Pieces of History

'''Warning! May contain gore, but surely contains violence.'''

Chapter One - History on Thin Pages
Two cats padded through a dark tunnel, a dim light far from them. It was too dark to make out any colors. One of the cats was larger and had a thin, long tail, while the other one was small with a stumped tail. Water dripped from the ceiling of the round tunnel, landing on the smooth ground. Creaky noises would ring into the air once and a while.

"Well, Java, you're lucky to have a big brother like me," the larger cat spoke. His voice was deep and half-stern.

"Pffbt, of course... Liechet..." Java responded. The tom's voice was slightly high-pitched. He seemed to be annoyed.

"Heh, your big bro is a genius. I'm the only cat in this dark city that has an 'advanced brain', like you, lil bro."

"Riiiight..."

The two hopped out of the tunnel. Java had black fur with a white muzzle reaching to his belly and brown eyes, while Liechet had gray-brown fur, a pale stripe running from his nose to his tail over his back, a dark tail tip and dark yellow eyes. The room they stood in was very wide. On the walls were shelves with jars, test tubes in their holders, flat-bottomed flasks and other science tools, the majority of the items having something in them.

On the wall in front of them was a circular, metal structure. It had tubes hooked up to it, leading them into the wall. It had a large, circular door on it that could be locked and seemed to be a mirror. There was a meter on it and a strange pump.

"Woah!" Java exclaimed. "This is like a mad genius' laboratory, like the ones from those weird movies!"

"Yes, yes.. But I've got something else to show you," Liechet responded. He padded over to a table, Java slowly following. On it was a book- but its cover was made of... metal. It was a thick, long book. Java pawed at it, only for his big brother to push his paw away.

"This is a priceless piece of technology, Java! Allow me to use this properly."

"But.. It doesn't look priceless!"

Liechet snarled. "This took 50 years to make, passed down from cat to cat. This is highly advanced, built by extremely smart animals with advanced minds. I received this. Now, don't break this piece. History is written in this book."

"What do you mean...?"

Liechet coughed. "Let me explain... This book contains the important pieces of cat history. It goes as far back as cats existed. We started off as gifts from the Gods in Egypt. Soon, cats became civilized. Humans have THEIR history, we have OURS."

Liechet sat on his haunches, reaching up to the small table. He flipped a page open. Small sentences ran down the paper, seemingly endless. The tom flipped a page, looking at a drawing of two cats. They were the same size. One had a long tail and no ear, while the other had a short tail and a missing paw. They had no expressions- no eyes, no mouths, no noses. Just blank faces.

"These two are the cats of battle. Their names are Jenka and Rizu. They lived through a war between the south cats and the north cats, or the South Union and the North Union. The majority of the cats died. The short-tailed one is from the north, while the other is from the south. They became friends after the leaders died and the unions collapsed. They died of disease simultaneously."

Liechet stopped for a moment and checked the inside of the machine on the wall, making sure none of the wires inside of it were torn. He then said something to himself and backed out, closing the door. He coughed again, then continued what he was saying.

"Some say history will never be accessed.. But what if we could go back to witness these events, but never change them?"

"That'd be epic!" Java mewed, his tail tip twitching in a bit of excitement.

"Well... You're in luck."

Chapter Two - Back in Time
"R-Really, bro?" Java gasped.

"Of course. Why would I ever lie? Just follow me, I know the way back in time."

"But it's impossible..."

"Shooooosh! It's possible- anything is."

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