The Ultimate Prank.

[Danicca Waylan]

The letter was attached to a purple cat harness. Which was attached to a tiny calico-coloured kitten. Their parents would give the kitten to Matt once Dani was gone enough that he couldn't do anything.

This really was her ultimate prank, wasn't it?

Dear Matty,

I know you're probably standing there with mom and dad, reading this letter, trying to figure out why the heck you can't contact me and I hand-wrote a letter. I promise, I didn't kill myself or run away or anything bad. Take a deep breath and sit down. You're going to hate that I did this, but you knew I wanted change.

A few months ago, I filed for a transfer. Mom and Dad and I talked about it while you were at soccer practice. If it went through, I would go live for some time at the other school. You know, learn the language, take in the culture, write and call every day. That kind of thing.

The main issue with it was you. We knew that if you knew you'd either tie me up and never let me go anywhere, or you'd insist on coming with me. We couldn't let either of these things happen, because you need to live there and I need to live here. So mom and dad and I all did our best to keep this a secret from you. To be honest, the instant the paperwork was out of my hands, I forgot about it. So it was easy for me to not end up telling you, because it wasn't really on my mind at all.

Mom and dad are probably a lot more sneaky than I am, because they have managed to not tell you this whole time. And I know for a fact they've been thinking about it the whole time, so I have no clue how they've managed to not just out and tell you.

So what is happening, Matty, is I've transferred to Eisai, the Japanese Meta school. I guess to get in touch with my heritage or something, and to learn some culture other than that stuff at Hammel. Plus, I'm tired of people only seeing me as well, that troubly side of me. You know there's more to me than that.

So I'm restarting.

I'm going to miss you so, so much. Take care of this kitten, please. It needs you more than I do. Bottle feed it a few times a day for at least the next week, then start shifting its diet over to canned food, then dry food. I told mom the instructions for when you're at school, so she'll be sure to help.

I'll write and call and all that keeping-in-touch stuff every day. I promise. I'm sorry I couldn't properly say goodbye.

<3
-Dani.