Behind Golden Bars {Solangelo Neko/Royalty AU}

Apollo and yarn

Npov

Will had to go to the dungeons today to make sure everyone was still there that needed to be. I followed him.

"You don't have to come if you don't want to." He said.

"I know, but I'm bored and have nothing to do."

"Okay."

He went from cell to cell, and when we got to the cell I had once been in when King Apollo was still ruling, I shuddered. Will noticed and took my hand. I immediately felt better.

"Let's see...." will said, looking down at a checklist. "Yeah, everyone's name is checked. Everyone's here."

But as we headed back, someone grabbed me from behind, almost choking me with their arm.

Will spun around, still holding my hand. He gasped. "Dad?!"

I felt sick now that I knew who it was. Will's dad had always wanted to kill me and probably wouldn't hesitate to actually do it.

"Don't move." Apollo said. I was trembling.

"Let him go!" Will screamed.

"Don't. Move." Was all Apollo said as he tried to get me to walk.

"No! I don't want to stay with Will! Please let me stay with Will!"

"Don't speak without permission!"

Suddenly I remembered how Apollo hated nekos. I whimpered.

"Don't hurt him, father!" Will shouted.

"If you don't move then I'll think about not killing him."

I whimpered again.

"How long do I stay here?"

"Until I'm out of the castle."

"Okay. Deal."

He didn't let go of me until we were outside the palace gates. I fell to the ground, gasping for breath.

"Worthless neko!" He spat. Then he kicked me. Luckily, we were outside of the castle and Will ran over. His dad grabbed me again, not letting me breathe this time.

"Stop it! Don't hurt him!" Will screamed.

"I said I would think about not killing him."

"No! No, please, no!" Will sobbed, trying to pry me away from his dad.

"You are a worthless gay king and I will not stand around and let you date him! You aren't supposed to be gay,and you aren't supposed to date filthy nekos!"

My eyes started to tear up as he talked.

Finally, he dropped me though. I don't know why, but I was grateful.

As I fell to the ground, I felt Will catch me. I gasped for breath.

"Oh gods, are you okay? Please say you're okay! Oh gods...."

I tried to say something, but I just kept gasping for breath. He sat me down onto the ground.

Finally I was able to talk again. "I-I'm fine, d-don't worry about me."

His father kicked me again, and I yelped. "When are you going to learn to stay silent?!"

I whimpered.

"Don't treat him like that!"

"He is a neko and we are kings! We are higher than him!"

"He is kinder than you could ever be! He is higher."

"It doesn't matter! He is a neko!"

"What would mother have wanted?" Will blurted.

This seemed to take Apollo by surprise. "We don't speak of your mother."

"Would she want us to ignore her? To forget about her?"

"I said we don't speak of her!"

"She wouldn't want us mistreating them! She knew how amazing a neko could be! She was friends with them!"

Apollo punched his son. "Don't speak of her!" He roared.

Will touched his cheek. "You...."

Apollo had never hit Will before. Sure, he had argued with him, but never punched.

Then I got a glimpse of Will's dad before his mother died.

He became caring. "Oh my gods....I-I'm so sorry...." then, tears falling down his face, he ran into the woods.

Will stood there, staring at the spot his father had been. "He just...."

Then he came out of his trance and knelt down beside me.

"Are you okay?!"

I nodded, but my side was throbbing.

"Oh my gods...I'm sorry. I should've helped you right after he left. I was just....shocked."

"It's okay. He's never hit you before. You weren't expecting it."

He stood up and offered me his hand. I took it, but I couldn't put much pressure on my left leg. Will noticed and said, "If you turn into s cat, I could carry you."

I nodded and a moment later I was a cat. He picked me up and carried me like someone might carry a baby. He scratched behind my ear and I purred. Will smiled a little.

He held me close to him all the way back. When we got to my room, he sat on the bed, still holding me. I never stopped purring. He took a piece of yarn and dragged it slowly across my paws.

My cat instincts kicked in. I wriggled out of Will's grasp so I could chase the string. Will laughed, delighted.

Once, it dangled In the air too having for me to reach, so I sat there staring up at it. I meowed.

"You can't reach it? Here ya go." He lowered the string for me, so I kept playing with it.

Finally he dropped the string and I pounced on it, my paws pinning it there, so he couldn't drag it away from me.

He laughed, "I guess you've claimed it, now."

I meowed and he stroked my back.

"You're so cute." He said.

I wanted to argue it, but I couldn't say much other than 'meow' so I just purred as he scratched my ear again.

"I love cats." Will said.

I rubbed my head against his arm. He beamed at me.

"You're so small-and-and adorable and awwwww!" Will squealed.

I was chasing a little plastic red ball around the room. I pawed at it and it would roll away, making me chase after it again. I did this for awhile until it rolled over to Will's feet. He picked it up.

"You cats play with everything, don't you?" He said, giggling.

I meowed. He tossed the ball back on the ground and smiled as I chased it again.

IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE-PLEASE READ!!!!
Okay, so for the next chapter, there's something you need to know so please read this.

Will and Nico are considering eachother not a couple right now because of when Octavian came. So remember that they aren't dating.

Word count: 1049 words