Author Note: I own nothing! This is my fist Bolt story, so be easy on me. Although if you have any creative criticism it is very much excepted. Warning: this is kind of a BoltXMittens story. Enjoy!
*What Am I Feeling?*
-They're Coming Here?
[Bolt's POV]
I woke-up as sunlight flooded into Penny's bedroom. I yawned and stretched noticing that Penny was already up and getting ready for school. I barked to get her attention.
"Have good nights sleep silly doggie," she said as she pulled the curtains to let light into the room. She then grabbed her backpack and scratched my ear as her mom yelled for breakfast.
As she ran down the steps I yawned again and looked around a bit. I heard a loud boom and gun shoots come from the living room which told me that Rhino was up watching what sounded like an action movie on the 'magic box.' Not surprizing. As far as I have learned from what Rhino talked about his RV days he's always been addicted to the TV/magic box. Hard to believe that just a few months ago I was one of thosen actors on it, and actually in retrospect I can't believe that I thought all of that was real. If I had a choice to change how things turned out I wouldn't change a thing. Being a normal carefree dog is better then being a paranoid super dog anyday.
I was suddenly pulled out of my thoughts by a low rumbling sound. At first I thought it ws from the TV but I realised that it coming from behind me- on the bed. I turned around to see that Mittens was still asleep on Penny's bed.
Carefully, I crept closer to her trying to make sure I didn't wake her. As I crept closer I realised what the low rumbling was. Mittens was purring. I hadn't heard it. I mean I've heard her purr, but only when Penny or her mom petted her and usually Rhino had the 'magic box' blaring so this is the first time that I've ever really heard it. It was soft and sweet, like her if you were on her good side. Sure she had a sarcastic attitude but that made Mittens...well Mittens, and I wouldn't change that about her. Without her claws her sacarstic attitude had become what defended her from the world around her.
I liked the sound of her purr, it was...soothing. I sighed and hadn't even realised that I had rested my head onto her, my nose pressed against her neck. This felt...nice. I could feel her vocal cords vibrate against my muzzle.
Suddenly my eyes shot wide open and I froze as I realised what I was doing. I didn't dare move, in fear of her waking up. Then she moved. She stretched in her sleep, her right front paw slipping into my collar. Crap! Now what?
We stayed like that for a while. Penny had come back up looking for a book when she saw us.
"Awww...how cute." she then pulled out her camera and took a picture of us. She set the photo on the dresser, "thats a keeper. Bye Bolt. Bye Mittens." With that she left in a hurry. Most likely running late because of that book an the photo. I heard the bus leave and with the noise, Mittens turned over in her sleep. I sighed in relief. At least she wouldn't wake-up in that situation.
"Bolt, Mittens breakfast!" Penny's mom yelled from the kitchen. I nudged Mittens with my muzzle a few times before she woke-up.
"Hmmm...hey Wags...(yawn)...what's up," she stretched and looked up at me sleepily, her eyes half closed.
"Penny's mom called us for breakfast, so..." I wedged my muzzle underneath her and lifted her to her legs, "...up and at 'em Mitts." She groaned in resisstance.
"Fine..," she mumbled sleepily. I ended up having to guide her to the kitchen since she kept trying to go sleep again.
"Good morning Bolt, morning cat," Rhino saidrubbing his eye with his paw as he jumped off the couch and followed us to the kitchen. Rhino still harbored some distaste towards Mittens but was warming up to her. Of course he still kinda thinks that I'm a super dog and that we're undercover. He also thinks that Mittens was working for the 'Green-Eyed Mann' but switched to our side, though he doesn't trust that the new Bolt show is a phony cover story for us. Yeah...you'll never find another Rhino in this world.
Mittens was too tired to come up with a come back, and only grumbled something inaudable and stumbled toward her bowl.
"Morning Rhino," I said walking over to my bowl. Penny's mom came into the kitchen and petted my head.
"Morning Bolt, morning Mittens, morning Rhino. (Yawn)" she walked over to the kitchen table and sat down.
"So Rhino what's new?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing new except that Bolt was cancelled." He didn't seem all that surprized.
"Really?"
"Yeah, just saw it on the news. Figures. That alien bit really made the whole thing lame. I knew that it was only a matter of time before it was cancelled," Rhino said.
"Hmmm...you were right. Well blame the pidgeons for that," I said, rolling my eyes.
Suddenly I heard a ringing. Penny's mom stood up and picked up the red phone on the wall.
"Hello? Oh, its so good to hear from you again. Whats it been...four months already? Hows it been? I heard about the show cancelling...A favor? Sure what is it? Mmmm-hmmm...is that all? I think that we can watch the two for...how long again? Three months. Yeah I'm sure we can manage."
Wait! Three months watching who? What was Penny's mom getting us into.
"...Yes, I'm sure that Bolt will get along with them. We have our own cat and they get along very its not as if this is the first time that they've met...We have a hamster too...your cats won't try to eat him will they?...Okay then its settled they'll be here in a day then. Okay, bye!"
Cats? That I've met before? Other than Mittens the only cats that I've known are...the cats from the studio! That 'Green-Eyed Man's' cats. The ones that, according to
Mittens, messed with my head and made fun of me. I can still remember asking Mittens about them.
{Flashback}
We were on some sort of house on wheels. Every since we had busted Mittens out of, what she called, animal control and I had realised that I did not have superpowers and that everything that I knew had indeed been a lie(well except for Penny loving me) one question had played though my mind.
If all of this was fake then why'd those two cats pretend to be evil. Why'd they pretend to have wanted to kidnapped Penny. Why didn't they bother to tell me that none of this was real. Granted that I most likely wouldn't have believed them at the time but still they never tried.
So when Rhino was off doing what ever Rhino does I went to talk to Mittens.
"Hey...ah..um...Mittens can I ask you something?" "Sure knock yourself out." She stood up and looked me dead in the eye. She wasn't fazed by my size at the moment and her stare made me feel nervous.
"If everything that I thought was real isn't-"
"-which it isn't." Mittens interupted me.
"-well then why did these two cats back at the studio," I was still getting used to saying that, "pretend to have been evil." I sighed.
"Bolt, the two were probably just messing with you. You know having fun with you. Though that probably didn't help on how you saw things then. I you ask me these two sound like jerks," Mittens said stretching.
I chuckled. "Says the cat that bullied pidgeons into bringing her food."
She chuckled at that, "Touche`." She walked by me flicking her tail on my nose as she left.
{End Flashback}
Great, they're coming. I wonder what they'll try to trick me to do this time.
"Bolt? Something wrong?" Mittens asked me, now fully awake. She looked concerned.
I shook my head and looked upward toward the pale yellow walls, "Nothing Mittens...Did you hear what Penny's mom was talking on the phone about?" I asked still avioding Mittens eyes.
"No Wags...what is it?" now she sounded worried.
I sighed and reverted my eyes to the cool blue floor tiles, "For the next three months Penny's mom agreed to look after some cats, and I think that these are the same cats that I told you about. The ones that pretended to be evil." I sighed again. I didn't have to look at Mittens to know what expression was on her face. The same one she had when I told her that I was still going to Penny.
"Great," she said dryly, "three months in hell."
First chapter done! Review please! Also those two cats weren't given names in the film...right? If not then I need ideas. Please! R&R. Poette out!
