"Cream, what are you doing here?"  I asked, startled.  "I thought you said you were staying behind!"

  "I was, but my masters tried to breed me,"  Cream explained, "So I ran away from home."

  Poor Cream, getting forced to breed before the cat competitions.  She said it herself that if her masters tried to breed her, she would run away from home.  I still didn't know who her friend was.

  "This is Beth by the way."  Cream said.  "The poor thing was almost forced to breed just like me.  I bumped into her on the way to see you guys to join you on your journey."

  "I didn't want to join your stupid journey at first,"  Beth said, "But then this wise bat told me about why you guys were doing it."

  I couldn't believe this cat.   Calling our journey to save the world stupid and calling Cream a bat.  I hoped Gold said no to Beth, that she couldn't come because she was mean and nasty.

  "Beth and Cream can come."  Gold said.  "We need all the help we can get!"

  I spent the rest of the day being quiet.  I wanted to show Beth how I felt about her joining our adventure.  At least I wasn't as bad as Tom, who kept looking around for danger."

  "My paws are tired!"  Beth complained.  "May we please settle down for the night?"

  I expected that Gold would not agree with Beth, but he did.  As we tried to find a place to settle down for the night, we heard a police car siren.

  "It's the police!"  Cream screamed.  "They're out to get me for sure!"

  We then saw a shape that looked like a cat.  When the cat walked closer, we saw what he looked like.  He was black with a scar on his head and the brightest green eyes.

  "Follow me!"  the cat exclaimed.  "This way!"

  We all followed the cat confused.  Then we saw the mice he had caught for us.

  "This is surely a trap!"  Tom said.  "He properly wants to kill us."

  The cat didn't look hostile.  He looked completely natural.  It was hard to tell because of his black coat with the dark night, unlike Beth's white coat.

  "Why are the cops here?"  I asked.  "Are they after my friend Cream?"

  I knew I had broken my silence with Beth, but this was important for Cream.  Were the cops after Cream?

  "I saw two humans crying about losing their beloved cats."  The cat explained.  "Two became missing this morning and the youngest disappeared tonight.  They know that the third was kidnapped."

  It was easy to figure out who he was talking about.  One, my masters are crazy if they think we would get kidnapped easily.  Two, I couldn't believe my sister had gone missing.  I couldn't control my mind when I screamed out the next thing:

  "My sister is gone!"

  (Note:  This chapter by far was the most hilarious experience I had so far translating my old notebook writings into digital text.  There were so many times I almost burst out laughing from the level of cringe I accidentally created related to the whole "breeding" subplot with Cream and the level of acceptance the cast immediately had with the mysterious cat they just met.  Current twenty-two year old me would have never written something as crazy as this!

  P.S.  Trust me, the whole kidnapping plot line coming up is very far fetched.  You will see why in a couple of chapters.)