The Animal Within Part 1: Stray Cat
*I don't own Victorious*
One day Cat Valentine decided to take a ride on her bike thinking that it was such a nice sunny day.
"It's so nice and beautiful out!" Cat exclaimed as she rode down the street but then she stopped when she heard a strange noise coming from an alley. "What's that?" Cat wondered to herself as she walked closer to the alley, then before Cat got closer an old, skinny, beaten up, starved cat with brown and red fur staggered out much to Cat's shock. Cat gasped when the cat collapsed at her feet, she noticed the cat had a keychain around her neck which meant that someone must've dumped her off and left her, Cat felt angry at whoever did that to this cat, she felt sorry for this cat and knew exactly what she was going to do. "Come on, you're coming with me and I'm gonna fix you right up." Cat said as she picked the weak cat up then placed the cat in her basket and rode off to her house. The entire ride back the cat remained in the basket while Cat thought about how Sam would react but wasn't to worried because she figured Sam would be OK with this, well she was in for a surprise.
Later that night Cat had gotten the small kitty some food and water then gave it a bath, then while Cat was combing the cat Sam returned home from visiting Seattle, once Sam got inside she saw the cat on Cat's lap. "Uh Cat?"
"Yeah Sam?" Cat said not taking her eyes off the cat
"Why is there a cat in your lap, and why are all my magazines on the floor?!" Sam asked
"Oh I made it a bed for it to sleep in" Cat said
"Huh? I'm sorry, explain more" Sam said in confusion
"Oh you see I found him or her when I was on my bike ride this morning and I brought him here, I tried calling around to see if someone was missing a cat" Cat said
"OK, so you brought a stray cat here without my permission?!" Sam asked
"Umm, I don't think I need your permission to do anything Sam, besides her family left her starving, I had to do something." said Cat
Sam took a deep sigh "OK, whatever, but we can't let that cat stay here!" said Sam
"But can't we just keep her until we figure out what to do with her?" said Cat, Cat was going from him and her because she didn't know if the cat was a he or she and the nametag didn't have a name on it for some reason.
"Look, we're going to the humane society, we're taking that cat with us and we're dropping it off there!" Sam said in a harsh tone then she noticed her words hurt Cat "What?"
"We can't do that, I heard they do bad things to animals there" Cat said
"They don't do bad things to animals Cat, OK you know what, did you at least put out that you found a missing cat and if the owner lost sees that you found it should call you?" Sam asked
"Yes, I put something out on online" Cat said
"OK, look here's what we're gonna do, we're gonna put flyers out around the town, we're gonna help find the cat's owner, but if the owner doesn't speak up within a week, I'm taking that damn cat to the shelter or the humane society!" Sam said
"OK, fine." Cat said not happy about Sam wanting to take the cat to an animal shelter or the humane society but she was happy that Sam was willing to help.
During the remainder of that evening Sam and Cat worked on flyers and began putting them around the local area. Then they ran into Dice and Goomer.
"Hey guys, umm what are you doing?" Dice asked
"Oh we found a stray cat and we're trying to find it's owners" said Cat
"Oh, well can we help?" Dice asked
"Sure Dice" said Sam
"I wanna help to!" Goomer said in a loud voice
"Umm, why don't you stay over there" said Dice asking Goomer to sit down
"But I wanna help!" Goomer whined
"Here Goomer, why don't you put this flyer up on that wall over by gym" Cat asked
"Uh I wouldn't" Dice started to stop Goomer but Goomer grabbed a flyer and stapler then ran off. "Oh this isn't gonna end well" And he was right because the next thing that was heard was a scream of pain, then Goomer walked up to his friends with his hand stapled to a random hobo and the flyer.
"Umm, I think I messed up." Goomer said
Dice gives Goomer a look of "How?"
"He makes Gibby and someone else I know look smart" said Sam
"I'll take him to the hospital" Dice said taking Goomer by the hand, then he walked away with his friend and the hobo
"Have fun with the hobo!" Sam yelled making Cat laugh
At Elderly Achors
Nona walked into the room while Sam and Cat passed around flyers to elderly people
"Umm, what is going on here?" Nona asked
"We're looking for the owners of a stray cat" Sam said
"I beg your pardon?" Nona said then Cat showed her the flyer. "OH"
"Yeah I found her, or him this morning and I rescued her, or him." said Cat
"You really should take it to a doctor." said Nona
"Yeah, you know you should" said Sam
"Why?" Cat asked
"Well because" Sam stopped herself when she noticed Cat had a lost stare in her eyes. "I'll tell you later, anyway Nona will you let us know if you hear anything about the stray cat"
"About what?" Nona asked
"The stray cat" Cat said getting a little louder
"Geez Nona is your hearing going on you?" Sam asked
"It is" Cat answered
"Well you two have a lovely day!" Nona said before walking away
The Next Day Sam continued working on flyers around while Cat went to school with some flyers in her backpack.
Once at school Cat began putting flyers up at school much to the confusion of some of her friends, the first to notice was Jade since Cat put a flyer right on her locker.
"Caaaatttt!" Jade said in an annoyed tone seeing her scissors locker get covered by a flyer "Why is there a piece of paper covering my locker!" she yelled as she ripped the paper off
"It's a flyer, yesterday I found a stray cat, Sam and I have been putting these up around town hoping we could find its owner." Cat said
"Well keep your flyer off my locker!" Jade said as she tossed the paper to the floor then stormed off
Cat picked up the now crumpled up paper then tossed it into the trash, then she walked towards Tori's locker where Tori was getting her stuff out.
"Hey Cat" Tori said but Cat was to busy putting a flyer up on the wall next to her to say anything. "Umm Cat?" Tori said walking up to her. "Hey"
"Oh hi" Cat said still not looking at Tori.
"What is with all these flyers?" Tori asked
"I've been putting them up, Sam and I are trying to find the owners of a stray cat I found yesterday" said Cat
"So you've been putting them up in the school?" Tori asked
"And around the city, Sam's putting more up right now" Cat said
"Aren't you worried you're gonna get in trouble?" Tori asked
"Why would I?" Cat asked
"Well, I don't know I mean." Before Tori could finish her statement Principal Helen comes walking up which causes Tori to say "Oh dear," under her breath.
"Hey Principal Helen!" Cat said as she walked up to the principal of Hollywood Arts.
"Oh Cat, I noticed you've been putting these flyers up all around the school" Principal Helen said in a cheerful tone
"Yeah, I found a stray cat yesterday and I've been putting out flyers trying to locate its owners." said Cat
"Oh well isn't that sweet!" Principal Helen said in a sweet tone with a smile then her face got serious. "I'm gonna need you to take all these flyers down right now and stop what you're doing." the principal said in a serious tone
Cat looked shocked and confused as did Tori
"What? But Principal Helen I." Principal Helen put her hand up to Cat's face.
"Don't argue with me, these flyers are a distraction to these students and their learning and I can't have that!" said Principal Helen
Tori hears this and decides to walk up to Cat and the principal "Umm hold on, I'm sorry I know this isn't my place to speak up but, Cat's trying to help someone, and I don't see anyone being distracted or having their learning being interrupted just because of a few flyers." Tori said
Principal Helen looked at Tori "Are you trying to argue with me?" she asked
"Oh no, not at all but, I'm just saying that I think you're being a little to harsh, I mean look around you, this whole school is full of art and colorful stuff, what's a few paper gonna really do?" said
Principal Helen sighed then looked at Cat and Tori "Fine, just make sure you don't put them up on other students lockers, I've already had a couple complaints."
"Understood." said Cat
"Have yourself a good day and good luck finding this cats owner" said Principal Helen, she then walked away and then Tori turned to Cat
"See, that turned out well didn't it?" Tori said
"Thanks so much Tori." Cat said
"You're welcome." Tori said
"Hey, do you guys mind helping me and Sam with the cat, you know finding the owner and all?" Cat asked
"Sure, I don't mind, you'll have to ask Andre, Beck, Robbie and of course Jade, but I'm there for you." Tori said
"Thanks again" Cat said
"Of course, now come on we have to get to class before we're late to Sikowitz" said Tori
"Right don't wanna be late, again!" Cat chuckled then the two friends walked off together.
After class Cat asked Andre, Beck and Robbie if they would help with the stray cat and they all agreed then Cat went to Jade to ask for her help.
Cat walked up to Jade at her locker. "Jade?"
"What?!" Jade said still sounding annoyed
"Can I ask you a question?" Cat asked
"Is it about helping you and Sam with that stupid stray cat?" Jade asked
"How did you know?" Cat asked
"I heard you talking to Beck" Jade said
"Oh, well will you?" Cat asked
"I don't want to" Jade said
"Please?! Jade you helped me babysit my mom's boss's dog, help me with this, please Jade?" Cat asked
Jade looked at Cat then said "Fine, I don't want to, but I will"
"YAY!" Cat yelled with excitement
"Yeah great, I'm hungry so I'm off to lunch, you coming or what?" Jade said
"Coming!" Cat said cheerfully
After School Cat took her friends to her house and once there they found that the house was a mess as Sam was looking for the cat
"What the heck?" Tori said as they walked in
"Sam?!" Cat called
Sam rushed out covered in claw marks, her shirt is ripped up and her hair is a mess "That cat is a demon!"
"What happened to you?" Cat asked
"What happened to me?" Sam said then the cat walked out. "THAT! THAT HAPPENED TO ME!" she yelled as the cat walked up to Cat. "That thing attacked me when I got home, it went mental, the moment I walked into the door it jumped onto me and started clawing me, then when I got it off me I ran into my room and there it was on my bed! I tried to get out but it trapped me in, I went to get out the window but that thing jumped from my bed to the window and stopped me so I had to hide in the bathroom until you got home!"
"Sam" Cat picked up the cat. "How dare you accuse this poor thing of such things, she doesn't look like she'd hurt a fly." Cat said
"You, you don't believe me?" Sam asked then the cat started to lick Cat's face making her laugh. "What? Oh come on" Sam turned to Cat's friends. "You guys believe me right?"
"Well, it does sound pretty far fetched" Tori said
"What?" Sam said
"Yeah I mean, look at it" said Robbie
"Yeah" Andre walked up and began to pet the cat. "This little guy wouldn't hurt nobody."
The cat purrs as Cat pets it "Sam, say you're sorry for being so mean to this poor defenseless animal." Cat said
"I don't do anything, I'm innocent, I" Sam looked at Cat then the rest of Cat's friends. "You know what? Fine I'm sorry OK, there you happy?"
Cat and her friends began to play with the cat while Sam looked on thinking about how much she hated that animal.
To Be Continued…
Is Sam Really Crazy? Or is that cat really a psycho cat? Your reviews are welcomed.