Gabby

The Adventures of Gabrielle Fain! From birth, Gabrielle has always been an unusual girl. She had a strange obsession with lions after seeing //The Lion King// when she was five years old. She would run around the house on her hands and knees as fast as she possibly could, roaring like a lion the whole time. Her growls became quite convincing as time went on. The same year on Halloween, she dressed up in a Nala outfit. The new addition made her feel more cat-like than usual. While being called ‘cute’ by an unsuspecting old man, she felt the need to release a roar so fierce the man flew off the porch into the hay bell that laid close by and, luckily, broke his fall. As the night went on she began noticing more strange impulses. People were looking at her funny. She went home and proceeded to brush her teeth. Then she looked in the mirror. She didn't recognize the thing staring back at her. It was too fuzzy and feline. She couldn't believe her eyes, so she fainted. The next morning, she woke up in her bed. Panic quickly spread through her body like a red hot fire. She ran to the bathroom mirror and prepared herself for what horrible creature she would see replacing her reflection. Though as she looked, there seemed to be not a single feature out of place. 'Just a dream', she hoped. A few years later, Gabrielle and her sister, Brittany, decided to explore the uncharted territory of the next-door neighbors much-neglected corn field. They struggled through the thick wall of weeds and tree-like plants with great effort. Venturing deeper into the mysterious jungle, they came upon an area that was a perfect candidate for a play spot. See, these two children, though small, were extremely creative. They decided to make houses out of the tall, skinny bushes that littered the majority of the field. It was a tough task but, with perserverance and a little magic, the whole field became a maze of intricate tunnels that included decorations from flowers found close by. They went out at dawn every day and stayed in the tunnels for hours and hours on end. When they emerged from the labrynth after they couldn't go another minute without food, it would still be dawn. They never understood why their parents were still in bed when they returned. Their escapades continued for years until one morning, they were horror-stricken to see that their beloved field had been mowed to the ground. []