I couldn't tell if it was a compliment or a dis, but I didn't care. The head seemed furious. While he glared at the rat, I used it as my chance to get away. Without making a sound, I turned and fled into the forest. The rat was in the zodiac, so I'd get more of the punishment than she would. Cats never got a simple grounding. We got locked away as a monster.

I came to a lake in the middle of the forest. The same one from earlier. I sat on a cliff overlooking it, admiring how it sparkled in the moon light. Slowly, a hot tear ran down my cheek, threatening to burn my skin. I had no one. Uncle Suke was more of my master than a reletive, and I was an outcast in the zodiac. Nobody ever loved the cat. Nobody ever will.

Sure, I had heard the stories of the former boar and the former cat, but she had admitted it was more because she felt mad at herself for something she did when she was little.

I never wanted to see the head again. If I did, I wouldn't get a warning next time before my confinement. Maybe I wouldn't have to do anything at all...
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Zaphea sad! TT_TT

~ Zaphea