Vampire cats

So as I said, there are no vampire animals, other than cats. When the true ancient was turned and she went back in time (to create romulus, remember?) to Rome, she found a cat. Now, if you've ever been to Rome (or pretty much anywhere in Italy), you will know that there are cats everywhere (mostly strays). The True Ancient found one such cat and was astounded by how smart it was. It feared her, yet boldly came up her (as cats do). Just the way it walked and acted proved how smart it was. She took care of this cat for about a week or so, but one day she got away. Just for about half an hour, but that was enough. When she found the cat again, it was near death; it had been mauled by a wolf (the same one that took care of Romulus and Remus actually; it had smelled the vampire and oversense of death on the cat and had tried to kill it). She then Just in that short week she had learned to love the cat, and managed to turn it into a vampire just before it died. She then gave the vampire cat to Romulus (shortly after turning him) and he made it a tradition from there. Every time any ancient, or even any regular vampire find a cat that they become unusually attached to, if they go to the vampire council (the vampires directly under the ancients, more on this later) and have the cat approved, then they can turn it into a vampire cat (similar with almost any other animal, but it takes a lot more to get it approved, more on this later). The vampire cats wander around the Coliseum and well, act like cats.