CHAPTER 1

                Hi. My name is Light Montoya Labara and I am 19 years old. I just moved to a new city from my old one and I have a feeling that I won’t like it here. I hate moving so much because you move away from the people you know so well. Hopefully I’ll be able to make quick friends.
As me and my boyfriend pulled up into our driveway to our new house I looked out my window and saw our neighbor smile and wave at us. I slightly waved back and smiled. I got out of the car and looked at our house.
“What do you think?” He said looking at me. “Do you like it?”
“Of course…” I said looking back at our neighbor slightly.

He was a white hedgehog with black bangs and black markings on his muzzle and quills. From what I could tell, he had a red eye and a purple eye. He seemed sweet. As for my boyfriend, His name was Midnight….but everyone just calls him Night. He was a dark blue hedgehog with yellow eyes and two ear rings in his left ear. He always wore baggy blue jeans and a black sleeveless shirt and a cross necklace. I never saw him as religious at all.
I walked into the house and all our things were already unpacked and nice and neat in the right places I’ve always wanted them to be at. I saw the house only once before and I had already chosen where I wanted the things put.

Later that night me and Night had a fight, and of course, about nothing.
“But Night, I don’t really know what you want me to do for you. I work day and night making money and here you are sitting on your butt doing nothing and you want me to do what now? Go fix dinner for you? You have two legs and two hands. How bout you make something for yourself for once?” I snapped at him.
“Don’t you walk out on me Lasiandra.” Night growled gripping my arm as tight as he could. “You’re not leaving tonight.”
“And who are you to say that?” I said snatching my arm away. “You’re not my father, nor my mother! So you have nothing to say.” I got close to his face and growled glaring him in the eye.
The next thing I see is his hand come across my face knocking me over off of my feet and hitting the floor face first. I felt body weight on my body crushing me down, not being able to move. I looked at Night and he was right in my face.
“You’re not going to talk to me like that. You understand!? You listen to me, and only me.” he breathed in my face angrily.
Unknown to him, my long white tail came up and gripped him around his neck and yanked him off of me and I stood up and walked to the door letting him go as I opened it and walked out. I walked up to the road and stood there for a few minutes crying slightly to myself trying to hold myself together. Getting into a fight with Night wasn’t ever one to not make me cry. I really do work all day and night and when I get a break I either clean the house or do some errands. Night never asks me, ‘Honey, are you ok?’ or ‘Honey, how about you take a break?’ No! Instead he sits on his butt doing absolutely nothing to help matters to get better. I’m sure all women know that feeling. Like they are doing all the work all the time. Sure, there are guys out there that are not like that, but I haven’t found one yet.
While I sit there on the curb of the road I feel a soft touch to my shoulder. I turned my head quickly and it was my neighbor I saw earlier. He was crouched down behind me with his hand on my shoulder slightly.
“Is everything ok? I heard you and your husband fighting.” He said softly in his velvety deep voice.
“Oh…yeah….I’m fine and he’s not my husband. He’s just my boyfriend.” I said softly wiping the rest of my tears off of my face. I looked back down at the pavement silently.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Well, I thought I would just come out here to see if you were ok. I’m Sera by the way.” he said smiling at me.
“Well, thank you Sera. I’m Light. Light Labara. Nice to meet you.” I spoke quietly. “I’m sorry about the yelling. It just that…” I sighed.
“I know. You work hard enough already and he don’t do anything for you. I’m sorry Light.  Hey, would you like to come in for some hot tea or something? It may make you feel better.” He said reassuringly.
“I would like that. Thank you.”