part 1 before the paw print

chapter 1 the ones who see what others miss

Hi my name is red panda. No that's not my real name but that's a story for later. The story I'm about to tell is about the work I created

But first to explain it all I should probably start at the beginning right. So here we go we are going back to 15 year old me who loved books and history growing up. However school was difficult I only had one friend who you will hear later. She's amazing and called yelena. Also I struggled with anxiety and panic attacks and getting overwhelmed in fact still do but I'm older now I learnt how to deal with it.

I'd sit there in class somedays saying nothing with shaking hands or a bouncing leg just trying to get through a lesson but all I can feel is one person being happy and someone else being angry and another disappointed. Then the corridors where there was so many different emotions. Many a time you might have seen me walking with tears in my eyes

Nobody noticed bar one teacher who was called ms parsnip I know weird name. Anyway what didn't help is I was able to feel everyones emotions and if you've ever been in a school full of teenagers you know there's a lot. I thought about quitting and leaving school but as soon as ms parsnip noticed she started to create a safe place for me in her office to just be me away from everyone. I remember when she first noticed I had just been moved into her class cause my old teacher was rude and didn't like the fact I didn't talk often and sometimes I had days I would just sit there and do nothing. But about a week after I started having her she started noticing and it started with little are you ok or do you need a minute outside to sitting in her office when things got to much. It was nice to have a break from the emotions cause if someone had a negative emotion I felt a pull to help fix it.

I loved learning so i would have felt terrible about quitting school but I genuinely didn't believe I could deal with all these emotions every day

Her office continued being my safe space for the rest of year and I spent many a time talking with her sometimes with random facts about the fact that if a red panda feels threatened and can't run away it will stand on two legs to look scarier. And I learnt more about her. I cried when I left because she had such a big impact. I mean as I'm writing this I have a picture of her on my desk

When I eventually made it out of school at 16 I realised that people didn't have a place to go when they felt overwhelmed and I didn't think that was right. But I felt powerless to do anything about it because I was just one person plus my friend yelena

I had about a month at home being rested when the battle of new york happend and I could feel all the emotions after the battle tony stark, Bruce banner, Steve Rogers and Peter parker yeah I know their names don't ask why. All went home leaving carnage on the streets with distraught people who had lost family members and kids who couldn't find their parents so I stayed behind to help everyone. That's when I thought maybe there should be a safe space for people to go to

I know this part was short but I want to set up the story