Authors note.
Hey everyone out there old readers and new, I have come back after a 3-4 year unannounced mia break to bring this story to life. This is going to be similar to my old story but better. I plan on working on this day and night so I hope you like it. I do, as always, accept criticism as I believe it makes me better and able to write for everyone. I loved this story in my head but on paper it wasn't good, so after 3 months of reimagining I bring you, Life of a Red Cat. Enjoy.
An alarm clock is going off signaling the time as 6:30 AM. There is a knock and a groan of frustration and drowsiness. The door opens letting light into the dark room revealing it to be a simple room with a single bed, a dresser, a TV, and a laptop with a mouse on a desk that has no drawers. The bed is a mess with a wriggling form under the covers trying to hide from the light even though it is so dim. "Up late again I see." Speaks a motherly voice with a hint of amusement in her tone. The body under the bed groans again as a red furred paw sneaks out to hit the snooze button. "Come on now, get up get up. Its your first day in this new school." States the motherly voice. Not soon after there is a reply from under the bed covers in a younger male voice with irritation in his tone, " Just let me sleep, school isn't going anywhere. " "ah-ah-ah. That's not how this works mister. Now come on, get up and dressed, I made chocolate banana waffles for you." After this statements the lights flicker on revealing the woman in the door, his mother Susan, to be a reddish brown feline wearing a long purple shirt with black yoga pants starring at the bed with a hand on the light switch. "Aghh, Moooommmm. Are you trying to blind me?" States the dark red feline boy who, in shock of light and waffles fell out of bed wearing only a pair of banana underpants. "Yep, and I'll do it again if you don't get up" the motherly feline is, at this point suppressing laughter as she walks downstairs leaving the boy to shut the door.
Four minutes later the boy is dressed in blue jeans with a plain dark red t shirt with a white button up, unbuttoned, over top and on his way downstairs. This young boy seems to be almost 12 years old as he comes down stairs and sits at the table.
Next to him sits his older brother Jason, a tiger with red access ts in his fur, and across from him sits his father Rick, a large Bengal tiger.
"Breakfast is ready!" exclaimed the boys mom carrying out a plate of waffles for everyone. "Dig in!" All at one the family members grab two to three waffles each and begin passing butter and syrup around. "Don't be greedy with the syrup again Cole." Jason states while handing the little boy, Cole, the syrup who responds with a whine, "I am not greedy, my waffles just like syrup like I do." "I- tha- that does not even make sense little brother." Stutters Jason with a chuckle. "Alright boys hurry up you gotta to school in thirty minutes." Says Susan having finished her two waffles. The family has only lived in Elmore for about two weeks now and its Jason and Coles first day of school. Jason is going to Elmore university and Cole is going to Elmore jr. High.
Twenty two minutes later Jason has left for school and Rick for work leaving Susan and Cole alone waiting for Coles bus to pull up. "Mom, I'm nervous" whines Cole. "About what honey?" Asks Susan moving to kneel in front of Cole. "What if I don't fit in or find freinds?" "You will, because my son is someone everyone should like." "Thanks mom, I feel a better, there's the bus" says Cole as a yellow bus pulls up to the bus stop, nobody else is with them at the bus stop and only two people are on the bus so far, a sunflower with a face and a green balloon, not excluding the orange furry bus driver. Eight minutes later the bus is nearly full of strange young people with Cole sitting alone at the back when the bus stops again letting four people on, a ghost, an orange fish with legs, a pink rabbit that Cole immediately thought was too young for the school, and a blue cat. The blue cat and orange fish Cole and immediately ran to the back to greet the new kid with the blue cat in front. "Hi! Are you new here?" The two say almost in unison getting a simple reply back "yes." "Wow nice. My names Gumball and this is Darwin!" The cat seems to be hyper active as he out his paw to shake Coles hand. " I'm Cole." Says Cole shaking the cats hand thenthe fishes fin. The two boys then sit next to Cole and begin asking questions which Cole just tunes out thinking one thing. 'This is going to be a long bus ride'
Well that's all for this chapter. I'll release chapter 2 in the next few days. Please leave feedback and tell me how I'm doing. Thanks for reading.