A scraggly dog walked into the streest, looking around for food. DreamChaser had been abandoned since she was a pup, and she was in terrible shape. She was very very skinny, a scratch came all down her right ear to the bottom of her eye. She was very loving, but extremely shy at the same time. All DreamChaser wanted was someone to take care of her, a place where she could finaly, in her 4 cyacls of wild torture, call home.

A cat was perched, half-crouched, atop a wooden fence. Her body was mostly black with bits of tan and cream mixed in. Her eyes were light mustard-yellow. They watched DreamChaser intently. "Hey, you." The cat called suddenly, "You look hungry, am I righ?" Her tail switched lightly against the fence as she waited for a reply.

DreamChaser jumped at the voice. "Y-Yes" she replied.

The cat was glad to find DreamChaser didn't want to lunge and try to catch her like so many other dogs did. Keeping a calm voice, she went on, "My humans, if I am reading them right, would like to have another dog as a pet." she paused a moment, letting DreamChaser take in what she was saying. Rather than call them 'masters', this tabby called her owners 'humans', for she despised the thought of them owning her. They were her providers. And with Kehatin gone, at least for the time behing, Fiona was eager to have another dog to live at the house and guard it.

"You could live here, if they accept you. Free food, bones to chew... walks, fetching balls, tricks,... all that good stuff." Fiona stood up now, elegantly balancing her dark body on the fence, "By the way, I'm Fiona."

DreamChaser looked into her yellow eyes. "Bones? Fetch? Tricks?" she asked. She had never heard of them, since she was abandoned from puppyhood. "I'd like that, yes. Im DreamChaser. By the way, What are you?" she asked.

A pleasant smirk flickered on her much blunter face, "Fiona." She replied daintily and leapt to the ground, eyeing the dog with some caution to make sure she wouldn't attack. "I'm a cat, a house cat to be more specific." Fiona stretched lightly, letting her small but sharp claws extend from her blackish paws. "Follow me and I'll show you the humans." she padded lightly across the snowy ground to lead DreamChaser around the side of the house to the front door. She took the dog this way because the back yard was all fenced in and required a very high jump to clear.

Fiona stood at the steps of the front door and meowed very loudly; a sort of call cats do for help or to locate a missing member of their 'family'. She turned back to DreamChaser, "In order for these humans to accept you, you must behave. You know how to do that, right?" Fiona asked, while waiting for her masters to come to the door.

DreamChaser followed her to the door, and nodded.

"They'll expect you to protect me, and their property." Fiona pointed out, even if it wasn't neccessarily true. "At night time, you can sneak from the backyard through a hole. Just be sure to come back before sun-up, if you ever do that." The feline stretched again and yawned, "I'll show you all of that once they meet you. I'm sure they'll like you."

Alerted by the yowling meows, the wife of the house opened the door a moment later. She was shocked at first to see such a large dog infront of her, but she also realized that her cat wasn't frightened of her. Relaxing, the woman bent towards DreamChaser and held her hand out.

Fiona purred loudly and rubbed against the woman's legs. Then she glanced back at the dog, "Lick her hand and wag your tail. I can tell that she likes you." the feline commanded with smug confidence.

DreamChaser nodded slightly. She wagged her bushy tail and licked the womans hand.

The woman smiled and pet the dog's head, secure that DreamChaser wouldn't bite her. She was so eager to have another dog that the thoughts of taking DreamChaser in became real to her. But a lot would depend on whether or not she kept this dog. How were her manners? Did someone else own her? How was she with kids?

The lady stepped back into her house more and clucked her tongue and patted her legs.

Fiona glanced up at DreamChaser, "She's wanting you to come inside. If you live here, you must obey their commands... and tolerate their son." Fiona padded away, heading for the door that led to the back yard. "Obey her commands and I'm sure you've landed yourself a new home."

DreamChaser padded into the house and sat at the lady's feet.

DreamChaser padded into the house and sat at the lady's feet, wagging her tail.

The lady smiled again, cooing over DreamChaser while bending down to scratch her head. She then opened the back door to let the canine out there. The backyard was all fenced in, leaving no room for escape; unless one was very determined to get out.

Fiona strolled casually by, rubbing herself against the lady's leg and then ambling out the back door. "Follow me, and I'll show you around." she spoke to DreamChaser.

Dreamchaser nodded, and followed.

You're both so nice. she said.