Prologue – High-Tea with Monsters.
B efore I start the story, I'd just like to make an Acknowledgement to my friend, who was the co-author of this story and the namesake of Katja.
In the grand dining hall of the Welsh mansion, sat a little girl, surrounded by monsters. 'Oh, no' you might think. But this certain child was not causing trouble with the Greek monsters, quite the opposite actually. This little girl was making friends with the monsters, in the form of a tea party.
"Here, you go, mister doggy." Said the girl, passing an expensive china tea cup, which was full to the brim with a bubbly pink liquid. "Oh, careful there, miss cheerleader! You might just spill your drink." The monsters sat around her, bewildered but delighted. They had never experienced a mortal, especially one with immortal blood, being friendly and inviting them to tea.
"Oh, Elizabeth, do sit down." The girl called across the room, where another girl of the same age was standing stock still, staring at the monsters. "It's quite rude to stare, especially at guests." The other girl, Elizabeth, did not reply, she only stood there.
The monsters said nothing through the one-sided conservation of the two mortal girl, though secretly they wondered how these two mortal girls were related. In fact, they were actually not related, they were step-sisters, Elizabeth's Dad and the other girl's Mum were married. Neither of them knew their other parent.
"Kat, Kat, Kat… why do you have to play with those monsters?" Elizabeth said in a small, but defiant, voice.
"How could you call our guests monsters?! And my name is not Kat, it is Katja." Katja's face turned a threatening shade of red.
"Because they are! And I can call you whatever I want!" Elizabeth fixed her glasses.
"Stop insulting our guests! And ladies don't shout"
The monsters, seeing the heated conversation, eyed each other and slowly stood, then they departed from the room. They shut the door gently behind them. Normally, these monsters would have killed the halve-mortal girls, but Katja was different, and they didn't want to kill Elizabeth in front of her. So they waited for their prey to exit the grand dining hall.
Almost a minute later, Elizabeth stormed out of the hall. She was heading towards the kitchen, so she could make a nice hot chocolate, to calm herself down. Off course, she didn't need to make her own hot chocolate, there were maids to do that sort of thing, but Elizabeth liked to do her own dirty work, unlike Katja. She had entered the kitchen when she heard a noise. She turned around to see none other than Mister Doggy, Miss Cheerleader and Mister Minotaur.