Secrets to Hide
Author's Note: Roar, here I am with the next chapter. Well, I didn't keep a good promise on updating six fics buuuuuut, yeah… I was at the mall yesterday! My mom dragged me there (not literally)! Besides, I needed to spend my money for Christmas presents… Anyways, here's the next chapter!
Chapter 5 – Clutches of the Past
"I am a gorilla, hear me roar!" Kevin said, imitating a gorilla again.
"Kevin…" Cat groaned, opening her eyes. "What are you doing in my room?" She asked.
"Uh, I don't know." He replied, rushing out of her older sister's room.
"Brothers…" Cat scoffed, rolling her eyes.
Bored, Cat went downstairs and pessimistically sat down on the couch. Her mom saw her sulk.
"Cat, I know you're grounded but how about you go on the rooftop?" She asked.
"Sure." Cat said, sitting up and feeling a bit better. She finally had something to do.
"I'll call you for dinner in half an hour if you'd like." Her mom said.
"Okay, thanks mom." Cat said, rushing up the top of the rooftop of their house.
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When Cat got up, the first thing she saw was the vast, dark blue sky and twinkling stars.
The lights of many buildings and attractions of New York City shone brightly around the neighborhood.
Cat had seemingly nothing to do but stare at the surrounding areas of the city. She then suddenly realized something!
'I could always fly around the city and come back in a snap. Mom won't suspect it anyway.' She thought.
Quickly, Cat transformed to a dragon and flew out of the rooftop.
It sure beats being stuck at home or staring at the rooftop, Cat then thought.
She soared around gracefully through the sky, feeling free, as she had ever been.
But Cat paused for a moment when she noticed a thick, black cloud of dust surrounding her.
Coughing, Cat tried her best to escape the clutches of it but something grabbed her from both of her feet and pulled her down.
After the cloud of dust had gone away, Cat saw the revealed figure of the Dark Dragon! Again!
'Not again…' She thought.
"You thought you could escape could you?" The Dark Dragon asked, dragging her down at the rooftop of another house.
Cat struggled to escape the Dark Dragon but it was no use.
"And this should keep you here for a while…" He said, chaining her.
She then tried to escape this but felt like she was getting weaker the more she tried.
"And remember, the more you try, the more you'll be vulnerable." The Dark Dragon smirked.
Cat then stopped.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Oh, I have just the thing to remind you." He replied. The Dark Dragon had revealed a hologram of a view of Topeka, where Cat used to live.
"No! It can't be!" She exclaimed.
She watched as it was showing events, like a movie clip.
The first scene was with Cat and her family was inside their old house back in Topeka, Kansas.
Next, it showed the appearance of their house after. Their house was covered in thick flames.
It then showed a scene of he family struggling to escape the burning house. Cat was still in the house, being held down by a chunk of their house. She was trying to find a way to escape but something hit her head and she went unconscious. The worried looks of her mother and father were shown at one time then back to Cat's perspective.
She was lying helplessly down at the remains of their house, seemingly lifeless. Everybody, including her mom and dad, were already out of the house and so were her other siblings, who had almost no clue what was going on.
"Remember this?" The Dark Dragon asked, interrupting Cat, who was watching everything.
Cat gasped in horror.
"I'll never forget…" She sighed. "That made me be brought me to the hospital that day and a cost of everything in our house to be ruined." She continued, ready to burst out tears.
Cat hung her head low.
"And it was all my fault… and yours… I shouldn't have fought you…" She said, facing the Dark Dragon in anger.
"That's right." He said. "And guess what will happen if you defeat me now…" He continued
Cat could imagine the risks of it.
"No! It can't be!" She cried.
"Oh yes it is." The Dark Dragon said, showing something else in the cloud where the hologram was.
There, it showed a horrible vision of a battle at first and Cat, who was in dragon form, was close to being defeated.
Then, it showed a scene of her family struck with another fire in their house.
"No! You can't do this to me!" Cat exclaimed, crying in tears of pain.
"Yes I can… All because of what you did to me in the past…" He said.
Cat was still crying, hoping this had never happened in the first place.
"You can't… you can't do this to me…" She sobbed.
"Then give it up… Don't do the same thing you did before, or else you know what will happen." The Dark Dragon demanded.
Cat had nothing to do. She'd rather have her and her family safe from any more danger.
"Okay…" She nodded, sniffling.
"Just… just don't… hurt my family… You can even do it to me if you want…" She stammered.
"As you wish… if you are good enough to fight for your life, then I'll bring you to a fight." He said.
"But! But! I never I wanted to fight." She choked.
"But nothing… You've done enough to me in the past so you must accept this or your family gets it." He threatened.
"Okay." Cat said, hanging her head low.
There was nothing to do anymore… it was either her… or her family…
"I will see you again…" The Dark Dragon said, disappearing once more.
Cat was still in chains, trying to escape. She was, though, growing more tired and weak.
But after much struggle, she removed the chains and flew home.
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When she landed, she appeared at the rooftop of her house, landing in human form.
Cat then opened the door and saw the angry faces of her mom and dad, glaring at her.
"Mom, dad! I can totally explain!" She said.
"Well, explain it to yourself because you're grounded for the rest of the month!" Her dad said.
"Think about what you've done…" Her mom said.
"But, but, but, I… aw man!" She cried, storming to her room in disappointment.
First, the Dark Dragon threatened to kill her family and now she was grounded for the rest of the month!
Could this get any worse?
Yes! It's the end of the chapter! Muhahahahaha!
Last Minute Comments: Now to update my other stories, roar. Haha, what did you think? –is biting spork- I'm hungry, don't blame me…