All is still. A glimmering lake sits in all its glory as the morning sun begins tiptoeing over the horizon. Birds sing. Roosters crow. Goats bleat. Donkeys bray. Dogs bark. Cats—
Yellowfang, who is evidently a cat: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARGHHHHHH!!
— ululate?!
A dark gray ball covered in suspicious black powder shoots out of the defective time machine and flies into the lake. A small blue-gray cat drifts gracefully down to wait above the considerable splash. Yellowfang resurfaces; a sodden lump floating in the vast loch.
Wikipedia: We are currently in the Loch Ness lake — well, you are *sniggers* in 1933, after George Spicer and his wife reported the sighting of "a most extraordinary form of animal" that sparked interest in the mysterious Loch Ness Monster. Many people have claimed to have seen the monster or have taken vague photographs of what could be Nessie since then.
Yellowfang: Glub glub glub I don't know how to swim glub glub
Wikipedia: Heh. At least you'll get the soot and gunpowder off. *Unwillingly half-drags Yellowfang to the shore as the aforementioned cat feebly attempts to swim*
They arrive on the shore. Yellowfang rolls onto her back and coughs out water, glaring at whatever is unlucky enough to be in front of her at the time, which happens to be a lone log bobbing on the lake in the distance.
Yellowfang: That was horrible. I wish I can fly like you—
Wikipedia: Shhh! *slaps tail over Yellowfang's mouth* There's a human over there about to snap a photo of the log. He's probably thinking that it's the monster.
Yellowfang: What's a human? Oh, you mean that fat twoleg over there with the huge wall of fur hanging down from its muzzle?
Wikipedia: That's called a beard.
Yellowfang: Whatever.
The two cats walk out into the open when the twoleg leaves.
Yellowfang: So the so-called 'Nessie' is actually a stick? Dude, that's lame.
Wikipedia: Not necessarily. There hasn't been solid evidence to prove that the Loch Ness Monster exists but it always is a possibility. I personally believe that—
Yellowfang: So basically the monster is still a stick.
Wikipedia: Yeah. Sure. When a tree by the lake falls into the loch it will be weighed down by the water and sink. However, while under water the botanical chemicals trap lots and lots of tiny bubbles and when there is enough—
Yellowfang: The log will float up again!
Wikipedia: Lucky guess. Yes, but the bubbles will quickly disappear and the log will sink again. This is often mistaken for a large mammal surfacing for air.
Yellowfang: This is a book that's supposed to teach kids about history, not science!
Wikipedia: History is technically science, in a weird way. Otherwise CatsofScience wouldn't publish this book. Sorry, I've just been supervising Heatstar run his ConvectionClan and I'm feeling scientific.
Yellowfang: Let's just go. I got my wash *wrinkles nose and glowers at the time machine (which was buzzing discreetly out of shame) and everything's fine and dandy.
The azure whirlwind of a portal opened as the broken machine heard Yellowfang's command.
Yellowfang to Wikipedia: See you on the other side!
Wikipedia to Yellowfang: See you on the otter slide!!
Yellowfang: What?
Wikipedia: Never mind. I can't believe you don't get the reference.
Little does Yellowfang know, yet another unclear photo was taken by another twoleg, this time of her as she just surfaced from the lake, and would serve as another piece of 'evidence' of the existence of the Loch Ness monster for many years to come.
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A Ballad of Yellowfang and History
FanfictionWhen Yellowfang discovers a time machine, there's only one thing she can do: Jump into it and hope for the best. Unfortunately for the time periods she visits, the time machine has a certain knack to sending cats into the most important battles and...
