Alex was a feral, brown tabby tom. He lived in the forest with his parents and brother. Alex's parents were extremely abusive to Alex and his brother. One day, it all went terribly wrong.
"H-hey, mom...."
"What do you want?"
"C-can me a-and Dante go hunting...?"
"Whatever. Catch me a shrew. If you don't, I'll gouge your eyes out. Got it?"
"Yes m-mom..." Alex choked out. He found his brother and asked him to go hunting.
"Yeah, I'll go hunting with you. I need to stretch my legs."
"Mom said I have to find a shrew for her or else she'll gouge my eyes out..." Alex already had cuts and scratches on him arms, legs and face. Some from himself and most from his parents.
"We will find a shrew, don't worry." Dante said as he licked Alex's ear.
The brothers then went out to start hunting.
It was the middle of winter, there was almost no prey. No shrews. No anything.
Of course there is less prey today....it's the middle of winter...I'm never going to find a shrew....Alex thought to himself.
"Dante...I-I'm scared...there's no prey...w-we are both going to b-be punished..."
"I won't let them hurt you, Alex."
Eventually, they found one mouse and a rabbit, but no shrews.
"Alex, where is my shrew?" His mother demanded
"We c-couldn't find one..."
"Excuse me?"
"We couldn't find one." Alex repeated, not stuttering. He swallowed back his fear.
"I warned you Alex..." His mother tackled him. Her claws sliced through his eyes. He yowled in pain. Blood was pouring out of his eye sockets like a waterfall. In just seconds, he blacked out.
When Alex woke up, he found himself in a dark room. Well, it was dark because his eyes were gone. He doesn't know where he was, but he could feel Dante's cold body next to him.
"Dante..."
Dante didn't move. He wasn't dead, but he was out.
Where am I? What are they going to do to Dante? he asked himself. Suddenly, Alex heard someone walk into the room.
"It's time for the operation." A voice said.
Immediately, he was knocked out again.
When Alex woke up, he could somehow see. Who was that? Did they fix me...? Alex looked at Dante.
He froze in fear.
Dante had stitched on body parts and bloody button eyes.
Alex immediately ran up to a mirror in the room.
He was no different.
Dante began to shift. Alex looked over at him. Dante looked up at Alex and the mirror, his button eyes were emotionless, but he could tell he was terrified.
They both were terrified. Alex ran up to Dante and shoved his muzzle into his shoulder. Dante didn't move, he just stood still, petrified.
Alex whimpered.
They would be terrifying monsters for the rest of their lives.
