Silly Lily, how did you get outside? You know you hate it as much as I do! You're still such a pretty kitty, sweetie pie. Aww…" Cassie brought Lily up to her face, and giggled.

Angela was truly turning green. Corrie was gagging, but everyone else could tell it was rather fake.

Lily then caught sight of the others, and her demeanor changed. Her eyes narrowed, and her fur stood on end. She yowled, and scratched Cassie who then dropped her. A long red line appeared down Cassie's nose.

"EEEEE! Hey! Bad Lily! Bad Lily! Don't scratch Mommy!"

\Lily then hissed, streaked across the dirt-stained floor, and leaped at Angie's chest, all claws outstretched.

Since Angie was too surprised to dodge the attack, Lily met her target.

"Ahh! Gerroff me, you stupid cat!" She managed to pull the cat off her, but Lily only came in for another round.

Cassie was jumping up and down, grinning, and cheering.

"Yeah, Lily! Beat her up! Scratch! Bite! Yeah! Beat up the meanie!"

Corrie turned to Florie and whispered, "I wonder if we hallucinated the whole thing, and she really is a hapless cheerleader who just happened to wander in."

"Me too."

Lily then went for Corrie, and you could almost see the light bulb over Angie's head. Her eyes were filled with a new understanding.

"Florie…you know where the rock is, right? I think she's one of…them."

Florie disappeared, and brought back an oddly purple stone, which Corrie shoved down Lily's throat. Lily nearly choked, but managed to swallow it.

"HEY! OMIGOD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER? SHE COULD HAVE, LIKE, DIED! YOU ARE SO SICK!"

Lily then coughed up what appeared to be a dark shadow. Florie gathered it into an oblong bottle. Lily then lost the demented air about her, and gave up on attacking Corrie, who breathed a sigh of relief.

"My God! Did you train her to do that?"

Lily purred.

Cassie reeled on the others. "YOU ARE SO SICK! MY GOD, YOU ARE SO UGLY, DISGUSTING, AND WRONG!"

"Listen-"

"SHUT UP, YOU EMO FREAK!"

Jannie's face crumpled. She began to sniffle.

"Now, see here, blondie, if you mess with-"

"GO AWAY! I'M LEAVING!"

Cassie stormed out the door with her cat, leaving the vest and a stunned silence.

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Julie was gaping. "Holy…"

Angie was grinning. "She'll be back."

Betsy turned on her. "What makes you so sure?"

"You came back, didn't you, and you didn't get half the character shock that's in store for her."

Betsy flushed crimson. "Stop that! You know none of us like talking about character shock. You don't know what it's like. You never had to go through it!"

Corrie snarled at Angie. "Yeah, dip-face."

Angie snarled back. "Don't call me dip-face, air-head!"

Janine stared at them, then turned to the others. "Quick! Get them!"

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Cassie finally got home, and poured Lily some cat food.

"Much better than that, like, rock, isn't it? I know, I know! Aww!"

"Mew! Purr…"

Cassie then decided to call Leigh.

"Leigh? Omigod, you would not believe what happened!"

"What?"

After that afternoon, what followed seemed uneventful. Cassie did her homework (amid grumbles and groans) and went to bed.

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When Cassie woke up, even before she opened her eyes, she knew something was terribly, horribly wrong.