. . . . Hiiiii, and welcome to my new story! ^.^; I wanted to write a story about alley cats and their slaves, so here you go~! ^.^; I promise to update this one as often as I can (even with the length the chapters are going to be - 4000+ words in some cases, perhaps)! :3
Prologue
Four figures suddenly melted out of the shadows of a forest, one from each end: north, south, east, and west. They sat down around a rock in the center of the clearing, and suddenly a black shape leaped down from the sky without a sound. The figure in the west end flinched, but the rest stayed perfectly still and silent, eyes fixed on the figure on top of the rock in the center of the clearing.
"You know what I expect of you, right?" The voice was dark and commanding.
"We know, yes." The four figures bowed their heads.
"Good. You know where I want you to go, correct? You know where it is? I trust you were listening when I told you of your mission earlier." The center figure glared at the shape in the west corner, which of whom was looking down. "You. West. Were you listening to me?" The voice was harsh and unforgiving; the words grated like ice does against the side of a car.
"Y-Yes," came the quiet reply.
"Good. Repeat it to me."
"We know what you expect of us. We should know where you want us to go, and you trust we were listening when you told us of our mission earlier," said figure recited.
The center shape nodded slowly. "Good, good. I trust you all get it?" A glare was cast across the clearing, and the faces of each corner figure showed fear as the center figure's eyes landed on them. "Excellent. Go. I expect you back before dawn."
Just as quickly, the clearing emptied. The four figures abruptly turned and vanished into the bushes of the forest, and the shape on the rock was left staring up at the cold sky.
Ooh-hoo-hoo... SPOOKY! ^.^; Confused? You'd better be... Review, and maybe I'll be nice and try to finish Chapter 1 before the Civic Holiday is over! :3