My stories

            The forest was dark all around Shidou as she lazily kicked her feet through the cool, calm water. She knew that she should be heading home soon, but she couldn’t bring herself to pull her feet out of the small pond. Sure, her mom might get on her case about it later, but to the little ten-year-old’s mind, the decision to stay and have a good time won out over going to sleep any day.             She peered through the dark water when something caught her eye; it was a stone, and a fairly large one at that. Excited, Shidou pulled it out of the water and squinted closely at it. The moon was waning, so it was fairly difficult to get a good look at it. But from what Shidou saw, it looked like the stone was a slab of obsidian, and she became extremely happy. Obsidian was valuable; she could make money for herself out of it.             The water caressing her small feet suddenly became very agitated, and if one looked closely, they could almost swear they saw a face form

"What?!" She pulled her ears back and fluffed up her tail. "How dare you say that!" She hissed at her friend. "Humans are terrible! why do you want to be one?!" He growled back at her, "They live their lives without fear, all their kids grow up to be adults, and they don't have to worry that a hawk will try to eat them every time they step outside!" "They also toss their garbage into the river without ever considering the consequences! They drive their cars down paved roads and scare away all of our prey! They destroy the planet to fuel their greed and sloth!" She flexed her claws. "Why would you want to do that to anyone!" "Because then I could eat a steady meal without having to hunt for it! Why don't you understand? Life is too hard here!" "Life should be hard! It should be a struggle to survive! That's why it is valuable! If you don't understand that, then go drown in the river, I don