You are my sunshine.

Nepeta didn't know what to do anymore.

Equius had crossed a very large line in her book and it was ABSOULUTELY PAWSITIVELY AWFUL AND HE WAS A STUPID OLD HORSE FOR DOING THIS TO HER.

She bit angrily into her fluffy cat pillow and ripped her claws into its soft furry plush. She thought back to the previous night... How he had COMMANDED that she could not leave her room at his hive for any sort of reason… unless she had to go to the bathroom. For a small moment she remembered how he had broken into an embarrassing sweat when he said the last phrase then excused himself to, "retrieve a towel".

A small giggle escaped her chest as she remembered his childish embarrassment but it was quickly replaced once again by her seething anger at her morail. She leaned back and her bright yellow eyes glared up at the blue bloods ceiling.

The previous night she had snuck out of her hive to get some night time hunting in like she always did. She had to keep her claws sharp after all. The only problem being that Equius had forbidden such "D- ridiculous antics" because it wasn't befitting of her to do so. She knew the REAL reason was he had always forbidden her night time outings though. He was WORRIED about her getting hurt. Even though she had TOLD him how she had handled being on her own for SWEEPS before (four now to be exact :33) and would be able to CONTINUE DOING SO.

She continued to stare up at the ceiling in the dark room she was trapped in and heaved a sigh.

It was true there were dangers that came along with hunting at such a young age and it's not like she hadn't gotten hurt now and then, but HE had NO RIGHT to lock her up for it.

Suddenly there was a loud metallic crash from somewhere below her.

She flinched at the sound but was rewarded with a wave of pain and her body cringed in response to it.

Uhg… her leg was hurt pretty bad. She caressed the white bandages that covered her thigh gently and once again, unable to do anything else, thought back to the previous night. Her face softened as she remembered how gentle Equius had been when he had wrapped up the gash in her leg. For him to be so gentle could only have meant he was very focused on keeping her safe and doing his best not to hurt her. Though, despite his carful movements, he could not stop his sweaty hands from shaking as he bandaged her wound.

A pang of guilt struck the wounded catroll's angry heart as she could only imagine how scared he must have been when she had limped to his hive and stood in his doorway. Bleeding, panting, and probably starting to look feverish.

The wound of course had been from her reckless actions in thinking she could pounce such a large beast that lumbered before her. It had to be at least ten times her size and with claws much more nasty than hers. She was lucky though. The creatures size made it a very slow moving mass indeed and was easy enough to escape.

She silently cursed her big cat-like head for believing she could take on such a large animal at her age. Her sharp teeth were really starting to come in and her new claws were the COOLEST but she still had no chance against such a beast.

=== stop moping and hurry the hell up with trying to escape!

Escape? Equius had made sure that she could do no such thing. The door was barred, the window was barred, the floor and ceiling was reinforce-

=== fine then howl like a cat and tear up the bed

That was an absurd idea! Even if she wanted to her leg would prevent such strange urges.

=== be the author

=== stop being such a party pooper

The author simply cannot stop being such a party pooper.

Every party needs a pooper. That's why we invited him.

=== WILL YOU BE SOMEONE ALREADY?

You are now Equius.

"Oh dear it appears that I have broken another one…"

Equius picks up the remains of his metal instrument and heaves a STRONG sigh. His strength has been growing at an amazing rate thanks to his workouts and constant drinking of milk. He, of course, was very pleased with this seeing as he could finally be of a respectable strength and power for someone of his blood caste. It was not, however, because it would be a lot easier to protect the person he cared about with his newfound strength. That would just be silly.

The large troll frowned at the thought of his morail. She really was quite mad at him for locking her up in her room last night but he had just been so WORRIED about her he couldnn't think of what else to do.

Did he say worried?

He meant angry.

He was so very angry.

Grrrrrr…

Once again he heaved a large sigh. He didn't REALLY feel angry. He was just so worried she was hurt. He didn't know what else to do. He was going to make it up to her though. Somehow…

=== wow is there anyone not moping around here?

no.

=== I guess be Equius in the near future.

You are now Equius in the near future.

You have just finished rebuilding the instrument you broke except this time you used metal instead. It keeps together thankfully and you look for a song to play on it.

You start with the basics. Simple notes and strings first. Its slow and frustrating work but you have a lot of patience for this sort of thing as long as the instrument doesn't-

SNAP

Oh fiddlesticks.

end of chapter one.