I am Cora. I am a hybrid. Half cat, half human. Just like everyone else in my home, town, city, and province. There are several other provinces, including the fish, dog, bat, shark, fox, and bird. There are many rules, for example: A dog cannot go into a Cat province, but a fox could with permission. Of course this action starts wars. Cats verses dogs, birds versus bats, fish verses sharks, and the fox side with whomever they want.
    I am fourteen, and yes, we hybrids live by human years and don't age like animals. My mother is a black panther hybrid and father is a bobcat hybrid. I inherited the bobcat trait while the rest of my four siblings got the panther trait. When we are born, we are born one at a time, unless you have twins or triplets. I have one older brother and sister, and one younger brother. My oldest brother, Garth, is super strong and fast. I think soon he will be sent off to war like my dad was before I was born, but he now works in our village now, as a fight instructor for the kits. Next is my older sister Joan, she is 17. She has a silky black coat and a long tail that woo's many men. She works with dad, and helps clean and prepare snacks. Then me, Cora, 14 years old, bobcat style traits, however I inherited my mothers uber long tail. I work with one of my best friends Abigail (she inherited jaguar) at the local scroll library. Finally is my little brother Rome. Rome has a lighter grey pattern, but it is still silky like mom's. Matter of fact, today is his birthday.
    Hybrids can do amazing things for example: Sharks can breath and see underwater. Fish can swim extremely quickly, and as a group kill sharks. Birds can speak normally and fly, but bats can see in the dark and fly, but can only speak the bat language of echo location. Dogs have lots of stamina but are bulky, and cats can sprint short distances and are agile. Foxes are agile, but they can run long distances, or sprint short ones. He only other hybrid I have seen is a fish, I was her swimming in the river by the village square. Fish do not have to get permission to enter any province. Except shark. Anyway, some cats are blessed with the "Purr". This "Purr" can do one of two things, make people love you or hate you. When they hate you it means you have the "Hiss". Lucky for me I have the "Purr" but my dad has the "Hiss", but he only used it in battle.

   I yawn, and sit down, with Abigail gone on a trip with her family to visit their relatives, I was working here alone. Someone walks in, it's a bird hybrid. "Hey, you must be Cora, I am Maximus." He says. Look at him and decide he must be part Raven or crow. "Can I help you?" I ask, dumbfounded by what bird hybrids look like. Instead of fur they have hair and wings, and yellow hands with talons. And then I freak out when a dog hybrid walks in. When I say freak out I mean that I threw some (a lot) of books him. He was a GERMAN SHEPHERD HYBRID for goodness sakes! "Don't attack me!" Says the dog. I start to tremble as he approaches me. " My name is Crimson" he says. His left eye is covered in his brown and black bicolored hair. "What's going on!??!" A ask. " The wars have ended. Now everyone can intermingle. We met each other on the trip here." Maximus says. Crimson walks over to the coffee grinder and makes four cups of coffee. He drinks two, while me and Maximus drink one, and I don't even finish mine, Crimson does. We plan to meet everyday, at 4:30 in the library. Everyday I think about them. About three weeks after I meet them, Crimson asks " Ey, will you be my girlfriend?" I yowl, shocked at the question. I ponder for a moment and say " You LIKE me?" He thinks for a minute and says " No." I tilt my head, confused, but then he says " I LOVE you." Well, you can guess what happened after that. About a week after that my parents wanted to meet him, so he is coming for dinner tonight.
    He didn't show up for dinner. The next day he doesn't show up for 4:30 coffee. Maximus does. He comes in for a hug. I hug him, confused. " Crimson was deported, someone reported him as a threat." Maximus says. My hand goes to my mouth and I start to sob. How could someone NOT love Crimson. I want to figure out why. I want to at least say goodbye. "Where was he deported to?" I question. Maximus smiles and says, I knew you would ask that. And he lifts me up. Cradles me like a baby, and flys away from my village. I scream, frightened by the hight. I try and talk to him over the wind " What about my stuff???!!!" He uses one finger to point to the sack on his back in between his beating wings. I nod, and fall asleep. About three hours later I wake up, on the ground. Maximus is asleep so I write him a note saying " goin to hunt be back soon, love C" I bound away on all fours. I catch a familiarly unknown scent and I scramble up into a tree. Below runs two deer, as it they were running for their life. About fifteen seconds later the bush directly below me crackles. I freeze. Our steps a beagle hybrid and.... CRIMSON! I jump out of the tree, and he howls. He licks me and I groom him back. Then we hug for what seems like eternity. I guess Maximus heard the racket because he came recklessly through the bush. We laugh, and I notice the beagle is gone. This makes me nervous. "Maximus, tell my family to meet me at the Eastern woodland." He nods and flys off. Crimson bounds off and I follow, but fail to keep up. He waits for me every few feet. Three days later my family, cats, bird, dog in all, live here, with me in the eastern woods.
   ~~~~~~~~~~ONE YEAR LATER~~~~~~~
"Do you, Cora, take Crimson as your husband?" Asks father "Yes, forever." I reply. " and do you "Crimson, take Cora as your bride." Asks father "I do" says Crimson. "You may kiss the bride!" I purr. We smile

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   A bit cheerier than the last story don't you think? If you are wondering, Maximus and Crimson knew Cora's name because it was on the outside of the library. Thanks for reading! Votes, comments, and follows are greatly appreciated!
     -❤️Janebook0