Rescuing A Friend

People were running back and forth in the room, putting programs into a computer or fixing up machines. A single girl sat in the middle of the room, watching everyone as they ran around almost in a panic state, her white tiger/wolf ears laid flat to cut out the noise. Her short white tiger/wolf tail wrapped around her leg. The fifteen year old adjusted her glasses let her blue-grey eyes wander to the machine that they would soon use. It was tall, and fairly big. A single tube ran down the center of it. "You sure you wanna do this Aetaes?"

The girl turn to see who was talking. A woman stood in front of her, her blue-tipped white wolf ears perked, and her white wolf tail waving nervously, her long blond hair covered half of her face. The girl nodded. "We've got to get him back."

The girl quickly darts her blue eye toward the machine. "But we don't even know if this is possible!"

Aetaes twitched her ear. "I did it once, Star!"

The girl looked sternly at her. "Yes, but only when you were killed, Aetaes Wolf! And that is not a chance we are willing to take!"

Star walked away, Aetaes muttered under her breath. "I still did it!" She thought back to when she first crossed worlds. It's only been six months since she first arrived, but is seems like a long time ago. When I first crossed.... She thought, I had no memory of my life. She had to admit, Star was right. The first time she crossed over, was when she was killed. She remembered. Remembered how she was killed.

She had been walking down a road, on her way home. From what? School? A friend's house? She shook her head, unable to remember. But she was walking, the sun was hot, but the wind kept her cool. A strange cloaked man came out from an alley and grabbed her. She struggled, trying to break free, but was unable to. The man took a knife from his cloak and sliced her eyes. She screamed and fell onto the ground, she could feel the blood pouring from her eyes. She felt the knife pierce her back, and she slammed against the ground. Tears ran down her face from the pain. She felt something against her head. The last things she heard was a gunshot.

Aetaes awoke back in the room, tears ran down her face and the pain from her memory clung to her. Star had wrapped her arms around Aetaes, trying to comfort her. Aetaes grabbed Star, crying from the pain. "Make it stop....Make the pain stop!"

Star rested her hand on Aetaes' head. "It's alright, the dream is over. You're back in this world, not the world you are from."

Aetaes hugged Star, the pain was fading but the memory still clung. The memory of her, six years old, being murdered.

Aetaes woke up the next morning, and headed to the main room. It was another day of everyone working frantically to get the machine online. Aetaes sighed and went back into her room. She laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling. She thought back to her old world. Will going to this new world change my age again? Or my species? She sighed. She knew she was once a human, but she became a neko when she crossed worlds. No one even knows how she was able to cross worlds, this is a mystery even to her. She didn't question it though, she just felt lucky to be alive. Even if her only memory of that world was of her death. Aetaes slipped in her white tiger form  and curled up into a ball. She was scared, but she knew she had to get him back. Star walked into the room. "Aetaes, you alright?" She looked at the white-tiger Aetaes on the bed. "Nervous?"

Aetaes looked at her. "You can tell?"

Star nodded. "You're in that form when ever you're nervous."

Aetaes sighed. "I just don't see how I can do this."

"Aetaes."

"I did it once, but there's no guarantee I can do it again!"

"Aeteas."

"What if it doesn't work? Or if I die again?"

"Aetaes!"

"Hmm?"

"Human form. Now."

"What? But I-"

"NOW!"

Aetaes rolls her eyes. "Fine."

She slipped into her human form, shaking her head and adjusting her glasses so they sit perfectly on her face.

Star sighed. "I don't get why someone who's crossed worlds before can be so nervous about doing it again!"

Aetaes threw her pillow Star, it hit her face and fell on the floor. "I don't get how a vampire can be around so many people and not attempt to feed!"

Star threw the pillow back at Aetaes, it hit her head and fell behind her. "Half vampire."

Aetaes waved her tailed and smiled amusingly. "Still a vampire!"

"Yes, but at least I don't drink blood!"

Aetaes thought for a moment. "Touché."

Star never told Aetaes that she was a half vampire. She never had to. Aetaes has a way of "sensing" things about people. She could have just met someone, and she would already know everything about them. Though, she always kept what she knew a secret, knowing that some things would be better off a secret.

Star waved her tail. "Now get up, Taern's gonna teach you some defensive spells."

"Defensive spells? But I already know them!"

"No, these are advanced spells. Now hurry, she's waiting for you downstairs."

"Oh." Aetaes got up and ran out the door. She stopped and ran back infront of her room "Hey-"

"At the end of the hall on your left."

"Right. Thanks!" Once again, Aetaes ran off, making her way through the building. She raced through the halls and down a flight of stairs, until she stood in front of a door. Training, right. This should be interesting. She sighed. Maybe Taern will be able to tell me what will happen if I go through with this.