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I groaned as I awoke to a dungeon-like room. I groggily tried to focus on my surroundings, not having much luck.

"Ugh…" I groaned. "Where am I…?" I asked out loud. I wasn't quite sure as to what had just happened. I tried my hardest to remember, but couldn't.

"I see you're finally awake." I heard a voice from behind me say. I jumped a bit before trying to see who it was. I saw a figure in the corner, resting in the shadows. When it stepped out, I was a bit taken back by the sight. It was an elder cat which looked to be locked in the cell for much longer than only a few years. It almost looked like he had been there his whole life.

"Um…yes." I said weakly. "Who, may I ask, are you?" I asked.

"My name is Mitsuo." Replied the elder feline. I observed him closely.

"Why are you in here?" I asked, my curiosity getting the best of me.

"Many years ago, a treacherous act was committed against the one and only King of the Cat Kingdom." The cat replied. "I just so happened to be there when the act was committed. I was accused immediately of being the one who was head of the entire ordeal. I was sentenced to an entire life-time in prison." He explained.

"What is it that was done to the King?" I asked.

"There was some kind of poison placed in one of his foods which made him gravely ill. I Just happened to be the one to deliver it to him." He replied. "However, when the king recovered from the illness, I assumed they would question me and eventually execute me. That was not the case. They just let me rot here in this cell for the rest of my life." He finished, anger all over his face. I frowned. I never would have imagined that something like that would ever happen.

"So, did you ever find out who actually did it?" I asked.

"No. No one figured it out." He replied. "What's your story? There has to be a reason for you being in here." He inquired. I shuddered at the thought.

"I'm not so sure as to why I'm here again…" I said.

"Again?" He repeated.

"A few months back, I rescued the Kings only son, Prince Lune, from getting hit by a truck. They wouldn't stop trying to repay me, and eventually tried forcing me to get married to the Prince!" I explained. "But, with the help of the most amazing cat ever, I was able to make it out ok!" I finished. I frowned. "I just don't know what's going to happen this time…"

Baron's POV

I was sitting, trying to tune out the usual argumentative antics coming from my two friends outside, when there was a sudden knock at the door. I got up quickly to answer it. When I opened the door, I was greeted by two VERY familiar faces.

"Can I help you two?" I asked. The orange and brown messenger cat looked at me with a worried expression.

"It's Miss Haru, I'm afraid." Said the orange and brown feline. My eyes grew at this statement.

"What do you mean?" I asked, a bit of anger filling my voice.

"The king has decided to take his own actions after your last visit, and has taken Miss Haru, I'm afraid." Said the Cloaked, old cat. I stared at the both of them, speechless. After I realized this I nodded.

"Thank you, Gentlemen." I said. "Have you any idea as to where the King has taken her?" I asked. They both just shook their heads.

"I'm afraid not." Said the grey cat. "But, we have a hunch that he might have taken her to the old abandoned castle of the Cat Kingdom. It's been abandoned for many years now. There was an incident a few years back that caused us to evict everyone out of the castle and build a new one in a completely different location." As he was explaining this, I was getting my coat and hat on.

"Do you think you can show me the way?" I asked. The two cats nodded, and we all ran outside.

"Toto!" I yelled. The crow just stopped in the middle of dragging Muta across the courtyard, the fat feline flailing his arms about and cursing at the crow under his breath. "We have another case. It involves Haru. Can you give us a lift?" The crow nodded and allowed us to mount him.

"Hey, what about me?" Muta said, taken back a bit by the sudden commotion.

"You can stay here on this one Muta." I said. "There's more angel food cake in the upper right shelf in the house." I finished with a smirk. When I said this, Muta perked up.

"Alright, I'll stay here. You be careful, ya hear me?" He warned. I nodded. With that said, we were off.

"Please be safe…" I thought to myself.

Haru's POV

I had fallen asleep for quite sometime now, and I wasn't sure if I was ever going to get out of that dark, cold place ever again. Just then, the door slowly creaked open, and a light flooded the room. I squinted, trying to make out the figure in the doorway.

"Hey, babe." Said the giant feline. He sneered as he looked me over. I cringed at the sight, and remembered back to that day when he tried to force me to marry him after Lune rejected his offer to marry me. "Hope you're not too uncomfortable." He mused.

"What are you going to do to me?" I asked, a little afraid to find out the answer. He smirked when I asked this.

"Oh, you'll see. Come with me and find out…" He said with a sneer. I was reluctant to say the least, but thought something worse would happen if I didn't obey. I got up off the cold floor and left the room, looking back at the old cat I had spent the evening with. I frowned when I didn't see him move from his original spot.

We walked on throughout the old castle. I was getting a bit frightened, but kept my composure.

"So…where are we anyway?" I asked.

"You are in the remains of our original castle which holds all of Cat Kingdom's history." He replied. "The castle in which you had previously visited is relatively new, and isn't as ancient as the one you are currently in. You will spend the remainder of your days in here, Haru…as my wife." He finished with an evil grin. I stepped back from him.

"So that's what he wants…" I thought as I glared a bit at him. "I'm sorry…but once again, I'll have to decline." He glared back at me.

"Why? Because you have 'feelings' for that no-good Baron?" He replied. "He's nothing but a cheesy knick-knack that doesn't feel any emotions; and will certainly never love you back. You have nothing left in the world, and he's just another obstacle in your path, and will always be that." I glared at him, feeling tears welling up in my eyes. "Even your own mother was an obstacle you had luck overcoming." He finished with the most sickening sneer ever. Right when he said this, tears started spilling out of my eyes. I got so angry, I didn't even expect to do what I did next.

"You're wrong!" I screamed, as I took a swing and surprisingly hit him straight in the face. He fell back on his feet, as I ran off in a random direction, blinded by my tears. I knew all of what he said wasn't true, but I couldn't think about it any longer. I ran in a completely random direction, trying to find some place to hide in the twists and turns of the old stone castle. When I thought that I wasn't being chased, I slowed to a walk, and continued looking for a way out.

"You think you got away from me, don't you?" I heard a voice come from behind me. I swung around, and was instantly grabbed, and thrown into a room behind a hidden doorway. "Well, you're wrong. And you will marry me." Said the persistent feline. With saying this, he slammed the door, and locked it tight so that I couldn't get out at all.

I took in my surroundings as the room looked like a newly refurbished bedroom suite. Did he do this just for my being here?

"Why, king…?" I thought out loud. "Why do you continue to do this?" I looked over and spotted a bed. I walked over to it and curled up in a ball on the bed. Suddenly, I noticed that I was deffinately no longer human. I started to sob quietly.

"Baron…" I said in between sobs. "Please, Baron…help me…help me!" I repeated this over and over again in between my sobbing until I finally cried myself to sleep.

Well there ya have it. Not much to it, but it's better than nothing, right? R&R and comment. Criticism is needed as well. Builds character, as I've said before. Hope you guys enjoyed! Ciao!