The first step
The world was made up of many elemental kingdoms, each created from a different natural force. Among them, the Plant Kingdom was one of the most fascinating. It was a land where nature and craftsmanship worked together. By growing and carefully combining rare seeds, people could create almost anything they wished for. Furniture, clothes, tools, decorations, and even large houses could grow from the soil instead of being built by hand.
By planting and carefully splicing special seeds together, people could grow almost anything they needed. Clothes, furniture, tools, decorations—even entire buildings could be grown instead of built..
It sounded like a paradise!
Yet despite its wonders, life there was not always fair. Some people were incredibly wealthy, while others struggled to survive. Many poorer citizens worked for the rich and were paid not with coins, but with seeds they could plant to grow things of their own.
Far away from the Plant Kingdom, In the Cat continent, in a place called Cat City, lived a young cat-hybrid girl named Cata Cuthbert.
Cata was not an ordinary child!
She had unusual violet hair, mysterious purple star powers, and a vivid imagination that often carried her far beyond the walls of the orphanage where she lived.
But none of those things could stop her from feeling lonely..
Years ago, her father had died in a war. Later, another war broke out, forcing her mother to leave as well. With no relatives left to care for them, Cata and her older sister Cato had been placed in an orphanage.
For a while, they had each other.
Then everything changed..
When Cato turned ten, a legendary warrior named Liona arrived and chose her for special training. It was an incredible honor.
But it also meant Cato had to leave.
Since then, the orphanage had never felt the same..
Every hallway seemed quieter..
Every meal felt lonelier..
Every night, Cata found herself staring at a small folded map hidden among her belongings.
A map that showed a distant place she had dreamed about visiting for years.
The Plant Kingdom.
One evening, a group of her friends approached her with an exciting idea.
“We’re sneaking out tonight,” one whispered.
Cata blinked. “Sneaking out?”
The others nodded eagerly.
“We’ll use the rooftops.”
At first, Cata thought they were joking.
Then she realized they were serious.
“Are you sure that’s safe?” she asked nervously.
“Of course!” another friend said confidently. “We’re cat hybrids. We can jump farther than humans.”
Cata looked toward the rooftops outside.
Her heart pounded.
She knew they could get caught.
She knew they could get into trouble.
But she also knew she was tired of feeling trapped.
So that night, she followed them.
One by one, the children climbed onto the roof of the orphanage.
The cool night breeze brushed through Cata’s violet hair as she stepped onto the tiles.
She looked down.
The street below seemed impossibly far away.
Her stomach twisted.
Then one of her friends leaped onto the next rooftop with ease.
“See?” he called back. “Nothing to worry about!”
Cata took a deep breath, she summoned her inner powers to turn to her cat form.
Then she jumped.
For one terrifying moment, she was certain she would fall.
But her paws landed safely on the opposite roof.
A huge smile spread across her face.
She had done it.
Soon the group was racing across the rooftops of Cat City beneath the stars.
For the first time in a very long time, Cata felt free.
Yet while her friends were excited simply to explore the city, Cata’s thoughts remained fixed on something else.
The Plant Kingdom.
The place she had dreamed about for years.
The place marked on her map.
The place where she hoped to build a better life.
And before the night was over, she made a decision.
She would go there alone.
Cata waited until her friends were distracted before quietly slipping away.
None of them noticed.
She pulled the folded map from her pocket and carefully opened it beneath the moonlight.
Her eyes followed the lines she had memorized countless times.
Northeast.
Toward the harbor.
Toward the Plant Kingdom.
Toward her future.
Clutching the map tightly, she began walking.
The city streets gradually became quieter as she moved farther from the orphanage. Lanterns flickered outside buildings, casting golden pools of light onto the cobblestone roads.
For the first time in her life, nobody was telling her where to go.
Nobody was deciding her future.
The thought both excited and frightened her.
Several times she considered turning back.
But every time she did, she remembered the lonely days after Cato had left.
No.
She couldn’t go back..
Not now..
Hours later, she finally reached the harbor.
Dozens of ships rested beside wooden docks, gently rocking on the dark water.
Cata stared in amazement.
She had never seen so many boats before.
According to her map, one of them was heading toward a small island between the Cat Continent and the Vallaria Continent.
Plant Island..
Taking a deep breath, she quietly climbed aboard.
Then she found a place to hide among several crates and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Eventually the ship began to move.
The journey had begun.
The voyage felt endless.
Sometimes Cata peeked out from her hiding place to watch the ocean.
The sea stretched farther than she could imagine.
Blue water sparkled beneath the sunlight during the day, while countless stars reflected upon its surface at night.
It was beautiful.
And a little scary.
Several days later, a sailor suddenly shouted from above.
“Land ahead!”
Cata’s ears perked up.
Land.
She carefully peeked through a small gap.
A smile slowly spread across her face.
An island appeared on the horizon.
Plant Island.
At last.
When the ship docked, Cata quietly slipped away before anyone noticed her.
The moment her paws touched the ground, she froze.
Everything looked different.
Beautiful flowers grew almost everywhere.
Strange trees filled the landscape.
The air smelled fresh and sweet.
People walked around carrying baskets full of seeds.
It felt alive.
It felt magical.
It felt like the beginning of a brand-new life.
“I’ll find work here,” Cata whispered to herself.
Her green eyes sparkled with determination.
“I’ll become successful and take care of myself.”
At first, however, things were not easy.
Very not easy.
She quickly discovered that surviving alone required much more work than she had imagined.
Still, Cata refused to give up.
One day, while exploring, she decided she wanted a home of her own.
Not just any home.
A cat-shaped home.
After all, if she was going to build something, it might as well be creative.
Excited by the idea, she began collecting wood and materials.
Unfortunately, she soon realized she didn’t have nearly enough.
With a sigh, she carried her small pile of supplies into town.
Maybe somebody could help.
Gathering her courage, she approached a few strangers.
“Excuse me,” she asked politely. “Do you have any materials you don’t need anymore?”
Some people ignored her.
Others refused.
But a few were kind.
One wealthy man gave her several valuable seeds.
To him, they were ordinary.
To Cata, they felt like treasure.
A woman carrying colorful building blocks smiled warmly and handed some to her.
“Good luck with your project,” she said.
Cata thanked her repeatedly.
Little by little, her collection grew.
And so did her hope.
Maybe she really could make a life here!
In the afternoon, she stood in her little field, holding a white big seed in her hand.
Lamp seed..
She decided to get a basic flower seed from anywhere, so she ended up getting a daisy seed.
“What If I splice those together…? I dont think it’d work though!”
She thought, but she spliced the two seeds eitherways..
the tree took longer than expected, within a few days, she returned her small house from the matketplace to find..:
A tree of lamps made of daises…
She was very impressed by what people could do here!
She decided to splice the same lamp seed with other flower seeds, and sell them at the marketplace, she also was able to extract a white rose lamp seed! She tried splicing it with a red rose lamp seed and it grew a Lamp made of both white rose and red roses within two weeks.
She sold those too for even higher prices, but kept one lamp for her!
When she gained alot of money, she decided to look for special seeds to buy, she looked in all marketplaces, and her friends’ shops, until in one unpopular shop.. she found:
A snow globe seed..
Cata definitely loved things like these.. she read the informations about its duration to grow and the amount of water it needs, and she bought it.
“A snow globe seed is amazing!.. maybe I can splice it with something special to even be more special too.. but what should it be?” She said to her self while walking, then she decided to look around her for ideas..
She saw palaces.. great flower trees.. weeping willows.. statues made of gems.. floral gardens.. wealthy people walking with fabulous dresses and accessories.. especially the women wearing bows..
“Bows.. WOW.. That’d be a nice idea! Im glad I have a purple bow tree in my farm!” Said Cata as she cheerfully started running back to her house!
She extracted the seed from the tree and spliced them together.. She guessed it’d take long,
She felt really impatient!
But she decided to focus on other things to distract herself from the impatience!
One afternoon, while searching for materials, she met someone who would soon become one of her closest friends.
A woman named Rosa.
Rosa loved white roses more than anything else in the world.
Everywhere around her were beautiful white blossoms.
She cared for them carefully and spoke about them with endless enthusiasm.
At first, Cata accidentally confused two different types of roses.
Rosa laughed.
“Don’t worry,” she said kindly. “Most people can’t tell the difference.”
Embarrassed, Cata laughed too.
Before long, they were chatting like old friends.
Rosa enjoyed hearing about Cata’s adventures.
And Cata enjoyed listening to Rosa’s stories about flowers.
For the first time since leaving Cat City, Cata felt a little less alone..
Perhaps, she truly belonged there..
But she did not ignore the absence of the tree of happiness..
