Chapter 1

Author's Note: This is my first fan fic, please be kind with your reviews. Criticism is welcome but no flaming, please. Thank you Ulyferal for being my beta. With her help the first two chapters have been redone. Hope you enjoy what I've written.

New Born Kat

Chapter 1: Past Nightmares

Fourteen years later...

"Where the heck am I?" Grey wondered, looking around him but seeing nothing but darkness. He felt very confused. "How did I get here?"

"Hello…anybody there...hello," he called out in a scared voice, though he wasn't certain why he was scared in the first place since he wasn't afraid of the dark in the first place but this place just felt wrong somehow. "How did I wake up here….and where's here?" He asked himself, beginning to panic a little.

After standing there for several minutes trying to figure out where he was, he decided that was unproductive. "Won't get any answers just standing here, so I better start walking to find some answers," he said to himself.

But as he moved off in no particular direction, the darkness failed to change and it was hard to just keep walking in the dark but he felt there had to be something or someone nearby, so he pressed on. He's been walking for what seemed like an eternity and was actually getting annoyed which was better than being scared.

"Damn it….I should have felt a wall by now," he growled. He was about to stop and study his situation again when he heard whispers ahead.

"Finally…HELLO" he yelled, but no one responded. "Maybe they didn't hear me," he thought, running towards the whispers.

The more closer he got, the louder the whispers. Soon it seemed to pound against his ears even though it wasn't loud. "Stop it!" He bellowed but the whispering only got stronger and more persistent. He put his paws over his ears to try and stifle it to no avail. "Stop it," he whimpered in pain and fear.

He halted and would go no further, ears still covered, he closed his eyes and screamed, "STOP IT!" To his shock the whispers instantly ceased. Hesitantly, he uncovered his ears...no sound...then he opened his eyes. He was greeted by a surprising sight. Standing in front of him was a female who was a mirror of him with fur the same color, down to the red stripes on her arms

Stunned, he could only stare at first but when she said nothing, he spoke hesitantly, "Umm…hi."

The she kat didn't respond, just stared a moment then turned around and walked away from him. Shocked, he hurried after her, calling out, "hey…where are you going?"

She kept walking, without saying a single word. "Miss, do you know where we are?" He tried again but she continued to ignore him.

Grey doggedly followed her as she kept on walking. It seemed like hours the two of them marched along and he began to wonder how he was going to get out of here.

He began to question his sanity in following this female. Sighing, he muttered, "why did I follow her, she doesn't talk to me or tells me where the hell we are...we just keep walking...maybe I should of..."

Suddenly his personal conversation was interrupted by a soft voice saying, "I'm happy you're safe Grey."

Grey froze in mid step and stared after her still moving form. "Did she just call me by my name...no she couldn't have...I must be hearing things now...but just in case..." He called out to her, "what did you just say?"

For the first time since all this began, she halted and turned around. "I said I'm happy you're safe Grey," she repeated easily.

"How did you know my name? I didn't tell you!" He demanded.

Before she could reply, they heard an evil laugh drift up from behind her. She whirled around as I tried to see into the dark. Suddenly, a hooded kat with purple fur appeared just a few feet from the she-kat.

"Who the heck is this?" He wondered. Looking at the she-kat he was suddenly worried and afraid as she was shaking, arms wrapped protectively around her chest. "Why is she so afraid of him?"

"Glad I found you." The hooded Kat said coldly. "You shouldn't have run away." Stepping forward, suddenly, the huge tom lunged at her. Crying out in fear, the she-kat attempted to make a run for it, but he was fast and managed to snatch her around the neck.

He raised her off her feet, strangling her, as he hissed a question, "where is it?"
"Hey let here go!" Grey shouted, shocked by the way things were going. He rushed forward to try and knock the hooded tom down.

But, when he tried to tackle him, he passed right through the pair as if they weren't there at all. Shocked, he jumped to his feet and whirled back to the pair. He stared in confusion...they hadn't moved. "What the hell! Did I really pass through him?" He wondered in bewilderment. Thinking that was impossible, he charged the tom again but the same thing happened.

Even more confused, he wondered if was losing his sanity. "What's going on? I can't land a single punch at him. It's as if I'm a ghost or something."

Movement dragged him from his confused thoughts and back at the pair once more. To his horror, the hooded kat dropped the she kat to the ground and pulled out a gun.

"Wait...she didn't do anything, let her go!" Grey cried out in shock and fear, but the hooded kat ignored his plea.

"If you don't tell me where it is, I'm going to kill you" the scary tom demanded coldly, aiming the gun to the she-kat's head. She didn't answer only spit at him.

"I'm giving you three seconds to tell me...1..." he growled. Grey couldn't do anything but watch in horror.

"Wait... stop!" Gray begged him.

"2" the tom said implacably. "3... times up!" the hooded tom said flatly then shot her.

Grey screamed, "NO!" But it was over and the she-kat lay dead on the floor. Tears flowing from his eyes, he stared at the hooded Kat and whispered in shock, "you killed her!"

The hooded kat turned and faced him. A cold smile lit his lips as he said, "Ah, there you are."
He lifted his gun up and aimed at Grey.

"Move…move" Grey stared in horror and ordered himself to move but he couldn't make his body obey him.

"Goodbye," the huge tom said, coldly and fired.

"Nooooo!" He screamed, closing his eyes.

With his scream fading in his ears, he panted then realized he was still breathing. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself in his own bed, in his own room.

"Just a dream…it was just a dream," he murmured, shaking his head. His body shook and he was sweating. "Not again…why do these nightmares haunt me?" He whispered aloud. Looking over at his clock, he saw it was four in the morning. He was surprised Jake hadn't dashed in to see if he was alright. He must not have been as loud as he thought, this time. Relieved by that as he didn't want to wake his fathers, he sighed and tried to go back to sleep but guessed he would be staring at the ceiling the rest of the night just as he had every time this happened.