Nightlight in the Dark (Skyelle x Catnap)

Chapter 15: The Prototype

Song Credits: Koven - Followers

Italic - Importance/Text //// Bold - Emphasis/Phone Call //// ' ' - Thoughts //// ( ) - Memory

Skyelle finally meets her cat's special friend, and is surprised that he knows who she is.

She just might've found out something about her past, and what her relation is to the robotic hand who is Catnap's God.

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The next day, or what I assume was the next day, Catnap greets me when I'm awake. "Good morning Moonlight." I yawn. I had bad insomnia, but his lavender scent made it easier to sleep.

"Morning my love. I was wondering if..." His white glowing eyes look down at me, holding a certain look. "If you're allowed to explore?" My blush appears. That obvious?

"Kinda, and I wanted to know if you were ready to leave with me? Unless you have something else to do right now." He takes a moment to respond. His ears flick. "That's right. Hold on tight."

I manage out, "What?" With that I squeal when he puts me on his back, my backpack and clothes having been put on yesterday.

"Woah, careful there..." His pupils look up at me, then the giant cat's back legs arch back, and he jumps out of the hole I haven't noticed on the ceiling. "So that's how you get in here. I wondered where you scared me from."

He replies while we trample through the deserted Playhouse. "It's a place that nobody really goes, minus the plushies. A perfect place to live in." I hum.

Soon we appear in the artificial sunlit Playcare, me taking in his body now that we're in a lit place. His back arched back, and he looked really skinny. I felt bad for him. He looks like he hadn't eaten in years.

My eyes dart away when he says, "I can feel you watching me. Like what you see?" I choke. "You're very pretty. I love purple." He laughs, making me blush even more.

"Thanks Star. You're delightful to look at too. Especially when you're not being constricted to wearing clothing..." With that I go quiet. I wasn't very confident in growing up with my body.

Yet it was nice to be complemented. Even if I was skinny too. I snuggle into his neck, holding him some. "You smell good too. I like lavender..."

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I am told to wait outside while he went in. We had stopped at a random hidden rubble pile, and I wait patiently as best as possible. Then he comes back. 

"Follow me..." I get back on his back as we walk by the pile. Soon a cave comes into my line of vision. He wanted me to finally meet someone who was dear to him, well that wasn't me.

Finally we appear in a dark place, a TV to the side, a red tape asking to be played. I swallow my fear at seeing decimated, bloody toys built into a body or construct? Huggy Wuggy and what looked like a spider was in it.

"What the hell..." I whisper out. 

Then I see it. Something I haven't seen in years...

The hand thingy. 

I wanted to cry or scream. It had appeared in my nightmares, even still today. Catnap stops before it. He carefully lets me down. I still cling onto his leg. 

"Greetings Catnap. Who is this?" My eyes dart up. He was more trusting than this robot hand. Also why did it's voice sound like a Mimicking type of thing?