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A white furred hand slid off the alarm clock as the snow leopard sat up on her bed. Groggy and with eyes half closed she almost fell asleep sitting on the edge of the mattress when her alarm went off again. Dawn growled and hit the snooze button again reflexively before leaning over to find the miniscule button that turned the alarm off for good that morning. She reached her arms over her head, fingers clasped and stretched for a few seconds, letting out a long yawn as she let her arms fall back to her sides. "Early cat gets the rat..." She mumbled her morning mantra to herself and pushed herself out of bed.

Her powder blue bra and loose white t-shirt were snatched up and dragged with her to the bathroom. She couldn't wear much to sleep during the summer months, the temperature was far too high, even at night, for a snow leopard like her to endure. She untied her small black shorts and dropped them, along with her plain pink panties, to the floor before reaching over to turn on the shower. She quickly pulled her arm back from the cold spray and waited for the water to warm, glancing at the small body length mirror she had propped against the wall. She wasn't uncomfortable with her body. She thought she was pretty, but nothing terribly special. She was about 5'9, with very light blonde hair hanging almost half-way down her back, she'd have to get that trimmed soon, and bangs dangling just past her bright blue eyes. Her white furred body was covered in black rosettes except for her front, from her neck down to the insides of her thighs. The black and gray pattern encroached a little into that snow white fur but was so faded that it was barely noticeable. She was quite slim, her chest a pert B-cup with small pink nipples capping each breast and a tight round butt, which she thought was her best feature. Just above her rear was a thick fluffy tail long enough to reach her ears if she stretched it that far and because of that she generally had to keep it lifted a little as she walked so it wouldn't brush the ground. She smiled a little at herself and turned to pushed a paw into the shower to test the temperature, adjusting it a bit she then stepped inside and closed the door, letting the water wash the last of her drowsiness away.

Having showered and dressed in a pair of plain jean shorts and a dark blue Adidas t-shirt Dawn was now frantically running around her apartment gathering her books, keys, headphones and her bag to put it all into. All while brushing her teeth. It was gonna be one of those days... She glanced at the clock on the wall and growled, washing out her mouth and running for the door, grabbing her sunglasses as she did. She locked the door and turned for the elevator, someone was kind enough to hold the door for her as they saw her jog over. She just might make it to class on time, she smiled and put on her white lens sunglasses and headed for school.

Five hours later and two classes of droning professors, every Thursday it was the same. And now it was time for lunch before her biology lab period. She met up with Merik and company at the lounge area, carrying her fresh slice of pizza. James, a big Rottweiler, waved from one of the chairs as she walked over, forcing herself into the space between him and Merik earning a groan from both of them. James always the first to complain, "Damnit Dawn why do you insist on doing that?" Merik mumbled in agreement but was smiling anyways, the gray chinchilla was smaller than her and always exuded that feeling of calm that she envied so much. She had known them both since starting high school, having gone through that awkward time period when everyone has no clue what their hormones are saying. They had all crushed on each other at one point or another, except James on Merik, I don't bat for both teams man. That was the first time either her or the chinchilla had heard the phrase and it was very funny at the time. They had all gotten over each other's bullshit too, so the comfort level amongst their terrible trio was pretty high.

"Cause i'm so tiny and cute that I know neither of you mind much." She replied to James' complaint and settled in more comfortably, trying to keep her elbows to herself as she ate.

James snorted and smiled, "Keep eating food from the café downstairs and you won't be tiny for long." She stuck her tongue out at him before continuing to nom at her pizza quietly. She waved at Cherri, a red fox with only three black sock markings, her left hand was oddly absent of it. Cherri was sitting on a couch just across from them with Siv, a sooty falcon, who was at the other end of said couch. Cherri waved back but Siv never noticed, too busy with his own biology work. He was in the same lab as her after lunch and she'd brought him into the fold in first year. This was their little group, minus Jade and Katie, who probably weren't out of class yet. All seven of them had gotten lucky, having classes that aligned pretty well to allow them all to hang out together just after noon. This particular lunch was being dominated by the soccer game on the big screen behind Cherri, who had no real interest in the sport. James and Merik on the other hand were pretty well entranced, James occasionally barking out a complaint or cheer. Dawn finished her pizza and leaned back against the couch to watch the game with everyone else.

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Dawn stood and stretched, grabbing her bag and trying not to bump either of her friends as she hopped over a bag to stand beside Siv. "Hey, we gotta get going, class starts in ten." Siv nodded and finished scribbling out a note to himself on the side of his page, packing up his books and grabbing his bag a moment later. "Yeah let's go." He rolled his shoulders and led the way out of the crowd that had gathered for the end of the game, Dawn trailing behind him. She jogged a little to catch up and walk beside him after they left the lounge. He was going quick, she could barely keep up with his long strides, the falcon was almost six and a half feet tall and it always made her feel small, which didn't usually happen. "Hey slow down Siv, you're killing me." He did slow down and even made fun of her for a moment by shuffling in tiny steps. "Haha, you're funny." She said sarcastically, Siv chuckled but still didn't say anything. The clacking of his talons audible over the general murmur of the people in the hall as they walked in silence to class.

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Dawn desperately tried to catch her breath, her ears ringing as she propped herself up, coughing and gasping for air. She couldn't hear a damn thing as the high pitched noise continued. She looked around, seeing other people in pretty much the same situation. Some were stumbling towards the door, others were still laying down stunned as she pushed herself to her feet. Coughing ensued as she found her head enveloped in a thick semi -transparent cloud, each cough not helping her much as she inhaled more of the smoke after every cough. She tripped over a stool as she made her way to the door, almost falling but managing to catch herself on the corner of a desk. A sharp pain flashed up her arm, originating from her paw and she pushed herself through the doorway into the hall where the smoke was quickly dispersing out into the air. She coughed some more and propped herself up against the wall, a dozen of her lab mates doing similar things as only a few more came out of the room. Siv was one of the last to come out, helping to support a girl who looked like she had sprained or twisted her ankle. With her hearing coming back, she found less high pitched ringing and more of a screeching as the sound of alarms going off blared in her ears. "What the fuck happened?" She mumbled to herself and coughed again.

She went to rub her stinging ears when the pain in her left paw went off again. She brought the offending limb around and found a few small shards of glass were embedded into her palm and two fingers. The largest of the shards seemed to be where all the pain going up her arm was coming from and she gingerly pulled it out with her claws. The momentary flash of pain as it slid out was followed by relief that she still seemed to be able to move all of her fingers, so no lasting damage had been done. She left the rest of the little shards in as she stood. The on campus security guys and a few teachers were ushering the students out of the hall and into one of the unused computer suites around the corner and down the hall, away from the room. She shuffled in behind the other students and dropped herself into one of the chairs, picking glass out of her paw gently. She felt a weight on her shoulder and looked over to see Siv standing beside her, "You alright there spots?" In his usual off-English cadence. She didn't like it when he called her that, but she couldn't find it in herself to say anything right then.

She smiled grimly and showed her bloody paw to him, "I think I'm okay..." Tears formed in her eyes and she looked away, taking a deep breath, hearing him sit down in the chair next to hers. She looked down at her paws in her lap. "What the fuck happened? That WAS an explosion right?" Siv nodded and took her bloody paw, very carefully pulling a tiny sliver of glass she had missed. "Thanks..." She mumbled and looked around the room at everyone else, most of the girls were crying, some of the guys too. A couple were still stunned but it looked like almost everyone had gotten over their initial shock as the firefighters tramped down the hall in their gear. "What the fuck happened..." She asked herself quietly.

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The firefighters couldn't tell what had caused it for sure without further investigation, but what everyone was told, was that there had been a gas leak in one of the adjacent rooms. The gas had leaked through into their room in minute amounts and when someone turned on their burner near that particular wall, it had ignited. Thankfully the gas had partially been vented out by the shafts in each room but it hadn't dissipated it entirely, obviously. One poor wolf had gotten pretty burned, and two others had concussions, but everyone else had escaped with minor injuries. The local paper covered it the next day and said it was a miracle no one was killed. Everyone was sent home or to the hospital from her class. Dawn needed stitches and she hated hospitals, so that had been a real bummer but three hours later she was home again. She had started to feel a little dizzy in the last thirty minutes on the bus home, and it hadn't really gone away, but she attributed it to the stress of the day. She sat herself down on her bed and just barely managed to set her alarm before passing out fully clothed.

Dawns sleep was far from restful, she was panting from overheating, and taking her shirt off while half-conscious hadn't helped. Her whole body felt like it was being cooked and she wondered in one of her more awake moments if she had caught some incredibly nasty flu at the hospital.

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Dawn whimpered and curled into a ball, her tail curling around herself and over her face, ears folded down. Her head was absolutely pounding, the most skull splitting headache she had ever experienced happening right then. And on top of that, she still felt like she was overheating, though not as bad as last night. She laid like this for another five minutes before...

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The snow leopard growled angrily, completely ignoring her headache a moment and hitting the button to turn off her alarm for good. She promptly collapsed on the bed again groaning quietly. School could wait, there's no way she'd even make it to class like this. The headache slowly started to subside after about twenty minutes, still going strong, but not as bad as it was. She got herself a glass of water and a granola bar to munch on while she laid down again. "I wonder if I got a concussion, that would make sense..." As the headache continued to fade, she felt her body heat up once more, she whimpered again and let herself fall asleep for a second time. She mumbled to herself quietly, "At least tomorrow is the weekend."

And what a weekend it would be...