Chapter one: Welcome to Treehut
The mayor solemnly stood behind the counter, waiting for his next order to be placed. The line looked to be about 4 long from his stance, but as the orders had been filled, the line decreased in size as well. He heard someone ask another what time it was, and looked down at his watch.
He flipped from his bell screen, to his alarm screen, to his private mayoral screen, listing public work project reuests, and finally, to the most simple page of all, the clock screen."1:26" he said in a raised tone, in order to talk over the range of voices that filled the small coffee shop. He would soon go out into his town again, after his shift. He might go swimming, or fishing, or bug catching, or collecting. He didn't exactly know what to do, but he knew he couldn't just stand around like a fool all day. He suddenly heard a buzz in his pocket, and reached down to get the source of the vibrations out of his pocket. The glossy new iBell 4 showed on its screen the following message:
New text from Mitzi.
He swiped his hand across the screen and began to type with his round, finger like hands. Not exactly human, the absence of fingers being the main difference, yet he had gotten used to it after entering the realm a few months ago. Strangely, he and all of his other animal neighbors could hold things, tap or slide small objects, and could also open closets, cook food, fish, and many other things you might do with your fingers in the mortal realm. The following message was sent from the iBell in the mayor's hands:
Matthew: Be out in about 4 minutes, my shift ends at 1:30. Ill meet you at the ore rock by the river, the one just above the plaza and to the left of Soleil's house. It is technically part of her yard, but since shes out of town, she told me I could go there with any guests I pleased, just as long as they didn't trash the place. If you need directions, ask Isabelle. She should know where in the town it is.
He put the iBell into sleep mode, and resumed making coffee. He was making a Blue Mountain blend with 2 spoonfuls of sugar and the normal amount of milk. He than poured the blend into a takeout cop, capped it, and handed it to the blue cat, with white curl designs staining his face, a nice accent to his black and white BB shirt. He knew this cat would be moving in today, and the mayor hoped to become batter friends with the strange, yet cool looking cat. His town had become quite populated with cats. When he had entered the realm, the town had 5 residents, 2 of which were cats. Now up to 10 residents, his town had 3 cats. Mitzi, Bob, and the newest member, Moe. 2/5 to 3/10 would be equal if the town had 4 residents, instead of three. Infact, now that the mayor was thinking about it, the town wasn't completely overrun by cats, cats were just the main group of animals in the town. Snapping out of his thoughts, he handed the coffee over to Moe.
"Thank you kind... Wait, aren't you the mayor?" The cat cut himself off out of curiosity said.
"I am indeed. I work here during the 1 to 1:30 shift, and I should be getting off soon. I am going for a meet-up with one of our other neighbors, would you like to come? Mitzi is very kind, and wouldn't mind another friendly face in this town, especially one with the same colors as her!" The mayor responded cheerfully.
The cat smiled and accepted the invitation. He wanted to make friends with the animals in this new town, unlike his old town of Cabbage-utopia (I'm sorry if someone has a town name similar to this one) where the residents saw him as an outcast ,or outCAT as he was nicknamed. The worst one of them all was the Anchor-Mayor named Matt, a similar name to the Anchor-Mayor of his new town. The town was poorly kept, the Anchor-Mayor, or AM for short, focused more on wealth than on the well being of his slice of the realm, and its inhabitants. There were no public work projects in the town, not even fair lighting, no plant life at all in the town, and the AM was caught in all sorts of scandals, time traveling, cloning, hacking, and more recently, kidnapping, or actually, half kidnapping. Poor Moe himself had been he victim of this cruel event, he was thrown into a train to nowhere with a gag and a rope tied around his hands. He awoke to find a few animals caring to him, still on the same train as before. There was a blue cat, named Rover, helping the small and significantly frightened Moe a new place to live. The cat asked all sorts of questions such as, what his name was, his birthday, what town he wanted to go to. He answered all honestly, then watched as the animal walked away into the cabin for the higher ranked. He came back, a green ticket in his hand and handed it to Moe. He was instantly blinded by a flash of light and saw that the setting had changed. He was now on a lime-green train, with several other animals. He sat down next to an orange squirrel who went by the name of Soleil. They exchanged stories, and Soleil realized Moe was heading to the same town as she was leaving from to go visit her parents. Soleil told of the wonderful town she lived in, with its lush bushes, beautiful flowers, balanced rivers, and of how well organized the town was. The train had arrived at its destination, and Soleil was let off. The train continued on to the northern town of Treehut, his new home.