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WOO! 4 reviews already! I'm ecstatic! I'm ready to cry! Oh My Gods, THANK YOU! You all have no clue how much this means to me! I would like to thank the people who have reviewed to this story and I'm going to call them… The First Four! Ooh that's kinda catchy, The First Four… Back to Earth! The First Four are made up of 1 anonymous reader and 3 readers with profiles. They are:
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I now pronounce thee, The First Four! Okay, now that I've written an author's note that's just a tiny bit longer than a page long on word, I'm ready to start the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or Peeta and Katniss. (Sighs) Life must go on, am I wrong? No? Good. I don't want to be hearing that any of you readers might be Gods and therefore are immortal, making me very, very jealous… but I would be SO honored if a god was reading my story…
Annabeth's POV: Upon waking up, I felt a strange sensation of being warm and cold at the same time. I was cold from the bitter gusts of wind blowing in through Percy's cabin window, and I was warm from some unknown shield.
When I moved my chin, I felt something soft and fluffy pressed so tightly to my body, it was like another skin. Yet, it was amazingly comfortably. I sigh contently, feeling completely relaxed. I was almost finished deciding wither or not it would be a good idea to rest a bit longer, when I'm rudely interrupted mid thought by thundering footsteps and a loud voice screaming:
"Cats! Cats! Oh yes! The boss will be so pleased with me! Gotta get those cats!" For the first time that day, I finally opened my eyes, ready to yell at the man for being so immature, but when I first get a look around, I have a very different perspective… I'm lying on the ground… in an alleyway… not Percy's cabin… not even in Camp Half-Blood… and a huge man was charging towards me, a large net flailing around within his grasp. His eyes trained on me.
I shoot him a look that literally said: Are you crazy? But that did nothing to slow him down and seconds later, the net is on top of me, trapping me in an inescapable prison. Sliding the wood under me to make sure that I didn't get out, he quickly flipped over the net and closed his hand around the top.
"Ha! The idiots didn't ever try to run!" He chortled, a smug smile on his cracked lips.
"Hey you, bozo! What ARE you doing!" I scream at him. He laughs.
"Ooh! The pussy cat hissed at me! Maybe I should go hide behind the truck for safety!" The man taunted, sarcasm dripping from his voice. "Ha-ha! This one's got spunk! Oh yeah, the boss will like this one!" The man continued.
I was about to ask him why he didn't answer my question, when suddenly, I felt something shift behind me. I turn around, and find a big, black, fluffy, fur-ball sitting beside me in the net. Well, I thought it was only a fur-ball, that is, until it shuddered and another fluffy black ball with 2 triangles sticking out from the top, seemed to sprout from the other side. Then, I notice, it's not a fur-ball, it's a head. A cat's head. And the rest of the fur-ball, must be the body.
Sure enough, a long, fluffy tail soon flicked out towards me and I heard a low groan.
The cat turned its head to face me. Its eyes were shut. The cat yawned then shifted again to face me more directly. Laying its head back dawn lazily, the cat opened its mouth to speak. What I heard come out of the cat's mouth, was NOT what I was expecting to hear instead of a meow, or a growl. I hear Percy's voice.
"Ugh. Geez Annabeth! What're you being so loud about?" The cat cracked open one eye partly to reveal green eyes that were scarily similar to the color of the sea, to the color of Percy's eyes. In fact, they were EXACTLY the same color as Percy's eyes. I now notice how the fur on the cat was the same color as Percy's raven black hair. The cat, who now has closed its eyes again tried once more.
"Annabeth? Why aren't you answering me?" This time, the cat kept its eyes closed and used only its head to gesture towards me as if his eyes were open.
By now I was completely freaked out. This cat had Percy's voice, eyes, and hair/fur color. It can't be…
"Percy! Is that you?" I ask incredulously, moving forward and tipping my head to the side to get a closer look.
"Yes, that's my name WiseGirl, don't wear it out!" The cat, err Percy, I guess, answered sarcastically, sort of rubbing the sleep from his eyes to finally look at me clearly. When he did, his eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly. "Annabeth?" He asked disbelievingly.
I tried to speak but I was still completely speechless that Percy was a cat(and also, it was killing me that I can't figure out how the heck I'm able to understand him), so I just nodded my head slowly. He looked like he was thinking hard about something so I began to ponder the situation… wait a moment… If he's a cat, about the same size as me, and we can understand each other… that must mean that… no… it can't be…
My heart thudding in my chest, I slowly begin to lift my left hand… scratch that… not hand… but PAW. A small, dainty, fluffy, white paw. As the realization sets in, I look at Percy, and apparently, he's come up with the same conclusion: We've been turned into cats.
The man who was carrying us around in the net stopped abruptly in front of a truck. He lifted the bag up so that our eyes were level with his. "Sorry guys, just business, nothin' personal." He told us sorrowfully before walking around to the back of the truck, where he opened the door lifted us out of the net by the scruffs of our necks and threw us into cell-like trunk.
"Now off we go to the pound, after a good days work." We hear him mumble before he slams the door shut, and walks away.
The truck rumbled to life and began to roll down the streets. Turning towards Percy, I found him curled up in a ball and with his usually bright, happy eyes filled with darkness and fear. I ran over to him and burry my face in the soft fur, just under his neck. I whisper soothing words and tell him "Everything is totally fine."
But I know, everything is falling apart.
Thalia's POV: The first thing I noticed when I woke up, is thatwherever I am, it smells REALLY bad. Second, I noticed that everything was so much bigger than usual. Third, I noticed that I was sleeping on straw… in a barn. Wait… what? A barn? There's no barn in Camp Half-Blood! Where the Hades am I? I jump up from where I was laying, expecting to land on my knees but instead, I land on all fours and tumble backwards from the unusual feeling.
I continue tumbling backwards, until my back slams against something soft that upon impact, yelped and then groaned. I was so surprised, that I fell away from the thing and nearly squeaked. I was a bit dizzy from all of the tumbling I was doing so it took me a moment focus my eyes.
When I was finally able to see clearly again, I saw the soft thing that I landed on was a big, black ball. I thought maybe I was just hearing things until the ball quivered and a big, fluffy, black and white, tail rise in the air and smack down again. Hesitantly, I creep forward to get a closer look. When I get there, a head pops up looking in the opposite direct from where I was standing, startling me. Then, 2 white paws sprout from the front of the ball and push the ball off of the ground, and into a sitting position.
The ball is really a black and white cat. When the cat opened its eyes, I gasped. Those eyes look just like Nico's eyes. A deep, deep brown that was almost black. The cat's fur was like a tuxedo, it looked like the black over coat and a white dress shirt, and the paws even looked like gloves. The cat wobbled. It apparently wasn't used to being on all fours either, because the cat soon toppled over after trying to walk on its hind legs.
"Aw shoot!" Nico's voice rang through the barn. My head darts around searching for him, desperate to see a familiar face. I don't see him anywhere. My eyes wander back to the cat. I get off of my back and carefully attempt to walk over to it. I fell. Like the cat I failed to walk on 2 legs.
I get kinda nervous. This is not right… I think. The cat try's again and fails once more. The cat opens its mouth to speak.
"What is going on?" The cat wonders aloud. It's Nico's voice. I look down at my body to find creamy fur on my chest and stripes on my arms… well not arms, but front legs I guess I should say. No, it can't be! I look up at the cat that seems to be in deep thought. I gulp cautiously.
"Nico?"
"Thalia? Is that really you?" The cat responds. The cat IS Nico. I run over to him, trip on my front legs halfway there, and smack into Nico again.
"Whoa!" He yelps as I barrel right into him and knock him down like a bowling pin. We roll around for a little longer. When we finally stop, we both groan at the same time. "What was that for?" He asked me.
"Hey Nico. It's me, Thalia!" I greet nervously.
"Thalia? You too?" He asked, gesturing to my new cat body.
"Yep." Is my simple response. "So, I saw that you're also having trouble walking."
"Sure am. I don't get it!" Nico complains.
"Hmm, I wonder if we should try to actually walk on all fours for a change… we seem to always try to walk on 2 legs and that just won't work." I suggest simply.
"I don't see any reason why not." Nico returns pleasantly.
So, we both got up out of our sitting positions on the dirty barn floor, and Nico takes the restrained first step forward. He doesn't topple over so he takes another step. Another successful attempt. He begins to move a little faster, as he gains confidence. He soon is prancing and leaping around with his new found speed, flexibility, agility, and stealth.
"Common Thalia! It's easy as long as you start out slow!" He encourages me.
"Alright, I'll try…" I say before taking my first step. Wait, I'm still standing! I think as I take another step. This IS easy! I quicken my pace. It's actually pretty fun! I think as I begin to jog, which quickly becomes a run. "Wow! You're right Nico! This is easy!"
Now that we have walking, jogging, jumping, and running under control, we decide to play a game of 'Hide and Seek'. I know that it's a child's game, but hey! It's really fun! Plus, now that we're cats, there are so many more spots that we can hide in. We agree that I seek first and Nico hides.
"1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10! Ready or not, here I come!" I yell darting off to begin searching for Nico.
I checked about 5 really good spots to hide in, with no results. That's when I heard Nico scream. And a feral hissing. Thankful for the fact that cats have enhanced hearing, I follow the sound to where it's coming from. I ran about 3 yards before Nico comes barreling down towards me.
"Run!" He screeches while he speeds past me. That was all I needed to hear to bolt after him. I mean, what is so scary that Nico Di'Angelo, the son of Hades, runs away from it screaming in fear?
I watch as he zips out the door of the barn. Huh. I wonder why we didn't notice that before… I ponder before rushing through the door myself. Nico's nowhere to be seen.
"Ni-" I begin before something grabs me from behind, puts something fluffy in my mouth, and pushes me down into the long grasses behind the barn. I was about to scream when I turn and see that it's only Nico himself.
"Shh. We don't wanna get caught right?" Nico warns me before taking his TAIL out of my mouth.
I nod my head. "Okay, but can I ask? What was it back there that scared you so much?" I question him.
He sighs. "Well to be completely honest, it was a VERY territorial mother cat with 6 newborn kittens…" He answers sheepishly.
"Really? The great and fearless Nico Di'Angelo, was chased away by a girl!" I taunt him as I laugh quietly.
"Thalia, trust me. You never want to feel the wrath of a mother who thinks you are too close to her child/children. It's scary!" Nico retorts.
"Alright Dead Head. I believe you. Now let's try to find somewhere that we can stay for the night." I propose after I finish scanning the perimeter for any mad, mother cats and coming up with a blank.
"Okay. Let's go." Nico submits.
With that we set off to find some sort of sheltering to stay in. At one point, we found a nice little cottage that would be suitable to stay in for the night and we clambered in and slept.
Katie's POV: When I awoke. I instantly noticed 3 things. 1: I was on a roof. 2: There was a huge nest next to me on the roof. And 3: I was cuddling with a HUGE cat.
"AAAHHH!" I squeal, stumbling away from the ginormous animal. Resulting in the creature to wake up.
"What, what? What'd I miss?" The cat asks in an eerily familiar male voice. I'm not even surprised that the cat can talk, I'm only confused on 'Why do I know that voice so well?' and 'Who did it belong too?'
The cat was mainly a sand color but its chest, paws, inside of ears, stomach, and the bottom of its tail were a cream. The cat also had light brown highlights. A single line that went from the tip of its nose, to the forehead, down the neck to the back, and from the back to the tip of its tail.
"Where am I?" The cat asked again. This time, I figured out how that voice was so familiar. It was Stoll's voice. TRAVIS Stoll's voice.
"Stoll?" I asked harshly. "I want an answer, and I want it NOW." I continue on pure instinct. ...Wow! I must yell at him and his brother A LOT if it's natural just to say 'I want an answer, and I want it NOW!' right after saying 'Stoll'…
"Gardner?" The cat answers. Yep. Definitely Travis.
"Yes Stoll. It's me. What happened?" I answer him venom dripping from my voice.
"What're you talking about!" Travis answers. "I didn't do anythi- WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU KATIE!" Travis cuts off abruptly when he finally looks at me.
"What are you talking about?" I return viciously. "I'm completely the sa-" I cut off once I see what he's talking about. I had fluffy, white fur on my chest. He's not the only one who was turned into a cat, because so was I! "OH MY GODS I'M A CAT!" I exclaim, perplexed at how something like this could have happened to both of us. I mean, Stoll wouldn't change BOTH of us into cats! That just isn't his style!
"Well, I'm talking about that." He exclaimed smugly, while gesturing to my new appearance.
"What happened to you then, huh Travis, What?" I retort.
"I don't know what you're talking abou-" He responds before cutting off and giving himself a once over. "I don't know Katie! This is kind of scaring me now…" He continues, flabbergasted.
"Okay well we need to figure it out or else this is gonna turn out horrib-" I was cut off by the sound of a crow cawing. It sounded oddly very close by.
"Did you happen to see a crow around here somewhere?" I ask.
"No. Why? Did you?" Travis answers, confusion written in his voice.
"No, that's why I asked you…" I gulp.
"HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HERE? TRYING TO STEAL MY EGGS HUH? WELL BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME IDIOTS!" A feminine voice inquired threateningly from above us.
"Huh?" Travis asks, stumped on where the voice had come from, and why it chose to say that particular thing.
"Um… Travis…" I begin staring at the crow coming towards us at an alarming speed.
"Yes Katie?" He urges for me to continue.
Still staring at the bird, I answer: "We better run… like, NOW would be great!" I cast my eyes back onto him and he senses the urgency in my voice and looks my way.
"Why?" He ponders further.
"Why? Because there's a angry, mama bird swooping towards us at a deathly rate! Let's MOVE!" I order as I begin to run towards the edge of the building. I hear Travis following me.
"Katie! What are you doing! This house is 4 stories high! You'll kill yourself, even as a cat!" He tries to reason but to no avail I continue my course, picking up my speed as I brace myself to jump.
"Travis, if you want to survive, just follow my lead!" I say before I leap off of the side of the house.
"KATIE!" I heard Travis screech before I land safely on the roof of the house next-door that was a story lower than the one I was just on. Soon after I hear and soft thud and running steps that were coming toward me.
"How did you know about this house?" Travis question bewildered.
"Travis, look at the pattern of the houses. 4 stories, 3 stories, 2 stories, 1 story. 4, 3, 2, 1. Etcetera, etcetera." I answer, feeling pretty good about myself for the fact that I saw that pattern.
"Oh… wow Katie-Kat, good eye!" Travis complemented me but I didn't care about that at the moment.
"Travis. Do NOT call me that!" I demanded from him and Travis sat down abruptly with his head high in the air while he used his tail to solute me.
"Ma'am yes Ma'am!" I giggle slightly at his bizarre actions. I walk in front of him with a regal posture.
"At ease soldier!" I commanded to play along.
"Ma'am yes Ma'am!" He repeated. I giggled a little more.
"You know what Travis?" I begin, smiling slightly.
"Mmhm?" He asks curiously.
"I think we can call a truce, you know when you're not wreaking havoc on my cabin; you're actually pretty fun to be around! So what do you say? Truce?" I advocate, holding my tail out to shake with his.
"Hmm… I'm gonna need to think about it…" he said while scratching his ear with his back leg then he starts walking away slowly. My heart dropped.
2 seconds later he bolts back enthusiastically. "Alright, I've thought about it!" He holds his tail out towards me. "Truce?" he asks.
"Truce!" I finish. We wrap our tails together and with one good shake, we sealed the deal.
"Now," I begin. "Let's celebrate on this monumental occasion!" I propose leaping off to the building next-door, and then to the one after that. "Travis Stoll and Katie Gardener have called a truce!" I scream as I leap down a pipe, and onto the soft, grassy ground with Travis right behind me.
"Here, here!" Travis agrees, standing by my side.
Hello dear readers! That was the second chapter of 'It's the Cat's Life for Me"! How did I do? It sucked, didn't it.
Peeta: Hey I thought it was pretty cool!
Me: Thank you Peeta! How sweet of you!
Katniss: Eh, it was alright. Wasn't terrible, wasn't amazing either though!
Me: Well Katniss, thank you for your honesty and for that I will-"
Katniss: Let me go?
Me: No! why would I do that! You and Peeta are the best entertainment I've ever had! I was going to say that I would let you go to my archery range and shoot a few squirrels!
Katniss: Oh… THAT'S EVEN BETTER!
Me: What'd I tell ya! I told you that if you were good I'd be nice to you! You're gonna like it here! Oh and Peeta, I'll let you make some delicious chocolate cake because of your honesty! You know what, I'm just gonna give you the kitchen.
Peeta:…SWEET! OH THAT'S THE BEST PRESENT EVER!
Me: I know, I know, I'm an amazing host. Now both of you go off and have your fun.
Peeta and Katniss: Okay!
Ah, that felt good. Well, I've decided to do this little thing at the end of every chapter from now on. I would like to know who you would like to come in next. The options are:
Poseidon and Athena
Thalia and Nico
Percy and Annabeth
Travis and Katie
Tell me who I should bring in next in your review. Thanks for reading and until next time, Stay strong my little cupcakes, stay strong.
See you all soon!
