Chapter 1
The wind blows harshly, stinging Marienette's face as she trudges back to her dorm and warmth. As she comes within reach of the building, a whisper of noise reaches her ears. It was such a hushed sound that she contemplated that she imagined it. The closer to the door she got, the clearer the sound of soft cries became.
Walking briskly past the entrance, she discovered tiny fuzzy creatures huddled up in the corner behind some bikes, trying desperately to shelter themselves from the bitter wind. Carefully getting down to her knees for closer examination, she finds the sources of the cries are three nearly newborn kittens! Gently scooping them up into her warm hands, without any whimpers of protest, she conceals them in her outsized bag next to her warm laptop. Praying they don't cry on the way in, she promptly flashes her ID to the desk worker and makes her way up the stairs to her room.
"Hey Alya, we need to talk, its important" Marienette motions for her roommate to come closer. "I found these three kittens freezing to death near the bike racks, what should I do? If the RA catches them they will be taken away and I already love these little guys, I couldn't bear it..." Marienette dramatically cries.
"Awe Mari, you always do things without thinking. Though this time at least it was adorable!" Alya gushes over the new additions to their little family.
"They look like they have colds, I'm going to take them to the vet tomorrow, can you bring back some supplies to care for them?"
"Sure thing girl, now lets get them warmed up and go to bed. What are you going to name them?" she questions.
"The black one I will call Plagg, the red one is Tikki, and the white one is Snowy"
"Snowy is so original Mari" Alya playfully scolds.
"Well you couldn't find a better name! Goodnight!" Mari turns red from embarrassment and turns around to get ready for bed.
Across the room, the kitten's sleep soundly cuddled together in the mushroom chair surrounded by the extra blankets each girl had.