Author's Note:

This story is destined to be written in short chapters slowly.

Disclaimer:

I do not own any of the Cat Returns characters. I only own the Terran and the plot line. Thank-you Please review.

Chapter One

Terran awoke to the insistent beeping of her alarm clock. Without looking up she picked the machine up and threw it to the other side of the room, where it became incased in a pile of clothing.

"Get up!" yelled the voice of her aunt through her door. "If you're late to school it'll look bad for me at work. So hurry up!"

"I'm up! I'm up!" yelled Terran right back. Grumbling about the ungodly hour she proceeded to sort through her piles of clothing till she managed to find a clean uniform. Changing quickly she grabbed her school bag and ran down stairs where her aunt put a piece of toast in her hand and then practically shoved her out the door.

"Get going already!"

"I'm going. Sheesh." Terran shook her head at her aunt's behavior. She didn't think she'd ever get used to how grumpy her aunt was in the mornings. Actually, if Terran really thought about it, her aunt was either moody or grumpy all the time, either because her latest boyfriend was a jerk or because her boss was giving her a hard time. Unfortunately, her aunt seemed to like to get rid of her anger by yelling at her.

"Oh, well," muttered Terran to herself, "you can't have everything. At least we haven't moved or anything. I think this may be a new record. Five months in one place, with no sign of moving in the near future."

Terran smiled to herself as she walked along, thinking about how, despite her aunt's temperament, life was going relatively well. She hadn't had to move and she had her best friend Haru who had told her all about how she'd gone to some strange world of cats.

Terran wasn't entirely sure as to whether or not something as fantastic as Haru had described was possible or not, but she couldn't think of any reason as to why Haru would about something. So she just accepted it as one of the many things that she'd never get the chance to see.

Terran's musing was cut off when she heard Haru shout at her from across the street. Terran waited till the cars had cleared the road before running across and walking with Haru.

"So what's up?" asked Haru, "You were really out there, I'm surprised you heard me."

"I was just thinking about your adventure." Said Terran truthfully.

Haru sighed, "I understand if you don't believe me. I just wanted to tell somebody before I forgot about it."

"Who said I didn't believe you?" said Terran with a small smile.

"Y-you believe me?" asked Haru as she stared at Terran incredulously.

"Why not?" said Terran, "What reason would you have to lie? I trust you, so I believe you."

Haru just stared at her before giving her a smile. "Thanks. I was worried no one would ever believe me."

"Hey," said Terran as she gave Haru a small pat on the arm, "that's what friends are for."

The two girls chatted happily the rest of the way to school reaching their classroom with a few minutes to spare.