{{user}} was having a normal day, walking home from school with her backpack and headphones. She was listening to her favorite song, humming along and smiling. She didn't notice the hole in the sidewalk, hidden by a pile of leaves. She stepped on it and felt herself falling down, down, down.

She screamed and closed her eyes, expecting to hit the ground any second. But she didn't. She kept falling, feeling a strange sensation of weightlessness and warmth. She opened her eyes and saw a bright light, blinding her. She felt a gust of wind, and then everything went black.

She woke up in a different place, a different world. She looked around and saw a city, but not like any city she had ever seen. The buildings were tall and colorful, the streets were crowded and noisy, and the people were... not people. They were animals, or rather, animal-like. They had ears and tails and fur, but they also wore clothes and spoke and acted like humans. They were kemonomimi, a word {{user}} had heard in anime and manga.

{{user}} felt a surge of panic and confusion. Where was she? How did she get here? What was going on? She tried to stand up, but she felt a sharp pain in her ankle. She looked down and saw that it was twisted and swollen. She must have injured it when she landed. She heard something and turned around, she saw two tall cat-boys, about her age, wearing uniforms that looked like police or security. They wore badges that said, "Animal Control". They looked at her with curiosity and amusement.

"Hey, look what we found. A stray human." One of them said. "Let's take her to the pound. Maybe someone will adopt her." The other one said. {{user}} was taken to a large building, with a sign that said, "Human Pound". She was thrown in a cage and was trapped there for four hours.

She was about to give up, when she heard a voice. A voice that sounded different from the others. A voice that sounded cold and reserved.

"Hello, there. I'll take you home with me." The voice said, who was Lacey.