A/N: Again, I refuse to change the rating at all cost, not to sound offensive but I did say I'd refuse to ya know. Anyway, thanks to a very special inspiration (you know who you are) I've decided to extend the story even further and to go on even longer. This chapter will introduce another new character, another made up one. His entrance is a little more appropriate though.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Star Fox, Nintendo and/or Rare does. Any relations to my made up characters in any way is entirely coincidental

Chapter 16-In the Katt's Eye

Katt strolled through the village in her human form. Everything was getting to be a nuisance suddenly. She didn't say anything to any other humans. She had Shane on her mind all day. What was going to happen to him? As she walked there was the occasional stare she was used to getting, even a "hi" every now and then.

Rumors were starting to go through the village now. No one had seen much of Mia at all, Pepper was finally back in the pub where he needed to be, but people were actually starting to look at them....differently. They didn't seem natural anymore. People were beginning to suspect they were up to something. As much as Katt didn't want to let that get to her, she still couldn't help but think this: 'what if they find out?'

Katt walked up to Mia's front door. She had her own crystal ball in hand and watched the entire conversation between Fox and Shane. She had no choice but to confront Mia. If they were going to do anything it best be now and not later. Katt knocked on her door but there was no answer. She knocked once more screaming "Open up Mia." There was still no answer. "She said she'd be here." Katt whispered under her breath.

Katt wasn't sure where Mia was. She turned around and began to walk off when the door opened behind her. Katt slowly turned around to see Mia standing in the doorway. She looked very worried. "What's wrong?" Katt asked.

Mia shook her head and held up her crystal ball. "Shane could be in danger." She said wearily. She walked out of her house and started towards the pub. Katt decided to follow close behind Mia. As they walked through the village there were all those who stared at them once again.

"We need to leave soon." Katt whispered to Mia.

"We will, but after Shane returns for our help. I gave him my word and I don't plan to go back on it now." Mia whispered back.

"What if they find out?"

"We can hold our ground for as long as we need to." Mia replied.

People of the village actually started to treat them differently now. At first everybody loved them. Now that they've been leaving the village lots of times...people began to wonder where they went. No one could believe any "human" would spend that much time just wandering the woods. They got a few smiles as they got to the pub. Everybody there was sill on their side at least.

As Mia and Katt walked in, Pepper was busy serving customers drinks and in his own chat. When he saw Mia and Katt he waved them over.

Katt and Mia sat down. "What's going on?" Pepper asked giving a wink. That didn't seem like the best thing go do, but at least it was clear that he was talking about Shane.

Katt shook her head, and then noticed the man next to her. She didn't want to say anything that might make him more suspicious. "Things are OK, the worst is almost over." Katt said as she managed to keep her crystal ball hidden from the sight of anyone else. She was a bit nervous. Then she leaned in and whispered into Pepper's ear, "The spell is almost broken, we need him here but theres no way to get him out of the furry village in time."

Pepper chuckled a bit and watched Katt sit back down on her stool. Then he leaned in and whispered back. "Shane will be fine, don't worry your pretty little head off. I'd be more worried about what will happen to Krystal."

"What are you two whispering about?" Mia said. Though she probably already knew.

"Just Shane." Pepper answered.

"Who is Shane?" A man asked setting his mug down. Mia had never seen the likes of him before. He had a beard and looked like a weary traveler.

Mia turned to him and said, "He's a friend of ours who we care for very much." That's all she said.

"Wouldn't want to let them furs get to him I'll tell you now." He said. "They'll take him and they'll kill him for sure."

Mia was a bit insulted to hear that, and so were Pepper and Katt. Mia wanted to ask 'and how much do you know about the furs?' but she didn't. She was all ready in the deep end of the pool. She didn't want to go deeper. Everyone already suspected that she was a "traitor" to the humans.

"The furs can't be all that bad." Katt said. "They probably think the same thing about us." She continued the conversation with the man.

"Oh, I'm pretty sure they think the same thing about us. I've been across the lands and I've seen plenty of furries who are nice to humans and respect them...but not around here. I passed through that village and I swear everyone was on some kind of human alert."

Katt was starting to learn from this. She continued the conversation. "So if anything, you're not biased towards furs, its how they treated you when you passed through the village?"

The man nodded. "I was just passing by and many of them called me names...names I don't want to dare repeat. They threw rotten fruit at me, spit on me. They were awful. But hell, they sure do know how to stick together. Wish more of us humans were like that." He took a sip of his beer. "Not all of them were mean. There was one who helped me. I can't remember her name, but she was a blue vixen. She was very kind. I wish I meant more furs like her."

"Krystal!" Katt shouted rather loudly. The whole pub went silent for about three seconds. "I'm sorry, its just that I know her."

The man looked puzzled. "You actually went into the village at one point?" He chuckled a bit. "You had to have been pretty brave to go through there."

Katt wasn't about to say that she didn't really know Krystal, but knew who she was. "I've been through there a couple of times. Some were very nice to me." She lied.

Mia chimed in. "Did you happen to see a fox with light brown fur?"

The man set his beer down once more before he took a sip. "Why yes, as a matter of fact I did. He was obviously the one in charge, but he's a harsh little bastard." He rolled up his sleeve and showed them all his scar. "That's what he did to me. I didn't do anything to him. He just took out a dagger and stabbed me. I asked him what I was doing wrong in his village and all he said to me was that I was a tresspasser." He rolled down his sleeve and went back to taking sips of his beer. "I wouldn't say I was tresspassing. I'd say I was just passing by. If it weren't for that blue vixen they'd have hung me for sure."

Pepper was busy serving others drinks, but still managed to listen. Pepper hadn't been in the furry village for nearly twenty years now. It'd been so long. When last he was there, he was but a pup. "I've heard about him. His father was killed by a human. He wouldn't be so biased if it weren't for that."

The man nodded. "I guess I can't blame him then. But the only thing that gets me is that...I didn't do anything to him. He just looked at me and snarled. Its obvious that he's in charge of the whole bunch. He does a mighty fine job of it too." He then looked up. "By the way, my name is Jon. I'm from way across the lands. I'm not from here, this is just a pit stop."

Katt extended her hand. "My name is Katrina, people call me Katt for short." She winked. She rather liked Jon. He seemed kind. She was actually learning more about furries then she'd known.

The man shook her hand. "Nice to meet you Katt."

Mia snuck a peak at her crystal ball and noticed that Shane was on his move. They may not be at the pub much longer. "Pepper I need the potions now. Its almost time."

Pepper handed her six jars of colored potions. One black, one white, one red, one blue, one yellow, one green.

Jon looked at these jars. "Do you realize that these jars are opposing colors? Black and white, Red and Blue, Yellow and Green? What are you trying to do. Looks like a spell to change someone's form."

Mia perked up. He was certainly smart. "We need to mix these all together. I'm doing this to help Shane." Mia snuck another peak at her crystal ball. "I'll need your help to carry these Katt."

Katt was already more into Jon that she didn't even hear Mia. "So you travel a lot, huh?" She didn't realize that she'd actually started to blush a little. "Tell me more about the furries."

Jon smiled. "Well, the only other thing I can tell you is that while most of us humans prefer coffee in the morning, they prefer tea." He chuckled. "You could try and study the furs and humans all you want, but thats the only definate thing to note as a difference. You'd be surprised just how similar furs and humans are."

Katt smiled. Someone had actually started to agree with what Mia and she had always thought.

"Katt!" Mia snapped. "I'll need help to carry these potions."

Jon stood up. "I can help you before I leave." He offered.

"Okay, if you insist. You grab two, I'll grab two, and Katt will grab two." Mia suggested. "Pepper, it would mean a lot to me if you stopped by too."

Pepper nodded. "I'll be there in a few."

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They walked up to Mia's house. The place seemed to be going into more and more ruin now. Mia felt that since Jon had no biased towards furs, she could trust him. She suddenly wished she had Falco's special gift.

They walked in. Papers were all over the floor, and a table was in the middle of the living room. "Set them down here." Mia said putting the potions on the table. Jon and Katt did the same thing. Jon noticed that the house was messy. "It isn't usually like this." Mia said.

Jon laughed a little. "No, don't worry. Until I reach the next village or the next creek I'm usualy pretty messy myself." He sat down and noticed that there were cups on the table. Jon peaked inside. The cups had....tea? They'd been sitting there for a while it looked. Jon looked around more. He stood up and started walking around. Mia didn't care.

Katt watched Jon walk through Mia's house.

Jon looked at several paintings and then found a book. 'Being A Furry.' Jon looked at it for a while. "I've read this book. Good book it is. I like how the author tells of her struggles as a furry, and trying to escape the wrath of humans. Too bad many other humans didn't like it as much."

Mia stood up and walked next to Jon and took the book. "I wrote the book actually. It was actually intended to be for furs to read. I thought that by sharing it with the humans they'd be more forthcoming. But I was wrong."

Mia took out her crystal ball and sat down on her couch. It was too that point where whatever Jon saw now, it wouldn't matter anymore. The only thing Mia cared about was Shane. Only Shane.

Jon watched Mia take out her crystal ball. "You're no ordinary old lady are you?" He leaned in to look at the crystal ball. He saw an image of a black fox.

Mia shook her head. "No, I'm not. And Katt isn't your ordinary young women either." She sat down and watched Shane walk through the village. Shane was actually out of hiding. He must've been waiting for Krystal to wake up.

Jon was just more and more shocked to see her watching a fox. "I see you're okay with furs too. But still, beware that village." Jon warned.

Mia didn't care to listen to Jon. She was a little more worried about Shane now. Katt sat down next to Mia and watched.

"Perhaps I should go now." Jon said as he walked to the door.

Just as he placed his hand on the doorknob, Katt stopped him. "You don't want to miss all the fun do you?" She led him back over to the couch and sat him down next to Mia. "This is where it'll get interesting. You'll have another story to tell for your travels."

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A/N: Anyways, the story must continue, hopefully you start to see a few things in this chapter. We're going to leave these guys for a while and get back to the village.