Minnie's barn - Page 4

**gs29513** · #31 October 6th, 2020, 08:37 AM

I live in the woods. was all Dark was really willing to say at this point. She didn't need to know about everything else. No life storytime, no thank you, not him. Maybe she liked to do that, but it was NOT his thing. A bit thoughtfully, he took a bite of his mouse before asking slowly How long have you lived here? I've been around here for a while, and I haven't met you. Not that he usually went very far from his den, except to hunt and the like. He knew some cats were wanderers, with tales of far of lands, but that wasn't him. He much preferred his warm nest, in his den, with sounds he knew around him to the uncertainty of where his next meal or rest would be. No, he was not into traveling unless absolutely necessary. @ChillCat

**ChillCat** · #32 October 6th, 2020, 09:47 AM

"I've lived here a long time, pretty much my whole life. My mother dropped me off here one day when i was a kit and I've been here ever since. I've tried to leave and make it by myself for a while but I got lonely." Minnie had always wondered what was beyond the horizon but had never been brave enough to stay out long. Her mother had always told her stories about the clans and about how some were good and some were evil. Something about how Shadowclan is good and cats from across the river are lying, cheating, traitors. @gs29513

(I'm writing a personal story where minnie's mom is a missing SHC cat of mine and told her kits stories about the clans until she left them at twoleg houses, their dad is a RC cat who betrayed her so the leader kicked her out)

**gs29513** · #33 October 6th, 2020, 12:53 PM

(Her backstory sounds COOL!)
Wow. She was........a lot more revealing than he had expected. Nodding along politely as she talked, Dark was surprised by how eventful her life had been. His life had been fairly eventful as well, but not quite as eventful. He hadn't been abandoned or anything. Feeling a bit obligated to share now, he mewed slowly I was born in the clans. Life was good until I met Star. She was a beautiful loner, who charmed me. I left, to be with her.
And then.............the monster killed her. He didn't want to talk anymore. @ChillCat

**ChillCat** · #34 October 6th, 2020, 01:04 PM

(Lmao i came up with it in like 5 minutes i realized 'hey i never did anything with ivyshade')
(Minnie only vaguely understands twolegs but understands some dog)

Oh. Minnie wasn't expecting that. "I...I'm sorry." Suddenly, she heard footsteps. The twoleg farmer! "I don't know how the twoleg will react to another cat, you should hide!" The barn door opened, flooding the room with light. Minnie bounded up to the twoleg. "Hi! Hi! I haven't seen you since yesterday! I made a new friend! How's your mate? Have you seen any other cats? I had such a big day yesterday!" She did the thing cats do where they twirl themselves around your leg to show affection.

"Oh, hello dear. What's gotten into you? I'm just here to get some hay for the cows, that's all. You keep catching those mice." @gs29513

**gs29513** · #35 October 6th, 2020, 05:16 PM

He wasn't looking for sympathy. He didn't want it. He just......wanted to get it off his chest a bit. His awkward response was halted by the twoleg's appearance though. Good, good. As Minnie told him to hide, Dark whisked behind a hay stack, in the far corner. A bit confused by twoleg talk and Minnie's affection, he stayed still until he heard the twoleg retreat. Emerging, he mewed quickly Thank you for warning me! Because really, he didn't want kidnapped, or taken to the cutter. @ChillCat

**ChillCat** · #36 October 6th, 2020, 05:33 PM

"The twoleg's alright. And even if you do decide to stay he won't take you to the cutter because then we won't want to catch mice anymore. It's pretty much our whole job." @gs29513

**gs29513** · #37 October 7th, 2020, 07:39 AM

Still a bit suspicious of the "no cutter" claim, Dark nodded politely. I suppose. Cats definitely get lazier after that happens. Why do the twolegs even want us to catch the mice anyway? Because really, he wasn't sure. What did the mice do to them? What COULD the mice do to them? They were..........MANY times bigger than cats! They could kill them just by stepping on them with one of their huge, flat paws! Or they could have their monsters squash them! What did they need cats for? Not that he minded the odd acceptance of random cats hanging around twolegs. It had benefited him several times before. @ChillCat

**ChillCat** · #38 October 7th, 2020, 07:49 AM

"I think they consider mice pests. They eat the hay that's meant for the cows, and they're too big and slow to catch the mice themselves, so they have us do it." Minnie was totally fine with working for the twolegs. "I could show you around the rest of the farm if you like." There were other things she wanted to do than stay inside all day. @gs29513