Goddamn... This is a CATastrophe

"Hoh..." I let out a cold puff of breathe as I made my way up the mountain, today was December 23, and I decided to take a hike outside to calm my mind. "It's pretty breezy today."

I stood still on top of the mountain, watching the magnificent view offered by the elevation I was on. "So pretty..." I muttered softly as the wind started getting stronger.

"Huh?" I let out an audible gasp as I felt that the wind was abnormally strong. "What's wrong?" I asked myself as I stared at the sky, finding that it was getting dark all of a sudden.

And a few seconds later, it started to rain. "Ah, why today of all days?" I sighed with exasperation as I took shelter beneath the only tree at the top of the mountain I was on. "Today was supposed to be happy."

The started to get stronger with the billows of wind as I took out my phone and checked. "Hahhh... there was no weather forecast about a sudden storm in this area, so why?"

The rain was getting worse, and so was the wind. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled. It was dangerous to be on the mountain at a time like this, but I cannot leave because of the wind.

Fortunately for me, the tree I was hiding behind was tall and sturdy. Its trunk was wide enough for me to hide away from the wind pushing me to the ride of the cliff. "Fortunately."

But also, unfortunately for me, I am also very unlucky. If that makes sense. The number of lightning strikes suddenly started to increase in number and for a brief moment, I saw it.

Somehow, I don't know how, I saw a S.P.R.I.T.E lightning strike down towards me. I felt my perspective of time slow down as red lightning struck down the tree I was hiding behind.

Electricity coursed through my veins as felt my skin fry by the mere heat the lightning brought. My brain was getting fried from the electricity and my limbs were convulsing.

Sprites or red sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky.

The problem is that they occur above the clouds and are usually covered, that is what makes them rare. But for one to strike me down... I don't know if whether I should call myself extremely lucky to see, and even experience such rare phenomenon.

Or call myself unlucky to be die and not live to tell the tale. 'This hiking trip I was supposed to take was to relieve myself of all the problems in the world, but it seems that those problems chased me here...'

I spoke my last words in my thoughts as my consciousness faded out. I felt my soul leave my body drifting aimlessly among the void, it wasn't a good feeling vividly speaking.

It was an empty void where my senses did not work, at least until I started to hear the sound of dripping water hitting the hard ground. "I'm... still alive?" I wasn't sure if this was mere illusion.

I felt a strange yet seemingly familiar energy course through my body, it felt warm, yet so cold. Oh, the irony of what I said. It was a very strange experience. I felt strong and vitalized.

My body felt odd, it was as if my limbs were rearranged, but were also familiar to move in. I felt that I had a fifth limb... wait, fifth limb? I opened my eyes to be met with a streets of night.

It was a foreign, yet familiar place. "Where exactly am I?" I asked myself in confusion as I swayed from left to right trying to stand up properly. "Why am I on my fours?" I asked in a dazed manner.

I was so disoriented right now, I felt like my mind was collapsing form all the things I was hearing. I covered them with my hands as I looked at the puddle of water where water fell drip by drip.

I was in the body of a cat. A 'Turkish Angora' with black and white fur to be exact. "What the f*ck is going on?" I cursed as I grasped my ears harder, as the puddle reflected a scrunched-up face of a cat.

My mind was going overdrive to understand and realize the situation that I was in right now, and my steps were leading me backward, until I hit my back with a wall.

What made me freak out wasn't that I was in the body of a gorgeous cat, no, it was because I had a black transparent window accented with white displaying the words, "Welcome to the game, Vera Estelle." right in front of me.

Calm down, yes, calm down. As an avid reader of manga, manhwa, and manhua, I should be able to tell what I am to do in this situation. Apparently, I have transmigrated as a cat, and have a system.

And I did I thought what I was supposed to do. "Proceed?" I spoke as the words displayed on the window changed. "As beginner bonus, you will be granted to awaken with three chosen attributes and a technique along with the attributes."

"The attributes you are able to pick from are water, wind, fire, earth, ice, storm, gravity, light, and shadow. Please pick three from the attributes displayed." The system prompted.

"Hm..." I hummed as I observed the attributes displayed. "The first four seemed to be the basic attributes, while the latter five are the advance forms of the basic, even combinations."

My eyes were drawn to the 'storm' attribute, it seemed to be the combination of two advanced forms of wind and fire. Following from the manga and manhwa I have read.

"The advance of wind should be 'typhoon' while the advance of fire was 'lightning'. Combining those two would result to the 'storm' attribute, huh." I concluded. "It should be powerful."

I moved my eyes away from the storm attribute as I looked at the others. "What should be the next useful attribute?" I asked myself, unsure to what I should pick next.

"Gravity would be nice. I mean, if I were to train it to the extreme, I should be able to make a localized blackhole." I grasped my chin and fondled with the fur on it. "But it would take so much time to do so."

"Ice? I mean, if paired with my 'storm' attribute, the damage would be catastrophic. Freezing solid and then broken to pieces by wind and lightning. That would be a great combo."

"For light, it would give me many advantages except for being flashy and much, and I think it would be focused on healing injuries anyways. Good, but not much great of a choice to pair with the storm attribute."

"As for shadow, attribute... it would give me extra stealth, speed, and bonus damage if paired with storm attribute. It would be a great combo if also paired with light, healing plus damage build huh?"

I extended my right paw forward and picked all three attributes. Instantly, I felt a change in my body; I felt much, much stronger, and faster than before, I felt like I could fell a tree in one slash of a claw.

Shadows erupted from the ground as red and white lightning sparked around my body, accompanied with blitzing wind shredding the ground to where I stood, scattering debris.

And as quickly as it came, it disappeared. "Hori Shet, I gotta get out of here, what if I get exposed and get captured and placed into a laboratory to get dissected?" I shivered.

With my new found speed and power, I sprinted with my all to get away from the site were my power just erupted. After getting at an approximately safe distance from the site, I relaxed.

I found a bush to hide in, and so I did. Call me a coward if you will, but my safety should be the priority if I want to survive in this foreign environment. "Anyways, it's about time I check my status."

"Menu?" I asked the air. No response, apparently, it doesn't work that way.

"Statistics? (UYA)"

"Open? (close)"

"Hello? (bye)"

"Options? (none)"

"Status? (dead)"

I sigh in exasperation as I didn't even know what I was doing at this point. "Okay, one last try. Apparatus?" I spoke as another set of screens appeared in front of me.

<< Name: Unnamed (Vera Estelle) | Gender: Female | LVL: 1 | Titles: Untitled | HP: 125 | SP: 125 | FP: 15,850 >>

<< STR: 6 | SPD: 8 | SNS: 20 | DEX: 15 | VIT: 5 | INT: 634 >>

<< Skills: {Harmony: Max}, the skill harmony is a technique that enables the user to fuse two or more abilities with each other. It could also be considered a force control technique.

[Lightning Increase: 1], lightning increase is a skill which utilizes lightning as both weapon and shield against enemies. It enables a x2 'strength', x2 'dexterity', and x2 'speed' when used.

[Wind Armament: 1], wind armament has a wide variety of uses, but it could be mainly used as attack against opponents, also enables x2 strength, dexterity, and speed to the user.

[Shadow cloak: 1], the shadow cloak is a skill the utilizes the shadows. It could be used offensively, and also defensively, and all rounder skill.

[Cloak of light: 1], the cloak of light is a skill that focuses on defence and restorative measures rather than the offensive side, it could be used to heal, and defend, and also attack.

[Bite: 3], your bite damage is multiplied by three when used.

[Slash: 4], your slash damage is multiplied by four when used.

[Jump: 4], your jumping capability is enhanced by four when used.

[Sprint: 5], your running ability is enhanced by five when used.

[Cat Language: 5], you are able to communicate with the cats in their language quite smooth and easily. No matter what type of communication you use, may it be meowing or even barking, the cats will understand you. Cats may naturally fawn over you. >>

<< Current Stat/skill points: 10 >>

"Woah..." I exclaimed as my eyes hovered all over the statistics displayed on the transparent windows. "I think my stats are pretty decent. If you could consider that they are. Actually, I think they're amazing."

"Hey, system. If you would compare a stat point to average human capability, how much is one worth." I asked the transparent window. "One stat point would be equal to one average human capability."

Yep. My stats are decent alright. "So at least if I were to fight some random street dog I wouldn't die." I spoke with relief, only for my stomach to growl a few seconds later. "Hahhh... Let me rest."

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