I hit hard ground, and looked around dizzily.

I saw destroyed buildings and smoke. I was laying face down on the floor of a demolished building. The walls were broken here and there, and the windows were GONE.

"Ugh, stupid portal thing..." I groaned as I sat up. It was freakin' hot here!

"I hope you aren't too hot Milo." I laughed as I looked around for the orange cat.

Not seeing him, I leapt to my feet, ignoring my light headed feeling.

"Milo! Milo where are you!" I yelled.

I looked around desperately, hoping to catch a glimpse of orange.

"Milo!" I called as I headed down what used to be a hallway.

I couldn't find him anywhere. To say I was upset is an understatement. Milo was the only animal around here I knew, but more than that, he was my pet. Granted he was my 5th cat, the others having run away or died, or in one case, catnapped, but still. He's stuck around the longest, and I can tell he favors me over anybody in my household.

"Milo..." I called, but weakly. "Anybody!"

I don't know where I am, or if there's anybody here, or if Milo was even here, or...dead.

I prayed the latter wasn't true.

I was walking through what must've been a large office, when I heard footsepts and voices.

"So, where do you think we are?"

I peeped around the corner to see Shadow and Rouge.

"According to this computer, we're...but that's impossible!" Rouge exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" Shadow asked.

"It says we're in Central City, but look at the date."

"Hmm...200 years in the future, huh?"

I felt my stomach drop.

200 years? How the heck did I...Oh, right. Mephiles could time travel. I nearly kicked myself for forgetting that.

How was I supposed to get back? Not just to the right time, but back home? How was I supposed to find Milo in this ravaged world?

As I finished this thought, there was a familiar tickle in my nose, and I let out a loud sneeze.

"You hear that?" Rouge asked.

I pulled my head back around the corner, cursing silently in my head.

I was never one to curse. In fact, I've never said a curse word in my life, unless you count that time when I was 4, but I didn't know any better, so can you blame me?

I heard footsteps coming my way, and with no other ideas, I bolted.

Before I got very far, Shadow appeared in front of me, a suspicious glare on his face.

"Uhh...hi?" I waved while weakly smiling.

"Who are you?" he demanded.

"M-my name's Kassie."

"And what're you doing here?"

"Being lost."

Shadow looked at me, then behind me at Rouge.

"Well, what should we do?" he asked.

I looked at the ivory bat.

"She doesn't seem like a threat. Where'd you come from, kid?" she asked.

"Well...it's kinda hard to explain...but...well, I'm not supposed to be here."

"Oh, that tells us a lot."

"Well pardon me, you're not from here either, at least not from this time period."

"Touché."

"So what were you doing here?" Shadow asked.

"Well, after Mephiles opened that portal thing and you guys vanished, I ended up running into it and appeared here."

"How do you know Mephiles?"

I clamped my mouth shut. Whoops...

"Well?" Shadow prompted.

"Um, well...think of it this way. There's an alternate universe, I'm from there, and I know everything that goes on in your world." I stated.

Technically that's true. I'll leave out the fact their nothing but a videogame there.

"Ok, so what're you doing here?"

"I got sucked into this world, along with Milo, and I'm looking for him."

"Who's Milo?" Rouge asked.

"My cat. Have you seen him?"

I couldn't help the desperation in my voice.

"Sorry, haven't seen any cats around."

"Oh...okay."

The sadness must've shown on my face, because Rouge and Shadow gave me a sympathetic look.

"Don't worry, you'll find him. We'll help you out." Rouge assured me.

"You will?"

"We will?" Shadow asked.

Rouge gave him a stern look.

"Fine..."

I couldn't help but chuckle. I always thought these two made a cute couple.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it."

"No problem kiddo."

"You're a little strange lookin', you know?"

"What're you talkin about? I'm a 15 year old human, you haven't seen one of those before?"

Shadow and Rouge looked at me with a confused look.

"What?" I asked.

"Maybe in your world you're human, but right now, you're a not." Rouge replied.

Upon seeing the confused look on my face, she pulled out a compact and handed it to me. I opened it, and found that they were right, I was definantly not human.

A piercing scream shattered the silence.

xoxoxo

Milo's POV

'Where am I? Why's everything messed up? Where is she? What is this place?'

I looked around wildly at the strange world.

One minute I'd been on the couch at home, relaxing and annoying her, then there was a bright light and a loud noise, and we were in a weird place that looked like a video game she would play.

She thinks I don't pay attention, but I do. I always observe her and her family's doings. They were amusing to watch, but I always stayed close to her because she was my owner. I watched her play all those games and watch those cartoons. I knew what she liked, and this looked like one of her games.

'Where are you?' I thought.

I heard a crash, and leapt a foot in the air, then bolted off. I KNEW I shouldn't have run off on my own and leave her. She must be worried sick about me, she always was when I went missing.

I leapt onto a shelf of rock, then continued upward until I was on top of a large pillar of rock. I laid down, and curled up into a ball.

I would wait right here, I would wait until she found me...

xoxoxo

Now this chapter was an interesting one to type. I'm not sure what goes through my cat's head about me, but I think he's loyal despite everything.

So I'm not human anymore… Stay tuned!