I skipped on the way home, or well, what I considered home. There were others out there like me! I wasn't the only one of my kind! Though that little tuxedo cat, Sky, didn't have to tell me she was a half breed, I knew right away by how intrigued she was with me being one. Plus, she had a certain scent about her that suggested she wasn't all animal.
I turned down a side alley which I had created to be just for me. I had built a bed out of stray wood and cardboard boxes to fashion myself a bed. I had been able to build a roof so that I could keep the rain out should it a storm come my way. Other than sleeping here, I didn't really spend any of my time here. The city was my back yard.
After my mom left, the house and everything in was repossessed. I didn't want to go to a foster home, so I ran away and chose this alley, where no one ever goes, as my own. Sure, my life wasn't glamorous, but not everyones was.
I only needed to stop here for my journal and then I was off to explore the city. I found the leather journal where I wrote down anything and everything under my pillow.
I headed down to the center of the town where school was getting out for those that chose to go take the torture. I noticed that the billboard said that it was the last day of school before summer. Yippee! I thought with sarcasm. Summer wasn't any different than any other season for me, well except the temperature change.
As I neared the enterance, someone bumped into me on their way out, obviously in a hurry to get out and away from someone.
"Oh, sorry, my fault," I helped up the brown haired young girl as I helped her gather the fallen items. "I wasn't watching where I was going."
The girl looked like she had had a really bad day, and my heart went out to her. I wanted to help her, not in a pitying type of way, but as someone would for a friend.
I handed her the last notebook and looked around for my fallen journal. It was lying open to a page about the Legend of Harmony. The girl went to pick it up and the page caught her interest. She looked up at me questioningly, "What's Harmony?"
I shrugged. "Oh, it's just a stupid legend about where these half breed people go and live in Harmony." I laughed nervously. I hoped she didn't suspect that I myself was a halfa. Not that I cared, I just didn't want to hear any crap about it. I dealt with it enough that I didn't want some stranger going off about how weird and scary it is.
The girl seemed to be lost in thought. "Look, I uh, I got to go." I headed back down the way I had come, intent on getting away from here. "Oh, I'm Ariel by the way," I said as I turned and back pedeled down the street.
A small smile appeared on her thin lips, "Asuka."
With that, I turned and kept walking.
