I smiled as I looked through the racks of clothes at the local clothing store. "Hello, miss. Could I help you with anything?" A man who looked only a few years older than I. He has black hair. His haircut similar to mine. He was also in Victorian era clothing. A bit strange though I can admit it seemed to match him well. I smile. "I'm just looking." I take a bit of a glance around the store quickly, and I see that I'm the only person in the store, other than the shop keep, of course. "Actually, Do you have any clothes you'd recommend for me? I don't have much of a fashion sense." I laugh rather awkwardly. I just hope he doesn't put me in something weird. He gives me a smile. "Of course."

I tried on a lot of clothes, as I was checking out, the black haired shop keep, looked at me and gave me a small smile. "Wait a moment. I have something perfect for you." I made a small sound of confusion but he walked into the back of the store and then came back… Holding a pair of black cat ears in his hands. He places them on top of my head. "Ah! Just as I thought. You do look like a cat." He says. I glance over in a nearby mirror and I did look pretty good. "Ah!" I remember the Sliver hair extensions I had ordered a few days ago. They were supposed to arrive yesterday. Of course, that didn't happen. "Do you have these in Sliver? I'm planning on dying my hair." I tell him. He nods. "I see. You would look good with sliver hair." I smile. "Thanks"

And soon. I left. I start my very short walk to the apartment. I can't help but start to feel some insecurities about dying my hair. But it's a change. And a change is always welcome. At least I think so. I probably should of dyed my hair before I left my old town. At least that is what most people in movies and t.v does. Oh well. Soon I arrive at the apartment. I open the door. And see my older brother cooking. "Hey, Sylasia!" He happily greets me. I sniff the air. "Mm. It smells good. What are you cooking?" I ask. He grins. "Come stir-fry." he answers. He seems proud by the fact it smells good, not burnt. As cliché as it is, he can't cook if his life depended on it.

"Let me help you," I offered. He scoffed. "No, I'm going to cook all by myself, and once you taste it you'll be shocked at how good I am at cooking!" I roll my eyes. "Ok. I'll be in my room then. If you burn it, I'm not going to help you." I can hear him scoff as I walk away. Once I get into my room, I drop my bags on the floor and hop onto my best. I kick my shoes off. "Oh, Sis! You got a box in the mail! I put it in your room by the door." I wince at his loud yelling voice. Xavior was a loud person in general. We already had one noise complaint, only one week into living here. I make a loud shushing sound. Though the box is probably my hair extensions. If they aren't then I'm going to be one confused and angry girl.

I roll off of my bed, landing on the floor with a 'thump' I crawl over to the box. The tiredness from Nathaniel and Castiel from earlier today is hitting me hardcore. I sit up and pull the box into my lap. I tear open the box and just as I expected. The hair extensions were in there. I smile. Looks like all I have to do is run to the dollar store and get a box or two of hair dye and have Xavior help me. I can't help but wonder what Ken and Castiel will think of my new hair.

The next day, morning.

I glance into the mirror of the bathroom. The long sliver hair went really well with my pale skin tone and sky blue eyes. I smile. I put the sliver cat ears on my head. And they matched my hair color perfectly. As if it were meant to be. I smile as I run my fingers through my extensions. I glance down at my clothes. I'm wearing a black rainbow t-shirt, a black pleated mini-skirt blue and green Technicolor belt and some wide black boots. A lot of black, but it looks good with the splash of color the rainbow on my shirt and the belt brings. I'm very pleased. I walk through our small apartment. Xavior had already left for work. I head off to school.

As soon as I enter the school, Ken runs over to me. "Sylasia! I've been looking for yoouuu!" He yells. It looks like he's been crying. "What's wrong? Has Amber been bothering you again?" I ask, clutching my fist. "N...no, but I wanted to say goodbye before I leave…" I scrunch up my eyebrows. "What do you mean, 'before you leave' ? " I ask, clearly confused.

"I told my dad what happened with Amber and her friends and he said there was no way his son would be bullied by stuck up girls of ill repute like that." I tilt my head. He hasn't even mentioned my hair. Then again. He looks sad. To be honest. I am too. "Ill repute?" I say.

"And he said that he was taking me out of this school immediately and that he'd make me into a man so he wouldn't have to put up with this kind of shame. " I scrunch up my eyebrows again. "Your father? What does he do for a living? He's taking you out of this school, is that true?" I ask. I hope not. As annoying as Ken may be, but he's still my friend. "He's in the military, he came back from his mission just to take care of this.

I have to go, he's waiting for me. Here, this is for you, don't forget me, ok? I'll be back." The Military? Ken hands me a small soft teddy bear. It has a little tee-shirt with a heart on it. I give Ken a hug. "Goodbye. I hope you have a safe journey." I tell him. But then I was distracted by a little dog running across the courtyard, Then, Ken was gone. A dog in the school. I decide to think about the dog, rather than Ken leaving. Suddenly the principal ran up to me, or what I guess you could consider a run. "Miss!" The prinipal looked very messy, from her hair to the torn up paper in her hands. "Excuse me Miss, why didn't you try to catch that dog! My poor Kiki, if he gets away, it will be your fault! You'll pay for this!"

"What?! But I didn't do anything. I was just standing there when he ran by…" Today was turning out to be bad. And I just arrived at school. "That's enough! Find Kiki and his things... and if you don't…"

She walked away, giving me a dirty look. Wow. And she was so nice and normal in the beginning. I walked outside and starting to do a half jog, half run all around the courtyard, from the gardening club, to gymnasium. I walked back into the school building panting a bit. I see Castiel He blinks confusedly at my hair. "Nice hair," He gives a smirk. I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or what.. "Hey, Um. Did you get everything worked out with your Absentee note?"

"Of course, I'm not going to get expelled that easily and... hey, wasn't that a dog that just ran behind you?"

"Ah! He was here? The principal totally flipped out and is making me find him for her!" I frown. The principal was more crazy than my aunt. And that was saying something. Castiel nods. "Ah, nothing surprises me anymore about that woman and her dog. Good luck finding him, but if you don't, besides sticking you with an hour or two after school, she can't do much." I give a smile. "I would rather not have her on my back though."

"Yeah, its granny's little doggie after all. Good luck catching it." I smile. "Thanks." He walks towards the courtyard. I sigh. If I were a dog, where would I be? I decide, just to be thorough, to check in the class room. To my surprise, I see Nathaniel there. "Hi," I say awkwardly. "Did it work out with the absentee note in the end?" I ask him. " Yes, but even if he cut classes, he won't be expelled, at least not this time." I can't tell if he's relived or not. But it seems like Nathaniel doesn't like Castiel, and vice versa. "Ok, well, That's good, isn't it?" I ask uncertainly. He shrugs his shoulders. "Well anyway, I'm sorry for getting you involved in that, I shouldn't have asked you to do that for me and put you in that kind of situation. But, we can talk about something other than Castiel, can't we?" I look around the room. "Well, Have you seen a dog around here?" I ask Nathaniel. "The principal's dog? Has he run away again?" I roll my eyes. Of course this has happened more than once.

"She's so unbelievable. It's her dog and I would be surprised if we're aloud to bring animals to school." Nathaniel laughs. I can't tell if he's laughing at me or what. "You think the power's gone to her head?

That said, if she puts you in charge of finding her dog, I would suggest that you do it if you don't want any problems. " I nod. "All right… I've got nothing against dogs, but still…"

Nathaniel smiles again, "Good luck, oh, and I like the new hair style. It works on you." I smile and my face gets a bit red. "Thanks."

I decide to go into the courtyard. A dog would be outside, wouldn't it? I run outside and I see Kiki. "Kiki!" I yell. But he looks over at me and runs away. I have to find his toy and stuff to lure him over. But It's not like I'd know where that stuff is. I make a quick run over to the garden and check over there. But, alas. There is nothing dog related there. I walk back to the courtyard, Castiel approaches me. "So is the hunt for mini Rover going well?" He asks. "Not really." I look at Castiel. "By the way, I bet you're a dog owner." He gives a little mini-smile. "Bingo, I don't like cats, they're ungrateful little beasts. I do have a dog though, but a big one, not like that little yappy mutt the principal has."

"Is it's name Kiki too?" I ask sarcastically. But the small smile has yet to leave his lips. "Nah, of course not. His name is "Demon"." I smile. "Demon, That's scary!" I say. "That was the idea, but he's not really mean." I notice something strange in the background, I quickly say farewell to Castiel and go check it out. It's a dog toy. I smile. I'm one step closer to catching Kiki. I go back into the school, I want to ask Iris if she knows where Kiki's other stuff is. She probably won't know, but it's worth the shot.

I run into Nathaniel "Hm. I bet you have a cat." I tell him. I mean, it is kinda cliché that if Castiel doesn't cat, Nathaniel will love them. But in this town, cliché seems to be the norm. "No, I would like one but my mom is allergic." I nearly roll my eyes, but I stop myself. Of course he wants a cat. "That's too bad," I tell him. "Cats are really cute."

"It's no big deal, I see my neighbors' cats and there are some others that I see a lot in the neighborhood." I can hear some people calling Nathaniel's name. They must be his friends. He gives me a wave and I wave back. Now it's time to find Iris!

Who knew Iris was so… so… I don't even know anymore. I see Castiel I watch him. He never has any friends around. Unlike Nathaniel and Iris. I feel kinda bad for him. I walk over to him. "Uh.." I need to find an excuse to speak to him. "I forgot to ask you what kind of dog you have." I say.

"A Belgian Shepherd." Castiel responds. "Oh, I don't know what that is." He smiles. "You might see him one day. I blink confusedly. I look and notice Castiel was gone. Did Ken take ninja lessons from Castiel? To be honest, that would explain a lot.

I decide to check the gardens for Kiki again. "Hey, hi, are you the one in charge of the gardening club? Its pitiful, the flowers are all wilting!" Some guy with green eyes and green hair said to me. "Hey, Calm down, I was asked to help out only two days ago. I'm not in charge of anything." I tell him, while subtly looking around for Kiki. "Oh really? Do you know who is in charge of the club then?"

"I have no idea, I just told you I've only been helping out for two days. I thought you were." I responded politely. "Sorry, I'm a bit irritated. My name is Jade. I'm in a dual education system at a botanical high school. I come here from time to time and bring soil, fertilizer and take care of the plots for the students in the gardening club. " He replies back to me. "Dual education? That's cool, so you get paid as well?"

"Yeah, and I like what I'm doing. It's an added bonus." Um. Whoa, whoa whoa, did he just WINK at me? Wow. Ok. Sylasia, remember to breathe, I tell myself. As Jade walked back to the green house, I noticed something on the ground. It was Kiki's leach. I smile. Perfect!

I spend, probably the next thirty minutes running around the school, calling Kiki's name. Well. That was, horrible. I wipe my forehead off with the back of my hand. Trying to get some of the sweat off. "Hey," Nathaniel walked up to me. I tried to catch my breath. "Hi, Nathaniel." I responded. "You look worn out" he says, stating the rather obvious. "Heh, yeah. I probably exerted way more energy looking for Kiki than was needed." Nathaniel nodded along. "I have a question, why don't you like dogs?" I ask, curiously.

" don't know... They're always slobbering everywhere and... most of them are a bit 'dumb'." He says.

"That's ridiculous, dogs aren't dumb! They understand a lot of things and you can teach them a lot!" To be honest, I loved both dogs and cats equally. I'd rather have a cat though, they require less responsibility. "If you say so, I've never actually had any. I guess they just aren't my thing. I really prefer cats. " I nod. "Well, Nathaniel. I better go look for Kiki again. Bye!" I say cheerfully. Nathaniel smiles at me and walks towards the Student delegates' room. I see Amber and company. Oh wonderful. They walk up to me. "So, granny lost her dog. I bet you're the one who has to find him, isn't that right?" Amber says to me. I'm going to try my luck. I'm not expecting anything, though. "Maybe you've seen him?" I ask them. Hoping for the best and expecting the worse. "Yeah, maybe, for $15 I'll tell you where he is." I roll my eyes. As if that was going to happen. "In your dreams! I'll find him myself!" I tell them defiantly. Amber scoffs. "Hmpf! Too bad for you then, you'll never find him now!"

I roll my eyes. "We'll see…" And they walk away. I start to walk away when Iris comes running up to me

"Hey Sylasia, I forgot to ask you, did your friend Ken have to move suddenly?" I nodded. I actually forgot about Ken. Now I feel kind of like a bad friend. more like a really bad friend. "Yes," I responded, "His father who's in the military came to get him or something. I'm not really sure about it." Iris nodded.

"He said goodbye and told me he was looking for you. He looked pretty sad." I sighed a bit. Other than Iris, Ken was my only friend in this town. Unless you count that shopkeep in Victorian clothing from yesterday. Even though I never even asked him for his name. "Yeah, I have to admit, I felt a bit bad for him." I responded, a bit downcast. Iris nodded, again. "He seemed to really like you. He talked about you all the time, it was pretty cute. You should stay in contact, don't you think?" I didn't know Ken and Iris were friends. Or that they even spoke. "Oh, I'd be surprised if he totally forgot about me. I'm sure I'll hear from him." I told her. Iris smiled. "I have to get going. I'll speak to you later." Iris spoke. I nodded. "Alright, bye." I told her.

She smiled. "Good luck with catching Kiki" Iris spoke as she walked away. "Thank you!" I say. Maybe I will have more luck. I decided to go to the Student council room, to talk to Nathaniel. Sadly, he wasn't there. But what was there, was a collar. A DOG COLLAR. I didn't even think to look for the collar. I had just assumed she had it on. I silently cheer. I start to walk to the courtyard. I have a dog to find!

Of course, just before I leave the school building, Amber and company walk up to me. ""Woof woof"! It might be easier to catch him if you got down on all fours too, hahaha. " They say to me. But I don't respond to them. They just walk away. I sigh. I wonder what I did to make them hate me.

Once I got to the courtyard, I ran into Castiel. "I saw that yappy mutt run by here a couple of times already. You're taking your time to catch him!" He said with a stupid smile on his face. Usually I'd be happy to see Castiel's smile, but I don't want any of his B.S right now. "You didn't try to catch him?" I ask. He rolled his eyes. "Why should I? It's not my job." I groaned, and cussed. "%^$$$% #! What a nightmare!" He smiled, which made me want to hit him. "Ah ha, this dog is really making you lose your cool, young lady! Try luring him with some food, it's a dog after all." I nearly face-palm. Why didn't I think of that? Sometimes I question my own intelligence. "But, what am I supposed to give him?" I ask Castiel. He has a dog, he may know. I mean, he BETTER know. "Listen, I told you I have a dog right? Come back later and I'll give you some dog biscuits, I'll go get them from my bag." I smile and lean back onto my heels. "Great! That's really nice, Thanks." I say, Gratefully.

Soon, after searching for Kiki while Castiel got the dog treats, I spotted Castiel again. "So," I say as I walk up to him. "Do you have any dog biscuits?" I ask. He hands me a couple of biscuits. "Here, I'll give them to you. I hope you catch him with them." I smile. "Thank you very much! I hope so too. That's really nice of you." I spot Kiki.

"Oh! There he is! I have to go, I'm going to catch him."

I walk up to kiki but soon he starts to run! No! I have to catch him! So I run after him. Soon I chased Kiki into the Gymnasium. "Hey boy, Come here." I say, holding out a dog treat in my hand. He just ignored and ran towards the school. "Darn it!" I say out loud as I chase after Kiki.

I pant as I reached the main hallway of the class room. I lost him. Where could he have gone? I first check the Classroom, and BINGO. There he was. "There you are! Here, I have some treats for you…" I say as I place some on the ground, in front of me. He slowly walked in front of me and ate one. I quickly put Kiki's collar on and attached the leach to it. Yes! I finally got him. Now I just have to take him to the principal.

I walk out into the main hallway, and I saw the Principal pacing back and forth anxiously. When she spotted Kiki and I, She smiled. "Kiki!" She yells and runs, well, as well as someone as old as her can run. I give Kiki back to her. "Thank you young lady. The thought of losing Kiki makes me very upset. Now that I've got him back, you can go back to your normal activities." I nodded and smiled. "You're welcome, Ma'am" I say, being polite, even though I'm tired of her crap.

I decide to go to the Gardening club to see if they needed my help. And they did. Jade needed me to find Iris to get a box of seeds from her. I walk to the classroom and walk up to Iris. "Iris! I heard you have the seeds for the gardening club?" I say, questioningly. Iris smiles at me.

"Oh yeah, my mom loves gardening, so I took the box at home so she could give us some more seeds." I smile. To be honest, I didn't know that Iris was in the gardening club. "There's a boy who takes care of the place and he needs some. Can you give them to me, Please?" I ask nicely. Iris nods. "They're at my house, I'll bring them next time, ok?" She repsponds. I smile. "Okay, Thanks." I walk out of the classroom and Castiel approaches me.

"So, did you catch the dog?" He asks. I nod. "Yeah, yeah. That's done. I'm on my way to see a guy at the gardening club." I say. Planning to see Jade to see if there was anything else I could do. Castiel rolled his eyes. "Oh, still with your plants?" I smile. "Hey, Yeah. You should try it sometimes." I say to him. He frowns. "Do I look like I'd be interested in that?" Then he leaves. What's his problem?

Iris walks up to me. "Here's the box, it's full." I grin. "Sweet, Thanks." Iris smiles.

I walk into the main hallway and Nathaniel comes up to me. "I saw the principal, she seemed to be in a good mood, I guess you got her dog back?" He said with a smile. "Yeah! Finally!" I say, exasperated. "Now I'm doing a favor for someone from the gardening club" Nathaniel has a confused-like expression on his face. "Really? Who?" He asks.

"Jade, He takes care of the plants for the gardening club." Nathaniel nodded. "Oh I see. Good luck then if you're helping him out." I smile and give him a wave. "I have to go, I need to give this box to him. See you later." I walk away before he has a chance to respond.

I arrive at the club, and Jade seems happy to see me. "There you are, do you have the box?" I smile and give him the box. "yes, here you are." I say. He opens the box and grins. "Great, thanks! Ah cool, there are a lot of different ones. " I nod. "Yeah. That's why she took the box, to fill it up." Jade places the box on a nearby bench. "On the other hand.." I nearly groan. But I stop myself. Remember, Sylasia, Be upbeat and positive. Don't be rude. Don't be rude. I repeat in my head. "Is there a problem?"

"Not really but some things are missing that I need…" I frown a bit, already knowing where this is headed. "What are you going to do?" I ask. "Certain flowers go in certain places. I need some more seeds, can you go and buy some while I continue working please?" I smile. At least it wasn't that hard of a task. I decide to do it. "Yes, if you need them" I respond, pondering where I can buy flower seeds, and what type of seeds. "Great! I need sagebrush seeds, that'll keep a lot of insects away from the plants. It keeps them healthier." I nod. That answered my question. "I see…" Jade takes out some cash and hands it to me. " Here , be as quick as you can please." I scrunch up my eyebrows. "twenty-five dollars for seeds?" I say in disbelief. "I don't know how much they'll cost, but you can keep the change. You're going to save me a lot of precious time." He winks at me. "Wow… Well, thanks! I'll go now."

I figure the dollar store would carry some seeds, or at least I hope. I walk to the dollar store, by the time I get there, I'm panting a bit, my legs burning. I haven't exercised this much in, well, never. I look through what looks like the gardening section. I see the sagebrush seeds. Twelve dollars for some stupid seeds?! I pick them up and take them to the cash register. I buy them quickly, not stopping to talk to the friendly old man. I sprint to the school, even if my legs are killing me, I'd rather be back to the school soon.

Once I get back to the school, at the gardening club, I pant a bit and old the small bag of sagebrush seeds out to Jade. "How are these?" I say, trying to catch my breath. He didn't seem too surprised at my disheveled and sweaty look. " Yes, perfect! I'll start planting them right away." I smile, wiping the sweat off of my forehead. "I'll let you get to work, then."

After that I had gotten a soda, and sat outside, in the courtyard. I took a sip of the cold soda. I savored both the taste and the coldness of the drink. It was unusually hot outside. I suddenly realize, I haven't been to a single class since I got here. I shrugged, I couldn't really care. It was a good thirty minutes or so, I sat there, just enjoying the weather, when Iris walks up to me. She startled me. I didn't even notice her. "Hi, Sylasia." Iris says. "Hello," I say back in a friendly manner. "Jade is looking for you." I smile and nod. "Okay, thank you, Iris, I'll go see him." Iris gives me a small, apologetic smile, probably meaning Jade has more earens for me to go do.

I walk over to the garden and walk up to Jade. "Hi, Jade." I say to him. He looks a bit disheveled, as If he was panicking or something. "I've got a problem... I lost my notepad. It has all my gardening notes in it, all the different treatments for the plants and the ground. If I can't find it, I won't be able to finish in time." I sigh.

"Okay, I'll go see if I can find it." Jade looks relived. "Thanks! It's nice having someone so helpful in the club. You must like plants too." I nod and smile. "Yes, I like plants. Allright, I'll be back as soon as I find it." I turn and walk away.

I checked in several places, such as the gym, and the student council room. But once I get to the class room I see a notebook with "Jade" On the cover, so I figure it's his.

I get to the garden and Jade walks up to me, and looks around. "I haven't seen it, have you?" I smile, and hold up the book. "Yes, I found it!" I say. He gives a sigh of relief. "Phew! What a relief. Seriously, thank you." I smile. "Now, you can do what you have planned." I say to the green haired older man.

"Yes, I'm going to treat the plants that aren't in great shape, it shouldn't take too long now." I nod.

"Okay, That'd be great then, if you can save them." I say to him. At least Jade won't make fun of me for liking plants, or choosing a club that is more 'girly' I start to walk away from Jade, but he stops me, "Wait!" He says. "Huh?" I turn around and see It's Castiel, not Jade. It startles me how similar their voices are. I don't let *Most of* my shock show. "Oh, Castiel?" I say.

It seems that you like dogs. I'm going to take mine for a walk when I get home. Do you want to come?" He asks. Just as I was about to answer, I paused. Would it be considered a date? I don't think it would be. "Sure." I say. He smiles. "Cool, Let's go then."

So, I left the school with Castiel. We went by his house to get Demon. Castiel lived in a apartment complex about ten minutes from the apartment that my brother and I lives in.

Castiel's dog is a huge Belgian Sheppard! I wanted to act cool and take the leash all by myself, but he pulled so hard that I fell and skinned my knee.. Castiel helped me up, he looked a bit worried. He took the leash and we continued the rest of the walk without any problems. He did put a band-aid on my knee.