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"There he goes!"

"Stop! Give us back our cats!"

The two kids sprinted down the sidewalk after the man. They weren't going to just let him take their cats that easily, especially when one of them just got her cat back after a long dangerous adventure.

Oh wait.

You're probably confused on why a blue pigtailed guy and a yellow dressed girl are chasing after a crazy man with a creepy cat mask who just stole their cats.

Well, let's just get to the basics of what happened.

It all started around noon when the two kids, known as Sal and Fran, were in their room playing and cuddling their cats, completely unaware that a guy was outside their window stalking them from the bushes with a pair of binoculars in hand. However, the man did not have any interest in the two kids. No. He wanted their cats.

To hold the cute creatures in his arms. To feel their soft fur. To cuddle with them and play with them until the sunsets. To gift them with little bow ties. To love them till the end of days. He couldn't stop thinking about them. The man wanted those cats more than anything.

He zoomed in on his binoculars to get a better look. The kids were heading out of their room for something, leaving the cats where they were. The man knew this was his chance to get the cats and make a run for it. He waisted no time in getting to the window as quickly as possible. Luckily for him, it was opened enough to crawl through and get what he came for.

He quickly snatched up the cats, holding them in each arm, then making his way quickly and quietly out of the room through the window. Not soon after however, Sal and Fran came back only to find their cats have vanished. They searched frantically for them, until Sal looked outside and saw the man ran away with their cats. He quickly alerted his roomie and they both ran outside.

And now, here we are, back in the present as the two kept running after the thief. Their breath hitched and sweat poured from their face, making it harder to keep up with the man. And the weather wasn't helping either, the sun was becoming more and more hot by the day. But despite all of that, they unable to give up on their beloved animals.

They kept on running down the straight sidewalk, until the man made a quick left as he ran faster towards his destination. From that direction he was going in, the two kids had an idea on where he was heading.

They saw the man run into a big house down the block. Both Sal and Fran's quickened pace stopped for a second, taking in the house structure. They looked at each other, realizing that they might have been right on where the man was going.

They decided to walk till they got to the main entrance, going up the little steps that were available and hesitantly ringing the door bell.

A few seconds went by and a tall man, who seemed to have a white and black baseball outfit appeared in the doorway.

"Yes?" he asked kinda sternly, yet wondering why two random kids were at this house's doorstep.

"Uh hey. Sorry to bother you, but we just saw a guy run in here with our cats." Sal mentioned.

The man sighed. "So those cats belonged to you two." he said, wiping his hand down his face.

He sighed again. "Alright hold on."

He turned his head to the nearest room in the house.

"HEY ZACHCARIE!" The man yelled.

A little laugh could be heard from the other room before the man, known as Zachcrie, appeared.

"Is there something troubling you Batt-"

His sentence was cut off when he saw Sal and Fran outside the front door. He didn't say anything and instead began slowly moving out of their sight.

"ZACHCARIE!" The man repeated.

"Give these two kids their cats back now!"

There still wasn't a respond, but instead a hurried rustle sound as if the thief was getting something. He appeared again, only to have a different mask on. This one looked to have an eerie weird grin and smaller eyes.

"Who is this Zachcarie you are wondering about?" he finally said, pretending to play innocent.

"YOU ARE! YOU STOLE OUR CATS YOU THEIF!!" Fran unexpectedly shouted.

Sal stood next to her, trying to calm her down, but Fran's frustration was at it's peak. She had enough of his games and was ready to tackle him at any point.

"Zachcarie, you know those cats aren't yours, now return them."

"No can do, my friend. I found them, so now their mine. I've even given them little cute matching bow ties, symbolizing that they belong to yours truly."

At this point, Sal was holding Fran back from literally attacking him.

The man sighed once more, turning his direction back to the kids.

"You two. Wait here." he said, closing the door.

Both Fran and Sal stood there waiting and wondering what he was going to do. After a few seconds however, they heard loud breaking and crashing noises from the other side of the door.

They both looked at each other then back at the door. What the heck was even going on in there? A few more seconds went by and the chaotic noises stopped. Then the door opened, revealing the baseball outfit man with the two cats in his arms.

"Here you go"

"Mr. Midnight!" Fran said, overjoyed at the sight of her beloved cat.

They both grabbed their cats as Fran ripped off the bow tie and hugged her kitten.

"Thanks!" Sal replied.

"No problem, I'll make sure he won't do that again"

"Ok sounds good. Thanks again!"

And with that, the two kids had a mission accomplished. Walking back home was the only thing left to do. The man stood in the doorway, crossing his arms and watching the kids leave. Zachcarie came to join him soon after, leaning against the door frame. He still looked kinda beat up and wonky after all of that calamity and trying to keep the cats to himself.

"Why did you do it?" The man spoke.

Zachcarie looked up at him.

"Why did you take those two kid's cats?" He clarified.

Zachcarie looked away and took a moment before answering.

"I thought it would be nice to actually a cat to myself. And like you know already, I'm a cat lover, I love to run, I love any kinda cat actually and so...you know...I tend to....go off my head sometimes and do crazy things just to get one."

The man stayed quiet.

"It's completely unnecessary, I know that. But they're comforting creatures too and maybe one day I could actually get-"

"Hey guys!"

Both Sal and Fran stopped walking and turned around, cradling their kittens and seeing a person or better yet I would say, a cat, running towards them.

She ran right past the man and Zachcarie.

But when Zachcarie saw her, the whole world went into slow motion

and all I could say is: oooohhhhhh boy.

"Hey Mae" Sal greeted his friend when she got to them.

"Did you just come back from town?" Fran asked.

"Yeah. I was bored and I thought I could walk around and explore for a bit"

"Find anything good?"

"Not really"

"B-b-b.."

The three tuned around to find Zachcarie staring right at them, trying to say something.

"B-b-big.."

"BIG KITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He quickly changed his mask to the creepy cat one and immediately bolted towards Mae.

"WHAT THE EFF??!!!!"

"MAE RUN!!!!!!"

"OH SHIT-"

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Meanwhile, back at the Indie House:

"Flowey! It's time for your daily watering" Maddy mentioned, carrying a small water pot in her hand.

The flower hissed at the young girl, signifying that he doesn't want any of it.

"Flowey, in order for you to stay healthy, you need your daily H2O. Just let me water you and I'll be done."

The flower sighed deeply, letting Maddy do her work.

"Where did they even go?" Flowey asked.

"Who? Sal and Fran?"

"Yeah. They just ran out of here, not even saying where they were heading."

"Oohhh I don't think you were here for that. They went to get their cats back from some guy who stole them."

"How did he steal them?"

"He climbed through their window and you know just..snatched them up."

"Heh! Serves them right for leaving their window open."

"Flowey! It's not their fault. It's getting hotter and hotter by the day and we don't have central air, so what else can we do?"

"Oh yeah! The neighbor is just begging for us to burn alive in this weather. I mean, it's not like he probably haven't done it before. He's always been a psycho."

Maddy just sighed and shock her head disapprovingly before she continued.

"Aaaannnyyways.."

"Do you think.."

"Hm?"

"I was saying: Do you think he could be from..the other house?"

"You mean the.......the RPG home?"

"Yeah"

"Uhhhhh probably?"

"I mean, they're my type of people, with their endless violent think and all"

"Well they're my people I guess, but uh..you know.."

"Yeah they uhhhh...well.."

"Have no chill whatsoever?"

"Uhhh yeah"

"Yeah...they'd probably kill you because your a flower because why not"

"Honestly......you're..probably right"

"And that's why I'm so glad to be over here instead! Where madness exists yet we know how to be more chill and have an awesome movie night in nice soft, comfy pjs!!"

"Yeah..I guess your right about that too"

"Awwwwwww Flowey"

"Shut up"

Hey hey hey! I'm done done done with this part finally! Now it's time to start working on the first BIG part of the story, I'm so excited! Btw, I just finished watching the playthrough of Night in the Woods from Jacksepticeye's channel a few hours ago, (If you want, go check it out! I think he did an amazing job with the voices!) so I thought it would be nice to just finish this up. But now, I must get back into working. More Indies are coming! ;)