Authors Note: So this is a kind of weird story, mostly due to it being based off of one of my cats' really weird reaction to catnip. I want to try to write a second version of this with my other khajiit character for a more humorous catnip reaction, I'll put that in as a second chapter in this story when it gets done. It could take a bit due to laziness and school stuff coming up quickly. I've actually had this done for awhile, but I wanted to write the second version before I put this up. Then I was just kind of being lazy, and got a review on one of my stories which said that they wanted more stories so I figured I'd put it up now.

"What is that?" Aela asked Torvar, eyeing the pouch he was holding with slight suspicion.

"It's catnip." he replied cheerfully. "There was a traveling merchant earlier that had some, they said cats really like it." he continued, beaming proudly.

"So it's a present for the harbinger then?" Aela asked skeptically.

"Yep, I bet shes gonna love it." he answered, beaming at her.

"Well there's only one way to find out, oh look there she is. Why don't you give it to her now." Aela said as a red furred khajiit walked into the mead hall. The khajiit quickly noticed them and walked over, eyeing the small pouch Torvar was holding.

"Hey, whats going on over here?" the khajiit asked, briefly glancing at Aela and Torvar before peering at the pouch curiously again.

"I got this as a present for you." Torvar said excitedly, offering the pouch to the khajiit who quickly opened it and peered inside curious as to what he had gotten.

"Really? Thank you Torvar thats.." the khajiit began before trailing off with her nose twitching and a strange look in her eyes.

"Um.. are you okay?" Aela asked with concern. Torvar had gone from looking extremely pleased to slightly apprehensive at the khajiit's response. The khajiit just stared into space for a few moments before a loud rumbling sound erupted from her throat.

"Uhh.. is she purring?" Aela asked incredulously.

"I think she is..." Torvar replied in awe.

The khajiit suddenly started rubbing up against everything in sight that was raised above the floor, starting with Aela and Torvar.

"Ack.. mmff.. why are you.. you're getting fur all over me." Aela sputtered out, attempting to push the khajiit away when she started rubbing her face and shoulder against her.

"Pffft ahahahaha, that tickles!" Torvar managed, laughing almost uncontrollably when the khajiit started rubbing against him with her face and shoulder.

The khajiit continued on, rubbing against the railing, then the table and chairs, and along the walls and pillars. After finishing rubbing against just about everything, and everyone, in the room the khajiit crawled under the large table and curled up. Aela and Torvar continued to stare wide eyed and bewildered at the now sleeping khajiit.

"That was the weirdest thing I've ever seen." Aela stated, still staring at the khajiit.

"S-she turned into a cat." Torvar managed after a moment.

"Well she kind of already was a cat.. but I definitely have to agree with you this time." Aela replied.

After a few minutes of staring at the sleeping khajiit the two decided to wake her to see if she was back to normal. She groaned a bit and slowly opened her eyes as the two prodded her awake.

"Whaat?" she said tiredly with a slight yawn.

"You.. turned into a cat.." Torvar said slowly. The khajiit gave him a like she was worried for his mental stability.

"You do know that I'm a khajiit right, Torvar?" she asked with concern. Torvar looked like he was about to respond before Aela cut him off.

"That's not what he meant, he gave you some catnip as a present and you suddenly started purring and rubbing yourself on everything like the little cats people keep as pets." Aela explained.

"You gave me catnip?.. where did you even get that?.." the khajiit asked, perplexed.

"There was a traveling merchant that was selling some." Torvar answered.

"Uh huh..." the khajiit replied. "Did that merchant leave already?" she continued after a moment.

"Yes, they left a little while after I bought the catnip." Torvar responded.

"They?" the khajiit asked.

"Um.. well the person was wearing a hood and I could't tell much of anything about them." Torvar answered, slightly nervous.

"Mhmmm.." the khajiit hummed.

"That was really weird to see though.. our great harbinger turned into a common house cat... I guess that's just the power of catnip.." Aela said, interrupting the previous topic with an amused expression.

"Never speak of this again." the khajiit responded with her ears flattened against her head in embarrassment, this only caused Aela burst out laughing.

"Sure, sure." Aela replied, still laughing. The khajiit gave her a very annoyed look before walking off toward the stairs to the sleeping quarters.

"I'm going to get something from my room." the khajiit mumbled as she left.

"Alright." Aela responded with an amused grin, still laughing slightly.

"She's not mad at me is she?" Torvar asked with trepidation.

"Don't worry about it." Aela replied, before walking off toward the door to the training yard.

"Okay.." Torvar replied, still looking concerned before sniffing the air slightly. "Mmm smells like there's a fresh brew down at the meadery." he muttered to himself, seeming to have forgotten his former apprehension, before walking off.