#cat!deceit

Thomas Sanders is the proud owner of five wonderful kitties

So let’s meet the Kitties:

There’s Roman, a gray calico kitty. He loves his feather toy, baths, and being the center of attention and head scratches

There’s Patton, the big golden fluffball who is more or less a dog. He loves his toy which is a mini version of him, he also loves belly rubs

There’s Logan, a gray cat who enjoys sleeping on bookshelves and fighting with Roman for the top spot on the cat tower. He also enjoys sneaking into the shower.

There’s Dee, a yellow, black, and gray cat who spends most of his time waiting for the day he can finally get Remy the goldfish out of his bowl without getting himself wet. He hasn’t figured it out yet but he’s trying.

Then there’s Virgil. The all black kitty who has a knack for disappearing and will only come out when a laser pointer encourages him to.

And those are the kitties until:

“Uh Thomas. I thought you had five cats?”

“I do?”

“Well there’s a sixth.”

“... One, two, three, four, five... six... Oh my gosh he’s adorable. He looks like Roman with his ear bitten!”

“He also looks dirty.”

“I’ll bathe him.”

“Its a cat. And it could have rabies or something.”

“Just a bath and then to the vet. What could go wrong?”

Turns out this new cat wasn’t a fan of baths. He touched the soapy water and high tailed it out of kitchen sink- knocking Virgil who had come to investigate in- and ran off spreading water and soap wherever he went

This new cat was named Remus. An outdoors cat who somehow found his way to a new home. Not that Thomas minded or well he didn’t when Remus wasn’t knocking things off tables or playing loudly with random things at three in the morning

Thomas Sanders is the proud owner of five six wonderful kitties

Random times with the kitties:

Thomas decided to take em on a walk:

Roman is game

Remus doesn’t like leashes and pulls a lot

Logan is intrigued

Patton is loving it

Dee looks like he rather be elsewhere

Virgil had enjoyed until a car had gone by and he had permanently attached himself to Thomas pant leg

Joan 900% calls Thomas a crazy cat lady

They also give all the cats catnip

Virgil and Patton switch off sleeping on Thomas’ chest

All cats were rescue- well besides Remus he just kind of appeared

Remus goes out and brings back birds and things

Remus also sneaks out

Dee breaks things and Remus gets blamed

Roman is an avid fan of sunbathing

Virgil is the opposite

Logan finds the laptop to be very comfortable

Thomas takes many videos of his babies and posts them

It’s okay if Virgil vanishes for days at a time cuz his food is still eaten so he’s okay

Each cat is semi picky about food

There is nothing better to Thomas than coming home from a bad day and six cats emerge to surround and love him

Logan and Remus are lab test rats, Logan has been one for all of his life. He’s constantly been running around for years in the desperate hope that one day it will be enough to please the scientists who are consistently putting him through this. He wants it to be enough, he has run the mazes so many times that he even dreams about it, his little scampering paws dashing even in his sleep always searching for a way out, a way to find his own freedom and happiness. But he’s so very tired, and he’s tired of always trying to please please please... when he knows that in the end he’ll be put back in the cage. He’s so very close to just giving up. 

A death sentence for all rats. 

Remus is a new test subject, an old rat brought in by the father of a young girl that Remus had bitten when she had picked him up by his tail incorrectly. So needless to say, Remus was without a tail and without a decent home now as he was brought into the labs. 

He’s put with Logan, a test to see just how well two rats who don’t know each other, or one another's scent will work together. 

They don’t is the answer to that question. 

And that night... they both go back into the cage without any food. 

It’s only then, when there are no eyes on them that Remus starts to ask his questions to Logan, their cages being placed side by side. He doesn’t know this rat, that has far too many scars and grey hairs, but seeing as he’s the only one there... he’s all that Remus has right now. Well... him and the thin-haired one-eyed cat that limps everywhere, protected only by the janitors and one of the more... merciful scientists. But Logan... Logan has a look of sharpness and exhaustion about him, a curious and equally intriguing combination if you ask Remus. 

He nudges the silent rat with his pink nose, “What is this place?” He finally asks, his soft squeaks being the only thing to fill the silent stifling air. Well, that and his hungry rumbling belly, that tells him to chew on the metal mesh of the cages until he has something at least to eat and fill his stomach.

Logan tired and numb blue eyes stare back at him, and Remus feels a pang of something hitting him. Concern? Warmth? Maybe even affection? He isn’t sure, but he nestled his body even closer to the side of the cage to give Logan some warmth regardless of not being given an answer after he had asked for one, he had never cared for a single creature other than himself in his entire life. But... he got the feeling that in this place... it wasn’t going to work like that.

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This is the third part of 23.-Witchcraft and 29.-Black Cat

Virgil heard the door of the house opening violently, he flinched and almost dropped the potion he was making “Virgil!” Shouted the witch that just entered to his house. “In the workshop!” He shouted back. Logan stood up and walked to the other end of the bottle he was on, after the incident with Dee, Virgil changed the bottle to a plastic one and left him in a high shelf, a guy entered to Virgil’s workshop ”Did you really made it?! Where is him?!” ”Good afternoon my lovely boyfriend I'm sorry I couldn't come sooner to see you” said Virgil in a sarcastic tone. The other witch blushed ”I'm sorry” he hugged Virgil from behind and kissed his cheek ”I'm just exited” Virgil giggled ”Don't you mean, I Roman Prince have to see if it's true because no other witch can be more powerful than me?” Said Virgil, imitating his boyfriend's voice. Roman made some offended princey noises ”you know I'm happy for you, this is a really big accomplishment” “I know, I’m just teasing you, he’s in the shelf” said Virgil, pointing at Logan. Roman looked at where the other witch pointed, he got closer and Logan backed away until he touched the other end of the container, Roman picked up the bottle and hold it close to his face “wow, Virgil this is really impressive” Logan looked at Virgil’s boyfriend, he was taller than him, his hair was shorter and his skin was darker then as well as his hair. “Be careful, you’re going to scare him, the poor guy has gone through a lot already” said Virgil getting closer to them. Roman smiled “Yeah, I bet getting shrunk by a witch is not something usual between humans” Virgil rolled his eyes “that and he was being chased by Dee” “Dee what?! Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have brought Patton, having two cats in the house could be a lot after that” The human gulped, there was another cat, he looked down and saw who he supposed was Patton, it was a fluffy white cat and unlike Dee, it looked like the typical of cat you could cuddle with, but of course, Logan didn’t have a great experience with cats. “Oh, I didn’t see him” Virgil kneeled “hey buddy” he said petting Patton “but he’s a good boy, he’ll never do anything to Logan, unlike someone else” the witch sent a glare to his cat, who was cleaning himself on the other side of the room. Patton leaned on the touch and purred, he looked up at the human and lied on the floor, trying to appear less threatening. Logan got distracted with the cat’s actions and didn’t notice the container being tilted until he fell in Roman’s hand, Virgil watched and stood up “I told you to be careful” “I am being careful, I just want to get a closer look at him” Roman raised his hand closer to his face “It’s just so cool seeing something so familiar as a human in this scale” Logan backed away from the giant face, still not used to it “I-I don’t want to bother you, but I’m not really comfortable with being held...” said Logan. Roman got the human away from his face “I’m sorry” he said looking around “uh... where do you want me to leave you?” “You can put him in the desk, we’re here Dee won’t try anything, if you’re okay with it” he said turning to the human. “As long as you don’t leave me alone with him...” “Of course” Roman walked to the desk and lowered his hand for Logan to jump off. Patton jumped to the table once the human was on it, sitting with safe distance between them, Logan looked at him and backed away a few steps. Roman noticed the human's nervousness ”Don't worry, Patton's harmless, he doesn't even captures the mice on my house, I doubt he'll do anything to you” the witch made a sign with his hand and Patton walked to him, purring once he was pet by his owner ”See, he's well behaved and perfectly trained” ”Dee doesn't give a shit about anyone except him, he's a brat and I'm stuck with him” said Virgil. Logan looked at the white cat, he did looked nicer than Dee, but he wasn't going to take the risk that easily ”I'll be fine as long as you're here with them”

“Come on, you need to take a leap of faith, you can get surprised” said Roman.

Logan raised an eyebrow “I’m not sure that´s a good idea, any kind of leap would be mortal to me at this size”

Virgil huffed trying not to laugh “A figurative leap, what Roman meant is that you should try and trust Patton”

The human looked at the white cat “I-I’ll think about it…” Before any of the witches could answer both cats looked at the door, moving their ears alarmed ”witch hunters” said Dee growling. ”Oh shit” Virgil walked to his magic materials, searching between them ”We need to protect the house” ”I'll help you” said Roman, he summoned a wand and with it a spell book. Virgil looked at his boyfriend ”You should go back and protect your own house, I'll be fine” ”No, my house is closer to the human town, they already went there if they close, I'll help you and then I'll go to my house” Roman got out of the room ,Virgil followed him, still trying to convince him to go to his house.

And without noticing, both witches had left Logan alone in a room with two cats and no way to protect or defend himself, Dee stood up and jumped to the table, on the opposite side from here Patton was.

“Well, well, well, they forgot about you little mouse” he said, getting closer to Logan “We can have some more fun together”

Logan covered himself with his arms, waiting for Dee to jump and get him, but it never happened, he opened his eyes, just to find himself under a ball of white fur “I think you already caused enough damage to the human” it was Patton, Patton was protecting him.

The black cat purred angrily “Come on Patton, can you stop being soft and have fun for once?”

“Torturing a human is not really what I call fun” Patton sat, Leaving Logan between his paws “And as long as I’m here, you won’t get your claws on him any time soon Dee”

“Fine, I´ll find another thing to keep myself entertained in the meantime, but when you and Roman get out of here, that human will be mine” Dee got off the table and out of the room annoyed.

Logan got out a sigh of relief “thank you Patton” he said looking up at the cat.

Patton looked down at him “It´s nothing, I was just doing the right thing”

Logan smiled, and after all, he as reconsidering taking this figurative leap.

To be continued...

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AN: this is the second part of 23.-Witchcraft

Logan sat at the end of a jar, the witch decided to put him there while he did other stuff, the human couldn't really do something about it, he was at Virgil's mercy, he looked as he walked trough the room, gathering stuff, leaving them, and glancing to Logan once in a while.

Virgil realised there was an ingredient he was missing, it was in another room of the house ”I'll be right back” he said, leaving the room and the door open.

Logan looked as the witch left the room, he could try to escape, but he had nowhere else to go, and if he had to be like this for the rest of his life, he preferred staying with someone who would take care of him.

A small figure entered to the room, Logan couldn't really see what it was from the jar on the table, but something like a bell sounded, the creature jumped to the table and the human could now see it, it was a black cat, it had a scar on one of its eyes and it looked tough, the cat looked around in the table until he spotted Logan, and a malicious grin came to its face ”well well well, what do we have here?” It said, walking closer to Logan ”Virgil's new toy?”

”y-you can talk?” Asked Logan, he was a little nervous, he usually loved cats, but from his new point of view, he was now like a mouse to it, like a prey.

”Of course I can talk, but is weird, humans can't hear me, but are you even a human anymore?” It laughed and hit the jar slightly with his paw.

”I... I guess not...” he said startled by the sudden movement.

The cat hummed ”do you have a name or should I keep calling you my witch's pet?”

”Logan, my name is Logan”

”Well, you can call me Dee” the cat bumped the jar, leaving it on its side ”I'm sure Virgil wouldn't mind if I play with you for a while” he made the jar roll to the edge of the table and it broke, leaving Logan free.

Logan stood up and cleaned his clothes, fortunately, none of the glass pieces got to him, he wasn't that hurt from the fall either, he looked up, just in time to see Dee jumping dow to the floor.

The cat giggled ”you should see your face, don't worry” he said surrounding Logan ”I'm not going to hurt you, Virgil would kill me if I did something to you”

The human didn't wait a second more and he started to run, even if he knew Dee was faster than him.

”oh, the small human wants to play cat and mouse?” The cat ran to Logan, jumping above him and landing in front of him ”You are going to have to do better than that”

Logan yelped, barely stopping before bumping with Dee, he turned to the other side and ran again.

The cat used one of his claws to grab the back of Logan's shirt, lifting him up to eye level ”Poor little mouse, no matter what you do, I will always catch you”

The human looked at Dee with fearful eyes, he closed them, waiting for the worst, he heard the door opening and someone walking in.

Virgil looked down to his cat, or rather what he had in his paws, he sighed and left his things on the table, then, he knelt and put his hand with his palm facing up under Logan ”Let him go” Dee growled in response ”Dee, let him go” the cat rolled his eyes and let Logan fall into the witch's palm ”Bad cat, never do that again”

The witch stood up with the shrunken human in his hand ”are you okay?”

”physically, yes” he said adjusting his glasses ”mentally, not so much”

”ugh... I'm sorry, this familiar's nothing but trouble” said Virgil as he looked at Dee leaving the room.

”Don't worry... I'm okay now” being in Virgil's hand was a lot better than being in the claws of that black cat.