Boots: Hey, Soni are you going to give me more action this time?
Bluesoni: I was thinking about it. Are you going to whine if I don't?
Boots: I don't whine.
Sophie: Don't lie Boots!
Boot: Shut up puss!
Wow, they like to argue alot, huh? Hope you enjoy.:D
Chapter 2 ~ The Dark Forest~
"Sophie, Sophie you must awaken!" Lily said softly but urgently. "H'm...what...what is it Lily?" Sophie replied in a sleep addled tone. "I was having a horrible dream. Wait if you're here ..." he voice trailed to a whisper of again-realized terror "It was all real... Oh no, she really did die. "Lily, bringing her attention back from the last night's events, says "Mistress, grab hold of yourself. You must leave here now!" Still sniffling, she gazes around her to take in her current circumstances, they were in a forest. "Where are we Lily?" Lily, also studying thier surroundings says quietly but reassuringly "I don't know my Mistress, but this place is brimming with magic. Even if they track your travels, you're well shielded from unwelcome eyes here. I have to leave you now, traveling through the gate at such a riptide speed took much away from me. "I'm sorry my Mistress. "Sophie, taking all of what Lily had said, "I'm sorry." Blowing out a small sigh Sophie finally replied, "It's okay Lily, thank you." "It was my pleasure" Lily's final remark and then she was gone. "I'm alone now..." Sophie said on a hiccup.
"What nonsense are you jabbering about young lady mine?" Looking down she catches sight of the sarcastic remark's owner, Boots, rubbing against her legs. "I'd quite forgotten I brought you along actually Boots. A hmph noise followed as he plopped unceremoniously on her feet. Leaning down Sophie picks him up, an absent scratch behind the ears as he begins to direct her and cocks his head about "A little to the right...ah yes...right there's the spot." Sophie attempted a smile in her "new life" as she asked Boots, "Do you forgive me now?" He half purred "I guess, at least it's not pouring buckets now." Sophie inquired of her companion "Boots which way do we point our feet now?" Jumping down, Boots' tail twitched out of rhythm "Yum...I can smell fish, that way smells right." Sophie with a quirk of her brow, "That way sure looks awfully dark Boots."
Boots, with a cat-like smile ask "Are you a mouse or a woman?" The forest was dark and the trees so thick some of the roots appeared as if snakes had slithered under the ground and still resided there. "Sophie, stop being a puss." With a cross look she huffed out, "Alright, I'm going." Boots jumps up to her shoulder and settles in for a comfortable ride around her neck. A rustle made the bushes behind the quiver almost as if a cold chill had tickled the branches that made her quicken her pace "Nope , no Sophie's snacks today." She raced through the trees, branches almost snatching at her clothes as she ran. Sophie stumbled over some roots but never broke her stride. All around red eyes peered out of the shadows and strange noises surrounded them. "Sophie stop!" shouted Boots, breaking through the developing wave of fear.
Sophie stopped and fell to her knees, breathing in and out in deep heaving gasps. "Why...did...you...make...me...stop...?" she gasps while vainly to catch her breath in an instant. "I had to stop you Sophie, you were panicking too much and the ride was getting a little too lopsided." Boots inserted perfectly calmly. "You think?!" Sophie added, "I just had the life scared right out of me." Boots snickered and says "Well, Smart-Pants, I thought you might like this little kernel of knowledge, "he draws out the next bit leaving her tapping her foot in suspense. "There's a town waiting over the next hill." With a glare Sophie says, "Oh." Boots gives her a once over, "You may want to sort your hair out a bit, you look like a witch in a winter blizzard." Sophie, with a look of worry asks, " I can't look that bad...do I?" Boots' with a angelic smile begins to tell her exactly how "good" she looks after her mad dash, "Well you have leaves and twigs in your hair and your face looks like a baboon's arse." Totally in a female fluster now she grumps at Boots, "Well don't just sit there and purr, HELP ME!" After picking her hair clean with a few ouches elicited by Boots' "help", she finger combs it to make it more suitable. "How do I look now, master critic?" Sophie asks so sweetly. "Better oddly enough. Now food beckons, let's go." Sophie curls her lip in a very faked half snarl "You're always dying of starvation you poor kitty." Boots, replying with honesty says "I am a growing kitty," with Sophie's undertone of "Yeah in your belly" to finish his statement. As is a cat's nature his claws subletly run out and clamp into her shoulder "You'll pay for that Miss Priss." Sophie cringes " Ow, that hurts! i was kidding! Sheesh!" and he finishes out under his breath "I'm not fat I'm just sassy."
Sophie having to antagonize him further or course, "Definitely not, it's that overflowing gas tank of love and fish-sense..." she giggled. "Brat..." a last mumble from Boots. She was still giggling intermittently when they crested the hill and began to descend.
Boots: Soni, Sophie is picking on me!
Bluesoni: Boots I thought you didn't whine.
Sophie: Yeah, whiny butt.
Boots: Fine i'm going to my corner now. You're both soo me to me. :P