Chapter 2
* Beep, beep, beep, smash! * Marienette groans as she throws her alarm clock across the room, again.
"Damn girl, you need to become more of a morning person before you kill someone with that clock! Alya laughs at Marienette's lack of enthusiasm at the eight o'clock wakeup call. She is answered by some incoherent groans as Marinette slowly crawls from her warm comforter to get ready for the vet visit. Pulling over a long sweater dress and boots and quickly tying her raven hair into her familiar low pigtails, Marinette is ready to face the winds of winter once again. Grabbing the kittens and carefully hiding them in her bag again, she quickly bids goodbye to Alya and heads out.
Waiting at the vet's office, Marienette has her precious kittens snuggled in her lap. She didn't get a chance to examine them very well before her exhausted body dragged her into a deep sleep the night before. Tikki, her little red one with blue eyes, had the cutest spots on her head and back, reminding her of a ladybug. Plagg was pure black with green eyes; he seemed to be the oldest of the three. And Snowy was pure white except for a small grey diamond over his right eye. Marienette already loved these kittens and couldn't bear the thought of loosing them.
"Marienette, are you ready?
A strange voice startled Marienette out of her thoughts. She quickly got up to follow the technician to the examination room.
"We are going to do a routine physical, heartworm and leukemia tests, along with any vaccinations they should have at this age." The technician explains to Marienette. After a while, all the tests have been performed and the head veterinarian comes into the room with grave news.
" Marienette I'm afraid I have some terrible news. All three kittens have tested positive for Leukemia. This disease is not curable and they will not survive the year. The best course of action is to love them, and keep them as happy as possible until their time."
Marienette stands there frozen at this news. He precious kittens were going to die, and she couldn't help them. She pays the bill and heads home to share the news with an anxious Alya.
"What! They aren't going to live?" Alya is just as devastated with the news and hugs the teary eyed Marienette tightly. "Its okay girl, at least we get one year with them."
