The Black Cat

Chapter 28 Our Dear Fate

My eyes opened to a bright burning ball of fire.

I paused and flexed my back toes. They moved in a different pattern. They were longer.

My back legs shifted slower and my back wouldn't arch like before. "Oh no." My voice!

I shot up and looked down at my body. "This is a dream. This is just another vision!" Why am I in a human's body again? This isn't real. Everything is different compared to the visions. I feel so weak now. I can feel a breeze everywhere and...

I lifted up what should have been my front right leg. Instead it was an arm with a little black creature crawling on my furless skin. It didn't feel normal!

I stared at the creature curiously as I felt its legs brush my skin. It looked up at me and froze. It then looked down and threw its head forward.

I flinched as a sudden pain filled the area where the creature was. I grimaced and flicked the creature off of my...arm now.

I felt pain. I could feel air and...I put my right paw on my chest...I felt warmth different.

I flexed my feet and slowly pushed myself to stand like a human. It hurts. It hurt my legs. Why did- why was it easier to walk before? Why does it hurt now?

My legs forced me back to the ground with a painful pull at my muscles. No way I was leaning to walk that easy.

A sharp touch suddenly hit my skin. I looked up at the sun and back at my legs and...arms. It suddenly got hotter? I touched my skin and winced as I felt more warmth.

Everything was getting hotter and...water started to form on me, why?

I scrambled back and felt a weird touch on my back. I turned and caught sight of the long black hair the trailed to my waist, even past it. It felt like needles being poked into me.

"Hello?" I called out nervously.

I turned around and around and caught sight of no one.

All around me were waist length grasses filled with hissing creatures. Only place other than this were the taller grasses going west.

"HELP ME!" I shouted loudly not expecting my voice to be so loud and echo so far.

I pushed up onto my knees. I barely held myself up in the way I was.

In a far distance I saw a tall person. The person had another tall person with it. No there were more than that. There were five-six-seven silhouettes in the distance. All were tall. No...there were on top of something.

I straightened as I eyed the men that traveled in the pack. In their hands were long objects. My eyes narrowed. It was even harder to see as a human.

Once the group were close enough for me to see color, I dashed back into the grass. They held long sharp blades with a wooden circle thing.

I backed up into the grasses and quickly made way for the taller grasses.

A loud thumping sound came with the men. They were on top of a large beast with a long face.

"T'ear!"

I whined and turned around. In the only way I knew, I dashed forward on hands and feet. I quickly zipped toward the tall grass and hid from sight. I did, however, stop at the brink of earshot.

"'Amps. No goot."

I shifted slightly. Where they speaking English? What were those things they were on?

All my thoughts went away as a tight grip enclosed my neck.