My new story that I created out of scratch. This story is based on my cat, Nutsy. Some parts are real and some are made up. Enjoy!

Chapter 1 New Owners

I was just an ordinary cat that was in a pet shop, just waiting to be bought and brought out of the stench of this place. I was lying down in my cage (I know. It's very disrespectful to put a cat in a cage) when suddenly, in the middle of the night, I heard the ding, ding, ding of the bell as it jangled, signaling that a customer had come. I sat upright and put on my cute face as here was another chance for me to be bought. I saw an elderly man and woman dressed in heavy coats. They had friendly looks on their faces. They went up to the cashier that was sitting there, looking very bored. They talked for a while and I saw the cashier open a drawer and produce a set of keys. That was usually a good sign so I sat up as straight as I could and saw that they were coming in my direction. My heart burst with excitement as the cashier stooped, opened my cage, picked me up, and handed me to the elderly woman. She looked at me closely, as if looking to see if I had any flaws. I didn't complain because 1) the scent of her perfume was drawing me in and 2) if I didn't complain and scratch them, they might buy me and that's exactly what I want: To be bought and brought of this pet shop! When she finished examining me, they talked to the cashier some more, took out what looked to be a wallet and out of it, took a few green colored paper. They stuck me back in the cage, picked up the cage by the handle, and left.

Yes! Finally! The taste of freedom! I thought. I sniffed the air deeply, but my excitement was short-lived. I was once again, shoved in a room that was much smaller than the pet shop. What's this? I thought. This was a new experience for me. I yowled because I wanted to be back outside in the fresh air. Either my new owners chose to ignore me or they just flat out didn't hear me. I may never know. The man put his hands on a circular device and I heard the rrrrrrrrrrrr of something roaring. I braced myself but nothing prepared me for what happened next: The room started to move! I lurched in my cage and immediately felt nauseated. If I knew what I was in for, I would never have been so anxious to be bought.

A few minutes later, I got pulled out of the moving room and back out into the cool night air. I was still a bit dizzy from the trip but I felt much better once I felt the fresh air. It was so quiet in this neighborhood that I was in (I assumed I was in a neighborhood and not in some wilderness where they were gonna dump me or something. I didn't think it was likely though because yes, true, there were some trees around me but there wasn't like a cluster of trees and the people look friendly enough to me). I'm just glad that I'm out of that pet shop because dang! It was hot and very stuffy in there! Also, there were a lot of dogs in there! I was the only cat besides this sickly looking one that doesn't even have half his fur! Anyways, the dogs would always threaten to kill me someday and goodness! They are so annoying! All they do all day everyday is bark and bark and bark! My head rings with the sound everyday! It's a relief that I don't have to hear them any more and I guess their threats to kill me is an empty one because I'm never going to meet them again (hopefully)!

Suddenly, the loud howling of a Black Labrador shatters the still night air.

NO! I think in my head. My perfect night cannot be ruined by a stupid dog! This must be a mistake! Take me away from here! I really do wish that I knew my owners had a dog! Now the dog is gonna kill me and rip me to shreds! What bad luck! This day can't get any worse than this!

But hang on! I smell "cat" in the air! But I guess that doesn't mean anything though. The Labrador could just be nice to those cats because he knows them but not nice to me because he doesn't know me! I gotta run away! But it's freezing out here! Not to mention, I'm still stuck in the stupid cage! Ok. This is good. The woman is opening the latch. Hurry up old lady! I brace myself as she lifts the latch. After what seemed to be hours to me the door to my cage is open and I get ready to run. Before I am able to move a foot from the cage, I see the Labrador pounce towards me, it's black fur making for good camouflage in the moonless night. I hiss as he bounds in my direction. Uh-oh. I'm a dead cat. I close my eyes, ready for the sharp teeth to rip through my flesh. But instead, I hear the steady pant, pant of his breathing and something warm running across my fur. It was his tongue.

"I'm not going to hurt you," says the Black Lab. "My name is Rooster. What's yours?"

"It's Nutsy," I reply back as I felt much better that the big bulky dog was not going to hurt me.

"Well hi Nutsy. This may sound strange to you from where you're from, but I love cats. My owners have lots of cats and we get along pretty well too. All except the wretched Big Kitty. Wish he were never born. A big bully he is. It would do you good to steer clear of him! He's not a joking matter."

"Hey Rooster! Stop messing with the new cat and get in here!" the man yells from all the way across the lawn.

"Well, see ya!" and he bounds away.

Maybe I'll get along with him pretty well, but I'm still concerned about him though. I'll probably run away tomorrow anyways for safety measures…