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Since so many people are going to be involved in this NaNoWriMo thing, I thought it might be fun to have a kind of community warm-up! The way this will work is that each post will add to a story that will develop as we go along. Each post should contribute at least one paragraph to the story, but other than that can be any length you want to write at the time. Let's see what we can come up with as a community!

The post after this gets to start the story off.

Once upon a time, there was a cat. The cat was called Alex. Alex loved playing in the fields, where he would meet other cats. But Alex had a secret. He was a werewolf.

Alex proudly walked through forests and made friends with all in the animal kingdom, but little did they know that Alex had yet another secret that didn't require the moon...

You see, Alex wasn't really a cat, he was actually a human being.  But he was a unique sort that was born with a genetic mutation, allowing him to transform into any animal that he chose.  Growing up, Alex always had a fondness for cats. and thus was the form he normally chose to take.

But one day when walking home from the school dance, Alex was attacked by what he had thought at the time was some crazed homeless person, and was bitten on the arm.  When he had gotten home and seen himself in the mirror, his body had...changed.  No longer was he ragged and scrawny, but something had caused his body to fill out and become more muscular.  He didn't know what was going on, but he was enjoying every moment of it.

That is...until the day that someone was murdered.  Alex had woken up one morning with a start, finding himself outside, naked and bloody next to a body.  The body itself looked as if a wild animal had gotten to it, being scratched and torn beyond recognition.  It was in this moment that Alex had realized...it was him.  Somehow he had killed this unrecognizable person.

That was when he decided to run away and become a cat...a cat that was also a werewolf.

RING! RING! RING!

The ringing of the bell startled Alex out of his daydream. He took a rushed look around the classroom to ensure nobody had noticed his drifting off during class, but if they had they obviously hadn't cared. Most of his fellow students were already out the door, and the few that weren't were either still putting their stuff in their backpacks or were gathered around their magics instructor, Mr. Gravenger, probably to ask him questions on today's lesson, which had been about harnassing on one's inner magicka...or something. He probably should have paid attention, seeing as he wanted to get in a magic college after school and become a mage, but he just couldn't help drifting off into his own fantasies. He couldn't wait to able to become one with nature and to roam the forests as a cat, or werewolf, or any other animal he wanted.

After mentally chastising himself for not paying attention and then pushing down a brief moment of despair over the fact that he didn't have the knowledge to make those transformations just yet, Alex gathered his papers and class textbook into his backpack, then slung it over his shoulder and walked into the hallway.

"Oh god, just shut up already, you're giving me a headache!" Felix shouted as the whole bus seemed to go silent.  Michael looked at him dissappointingly, though he had the faintest hint of a smile on his face.  "What's wrong, you don't like my story?"

Felix raised an eyebrow as he closed his laptop.  "Okay, you seem like an alright dude and all, and I can respect your...well for lack of a better word, we'll say creativity.  But you can't just walk up to some random person on the bus, sit right next to them, and then suddenly start narrating an entire story.  And if for some reason you do, at least make it a good story!" Felix replied as Michael tilted his head slightly like a curious puppy.  "You didn't like my story?"

Felix sighed and fixed his glasses as he turned to his traveling companion.  "Where do I begin?  First off, it didn't make sense.  I mean...first he's a cat that's a werewolf, then he's a man that can change into a cat that was bitten by a werewolf, and suddenly it's all a daydream and he's in magic school? That's not even a plot twist, it's an unnecessary change in story elements."

"Well I thought it sounded alright..." Michael mumbled to himself.

"Second of all, it just seems inconsistent.  You may as well have said that Alex was a human in magic school, and that his specialty was being able to change form.  He happened to like being a cat the most, so after class he'd change into a cat, round up the others, and play in the fields.  But one day while he was playing around, one of the cats went into a dark forest nearby...since magical stories always have at least 3.  When Alex went to get them, he was face to face with a Werewolf that bit him and turned him.  Ashamed, he ran way with his terrible secret in tow, and yadda yadda yadda.  That way things mix together and make sense."

"Mine sounded better." Michael responded.

"Ugh...whatever.  It's my stop, so catch you later."  Felix responded as he stood up and walked out of the parked bus.  Michael only watched as Felix crossed the street, narrowing his eyes at the one who scorned his story.

There was only one thought on his mind now: revenge.