It all happend in a flash; her life as a pampered and beloved house cat just suddenly fell apart. It all started when her owner, a pretty young lady, abandoned her on the cold streets in late March. The lady realize her cat was pregnant with a litter of kittens, and no longer wanted to deal with her. Now homeless, on the streets, and about to become a first time mother, Wonton was in helplessly desperate situation. The black burmese cat naturally tried to find a new owner, but once they noticed her swolen stomach, they shooed her off. Humans didn't want to deal with a pregnant cat. Eventually Wonton was forced to adapt to life on the streets. Resulting in swiping food from humans and rummaging through trashcans. Along the way she meet several other cats who wanted nothing but to cause trouble. Being large and easily exhausted, Wonton was forced to strike swiftly and precisely ending things quick. That isn't to say she didn't pick up a few scratches here and there. After about nine weeks, Wonton went into labor in May, and gave birth to three kittens in a knocked over trashcan. She didn't expect the pain to be so severe, but one glance at the kittens she had fought for made her feel like the past two months of her life feel like they actually ment something. Her life wasn't a waste, as she now had a family to look after.

Eight months later Wonton was still living off the streets. She managed to find a hole under an old apartment building, big enough to fit her and her kits. She had two toms and a female. The oldest had a black and white fur coat with a bob-tail, who she named Tama. Next was the girl who had a white coat with black tipped ear and tail, named Mei. And finally her youngest, Hong, a little white cat with a brown streak on the right side of his face, and brown paws. The three would usually stick to their home in the alley and never stray to far, especially when Wonton was searching for food. But kittens being kittens, they sometimes disobeyed their mother and went exploring. This is how yet another changing point in her life would be initiated.

The morning was cold and the skies were gray. Begrudgingly, Wonton forced herself to wake up and leave the comfort and slight warmth of her home. The originally empty hole was now full of rags, slippers, socks, and other various items Wonton could find to make it more comfortable. Looking over at her still sleeping kits, the burmese gave each one a quick lick on the head before heading out. The first thing she noticed was that the wind was sharp and peirced her pelt. Only when Wonton saw the white crystals floating in the sky did she realise that winter had arrived.

Rushing back in Wonton hurriedly nudged her kittens awake. "Tama! Hong! Huànxîng, aru. You too Mei!" One by one, each kit steadily risen as their mother danced around them.

"Nan desu ka?" Tama yawned adorably. Wonton licked her son's face to wake him up, then nudged all three to the exit.

"I have a surprise for you three outside." She smiled happily.

Mei was the first to notice the strange white fluff falling on the ground. Out of fear and confusion, she ran behind her mother yelling, "Mama, the sky is falling!". Wonton rubbed her cheek with hers to sooth her daughter's worries.

"It's okay, qin ai de." The grown cat said as she exited their home to stand in front of them outside. "It is only snow, aru."

Hong was the first to follow, his blank face shifting slightly in discomfort of the cold, wet powder. Mei followed after her brother, bouncing into the new wonder and preceded to tackle Hong into the cold snow, much to his dismay. Tama, however, still sat inside, nervously shifting his paws.

"Come zhangzi, join your siblings, aru." Wonton smiled at her oldest son. Tama gingerly took a step forward to test the white power, but retreated when the chill hit his paw. His mother rolled her eyes and strided over to the Japanese bobtail. Shoving her son out of his comfort zone, the tom-cat fell into a heap of snow and shot straight up and tried to run back in, but was stopped when Wonton blocked his path.

"Sorry, aru. But you have to get used to the cold if you are to survive winter." She told her son.

"Onegai shimasu, Okaa-sama!" Tama begged. But sure I'll she shook her head and pushed him further into the alley. She watched as her three children began to play together in their first snow. They played chase and tussled, although it was mostly Mei doing the tussling. For whatever reason, her two sons weren't as spirited as their mother and sister. Before the sun, which was peaking through the clouds, even reached high sun, her kittens came to her grumbling for food. Now at this time they had stopped drinking her milk so Wonton had to find them food herself. Leading them back into their den of sorts, Wonton left to go procure some food for their hungry mouths.

With their mother gone, and her brothers being party poopers, Mei became restless and was itching to leave the enclosed walls of the hole. That's when she came up with an idea.

"Tama! Hong!" She called her brothers' attention. The other two kittens, who had been sleeping in the corner, turned to look at their sister.

"Nani?" Tama grumbled. "We were asleep." Mei rolled her eyes and pranced over to them.

"Let's go explore the winter!" She mewed cheerfully, jumping on top of her brothers.

"We already saw the winter." Hong growled and shoved her off.

"No, we only saw the alley! I want to go to the park!" She whined. She pulled on Hong's ear to try to get up. She succeeded only to have him pounce on her instead. Creating a play fight between the two.

Tama got up and separated his younger siblings. "Okaa-sama says we cannot leave the alley when she is gone." Tama reminded his sister.

"We won't go far. The park is only two blocks to the west of here!" Mei reasoned.

Tama shook his head in disapproval. He was about to argue when he was suddenly interrupted by Hong.

"I'm fine with it. I want to get out of this cramped area anyways, don't be such a mama's boy, Tama." The white and brown kit said almost mockingly.

"I'm only showing our mother respect." Tama retorted, twitching his ear.

"Well you can stay here then." Mei decided. "Hong and I will just go to the park without you." And with a flick of her tail, she and Hong left Tama alone in their home. Grumbling to himself, the bobtail reluctantly followed behind them. Claiming that as the oldest, he had to watch out for them.

Mei was right, the park was not far from where their mother expected them to be. The kittens were surprised to see that the winter had spread throughout the streets and wasn't just in their alleyway. The once colorful town was painted white and grey. It was so bland, but enchanting at the same time. The park consisted of an open field with trees, and a small section of strange little buildings where they saw tiny humans play. The once green grass and trees were too turned into a white canvas.

"The winter is large!" Mei exclaimed.

"Why are all the trees bare?" Hong asked rhetorically.

Mei began to prance around and Hong curiously looked around. Tama sat off to the side, a sense of dread pricked his fur. They shouldn't be here.

"Guys we should head back." He called out to them, but they continued to ignore him.

"Guys! We need to-ah!" The two cats stopped and saw that a human had picked up their brother. The tall man held Tama in his arms and tried to stop him from squirming.

"Hey Kiku look, I found a cat!" The tall, brunette man turned to another male human to show him a frightened Tama.

"Why is neko-san alone in winter?" The smaller dark haired man asked his companion. The brunette shrugged and held Tama up higher, making him wiggle more.

"Perhaps we should take him home?" The tall one suggested. "Aristotle could use a new friend."

When his siblings heard this they ran towards the two human men and tried to attack the one holding their brother. However their efforts were fruitless, as the man handed Tama to the one called Kiku, and picked up Mei and Hong.

"These two must be his family." He said stated.

"I wonder where their mother is." Kiku voiced his thoughts. "What will we do Hercules-san?"

Hercules thought for a second. "I guess we should take them all in. They'll die if they are left alone to fend for themselves."

Kiku nodded in agreement. So the two took the kittens and headed for their car. A cry of desperation sounded through the park, but went unnoticed by the human pair. The kittens heard the cry though.

"Kittens!" Wonton cried out as she ran after them.

"Mother!" They screamed back. But the door was closed on them and the car left Wonton behind.

She ran as fast as she could, her heart thundered in her chest. She could not lose the only thing she lived for! Her kits were everything to her. She had gone back to hole with a half eaten fish she stole; but when she got back her kittens were gone. Following their scent trail Wonton ended up in the park, and her kits... were being taken away from her.

She ran after the silver car that held them, dodging people and various objects. She did everything she could to get them back, but the car sped away and left her behind. She sat in the middle of an almost empty street, and cried out her heart.

"Tama! Hong! Mei! Bie likai wo!" Wonton collapsed on the ground and cried to herself.

Her crying was so loud it attracted a quite large, brown cat who had been sleeping on an apartment balcony above her. The cat had seen her chase a car, but was confused as to why she would do that. Looking down, he saw the small black cat laying in the street crying. Curiosity poked at him and caused him to get up. Jumping down, he landed a little ways away, and carefully padded up to her.

"What's wrong?" He asked in a strange accent. Wonton hopped up and got in a defensive pose as the strange cat approached her.

"Calm down, da? I was wondering why you are crying." He said to relax the she-cat.

Wonton still looked suspicious but decided to answer the large cat's question.

"Two humans just kitnapped my kittens, aru." She said solemnly. "I couldn't stop them."

The big cat thought for a second before responding. "You mean Kiku and his mate took you kittens?"

Wonton looked at him in surprise. "How do you know who took my kittens, aru?"

The male licked his paw and rubbed it other his ear before answering, annoying the worried she-cat.

"I recognized the cat bumper sticker. The car belongs to my human's mate's brother's mate, da?" He responded. "I know where he lives, I could take you there if you want." The Tom offered.

"Shì de! I would really appreciate it, aru!" Wonton meowed happily.

The other cat smiled kindly, yet creepily. "My name is Vodka, what's yours?" He inquired.

"Wonton, aru."

Vodka's smile grew larger. "Well then Wonton, we better go get your kittens back, da?"

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Hope y'all enjoyed, I will try to update fast but I probably won't live up to that promise. I used the internet to translate so if something is wrong feel free to correct me.

Chinese

Huànxîng - Wake up

Qin ai de - My dear/beloved

Zhangzi - My (oldest) son

Bie likai wo - Don't leave me

Shì de - Yes

Japanese

Nan desu ka - What is it?

Onegai shimasu - Please (polite)

Okaa-sama - Mother (polite)

Nani - What?

Neko-san - (Mr.) Cat

Russian

Da - Yes