"Sir Andrew." Munkustrap smiled as he saw the man at the top of the stars, Andrew smiled back and slowly descended down the stairs, Elina saw him and widened her eyes, who was he? and...why did he look like her?
"I take it the journey here went well?" Andrew asked, Munkustrap nodded, "I must thank you once again, Andrew, this will be wonderful for Jemima's first trip." the tabby said, putting his paws on his daughter's shoulders, which made her purr. Andrew smiled even bigger if that was possible, "So you're the Jemima Munkustrap was going on about." he said, petting her and making her purr, "I was expecting a little kitten but you are so grown up." he said, "I am?" Jemima asked, tilting her head, "I'm the youngest of the kittens." she said, "I wouldn't have suspected, you're such a big kitten." he said, petting her and she practically melted at this point, her purring got louder and one of her ears twitched slightly, making him chuckle.
That's when Andrew noticed the other five kittens playing by the fireplace, "And may I ask who these rascals are?" he asked, he couldn't help but chuckle when they all jumped up and stood up once they were addressed, then ran over to their parents, "Vicki, go on..." Misto said quietly, gently pushing his little sister forward, making her squeak a bit, "I-I'm Victoria, the oldest of the kittens." she said shyly, Andrew smiled and petted her, "You're just as lovely as your brothers told me." he said, Victoria gave him a shy smile before looking at her brothers, Misto and Alonzo, who smiled back at her.
"I'm Tumblebrutus, Tumble or Brutus for short." Tumblebrutus said, giving Andrew a small smile, which the playwright returned and petted him as well, "Ah, you're Admetus' nephew." he said, as Tumblebrutus purred, he nodded as well. "I'm Pouncival, and this is my twin-" Pouncival said, before he could finish, Etcetera jumped up excitedly, "Etcetera! Cettie for short." she said, her tone just as excited as her jump, making Andrew chuckle, "Of course, Gus' grandkittens." he said, petting them both, making them purr.
That's when Elina stuck close to Tantomile, not sure if she could trust this man, just as she was about to hide, Andrew saw her, "Ah, looks like I missed one." he said, going over to her, as if seeing a human girl with cats was normal, Elina squeaked and hugged Tantomile's arm, Andrew knelt down to her height, to which Elina averted his gaze, "Kitten, be polite." Tantomile whispered, Elina nodded a bit before slowly rasing her head, meeting Andrew's warm eyes, "Hi." he said quietly, "H-hi..." Elina stuttered, her shyness was more overwhelming than usual, considering she had never seen this kind of 'cat' before, you could say it scared her.
"What's your name?" Andrew asked, keeping his tone quiet so he didn't frighten her more, "Princess, tell him your name." Coricopat said, petting her, hoping it would help relax her, it helped just a bit, "M-my name's Elina..." she said quietly, barely above a whisper, Andrew smiled, "Nice to meet you, Elina, you have very pretty hair." he said, "Thank you." Elina said with a small smile, her hair was black as night and it was thick and shiny, there wasn't a day where one of the kittens didn't play with it.
Just as she was about to ask what he was, the door opened.
alright, looks like we're off to a good start! who do you think arrived?
R&R please!