Matt Williams sighed as the bell for end of school echoed through his school. His best friends, Jackie and Inez, were planning to head to Cyberspace this weekend. It was a Friday afternoon, and the three were going to wait for the portal to take them there at Inez's house. As he left his class, he saw Inez and Jackie chatting as they waited for him.
"Hi Jacks, Inez."He said, only just escaping using the taunting nickname he used for his best friend.
"You guys ready for Cyberspace?" He asked.
Inez looked at him with an 'are you honestly being serious look', before replying.
"Of course we are Matt, when aren't we?" She stated.
Jackie nodded in agreement, as the trio began their short journey to Inez's home.
Meanwhile, next to a nearby forest, cats gather in heather and ferns in the south side of a moor.
A large black and white tom speaks to the cats gathered below him.
"Cats of WindClan, warriors and queens,kits and elders,apprentices alike, I have received a message from StarClan. Four cats shall arrive to our territory. Do not harm them, unless they smell of a... darkness so to speak."
A grey queen stepped forward,addressing her leader with challenging tones, but still respectfully.
"But Tallstar.. if they smell of this darkness you say, why can we not harm them? Are they invincible?" She asked, a mocking tone in her voice as she voiced her second line of speech.
"Ashfoot dear, what you don't understand is there is a possibility there shall be three more cats to join the four. I am afraid we cannot tell who will come to us first." He murmured, a faraway look painted across his face.
Inez looked over at Matt and Jackie, slightly jealous of how close they seemed. Before she could go into depth with this thought, a familiar pink portal appeared. Jackie was first to respond.
"Hey look, our rides here!" She smiled, before the gravitational pull of the portal overwhelmed her,sucking her in, followed by Matt, and finally Inez. Instead of their feet gracefully landing on the metallic floor of Motherboard's Control Room, their feet felt the sensation of grass beneath them. Inez looked down, before shrieking.
Matt turned to her
.
"What is it Nezzie?"He asked.
Her usual response of "Don't call me Nezzie!"followed, before she explained her shriek.
"We..we have paws!"Jackie turned her head to the floor,before stammering out her agreement. Inez turned around, seeing what she expected, a fluffy tail. She turned to her companions. Yep, just as she thought, cats.
Suddenly, the scent of cats hit her, underlined by a specific scent.
"Guys! Others are headed this way! Do you think they know we're here?" She asked, panic evident in her voice. Matt almost instinctively fell into what looked like a battle position, his paws placed so her could spring at any enemy in an instant. Jackie did a similar thing, but with her frame positioned so she could stay standing while clawing the face off of any cat who dared attempt to harm her. Inez,however, merely backed away,hoping the cats were peaceful house cats, who had gotten lost, like them.
A brown male..no what was it.. tom! That's it tom. A brown tom came into view, with a black and brown cat along with a kitten behind him. The leading cat raced up, not looking aggressive at all. When he reached them, he looked almost.. relived to see them? To Inez this was strange. A cat, or all things.. or people now? She didn't know. A cat of all people, relieved to see three humans turned cats? Strange. Above them,there was a flash of pink light, and a silver cat flopped down beside them.
"Hey Earthlies!" He called, sounding slightly in pain and rather tired
"Digit!"The trio of friends called out in unison. The brown tom flicked his tail in hope of caputring their attention.
"Excuse me.. but would you mind coming to our camp with us? Our leader has been expecting you."