 Flora, professors & Fiona Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ ❄ Showtunes > Everything ❄ ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
Heath was so busy trying to keep Rey from annoying… whoever it was she ran into that he didn’t get a good look at the girl until she spoke. He was prepared for an angry reaction to his cat or a resounding no to his offer, but to his relief, neither of those things happened. Well, this hadn’t gone as badly as he thought! Heath smiled at the younger girl. “Nice to meet you, Flora,” he said. “I’m Heath, and she’s Rey.” He gestured toward the little gray cat purring at Flora’s feet.
Purr, purrrrrrrrrrr… Yaaaas! Keep petting me, smol hooman! Oh, look! This smol hooman and Rey’s own hooman were playing nice. You’re welcome, hoomans!
Heath blinked at the mention of the obstacle course and the broken cat, unsure whether to be amused or worried. If neither of their cats had finished the obstacle course, how in Merlin’s beard were they going to guide a wampus through it?! His eyes darted from their cats to the wampuses, then to the obstacle course and back again as he mentally formulated a plan. “What kind of toys and treats does your cat like?” he asked. “Maybe the wampas - wampuses will like the same kind.” Jumping Jawas, he’d accidentally called it a wampa! He was going to have to be careful about that; those two words sounded way too similar! Okay, wampa = giant white hairy monster from the planet Hoth; wampus = North American cat creature that looks like a mountain lion and hypnotizes people.
As for which wampus to pick, it wasn’t hard. “I think Fiona’s our best bet,” Heath said. She seemed the less threatening of the two, which was especially important since Rey was tiny and Flora’s cat (whatever its name was) was “broken”! “Stay here with Rey and - what’s your cat’s name? I’ll be right back.” He thought it best to volunteer to be the leash holder since he was older and bigger than Flora and, therefore, less likely to lose grip on the leash.
With that, he walked up to the professors to retrieve Fiona, taking care not to accidentally lock eyes with the wampus kitten.
Hey! Where’d my hooman go? Rey blinked, watching as the boy walked away. I go follow him? Nah, I stay here and let the other smol hooman pet me some more. Purr...
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |