Chapter 2: The Shadow

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Violet Thunder(Violet) put down every tiny feline down on the clouds and turned back to old Midnight Violet.  Violet looked over her shoulder and saw Highlights having a heart attack.

Violet grinned and meowed, "Let's go to the castle, I'm pretty sure the king and queen would want to hear about this story."

Grey shook her head and Highlights groaned and yowled to Violet that isn't there another place we can go to.  Violet shook her head fast and said to Highlights that she was their "protector" and that she promised them to go to the castle after an adventure.

As soon the got to the castle, Violet saw the scanner saying that they needed her paw print.  She turned her one hand into a paw and let the scanner scan it so she could get in.  When she got inside, Queen Snow White was playfully throwing Rose Pink in the air and lifting her slowly with her anti-gravity.  Grey looked around the room, fascinated how much the castle had changed with all the decor, the warriors' clothes, heck even the four thrones that held there, Snow whites', Nightmare Blacks', Midnight Violets', and Storm Grey's old throne.  Everything had been covered in decor and been flourished with polish and flowers.  Queen Snow White had a beautiful, white dress with bits of gold on the tips of her dress that glittered in the light as she walked toward Grey in the most elegant way.  They looked in each others eyes for a moment then, Grey hugged her and almost knocked the Queen over.  The old Queen sighed and played with her ears softly.

She was hugging her when Grey had said to her, "I'm so sorry.  I should have known!"

Grey was crying and her tears were flooding down her warm, rosy cheeks and making the Queen's dress wet.  Snow White had shushed her and knelt down to her height.

"Shh deary, it was not your fault.  It was my fault to halt.  Finding you was hard.  At least you will now be starred." Snow White mewed to Grey in her soothing voice.

Highlights tried to choke in a laugh.  Violet looked at him in confusion and looked back at the emotional moment.

"Do you know where the rain hole is?" Highlights said choking on his spit.

Violet smiled and mewed, "It's left and on your right."

Highlights rushed over there and laughed in the rain hole and rushed back next to Violet where she stood very straight with her weary arms crossed each other.  Nightmare Black, on the other hand, was sleeping on the throne, like he would.  See, Nightmare Black was one of the Nocturnal Felines, meaning he would take over the night shift and the other Nocturnal Feline would come out and do their errands.

Snow White, on the other paw, she, and the other cats that are not nocturnal felines, are called Diurinality Felines.  Yes, if you were considering that Queen Snow White and Nightmare Black were complete oppisite cats, they can still make cats that are mixed, I'll tell you right know my dearies.

The ones that roam both day and night, dawn till dusk and sometimes twilight, those are called Crepuscular Felines.  Now to define which ones which is pretty easy, Nocturnal Felines tend to have darker hair and fur.  While Diurnality Felines have lighter fur including, light pink, light blue, etc.  If to define a Crepuscular Feline, they tend to have uh, bolder colors.  Do you know what 'bolder colors' mean children?  Good, I was hoping you wouldn't understand.  What's that child?  Why am I telling you this?  You'll need this type of information if you want to hear the rest of the story or if you meet a Feline in real life.  This is all true children, keep in mine now don't squirm under the quilt as I get on with the story.

  This is all true children, keep in mine now don't squirm under the quilt as I get on with the story

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Nightmare snored away until Violet pushed him over his throne.  Nightingale Indigo, who saw him flopped over on his stomach, pounced on him and slept on him.  Grey looked over Snow White's shoulder and smirked.  Highlights sighed and sat down on the cold floor of the castle.  Grey ran over to Cotton candy Lavender and Rose Pink while Snow White made herself go to Highlights.  Highlights had felt the tension so he turned into his cat and ran all over the room, thinking that something bad would happen to him.  Unluckily for Highlights, Lavender had chased him around the room and caught him.

He squirmed and wiggled, then yowled to Violet, "Help!  Sister is crazy!"

Violet laughed and Highlights was waiting for her to save him from the "Monstrous Lavender."  She got hold of him and told Lavender and her sibling that they'll go out for biscuits at that new bakery.  The "Galaxy Triplets," got all excited and rushed out the door while Violet put Highlights on top of her dad and went outside.

Once Violet had closed the door, a cool breeze had hit them, unusually colder.

Lavender saw a shadow across the floor with nothing in front of it and yowled, "Look!"

Violet had followed Lavender's gaze to the shadow that was not in front of a Feline.  Violet's eyes had sliced into slits and hissed.

"Get back, back in the castle. Now.  Don't complain, Now!"

That, my dearies, is I, Trench, you've probably known me as The Shadow.

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