Cast Away (Narry Hybrid AU)

1. Not What It Looks Like

The tiny cat had fallen asleep by the time we reached my small flat. I parked my car, and carefully picked the kitten up and took it inside.

While carrying the tiny kitten, I noticed it was a boy when he started squirming around, and he had a small red collar wrapped tightly around its neck. I loosened it some so it wasn't as tight for him.

I sat down on my couch and examined the collar.

Harry Styles. Test Subject 72. Experiment: Cat Hybrid. Result: Fail.

This small kitten had been a failed experiment. That was common but usually they were killed when they failed, at least from what I'd heard about them. Hybrids were the worlds most popular idea in the world today. But some scientists didn't work right and failed, they took innocent humans and tried to change them against there will. Hybrids were very rare but they were becoming more popular even though only few existed. The ones that worked were sold for millions and used as slaves or anything else the owner wanted to do with them. Hybrids had human abilities and animal abilities all in one.

I felt bad for the animal, it was human, it was his screams I heard before he was thrown out for being a failed experiment, now he would be forced to live as a kitten. He was stolen from his home, forced to be an experiment and he still has to suffer the after effects. The world today was terrible when it came to so many things.

I pet his soft, brown fur, and he purrs. Content with what I'm doing he moves with my hand asking for more. Smiling I continue, he looks up at me and meows.

"Is the kitty hungry?" I coo at him. He meows again and I take it as a yes. I hold him close as I go to the kitchen, he meows again. I smile at him.

Grabbing out a bowl and milk, I fill the bowl and set it on the floor, and set him-Harry next to it. He eagerly laps up the milk as if he hasn't had anything in weeks, I bet he hasn't been fed there for however long he was kept.

"Wow a hungry little kitten." I smile at him as he finishes lapping up the bowl of milk. He walk over to me shyly, and rubs against my ankles, purring as he does.

I pick him up, and go back to the living room, he sits in my lap as I sit on the couch. Harry easily gets comfortable​ and curls up into a ball, instantly falling asleep, purring in his sleep.

It felt nice to have something else with me even if it was a cat. I lived alone, of course there was Zayn and Liam but they only came by every now and then.

Zayn was very laid back and chill, he was smart but more artistic. In his third year of college going to be an art teacher. And Liam, was a very caring type of guy. He was always there for all of us, like a big brother. Liam worked at a music store and loved to sing and write his own music.

I was the youngest, and Zayn the oldest. I began to wonder more about Harry, I wonder if he was older, or a younger lad. I looked at his collar again, and noticed the back of it that I hadn't seen the first time I looked at it.

Age: 18 Birthday: 02/01/1994 Race: Caucasian Force or Willing Hometown: London, England

Harry was a less than a year younger than me. He was forced into experiments and taken from his life. I sigh, I hope I can help him, maybe find his family or something. But that may be hard, with him being a kitten and having no way to figure out who they are.

He lives right here in London. I've lived here for a few years when I moved here with my mum but my hometown is Dublin, Ireland.

I look down at the adorable kitten, I wonder what he look like as a human. Probably brown hair, like his fur. I would hope he would have eyes like he does as a cat because they are stunning.

Its getting late, being almost midnight, it was close to 10 when I decided to go for a drive. I needed to clear my head but ended up stopping when I heard the screams. I decide to go to bed and get some rest now. Carrying the kitten to my bed, I lay him at the end, and crawl under the covers.

I smile as he meows at the lost of warmth, and he tries to burrow up in the blankets. He succeeds and ends up under the blanket, soon falling back asleep.

I watch him get comfortable before tiredness takes over and I'm close to passing out.

Laying against the soft pillows I let sleep take me over closing my eyes I easily fall asleep.

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I wake up slowly, as I do every morning. Expecting to find the kitten up and about already, but no I find him sleeping soundly at the end of the bed where I left him the night before.
I smile and get out of bed, going to the bathroom, doing my business and heading down to the kitchen to find something to eat.

I make myself some eggs and toast, and after almost burning them, yes I'm not a very good chef I almost burnt something that simple. But after doing my best to make it taste okay I sit down and enjoy my breakfast.

I wondered what the guys were up to today. Zayn would probably be at school, considering its a Tuesday, and Liam would probably be at work, but maybe one of them could come over later.

I smile, I already know that they will love him. They are both sensitive and caring even if they both were big and strong and looked scary sometimes.

My thoughts are interrupted by loud meows coming from my bedroom. They sound almost like human cries, but I'm sure its from Harry there's no one else here that would make that noise.

I rush quickly to my bedroom, and Harry lying on the bed, meowing loudly as if he's in pain. But there's nothing visible hurting him when I look him over.

I wonder if it has to do with the experiments he was put through at the Hybrid Lab. He doesn't stop meowing and I begin to worry, then I remember Zayn took a course on Hybrids during college as one of his sciences.

I go to the living room and call Zayn, it takes him a minute to answer.

"Hi Ni." He answers.

"Zayn are you busy?" I ask him as soon as he answers.

"Kinda, why? What's up mate?"

"Zayn its really hard to explain but how soon can you come over?" I say panic in my voice. I've never had to deal with any situation like this.

"Um.. Give me an hour and I'll be over but you better be able to explain why its so important. I'll have to call in sick for my class." I sigh in relief.

"Thank you so much Zayn, and don't worry I have a good reason."

"Alright mate, I'll be over in a little while." I give him a goodbye before hanging up and heading back to my bedroom quickly to check back on Harry.

But what I didn't expect to see was a person sized shape under the blanket where the small kitten sat just moments ago.