A/N: Just so everyone knows, this is an AU where, in the same junkyard where they find Courage, they find and adopt a female white Ragdoll they decide to name Desiree.
Yep, you can probably already tell where this story is going, as evidenced by the title and the character listing of [Courage/OC].
Also, this Courage does make jokes and doesn't have as much fear, he still gets scared, also, he only makes jokes with Desiree, due to them both being at least a little bit friendly due to growing up together and being raised by Eustace and Muriel.
However, I'll try to make their relationship develop as realistically as I can.
Chapter 1: The Katz Motel.
Courage sleepily looked out at the building they were pulling into, the sign of which read "The Katz Motel".
He looked over at Desiree, who was curled up in Muriel arms as Eustace drove, and quipped, "Huh, Motel Katz, wonder if there are any of your species in there?"
Desiree glanced at him and gave a brief smile, "Yeah, maybe... You actually fell for the bad spelling, Courage?"
He gave a grin, "Nah, just seeing if I can make a joke out of it."
As the old truck stopped, Desiree hopped out after Muriel had opened the door, looking back over her shoulder as Courage followed, "Well, you failed."
Her smile, however, belayed her amusement at the so-called 'failed' joke.
Courage gave a matching smile in return, "Hey, it worked, and that's what counts."
Her smile got slightly wider, "I suppose it did."
However, her amusement disappeared, as the rain that had been coming down earlier returned with a vengeance, soaking the cat and causing her to let out a yowl as she ran toward the shelter of the motel.
As the four ran toward the motel through the rain, the door opened as a humanoid cat, seeming to be almost like Desiree, but taller and colored rust red, walked out, welcoming Eustace and Muriel into the motel but saying that their dog and cat would have to be tied up outside, Desiree noting the strange number on the door as Eustace tied a leash around her neck.
However, five minutes had passed as both Courage and Desiree shivered from the cold and trying to avoid the freezing rain.
They soon forgot about the temperature as a spider the size of Courage crawled out from behind a corner of the porch, Courage was momentarily frozen in fear from the sight, as Desiree unsheathed her claws and hissed at the large arachnid.
The spider, however, ignored her and moved closer to Courage with the intent to bite him.
Courage started to move away, straining against the leash as Desiree swiped at the spider with her claws, scoring a hit as it reeled back with three lines of green appearing on its face.
Courage, seeing that she had decided to fight back, joined in, somehow summoning a hammer which he used to smash the spider against the floor of the porch and stunning it long enough for Desiree to stab her claws through its head, killing it.
Desiree glanced at Courage, whose eyes were wide from the terrifying experience, and used her claws to cut their leashes, before pulling him with her toward the door which led into the motel.
The two moved silently through the halls, searching for the room which their owners had gone into, with Desiree remarking that it was much better not to be outside in the freezing rain.
Hearing screams, they moved toward the door that the screams had come from, which turned out to be locked, Courage somehow created a small cannon which punched a hole in the door large enough for him to fit his arm through, allowing him to unlock and open the door from the inside.
Rushing to the bathroom, Courage was greeted by the sight of Muriel attempting to hold back another spider just as large as the one they had encountered and killed on the porch, however, before they could help her, the bed holding Eustace flipped, sending the man into a hidden room beneath the one they were in.
Desiree glanced at Courage, and said, "Help her, Courage, I'll go get him!" With that, she ran off in search of Eustace.
After helping his owner push the spider back into the faucet it had come from, Courage moved to find Desiree.
Discovering the door to the back room ajar, and hearing hissing, he was greeted by the sight of a large spider web, which held both Eustace and Desiree, Eustace still asleep and now wrapped in spider silk, while Desiree, continuing to try and get her claws unstuck from where she had tried to climb the web, looked over her shoulder at the sound of the door being opened, gained a look of embarrassment at seeing Courage, "So... yeah... I kinda don't have him, forget what I said earlier."
As Courage moved toward the web with the intent to free them, he was frozen by the sight of yet another spider crawling down from the ceiling and moving toward Desiree, who, seeing Courage's expression change to fear, looked over at the spider, then at her stuck claws, and, gaining a look of worry, remarked, "Ah, well, this sucks..."
As it moved closer, Courage snapped out of his state of shock and grabbed a wooden board, using it to crush the spider before freeing Eustace and Desiree from the web.
With Courage grabbing Eustace, the two moved toward the door of the lobby, but were cut off by the tall red cat appearing in the doorway, Courage and Desiree gave a sigh of relief, before both were shocked by two spiders appearing at the cat's side, almost as if they were taking commands from him as he smirked, "Greetings, I am Katz, and you... well, you are dinner for my loves."
With a shared look of realization, the two ran the other way while holding Eustace, however, Desiree suddenly hissed as one of the spiders managed to catch hold of her leg, dragging her back as the other joined its sibling in keeping her from following Courage.
Desiree, seeing that Courage had slowed, looked over her shoulder and shouted, "Go, Courage, I'll hold these two off, get Eustace out of here!"
With a hiss, the white Ragdoll cat turned her head back toward the two spiders and unsheathed her claws, the red cat walking around them and following Courage, who had dropped Eustace before running toward one of the darkened rooms.
However, he came back out soon after, running straight into Katz and sending him to the ground as Desiree continued to fight off the two spiders.
Getting up, Katz turned to Courage, producing two rackets and a ball and offering to play a game with Courage before his spiders kill them.
As Desiree killed one of the spiders by slicing its neck open, Katz proceeded to beat Courage easily, and after winning while drinking tea and reading a book on spiders at the same time, he seized Courage by the throat and started to strangle him.
Desiree, seeing that Courage was in danger, killed the last spider and, hissing in rage, jumped onto Katz while stabbing her claws into his shoulder, managing to draw multiple lines of red as Katz yelled in pain, taking his hands from Courage's neck, grabbing Desiree and throwing her into the wall behind Courage.
With a look of disdain toward Desiree, curled against the wall and hissing in pain, Katz returned his gaze to Courage, and remarked, "Now, where were we? Hmm, dear boy?"
However, before he could proceed with his threat, he was bashed from behind by Muriel, who had picked up the fallen board that Courage had used before, the end of which was still covered in green spider blood.
Courage, having moved toward Desiree, asked her how bad it was, to which she replied, "Pretty bad... ribs." She gave another hiss of pain. "Yep, definitely the ribs..."
With a look of concern, Muriel picked up Desiree, "Oh dearie, did the bad man hurt you?"
At her nod, Muriel continued toward the door, followed by Courage and a finally awake Eustace, Courage moving to Desiree's side with a expression of worry and concern while Muriel remarked, "Well, I must say that the service was horrible, as well as the man attempting to hurt both of you, this place is one that I do not intend to come back to ever again."
As they got back in the truck, Eustace somehow getting out of his silken cocoon, replied, "Hmph, I'm just mad about losing my nap, why'd you two have to wake me up?"
End of Chapter 1.
A/N: I know, not my best work, but I wanted to see how I could do with something that isn't as "End of the world"-y, like, say, the Blood and Snow: Omega series, war/military sci-fi stories such as Legend of Phoenix Team or Legend of the Iota Republic, or mythology like The Son of Thanatos.
Also, the reason for the chapters of this story being at Iota Republic Codex levels of short is because, honestly, each of the episodes of the show are only twenty-two minutes long, and while I could make each chapter be made up of multiple episodes, I'd rather not do that without someone else's opinion.