(Ooh! Evils! >:D)
Amsterdam padded down the street and hurried across with the rest of the humans. He wasn't scared; he enjoyed their company. The only thing that humans were not allowed to do to him was pick him up; he had heard too many tales of cats enjoying being picked up and petted, and then, while they were purring and off guard, the humans would suddenly seem to magically pick a carrier out of the thin air, lock the cat in it, effectively trapping it, and the next destination was (usually) the shelter! Street cats didn't last long at the shelter. No, they weren't adopted; nobody wanted them and they were killed. There weren't all that many no-kill shelters in Toronto, simply because there were so many alley cats!
Amsterdam hurried towards the university. He knew that the females sometimes frequented the area, but he didn't care. He was hungry! He was going to get something from the humans to eat if his life depended on it!
Suddenly, he stopped.
Which, wait.... Actually, it does! he realized, his eyes opening slightly wider. However, now humans were staring at the strange cat who just stopped in the middle of the intersection, and he realized a car was heading towards him! Amsterdam ran across the road at full speed, not stopping when he reached the sidewalk and even dashing past many different restaurants which he had sometimes gotten food from. However, at the moment he just wanted to see the university students, and to eat the food that they could give him.
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Colline blinked. "Thanks," she murmured. "I really appreciate that." She flicked her friend's shoulder with her tail tip even as Sahara turned to welcome Sparrow, at least temporarily, into their group. Colline blinked kindly at Sparrow.
Will he come with us? Or will he fall under the evil influences of Dusk? she wondered idly. Even as she thought it, she realized that it would never work.
Dusk really wants me, and that means getting any rival toms out of the way. That would mean killing Sparrow! She shuddered inwardly.
How evil! How cruel! It's sort of just like: If it means killing Sparrow, my competition, then so be it! But I
don't want him dead! Now, Colline was getting mad.
What a rude tom that Dusk is! She was barely able to contain herself! She could run to all ends of the Earth if it meant that Dusk wouldn't hurt any of her family members - or friends.