Old Version of "These 9 Lives"

Chapter 4: New Friends (Toby)

"Why are you here?" the cream color dog asked.

" I-I-I-I.." Toby stammered.

" Answer me!" the same dog growled. She bared her teeth. " Stupid Alley-blood."

" I'm lost," Toby mewed, scared. " I don't know where I'm going. I just came out of the city. I don't know what's around here. I don't mean any trouble."

" How are we supposed to trust that you're not lying to us," the black dog growled. " You could be trying to kill us."

Toby turned and looked at the white and black cat. She was staring at him with eyes of interest. Please help me before your friends kill me, Toby thought. He was lucky. The cat stood up.

" I don't think he's lying," she said.

" Wow Annie," the cream colored dog said. " You're always were untrusty."

" Well Kya," Annie mewed. " It depends." She padded over to Toby. " He's so thin and weak. Why would he try and kill us?" She turned to her friends.The two dogs shrugged. " Exactly. Besides, he couldn't beat you two. He'd be losing half his pelt. And he was just sleeping."

Suddenly a familiar voice came to Toby's mind. Attack them.

Toby suddenly felt the need to unsheathe his claws. Toby didn't swipe a paw at them straight away. He at first dug them into the ground.

Kill them.

Toby stopped digging his claws, and was prepared for attack. Mur-

The female cat suddenly budged into Toby while the voice was persuading Toby. " You okay now?"

" Yes," Toby replied.

Oh mouse just murder them already.

Toby was just about to lift his paw up and swipe at Annie. But then the two had their eyes locked on each other. Toby recognized Annie's aqua green eyes. I saw those eyes in the dream.

Annie's eyes were full of recognition like as if she had the same dream but with Toby.

Toby looked at the two dogs. Kya was shorter than the other dog, but not by too much. They had the same brown eyes as in Toby's dream.

They locked their eyes on each other. Kill them NOW!!

No I can't. They are from that dream.

Oh! YOU FOOL!

Then Annie looked at her friends for one moment.

She turned back to Toby. " So, what's your name?"

" Toby," he answered.

"Where are you heading?" Annie asked.

" I don't know what it's called, but I heard it's in the south, there is a wonderful place where there's only summer and there's trees and fresh prey around all year round. Have you heard of it too?"

She shook her head. " Never," she mewed. She looked at her friends.

She looked back at him. " Is that all you know?"

" Well yeah."

Annie looked back at her friends.They nodded to each other.

What are they nodding about? Toby wondered. Annie turned to Toby. " Can we come with you?" Annie asked.

" Huh?"

" We're looking for a place like that too. You see, we're just three friends just wandering around, hoping to find a safe and exciting place like the one you said you heard about. Not all of us are true wildbloods. In fact, only one of us was born with Wild-blood instincts. That would be Kya. We aren't looking for cats and dogs to kill. We can also help you. By the way, my name is Annie and the cream one is my friend Kya and the other is Bronx."