Heatwave

Chapter 1

It was some time during the evening. I was watching the fields pass by me with the sunset on the horizon as the car hummed. I guess it looked nice.

The green and yellow colours stretching out for acres with the evening tint over it all was an interesting sight. The rows of cut plants that seemingly stretched on endlessly were a bit mesmerizing to see.

Maybe I'd like it more if the events of the day hadn't harmed my mood. I've just had this melancholy feeling today. Happy for some reasons, but sad and annoyed as well.

My mood was clearly noticed by Erika, the lady who recently adopted me. I could hear her ask, "Are you ok Dan? You've been staring out the window for the last... I don't even know how long."

I sighed and said, "I don't really care."

She was silent for a few seconds before saying, "I know how you feel right now with being adopted and moved to a new town."

I didn't say anything.

I just sat there listening as she continued saying, "I'll give you some space to think or do whatever you need to do. Just please open up to me later on."

After that, she just went back to focusing on driving. I silently thanked her for leaving me alone.

To be honest, I never really cared about being adopted. By the time I was around 10, I came to terms with how I would never live in a normal home, and even before that, I lacked hope. I at the very least wanted to be adopted by someone who was a human, not a wolf anthro like Erika.

It's not that I don't like anthros or things like that, I just never saw them in the town I was in before. There was the occasional one driving through town or stopping at a store, but they were at a distance and all I could do was sneak a glance at them. Now Erika shows up, adopts me, and now I'm going to a town closer to Edmonton, which means there is going to be a higher anthro population.

I guess I should be grateful though. I'm going to have better food, better beds than the orphanage or foster homes I stayed at, and maybe even a better school. With all the fights I got into I think any school would be better at this point.

My attention diverted from the fields to the town in the distance. It looked bigger than I expected. There would probably be a variety of different stores in town which would be nice if I got any sort of money.

I wanted to know more so I asked, "What's this town like?"

"I don't really know too much about it in all honesty," Erika replied. "I do know it's quite developed so it's not stuck in the 2000s like some other towns, and the human to anthro population should be around 50-50."

I leaned my head back in disappointment.

"Do you not like anthros?" She asked

"No. I just never seen them all that much growing up."

She smiled and said, "If you're worried about anthros being different from humans, there's no need to. We're quite similar."

I looked at myself and then at her.

She sighed and replied, "You know what I mean."

We reached the town and drove until we reached the house. It was a nice-sized house. Not like a fancy big one, but still big and nice looking.

I got out of the car and walked up to the house. Erika unlocked the door and we both walked inside. There was some furniture that wasn't in place along with plenty of moving boxes. Hopefully, the house doesn't stay like this for too long.