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Endless dreams
It was a stormy night. Alone in a dark, fog-filled alley, a scared little girl squeezing her teddy bear slowly looked around for anything hiding in the rusty dumpsters throughout the alley. A loud crash occured from behind her, more startling than the thunderbooms up above. She quickly looked behind her, and whimpered, "H-hello?" A black figure continuously stumbled over the trash bags behind the bins as she stood and stared. She squinted her eyes for a better look, and saw two yellow, gleaming eyes. She backed against the brick wall, crouching with her head tucked, waiting for what she thought, the worst. But instead of "the worst," a young-aged black cat gracefully walked over her, sniffing around her for inspection. The little girl peeked out of her arms, instantly smiling when she felt the relief of knowing she wouldn't be on her strange journey alone. The black cat seemed to sense her previous fear, and purred in delight of her presence. The Little girl spoke out of the slight bravery she gained, and said,"My name is Edeth, and I'll call you,....Tiger!" Tiger meowed and purred in approval. "Do you know how to get out?" How did you get here?" said Edeth. The cat walked over and got onto the dumpster, continuously demonstrating trying and failing to jump on top of the brick wall, making the indication that the brick wall was too high for even a cat to jump onto. There were parts of the wall that were shorter further on, but there was no way a young cat and a...