Nothing had been really right since they returned from the Island's. It wasn't a large problem...no most of the time it was just a slight nagging feeling in the back of her mind that something wasn't right, something was off kilter...something was wrong. But she couldn't quite put a finger on what exactly it was. It was terrible really and despite her exhaustion it took a long time to fall asleep and when she did...well there was a good chance that she would regret doing so when she woke up again.

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Upon waking however Zurine opened her eyes to find herself in a place which was similar her room at home, not her home now..but the home she'd had before coming to school, her family home. When had she left school? And why was everyone here in the room with her? "Have I missed something important?" She asked the group surrounding her and smiling they all shook their heads. "No of course not" They told her "And even if you did would it really matter? Your happy here right?"

And you know what...she was, she was safe here, from the depths of her very soul she knew that this place was the one meant for her, especially for her. She could be happy here..she was happy here! "Of course I am" She told the surrounding group and getting up she proceeded with her day...her perfect day in her perfect home. A place where nothing could hurt her ever again. No one would tease her about her clumsiness...no one would call her a bunny...no one would try and trap her. Not here..not ever again.

And for a while that was enough, days slipped by, each one the same as the one before it - peaceful days of perfection that piled up on one another until Zurine almost lost track of how many had gone by. Quite a few she thought and no matter how perfect they were Zurine couldn't help but feel like something still wasn't right - the days were too perfect. Unnaturally perfect if she was honest with herself and each day the feeling got stronger. Zurine simply couldn't shake the feeling that she wasn't supposed to be here, that she wasn't really supposed to be having all these perfect days and living this perfect life. Life wasn't perfect by nature and no matter how much she was enjoying it while it happened..when it was all over she couldn't help but feel that it wasn't right. It was wrong...

A few more days passed and the nagging feeling of wrongness just kept getting worse until it not only invaded her nights..but her days as well. No longer was she happy in this perfect world..but uneasy and really she wasn't sure how much longer she could stand it. "Where am I really? I mean it's nice here but where is here exactly?" She finally broke down and asked her mother one morning while she was eating her favorite breakfast cooked to perfection - as it was everyday.

"Does it really matter?" He mother answered with a somewhat surprised look on her face "Your happy here right? Why does it matter where you really are? You can stay here and be happy forever..." She concluded before turning back to her cooking. Somewhere in that explanation Zurine realized that it wasn't really her mother speaking to her. Her mother would never say something in that manner and something was definitely wrong.

A sudden fit of panic hit her as she realized that she'd been trapped..lured into the false sense of security this perfection had created and shooting up from the table she made for the doorway, the chair clattering to the floor behind her. "Zurine!" He mother called after her as she flung open the door and ran outside. "Where are you going Zurines? Come back and eat..don't leave me here!" He mother went on and although she didn't look back Zurine knew that she was following her and before long other voices started to join in. Now it wasn't just her mother chasing her..but her father..and siblings ..other members of the pack. All of them..following, chasing, trying to talk her into staying and using every weapon in their collective minds to make this happen.

With every promise and statement shouted out at her Zurine got a little bit more panicked and to make matters worse it seemed like no matter how fast she ran or which way she turned they found her, followed her..she couldn't get away....or could she?

There was one way, it was a terrible way but surely better then running or being trapped here forever. NO it was clear increasingly clear that the only way out of this was to..die. Angling her run she headed for the edge of a cliff she suddenly found herself beside and with one final look over her shoulder flung herself off the edge..a moment of pause as her momentum carried her up and away and then she started to drop...to fall..and surely the rocks at the bottom of the cliff would be the end of her, she could see them getting closer, the details in their grains becoming clearer and clearer....

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Zurine shot bolt upright in her bed and breathing a heavily felt a bit of panic receded as her mind recognized that she wasn't about to crash into rocks..and better still it seemed like she was in her dorm room..or was? Was she really awake? Truly? She thought she was but..a small hint of doubt started nagging at the back of her mind...