[Aylwen Dreamsong]

Arye rolled his eyes boredly. After being scattered by Morwen taking their Mistress away, he and Lassra had gone towards the kitchen. Lassra had begun to tell her 'life story' to Arye, in attempts to teach him something he didn't know before. The only problem was that Arye and Mosi heard her life story at least once a week.

Mosi had gone off after his butterfly, which had fluttered into the palace and towards a freshly cleaned room. It flew up above one of the shelves, and Mosi immediately followed it as he jumped up onto the polished table. Mosi clumsily knocked over some sort of vase as he jumped on the table, but he ignored the crash and continued to jump after the butterfly that had flown out of the room. Before he could continue out of the room a loud scream eminated from nearby, and Mosi was quickly picked up by some maid.

The maid angrily held Mosi and brought the black cat to the store room, where she proceeded to shove him into a room. At this point, Mosi finally realized that this maid had not picked him up to adore and pet him. He hissed and meowed, to no avail.

But then, moments later, after Mosi had taken to screeching out low then high rreeeoows someone opened the door, and Mosi immediately darted between her legs and ran off to find Lassra and Arye.

Lassra and Arye were crouched and laying right outside the dining hall and inside the kitchen hallway. Here, they could smell the wonderful scents the cooks created at a safe distance from the booted feet of the cooks. Lassra had just finished talking to Arye about foods and wine, when they caught a conversation Morwen was having with one of the cooks.

"I swear, there are enough cats around here to start a menangerie," they heard Morwen say irritably, and they leapt off the table they were on to get a better look. "She has been brainwashed by them! I overheard Beruthiel whispering to them several times! Horrible little creatures, little better than rats or mice."

Arye growled at this, making a low sound that came from the back of his throat. How could the woman be talking about the cats this way when she hardly stayed around to pet them? Not to mention her bad mouthing of the Mistress. Lassra, however, kept Arye back and told him not to do anything rash.

"Oh, I know! It's terrible! Think of the impression we will make on the heir!" One of the minor cooks replied, though it seemed she was only saying such to carry on the conversation. "The cats are bad just around the kitchens! Especially that lazy one that used to belong to the head cook. She is always in my way. Not to mention the white one! They are all just stupid ugly vermons!"

At this comment, Lassra began to join Arye, only she began to hiss.

"Beruthiel has become distant...she has come to have poor judgement...everything she does involves those cats!" Morwen spat out the last words, but all other traces of the conversation were lost to the cats ears as Morwen and the cook walked away, chittering about the Mistress.

We should tell the Mistress! Morwen is a nasty human! Talking behind the Lady's back like that! Arye hissed, flexing his claws and eyeing the path Morwen and the cook had taken. The nerve of that old woman!

Of course we will tell Mistress. But this is not the time. Her mate is already upset about us, there is no need to upset him more by interrupting their dinner. We will tell Miamma when she returns and then Miamma can tell Mistress. Lassra intoned, and Arye nodded.

Now...where is Mosi? Little troublemaker...

[ July 22, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]

[ July 24, 2003: Message edited by: Aylwen Dreamsong ]