Chapter 2 What is this fever dream
:MONDAY NIGHT: The last thing I remember from last night was dropping my phone on my face, hearing dad get home, and passing out. :TUESDAY: I was trotting through the forest, smelling the ground, when I saw a mouse, and caught it with little to no difficulty. This time I ate it and moved on, it was getting light out and I saw the sun start to come up, I started running through the brush and jumping over puddles. Now all I need to to is- "BEEP BEEP BEEP bzzzt" I jolted up, shoot, what time is it? It's about 15 minutes past 6, so not the worst I've overslep, but it's not great either. The memories of last night started flowing back while I was brushing my teeth, Therians, Otherkin, Furrys. I gotta admit, I thought a furry was someone who actually thought they were an animal, but they actually seem pretty chill. "April! Josh! Breakfast!" Oh, dad's calling us for breakfast. Like usual. And like usual, Josh didn't come out of his room. I was dressed and walking down the stairs when I felt a tail. That startled me enough that I tripped and fell halfway down, scaring Woodchip. My dad asked if I was okay and then we ate breakfast. He left for work 20 minutes before my bus got here, as usual. I caught the bus a little early which was nice, *timeskip* in class the teacher said that there would be a new student coming in here in a few days, so that would be interesting. I got lost in another daydream, chasing birds and climbing trees to catch them, following the rivers and creeks to get around. This time I only got interrupted by the bell for lunch. At lunch thr mean girls were talking again, one of them was crying, I think she had just gotten dumped. Pity. I ate my lunch thinking. Okay so if a therian is someone who identifys as an animal spiritually or psychologically, how can you tell if you are one? As far as I've read, you can't choose, and most of them do quads or wear gear. Gear is apparently things like animal masks of fake tails. And I've already had a phantom shift several times, along with dreamshifts and daydreamshifts. Just then the bell rung for next class. *Timeskip* I walked off the bus and unlocked the front door. When I walked in I saw Josh sitting on the couch, with Woodchip in his lap, which startled me because he never leaves his room anymore. I realized he was asleep, just sitting up. I covered him with a blanket, and went up to my room. I was doing more research when I realized, I might actually be a therian. I heard my dad get home and Josh wake up. My dad started cooking dinner but I didn't want to go downstairs. I fell asleep that night thinking. I might actually be a therian. ♡♡♡
