Murder

"What are you?" I ask, still sitting on the floor.

The floating blue tiger floats around me for the fifteenth time.

"I'll tell you if you remain calm, otherwise..." I cut it short in its tracks.

"You can talk?!" I ask or yell...

It looks at me with a skeptical look, like I had just insulted it or something.

"of course I can, does it look like I'm a mute stuffed doll or something?" It says, huffing.

"wait, so you're not a ghost?" I ask, looking confused.

It huffs a laugh, "no, I'm not a ghost silly; I'm your spirit animal guide." It says.

"spirit what?" I ask, jumping to my feet.

It moves back, "I'm your guardian, didn't you know?" It asks me like I was expected to know everything that was going on.

"what do you mean by I was supposed to know?" I ask.

"At this age, every blueblood is assigned one. It could be a dolphin or a cat... depends on your character." It says, sounding like one of my lecture's all over again.