My best friend's cat // Mashton

Prologue

For over a thousand years, the Animal Emperor has been lost. And ever since he disappeared, strange things have happened.

Every few years, when the moon is in the right place on the Emperor's birthday, a handful of pets magically turn into humans.

Hybrids.

How this is possible, no one knows.

Some say the Emperor was never lost and was actually an Angel. One who grants the good pets a second and longer life.

Some say, it's just a case of supernatural powers, since the moon has to be in a certain spot.

Some even say, that hybrids have always been here and some pets are just destined to grow up and turn out to be human.

But as the centuries passed, less people accepted the hybrids. People got scared of them and most of them just wanted them gone.

Nowadays, the hybrid is just another myth. Just like the Animal Emperor, who according to most, never existed.

But some secretly still believe in the story and some can't help but do, because they're a hybrid themselves. Because yes, those still exist.

And when your best friend's cat suddenly turns into one, you can't really help but believe either, am I right?