The Last Of Them

Chapter one: Adopted

Catherine

I woke up from that nightmare and sighed. That same nightmare hunted me evey night. I got out of bed and started my daily routine, which was cleaning the whole orphanage and then making breakfast. As soon as I finished cooking the eggs, kids started pouring out of the rooms.

"Breakfast is ready!" I smiled as they digged in. After breakfast, they ran outside to play. However, I always decided to stay inside because of an incident three years ago. I had almost hurt someone with my powers and I do not want a repeat of that.

"Catherine, tell the kids to get inside to get ready. A visitor is here to adopt someone." Someone hissed in my ears and I slightly jumped. It was Mrs Barley, a short and strict little lady and she takes care of the orphanage. She might seem intimidating but actually loves everyone in the orphanage.

"Kids! Get inside and get ready for a visitor!" I yelled and the kids excitedly ran inside. After all, it was one of the rare times someone visits the orphanage and everyone wanted the chance to get a family, to start anew. I stopped one girl and sternly told her, "Please don't mess this up, I mean you can go to a place called home!" She nodded and scurried off.

After getting ready, we stood in a line while Mrs Barley told us to behave when the visitor came in. "Children, welcome Margret Williams." I noticed a different air about her, something that is luring me to her. She's so... different... Suddenly, I wanted her to adopt me.

"If you want her to adopt you, do it now! You will never get another chance again in your life!" My cat, Lea, butted in. Lea had always been helpful as well as right in making decisions. Oh well, no harm in trying. Afterall, I have been waiting for a long time to find someone like Mrs Williams to come by. I looked down as Mrs Williams walked towards me.

"Hello deary, what is your name and how old are you?" She asked, her voice as sweet as honey. Time to do the act. I tilted up my head slightly, looking at her through my lashes and changed my eye colour for a split second, from light blue to emerald with specks of gold.

That was one of my powers, a useful one too as it raises my chances of getting what I want. Light blue isn't my real eye colour though, it is actually dark blue surrounding the iris and green mixing with it reaching the middle fading to light yellow, orange and red toward the middle, but to prevent me from being suspicious, I changed it to light blue.

"Catherine Amy Therese and I'm 15 years old, coming 16 on December..." I said shyly before looking down again. I spent countless of hours in front of the mirror perfecting this and I hoped it paid off. Mrs Barley quickly added, "She has been here for 8 years already!" I took a quick glance at Mrs Williams. She was asking other children for their names and age.

"Don't panic so much Cat!" Lea comforted me. I thanked her internally before realising Mrs Williams was standing in front of me.

"I will take Catherine."

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Authors note: Finally done with this! Stretches fingers, or should I say paws! Hahaha! If there's any mistake, plez comment. Remember to hit that vote button as well, it makes me update faster!

Fun fact: Catherine's full name initials was intentionally C.A.T, her nickname is also Cat and she is also a werecat(so many cats XD) My name is also Catz X3 (as I always say, one can never love cats too much XD)

-Catz :3