Felicia was sitting on her bed, in tears as she looked down at the letter she had just received. She was getting a new orphan in her care...A little boy who's life had been less than ideal to say the least...
One Harry Potter, age four, had been in the abusive care of some wretched Humans. They had not abused him. Torture was more what it was like... Felicia wiped her tears, only for more to appear. Why were humans so awful? Why did bad things happen? Felicia was worried how he would react around the other children, and so, made sure the child would meet the other kids little by little. No need to scare him.
A ringing noise was heard from downstairs and while the children were still asleep, The Darkstalker rushed downstairs and opened the door. She looked around for a minute before she heard a scared whimper from below her. She looked down to see the cutest and littlest thing she'd ever seen! She knelt down in front of him.
"Here she is, ma'am." The police officer at the door explained. "The couple who did this to him are going straight to prison, and his cousin will be sent to reformatory school, so you have nothing to worry about from them."
Felicia smiled softly and put her paw on his cheek. "Hi, sweetie." She said softly. "W-Welcome...t-to your new home...at least until someone comes to adopt you..."
Harry flinched a bit. What was wrong with her hand? It looked like a large cat paw! Harry realized that she felt nice so he leaned into the touch. His legs were still weak. He felt the Cat-Lady pick him up.
"Thank you officers. I can take it from here though. Goodbye!" she called as they left.
"H-hi..." he whispered, nervous.
"Hello cutie. My name's Felicia and you're Harry. I know about your... past. I want to help you if that's ok." she gently told him. Harry nodded softly, not one to argue with a grown-up. Felicia giggled. "Okay...Now, I know you might be a little shy around the other kids, so I'm gonna give you a choice...Do you wanna sleep in a bed in the kids' room, or would you rather come to my room with me?" Harry thought for a moment. He could sleep in a room with a bunch of Strangers or he could sleep with the nice lady.
"Um... I wanna stay with you please..." he told her, hoping she'd say yes. Her response was clutching Harry closer and kissing his head.
"Of course you can Kitten. Are you hungry?" she asked gently trying not to scare him. Harry's stomach growled, and Felicia giggled. "Well then, I'll take you up to bed, and then I'll bring you up a little snack, kay?" She nuzzled him gently.
"M-miss Felicia?" he asked, feeling confused.
"Yes kitten?" she replied, gently taking him upstairs.
"Um... are you a cat?"
Felicia blinked, then titled her head and giggled. "Well, kinda. I'm a cat WOMAN. I'm a cat, and I'm a woman. I'll show you after I get you some food, kay?"
"Yes Miss Felicia." he said, subconsciously snuggling closer to her.
Felicia was gushing over how cute he was. "You're so cute y'know that?"
Harry blinked. "Me? I'm not cute... i'm a freak."
Felicia gasped loudly. "Who told you that?!" Then she shook her head, barely holding back an enraged hiss. "Wait...don't tell me...Your uncle, right?" Harry nodded. Felicia internally scowled. "Harry... Kitten I want you to forget everything you heard from your mean old uncle ok?"
"But why? Aren't I going to get beaten later?"
His response was another tight hug. "No kitten... he was lying to you. You're a cute, intelligent little boy who deserves love." she told him sincerely, rocking him back and forth. Harry blinked in confusion, but Felicia was very warm and comfy, and the way she gently rocked him back and forth was incredibly soothing, so he stayed cuddled up in her bosom, smiling up at her with wide-eyed adoration.
Felicia grinned as she set him down on her bed. He trusted her! Who knew a little kindness would turn him to putty. Felicia nuzzled his cheek.
"Be back in a minute little kitten. I want you to put your jammies on ok?"
"Yes Miss Felicia!" he replied going over to his tiny backpack while Felicia ruffled up some fish. Harry sat on Felicia's bed, wearing some old torn tattered pajamas, hand me downs that Dudley had outgrown. It wasn't much, but it was the only pair of pajamas he had.
Felicia was humming happily to herself as she brought his dinner back upstairs. He was sitting on the bed patiently in... oh... rather big and worn out PJ's... Felicia would have to buy him new ones. She set the food in front of him.
"Eat up kitten!" she told him, sliding onto the bed.
"Ca-can I eat this all?" he asked, looking the rather small fish with wonder.
Felicia giggled and tilted her head. "Of course you can, sweetie!" She blinked. "Oh right! I said I'd show you that I'm a catwoman!" She threw off her nun uniform, revealing her full body to the little boy. "See?" Harry looked her up and down, surprised. She looked really pretty and she even had a pretty set of ears. Harry giggled.
"You're pretty..."
Felicia laughed why thank you kitten! Now eat up." Harry nodded happily and obediently did so while Felicia perched herself on all fours by her side and used her leg to scratch behind her ear. It was a relief to take that nun outfit off...While she adored her job, the outfit WAS a little constricting...
Harry finished rather quickly and was full and sleepy. He leaned into Felicia who asked, "Was the fish good kitten?"
"My tummy's full..." he replied before yawning.
"Ok, i'll take that as a yes. Come on Harry, time for bed." she said gently, placing Harry under the covers and tucking him in. Harry yawned sleepily and snuggled into the warm blankets. They were so much cozier than the rags in his cupboard...There was no way he could possibly be any comfier...
But he was wrong. Miss Felicia pulled him close to her in a warm embrace, gently pressing Harry against her chest. Harry was confused when he heard a rythmic thumping from her chest.
"M-miss Felicia?" he timidly asked
Felicia pulled away to look at him, "Yes Kitten?"
"What's t-that noise? F-From your chest?"
Felicia giggled and pulled him back in for a hug, "It's my heartbeat sweetheart. Now you get some rest, you should be asleep."
Harry smiled softly as he snuggled up closer to the catwoman. The soft, rythmic thumping was soothing to the ears, and the soft strips of fur around her chest were softer than the pillow his head lay on...
He decided she was a good actor, pretending to like him. Harry wanted to enjoy this as much as possible so he snuggled closer to the warmth and fell asleep, exhausted from the day.
Felicia kissed his head, happy that he was now comfortable with her. While Felicia would've LOVED to spend all day with the Kitten, she couldn't. She had other kids to take care of, so she wrapped her tail around Harry and fell asleep as well. A soft purring noise escaped her as she slept soundly. Harry smiled lightly in his sleep, enjoying the sound. His dreams, for once were not nightmares. But of a smiling, happy face that loved him.
