Possibly Even More Cats.
Greece wasn't surprised to see her mother carrying a cat carrier when she arrived to visit, she knew her parents had taken over looking after her kitten whilst she was away and probably planned to bring it when they found out the hotel was letting her keep the other cats. As soon as she opened the carrier the tiny animal came out and made itself comfortable perched on her head.
"Sas ef̱charistó̱ , mamá." (Thank you, Mama.) She whispered as she reached up to scratch it between the ears.
"Kanéna próvli̱ma." (No problem) Her mother replied smiling at the sight, "Pó̱s ta pernás ? Tha exetásoume kalýtera apó ó, ti kánate prin." (How've you been? You look better than you did before.)
"Koimámai kalýtera , écho̱ éna fílo , den xéro̱ ti eínai, eínai gýro̱ ti̱s kánei chalarí̱ , af̱tí̱ eínai o̱raía kai mou epitrépei na meíno̱ mazí ti̱s ó̱ste na boró̱ na koimi̱thó̱." (I've been sleeping better, I have a friend, I don't know what it is, being around her makes me relaxed, she's nice and lets me stay with her so I can sleep.) The pair left the hotel, cats following, to go and find somewhere to eat.
"Akoúgetai san na páne kalá." (Sounds like you get on well.) They turned to go through a park.
"Emeís kánoume , af̱tí̱ eínai filikó kai ev̱genikó den boró̱ na voi̱thí̱sei, allá aisthánomai ef̱tychí̱s gýro̱ ti̱s . Allá merikés forés nomízo̱ óti Eínai monachikós kai af̱tó me kánei na lypi̱ménos pou den prépei na eínai mónos." (We do, she's friendly and polite I can't help but feel happy around her. But sometimes I think She's lonely and that makes me sad she shouldn't be lonely.)
"Mí̱po̱s sou arései o̱s káti perissótero apó éna fílo?" (Do you like her as more than a friend?) Greece wasn't surprised by the question her mother had always been perceptive, she paused for a moment before answering,
"Nai , nomízo̱ óti káno̱." (Yes, I think I do.)
"Mí̱po̱s xérei?" (Does she know?)
"óchi." (No)
"Tha ti̱s po̱?" (Will you tell her?)
"Kápoia méra , íso̱s , óchi akóma." (Someday, maybe, not yet.) Her mother seemed satistied with her answer and the pair continued to walk and chat.
As the pair walked Greece spotted more and more cats of varying types and colours joining the group already following her. Some were even pure-breds of types you never see as strays, one particularly peculiar cat even had a little yellow bird on its head.
Everywhere the pair walked cats continued to join the ever expanding group and Greece was beginning to wonder how she would explain it to the hotel, she was sure that she was already pushing the limits of their understanding as it was.
By the time Greece and her mother started to head back to the hotel Greece was certain there wasn't a single cat left in the city that wasn't following her. As they entered the hotel Greece braced herself to explain the sheer number of cats following her to reception.
Only for them all to run off.
The moment she stepped through the hotel doors the majority of the new cats shot off in different directions of the hotel. The occasional one stopped in front of a passing Nation but most disappeared as if searching for something. Watching in disbelief as they all steadily vanished Greece felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Faínetai po̱s den í̱tan graftó gia sas," (Lokks like they weren't meant for you,) Her mother whispered with a smile, "Ypothéto̱ óti kápoios skéfti̱ke ta Éthni̱ pou chreiázontai syntrófous." (I guess someone thought the Nations needed companions.) Greece only nodded in response wondering if things were ever going to stop being strange.
