"Once upon a time, there were three heavenly children. Those children-"
"Not this one AGA~IN."
Three small voices chimed in unison, leaving their caretaker blinking in surprise. He sighed heavily and delibrately loud, but the childrens only response was to make faces at him. UserCreated looked around hastily, knowing his brothers had to be somewhere around here. The "Wizards", as the younger children liked to call them, normally took turns watching their tiny neighbors, and today was supposed to be Waglinton's day, but he hadn't shown up and that left User to watch them for the second day in a row.
"You said you wanted a story, so I'm telling you a story!" He responded with an annoyed huff.
"You told us that one twice yesterday, we want to hear something else!"
User stared down into the eyes of the child that spoke, slightly unnerved by the look they held. This boy had deep red hair wore tiny, fake horns on his head. He was the troublemaker of the trio, and even on a good day his eyes seemed dark and angry. He opened and closed his mouth a couple times, trying to find a response that wouldn't upset him further. Then something in the distance caught his eye, and he squinted to see what it was. It appeared to be a cardboard box on the edge of the street. The red haired boy followed his gaze and suddenly he quivered with excitement.
"Let's go investigate, Mianite!"
As soon as he stopped speaking, he raced off and his pale haired brother followed just a couple of steps behind. Their sister glanced at User hesitantly and then took off after them, calling out for them to wait for her. User gave them an exasperated look and then quickly followed, for fear that they would get themselves in some sort of trouble if he wasn't right next to them. Slowing to a stop as he reached them, he got a good look at the box up close. It was a little ragged, like it had been left to the elements for a few days, and it appeared to have some weathered letters written on the side. After a few moments of trying to decipher it, he finally made out the words; "Kittens Free To A Good Home".
"User, User look at the little cats!"
"Are they really free?"
"Can we keep them, User?"
The older boy had anticipated the chorus of questions and he sighed loudly again. He knew better than to try and tell them no, because all three shared an iron-like stubbornness that drove their babysitters crazy. He motioned them out of the way and peered over the edge of the box, which was just a little too tall for the younger children to reach into. Four tiny kittens were resting quietly inside. At the sound of voices, two of them woke up and quickly began pawing around the edges of the box to investigate. The other two remained curled up together, but the fluffy orange one blinked open bright green eyes and looked up curiously. The paler boy, Mianite, leaned over to look at them and immediately called dibs, much to his siblings dismay.
"I call those two! The tabby and the orange one!"
"No fair, I saw them first!" Came his brothers fierce reply, followed by several 'no fair's from their sister.
User sighed and quickly shushed the squabbling siblings. He remembered his own fights with the other wizards when they were young, and decided to leave Mianite with his dibs on the two sleepy kittens. Motioning for Dianite and Ianite to pick between the remaining kittens, he forbade anymore fighting. Even the kittens seemed to be listening to the conversation, at least for a few seconds. As soon as the one kitten, a tiny black kitten with a white chest and paws, looked up the other pounced on him and began nomming on his ear. Dianite smiled at this and tried to reach for the attacking kitten. User had to reach in and pull the kittens apart, handing the other one to Dianite.
"I want this one, he's a fighter like me!" The redhead exclaimed.
"I guess I'll take the last one then..."
Ianite seemed disappointed on not getting to pick a kitten herself, but she soon cheered up when User gave her the last kitten and the tiny creature curled up in her arms and purred. Dianite's kitten was black and white like Ianite's but it had large gray patches too. It started chewing on his owners fingers immediately, where as Mianite's two remained quiet and content in his arms. User had no idea how he would explain these new arrivals to their parents and he hoped that he wouldn't be scolded for letting them keep their new friends, but there was no going back now. He began ushering the trio back home as they loudly debated on what to call their kittens. Ianite spoke first;
"Mines fur looks like he's dressed up all nice, he should have a fancy title like "Sir" or something!"
"How about King?" Mianite suggested.
"Call him Captain!" Dianite piped up, and Ianite smiled at that suggestion.
"Okay! I'll call him Captain. Captain...Captain Sparklez!" She decided happily, but her brothers made faces at the added part.
"Sparklez is a dumb name!" Dianite stated firmly.
"Yeah, it takes all the coolness out of him being Captain!" Mianite agreed, jumping to his brothers side.
Ianite looked quite hurt by their comments at first, but in the end she caved and decided to just leave her kitten as Captain. User considered telling the brothers to apologize for their rude comments, but Ianite quickly moved on and was happily debating names with her brothers again after a few moments.
"I'm naming mine Syndicate." Dianite announced proudly.
"What does that even mean? It doesn't sound like any name I've heard." Said Mianite, flashing his brother a quizzical look.
"I read it in a book, dummy! It's just too advanced for you to know." It was obvious that the stubborn boy wouldn't be swayed from his choice.
"Oh...well, I'm going to name mine Tucker and Sonja." Mianite decided, glancing down to smile at the two sleeping kittens.
"No way, you've got to call that one Firefox! It looks just like a fox." Dianite commanded, pointing to the female kitten.
"That can be her nickname, but I want her to be Sonja."Mianite insisted, showing that he was just as stubborn as his brother.
"Whatever, if you want your kittens to have dumb names, that's your problem!"
User rolled his eyes at Dianite's superior tone, finding it amusing that he wouldn't let anyone change his kittens name, but insisted on trying to change his siblings'. They had reached the triplets house now, and he bid them farewell. They all called out their goodbyes and rushed inside to show their parents what they had found. User quickly moved towards his own house, hoping he would be long gone if their parents decided to come outside and try to chew him out for bringing the kittens home with their children. When he went inside he found Waglington sitting at their computer, and he punched him in the arm.
"I hope you know you're watching them next time that it's my turn!"
AN: I had honestly started this thinking it would be a short 500 word one-shot, and once I started I just couldn't stop. In fact, I've had so many ideas about this, that I've decided to continue it! If this gets some reviews or favorites, I might be persuaded to try and get the next chapter up sometime tomorrow *hint,hint*
