Hotel Cryptid [completed]

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Five years later, Juniper Pomelia Smith, went to college and got a writing degree and is now the famous writer of "Living A Lie", "Hotel Cryptid", "The Difference" and "The Hotel History Didn't Know", based off her life, though all of them are known as fantasy books. She lives in a small town and owns a studio apartment, it's pretty big.

She still sports the short hair and bomber jacket. She never forgot her old friends and has a picture of all of them hanging on her wall. She keeps Nathaniel's ring on her nightstand with a photo of him.

She owns a pet Calico cat named 'Kira' and a Tabby cat named, well, 'Tabby', which is short for 'Tabitha'.

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Juniper walks out of a cafe as she had just gotten her morning coffee. She carries messenger bag with Kira and Tabby in it. She took them almost everywhere. In a different pocket area, she kept treats and snacks for her cats.

Juniper walked and sipped her coffee, Tabby and Kira had their heads sticking out. They both had collars with leashes attached to the inside of the bag, so they couldn't jump out. "I hope your enjoying the view my lovelies" she pet each of her cats. Kira let out a meow.

Juniper saw a flower shop and walked in. She had a love for plants.

She walked in and bumped into a man. "Oh, my apologies" she said. She looked up at him and froze. He looks exactly like Nathaniel. "It's okay ma'am, are you alright?" He asks her. He even sounds like Nathaniel. "Nathaniel?" Juniper asks. "Um, yes, that is my name. Do I know you?" He asks. "Y-You just look like someone I knew when I was younger" she said. "Oh", he looks down at her bag, "Do you have two cats in your bag?" He asks her, hella confused.

"Oh, yeah, I have two cats and I take them everywhere. This is Tabitha, but I call her Tabby, and this is Kira" she explains, pointing to each if her cats. "They're named after two people I knew back home. Kira and Tabitha", Juniper smiles. "Oh, that's sweet. May I pet them?" He asks. Juniper nods and Nathaniel starts petting Tabby. Kira was more hesitant to let Nathaniel pet her.

Nathaniel and Juniper talked for a bit. "Wait, aren't you Juniper Smith, author of 'Living A Lie" and "Hotel Cryptid"?", He asks her. Juniper chuckles, "Yeah, I am". Nathaniel and Juniper talk a while about the books and backstory of the books.

"Oi, you can't be on break all day, Nathaniel" a lady chuckled as she walked up to them. Juniper looked over at her. She looked exactly like Dahlia.

"Oh fine Dahlia. But this is Juniper Smith! She's the author of your favorite book, 'Living A Lie'!" He said, happily. "Oh! Well isn't that a pleasant surprise!" Dahlia says. "Miss Smith, this is Dahlia. She's my coworker" Nathaniel says. "Oh, hello. Also, please just call me Juniper"

Juniper was internally panicking. Two people that looked like two people she really cared about in the past were standing right in front of her. Nathaniel looked like her past Nathaniel, the one who was so close to marrying her and the one she fell head over heels for. And Dahlia. Oh Dahlia. She looked exactly like her past Dahlia. Red hair and big gap toothed smile. 

Five years since the collapse of Hotel Cryptid, she never expected to see her old friends from years ago. 

Was this really happening?

Are they really alive?

Why didn't they remember her?

If they were dead, why were they here?

So many thoughts swirled through her head. But one stuck out;

Does this mean Tobias is back?