Week #3

You wake up early. Too early. The sun hasn't even really risen yet. Mira is also still lying next to you, sleeping peacefully. So why are you already awake?

You listen. A gentle splashing of water can be heard. The bathroom for the guests? But you don't have one right now.

You get up and take an empty bottle with you. If it is a thief, he will get his ass kicked.

In the hallway, you hear the noises even more clearly now. It's actually coming from the bathroom. You tiptoe up to it.

Very carefully, you push the curtain aside a bit and take a look outside. In the bathroom stands... a girl?

Light blue hair, just as blue eyes, and... a tail.

You move slightly in place as the wooden floor crunches beneath you.

Startled, the girl turns and looks at you.

"Ahh... uhh...uhmm...meow?" she says, visibly embarrassed.

You're at a loss for words. Who is she?

"I was hoping no one would notice me. Don't worry I'll be gone in a minute meow."

She snaps her fingers and after a brief flash of bright light, which momentarily took your mind away, she stands dressed in front of you.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" you ask the strange girl, still holding the bottle. If she tries to eat you, you hit her with it.

"Washing me, what does it look like? A cat wants to be groomed."

"Wait. Then you're..."

"The cat you fed, yeah."

You're astonished. A cat that can transform? Shit, no one's gonna believe you. Mira already didn't believe you when you said the cat could talk.

"Hey, I have to go now, catching mice and stuff. Ciao."

The girl climbed onto the windowsill, its window wide open. Her tail wagged before she took a leap and jumped out the window.

Startled, she rushed out the window. A jump from that height would break anyone's legs. But instead of broken legs, you see a dark cat move away from your Inn and scurry into the bushes.

"I think I'm still dreaming," you think to yourself as you go back to bed once more.

"This has to be a dream."