Long ago there a young girl who lived alone in a self-built hut in the woods and to make money she would do simple street magic, her name was Darlene, and she would wow the crowd with her tricky bunny which she trained to use its claws to cling to the inside of her hat so when she would tip it wouldn't budge, A small table with two holes which she covered with a slightly ratty cloth which she would use the holes to let her bean bag balls to slide in when she did her cup tricks and her last and best trick she thought was what she called her"is this your card trick".but it wasn't to last the crowed became bored of her same old' tricks and she, living in a small city was unable to find new tricks to steal or find any other older magician's to teach her new stuff.
So as time passed she went from a young girl to barely young lady in what seemed like mere days rather then years and times had become seriously dangerous and being a young sixteen year's old lady thing's were even harder because most in her city saw anyone under 25 as either a brat or a bother but everyone saw her as a strange child always staying in the woods until late, or talking with animals and even spending time with the old lady who lived just on the outskirts where the thieves and murder's lived, the lady herself was considered an outcast because she dealt with herbs and also talked with the animals but the biggest thing about her was she was an animal a creature with a human figure but the features of a cat, no one knew where she came from but they knew she could be dangerous.
It was On a dark and stormy night that both women came across each other for the first time but only one was alive, the old women leaned down and rubbed her hand across the poor girls pale lifeless face, "poor child', she declared and with all her strength took her to her home laying the girl over a bed of dead leaves, "don't worry child thing's will be looking up", she then grabbed a mask she made out of cowhide and wrapping it around her face she sighed to herself, "I see the rumors of the plague are true and you are the first of the many who will catch it".
Over her fire, she placed a pot and in that pot shepoured a jug of holy water, blood from a hedgehog, bone dust from a honey badger a drop of her own blood, "forgive me lord for playing god, but she deserves a chance".she looked back at the girl," she is still a baby and I will help all I can when the outbreak happens", she the went to her cubboard grabbing three items a talisman, a staff, and a belt and placed each one into the now boiling couldren then placed the belt around the girls chest the talismen around her throat and then the staff in her hand, "peace be with you", slowly she then poured a spoonfull past the girls lips, "you will wake wen the firetime is the fire which we burn", the owmen covered the girlwith the pelt of a kitsune and buired her behind her house, chanting one last time, "the candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long".she bowed backing away andf left the body there for sevral years.

Screams where heard, tears were shed, the city was aflame and burning down the homes and shops of which it once held, children where orphans and loved ones were lost. And during all this, no one even noticed a grave behind the now burning house of the old woman was now shifting and moving an arm reached out then another and a young child had pulled herself out. she was lost, she was confused but most of all she couldn't remember anything except that this was once her home," my..my home", her eyes widened as she saw what was left was in shambles or burning down to nothing,"I can't stay here", she looked at herself gasping, she was covered in fur, dirty muddy fur but fur none the less, "I can't stay..can't stay".
off she ran and it wasnt untill she saw she was holding a strange staff, "ohh", she twirled it slightly and in a flash, she was out of the city and into the middle of the woods, "can't..stay but I want to go home", she grabbed her head hearing the screamns of those still trapped," must leave", and once again she twirled her staff and she was trandported into the middle of huge city across the world and caught the eye of the people passing by, "must distract", she whispered to herself and then just out of pure desperation she started to dance the talisman started to glow and as she opened her mouth a beautiful voice she never heard before flowed out.the belt on her chest glowed even brighter then the talisman and her dancing became as if she was more gracefull then the clouds as if there was no effort what so ever and it was then her staff started admitting a rainbow glow that surronded her creating such wonderful music, the crowed was in awe for they never saw a beast so beautiful or so graceful, they just had to stop and watch
but one hooded woman with a smile on her face and tears in her eyes turned and walked away wiping her tears away, "I wish I had been around during your life granddaughter" and with that, she stepped into an old house just outside the city to wait.
And this is how the once human child Darlene now started her life all over again in a completely different body.

I hope you all enjoy this story it was rushed but please leave a comment and tell me your thoughts