Despite her anxiety did Dina quickly fall asleep that evening. The thought 'one more day to go' kept ringing in her head, and she felt herself so utterly weak to do something about it. She was held captive by the guy who was her owner – and her crush at that – and he didn't know anything about what was going on. She really wanted to tell Josh what was going on, and the next morning she finally got herself to attempt to write a note to him again. She wrote 'I'm not Dina. I'm Blythe Baxter and I've been turned into a cat. Please release me so I can try to turn myself back before it is too late.'

She had written it in clear English, and made a copy in right on Josh's laptop. But he didn't notice both. The only thing he remarked is that it was strange that Notepad was open, and that he didn't recall opening it, but didn't think much of it. He didn't even notice the piece of paper Dina had written, even after she tried to point it to him. Instead he just packed up his stuff to take with him to school.

It was just like with Mrs. Twombly, Dina remarked. Nobody could see for what she really was, namely the girl that got turned into a cat. But for them, she was just a normal cat with the name Dina.

Josh went to walk out of his bedroom but stopped at the door. He turned around and looked at Dina. "Well Dina," Josh said "It is bad weather out there today. I thought of letting you out now, but I don't think that is a good idea.

Dina looked outside. It was awful weather out there. It rained cats and dogs and there was a lot of wind. She saw the trees being bent by it.

"Maybe tomorrow, okay?" he said. He then left the room.

Dina wanted to protest. He wanted to let me go outdoors today?!

This was her chance to get outside, but the weather had made that option impossible.

She then realized something. Maybe I can just run out of the doorway when he opens it!

She ran downstairs, but to her shock she saw how Josh closed the door behind him and locked it. Dina was too late, and she knew it. She also couldn't wait for Josh's parents to open the door before they had already left the building.

Dina's chance to go outside and make herself normal again was gone, and she had only until midnight to make herself normal again. She felt herself getting discouraged more and more as the day dragged on. She yelled out to the outside, but nobody answered. She bashed herself against the glass of the windows but nothing happened except for herself getting hurt over it. She simply wasn't strong enough.

Dina then figured that, if she couldn't get to a high building or cliff to throw herself off, then she could perhaps use the large bookcase in the living room instead! Maybe that would suffice!

She climbed up the thing, which took some practice and getting used to. In the meantime she accidentally let a book fall down onto the floor. It wasn't damaged though. But Dina couldn't care less about that book. Herself becoming normal was her top priority!

After a while she reached the top of the bookcase. When she looked down, she noticed that she was quite high up. She gulped as she saw it. She shook her head, trying to get the fear out of her.

I have to face this if I'm to be myself again!

She knew she had to jump off it. She took a deep breath and jumped off it.

In a quick reaction her paws instinctively stretched out and landed on the floor with a thud. She blinked with her eyes. When she looked around, she realized that she was fine. Not even a scratch or bruise on her.

Oh, yes, right, she thought. I'm a cat. Cats are good at landing.

She knew that, unless if it was really high up, she had no hopes of getting a hard landing that would make her be herself again. And this was the highest spot in the house she could think of. Well, except the staircase that is, but she doubted that falling off a staircase with a lot of small falls would help her case. And as much as she wanted to be her old self, she didn't want the chance to injure or kill herself while doing so she wouldn't have reached her goal.

At this point Dina was utterly defeated. She went with her paws in her hair – or what was left of it.

"Oh… what am I to do?"

It was a relatively quiet day in the Pet Shop. It took a while before all the pets were dropped off. Due to the bad weather there were traffic jams all over Downtown City, and it thus took a while before everyone got at the Littlest Pet Shop. Russell of all pets was the last one to arrive, even though normally his owners would be the first to drop him off.

"So, are we going to do another rescue party today?" Vinnie asked. "Because this is the last day we have before the spell becomes permanent!"

Russell nodded. "Its bad weather out there, but we have to get through it! For Blythe!"

Zoe looked outside, shivering as she saw it. "That weather will make an absolute mess of my fur! …but I guess this is a sacrifice I have to make."

"Oh, come on!" an excited pink spider monkey exclaimed, "That is only part of the adventure! Eek!"

"Please, Russell, let me come as well," Sunil said, "if all fails, I don't want myself to think that I was the coward that did nothing!"

Russell nodded. "You can come along as well if you want to."

That made him think of something. "Wait. I need a team out there." he looked around the room. "Who's with me?"

All the pets enthusiastically shouted that they wanted to go along.

"Not all at once!" Russell said. He then pondered for a moment. "Okay; me, Sunil and Minka. Is that okay for everyone?"

"But…" Penny Ling said, "I want to do something as well!"

"I'm sorry Penny Ling," Russell said. "I want a small team for this. If we all go, then we'll be seen for sure. Besides, you guys have to bring livelihood here in the Pet Shop so Mrs. Twombly doesn't realize we're gone and starts looking for us."

"Oh, that makes sense," Penny Ling said. "Well, then I'll go ribbon dancing. Maybe doing so I can distract Mrs. Twombly long enough."

"That's the spirit!" Russell said. He then faced Sunil and Minka. "My guys, let's go!"

Russell walked towards the opening in the wall but botched against it. It wouldn't open.

"What?"

Minka and Sunil walked to the flap and pushed against it, but there was no way they could move it.

"Oh, sweeties, I'm afraid no one is going outside today!" they heard Mrs. Twombly say. They turned around and saw her with breakfast.

"It is very bad weather out there. I don't think your owners want you to get a cold out there!"

Mrs. Twombly put down the bowls and walked back out the door. "Ha, silly pets," she said. "I can't imagine what would be so important for them to get out in this weather!"

The pets all got eerily quiet and no one moved a muscle. Except for Vinnie that is, because he instantly went to his bowl and started eating.

The one to break the silence was Minka.

"So… no synthesis?"

Dina had waited for hours at the front door, waiting for a moment to make a run for it and escape. It was too bad for her though that Josh had decided to come through the back door. Josh then decided to take Dina with him to his room to make her more known with the music for tomorrow or so he explained.

Dina of course didn't really care for the band right now.

In the meantime did Josh's parents come home. Dina hoped that one or more of them would have to go out in the evening, like doing grocery shopping. The weather had cleared up, but it seemed like neither Josh nor his parents took this opportunity to go outside. They simply had no reason to do so.

Dina didn't eat or drink much, but still she had to go four times to the litter box. She felt herself losing her sanity and started to panic and run around the house, desperately looking for a way out.

"What has gotten into that cat?" Josh's mother mumbled.

At one point Josh had to do some extra practice, so he decided to get Dina into his room so he could calm her down from whatever was letting her freak out so much. Josh's father just figured it was just because Dina was a cat and therefore needed a few wild moments every now and then, but Josh wasn't so sure about that.

Dina did, however, calm a bit down when Josh started practicing. Josh didn't expect that reaction. Still, she was still stressed out by something even though Josh had no clue what it was. He decided to pick her up and started petting for a bit. Despite the almost inevitable situation that was going on, Dina did enjoy his company and the fact that he was there for her. If she had to be a cat, he was the best person in the world to be his owner. She felt accepted by him and his parents as well as his band. She curled up in his lap and slowly started purring.

She shook her head. No! I can't think like that!

After a while she decided to leave Josh's room, but she was less stressed out as she was before. Why this was she could not phantom.

Dina went downstairs and went into the living room. She saw on the large clock that it was past ten o'clock already. Josh should be going to bed right about now.

She didn't run anymore, but she was still walking around restlessly. Josh's parents didn't think much about it though.

It was around half past eleven that Josh's parents went to bed, and it became silent once more in the living room. That is when Dina knew that the cavalry would not be coming. The pets of course were picked up by their owners six hours ago.

There would be no cavalry, no rescue party.

Dina helplessly sat on the floor and watched how the clock went slowly from minute to minute. 23:40, 23:45, 23:50, 23:55.

Maybe there is a last-minute savior out there to get me and that I can become normal again at the last possible second like in all those movies?

The last seconds ticked by slowly.

And then it happened.

The clock ran for twelve o'clock. Dina heard it booming in her head.

It was over.

Dina blinked her eyes and looked around her as she took into account what had passed.

I am… too late?

No! No! This is so not good!

She walked around on the carpet and moved around with her paws. She knew what this meant. She shivered and then collapsed on the ground.

Dad… I'm so sorry…

A tear formed in her eyes.

Mom… I'm sorry…

Dina the cat slowly cried herself to sleep.