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Iron Cat
Those of you that have read The Iron Fey will know of a certain cat called Grimalkin. If you have not heard of him then this is his story.
I don't make a habit of helping humans but there is one girl that I would make an exception for. My name is not just one word. I am sometimes called cat, cait sith or Grim but the most common name for me is Grimalkin. Cats like me are not ordinary cats. We are born in a place of pure evil. It is not Hell and it is not any place that you know. It is the NeverNever, or more commonly known as faeryland. You're probably thinking 'what, but that isn't possible'. So for once shut your mouth and listen. The NeverNever consists of 4 main sections. There is the Iron Kingdom, (A.K.A Mag Tuiredh) I'll get to that later, the Winter Realm; the coldest of them all, the Summer Realm; the best one of the all, and the Wyldwood, each of these places as haunted as the other. Now I am from the Summer Realm but I don't really abide by their rules. I am an independent cat and no one really tells me what to do. The Summer Realm is ruled by 2 fey (the plural of faery), There is Queen Titania and the King Oberon (nickname, lord pointy ears courtesy of Robin Goodfellow, I will get to him later). They are both cold hearted people and only really care for the reputation of their kingdom not the actual people inside it. You all may of heard of a certain faery trickster called Robin Goodfellow (more commonly known as Puck), well he is the jester of the court although like me doesn't really abide by the rules. Right now he is god knows where and personally I don't really care where he is that is his problem, not mine. He had a friend who is from the Winter Realm. The Winter Realm is ruled by one faery. Her name is Mab. She had 3 sons and one of those sons is the friend of Goodfellow. His name is Ash. The other 2 brothers are now dead, one a traitor the other not. Their names were Rowan (traitor) and Sage (not). But like I said they are dead so let's move on. Ash is off in Mag Tuiredh with is lovely wife Meghan (again I will get to her soon), after he travelled to the end of the world just because he "loved" her. Honestly, I don't get what the point of these feelings is, they only lead to heartbreak. Now Meghan, well she is the girl that I would do anything for. I am not in love with her or have some sort of secret crush she is just, different to the rest of the fey. Like Goodfellow and I, she is a summer faery. But then she killed to Iron Kings and became the Iron Queen (why she is in Mag Tuiredh right now) explaining why she now has Iron magic as well as summer magic. Originally these powers hated each other and were causing all sorts of trouble for her since normal fey cannot touch Iron and she is part summer. Then we figured out a way for her to merge these powers resulting in her current power now. Currently all is well in these realms but who knows what could happen. The Wyldwood is neutral territory, although it is not at all peaceful. The "rebels" of the NeverNever come here to get away from court. This is where fey hunt and live.
Enough about them though, let's get onto my life. Well like I explained I am a cat, a talking cat at that. I am very intelligent and my main job is collecting favours from other fey. This is how I earn my living. People trade me all sorts of silly things like first born child for a chance to get their true love. Ridiculous, I know but like I said people go to lengths for such stupid things. Recently something extremely confusing has come into my life. I cannot quite figure out what it is all about but I am working on and will surely get it before anything else. A rumour has been going around that the Iron Queen (Meghan) is pregnant. I am determined to find out the truth but the only way to do that is visit the iron kingdom. So off I go.