.::leopard::. stalking the >halls< {|open|}

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Mel walked into the gymnasium hoping no one was inside. She peered around but no one appeared to be there. She walked in, moving to the center circle. Taking a deep breath, she concentrated. In only a split second she had descended to four paws and was now closer to the floor. She always came in the gym at least three times a week to practice her animal skills.

Running, she gathered upher muscles and pounced, getting to the third to top level on the bleachers, scrambling to not fall down the rest. Most people didn't believe that Mel could be a leopard, they thought she was to small and fragile and that a leopard had too much ferocity. She gained her balance quickly and immediately bunched up her muscles to jump at the basketball hoop hanging in front of her. Her paws instinctively wrapped around the base and she used all of her strength to not tear it up. She plopped down onto the floor and ran to the opposite side of the gym, bouncing off the wall and running to the other, bouncing off and she kept going and going until she stopped to pant. Sinking to the ground, she curled her tial around her shoulders and struggled to get her breath back. While she lay there she prayed that no one would walk into the gym.