Kittens Are Cute To A Point (Meyghan)

[aithne]

Ouch! was the first thought which erupted in Brianna’s mind that morning. She felt odd little claws digging into her leg, going in deep and pulling back so the skin surface was broken. In one swift movement Brianna was up, had seized her roommate’s kitten, and had carefully sent it on its way to the opposite bed in the room. Brianna didn’t mind kittens- always preferred her own little pink Puffskein, Alico, but she would always cuddle one if it was not four am in the morning. Which, it wasn’t. It was four oh nine in the morning, but the two meant the same things in Brianna’s mind. Her elder sister Lana disagreed and Brianna hated the way she was always corrected at home for misspeaking something just a tiny bit. Lana and Brianna disagreed on many cases- Hogwarts and magic, for instance was one. Lana was just jealous and disapproved of the skills Brianna had, while the younger sister loved it. And Alico- while the first-born Felica child disliked the creature more than a bit, Brianna found the tongue-up-nose thing funny. Maybe because Alico didn’t do it to her and only did so to Lana, but still.

Once the kitten had carefully rolled into a ball on the floor, Brianna rose from her bed. Once she was up, she was up, and nothing could make her go back to sleep. She was wearing white cotton shorts with a matching top for pyjamas, and after slipping over her shoulders a blue dressing gown and tucking her wand into one pocket, and a book into the other, she tip-toed softly into the Common Room. It was almost empty. A small purple pygmy puff Brianna recognised as one of her friends’ was sitting on the back of an armchair beside the fire. With a smile Brianna sat on the chair, and the Pygmy Puff poked her head. And poked. And poked. And continued to poke. It was rather annoying actually, and it wasn’t long until Brianna gave in and settled the little creature on her lap. But it still found a way to annoy her- by softly poking her leg!

“Your name is Meymey- right? Ahh you’re Meyghan’s cutie aren’t you? Well stop poking me or I will-“ Brianna broke off and looked down, to see a long droplet of blood streaming down her leg. Before it could reach her white shorts she stopped it short, scowling at the ceiling in direction of the kitten. “Thank you Meymey, I didn’t notice that. Silly kittens too big for their own boots! I bet you could teach that kitten a lesson now, don’t you think?” She made a few baby noises to the creature as she dabbed at the blood hopelessly with a tissue from her pocket, getting a little annoyed. This is exactly why I have a Puffskein! She moaned in her head. Kittens were just too much to handle. Brianna told this to Meymey as she mopped up the blood, which was slowly fading. The Pygmy Puff merely looked at Brianna blankly, before glancing behind her and chirruping at someone clearly pleasing from behind Brianna’s armchair.

[Meyghan Gallagher R7]

Meyghan lay in her bed, trying her best to sleep, when she heard the sound of some dorm mate’s kitten meowing. She felt around the bed, and noticed that MeyMey, her pygmy puff wasn’t in bed with her anymore. She wondered MeyMey was what was upsetting the kitten. The sweet little pygmy puff had a way of hiding her purple self in the shadows and scaring the others pets. Meyghan had loved MeyMey since the day she had found her in the Weasley brothers’ Shop. She had been even more delighted that her dad had agreed to let her get the purple puff ball, but now her puff ball was not in bed, and that meant she was missing. This worried Meyghan, for there were things in the school, such as cats, or other animals that might mistake her for food. Meyghan could even think of a few people that didn’t like the pygmy puff and might try to harm MeyMey if they found her.

Meyghan quickly made sure that she had covered every inch of her pillow, and her bed looking for the little fluff ball, and yet the fluff ball was still not there. Meyghan quickly got up out of bed, and grabbed her robe. Her only thoughts were that she had to find MeyMey. She grabbed her wand and lit the tip of it to give herself enough light so that it wouldn’t disturb her other dorm mates. As she looked for MeyMey she noticed that the door to the dorm had been left slightly open. Could MeyMey have made it down to the common room? Or even out into the castle Meyghan feared that she wouldn’t be able to find her little puff ball.

Meyghan slid on her slippers and ran as fast as she could down the stairs to find her friend Brianna sitting in the Common room. Just as Meyghan prepared to ask Brianna if she had seen MeyMey, she heard the unmistakable chirrup of her little fluff ball. Meyghan loved referring to MeyMey as a fluff ball, or even a puff ball, because that was what always made Meyghan think of MeyMey. Walking over to where the ball of fluff and Brianna sat, Meyghan wondered how MeyMey had gotten down stairs. “Good Morning Brianna, Thank you for finding MeyMey, she scared me half to death when I heard that kitten meow, and she was missing. Has she been much trouble?” Meyghan asked hoping that MeyMey hadn’t bothered her friend much.


((That has been in my head for like ever, and I just now was able to finish it. Sorry it's somewhat short compared to some of my others.))

[aithne]

((Don't worry about it it's fine. Mine isn't that great either, so sorry too. =D ))

Brianna watched as MeyMey chirruped happily to the figure behind Brianna. It was an odd noise- Brianna's own Alico made similar noises but which were slightly shriller, another thing that annoyed Lana. The figure moved towards Brianna and MeyMey, going into the light and allowing Brianna view of the newcomer. It was Meyghan, no doubt looking around for her little pet. Brianna smiled at her friend as MeyMey happily pounced at her owner. She knew the two had a close contact- and respected it. Brianna and Alico loved each other of course, as much as pet and witch could. Many people in the school treated pets just as cuddles and simply what the word 'pet' means. But Brianna loved to confide in Alico, loving the way the Puffskien never answered back or complained. The creature could listen for ages as long as Brianna didn't raise her voice and kept it smooth and calm enough. She expected Meyghan and MeyMey had the same relationship- they seemed the kind of witch and creature who would do.
"Morning Meyghan! No don't worry about her- I was disrupted by the kitten and couldn't get back to sleep. I came down here and MeyMey was just enjoying the quiet I think." She smiled at the little cuddly creature. "Nope, no trouble at all, merely cute. She reminds me of Alico." Brianna said. Her own little pet was currently under her duvet somewhere. She didn't worry about loosing Alico, knowing the Puffskein wouldn't ever leave the castle without Brianna, and also would be simply so scared to even step out of the portrait hole.

Brianna wiped away the last smear of light blood, then smiled at Meyghan. "How are you? Other than no doubt being completely tired thanks to that troublesome feline, but other than that is everything ok?" She asked warmly. Brianna liked asking people the question. It was interesting to see how people would respond- she always said it the same way but people always replied differently. Sometimes they simply took it as politeness, answering one-word answers like 'fine' or 'good'. Not often did people respond fully and truthfully. Brianna didn't of course want to pry into people's lives- it wasn't like that, but even close friends of hers often went polite instead of complaining for a bit about a destructive wand, or an unfair teacher. While she waited for Meyghan's answer she twirled one of her long, dark strands of hair around a finger as she curled her legs beneath her.