Alex's pov (oc)

I ran my hands through my long brown hair. I looked at my cat, Hero, walking beside me. He'd been an engagement present from my old college friend Alfred. I smile as he mews at me and walks towards a McDonalds. I laugh softly and head towards the restaurant. He sits outside patiently.

Hero's Pov

I smile as Alex goes and orders food for us. My ears flick as i hear a soft meow. I, being the amazing hero i am, followed the sound to the orange and white Scottish Fold. His fur was ratted and filthy. He was bleeding from a few small cuts. I carefully walk over to him. He hisses slightly at me and his tail twitches. I stop for a second and tilted my head to the side. I hear Alex call my name. I meow so she can hear me.

Alex walks over, "there you are silly! Don't run off like that, you had me worried," she says as she pets me.

I meow and walk over to the Scottish Fold. He looks frightened. Alex gently pets him and he starts shaking.

"Relax, she won't hurt you," i say to the terrified cat.

He looks at me, green eyes glowing softly in the night, "w-why should i trust you?"

"Because i said so and I'm Hero," i say as Alex carries him to our house.

She set the other cat on the dining table and got a first aid kit.

"So glad i took that vet class so i could fix Kuma huh hero?"

I nod and purr.

She scratches my ears gently and goes back to healing the other cat, "looks like you got into quite a fight huh little guy?" She says as she cleans his wounds and bandages them.

I jump up to him and sit beside him. He looks at me and winces. I gently nuzzle him and purr softly. He looks away from me and purrs softly as well.

I smile, "what's your name?"

"I don't have one..." he says softly. And omg he has such an adorable accent!!!!

"That's ok, Alex will give you a name," i say.

He only nods tiredly.

Alex picks him up and lays him in my bed. Just then Alex's mate and Kuma, his large polar bear, walked in.

Matt set his hockey stick down and hugged Alex. They sit on the couch and talk.

Kuma walks over, "she took in another stray?" He says as he sits beside my bed.

I nod and sit up, "how was hunting?"

"Fine, stupid humans..." he mumbles.

The other cat seemed a little nervous around Kuma.

I licked his ear gently to reassure him.

He seemed to relax and curled up beside me.

Kuma raised an eyebrow, "you treat him as if he were your mate," he says.

I shrug a bit, "he needs to know he's safe, this is how Germouser got Ita-cat to feel safe here."

"Yes but Ita-cat wasn't abused, and those two had been mates for a year before ita-cat moved in."

I shrug again, "is he asks me to stop then i will," i say, "and what do youmean abused?"

"Those wounds weren't created by any other stray cat. Those are knife wounds."

My eyes widened, "why would someone do that?"

"Like i said, humans are horrible creatures. To them we are inferior. They are the dominate species. Only a few understand that we are more."

I nod and gently nuzzle the sleeping brit cat.

Kuma stretched and walked to his own bed.

Alex's pov.

I looked at Hero, Kuma, and the cat i saved. Matt looked where i was looking, "Are you sure it was him?"

"Who else would torture a cat like that?"

He sighs and gently squeezes my hand, "are you gonna keep it?"

"Yep. I think I'll name him Shakespeare. What do you think?"

"Seems to suit him."

I smile and yawn, "can we go to bed now?"

He nods and picks me up.

I giggle and kiss his cheek.

Hero's Pov

I saw Alex and Matt go upstairs.

Shakespeare mumbled in his sleep and whimpered.

I gently licked his ear again and he opened one eye. He cuddled close to me. I gently wrapped my tail around him and licked his cheek, "don't worry, you're safe here, no one will ever hurt you again," i say softly.

"Th-thank you. Thank you so much," he said softly and sobbed a little.

I gently nuzzled him as Germouser and Ita-cat walked to their shared bed. Ita-cat looked at me and smiled as usual. Germouser nodded in my direction as they curled up to sleep.

Shakespeare's pov

I don't know why i felt so safe with this cat i barely knew. Maybe it was the way he almost seemed like a kitten at times? Or maybe it was how flipping warm he was. Either way it felt nice to lay here with him, even if my wounds stung a bit.

Besides... he seemed more than willing to let me stay here. I heard a loud crashing sound.

Hero jumped up, as did Kuma and the large Gray cat from earlier.

Hero growls softly and walks to what i assume is a kitchen. Kuma following close behind.

The gray cat picks up the whiteish one with a curl by the scruff of his neck and carries him upstairs. I slowly limp after him. I get to the stairs and stop. I sit there, scared and lonely. Hero walks over and carefully picks me up the same way the gray cat picked up the other and carried me upstairs. He gently laid me on a large, plush bed. The gray cat and the white one where sitting there as well. The white one looked as scared as i felt. Hero licked the woman's face gently. She opened one eye and sat up, "Hero? What's wrong?" She asked worriedly. The man sat up as well, "I'll go see what's going on downstairs," he said as he grabbed a large hockey stick and headed downstairs. The woman gently petted each of us. This seemed to calm the white cat, "don't worry you guys, Matt has this, probably Allen being a jerk as usual, no reason to be scared," she said softly and smiles.

I purr softly and sit in her lap. She laughs softly and scratches my ears carefully, "How you doing Shakespeare?"

I tilt my head in confusion.

Hero smiles, "that's your name now, do you like it?"

I nod and lick her cheek gently.

She giggles, "glad you like it, tomorrow I'll read you some of your namesakes writing, i think you'll like it," she says.

I purr and gently rub against her.

Matt comesback in and collapses beside Alex, making the bed jump slightly. "A family of raccoons broke a glass. How they got into don't know," he mumbles.

Alex smiles and plays with his hair, "thank you for taking care of them," She says.

He gives a tired smile and falls asleep.

She lays down as well, "I'm going to sleep as well. You four can sleep here if you want."

Hero curls up beside Alex as she lays down. He motions me over with his tail. I lay beside him. The gray and white cats curl up together with there tails tangled together. Hero nuzzles me and licks my cheek. I purr softly.

"Sleep well Shakespeare," he says softly.

"You as well," i say as i fall asleep.