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The Outcast Five

The five babies were all born at the same time. Three girls, two boys. But almost as soon as the mothers saw them, they would never be treated normal their entire life. At 7:06, June 15, the state of Colorado was changed forever. These human-animals were different. They were outcasts, and stood out. Years passed, and they all managed to hide their secret. They all came from different mothers, hospitals, and schools. Even the animal halves of them were different. They didn't ever meet, up until the 3rd month of eighth grade.

Chapter 1: Kit the Kitten

Kit sat perched in a high tree. Cats climb, right? She tried her best to hide her cat ears and tail, so she could look like a normal human around and on school campus. Aside from her cat-like ears, tail, and instincts, Kit was a quite beautiful girl. She had long brown hair down to her waist, deep and electric looking blue eyes, and she was just tall enough to make it work. As for the cat side of her, Kit's ears were covered in gray and black tabby hair and sat on top of her head, and could rotate 180 degrees backwards. She had a tail the same colors as her ears, and even when it was hidden down one of her pant legs, it still twitched sometimes. She had long white claws that sometimes ruined her homework. She loved to climb trees; that's all she did after lunch. She often ate her cat's food, and meowed and purred when happy. Kit wore a hat to school every day (thank goodness her school accepted hats in the building), and never wore shorts, ever. She couldn't hide her tail down a shorts leg. It was always long pants, and once she was daring enough to wear an ankle skirt. It worked out okay, but Kit was scared the entire day. So here was little Kit, sitting in a tree as usual. People were used to it. Some tried to climb up after her, but none could get high enough. Sometimes she would giggle at their attempts, other times she would hiss when they started to get high enough to reach her. There was one tragic day when Kit couldn't find her blue cap. She had to tell everyone that her ears were just a headband from the party store. Everyone laughed, asking her why she would wear such a ridiculous headband to school. At one point after lunch, she hid in the bathroom and cried. "Everyone wants to be unique, but not cursed like I am! It's not fair, why was I born with this cat curse?" she said between sobs. What felt like a few minutes in the bathroom crying, Kit discovered, was actually an entire class period. When the teacher of that period saw Kit was at school, she should've been able to make it to class, the straight A student got her first detention. Great, she thought, now two more hours to be laughed at for my "headband." It was there she saw the new kid named Shadow in the hallway. As soon as she looked into Shadow's eyes, it seemed as if she had known him all her life. The deep connection kind of scared her at first, having never felt it before, but she found it very comfortable. When Kit finally got out of her dreadful detention, a fresh couple of sobs came on. She thought of herself as cursed. As soon as she got home, her mother looked angry. She opened her mouth to scold Kit for the detention, but she hadn't the chance. Kit immediatly ran into her mother's arms, crying. She asked, "Why am I cursed, Mama? Why did I have to be born cursed?"

Chapter 2: Shadow The Mouse

Shadow walked into the house, cheery. "Can you believe it? First day at a new school and I had fun!" His mother, not seeming surprised at all, said, "That's great. So what kind of kids were there?" He replied, " Well, I didn't really meet any, but this girl in detention--" "WHY WERE YOU IN DETENTION??" his mother screamed. " I wasn't, Mom. You let me stay after school, remember? I passed the detention room, and the door was open. Anyway, there was this girl in detention that I made eye contact with, and suddenly I felt like I had known her all my life. It was so weird--" Shadow's mom, who had a habit of interrupting, said, "Ooh, first day of school and you already have a crush." He replied, "Mom! It's not a crush, it's just a connection! Jeez! Anyway, I was saying it was so weird how our eyes met and it felt like I could feel everything she could feel. She was somehow sad and ashamed. I thought it was because of detention, but she was wondering why she was... cursed?" Shadow was like Kit, but he had mouse ears, a long mouse tail, and mouse instincts. He had brown hair and bangs, and a few freckles were splattered on his face. He was short, too. Exept for his mouse parts, Shadow was kind of cute. He felt a little afraid of Kit, but he didn't know why. Well, he was afraid of almost everyone, but Kit in particular. He thought he was the only half animal in the school, in the world in fact, but he had some suspects. Of course, he didn't really beleive they were half animals. Those few kids, though, out of three, two of them were new, that Shadow had made little poster in his room of the suspected names. He got a wet erase pen and penned in Kit's name. He thought that was weird though because he didn't know Kit's name. Then he just assumed he picked it up while "connecting" with her. That just make four people he suspects. The other three names were Alice, Nate, and Eva. Shadow suspected Alice as a half wolf. After all, she had a tendency to eat a lot of meat, and would slide into the shadows a lot. Nate was suspected to be half dog. He said hello to everyone at the park, and loved to run. Eva was suspected as a half bird. She loved to extend and flap her arms, and had amazing sight. Shadow scurried to his mom. "Can I use your phone?" he asked. "Sure, hon, who are you calling?" was her response. "Oh, I bet I know. You're calling that Katinka girl, aren't you?" she asked knowingly. "She goes by Kit, and why do you ask?" he said. "You like her, don't you? Of course you do! You can't stop talking about her!" his mom assumed. Shadow's felt the blood rising to his face. She was the one who couldn't stop talking about her, not him. "See? Now you're blushing." she said. That was too much. "Mom, that's it! You think you know everything about me? Well you don't, and I can tell you right now I do not like Kit!" With this he stomped out the door, on his way to the place he felt most secure, the park. Walking down the sidewalk, Shadow grumbled to himself. "Mom thinks she can tell who I like or not. Well, she's the one who can't stop talking about Kit!" It was then he realized something. He may not talk about her much, but truthfully she wouldn't get out of his head. When he asked to use the phone, he was going to call Kit. Kit turned the corner to the park entrance, the one place she felt secure. Just like Shadow. Shadow spotted her and wondered why she was there at the park. Well, he thought, it is open to everyone. Once in the large field, Shadow sighed. It felt good to be away from his know-it-all mother. He picked up a twig and threw it. His mom couldn't just assume things about him like that! He doesn't like Kit! //You know that's not true//. That little voice in Shadow's head was speaking up. //You like Kit. You may not mention her much, but her name is always on the tip of your tongue.// chapter 3: alice the wolf Alice bounded into the house at full speed, almost knocking over her mother's lamp