'Speechless'
Chapter 1: 'Orphan'
"GET OUT!" she yelled, I couldn't understand why she was so mad at me. I started crying seeing her straight-mouthed muzzle, and her eyes widening at me, "I SAID GET OUT! I REFUSE TO HAVE A FREAK LIKE YOU LIVING IN MY HOUSE! GO! GET!" that is all remember of my mother. I was only six years old. I couldn't understand why she did it that day.
She pointed to the passengers side door of her car, and she just drove off and left me on the side of the road. I was in the middle of nowhere, and she was not coming back for me. I wiped my tears, and sniffled. I couldn't understand back then why she called me such a thing, but I realized it quickly. I'm a mute. I couldn't talk since the day I was born.
I didn't know what to do. The only thing I had was the clothes I was wearing which were a purple t-shirt and a pair of one-size-fits-all grey and black plaid shorts. All I could do was walk. I walked, and walked until my ankles ached. I was a little seal pup, and nobody wanted me. I walked along the side of Highway 1, about 100 miles from MegaKat City
'Why?' I thought, it's all I could think
I saw a sign for a rest area that was five more miles down the road. Cars passed by on that rainy afternoon on a summer day. I was splashed by puddles from the passing cars, and I finally made it to the rest area by the sunset. Once there, all I did was sit by the door near the Coke machine, and I cried once more. I can't believe my mom just did that.
Most of the toms and she-kats would just look, and turn their eyes away from me. The first thing I learned is that because I'm not a kat that no one will want me. It turns out I was wrong about that. An old she-kat, an American Bobtail, and a calico as well, came up to me. She had brown eyes just like me, and wore a small pair of thin, round glasses.
"Are you alright, sonny-pup?" she asked
"What's the matter? Do you have a mom? I bet she's worried about you," said the old she-kat, I looked up at her and it was then I accepted a fact in my life. I shook my head lightly. I don't have a mom anymore. The she-kat must have realized what happened. She gasped lightly, and covered her muzzle as I looked up at her. My eyes asking for help.
"Why don't you come with me, and I will clean you up, I refuse to see a pup like you sitting on the side of the road," she said, and led me to a new white Dodge Caravan. When I got inside, and buckled up, I could smell cookies mixed with the new car smell. She drove for about twenty more miles down the road to a small roadside town called Saint Leon.
'I'm taking a chance' I thought to myself
We passed by a gas station, and she drove further down a dusty old road to a farmhouse. With a gentle paw, she led me into the house. She lived alone, but she still looked as happy as can be. From I could see, I'm thinking she must've kittens, or grand-kittens, "Here," she said, smiling warmly, and offered me a chocolate chip cookie, "take a cookie,"
It was so good. The best cookie I've ever had, "Now you wait there, I have clean clothes that might fit you, and I'll run you a bath," she said with a caring smile. She was a big she-kat, and wore tight jeans. I finished the cookie, and waited on the carpet in a living room by a small table and a comfy couch. I heard water running in a tub in a bathroom.
"Come on in, the bath is ready," she called from the bathroom. I nodded, and went to the bathroom to see her with a pair of clean shorts and a t-shirt for me. I have never met anyone so kind, "these are for you, they belonged to my grandson whose about your age, and I'll get these clothes washed and clean for you, my dear," she said to me, I smiled
"Let's get you in the tub," she smiled
She took off my sandals for me first. I raised my arms for her to take my shirt off. I looked down at her as her eyes met mine, and she pulled down my shorts. She left my to give me privacy, and I stepped into the warm waters of the bath and she went to wash my clothes. As I washed and soaped myself, I could hear the washing machine working.
I dried myself off with a towel, and dressed myself in the clothes offered to me. I drained the water from the tub, and walked around to find the old she-kat in her bedroom with a nightlight on, and reading a book. She smiled to me "Come on in" she said, and walked into the bedroom "you cannot talk, can you?" she asked, I sniffled and shook my head.
"It pains me that a mom does that to a child,"
"And such a cute little seal pup you are," she said, I smiled lightly back to her, "you can stay in my grandson's room it's just down the hall on the right," I nodded, and got off the bed, and laid down. As kind as she is, I cannot stay. The next morning, I took and put on my fresh clean clothes, and left as she slept early that morning. Still, I'm thankful.
As I left for the 'Pilot' gas station near the overpass, I felt in my pocket to find a small piece of paper and twenty dollars in my pocket. I opened the piece of paper from the kind old she-kat. It was a note: 'I knew you could not stay long, and I figured you would leave. Still, I'm thankful that I helped you, I hope you find what you're looking for - Miss Jill,'
I sniffled, and wiped my nose as I went to the gas station. I had enough money to get myself some food, and much more. Two years have passed since that day, and still I am on the move. All I have is my name, and very little else. Still, the cars pass by and I keep on walking to wherever this highway will take me. My name is Nico. Can you help me?
