Emily's POV
"Liz?" I asked, walking into my older sister's room. She picked up one of her slippers and threw it at the door. "Go away." Was all I could hear because of the fact that her face was in her pillow. "Liz?" I asked again. She groaned and turned to face me. "What you knuckle-head? It's 4:00 am." I flinched. "It's not 4. It's 11:30. So you- actually, we need to get to class." She immediately got up and checked her phone, and on her painted background, in big white numbers was: 11:32. She ran towards the washroom, which was right next to her room and a few minutes later, she emerged in a black crop-top with a simple turquoise skirt. She looked at me, seemingly disappointed. I was wearing a white t-shirt with a shiny umbreon sitting on it. Over that I was wearing a black cardigan and navy blue jeans. "What?" I asked her. "Uh, nothing. Your style is just a bit, uh... strange to me." I sighed and ignored her comments.
I sat in the front seat with Lizzie at the wheel of the car. She slammed the gas and a few minutes later, we were at uni. Lizzie stepped out our black car and ran towards the door. I checked the time on my phone, and it was 11:55. "I got five minutes till class starts." I said to myself. I walked inside and went to my locker. I opened it and shoved some books into my black Kate Spade backpack. ♪Everybody's scared so dance in the dark, da-dance in the dark, da-dance in the dark-♪ My phone was ringing, so I answered it. "How's my little princess doing?" I chuckled. "Hi dad." "Good, you still remember your old gheezer." "Your not old, dad. Why'd you call?" He coughed. "I missed you. And your birthday is coming up!" I sighed. "Dad, all I want is to move out! And to see mom in Nigeria. I gotta call you back, dad. I've got classes to get to." "Love you, honey." "Love you too, dad." I ended the call and saw it was 12:01. "Aw poop, I'll be late for class!" I exclaimed, very annoyed. I rushed up the stairs near my locker and barely made it to class before my professor came in.

Luckily, my professor was in a conversation with a janitor for some reason, so I managed to be at the door and tie my blond hair in a ponytail. I pushed the door open and saw a few people I knew. There was Layla (teacher's pet), Ally (the nerd), Jack (head of the art club) and Melody (Member of the drama club. Aka most dramatic person ever). I sat down in the back of the room and with perfect timing, Mr. Fronzendo walked in. He was a short, old man with white hair. He always wore a black turtleneck and white linen pants. Soon, he began his surprisingly long lecture.

"...And because you all are in your last week of school until third year, we shall all miss you greatly. Class dismissed." He said, coughing a little bit. Everyone rushed outside. I checked the time and it was 1:50. I decided to walk home, and I put my sunglasses on as I walked home under the warm, Californian sun. I was almost home when I got a text message from mom.

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💕MOM💕

Hey, Emily how are you???? 

I'm fine mom, how are YOU?

I'm fine as well, where are you right now??

In Carmel-By-The-Sea in California still. I miss you. You'd better come visit soon!

I will, don't worry. 

I have a meeting soon, I'll call you later. Love you -3- -3- -3-

Luv u too <3<3<3

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I switched my phone off and walked inside. "What took you so long?" Lizzie asked me. "Professor Fronzendo." I answered, sitting down on the couch. "So, what's for lunch?" I asked, switching on food network. "Pizza from Domino's." I smiled. "Good, your cooking is awful!" I joked. "Haha, funny." She muttered, rolling her eyes. 

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3 Years Later...

Dakota's POV

It was all so weird. A million thoughts swarmed my head, I felt a weird sticky pokey thing lift me up. I was so warm, and I got kicked in the face. I had this amazing thing in my mouth, and I heard a sound. And it was me. I couldn't see anything though. I made another sound, and I don't really think I cared about what I was saying- or trying to say, for that matter. I heard a high pitched Hhwurmp! and it was me. I also heard, Aw, look! He's soo cute! But I didn't care. I was hungry, and these pokey-thingy's prevented me from getting milk in my mouth. Apparently that's what its called. 

A few weeks later, I could see! I saw everything, from paws, to tails, to friendly butts! They smelled interesting, and I wrestled a puppy- 'cause apparently that's  what we're called. I drank some more milk- and I mean a lot of milk. And those pokey-thingy's gave me food, so I wasn't allowed to have milk anymore. My sibs hated that, but I didn't care. I was straight up hungry!

All that food stuff did something, because I could move properly. Not like crawling, but actually running! And I got to sniff more butts. We got collar thingy's with our names on them, and apparently my name is Dapnotada? "No, Dakota." My mom corrected me. So yea. I'm a Dakoooota now. My sibs are Lilac, Coriander, Max and Walrus. But a few days ago, Max and Walrus left and never came back. So I'm stuck being the only boy in the group now. That sucks. "Dakota, come on and plaaay!" Coriander yipped at me, tugging my tail. "Leave him alone, maybe he jusht want's ta sleep, right?" Lilac said, shoving Coriander off me. I nodded, yawned and walked over to mom where I slept in her warmth. My last thought was, Life is great here, no need to ever ever leave... Before my mind slipped into darkness.

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1017 words! Yay! I mean, the actual story, not this little note. I hope y'all enjoyed the prologue! I worked quite hard and actually re-wrote the entire thing because the first time it made NO sense at all. :3 Hope you all have the patience, 'cause I'm gonna take a long time to finish the first chapter. And at first, I was thinking of doing 2 parts of the chapter. But, nah. Anyway, keep reading!!

P.S: For Dakota's point of view, its fast forwarded 3 years. So, the entire story will take place 3 years later. :3

-Audrey o(*^＠^*)o