I was born like anyone else in my town-to a loving mother. Despite being an only child, I've always found ways to entertain myself by playing with the other children. Some of them were anthros like me but others were normal humans. I never actually though twice about how different we were because in our town, the humans didn't mind us and we didn't mind them. Let's talk about where I grew up for a bit. My mom raised me in a little shack, basically. We lived on the outskirts because my father had left us shortly after I was born. They weren't planning on having children because they weren't married. They were dating and lived together, with dad being the breadwinner. He left us to our own devices. My mom didn't let that stop her, though. She set off to get a job. It was hard finding somewhere that she could work and take care of me, so she settled with getting a job at a nearby daycare. After a few years, we moved into a real house. There was two bedrooms and one bathroom with a small living room and even tinier kitchen, but that was the best I'd ever had. I grew up there. After about a year of living at the house, I was four and ready to go to school. I was reluctant at first but I found good friends while attending. Some of the kids I befriended in preschool are still very close to me. Over the years, I guess I got popular. Some people still made fun of me for being an anthro-as even in our little town, there was still discrimination-but others liked me for it. Most the school didn't really care. In middle school, I took it on myself to protect kids from bullying. Unfortunately, I couldn't help many of them, but I did my best. I was also a shoulder to cry on and ears to listen. If someone needed advice, I would open my mouth and help them as best as I could. I played football so I was fairly influential. Going to high school, I carried on in all my ways and became star quarterback. A lot of the shier kids that needed help were scared to talk to me now. To remedy it, I tried to talk to the nerds and loners to see what they were like. I found that I liked them more than the jocks. I'm still friends with the football players for the sake of the team, but I tend to hang out more with other pals. Sometimes I'm one of the only pals somebody has. Most the time, I can introduce them to someone that they end up getting along with fairly well. I'd like to say I'm pretty sociable and hopefully helpful. Sometimes I just mess thing up further by "helping", but I learn from my mistakes and keep on going. Now I'm seventeen and a junior in high school. My life is pretty good, and I sure hope I make my mama proud.