I twitched as I felt cold metal around my paws. I sighed. Was it the Mods? Of course it was the mods. I turned round with the faint hope that it wasn't, only for that hope to be shattered. I twitched again at the cold metal that the sight of the mod, Victor smirking at me.

As I tended to do in bad situations, I completely disregarded the rules and let out a string of hateful swears before remembering that swearing was forbidden. Victor's look turned more stern. If the rules weren't in place, I think that him – or someone else – might have slapped or hit me. Luckily, mods actually respect rules.

I watched as the young mod-in-training was lifted out by my capturer.

I wasn't so sure if I actually liked her that much anymore.

After the strange ordeal in Bootcamp, I decided to pad around the Prison map. I also wanted to question Kara about that strange shield hack, I'd never seen it before.

I reached her cell, "Lucky you're only in for a night." I groaned, staring at the unfortunate mouse. "Also, what was that shield hack earlier? I've never seen anything like it." My tone was less harsh, I didn't really hate Kara. She really was only having some fun.

I blinked as the mouse from earlier walked up the small cell that I was contained in. Why was she here? Not that it mattered, but...

"Hmph, a night is still long enough to get bored out of my mind. Like, how do mice with longer bans survive in this dull place?" I put on my best 'It's so boring' face.

"Like, seriously, I know security has to be tight, but are you kidding me? This place is a waaaayyy worse since last time I was in here."

Seeing that the other mouse was displeased about my babbling, I quickly changed the topic.

"You asked about my 'shield'?" I chuckled at her usage of the word 'hack'. "Well, it's not a hack, to start with. Like I said, it pays having my sister be in the position she is. It's something used for defending the boarders, not that you'd know anything about it."

"Wait, I thought only Generals could have devices like that?" I then noticed their Nickname tag... 'Kara'... "Does your sister happen to be General Karantaa?" I asked in awe. She was so lucky to have a General as a sister!

I chuckled at the expression... Nope I still couldn't read it. Either way, I chuckled at the expression she was making. I smirked and replied.

"Bingo! I'm General Karantaa's younger sister, Katapolon. Or, Kara." I paused for a second before thinking of the next thing to say, "I get a lot of cool things from her, and with the position she's in, nobody needs to collect much cheese at all!"

Then, a realization hit me, like a hammer and a nail.

"SHI- DAMN SHE'LL KNOW I GOT ARRESTED AGAIN GODDAMMIT ARGG!" More swears and curses were hurled out of my mouth, and all of the other mice in the room turned to look at me. I didn't care though. I can't believe I forgot about that!

"My sister is friends with yours." I chuckled, knowing that a punishment would be in store for the mouse. "Your sister was my sister's mentor!"

If our sisters could be friends, then why were we such rivals? I thought to myself.

At that moment, I heard footsteps up the long corridor. Just then my sister, Flightwolf emerged. "There you are Eutaeden!" She ran towards me and stopped, turning to face Kara, "Your sister's coming for you, and you're getting an early release." Flightwolf narrowed her eyes at Kara then her expression turned to something unreadable.

"You're lucky, Kara." I groaned.

I could barely comprehend the rest of what Flightwolf had said. My sister was coming? I let out a loud whimper and shuffled to the back of the cell.

"I'm not lucky at all! Can I exchange not seeing General Karantaa for serving the full time?" I let out another high-pitched whimper, I don't think there was anymouse who wasn't staring at me!

I stared at the door and started to see a flash of grey emerging from the doorway. I let out one last plea.

"Please!"

I watched my sister twitch her ear; she and Karantaa had a friendship that went way back, they knew when the other was coming no matter where they were.

"Karantaa!" Called Flightwolf as the grey General emerged, "How have you been?" She asked kindly.

I turned to the corner for comfort, it was my only protection against the bitterness of my sister. The grey grew larger and larger until a tailless grey general emerged from the doorway and was padding along the smooth metal floor. Her eyes were narrowed, and her ears were curled down in a look of anger.

She replied to Flightwolf in a rather expressionless tone.

"I was doing good until a certain someone spoiled it." She flicked the remainder of her tail, and sighed.

She walked up to my cell and sat down on the floor, getting to my level. Whether she was tying to be equal, or just getting closer so she seemed louder, I'll never know. Either way, she stared at at me through icy blue eyes.

"Sometimes I wonder why I bother with you." She sighed and continued on. "I told you to only use that in battle, not to mess for some damn hacker! You almost let that hacker go, and all so that you got five minutes of attention!" I found myself unable to talk, focusing only on my angry sister's words.

Flightwolf and I stared at the two arguing, how could Karantaa be so strict? Then I remembered, she was an army general.

I dared not to interfere, as it may seem like I was siding with Kara. So I watched. Even watching, I myself felt terrified. But I wonder what Kara must feel? It must be hard having such a sister...

For a moment, I thought I saw some sympathy in Eutaeden's eyes, but I was then distracted by General Karantaa continuing.

"You bring shame to the family. You think that I can feed all four of us with no help? My tribe is huge, which means most of my cheese has to go to them! And you think that you can laze around all day, making trouble for moderators and pretending the laws don't exist!"

Karantaa looked like she could burst, but she paused and calmed herself a little.

"As you know, it's mandatory to give a punishment those who repeatedly get arrested. And I have decided my punishment for you."

"From now on, the family's fate is up to you. I will no longer help them. If they starve to death, you are the only person to blame. I hope you decide to take responsibility." With that, she started to walk away, anger lacing her eyes.

Flightwolf looked down at me and sighed. "Oh well then Tae, I'll be off!" She raced after Karantaa and all fell silent.

I stared at Kara, noticing shock in her eyes. I left and asked for the key to her cell. When I returned, she was still in the same state. I opened the cell door and walked it. "Are you... Okay..?" I asked softly.

I gave nothing but the twitch of my tail in reply. I couldn't believe it! I- I was responsible for feeding my entire family? I tried to move, but my body was frozen from shock. I managed to let out a muffles sob. I longed for the days before.. That day.

When we were as close as peas in a pod, before I became afraid of my sister, before she became General. It wasn't my fault... right?

No.. it wasn't my fault, of course not! I tried to comfort myself, but somehow, my comfort didn't seem all that true.

"Why are you so scared? It's just cheese gathering!" I smiled. Surely she'd been cheese gathering before? "It's only... Twelve peices of cheese a day for a family of four!" Surely that wasn't hard! Even new mice on the feild could gather more than that. "And most mice around our age get sixty to eighty pieces in a day!"

At last, I could finally talk without spurting out nonsensical noises.

"Erm... Well... I..." I looked down to the floor. I couldn't believe I was admitting this to a mouse that I had only met less than an hour ago! "I'm afraid of cheese collecting. When my sister became a general, it only became worse." I turned to face the wall, and went silent again. My ears drooped in shame.

"At least by passing off as a slacker I get disapproval instead of taunts and people using my fear to mess with me." I curled my tail around me; I wish that I'd never even met this to-be moderator. All that had come from it was misfortune.

I looked down at her and knew that it was rare for mice to have such a fear. "Why are you so scared?" I dared ask, knowing that I had probably upset them even more.

I twitched a little. I silently cursed to myself. Not only was I shortsighted, but I also randomly twitch, and I didn't know why. I wish I knew what I did to deserve such unluckiness.

"Erm, well... I.." I sighed. "When I was younger and learning to collect cheese, I was transported into an empty room. I was almost at the cheese, when another mouse appeared in front of the cheese. It wouldn't let me pass, no matter how much I asked." I started to shake a little at the thought.

"It kept on teasing me about my weaknesses. When I was practically screaming, It lunged for me. Had my sister not been there to save me, I probably would have been killed."

I was practically crying at this point, but I wanted to continue, it was the first time I ever got it off my shoulders.

"Every time I go near the cheese when trying to work, I see that mouse. I hear it's taunts. I hear my screams." My voice raised into a high-pitched squeak by the time I had finished my sentence.

"Don't worry! I'm sure we can get rid of your fear." I stood for a minute in thought. "What was his Nickname tag?" I asked curiously, knowing she probably wouldn't remember.

I then quickly decided to change the subject. "Uhh... I could help you collect cheese?" I offered.

"Uh, his name was *hope. He was obviously foreign, but..." I sighed and walked out the cell, not even stopping to answer the mouse. I didn't want to stay in this room; it was now swarming with unwanted memories.

I started to break into a trot, then a run, and eventually a sprint. Once I'd got away from the restraints of the room, I leaped onto the nearest map, not even stopping to check what map it was. I landed in a desolate map, with only one platform, containing a bed.

It was a noob map, but I didn't really care. I padded around the bed, before collapsing onto it and falling into a slumber.

I watched as Kara ran off, I decided to follow her. As I did, I arrived just behind her on the eerily quiet map. What is this place? I wondered. I had never seen such a map, no cheese, no mouse hole, just... A bed…

I then realized Kara climbing into the bed, I didn't like this place. There was something wrong about it... Something different...