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When Xiao looked up, she saw a man who had the same claws, ears and tail as she did. His clothes were much different from Xiao's though... While Xiao was wearing an overly large grey shirt (like a dress) the man was wearing what looked like black leather pants and a long high collared sleeveless shirt. Around his upper body was a long scarf that wrapped around him several times and still draped off him to the ground. On the ends of the scarf were large bells just like their collars. He had large gloves on his arms as well. (I don't really know how to describe him)

The two stared at one another for quite some time until the taller one broke eye contact to lick his paws. Xiao blinked several times until the one in the mirror finally said, " You picked up my bell, nyaa?" Sounding like a lazy cat the whole time.

Xiao nodded then said, " I'm Xiao, who are you?"

" Cheshire Cat!" He replied eagerly, with his tail swaying from side to side.

The room started to tremble soon after. "aw, your waking up," Cheshire cat whined disappointingly, "Cheshire wanted to play!"

The room shook again, making Xiao lose consciousness. When she woke up a again, she was being violently by a furious looking Petunia. Xiao could still feel her tail twitching as well. ' Must be why she looks so mad...' Xiao thought nervously. A feeling of dread fell over her at the thought of what those two MONSTERS would do to her for this. Rather than hitting her, (like Xiao expected,) Petunia shoved a hat onto Xiao's head. Petunia then yelled at Xiao for "lolly-gagging," then sent her back to working on the yard.

Xiao worked quickly on the yard, and took the opportunity for a short break once she was done. Although her claws were terrible for using yard tools, they did a good job of helping her do the yard work. She even managed to get the troublesome vines of the house. Petunia had left Xiao alone until dinner time, to Xiao's both relief and surprise. Normally Petunia would have dragged Xiao inside to clean the house once she was done doing yard work.

While cooking dinner Xiao had the same problems with holding things in the kitchen as before. After a while of trial and error, Xiao did master holding things with her claws though. The bottom of the claws were flat, so it was simple to grip them. (after nearly poking holes in the cookbook)

After Xiao was done cooking, Petunia shoved her into her "room" under the stairs. Once the males of the household were asleep, Petunia pulled Xiao out of the cupboard.

" Alright FREAK, I have no idea what you did to yourself and I don't care," the beast began in a sharp whisper, " You're a plague to this household, and I don't like it! And YOU for that matter. You need to be more thankful and respectful, for letting you live under this loving roof."

Xiao only stared at the woman with her large feline eyes, wondering where the chain was going with her speech. Only briefly wondering what a chain was.

" From now on you are not to be seen unless necessary," the woman growled, " and if you are seen, you will hide your freakishness." She spat out the last word like it was some kind of disease.

After that night Xiao stoke to her rules, making them coexist for a period of time... that is, until the neighborhood cats started to act up...