January 30th/31st, 2008 - NLD
The Shape-Shifter's Awakening
I am standing in a tunnel, looking into a side-cavern, and I realize that I am crouching. I feel fur. My ears twitch, my tail lashes. I'm a cat. Of all things - a cat. Anyways, the smaller tunnel I'm looking into is a deep blue. Black, small holes, as if the walls were stabbed by pencil, coat the sides of the tunnel. There's someone next to me - another cat - urging me to go on. But I'm too cautious to do so quickly. Carefully I lift my paw and tap the side of the wall carefully. Moments later, I'm engulfed with terror. Ants start pouring out of the holes, clicking their mandibles rhythmically. I can hear the acute noises like thunder in my ears. With a screech of fear I turn and race in the opposite direction. I immediately rush into another tunnel, this one lacking the holes that the last one had. The other cat, who I now know is my father, is hard on my heels. The tunnel twists and turns sharply, and every few seconds or so there is a break in the wall, revealing more and more elaborate tunnels carved into the blue-hued rock, both above and below. However, a lot of it is just a blur, as I am still flying by at enormous speeds. Suddenly, I skid to a stop, as an enormous cavern spreads out before me. My dad, who I was hardly aware of during the dash for safety from the little insects, comes up next to me. I look at him, mentally sketching out his feline features. He looks into my eyes and nods. I turn my head back to the underground cave, and in the center I see a beautiful, shimmering pool - however, it's got no water. It glistens and sparkles, as if magically, and the glittering dust that hangs in the air above it swirls about mystically. I'm taken by awe as I slowly take the necessary steps to reach it. I step into it, and feel the light that emanates, sourceless, from it warm my body. Love and happiness - complete, ecstatic joy, overwhelms me. But too soon, it leaves, returning me to the cool wariness of the tunnels. I take a step forward, and I'm brought out of the circle. I know that something is different about me - my appearance, not my personality. I remember seeing my paw as I reached into the tunnel - a nice, pure white. But now, as I look at it, I see that it is the darkest black. Now fascinated by the magical stone, I step back on to it, and again I am wrapped in the warmth that I felt before. This time, when I step out again, the world shifts for a moment, and suddenly I'm looking at myself from outside. My eyes are two different colors - blue and green - and my fur changed yet again, this time to white with brindle across my back like a saddle. Then, dark shadows are flitting through the edges of my vision. Above me, the tunnels that I glimpsed before open up to create an arena around this area. Dark cats slink around the layers and layers of almost bleacher-like things. From the darkest shadows on the ground level, a huge black cat steps out, red eyes glinting sinisterly. His menacing laughter sends me trembling. "Your father's land has been taken over," he explains coldly. "Get out." My eyes widen with shock. I turn to look at my father, only to see that he's not there. My heart leaps. Fearing for my life, I turn and dash away, winding again through the tunnels, only this time I find a way up, up, up... and suddenly I'm human again, carrying a kitten in my arms. I dodge through a doorway, only to find that there is something in it, filling it as far as it may go. Like one of the blow ups from bounce land ((like these )), it is filled with air. Not far away, I see a man. However, this ship is in, and on a doorway (still made of inflatable stuff) there is black tape in the shape of an X. It has a paper attached that reads, "In for repairs." The man stands there, repairing the slowly deflating ship. I look around. What harm could it do if I just slipped in? None. So, with the kitten still in my arms, I step forward and climb up the tower of inflatable deck. The man turns his head, and sees me. I'm afraid that he'll yell at me - but he just smiles and goes back to work. I settle down in the area, comfortable, and gently stroke the kitten. When I look up at the ceiling, I see a security camera. "That's weird..." Not far from that, I see another man, on a platform. Now a little creeped out, I look at the first guy, who winces, as if saying to be careful. I slowly sink farther and farther back down into the deck, on purpose. However, I'm sure they saw me, so I take the kitten and slink out of the room, knowing that they wanted me out... for good... even though I was reluctant to leave the comfort of the inflatable ship. I leave the room, and I'm in a hallway. It opens up farther down. I run down the hall, and out into the sunlight. I'm too lazy to write the rest in detail.
I see my dad and my brother. My dad has french toast; he gives some to me and my brother. We eat, then we go next door to some bigger town houses, (huge) and my dad tells me we're moving there (ours is really not that big xD). Then his new girlfriend appears (dream gf), and yeah. Then I'm running back towards the big cavern... and then I wake up.
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