Half and Half

Chapter 1:

The white room

Lily woke to a bright white light, hitting her eyes like a brick to the head. It caused her mind the whirl as she sat up. She groaned, her head was killing. Where was she? Looking round the room, she wondered how she got there. All she remembered was the pain in her face and the wolf. She shivered at the distant memory.

Instead she looked round the room admiring the decor. It was a big room with two single beds, one which she was sitting in. Beside the two beds where a table for each. On the wall facing the beds where two wardrobes. Large oak doors where the only way in and out, and in the centre of the room on a giant rug was a stone table with two stone stalls. She stood on the ruff marble floor. Wait a minute ruff? She moved her foot back and forth along the ‘ruff’ marble. It was smooth under her feet. Its shouldn’t be right?

She looked down noticing that she wore a pale white silky dress. Only half noticing this, she went over to the wall. The wall paper was of a sort of story. From what she could tell it was on a girl and a wolf. The wolf was fighting the girl, whose books lay circling her. This again reminded her of, well, herself. She turned away from it to see another story on the opposite wall. But, this time of a raccoon, attacking a girl.

Shaking her head she thought, this is a weird place, really weird. Turning away and sitting back on the bed she looked in the draws of the bedside table. In the first draw was a mirror, with Christly shells around the frame. She put that back, the last thing she wanted to do was look at herself in a mirror. In the second draw was a book, it had the title written in big twists and twirls. She put that back too turning away.

Suddenly, one of the heavy oak doors burst wide open and a skipping girl entered, her hair flowing wildly around her. The girl looked up and smiled, making a happy sound from deep in her throat. Skipping over she spoke in the softest hone like voice lily hade ever heard.

“Your awake!” Stopping in front of the bed and clutching the bars of the frame. Lily looked at her properly, and took in her clothes.

Her hair was long and brown, with white highlights. It was tidily tide in two ponytails, but it flowed still to her waist. She wore a stylish blue and green hat as she wasn’t very tall. She wore a long skirt and a long sleeved top that hung loosely of her flesh. She hade big green eyes and rose red lips that seemed to smile all the while.

Lily smiled back at her and nodded in answer.

“I’m Meeks by the way, your room mate. Welcome to Paw Manor. You where badly hurt by that wolf got you. Great fight by the way. I only lasted seconds when I was attacked by that raccoon. We were all hurt by some animal here, that why we’re here.” She said not taking a breath.

This must be some sort of hospital, or something then. Lily thought.

“When do I go back? Or will i you know.. Never?” Feeling she must ask or Meeks would forget.

“Um, I’m afraid... You’re Kinda, staying here forever. You whole life.” Meeks half whispered. “You have no mum or dad right?”

Shaking her head she tried to take in this information.

“ I need a moment. Where’s the bathroom?” Standing up she let Meeks point her way.

She nodded her thanks and turned out the door. To busy looking around, Lily didn’t notice a reddish haired girl heading straight for her. Her shoulder grazed the girl by mistake, causing her to look up.

“I’m really sorry. Really so-....” The voice trailed off as she burst into a scream.

The girl was tall and thin with long hair. She hade the brightest blue eyes possible and a fringe hiding a nasty scar imprinted on her forehead. She wore a pink strap top with jeans, but what made her scream was the... the... TAIL! And ears. A perfect pair of fox ears and tail.

Fox girl looked up screaming back. Lily screamed again at the horror. The fox girl was now in full control of the situation and seemed to think. She opened her mouth and growl, showing off a full set of fox sharp teeth. Lily stared open eyed at her before falling to the floor and blacking out. The last thing she heard was the words,

“why did I scream?”