Morning came, naturally I was in cat form and went to the guild to get a quick breakfast, then wandered around town. 'Should I go on an adventure tonight at the shop?' I smirked at the thought of having new weapons and armours. I walked back to the shed and decided to explore the forest instead. I was getting bored with the town and so, I transformed into my normal self and set foot into the forest. To make sure I don't get lost, I marked the letter L on trees with my claws. I walked further into the forest, taking in the beautiful scenery and fresh air. The trees were tall with thick and low branches, for easy climbing. There were thick bushes all around me, with various types of animals hanging out, watching me with curiosity.

I walked on till the sun blared hot in the sky. I was sweating to the point that I had to tie the bottom of my tank top, exposing my stomach. I tied my hair up into a bun and walked on until the bushes and shrubs started to clear out. Finally, I arrived at a small lake. Wahh, just my luck! I ran towards the lake, excited like a little kid. 'What are you talking about? I am a little kid.' I thought to myself. There were a few birds and small animals drinking from the lake. "What are you waiting for Lia?" I asked myself out loud. I was standing bare naked straight after. "JUMP IN!" I shouted and jumped into the lake. I felt the water touch my skin – it was cold! I opened my eyes while completely submerged underwater. Surprisingly, it was clear; fish swam past me in frantic, shaken by the commotion I caused. I stayed still underwater until the waves calmed. I bowed and silently apologized to the fishes. "FRRIISSSHHHSS~" I said out loud, the water distorted my voice. I swam up for air and my stomach rumbled. "Food!" I said to myself. "Yes!" I went underwater again and stayed still, threading water and watched the fish swim closer and closer to me. 'I bet they thought I'm harmless'. I smirked. I slowly closed in my hands on a fish and when I thought it was close enough, I clasped my hands together, trapping the fish in between. The fish tried to wriggle free and I quickly swam up. It was too slippery, and the fish escaped. "Ugh, my food…" I sulked.

No, I wasn't about to give up yet. I climbed out of the lake and stood there, thinking of other ways to catch the fishes. I looked around me and my eyes rested on my tank top. "Hmm…" I scratched my cat-ear. An idea occurred to me, light bulb! I could use it as a net. I grabbed my top and waded into the lake. I tied the sleeves together and held it with the bottom of the t-shirt, so it became like a mini hammock. I put it in the water and let it expand and waited for a fish to accidentally swim into it. 'Accidentally swim in it.' I laughed at myself. I got bored waiting, so I decided to make the fish go into my trap instead. I slowly brought the shirt near a fish. The fish turned away. Again, I brought the top close to it and as it was about to turn the other way I closed in and covered the fish completely with my top and quickly brought it up. It was wriggling in my hands and I quickly lay it down on the ground. I went in the lake again to catch more fish. 'This is a slow process…'

After I felt like I spent too long in the water, I got out and found that I have caught five fish and my feet were wrinkly. "Seriously, that's it? God damn it. Oh well, at least I got some." I said. I started munching on the fishes I caught and got full with only three fish. Then I lay down on my back with my arms crossed on my head, shielding my eyes from the sun.

I was on the brink of dozing off until a noise of leaves rustling loudly woke me. I got up to check on my clothes. They were dry, so I put them on and I heard a deep rumble nearby. I froze. 'What was that?' I heard the deep rumble again, this time even closer. 'Ok, definitely not my imagination. I know I can be crazy sometimes but not this time.' I slowly turned around only to find a beautiful beast drinking from the lake 20 feet away from me. 'I'm not crazy. That is a tiger, right?' A tiny squeal escaped my lips. 'A tiger! A family of the cats but more superior! A tiger! Ah, my beloved tiger! It's beautiful. It's magnificent. Darling tiger, oh I think I'm going to faint.' I put my palm to my forehead, trying to stop myself from hyperventilating. 'Don't be so dramatic Lia!' I scolded myself. I sure ain't gonna waste this opportunity. I slowly approached the tiger and it stopped drinking and looked up at me with intense eyes. 'Ahh, such sensitive hearing! I can't believe this is happening.' I held a staring contest with the tiger, all the while I approached it with my right hand held forward.

"Don't worry tiggy, I'm a friend. Don't be scared. I only want to pet you. I may look like a crazy person, but I promise you I'm not." I said to the tiger.

"What is this stupid dirty-looking person doing?" A deep voice entered my head.

"Eh?" I stopped walking, confused. "What was that? Whose voice was that? Was that my imagination? Am I going crazy? Please not yet! I need to pet this tiger before I go crazy. Mind, get your shit together!" I said. Ok, I just talked to myself out loud.

"She is crazy. She's talking to herself and she's quite dumb too." The deep voice said in my head.

"OK, seriously. My mind is insulting me. Myself. Rude! How dare you!" I put my hands on my hips, the tiger forgotten.

"Oh, she can understand what I'm saying. Although she doesn't get that it's me, still stupid." The deep voice continued.

"Seriously, why would I be insulting myself? You stupid mind; you have no logic and yet you call me stupid." I shook my head at myself.

The tiger gave a small roar, catching my attention. "I think I need to be specific. It is me the tiger that is talking to you, not your mind. You weren't crazy or imagining the voice. Actually, I'll take that back. You are crazy as I just witnessed you talking to yourself."

My jaw dropped, and I stared at the tiger. I pointed at it and said, "You?" The tiger rolled its eyes and purred.

"This is so weird. I know I can talk to cats, but I didn't expect anything else."

"If you can understand cats and me, I am sure you can understand other animals and other creatures." I nodded and closed my distance with the tiger. "Don't touch me stupid girl and don't call me Tiggy. Such a girly childish name. I am a mighty beast! Not whatever Tiggy is."

I hissed at the tiger, "How dare you call me stupid! That's so rude. I was actually complimenting you in my head earlier and you were insulting me the whole time." I sulked. Damn you tiger.

"Do I look like I care?" The tiger said with a poker face and drank water from the lake. I decided to ignore the tiger and memorized how it looked like. Then I started the process of transformation. "Wow, wow what do you think you're doing?"' Mission successful as I heard the tiger said to himself, "Great, she went to transform into me. There cannot be two ME's. There is only one me and that is ME."

"You have quite an ego there for a tiger." I commented, now in a form of a tiger, an exact copy of that annoying and vain tiger.

"Oh, this is nothing. You should meet the Sabre. They're way worse." My insult didn't work.

"What's a Sabre?" I asked.

"Is that a genuine question?"

I'm actually annoyed now. "Yes, that was a genuine question because I genuinely don't know what a Sabre is because I am only 11 and a half years old, so excuse my lack of knowledge on the creatures in this world. OK?"

"You are excused." He inspected his claws. "Sabre is another tiger-like creature with thick fur and a large orange zigzag pattern across its back. Oh, it also has sharp teeth and 2 large tusks that curled upwards. They're very competitive too." He yawned as if he was bored with the conversation. 'Rude' I thought.

"Huh, sounds scary. Well, I hope I will meet a Sabre once for the sake of my transformation skills only."

"Little girl, will you turn back to your normal self because it is quite disturbing to be talking to myself. Well, not myself. I mean talking to you, but you look exactly like me. It is unsettling to my nerves." The tiger stared straight into me.

"It's weird isn't it? But it's kinda fun." I replied.

"Oh gods, please. I cannot let other animals see me like this. Or see you. It will tarnish my reputation."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah whatever." This tiger is posh and obnoxious as heck. I transformed back into myself and went back to my resting place next to my two fishes lying on a bunch of dry leaves. The tiger followed me and sniffed my fishes. "Excuse me, ask for permission first before you eat them."

"I wasn't going to eat them." He sounded offended.

"Good, well then don't go sniffing them. They're mine." I replied curtly.

"You're quite arrogant." He stated.

"Speak for yourself you obnoxious tiger. If you have nothing nice to say to me then go away, will you?" I bared my teeth at him showing my annoyance.

He bared his teeth at me in response with a low growl and walked away. I sighed. 'Didn't think a tiger could be so mean and arrogant. I'm so disappointed in nature.'

I lay down again and closed my eyes. A sound disturbed me from dozing off. My sensitive cat-ears pricked up. I heard a soft foot padded in my direction slowly. I listened hard and sat upright. Suddenly, I was pushed backwards on my back with a huge a beast on top of me; its massive paws pressing my shoulders on the ground and I stared back into its dark eyes. "Sabre." I said out loud. The sabre gave a roar right in my face. I felt the vibrations against my skin: so loud, so strong, so intense and quite magnificent. We went back into the staring contest, and this time I got cocky. "What an entrance eh?

The sabre growled. "You should be scared of me little girl."

"Well it didn't work." I said with a smirk.

"Don't get cocky little girl. I could kill you right here, right now if I want to." He snarled.