Another 'Cat'astrophic Day
--Cat POV--

Forest of the Witches
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"I knew I felt something fishy just as soon as we arrived!" HapPy taunted the fish tank guy as I crept behind it.

"How amusing, mutt!" The fish scowled as it moved towards HapPy-- perhaps trying to get a better aim.

"'Koi'mon! That was funny" HapPy said as he dissapeared in the bushes.

"Stop it! Show yourself!" The fish said, aiming at a random direction. I heard giggles.

"Sorry! I just can't kelp it!" HapPy said.

The fish stopped moving the tank forward, listening for HapPy. This was my opportunity. I crawled quietly behind him, freezing into place when he began looking around for HapPy.

"Where are you?" The fish said in a very loud tone. It was so loud I had to cover my ears to prevent being deaf.

I silently got to the tank. With my sharp claws, I carefully climed on the edge of the tank. Hopefully he didn't hear me. I need HapPy to distract him so I can get on. Darn it! Where's the annoying dog when you need him?

"Where are you?" The fish said with a very loud voice. My ears hurt. I kept on hanging on.

Finally, after a long time, I heard barks across the forest. They were everywhere. They were near, they were far. They were east, they were west. Good job, dog.

"What?" The fish looked around outside his tank. Looking back and forth at the forest around him.

While he was doing so, HapPy climbed on the tank across me. He got up and tapped on the glass.

"Umm... tap tap?" HapPy said, trying to get the attention of the fish. The fish turned towards him and he smiled.

"I see that the coward finally showed up." The fish said in a mocking tone.

"Did you see that? I guess trees do 'bark'." HapPy said with a grimace look on his face.

I climbed on quietly, hoping that he won't hear me.

I finally got to the dispenser shooting the arrows. Placing my hand in there was really uncomfortable, but it's important to defeat him than my paw. Plus, Haps here has some healing potions of his own.

I pulled my paw out oft the dispencer full of arrows. Every last bit was gone. I hopped off silently. HapPy must've seen me because he began to retreat as well.

"Well, fish, it was nice to meet you. Sea ya!" HapPy said as he splashed a potion on him that made him invisible.

"Where are you?!" He growled. Man, have you ever heard a goldfish growl?

He started looking around, the cannon and dispenser aiming and preparing to shoot at a random place and time. Shoot I forgot the cannon! U told myself.

"Where are you?!" The fish growled again.

As soon as he said that, I saw a crack appear on top of the fish tank. Um...

The crack was getting bigger in every second, and I saw a glimmer of a diamond pickaxe on top. HapPy.

"Cat, get on the tower and disable the portal!" Rhelms called from behind. I looked back at the tank to see a three dogs wrestling a fish underwater.

I nodded back to Rhelms and ran past them, behind the tower where there were guards on patrol. One of them kept on going back and forth while the other one was in standing straight, holding his sword without bulging. I wonder how they were not able to hear the ruckus on the other side. As I was wondering, I realized that there was a duke box next to the man standing playing the tune 'Cat.' Coincidentally I liked the song as much as the song and I had the same name.

Just looking at them made me think of an idea I don't really want to do as a cat. Well, not really. Being chased by HapPy from long long time ago made me prepared for the situation.

I popped out my sword from my inventory and held it steady with my tail. With my claws, I clung on the wall, one paw up and another follows. Look, I know those were two guards, but there is a high possibility they could alarm the other guards. I am not taking a risk like that.

Midway through the climb, I was able to take a glimpse of the boys fighting the fish tank.

Rhelms was there, trying to destroy the tank with a pickaxe. Marek was at the tnt cannon they made, trying to get a clear shot. HapPy and his dogs were on top of the water bowl, throwing potions as they dodged the fish who was heavily slicing with that sword from inside the water bowl while shooting the tnt cannon at random.

As I watched them, I realized that one of the tnt was headed for the castle. Um... that's not good.

Using the sword on my tail, I nudged the tnt a bit as soon as it passed me, preventing the tower from being destroyed along with me on it. That was the good thing. The bad thing? Well a lot of guards noticed and are heading outside to investigate.

I quickly climbed as fast as I can. I have to disable the portal and help them downstairs with the guards. Hopefully this would end up with a flower on the ground-- again.

I leaned in closer to the wall to listen for footsteps when I reached the top. I kept hearing iron boots hit the stone stairs.

*Clink*

*Clink*

*Clink*

For a few moments, loud steps could be heard. I had to wait a while before the steps dissapeared.

Finally, the steps stopped. They faded downstairs. I took my chance and I started pointing on a peice of rock. Once again, that took a while to break just one block, but I decided it would do. I pressed my head inside the hole, then my whole body. I kept wriggling to try and free myself. After another long wait, I was able to free my two arms. I piled out my pickaxe from my inventory, and mined another block on top of my back.

As soon as the block broke, I crawled inside, held the sword with my paws, and got the pickaxe on my other paw, because Haps showed me about how dangerous a mining tool can be.

Each quiet step I made up the stairs made a loud clink. Thank you, diamond boots.

On the top, I saw a guard sitting in front of a weird portal. No, it's not the nether portal. It's just made of pure gold blocks. The passage way's color was blue. Ohh, pretty!

Just as I was admiring the portal, the guard turned to the stairs and saw me."Hey!" He shouted as he drew out his sword."You aren't suppose to be here. Get out!" He blowed. Hah, I'm not the typical Cat girl who just obeys guards of the greifer bear thing. I took a step closer, my right arm pointed at him with my sword.

"Girl, I wouldn't suggest you go closer." He said as he backed off towards a button. It must be the alarm system for the other server!

"Take one more dilly darn step and it's over, kiddo." The man said. I disobeyed him and charged towards quickly with my sword.

Things happened so fast I had no idea what happened. My eyes were closed as I charged for the man. Worried that I killed him brutally, I opened my eyes slowly.

The sword was stuck to the wall. I hit excactly the side of the button. The man's finger was pressed on the flat side of the diamond sword. Luck.

"What the--!" He began when a big explosion happened far to our right-- where the portal was. I quickly reacted and closed my eyes and covered my ears though it was too late.

My ears were ringing. The explosion was loud. I should have realized that fish tank was there together with my friends captive. Perfect.

As soon as the ringing stopped, I slowly opened my eyes to see a whole load of chunks on the ground. The portal was destroyed, along with half of the tower roof.

Sunlight glimmered through the large missing part of the roof. My eyes were half closed, and I could see two pairs of diamond boots walking towards me.

"Wow! That cannon ride was a blast!" I heard a voice say. I heard another laugh. They sound familiar.

I looked up with my eyes trying to resist the bright sun over the two shadows in front of me. What made the sunlight worse was the helmets. Those stupid helmets started making the light glimmer.

"My Notch, the light!" I screamed in pain as I covered my eyes with the light.

"Umm... Cat?" A voice asked. The other was making a loud step towards me.

"It's okay, Cat. It's me, Marek!" Marek said as he blocked my view of the sun.

My eyes finally adjusted to the bright light and I saw the other one standing next to a dead player, kicking it while he held a sword."Uh... is he dead?" Rhelms asked, poking the guard on the foot. I nodded.

"Weird. He's suppose to dissapeared in a puff of--!"

Rhelms voice was cut off as soon as the figure suddenly moved. He reached out for Rhelms goatee and pulled him close. Ow. That must've been painful.

"What have you done?!" The man shreicked weakly as he let go of rhelms."Master Undelle will kill me!" The guy screamed.

"Wait.." Rhelms said as he backed off."Since when did you call boss a master?" He asked the man. The man didn't answer. Instead, he laughed.

"We thought you were better than this, Rhelms." He said before he fell to the ground, limp. He soon vanished followed by some puffs of smoke. Rhelms smiled.

"Knew better. This IS better." He said as as he walked over to the ledge, looking down. I walked over to him, looking down as well, just to be greeted by HapPy from below, who was on top of Rhelms' Cannon, holding a lead that tied up the whole body of the fish next to him.

"That joke a while ago came from HapPy." Marek said as he appeared next to me."He told me to say it, because it was funny."

I looked down again, this time glaring. HapPy was down there, staring back confused."He also made this joke before we were launched up." Rhelms said. So they used a cannon to get up here? Cool.

"He said 'bomb' voyage!" Marek chuckled. Yeah, I know. Those aren't his jokes. But who cares? That's the annoying dog.

We headed downstairs. Man the stairs are long!

As soon as we reached the bottom, we were greeted by HapPy. He wasn't smiling though. He looked serious.

Next to him was the fish, sleeping with a big lump on his head. I looked at HapPy when I realized he was holding his brewing book. You know, the big one he used to smack Marek on the head?

"He kept blabbering, so I made him shut up." HapPy said as he dragged the fish closer. HapPy's two dogs sat next to the fish.

"What did he say?" Marek asked.

"Not much, just that we need to be careful cause he will come back from the dead and haunt us." HapPy breathed heavily as he smacked him on the head again when the fish twitched.

"He also said they needed Marek." HapPy said as he backed off from the body.

"Me?" Marek asked.

HapPy nodded.

"'Why do they keep saying that?" I asked.

Rhelms stepped forward and answered."I have to be honest. I don't know why, we were just told to take him to boss Undelle." Rhelms said as he got to the horses, who were unbelievably slow until now.

"We need to keep Marek safe." Rhelms said."HapPy, You keep him safe." Rhelms ordered.

"How exactly?"

"Take another route away from the towers. Keep watch of anything suspicious. Just make sure he won't get captured." Rhelms said as he ordered HapPy to throw a swiftness at the horses.

"Okay." HapPy replied.

Ad HapPy did his work, Rhelms turned to me.

"Cat, you are coming with me." Rhelms said as he gave me a map.

"I'll need your stealth to get through these towers and guards." Rhelms said as he rode on his horse. Stealth? Well, I might just fail him.

"Marek, I know you have a lot of questions, but I have no idea what the answers are as well. You just have to trust me." Rhelms said as he motioned for me to get on my horse.

After as few minutes of packing and preparing, we were on our horses, ready to part ways.

"Haps, keep him safe. We don't know what will happen to him if he get's captured." Rhelms said as he got his compass ready.

HapPy smiled and nodded."But what will we do with this fish tied up?" HapPy asked him. Rhelms stared at the distance.

"Don't worry. He'll have some company." Rhelms said as we heard a witch cackle from afar.

"We need to go now." Rhelms said as his horse began to gallop away. I waved to HapPy and Marek a goodbye and galloped after Rhelms.

Hopefully those guys will be okay.