Heya, sorry this took so long lmao. I'm a huge procrastinator and I just finished school so I'm able to work on this a bit more. This story is definitely going to be finished (unlike the comics I usually make) and that's my main goal in life. Besides learning how to animate. Also, after this story I want to write Metranome and GoldenFlowre, or maybe even a competition story. I dunno. Anyway, enjoy the next chapter.

After a while, the three neared a large cabin in the heart of the forest. "Here we are." Galaxy trudged to the cabin and opened the door. They entered a large room where a pink cat was sleeping. It's wings were folded, and it was curled up on a small bed. "We've only found a few of the creatures here," Pebble explained. Just then, another cat poked her head through a doorway on the side. "You're back?"

Pebble nodded and stepped forward. He pointed at the blonde she-cat. "Twitch, this is Kankii," He moved a paw to the pink tom sleeping in the bed, "And that's Jocab."

Kankii bounded over to Twitch, smiling wide. "That's an odd name," She purred. Twitch backed away, his pelt was still soggy and covered in mud. "Um... T-thanks, I guess."

"Here, I'll show you were you can wash off." Kankii turned, her tail swept the floor. "Follow me."

She led him into a room, on one side was a small bathtub full of clean water. The other side was a bucket full of towels. "Here," she pushed him to the tub. "You can wash up, and then come join the others."

Twitch nodded as she walked out of the room, and pulled the curtain over. He took off his gloves and his collar. He turned on the bath and hopped in. The water felt good on his paws after the many days of cold rain and mud. He went under the faucet and let the water wash off the mud around his muzzle and on his whiskers. He sighed in relief as the stiffness left him. He crawled out of bathtub, shaking his pelt. He dried his fur and walked out of the room to Kankii and the others.

there were two other creatures in the room now, a small deer and a a two headed cat. Twitch looked at Jocab, blushing and looked away quickly. One of the two headed cat's head looked at him strangely. "You seem nervous, is something wrong..?" It asked. The other head growled.

Twitch looked at them fearfully. "Erm... Uh.. No..?" He backed away and ran into the next room. "W-where's Pebble and Galaxy..?" *He shouted, looking around. Another cat stood up, growling in annoyance.

"They left to find more characters..." It says, laying back down in a basket full of blankets.

Twitch calmed down and backed away, out of the room. He sighs. "What have I gotten myself into?" He asks himself.

[Flashback]

A tall female Anthro mouse stood tall on a large platform in front of Stelia. Twitch was hiding behind her, cowering in fear. The mouse growled. "Fight me, you coward!" The mouse lunged at Stelia, but before she could hit her, Stelia raised her arm, forming a shield around herself. The mouse hit the shield face first, and backed away, holding her nose. Stelia laughed. "Did you fools really think I was that dumb? I was merely pretending to be an idiot to gain support and so that nobody saw me as a threat, but now that this is the end..." Stelia grabbed the mouse by the neck and held her over the edge of the platform. "I can do whatever I want..."

"Katy!" Twitch called, whimpering. Stelia smirked and stabbed Katy's chest with a knife, just below her heart. Katy gasped in pain, trying to free herself from Stelia's grip. "You know Twitch," Stelia said, pulling the knife down. It slid through Katy with ease, and fresh blood poured from the wound. "You were right about me all along. I was too dumb to be true, wasn't I? And now you've lost the one you love..." Stelia smirked. "All because of me..."

Twitch's eyes widened in fear. "Leave her alone! Kill me instead! SHE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS!" Twitch sobbed. He thought about Jocab, how he said in the beginning that he thought Stelia was too dumb to be true. Katy's eyes were half closed now, blood dripped from her mouth. "You're just too cute..." Stelia said, taking the knife out of Katy. "You think I'm going to give up an opportunity like this? I haven't felt this good in years..." She threw Katy down, back onto the platform and threw the knife at Twitch. Twitch ducked and the knife flew off the platform. Twitch turned, but in the blink of an eye, he was thrown off the platform, into the murky water below.

[End of Flashback]

Twitch sighed. He wondered where Stelia and Katy were, he hadn't seen them since the incident.

The creatures were still in the other room, talking. He walked back into the room, sitting down. "Hello again. Why did you run off like that when I tried to talk to you?" The two headed cat asked. "I'm Sue, by the way. And this is Chan," She said, pointing to the other head. The deer was sitting next to Jocab, texting. Her eyes never wandered off her phone screen. "And the deer is Mint." Mint weed at him, her eyes still on her phone.

Twitch smiled nervously. "Oh... Well nice to meet you Sue, Chan and Mint... Uh... I'm Twitch."

Mint looked at him. "That's a weird name."

Sue gave her a dirty look. "Be nice! I think that's a wonderful name," Sue said, smiling at him in a flirtatious way.

"Uh... Sorry, but I'm not into females.." Twitch said, nervously looking at her.

Sue looked saddened by this. "Oh. S-sorry then," She said, flattening her ears. Chan growled. "So you're gay?"

"U-uh... I guess you could say that..." Twitch flattened his ears, walking out of the room. Sue looked at Chan. "You idiot, you scared him away!"