Hi there ! :D
This fic occurred to me out of nowhere, I honestly would not do it because I lacked content and even wrote a draft just in case. When the series of The Adventures of Puss in Boots came out ... the ideas came to me to develop the story thanks to the character that comes out there, Dulcinea. I know she's not bad but I didn't like her because I knew Puss would like her xD. This fic I hope you enjoy it and forgive me if I have errors in this translation, I tried to do the best I could.
Chapter I
Puss was doing the round in the afternoon at the palace. The King was on business trip and a squadron remained in place to look after five daughters who had his King.
He belonged to the Royal Guard, is practically belonged in the elite, was the top-rated and had well considered especially his boss. His life was also quiet, affluent, had benefits belong to that guard but not this was a good candidate for one of those princesses who could not take her head, she was Dulcinea, a beautiful white cat with big blue eyes, she walking was like a dancer and also had a charm that made him distracted from time to time...
Unfortunately he could not offer her anything despite having a good job, he had no power, no influence, neither hectares of land, or good bloodline, name ... nothing that looked rich families.
Not for this he avoided seeing her, Dulcinea had no idea about his feelings but always looked for him and spent time with him. In fact now he met her coming out of their daily classes.
- Good afternoon Miss Dulcinea! - He greeted bowing and she paid little attention.
- Oh, good afternoon - she replied.
- How were the classes? - he asked.
- Well, normal I guess - she answered - You know ... I need to ask you a favor, I know you will – she added very sure of herself.
- Tell me – Puss said.
- I heard lightly a plan that has my father thanks to one of my sisters ... I need you to find out what it's all about- she told.
He never denied her a favor.
- Of course, just have news I'll let you know - he said - Need anything else?
- No nothing, I must go - she said going away quickly from there.
The other thing that happened is that always she asked him favors or sent him to do something, anyways, she was looking for him for her convenience but he cared little, one because he loved her and two because it was his job to obey any request from her. Puss did not notice that Dulcinea was taking advantage of him.
This didn't mean that he fell asleep on his laurels, since every time he had a free day he went out with his workmates and always ended up dating other girls in the bars, it was his way of relaxing, he is single and certain way he is free.
- Uf those princesses stuff me - said his best friend Joey, a golden cat - I mean, I know it's our duty but sometimes I feel despised by them and we are part of the Royal Guard, I do not want to imagine the poor servants.
- Yes, that's true, but what's more, we have to put up whit it and is a good pay. Besides, it is not long before they are old enough to marry and leave - said another colleague.
- What is all that? - Puss asked interested.
- One of them will stay in this palace, I don't know what are the conditions will be and who will be chosen, according to what our King said he is planning something to be fair to all - he explained.
Wow, that had been easy to know about that and would report Dulcinea later.
- Although the rest will not be left behind, the King has palace smaller than this one. Something will do to make one of them stay with the biggest "prize" - he added.
- What nonsense that will make more rivalries among them - Joey said.
- That's true, but you know how they are with that to maintaining good blood line - Puss said a little sad his chance to declare Dulcinea were null
- That concerns us little - said his partner - Ah, tomorrow we have a meeting in the morning.
- I've got a night watch today, I don't know how I'll wake up tomorrow - Puss complained.
- Don't worry, I'll be your alarm - said Joey in evil tone.
- No thanks, your ways to wake people ... are exaggerated - said the orange cat, once he woke him up with a bucket of cold water, it was not pleasant ... - Well I have to go, bye.
His friends said goodbye to him and Puss went straight to the palace to begin his guard.
How bad this whole thing about royalty, he was disheartened because he had no chance or anything, with all those silly laws and rules they had. Not to mention that he didn't know if Dulcinea had feelings for him, it was another point he had to consider...
The positive part of doing night guards is that they were quiet, nothing was happening and being all sleeping was better still, no one would bother you, just was going to wander through different floors of the palace. At that moment he was passing through the corridors of the princess' rooms and every time he passed through Dulcinea's room he became nervous...
- Pss- He felt himself being called behind him. He turned, it was neither more nor less than Dulcinea.
- Good evening - He said..
- Yes ... Hello - she said - How did it go?
In short, some of you will stay with this palace, the rest will decide that other palaces will stay, your father plans something about how to choose who will stay here - he said
- Great ...- she complained - Anything else?
- Nothing else, I found out the most, I have not had much free time - He replied.
Suddenly she kissed him on the cheek - I hope to have more information later - She hinted.
- Of course ... as ordered - he said a little stunned.
- Good, I know that it will - Dulcinea said – Go back to work - She ordered.
In silence he bowed and continued his guard. Dulcinea returned to her room, closed the door cautiously and smiled. She only used Puss, she was not afraid to manipulate him to get what she wanted and so he didn't "get bored" sometimes flirted him.
In the morning Puss woke up very sleepy, he was tired and going to the meeting didn't help much. The meeting consisted that same morning would have to escort the whole royal family to another citadel where they had a party.
That was where he was now, arranging everything to go, royalty had that bad habit of warning everything so above, couldn't even take a nap before leaving. His friend Joey was not fit either, he went party last night.
The servants were preparing the last details of the carriages, there were four, the first was the King plus his advisers and bodyguards, the second were the princesses, the third were servants close to them who cared about the welfare and needs, the fourth carriage went what were the gifts and the feast that they would bring.
As for the Royal Guards, they were not allowed to go on horses or in a carriage; they had to walk to the sides and at the end of the row of carriages that by the way was the place that took Puss and Joey.
- I hate long journeys, especially when I have a hangover from those - Joey complained.
- At least you were able to get some sleep and have a good time, you didn't have to do the night round - Puss said, overwhelmed.
- It's almost the same, in the end we're both in no condition, I can hardly sleep like a bear - said his friend.
- We should go out at night and know the place ... you know what I mean - said the orange cat, he wanted to distract and surely this ceremony is to introduce the princesses to potential candidates, he didn't want to see that.
- Yes, it's true ... Let's hope we can take a nap at least - said the golden cat -Our duty at this moment is that we arrive safely there; it is very likely that some of us will be released.
Suddenly one of the horses that pulled the first carriage frightened the rest and frightened the second after a thick smoke leaving a real mess between the horses and the cries of princesses and servants.
Between the dust Puss saw a group of felines that separated by zones, he saw a completely dark figure, he could not see the face because he wore a mask, he could catch a glimpse of a pair of blue eyes and wore a cape, and went to The last cart where the food was.
He ran to be able to stop his intentions but the unknown figure realized his presence and made a maneuver to stay face to face. They maintained a short fight because it disarmed to Puss in two times, he tied the hands to him and continued triumphant with its management.
He felt totally humiliated.
The figure hurried to the trees to climb it, other guards were following the trail. To hurry the step she climbed to the top of the trees, took a couple of fruits and with a somersault down the branches where she attacked them throwing the fruits. With this she gained time to continue to flee.
She ran a long time until she found a tree that had a hole in the trunk, she hid there to rest a little. She removed her hood with her mask. She is Kitty a dark-haired cat with a white spot on her chest and her eyes were blue.
She was breathing heavily and she sighed in relief because they were no longer following her, checking her loot, enough to feed her group. She smiled, it was worth all the work they put together and it was also simple, I hoped the rest of the team did just as well.
Kitty belonged to the most marginalized part of the kingdom only for a reason, to have the black fur. They only allowed people to plebeian; that it was the "middle" area that you only had two colors in their fur while it was not black and if they had three colors it was a safe requirement to send them to that area, for them these differences was a kind of race degeneration and was considered of the "worst class". And for the "higher" class it was allowed to have only one color, as for example; Golden, orange, white and gray. All this to maintain a good line between them and the most stupid thing is that they said that black only brought misfortune.
She didn't understand that thought and discrimination ... she was very angry about all this injustice, for this reason much of their peers went hungry and hopefully sold food to their sector even charged more expensive. There was no safety, health ... nothing, everything was very precarious.
For this reason she began to steal the rich, she could not allow that to happen less if she saw families and small suffering and passing needs.
As time passed, her group of robberies grew and divided their tasks to get more loot and then spread this among the people.
Kitty came home, sharing a room with her best friend Claire. They were alike; she had black and white spots with blue eyes. Her friend helped a small orphanage with the little health knowledge she had and with Kitty's help they could support them with food.
- How did it go? - asked her friend, the black cat gave some of the loot.
- Very well, it was easy to plunder - she replied with a smile.
Claire had a sad past. Although hard to believe, she belonged to an influential family from another kingdom. For them her friend had come out "defective" for her spots, not like her brothers who came out of a single color. They always kept her hidden from activities, left her at home, and even denied her as a daughter by making her pass as the daughter of one of the maids. When she escaped from the room on several occasions they had to invent something. In danger of the dignity of the family, one day they traveled to this kingdom, they left her ... she was just a child and they saw that she was lost sent to the lowest part because of the "requirements" she had, there was like the Responsible for the orphanage adopted her and taught her everything she knew. Claire was always grateful to her for this reason supported her with the place that saw her grow and overcome that pain.
It is there that he met Kitty who also had a not very pleasant story.
The thief lived with her parents in that area of the kingdom, they were happy in spite of everything. Until one day the guards sacked the whole neighborhood who accused everyone of things they didn't do, they took all the adults just left the little ones in that group was Kitty, even she got the worst part ... she tried to help her parents but the guards stopped her and punished her leaving her without claws ..
They never knew what happened to them...
That's how she came to the orphanage, she was always a fighter and despite not having claws, she managed to learn how to fight differently, as a little girl she promised that when she was older she would help anyone who needed her.
- I heard they're plotting to steal a larder - she said -Will not it be very dangerous? They will be attentive after this, will not they?- Claire asked.
- We'll wait for them to lower their guard, maybe we'll attack in a week - Kitty said.
- Be careful, please ... - she said, still worried, she was afraid of these people, they would not have mercy if they were caught. There were two possibilities, either they would kill them or send them to jail where conditions were worse than there ... if you were not strong you sure died...
- We'll have it - The black cat assured her - There's also a very risky plan ... but it would be worth it. It's about escaping this stupid kingdom and going to a village where there is no discrimination, there is a better life - said Kitty - It's difficult to get out but we're organizing how to do it, it will take a little time.
- It would be good to leave this damn place - Claire said.
- Yes, besides we're a big group so we have more detail to look at - she said.
- And Noah and Carlos? - asked her friend for them, they were close friends and they worked on the action and planning of the thefts.
- They're not here, they're out collecting information in villages and looking for help with this - Kitty replied. They could leave the kingdom without being caught, it was a great advantage.
- It will be a long way - Claire said - There are many factors to take into account.
- Yes - agreed the female cat -As long as we keep surviving and continue to help the orphanage - she added, and her friend nodded.
- How did they get assaulted?! You are incompetent! - His boss scolded them.
- Sir, in our defense, some of us didn't rest because they had a night watch, and they overcame us in number, we didn't have much to defend ourselves with - one of them said.
- I don't care what the fuck happened - he said angrily.
Puss, on the other hand, cared little for the argument; it would be obvious that they wouldn't find the reason more if he was furious with them.
It was midday so he took advantage of going to rest for a while to be able to go out with Joey, fortunately they agreed that it would give them the night off but they would have to go to the party to watch for a while until they were relieved and able to leave.
He lay down on the bed and thought about the last fight. He was impressed by the agility of the opponent and the speed of disarming him. He felt very new ...
The exhaustion reached him suddenly and fell asleep quickly.
The orange cat was next to his companions in the main room where the party was, they were divided so they each covered a sector.
Puss couldn't stop looking at Dulcinea, she looked lovely in her lilac dress and she was sharing with some friends of hers.
And what could he do? Nothing ... I would never live up to it.
To make matters worse, she was approached by some "pretenders" and she corresponded the flirtations. He was very jealous and hurt ...
It was a good thing that at night he went out with Joey, he was distracted a lot, there were pretty ladies hanging around him who filled with flirtations and compliments. He did everything that night.
A week passed and Kitty with her group they were arranging the last details for the theft to the warehouse. Most important of all is that once they took things out they had to hide them at different points in the sector.
In order not to risk anything they divided the heist into three groups, the first part was: a group would rob the storehouse and distract the guards, the second group in which Kitty belonged would go to get things, run and hide them in the points they agreed So that the third group went to look for them. With this they hoped not to risk anyone with so many goals to follow.
She put on her cloak, was ready for the heist.
Her friend wished her luck, said goodbye and left the shelter. Kitty had to go through several obstacles. Getting into the highest part of the kingdom was complicated. For example there were guards at all entrances. To avoid them they had to go through a tunnel that goes directly to that area, this was in a tavern. Once you passed you should hide right away.
The female cat passed that way and she hid on a balcony waiting for the signal.
Puss was surprised to hear the alarm; he took his things quickly and went to the emergency. As he approached he discovered that they were stealing the storehouse, there were some of his partners and other guards who belonged to another squad.
There was a lot of smoke again, but he didn't stay there, he ran through the crowd and could see a black cloak escaping from there.
He began to follow him without hesitation, they ran through several corridors and as they walked away the places became more uninhabited.
This could not continue like this, he lined up in a way so that he could throw the sword, hitting him in the layer that was hooked to the wall. The problem was that he could not stop in time to stumble with the stranger. This caused the cloth to rip and roll for several meters.
The first thing he saw to look up was a pair of blue eyes, to his surprise it was a female black cat. They didn't move any muscle.
Their looks were serious…there was confusion of how to react to this; also was the intentions of wanting to fight but at the same time to do nothing. A very strange moment.
Kitty was the one who moved first, she rolled and jumped back to reach the loot that had fallen, she was ready to escape.
But Puss wasn't going to let her go so easily, he quickly pulled the sword from the wall and they began to fight. All that was heard was the sound of the sword and the blade. On several occasions the orange cat almost disarmed her but she moved very agile, this didn't let him achieve it.
There he realized, he recognized the way to execute the movements of her ... she had been the one who had participated in the assault of the carriages. This was reason enough to continue fighting and make her pay for her crimes.
It was a long struggle but Kitty finally got away with it. She escaped quickly from there.
Again, the same thing had happened to her. How could she escape? He hoped his partners wouldn't know about it or the jokes would be colossal...
He chose to leave and help out somewhere else. When he arrived at the affected place he discovered that his partners had been in the same situation, they couldn't capture any thief.
- We did not deserve that scolding - said one of Puss's workmates, pissed off.
- It is unfair! It is an area that doesn't correspond to us and blame us! - Joey demanded.
- That is the problem my friend, they'll always look for a guilty- said Puss.
- Yes, but we belong to the Royal Guard, they don't have to involve us - added another.
- More than that - the golden cat said annoyed -They abuse certain things, as you say, we belong to another area, but they wouldn't recognize that their squadron failed, so we all scolded.
- It's true ...- agreed the other partner - Anyway, I'm going to rest. I'm very tired -He said good-bye and left. The two friends were alone in that place.
- Is something bothering you? You're distracted -Joey said, surprising Puss.
- It's just that I almost caught one of the criminals, he almost did not escape - he lied.
- Yes, sure- he said, not believing anything. Puss, I'm telling you as a friend ... I've noticed your attraction to Princess Dulcinea. And do not deny it - he warned when he was going to interrupt him - It isn't healthy for you, she hasn't good intentions with you.
- What do you know -he answered, annoyingly.
- Because I've seen how she treats you, she usually addresses you only when she wants something -Joey said - If it were the case the King wouldn't allow it.
- I know, I don't need you to remind me - said Puss.
- That's why I tell you ... Be careful or you will be much harmed, those people aren't good- his friend continued.
He was right about that. But the truth is that something else he had thoughtful. It was that female cat ... that eyes ... so blue ... they were similar to those of Dulcinea, but these were deeper ... and her face ... so enigmatic.
He didn't know why he was thinking about her, he couldn't get her out of his head, something she had ... as if he knew her ...
But that was wrong, it was not right.
Thank you very much for reading, I hope you liked it, if so I appreciate your reviews Goodbye :D PS: Soon I will update "Interlude"