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Mathew Tallin, always thought of himself as unlucky. Not that his luck was bad by any means, in fact he was more fortunate then most, but never excellent at anything. Always on the basketball or football team, but never the star player. He got good grades in school, but never was the person who people thought of as a genius. In other words he was perfectly average. However, one a rainy night, it so happened that his luck or lack there of would be truly tested. What felt like lucid dream of stars falling through the windows of his apartment, rain sprinkling against his face and cool gusts of wind thrusting him in the air. Bright flashing lights blink around him, purples and blue, yellows and orange before white takes over. His bed replaced by a soft field of freshly dewed grass, his blankets instead with the warming comfort of a suns rays and his birthday suit, in which he slept in, now tattered cloth, with leathered armor and a bow next to him. The cool winds brushing against his cheeks slowly waking him to what he would for the time being have to call home. This lucid dream, in fact was reality for Mathew now.

A faint yawn, followed by a few eye rubs, he slowly and softly prepares himself for what he thought we be another perfectly average day. Slowly sitting up and smacking his lips once or twice, he opens his eyes. His eyes go from a sleepy gaze to one of panic in mere seconds.

A glistening green field spread with trees fully grown and immersed in nature. The world waking up for these new arrivals. Squirrels gently walking down the trees in search of food and bunnies thumping their feet against the ground. Early birds chirping, as water from a nearby river flows gently. Peaceful.

As Mathews eyes fully open, he disrupts that peace with a loud scream. “What- The- Fuck?!?!?” His voice echoing through the forest. His heart racing almost as quickly as his mind. It feels and looks so real. His hands move through the grass, hoping that it’s a dream, but he doesn’t. He starts coming to terms with the fact that he may not be dreaming. His mind clouded with thoughts, how did get here? Where is here? He sits up and takes in his surrounding in hopes of getting a few answers.

The view he sees doesn’t match the feelings in his mind. Peaceful chipmunks eating fallen seeds, fish dancing through the rivers and birds soaring carefree in the sky. Everything here seems so out in tune with itself and everything in it, that is until his gaze finally sees her…

@♥Nakiss and tell♥

@Hufflepuff Jester

In an unbelievable sight there she was. Another human? No… A cat? Not quite. His heart booming through his body. This has to be a dream. His thoughts racing through his already over stimulated mind; “she…. She has cat ears…. And a tail…. Surely this is a dream… but there is one way to tell. If this is a dream I have control.” He blinks three times, imagining her top flying into the sky where a dragon will catch it, however at the end of his three blinks she is still there, no dragon in sight. The panic in his mind sets in as he points at her before falling on his ass, his hands shaking with his stuttering words. “Yo-you…You’re a.. You’re a cat!!! How. H-how are you a cat?!” In his panic his hands go from pointing to a through check of his body for any additional parts followed by a sigh of relief *Perception is interesting, it was never something that Matthew had been good at, but here in this place and this time, his brain almost was to keen to handle. His eyes fixated on her, but his ears were still following the surrounded sounds of the chirping birds and playful squirrels. Behind is fear towards her, is understanding in the fact she may be just as taken back as him, her body language is almost enough to tell him that much. *

@♥Nakiss and tell♥

The couldn't help but frown at him as he started to speak and called her.. a cat? "What the hell are you talking about?!" She said back to him, clearly not understanding what he was trying to say. She looked down at her own hands, but they were her hands. Nothing cat like about them. It was only when she made a motion to get up that she felt the strange almost tug at her backside. She looked back, wondering what had touched it when she saw the black tail that was attached to her. "What.. the...?" It was her turn to freak out. She reached her hands up finding the ears that were on top of her head. They were sensitive, even to her own touch. Twitching as soon as her fingers reached. Her hands went to her face, trying to find whiskers or anything else, but everything else seemed normal. Still her heart was racing in her chest. Being aware that they were there she could now start to feel them. The wind blowing past her ears. The muscled that moved her tail back and forth. "This can't be real!" She said out loud. Closing her eyes. "Just wake up.. just wake up.." @Hufflepuff Jester

His face grows with a bit of frustration as he grips his hair and pulls before yelling out towards her “I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WAKE UP! I DON’T KNOW HOW!” Himself, thinking that she was directing her comments towards him. He quickly gets to his feet and starts pacing back and forth, slowly taking three steps heel to toe before spinning on the ball of his foot and repeating the same process. Quickly rambling out loud to his own thoughts. “She tells you to wake up, you wake up. There’s a cat lady in a forest. This is a dream. It’s a dream. It has to be.” Stopping in the middle of his pace, he turns and slaps his face before blinking rapidly but the only thing he feels is the stings of his slap and his own stupidity. He turns toward her and walks slowly towards her, his face confused more so then anything and his voice sounding defeated. “I don’t know how.. I have tried everything and I can’t wake up.”

@♥Nakiss and tell♥

She would watch him pace back and forth. Now that she was aware of the extra body parts that were attached to her, they were hard to ignore. She had little control over them. The muscles that controlled them were so unfamiliar to her. Yet they seemed to have a mind of their own. Her tail swiping back and forth against the back of her legs, her ears twitching at every sound that was around them. She took a moment to look around them then. The grass underneath them stretched for a while, behind them a forest that seemed to stretch on to the other side. there were signs of anything. She looked up to the sun, it was high in the sky so probably was only noon. Was she ready accept that she was not dreaming? No.. Was she going to just go with it for now till she woke up? She might as well. “So.. what do we do now?” She asked him. “What happened..?” @Hufflepuff Jester

Their confusion and concern about what is going on is apparent. Anika however seems to much more adaptable then Matthew. The world takes a deep breath before releasing a mild gust moving their hair back and forth. The chirping of the birds slowly settles and cuts to silence. The bright sun slowly becomes enveloped in darkness and an unknown roar can be heard for miles... This world of Levius (Leh-vee-us) is beheld to many creatures and many types of people, however the dragon is by far the most feared. The massive shadows of red and gold scaled wingspans soaring throughout the sky is enough to make most creatures go in hiding, those brazen enough to stay in plain view long enough to hear its roar run the risk of becoming its snack. The birds where first to leave, diving into their nests. The squirrels followed next climbing into the trees, bunnies becoming stones, still in movement as a few foxes quickly run towards a nearby cave.

With his new heighten perception, and the shadow in the sky growing closer, his nose tickles and twitches to the scent of embers falling from the dragons mouth. With the world around him coming to silence he notices the fleeing animals and his panic from a dream state settles into more of fight or flight and in this occasion flight has kicked in. "We should go right now." His eyes trail the foxes running before looking into the sky. He reaches down to grab his leathers and bow just before rushing to you grabbing towards your hand to lift you up and run to cave. "I don't know what is going on but the animals around here seem to be scared and that is more then enough reason for me to be as well. Let's go"

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@♥Nakiss and tell♥

She didn’t know why, but right before the first birds started to take air she could feel a shiver running down her spine. Where the shiver would normally stop it would then continue and run down her tail instead. The sensation so strange and new to her made her look down. The tail now almost double it’s width as the fur has started to poof. She felt the strange urge to hiss, but she managed to surpress it. She was about to suggest the same thing when the boy before he said they should go. She nodded quickly and took his hand to get her up on her feet. She took the things that had been right next to her. A book as well as a small little pouch. She had not even noticed the pendant around her neck that glowed faintly in red and purple. “I don’t want to wait to find out..” she admitted to him as she followed him into the forest where the trees could hide them. The more they went under the foillage the more she could feel this strange sense inside her starting to bother her. The tail stayed poofy and it was swiping from left to right. She felt like she had little control over it, the extra limb moving on just instincts alone. “I think whatever it is, is getting closer..” @Hufflepuff Jester

He carefully starts looking around worried what they may have missed something from focusing so much on the shadow. Seeing the world at a stand still he puts his back against the tree next to Anika with worried eyes he looks to her "You can't die in a dream can you? His heart almost beating out of his chest, but not understanding the full extent of his fear. He gently puts one finger over her lips and looks towards the sky. Watching as the shadow gets closer he whispers "We can't speak loudly... it could hear us... Follow me, we will move slowly and quietly and stay under the trees." Matthew has never been the demanding or planning type, however in dire situations calls for dire actions. With how real everything else feels it was safe to assume that everything else would feel real as well and he really didn't want to test if pain was just as real. His eyes cant help but trail around her body noticing the tail fluffed and assuming it was a sign of fear as well. @♥Nakiss and tell♥

His question had her heart only starting to beat more, pressing her back closely against the tree they were on as she peaked through the trees above them. “I don’t know.. you tell me..” She said in an almost breathless way. Her tail was still going from side to side, tapping against the tree in an almost angry way with how nervous she was. As he spoke again she just nodded and followed him. She found herself moving in a quiet way easier then she normally did. Her steps were controlled and her feet light even if they were moving at a decent bit of speed. Her hears would move back and forth rapidly, trying to figure out where all the sounds were coming from, ready to start sprinting if they needed to. “You know what.. I am starting to believe this ain’t a dream anymore..” she then said in a whisper with an awkward chuckle. “I am not creative enough to think this all up…” @Hufflepuff Jester

Listening to her words his face changes from a caring and careful demeanor to confusion and worry. His eyes widen as in an instant he grabs Anika by her shoulders and gently presses her to the back of a tree, not caring about keeping his voice low. "Wait! What do you mean this isn't a dream? I am the one who is dreaming. I went to sleep, saw a bunch of shining lights and woke up here. This place with cat girls and," he points up to the sky with frustration covering his face "A GOD DAMN dragon flying over the sky!"

As Matthew's voice raises with more frustration and in volume the soaring beast lets a bellowing roar. The sky smells of smoke and ember as fire releases from its mouth lighting the sky. It's wings flail letting a huge gust of wind that shakes the pair before gliding higher into the sky and soaring away into the distance. The once large shadow that enveloped them now grows smaller into the distance and a faint bell in the distance rings. @♥Nakiss and tell♥

She couldn’t help the surprise on her face as he described how he had gotten down there. “Wait, what did you..?” But before she could get her answer the bellowing roar was above them. It shook her till the very core of her being, making her heart skip what seemed like several beats as her tail seemed to poof up even more. She ducked down and made herself a small ball as the fire rang out of it’s mouth right before it flew away. She waited for a long moment before she dared to look up again, no longer really hearing it. “This just.. I can’t.. this can’t be fucking happening..” she muttered to herself, seeming to really panic now. She should have woken up. If this was a dream, she should be out now. “I also went to sleep and saw those lights. What has happened? And why do I have.. what are these?” She said as she grabbed her own tail and ran her fingers over it, a strange sensation running through her body as she did. They almost looked like her cats.. the same black, yet maybe that was just because she had black hair. “I just want to go home..” she said softly. @Hufflepuff Jester

His own panic stopped him at first from realizing how scared his new partner would appear to be. Trying to process what had happened to himself, he never even considered the fact that she also could be in the same position he was. Hearing her words and putting it all together, finally, maybe after to long, he realizes that this is most likely not a dream and they, for the time being are stuck here. Thinking of all this he sits down in the grass next to her. His feet sprawled outward as his head leans against the trees bark. "So we both got teleported here.... Except you have cat ears and a tail... As far as I know, I don't have any extra bits... I just- I just don't understand.. What's the point, why are we here?..." He lets out a deep breathy sigh and grabs his bow and leathers and starts going through them, looking for any answers.

She looked to the side of him, still unsure about how she felt about all this. She hugged her knees close to her body and just sat there for a while. She still could not come to terms with what was happening around her. The extra body parts, the goddamn dragon that suddenly flew over their heads, the fact that they were in the middle of nowhere.. “Don’t ask me.. I have no clue either..” she said with a sigh. “I mean.. I wanted an adventure, a change. But this is not what i meant with that at all!” She said perhaps a bit louder then she should have. At least the poof in her tail was slowly starting to fade even though her ears were drooped along side her head, an obvious sign of her distress. “What do we do now..?” @Hufflepuff Jester

Going through his leathered armor looking for anything that could help them along the way. With finding nothing, he throws them on the ground in frustration. A few seconds pass before he notices her slumped distressed state and stands up. Slowly, he picks up his armor and to the best of his ability starts putting it on. It wasn't perfect, and his appearance resembled someone's first time at a Renaissance Fair, it being a little loose and more aesthetically pleasing as opposed to being better fit for combat. "Well, we aren't going to get anywhere sitting her and I'm not to keen on waiting to see if that monster comes back OR if there's something worse out there.... So I think the only logical thing to do is to see if there are others like us here." He thinks back to the dragon flying away and the ringing bell in the distance. Someone had to have rung it, and so in that distance there surely has to be people... His hand reaches out to her, standing in front of her with a faked smile trying to get more positive energy, and show that it may not be all gloom.... yet

@♥Nakiss and tell♥

She would look away as he got himself dressed, his trying to do the right thing. Meanwhile she went through her own things that she woke up next to. She flipped over the book, but nothing in there made any sense. A foreign language of just symbols that all looked different and made her head spin. She did put on the boots that came with it, but otherwise decided to just stay in the off-white cloth that she was wearing. “You are right..” she said, still feeling a little bit unsure. She took his hand and let him help her up before she looked down at him and the clothes he had put on. She couldn’t help but sigh softly. “Turn around.” She said him, almost half ordering him. If he did listen to it she would get up close to him and start to tighten the string that was there. It would make it fit closer to his skin instead of how it had been sitting lose on him. “There.. that is better.” She said as she stepped back again. “So.. to where the bells came from..?” She asked, remembering hearing them. @Hufflepuff Jester

He lightly blushes as she demands him to turn around, but having no idea how to fit armor and or wear it correctly so he would go with it. Although he would never admit it out loud, it was nice for someone to look after him. In his life he would always have someone to look after and never really had someone to care about him or watch over him, and this small glimpse of that was very nice for him. "It feels much better now... thank you." The fake smile now slowly turning into one that is genuine. His eyes fixate on her book. The bow he woke up with was practical and needed for hunting and survival, but a book? What would a book accomplish? A bit of thinking in silence before he realized she in fact asked him a question. "OH! Right, the bells..... He looked around, not quite remembering the exact position but confidently, whether out of cockiness or not wanting to disappoint, points towards a mountain range. It would make sense for the bells to be higher in the mountains for them to hear it as opposed to being someone closer on the ground. "I think its this way, a bit higher in the mountains... but we should get moving quickly, I don't even want to think about what happens out here around night time." @♥Nakiss and tell♥

“It looks better too.” She sad as she stepped back and just checked if it was all in the right place now. She then put the little leather pouch that she had into her shoulder and just looked around. What was this place..? Why where they here. She was still so confuse. As he pointed towards the mountains and said that was most likely where it came from her ears drooped down. It was so far away.. and mostly up hill. “Of course it’s over there..” She said annoyed with a big sigh. But even then she would start to follow him. As they started to walk the thoughts ran through her mind. Part of her could still not believe this was real. But at the same time the soreness of her feet and the wind rushing against her cat-like ears was telling her that there was no way this wasn’t real. But what did that mean for them? Were they the only ones who got stuck in this strange reality? Where there more like them? And if there were not, why did she end up here with him? She peeked sideways to him. He was around her age, blond and not unattractive. Her tail sweeping side to side slowly. Perhaps a tiny, itty bitty part of her was happy that she was here.. Her life had been boring hadn’t it? She had wanted adventure.. though perhaps this was not exactly what she had imagined that to be. @Hufflepuff Jester

As the two walked throughout the forest, aching muscles and minds. The lush surrounding of greens and browns started to slowly go back to the way they found it, wildlife curiously wandering about. The world here seemed to ebb and flow with each passing event. The leaves of the trees dancing with the wind and the animals moved carefree until the dangers of the world make themselves known. Wake, ear , hide, live, sleep was the tune of the forest. As daylight dwindles and the creatures of the night start their tune, the unlikely travelers marching continues

His aching muscles start to way on him as they have been walking through the forest for a while now. These giant mountains seems to only grow bigger the closer they got, however it’s hard to tell how close they are to it “I’ve never walked this far in my life. I feel like we haven’t made any progress at all.” Matthew plops down frustrated and tired before taking his boots off and rubbing his feet as he complains “This is bullshit. In the movies no one ever gets tired or sore and they walk for days..” He lays on his back and looks up at the sky, the sun getting ready to set, and the animals around nesting in for what would soon be the night time. “Should we try and find a place to rest for the night or sleep out here?…… or do you want to keep going?…” He didn’t want to seem lazy but he in this moment his biggest fear is her unknown ambitions. There’s no way he would let her travel alone but he also is hoping she’s just as tired as he is.

@♥Nakiss and tell♥

The walking was not her favorite thing either. Just like him, her feet were starting to hurt. These were not her normal shoes either and they offered a lot less support then the sneakers that she was used to. Overal she was simply uncomfortable. Even if this ‘adventure’ had seemed a tiny bit fu at first, now that it was starting to come down to them sleeping in the woods she was over it. She wasn’t the camping type, or someone who enjoyed that. So when he suddenly decided that they were done walking, she couldn’t help but agree. She leaned against one of the big tree trunks and let herself sink down to the forest floor. “Find a place to rest..” she said, knowing that is what they needed. It was starting to get dark, especially where the forestation was thick. To her surprise she could still see pretty well, her amber golden eyes perhaps more cat like then she would had expected. “But where do we find something like that? We can’t just find a cave.. what if there is something dangerous inside it?” She offered. She then wrapped her arms around herself and just made herself small. “I am not made for this..” she mumbled to herself softly, her ears drooping down against her head. @Hufflepuff Jester

He can't see her, being busy laying down and staring at the stars. She made a good point however, where does someone even find places that are safe from both weather and creatures alike. In a deep breath followed by a sigh, he pushes himself to sit up and face her. "Here, give me your feet. Might as well help you with the soreness and aches while we brain storm." He didn't think about it before saying it out loud, but even if it sounded weird or awkward, he only wanted to help her and make her feel better. It's not his fault he becomes an overprotective and worrying person, but as a surprise to himself, he apparently cares to much about others.

@♥Nakiss and tell♥ <_> I didn’t forget to at you….

She couldn’t help but kind of raise an eyebrow at him as he told her to give him her feet. What was he talking about. Only when he motioned to her feet and mentioned the soreness did she get what he wanted. She hesitated for a moment, but after that decided why not? “Sure..” She said to him and removed the strange shoes that she had woken up with. She was almost glad to discover that at least her feet still looked normal. Even sitting down it felt strange with the tail that was now coming from her backend. The ears kept making her hair feel weird and multiple time she moved her hand up because it felt weird to her. As she let him have her feet she looked around herself. She looked around them, but the darkness was already starting to take over a little bit. Where were they suppose to sleep? And it was stating to get cold. “I don’t like this..” she admitted to him. @Hufflepuff Jester

he gave a quiet sigh as he sat down in front of her, gently massaging her. He would keep awkwardly looking around making sure nothing was creeping up behind them but also from lack of knowing what to do or say. After a few minutes of silence he finally speaks up, his voice quieter and soft. “I don’t like this either.. I don’t know how to survive in the wilderness, I don’t know how to navigate or fight, hell I don’t even know how to start a fire…..” his eyes finally met with her face as he forces a smile “But I do think we have better odds of figuring everything out if we stick together…. I know it sucks, and we both are unsure of each other, but we can’t just give up… we have lives to get back to” he puts one of her feet down before switching to the other. In his head he knew what he had asked for was a weird request but he also thought with how aching his were, it would be nice to help try and her out and make sure they both could continue moving forward if needed. He continues massaging her in gentle small circles for a few more minutes.

@♥Nakiss and tell♥