Chapter 6: Back to the Rat Trap

Arden saw as the cat came closer. She continued to take steps back.

"I thought you died in a puppy dog accident." said Arden, knowing that she had heard of the cat's cruel fate. The cat glared and hissed at her. Arden looked closely and saw Fidget on her back laughing. Arden quickly turned around and ran.

She yelled for help, hoping someone she knew would hear her cries.

"BASIL! OLIVIA! SOMEBODY!" yelled Arden. Basil and Dawson were at Basil's home. Basil wanted to know more about the locket Arden possessed. While Olivia and Flaversham went home, Dawson didn't say a word until they heard Arden's cry for help. When Basil recognized it, he busted out the door, and Dawson followed behind him.

"Where did that scream come from?" asked Dawson.

"It came from Arden!" replied Basil.

"The girl who tried to hurt Olivia?" asked Dawson.

"Yes! Ratigan must be on her trail!" replied Basil.

"But why are we helping her?" asked Dawson pulling Basil's tail back. Basil looked at him.

"It's because of that locket! With that power, Ratigan will have the power to do what ever he wants! Hurry!" replied Basil. Dawson put on his hat and followed Basil out. The two male mice saw Arden being carried away by Felicia along Fidget who followed her.

"Oh this is exactly what happened in a nightmare. God I hate nightmares. Who doesn't?" said Arden to herself.
"Stop talking to yourself!" yelped Fidget. Arden glared and kept her face away from him as Felicia held on to her.

As Arden was being carried away, she remembered the nightmare she had. She hoped she still had time to escape though, but, wait, how could she escape while being carried away by a vast feline?


NIGHTMARE:

Arden fell on the ground and found herself at the Rat Trap. To her left were thugs glaring at her. To her right were Felicia and Fidget. She hoped this wasn't true.

"What am I doing here?" asked Arden. Fidget giggled at her. Arden didn't like that giggle. She saw a shadow. Arden knelt down and touched the ground. She held her locket tight. She heard her name being called. She looked up and saw Julian and Emily there standing before her. Julian had tan colored fur. He had blue eyes. He wore a dark green turtle neck and black pants. Emily had gray fur with dark eyes. She wore a purple kimono (Emily's ancestors are Japanese. They traveled from Japan because of cats. But what they thought was America was actually London) and a little blue bow in her hair. Arden had Julian's tan fur and she had Emily's dark eyes. Arden ran to them when she tried to hug them, she couldn't. When she went up to them, she just went right through them.

"Mother, father what's going on!" asked Arden harshly. They didn't answer. She saw an even bigger shadow. She looked up and saw Ratigan's big purple balloon. When she saw Ratigan in it, Arden knew what this meant. Arden turned and ran. Thugs tried to block her path. The balloon kept narrowing down. Arden just kept running. Arden then felt a pull. She turned her head to see that Ratigan grabbed her back. Arden screamed for help. She hoped for Basil of Baker Street to show up. Ratigan pulled her up.

"HELP! HELP!" yelled Arden. She bit Ratigan's arm. He yelled in pain letting her go. Arden fell into the cluster of glass wine bottles. She felt pain. She looked into one of the bottles and saw a familair face. It was not a friend, but then again, it was an enemy as harmful as Ratigan. It turned out to be someone she knew from her past named Laura Gonzales.

"Laura, what are you doing in there?" asked Arden. The nightmare was over after that.

END NIGHTMARE

Arden came back from her memory and saw she was still running from Felicia. She thought that this was kind of like her nightmare. The differences were that Laura wasn't here and instead of running from Ratigan's big balloon, she was running from Felicia. She ran until she felt Felicia's teeth sink into her skin. Arden knew she was caught. Felicia raised her up by the tail and walked away. That was when Basil came by.

"Someone had better help me, or, I swear, there'll be hell to pay, dammit," whispered Arden.