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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Harper's POV.
*Harper's House, After School*
As I'm walking past the living room to go upstairs and start my homework, my ears pick up on some of what the TV is saying:
"I can confirm that a twelve-foot puma mountain lion attacked a hunter and was subsequently shot and killed. The hunter is in stable condition."
A puma? Here in Mystic Falls? This grabs my attention immediately, and I find myself standing before the TV, eagerly listening to the news report.
"To repeat, the animal terrorizing Mystic Falls has been caught," says the news reporter, and then a commercial for vegan peanut butter turns on.
Footsteps pitter-patter behind me, and I turn around to find my mother coming in from the garage.
"Mama, have you heard?" I get her attention. "They caught the animal attacking everyone. It was a puma, you know, like a mountain lion."
"Oh," my mother flutters her long eyelashes in surprise. "They did? When?"
"Sometime today," I answer. "It attacked a hunter and they killed it. Hey . . . wait, doesn't that mean I can stay out past six again?"
My mother takes a moment before answering. "I suppose it does, but let me talk to your father about it first, okay?"
"Alright," I say.
I'm not gonna lie. At first, I found all the animals attacks quite interesting. They were something different that strayed from the usual boring happenings around town. But after Mr. Tanner died, reality had settled in. I'm glad there's nothing to be afraid of anymore. Mystic Falls will be going back to its usual happy-go-lucky atmosphere, at least, for the time being.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
*Founders' Party at the Lockwood Mansion*
Punctuality is something my mother is very serious about. So, of course, there was no way she was going to allow us to be late to the Founders' Party. In fact, we practically got here before anyone else. My dad drove us here in his police cruiser because he'll be on duty tonight, securing the party grounds. And thanks to my mother's close friendship with Mrs. Lockwood, the mayor's wife (aka Tyler's mom), we were let inside the house before anyone else with open arms.
