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“You almost got her that time.” You heard after a gun was fired towards you as you ran. You were being chased by two hunters that you had earlier got your paw caught in one of their traps. They said even if you were small game to hunt it was a slow day so they decided to let you lose to hunt you again. You ran scared for your life with only three good paws and a wounded right front paw. The blood was drying in your (fur color) fur but you had to run. You had to make it.
You turned to keep going but you found a wall of rocks blocking your way. There was no way of climbing it and no way around it. You were trapped. You turned looking at the two hunters as you crouched close to the ground and your fur ears go back in fear. The men laughed holding his shot gun up aiming towards you. “Game’s over kitty.” He held the gun steady before pulling the trigger. A hockey stick had smacked into the gun making it move causing the bullet to miss you hitting the rock.
“You know hunting is illegal in these parts.” You heard a man’s voice as you looked up seeing a man standing nearby wearing a red Canadian mounty uniform shades over his eyes and his sandy blond hair loosely tied into a low pony tail with a long curl in the front of his face. He jumped from the rock dodging the shots fired at him taking his hockey stick and beating the two hunters to the point they weren’t moving. He turned to you as you feared for your life even more from this guy as he walked closer to you. “Hey it’s alright.” He told you knelling down to you as he took a look at your paw. “Did you get caught in one of their traps?” He asked as anger filled his face at the thought of the two going after a small cat like yourself. “Don’t worry.” He gentle scooped you up into his arms trying not to hurt you anymore then you already were. “I’ll fix you up.”
It didn’t take him long until he walked up to a lone cabin in the wooded area. He walked in carefully setting you on the couch before he got his first aid kit to clean you up. He was so careful and gentle as he wrapped your leg. You watched as he finished and he patted your head. “Try to be careful walking around and stay off of it alright?” He said as you meowed in response.
‘Why is he being so nice to me?’ you thought as he walked into the other room to only return with a basket and thick blanket he set beside the couch near the fireplace. He turned to you as he picked you up setting you in the basket. He pulled out a red ribbon and tied it around your neck into a bow.
“Is that comfortable?” He asked as he pet you again. You started to purr as he smiled. “Good. Now I’m going to get a nice fire going.” He told you as he stood up and walked outside. You watched the door for a bit before you started licking your paw. You looked up hearing the door open and the man walking back in with a few logs in his arms. He set them down and took a small box from his pocket quickly scratching a small stick on the side until it burst into flames. Your (fur color) ears perked up seeing this happen as he set the small stuff already in the fire place. He set the logs at an angle before going to sit on the couch. He put his feet up onto the table and sprawled his arms along the back as he leaned his head back sighing. His eyes opened as he felt a nudge at his leg and looked down to see you rubbing your face on his leg.
“Hey.” He smiled picking you off the ground setting you in his lap stroking your (fur length)(fur color) fur as you purred with delight. You didn’t really understand why he saved you or why he was being nice to you but you liked the kindness he showed you.
Over the next couple of weeks you had found yourself liking this human more and more. He would leave the cabin in the mornings to do his thing and you would wander around the cabin until later he would return. You were happy when he would come back but there was only one thing that bothered you. You fell for this man and couldn’t even tell him about it. Every time you thought about this it made you upset. You thought about it one night as the man sat on the couch with you in his lap petting you when your ears went down.
“What’s the matter girl?” He asked looking at you as you looked up at him meowing at you put your head back on his lap. You jumped hearing a ringing sound as the man picked up the phone talking into it. “What the hell do you want, Al?” You heard as he groaned. While he talked you jumped down and walked over to the door and sat there looking at the man. “You want to go roam outside?” He asked getting up to let you outside. “No why the hell would I ask you if you wanted to roam outside? I was talking to me cat….Oh shut up, Al.”
You went off into the night as you just started walking not knowing where you were headed. Before long you got to a small town and as you got into an alley you started to feel cold. You found an old hoodie lying on the ground that you decided to crawl into just to warm up before you returned home. You looked up seeing a single star in the sky and that’s when you got the idea. You remember the stories that you heard from the elder cats when you were a kitten about how a cat fell in love with a human and wished upon a star to turn herself into a human to be with him but there were consequences like losing her nine lives only to have one and she couldn’t understand the cats but you didn’t care as you looked at the star and closed your eyes.
‘Please,’ you thought to yourself. ‘All I want is to be human and to tell the man I love how I feel.’ You opened your eye to see nothing changed. You sighed laying your head down. ‘it was only a silly story anyway.’ You thought as you started to feel tired. ‘a little cat nap won’t hurt before I head home.’ You thought as your (e/c) eyes shut as you drifted off into slumber.
“Miss?” You heard feeling a nudge at your shoulder. “Miss, are you alright?” You opened your eyes seeing a lady looking at you. You jumped as you scrambled up looking at her. “Are you alright?” She asked again but when you went to take a swipe at the air to show here you weren’t scared of her you noticed something. Your paw wasn’t a paw. It was a hand. You had hands. You also had arms, legs and feet that were furless. You turned looking into the refection of a broken mirror in the alley seeing your fur had disappeared and you now had (h/l)(h/c) hair under the hood that was over your head. Did your wish really come true?
“Miss?” the lady asked again as you looked at her.
“Yeah I’m alright.” You stopped hearing your voice for the first time. You stood up luckily the hood was too big on you and covered you like a short dress. The lady looked at you and how you were dressed.
“Is that all you have to wear?” The lady asked as you looked down at your bare legs and bare feet.
“Yes it is.” You said as she looked at you with concern.
“Come with me.” She said starting to walk. “We’ll get you something to wear.” You tilted your head as you followed her to a building with boxes and boxes filled with clothes. “This is where I volunteer.” The lady said looking at you. “It’s were people donate clothes for the less fortunate. Go ahead and look around….um…. I’m sorry I never got your name.” She said as you thought.
“My name? My name is…” You thought of the different names you knew before quickly answering. “…______.”
“It’s nice to meet you ______. My name is Sammy if you need anything.” You nodded as you started looking around. You had found nice clothes and picked out a pair of light colored jeans, a red and black plaid button up shirt with a pair of brown hiking boots.
“Found an outfit?” You heard Sammy’s voice as you showed her what you got. “Oh I like these. Do you want to go try them on in the back?” She asked as you nodded following her to the back as she unlocked a door to an empty room. “Here you go just call me if you need anything.” She said as you closed the door and started to get dressed. You looked into the mirror as you took the hoodie off and gasped seeing your (fur color) tail swaying back and forth. You took off the hood completely also seeing your cat ears were still on top of your head.
“Oh no.” You covered your mouth seeing this when you heard a knock at the door.
“______? Are you alright in there?” Sammy’s voice said as you quickly put on the cloths sliding your tail down one of the pants legs.
“Yes I’m fine.” You said looking at your new outfit but your ears. No one could see them. You got an idea as you thought of not able to tell the man you loved how you felt as your ears when back being unseen but another thing was noticeable. You looked around your neck seeing the red ribbon tied into the bow. You took it using it as a headband and tied it into a bow as it held your ears back comfortably. You saw you had little scars on your wrist from the trap you were caught in before you were saved from the man. You pulled your sleeve over the scars before you walked out as Sammy looked at you.
“You look so nice, ______.” She smiled as you smiled back.
You thanked Sammy as you knew where you wanted to head now. Back to the cabin. You spent a couple of hours trying to find your way back but you were sure you were lost.
“This all looks different from a cat’s point of view.” You said before sliding on some leafs as you tumbled down a rocky hill. You cringed in pain sitting up holding your left ankle. “Ok that hurt.” You said as a growling sound caught your attention as you turned seeing a white bear growling at you. “Whoa, nice bear. Good bear.” You said scooting back using your good leg to move you. You whined in fear as it got closer until you heard a voice.
“Kuma! Get back.” It was him. You looked up to see the man that saved you that day. “Why are you here?” He asked you.
“I um…” You couldn’t really find a good reason to come out here.
“Are you hunting?” He coldly asked gritting his teeth at you as you quickly shook your head.
“No! I was walking through the woods when I fell from up there.” You looked up at the path you were walking moments before.
The man looked at you and noticed your hands on your ankle. “Did you hurt yourself?” He asked as you looked away in embarrassment. He walked over to you knelling down looking at your ankle. “It looks a bit swollen.” He said looking at you. “Come on.” He said picking you up bridal style as you wrapped your arms around his neck. “I have a cabin not too far from here.” He started walking as you looked at him. Yet again he was carrying you to the same cabin he brought you to once before.
“What’s your name?” You asked the man as he looked at you.
“Matt.” He said as he walked up the steps to the cabin. “How about you?”
“______.” You told him as he gently sat you on the couch before he went to the freezer getting and ice pack and setting it on your ankle. “So I take it you’re an animal lover.” You looked at him as his eyes looked over his shades.
“What gives you that idea?” He asked as you smiled.
“How mad you looked when you thought I was a hunter.” He let out a short laugh.
“Well I do love the animals out here.” He scoffed. “More than the people.”
“Really?” You looked at him as he got up as if he was checking something outside. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” He said sighing and returning to the couch as you noticed what he was checking. He must have left your food outside as he always did when you were out of the cabin while he was out so you could eat.
“Missing someone?” You asked as he looked at you. “I saw a dish outside and I expect it’s for a pet.”
“My cat actually.” He said sitting back down. “She went out last night but is usually back by now.” He shook his head. “This is the longest she’s been out and I’m wondering if she’s going to find another place to live.”
“I’m sure she’s just…out.” You told him as he looked at you. “She’s probably on a little adventure that took her farther from home then she tended to go and she’ll be back before you know it.” You smiled as he gave you a soft smile. You both spent the rest of the day talking to each other and Matt soon felt like he knew you. He even might say he was thinking that he was falling for you. He found out you didn’t really have a home so he gave you the couch to crash on. Your friendship with Matt went on for a few weeks. You two did everything together and even time to time he missed his (fur color) cat you always made him feel better. One night he passed the couch seeing you had already fallen asleep but without your blanket. You were curled up into a ball as Matt looked at you before he took you in his arms carrying you to his bedroom and gently putting you in his bed.
“This will be much warmer than the couch.” He said starting to walk out of the door.
“It’s big enough we can share.” He heard your voice as he looked at you as you lift your head up looking back at him. He smiled as he crawled into bed wrapping his arms around your form gently kissing the top of your head before the two of you drifted into sleep in each other’s arms.
The next morning both of you were awaken by gun shots.
“Shit!” Matt jumped out of bed grabbing his hockey stick.
“What was that?” You asked going after him as he ran out of the door.
“Hunters.” He told you looking back. “Stay in the cabin. I’ll be right back.” He looked at you as he ran off into the woods. You watched him as you heard another gun shot.
“I’m not standing by while you put yourself in danger.” You said closing the door and running towards the gunshots.
You soon caught up with the hunters and Matt as you saw Matt looking at the hunters. They took a shot knocking his hockey stick out of his hand and aimed for him. You couldn’t take it.
“No!” You screamed rushing over hitting the gun trying to fight it out of the man’s hand as the gun went off. You got the gun out of his hand as Matt took them out with his hockey stick.
“______,” He said about to scold you for not listening to him when he saw you looking at your feet breathing funny. “______?” He dropped the stick as you fell forward and he caught you. “______!?” He cried out as he held you on your back when he moved his hand seeing blood on it. At as much blood you were losing he already knew it was too late to do anything. “Shit. Shit. ______, no!” He looked at you as you barely opened you (e/c) eyes seeing tears in his eyes.
“Shhh, Matt.” You told him as you put a hand on his tear soaked cheek.
“Why, ______? Why didn’t you just let it hit me instead?” He asked as you gave a soft smile.
“Because you saved me from the hunters once. I wanted to show you I would do the same.” You smiled at the thought of the day you both met as Matt noticed something. The same look his cat gave him when he saved her was the look you had. His eyes went to your hand witch he saw the scars from the trap that day.
He shook his head as you closed your eyes. “No you can’t leave me. ______!” His tears fell more as he held your body close to him. “Don’t leave me, ______. I love you.” He cried.
“I love you too.” You whispered before your body went limp in his arms as he cried holding you close to him.

Matt often visited your grave he made you near the cabin. He had a whole new reason of hating hunters but he never forgot how much love you brought to him. He would tear up every time he talked to your grave with the rocks surrounding the area where you laid with a wooden cross with the name ‘______’ at the head of the grave and at the top of the cross was a red ribbon tied into a bow.

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“You almost got her that time.” You heard after a gun was fired towards you as you ran. You were being chased by two hunters that you had earlier got your paw caught in one of their traps. They said even if you were small game to hunt it was a slow day so they decided to let you lose to hunt you again. You ran scared for your life with only three good paws and a wounded right front paw. The blood was drying in your (fur color) fur but you had to run. You had to make it.
You turned to keep going but you found a wall of rocks blocking your way. There was no way of climbing it and no way around it. You were trapped. You turned looking at the two hunters as you crouched close to the ground and your fur ears go back in fear. The men laughed holding his shot gun up aiming towards you. “Game’s over kitty.” He held the gun steady before pulling the trigger. A hockey stick had smacked into the gun making it move causing the bullet to miss you hitting the rock.
“You know hunting is illegal in these parts.” You heard a man’s voice as you looked up seeing a man standing nearby wearing a red Canadian mounty uniform shades over his eyes and his sandy blond hair loosely tied into a low pony tail with a long curl in the front of his face. He jumped from the rock dodging the shots fired at him taking his hockey stick and beating the two hunters to the point they weren’t moving. He turned to you as you feared for your life even more from this guy as he walked closer to you. “Hey it’s alright.” He told you knelling down to you as he took a look at your paw. “Did you get caught in one of their traps?” He asked as anger filled his face at the thought of the two going after a small cat like yourself. “Don’t worry.” He gentle scooped you up into his arms trying not to hurt you anymore then you already were. “I’ll fix you up.”
It didn’t take him long until he walked up to a lone cabin in the wooded area. He walked in carefully setting you on the couch before he got his first aid kit to clean you up. He was so careful and gentle as he wrapped your leg. You watched as he finished and he patted your head. “Try to be careful walking around and stay off of it alright?” He said as you meowed in response.
‘Why is he being so nice to me?’ you thought as he walked into the other room to only return with a basket and thick blanket he set beside the couch near the fireplace. He turned to you as he picked you up setting you in the basket. He pulled out a red ribbon and tied it around your neck into a bow.
“Is that comfortable?” He asked as he pet you again. You started to purr as he smiled. “Good. Now I’m going to get a nice fire going.” He told you as he stood up and walked outside. You watched the door for a bit before you started licking your paw. You looked up hearing the door open and the man walking back in with a few logs in his arms. He set them down and took a small box from his pocket quickly scratching a small stick on the side until it burst into flames. Your (fur color) ears perked up seeing this happen as he set the small stuff already in the fire place. He set the logs at an angle before going to sit on the couch. He put his feet up onto the table and sprawled his arms along the back as he leaned his head back sighing. His eyes opened as he felt a nudge at his leg and looked down to see you rubbing your face on his leg.
“Hey.” He smiled picking you off the ground setting you in his lap stroking your (fur length)(fur color) fur as you purred with delight. You didn’t really understand why he saved you or why he was being nice to you but you liked the kindness he showed you.
Over the next couple of weeks you had found yourself liking this human more and more. He would leave the cabin in the mornings to do his thing and you would wander around the cabin until later he would return. You were happy when he would come back but there was only one thing that bothered you. You fell for this man and couldn’t even tell him about it. Every time you thought about this it made you upset. You thought about it one night as the man sat on the couch with you in his lap petting you when your ears went down.
“What’s the matter girl?” He asked looking at you as you looked up at him meowing at you put your head back on his lap. You jumped hearing a ringing sound as the man picked up the phone talking into it. “What the hell do you want, Al?” You heard as he groaned. While he talked you jumped down and walked over to the door and sat there looking at the man. “You want to go roam outside?” He asked getting up to let you outside. “No why the hell would I ask you if you wanted to roam outside? I was talking to me cat….Oh shut up, Al.”
You went off into the night as you just started walking not knowing where you were headed. Before long you got to a small town and as you got into an alley you started to feel cold. You found an old hoodie lying on the ground that you decided to crawl into just to warm up before you returned home. You looked up seeing a single star in the sky and that’s when you got the idea. You remember the stories that you heard from the elder cats when you were a kitten about how a cat fell in love with a human and wished upon a star to turn herself into a human to be with him but there were consequences like losing her nine lives only to have one and she couldn’t understand the cats but you didn’t care as you looked at the star and closed your eyes.
‘Please,’ you thought to yourself. ‘All I want is to be human and to tell the man I love how I feel.’ You opened your eye to see nothing changed. You sighed laying your head down. ‘it was only a silly story anyway.’ You thought as you started to feel tired. ‘a little cat nap won’t hurt before I head home.’ You thought as your (e/c) eyes shut as you drifted off into slumber.
“Miss?” You heard feeling a nudge at your shoulder. “Miss, are you alright?” You opened your eyes seeing a lady looking at you. You jumped as you scrambled up looking at her. “Are you alright?” She asked again but when you went to take a swipe at the air to show here you weren’t scared of her you noticed something. Your paw wasn’t a paw. It was a hand. You had hands. You also had arms, legs and feet that were furless. You turned looking into the refection of a broken mirror in the alley seeing your fur had disappeared and you now had (h/l)(h/c) hair under the hood that was over your head. Did your wish really come true?
“Miss?” the lady asked again as you looked at her.
“Yeah I’m alright.” You stopped hearing your voice for the first time. You stood up luckily the hood was too big on you and covered you like a short dress. The lady looked at you and how you were dressed.
“Is that all you have to wear?” The lady asked as you looked down at your bare legs and bare feet.
“Yes it is.” You said as she looked at you with concern.
“Come with me.” She said starting to walk. “We’ll get you something to wear.” You tilted your head as you followed her to a building with boxes and boxes filled with clothes. “This is where I volunteer.” The lady said looking at you. “It’s were people donate clothes for the less fortunate. Go ahead and look around….um…. I’m sorry I never got your name.” She said as you thought.
“My name? My name is…” You thought of the different names you knew before quickly answering. “…______.”
“It’s nice to meet you ______. My name is Sammy if you need anything.” You nodded as you started looking around. You had found nice clothes and picked out a pair of light colored jeans, a red and black plaid button up shirt with a pair of brown hiking boots.
“Found an outfit?” You heard Sammy’s voice as you showed her what you got. “Oh I like these. Do you want to go try them on in the back?” She asked as you nodded following her to the back as she unlocked a door to an empty room. “Here you go just call me if you need anything.” She said as you closed the door and started to get dressed. You looked into the mirror as you took the hoodie off and gasped seeing your (fur color) tail swaying back and forth. You took off the hood completely also seeing your cat ears were still on top of your head.
“Oh no.” You covered your mouth seeing this when you heard a knock at the door.
“______? Are you alright in there?” Sammy’s voice said as you quickly put on the cloths sliding your tail down one of the pants legs.
“Yes I’m fine.” You said looking at your new outfit but your ears. No one could see them. You got an idea as you thought of not able to tell the man you loved how you felt as your ears when back being unseen but another thing was noticeable. You looked around your neck seeing the red ribbon tied into the bow. You took it using it as a headband and tied it into a bow as it held your ears back comfortably. You saw you had little scars on your wrist from the trap you were caught in before you were saved from the man. You pulled your sleeve over the scars before you walked out as Sammy looked at you.
“You look so nice, ______.” She smiled as you smiled back.
You thanked Sammy as you knew where you wanted to head now. Back to the cabin. You spent a couple of hours trying to find your way back but you were sure you were lost.
“This all looks different from a cat’s point of view.” You said before sliding on some leafs as you tumbled down a rocky hill. You cringed in pain sitting up holding your left ankle. “Ok that hurt.” You said as a growling sound caught your attention as you turned seeing a white bear growling at you. “Whoa, nice bear. Good bear.” You said scooting back using your good leg to move you. You whined in fear as it got closer until you heard a voice.
“Kuma! Get back.” It was him. You looked up to see the man that saved you that day. “Why are you here?” He asked you.
“I um…” You couldn’t really find a good reason to come out here.
“Are you hunting?” He coldly asked gritting his teeth at you as you quickly shook your head.
“No! I was walking through the woods when I fell from up there.” You looked up at the path you were walking moments before.
The man looked at you and noticed your hands on your ankle. “Did you hurt yourself?” He asked as you looked away in embarrassment. He walked over to you knelling down looking at your ankle. “It looks a bit swollen.” He said looking at you. “Come on.” He said picking you up bridal style as you wrapped your arms around his neck. “I have a cabin not too far from here.” He started walking as you looked at him. Yet again he was carrying you to the same cabin he brought you to once before.
“What’s your name?” You asked the man as he looked at you.
“Matt.” He said as he walked up the steps to the cabin. “How about you?”
“______.” You told him as he gently sat you on the couch before he went to the freezer getting and ice pack and setting it on your ankle. “So I take it you’re an animal lover.” You looked at him as his eyes looked over his shades.
“What gives you that idea?” He asked as you smiled.
“How mad you looked when you thought I was a hunter.” He let out a short laugh.
“Well I do love the animals out here.” He scoffed. “More than the people.”
“Really?” You looked at him as he got up as if he was checking something outside. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” He said sighing and returning to the couch as you noticed what he was checking. He must have left your food outside as he always did when you were out of the cabin while he was out so you could eat.
“Missing someone?” You asked as he looked at you. “I saw a dish outside and I expect it’s for a pet.”
“My cat actually.” He said sitting back down. “She went out last night but is usually back by now.” He shook his head. “This is the longest she’s been out and I’m wondering if she’s going to find another place to live.”
“I’m sure she’s just…out.” You told him as he looked at you. “She’s probably on a little adventure that took her farther from home then she tended to go and she’ll be back before you know it.” You smiled as he gave you a soft smile. You both spent the rest of the day talking to each other and Matt soon felt like he knew you. He even might say he was thinking that he was falling for you. He found out you didn’t really have a home so he gave you the couch to crash on. Your friendship with Matt went on for a few weeks. You two did everything together and even time to time he missed his (fur color) cat you always made him feel better. One night he passed the couch seeing you had already fallen asleep but without your blanket. You were curled up into a ball as Matt looked at you before he took you in his arms carrying you to his bedroom and gently putting you in his bed.
“This will be much warmer than the couch.” He said starting to walk out of the door.
“It’s big enough we can share.” He heard your voice as he looked at you as you lift your head up looking back at him. He smiled as he crawled into bed wrapping his arms around your form gently kissing the top of your head before the two of you drifted into sleep in each other’s arms.
The next morning both of you were awaken by gun shots.
“Shit!” Matt jumped out of bed grabbing his hockey stick.
“What was that?” You asked going after him as he ran out of the door.
“Hunters.” He told you looking back. “Stay in the cabin. I’ll be right back.” He looked at you as he ran off into the woods. You watched him as you heard another gun shot.
“I’m not standing by while you put yourself in danger.” You said closing the door and running towards the gunshots.
You soon caught up with the hunters and Matt as you saw Matt looking at the hunters. They took a shot knocking his hockey stick out of his hand and aimed for him. You couldn’t take it.
“No!” You screamed rushing over hitting the gun trying to fight it out of the man’s hand as the gun went off. You got the gun out of his hand as Matt took them out with his hockey stick.
“______,” He said about to scold you for not listening to him when he saw you looking at your feet breathing funny. “______?” He dropped the stick as you fell forward and he caught you. “______!?” He cried out as he held you on your back when he moved his hand seeing blood on it. At as much blood you were losing he already knew it was too late to do anything. “Shit. Shit. ______, no!” He looked at you as you barely opened you (e/c) eyes seeing tears in his eyes.
“Shhh, Matt.” You told him as you put a hand on his tear soaked cheek.
“Why, ______? Why didn’t you just let it hit me instead?” He asked as you gave a soft smile.
“Because you saved me from the hunters once. I wanted to show you I would do the same.” You smiled at the thought of the day you both met as Matt noticed something. The same look his cat gave him when he saved her was the look you had. His eyes went to your hand witch he saw the scars from the trap that day.
He shook his head as you closed your eyes. “No you can’t leave me. ______!” His tears fell more as he held your body close to him. “Don’t leave me, ______. I love you.” He cried.
“I love you too.” You whispered before your body went limp in his arms as he cried holding you close to him.

Matt often visited your grave he made you near the cabin. He had a whole new reason of hating hunters but he never forgot how much love you brought to him. He would tear up every time he talked to your grave with the rocks surrounding the area where you laid with a wooden cross with the name ‘______’ at the head of the grave and at the top of the cross was a red ribbon tied into a bow.