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We were just there, all five of us. No fading earlier memories; no old mementos from some unknown past, nothing. We didn’t even have prior knowledge of the world around us. We were in a clearing in the middle of a jungle with no way to get back home if any of us even had a home.

There were five of us, two girls and three boys. We were all human but different. And strangely enough we all looked to be about the same age. The other girl looked like a normal sixteen year old with waist length white blond hair, pale, ivory skin, and light blue, almost white, eyes. She was tall but skinny. And like I said she looked normal, except for the gills. She also had webbed fingers and elongated, flipper like feet. I assume that being tall and skinny made her more streamline in the water. Oh yeah, and she secreted a thin coating of slime that somehow managed to not ever soak into her clothes.

One of the boys had reddish orange hair and regular emerald green eyes, except his eyes had a vertical pupil. He was a big powerfully built kid with big muscles. He had a stocky look because of his shortness combined with his muscles, but he moved gracefully in perfect balance. He could jump super high, was acrobatic, and always landed on his feet. He even had clawed finger- and toe-nails. He had a long thin tail, with fur just like a cat and whiskers. The kid even had a leopard spot pattern under his skin.

The second boy had mostly black hair with smatterings of brown and gray put in. He had a lot of speed and endurance. He had great ears that were a little fuzzy on the insides like a dogs. He had sharp teeth that were pointed. His special features were animal paw pads on his hands and feet. He also had extremely long arms and legs and a wiry lean body. He had regular brown eyes but in its depths you could see a predator lurking close.

The last boy had brown hair with red garnet eyes. He also had a vertical pupil. He was also lean with ripcord muscles. He walked with confidence but his movements were quick and decisive. He was lightning fast, his reflexes perfect. He had retractable fangs with a snakes poison in it. He also had small scales that you could see just under the skin that broke out in some places over his skin. The scales under the skin were a just barely visible pattern.

Then there was me. I was short but extremely skinny; I was like one of those walking stick bugs. I was very light. I had super sharp raptor vision. I had bronze hair shot through with blond highlights and if I ran my hands through it I would feel several feathers all over my head. I also had a knot of them at the base of my neck. I had stormy gray eyes that would win any staring contest. I also had sharp claw like toenails. I sound pretty darn good don’t I, well to offset my availability, I have giant freaking wings. They’re about sixteen feet in length but they can crunch down small enough so I can get them into a really loose sweatshirt. They’re the same bronze color of my hair with flecks of gold in them.