It was not only humans who had their greatness realized by the Pond of Potential. Abar was a land of many strange monsters and beings, creatures who were once originally animals who had drank at the Pond of Potential. Animals still come across the Pond to this day, but most of them only become stronger, healthier versions of themselves. For to have potential, a being must have ambition. And most animals aspire to little more than continuing to survive. But occasionally, an animal with greater drive may find the pond and become something extraordinary.
One such animal was to be a small brown cat. This cat belonged to no human, but it has known humans. It has known humans who are kind to it, who reward it for hunting mice, who have thrown things at it out of annoyance. A cat can tell when a human wishes it ill and the cat always remains three steps ahead of them. While the cat has accepted food from humans, it never considered those humans its owners. For cats are selfish creatures and this one walked alone.
But within its little feline heart was a desire to be more than what it currently is. It also had a need to be bigger and stronger, something that wasn't such easy prey for larger predators. That need was enough to let it find the Pond of Potential. There's no way to say if the cat knew what the pond was or what it could do. But like many animals before it, the cat drank of the water. But unlike most animals, it would not simply become healthier or stronger. The Pond of Potential recognized a seed of ambition in the cat. Soon, this cat would be an extraordinary creature.