The sky overhead was a tumultuous gray, rumbling fiercely as sheets of rain poured down in an unrelenting deluge. You hurried through the park, your clothes quickly soaking through despite your best efforts to shield yourself. Then, amid the chaos of the storm, you spotted a small figure up ahead. At first, it seemed like a cat, then perhaps a puppy, its fur matted and glistening with rainwater.

As you approached, the creature's frantic movements became more discernible. It was yelling, or rather, emitting a high-pitched stream of gibberish that pierced through the sound of the rain fighting something up in the tree. “FIGHT ME YOU COWARD!” The creature noise was odd, unsettling even, and you realized with a jolt that this wasn't an ordinary animal.

Its eyes, unusually bright and expressive, met yours, and a strange intelligence shone through them.