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~The Black Cat~
With that the man grabbed her hands and thrust them behind her back. She left out a gasp from what just happened but then narrowed her eyes, quickly regaining herself. "Guess Ah have to do this the old fashioned way."
Rogue pushed herself off the ground with enough momentum to flip over the man. He lost his grasp on her and realized she was behind him now. Right as he turned around she did a roundhouse kick forcing her foot into his head easily knocking him down to the ground. He scrambled around on the ground trying to find his balance. The clinking of his heavy armor matched his frantic desperation.
"Now stay away from meh or Ah'll really hurt ya." Rogue threatened still in her fighting stance.
The man muttered an "Aye" as he remained sitting on the ground in defeat. Rogue looked him over unsurely, slowly falling out of her fighting stance. As the man sat rubbing his head, Rogue shrugged and began to walk toward the city lights or whatever it was.
Seconds later she heard a loud cry behind her. That man's damn battle cry again. This time however she was too late to react. He was too close, and too fast. His sword was inches away from her about to make it's way into her flesh when something black hit his face pushing him backward.
The man growled in pain as he grabbed both sides of the black animal and threw it to the ground. His face was immediately covered in blood from where the animal torn into him. He moaned and growled thrusting his sword over his dripping head ready to slice the animal in two. He stopped in mid air once he realized what it was. His eyes widened in fear and he let out a bone chilling scream. He ran into the forest the other direction still screaming.
Rogue watched all this in wonder. What the heck was that black thing that freaked the man out? In the moonlight she could make out the animal now as it turned around to face her. It was a cat. A petite little black cat with a pink ribbon around it's neck. She didn't understand how a cat could be so terrifying.
"Like, that was close." The cat said as she approached Rogue.
Ok. Now Rogue knew why the cat was terrifying. "The hell? How'd you know how tah talk?"
The cat gave Rogue a queer look, if cats can do that. "It's a black cat trait. Or Shadow cat is another name for us. You should know that though being human and all. By the way why aren't you running away like the others? Aren't you afraid I'll, like, curse you?"
Rogue creased her eyebrows at the cat's voice. Since when do cats have valley girl accents? ~Oh my god~ She thought. She threw her pointer finger at the animal. "You're Kitty!"
The cat darted her eyes from Rogue to her finger and back to Rogue. "Yes. me kitty. You human. Hmm. I thought we already figured that out."
Rogue frowned with frustration. "No you're Kitty Pryde. Shadow Cat?"
The cat licked her paw to clean off the blood as she replied. "I don't know about the pride part. I don't really belong to any group."
Rogue slapped her forehead in frustration till something clicked in her head. She's an actual rogue, and Kitty is an actual cat. What exactly was this place?
She knelt down to attempt eye level with the cat. "Look Kitty, do you happen to know where we are?"
"Like duh. We're just outside the town of Vayebille."
"Bayville Vayebille. nice." Rogue thought out loud sarcastically.
Just then the winds changed to a chilling breeze down Rogue's neck. The moon disappeared into the clouds leaving the forest as black as Kitty's fur. Rogue could barely make out the cat's pink ribbon as she shivered from the cold dead air.
"Ooh. We should get out of here, like now." The cat said drastically. "She's watching us."
"Who?" Rogue asked, but before the cat could answer a loud disgusting cackle echoed though out the forest. A strange smell of decay invaded her nostrils making her gag.
"You shouldn't be here at night! She controls the forest at night!"
"Who? Dang it!"
The cackle grew louder as the winds grew stronger. The cat began to run towards the lights of the town.
"Just follow me!" She said to Rogue. Before Rogue could run after the cat she was distracted by the woman in the distance seeming to float after her. She was dressed in blood red clothing standing out in the darkness. She let out a loud cackle as she made her way towards Rouge.
Rogue knew to run and followed Kitty trying to keep up. She pushed away branches and stumbled over roots desperately trying to keep her balance. She could hear the floating woman coming closer but didn't look back. The air grew colder as the woman gained on her. She noticed the trees looking dead and moving in her way trying to catch her.
"Hurry!" The cat yelled. "We're almost there!"
Rogue saw the town a few yards away. A bridge separated the town from the forest and invited her to cross it. Once she reached the bridge she'd be out of the forest and the woman's control. She pounded her feed on the ground at her fullest speed. Right then a root jumped from the ground and tripped Rogue. Just as she fell the woman's hand grabbed at her only grasping her sleeve. Rogue heard the sleeve rip loudly as she fell and rolled onto the bridge.
Kitty ran to her side as Rogue stared at the woman's face. She stood there holding Rogue's transparent sleeve smiling at her evilly. Rogue gawked at the woman. Even though her hair was flowing long and black Rogue knew who she was. "Wanda?!"
The woman let out another screeching cackle before she disappeared into the haunted woods. With her left the cold air and smell of death. Rogue couldn't believe her eyes.
Before Kitty could speak Rogue interrupted as she exhaustedly stood up still panting from the previous scene. "Let meh guess. That was the Scarlet Witch."
The cat didn't bother to tell her she was right. "She's not someone you want to mess with. She feed's on human's life to stay alive. Now that she has you're scent from the clothing she can easily search you out."
"Great." Rogue muttered. "It's not like Ah'm anybody special so why'd she bother with me."
"Well you did steal the king's jewelry."
Rogue growled. "Ah did not! Ah didn't even know there was a king till that tin man came along and tried to kill meh." She stopped yelling and took a deep breath before she knelt down to the cat. "Look. To be honest I don't know where da heck Ah am. Can you just help me?"
The cat looked down and spoke softly. "You don't belong to anybody either?"
"Nope."
The cat thought for a while till she let out a sigh in defeat. "I'll help you but don't let anyone see me. They'll totally freak!"
"Thanks." Rogue said. "Jump in my bag." Just as she said it she opened her book bag to see it was already full.
Oh my god.
There in the bag were the king's jewels.
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I had a headless horseman vibe going on when I wrote this. Hope you liked it.
~The Black Cat~
With that the man grabbed her hands and thrust them behind her back. She left out a gasp from what just happened but then narrowed her eyes, quickly regaining herself. "Guess Ah have to do this the old fashioned way."
Rogue pushed herself off the ground with enough momentum to flip over the man. He lost his grasp on her and realized she was behind him now. Right as he turned around she did a roundhouse kick forcing her foot into his head easily knocking him down to the ground. He scrambled around on the ground trying to find his balance. The clinking of his heavy armor matched his frantic desperation.
"Now stay away from meh or Ah'll really hurt ya." Rogue threatened still in her fighting stance.
The man muttered an "Aye" as he remained sitting on the ground in defeat. Rogue looked him over unsurely, slowly falling out of her fighting stance. As the man sat rubbing his head, Rogue shrugged and began to walk toward the city lights or whatever it was.
Seconds later she heard a loud cry behind her. That man's damn battle cry again. This time however she was too late to react. He was too close, and too fast. His sword was inches away from her about to make it's way into her flesh when something black hit his face pushing him backward.
The man growled in pain as he grabbed both sides of the black animal and threw it to the ground. His face was immediately covered in blood from where the animal torn into him. He moaned and growled thrusting his sword over his dripping head ready to slice the animal in two. He stopped in mid air once he realized what it was. His eyes widened in fear and he let out a bone chilling scream. He ran into the forest the other direction still screaming.
Rogue watched all this in wonder. What the heck was that black thing that freaked the man out? In the moonlight she could make out the animal now as it turned around to face her. It was a cat. A petite little black cat with a pink ribbon around it's neck. She didn't understand how a cat could be so terrifying.
"Like, that was close." The cat said as she approached Rogue.
Ok. Now Rogue knew why the cat was terrifying. "The hell? How'd you know how tah talk?"
The cat gave Rogue a queer look, if cats can do that. "It's a black cat trait. Or Shadow cat is another name for us. You should know that though being human and all. By the way why aren't you running away like the others? Aren't you afraid I'll, like, curse you?"
Rogue creased her eyebrows at the cat's voice. Since when do cats have valley girl accents? ~Oh my god~ She thought. She threw her pointer finger at the animal. "You're Kitty!"
The cat darted her eyes from Rogue to her finger and back to Rogue. "Yes. me kitty. You human. Hmm. I thought we already figured that out."
Rogue frowned with frustration. "No you're Kitty Pryde. Shadow Cat?"
The cat licked her paw to clean off the blood as she replied. "I don't know about the pride part. I don't really belong to any group."
Rogue slapped her forehead in frustration till something clicked in her head. She's an actual rogue, and Kitty is an actual cat. What exactly was this place?
She knelt down to attempt eye level with the cat. "Look Kitty, do you happen to know where we are?"
"Like duh. We're just outside the town of Vayebille."
"Bayville Vayebille. nice." Rogue thought out loud sarcastically.
Just then the winds changed to a chilling breeze down Rogue's neck. The moon disappeared into the clouds leaving the forest as black as Kitty's fur. Rogue could barely make out the cat's pink ribbon as she shivered from the cold dead air.
"Ooh. We should get out of here, like now." The cat said drastically. "She's watching us."
"Who?" Rogue asked, but before the cat could answer a loud disgusting cackle echoed though out the forest. A strange smell of decay invaded her nostrils making her gag.
"You shouldn't be here at night! She controls the forest at night!"
"Who? Dang it!"
The cackle grew louder as the winds grew stronger. The cat began to run towards the lights of the town.
"Just follow me!" She said to Rogue. Before Rogue could run after the cat she was distracted by the woman in the distance seeming to float after her. She was dressed in blood red clothing standing out in the darkness. She let out a loud cackle as she made her way towards Rouge.
Rogue knew to run and followed Kitty trying to keep up. She pushed away branches and stumbled over roots desperately trying to keep her balance. She could hear the floating woman coming closer but didn't look back. The air grew colder as the woman gained on her. She noticed the trees looking dead and moving in her way trying to catch her.
"Hurry!" The cat yelled. "We're almost there!"
Rogue saw the town a few yards away. A bridge separated the town from the forest and invited her to cross it. Once she reached the bridge she'd be out of the forest and the woman's control. She pounded her feed on the ground at her fullest speed. Right then a root jumped from the ground and tripped Rogue. Just as she fell the woman's hand grabbed at her only grasping her sleeve. Rogue heard the sleeve rip loudly as she fell and rolled onto the bridge.
Kitty ran to her side as Rogue stared at the woman's face. She stood there holding Rogue's transparent sleeve smiling at her evilly. Rogue gawked at the woman. Even though her hair was flowing long and black Rogue knew who she was. "Wanda?!"
The woman let out another screeching cackle before she disappeared into the haunted woods. With her left the cold air and smell of death. Rogue couldn't believe her eyes.
Before Kitty could speak Rogue interrupted as she exhaustedly stood up still panting from the previous scene. "Let meh guess. That was the Scarlet Witch."
The cat didn't bother to tell her she was right. "She's not someone you want to mess with. She feed's on human's life to stay alive. Now that she has you're scent from the clothing she can easily search you out."
"Great." Rogue muttered. "It's not like Ah'm anybody special so why'd she bother with me."
"Well you did steal the king's jewelry."
Rogue growled. "Ah did not! Ah didn't even know there was a king till that tin man came along and tried to kill meh." She stopped yelling and took a deep breath before she knelt down to the cat. "Look. To be honest I don't know where da heck Ah am. Can you just help me?"
The cat looked down and spoke softly. "You don't belong to anybody either?"
"Nope."
The cat thought for a while till she let out a sigh in defeat. "I'll help you but don't let anyone see me. They'll totally freak!"
"Thanks." Rogue said. "Jump in my bag." Just as she said it she opened her book bag to see it was already full.
Oh my god.
There in the bag were the king's jewels.
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I had a headless horseman vibe going on when I wrote this. Hope you liked it.