Kat watched the fear leaders practice, leaning against the wall in one corner of the room. She always enjoyed being athletic but she didn't know how long she would be staying at this school, having promised to go wherever Pyralis wanted to do so as not to be alone or leave them alone. She couldn't help but worry for her lover, especially now that they were in a strange new place.

"We're not taking applications." one of the girls, one who smelled of sickly sweet overpriced perfume though this only made Kat roll her eyes.

"I don't really care. I wouldn't be on a cheer-leading team anyway. I don't do miniskirts." Kat retorted, rolling her eyes at the shocked expression. Bastet give me patience because I'm gonna need it. "I do sports but not undersized outfits."

Heading out of the room Kat tried to calm herself down before she really said something she would regret. I wonder what this school has for extra curricular activities? Like seriously, it's huge. I might as wells look around. I just wonder what Pyralis is doing, haven't seen them since second period. Oh well, they're old enough to deal with the bullshit for fifteen minutes. I just hope this place has decent lunch.

Heading outside Kat was surprised that so many people were outside, though this gave her a perfect idea of what this school was about. There was a group of werewolves tossing a football around, a group of female monsters sitting by tree talking, and some guys playing some kind of board game at a table near the parking lot. Most groups were a mix and even Kat couldn't name all the species that were there.

This place is really interesting. I never would have imagined a place like this where so many could come together.

"Um...Hey. Are you one of the new students?"

Kat almost jumped out of her skin at the sudden male voice behind her though she quickly regained control of her emotions.

"Yes, You can call me Kat Rose."

She answered shortly, eyes widening slightly as she saw that he seemed slightly different from the rest.

"I'm Neighthan Rot. It's nice to meet you." he said, shifting slightly

"it's nice to meet you as well. Sorry if I'm a little...On guard. New place and after what happened to that one chick this morning..." Kat began, still trying to make sense of everything she had seen. Where is Raion? He should be the Lord of the clowder, not Nekolus. But there are four scents that carry our bloodline not counting the runt. Did their queen have another cub?

That thought caused bile to rise into her throat.

"Did that really happen? I mean Toralei is a pain in the neck but no one deserves that." Neighthan asked, earning a sigh.

"Yeah it happened."

"I heard that Nekolus accused Toralei of Regicide."

Looking up Kat saw that it was a human that had spoke, though that surprise wore off quickly.

"Regicide my ass. If her power only reaches what I saw today, she would have been killed if she tried!" Kat retorted before sighing "Couldn't help but feel sorry for her though. That had to hurt like hell."

"I kinda feel bad for her. I mean,not only did she get embarrassed in front of the whole school but being beat up and accused of something like that..."

"Kat, You need to figure out what is going on. That wasn't just some petty sibling rivalry. That was an clear intent to do harm. I mean I know you would rather forget everything that happened to you as a kid but those are your people!" Pyralis's words from that morning echoed in her mind.

They're right, I need to figure out what the hell is happening.

"I might not know who the heck Toralei is but she's lucky that she didn't get hurt worse. Werecats can be a lot crueler than wolves, that's for sure and before anyone thinks I'm speciesist or something, I'm a monster who was raised by humans and taught magic by a witch. But the truth is the truth. I would rather live a month with werewolves than a week with werecats."

She tried to keep the bitterness out of her tone as she spoke, though she doubted that she could truly control her emotions now that she was thinking about the whole mess that was her life before moving in with her foster family.

"What about werewolves?"

a tall male with dark fur asked while chasing the football down.

"That they are more civilized that Werecats." Kat retorted, feeling the phantom feeling of a tail twitching as she said this.

"You sound like you knew a lot of werecats." Neighthan said, earning a sigh.

"yeah, I did. You know the Mau family from Madow? I know them...Personally."

Bastet help me get through this mess.

"What! They're like a really old, powerful family!" the werewolf said earning a sigh from the girl who's hand inched toward her ring, though she stopped herself. No, the truth will get out and you will be forced to go back. You will be forced to take on the Lord of the clowder to reclaim the title of Lady. You would have to break up with Pyralis...and they are the one person who has helped you the most!

"Yeah, I know. I don't know about all werecats but I know the one's from the quote royal bloodlines act like they have a cactus up their ass." She answered, not even noticing that they weren't alone.

"Not all werecats act like that. You would like, love my parents."

Kat felt as if fur was standing up on the back of her neck as she looked up, seeing that a grey and white werecat was sitting on a window ledge, a camera in hand.

"Who the hell are you?"

Kat asked, earning a slight smile.

"Meowlody."

The werecat responded, leaping down and landing on her feet easily.

"But like I said, not all families are like that. I don't know much about the older, more traditional families except what Toralei told my sister and I but I do know that my parents are the warmest people in the world."

"Like I said I don't know about all werecats I just know how the older ones act." Kat repeated, brow furrowing as she registered that information.

"Wait, how would Toralei know about this? Besides aren't you like adopted?" The werewolf asked, earning an eye roll from Meowlody.

"you really are dense aren't you Clawd? Didn't you pay attention in our History class when Mr. Rotter was talking about werecat culture? And what does adopted have anything to do with it? Blood isn't what makes family." Meowlody stated, crossing her arms across her chest in a way that reminded Kat of a Lady apparent.

"What are you getting at? We just talked about how social standards work in the hierarchy of each species!" Clawd asked, earning a sigh.

"Stripe. If you remember Toralei didn't come to class that day. There was a reason dumb ass."

Kat's blood turned to ice as she heard that. Stripe? That's a name that is given to outcasts and foundlings.

"She was cast out?" she breathed, earning a surprised look.

"You know a lot about werecats." Meowlody commented before nodding "Yes, but I didn't tell you this. She's kinda sensitive about it."

"That's awful!" Clawd commented.

"No wonder she's so moody all the time!"

I need to meet up with Pyralis in private...and I need to call Indra. I need some advice.