• Luna walked through a dark forest, the fog clinging to her, forming droplets on her eyelashes. A smoke began to drift on the breeze. A black, choking smoke that encased Luna, smothering her. She began to cough and lashed at the smoke. An orange blaze flared up around her, making her sweat. Luna screeched for help, but her shrieks were drowned out by the roar of the blazing fire. It closed in around her, scorching her skin-
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    Luna sat up with a jolt, stifling a shriek of pure terror. She clutched her two stuffed animal cats to her chest. Her forehead was coated in sweat, and her heart felt like it would pop out of her chest, it was pounding so hard.
    "Seth?" Luna whispered into the darkness, scared.
    "Prrrow," Seth, her cat mewed, jumping onto her mattress.
    "Oh, Seth, you are here," Luna whispered with a bit of relief. Seth pushed his cold nose up against her chin, purring slightly. Luna ran her hand down his spine and tail. She looked at the clock. It was 1:30 in the morning. Seth went down to Luna's legs and shoved his way up her silk nightgown, finding the neckhole and popping his head out of it. Luna pulled her arms up the sleeves and petted Seth, starting to doze.
    There was a crash downstairs. Luna opened her eyes and clutched Seth, careful not to squeeze him too hard. He dug his claws into her chest.
    "Ouch, Seth," Luna whispered, taking his claws out of her skin.
    Seth wriggled out of Luna's nightgown and jumped down onto her hardwood floor. Luna pulled on her slipper-socks and crept over to her doorway. She pressed her back against the wall next to her doorframe. Seth sauntered across her room over to her. "Seth, Airsoft gun, get my handpistol," Luna breathed. Seth nosed her Airsoft gun to her feet. She picked it up and checked if it was loaded. It only had one bebe in it. "Dang, looks like hand to hand combat incase I miss," Luna hissed. She poked her head out into the hallway and saw that the coast was clear. "Come on Seth," she breathed, creeping down the stairs on all fours. Luna came into the livingroom and a floorboard creak under her weight. She heard a gasp. "Seth, go scope it out I'll follow you," Luna breathed. Seth padded ahead with Luna at his heels. They came upon the kitchen doorway and Luna stood up, pressing herself up against the wall. She slowly entered the kitchen to find...... Her 15-year-old brother standing over a broken cup. "Jared! You idiot! What if Dad woke up! He'd grab his shotgun for sure, and then you'd get shot, and then you'd get chewed out for sure!" Luna hissed. "Wow, I've never seen a 13-year-old know so much about her 35-year-old Dad," Jared chuckled. Luna gave Jared a vicious snarl before going back upstairs to her room. She flopped onto her bed and felt hot tears well up in her eyes. She blinked them back. There was a crash and a shriek of pain, then silence...
    TO BE CONTINUED..................