Making her way steadily back to the kitchen empty handed, the rest all turned to look at her.

"Well where is it? Where's the food?"

"He refused to give me anything. He said it wasn't time and that he has a strick routine."

The women turned to look between one another before giving it to her straight.

"You'll have to tell her."

If her skin could turn transparent, it would have done. All she could do was nod and head out.

oOo

"Sit, Kitten." Alcina pat the chair beside herself.

You took a seat beside her, looking to the table and all it's contents. The door breaks your attention as someone knocks before coming in.

"M-My L-Lady," the young woman stutters.

The three sisters look on with a grin on their face.

"Spit it out, child!" Alcina frowns.

She fiddles with her apron as she builds up the courage to tell her.

"I wasn't able to get you your meal," she tells her at last to then await her punishment.

"And why is that?" the Lady asks.

"I was told it wasn't the right time."

You can only look on in confusion. Alcina now stands and the maid shrinks a little more in her presence.

"I'm sorry," she blurts out.

Alcina just walks her back through the doorway, making sure she grabs a tray. You stand to follow her out too.

"Go stay with my daughters," she tells you. "I won't be long. "

"Alcina," you pine.

She rubs your head before pushing you back into the dining room.

"Sit little kitty," they call you over.

You don't want to sit though, you want to go with Alcina. You're curious as to why she won't let you follow her. Daniela takes your arm to lead you back to your chair. She then strokes your hair gently, but there's that nagging feeling in the back of your mind pushing you to go find Alcina. Something in you forced you to change and before you know it the world was growing in size.

"What just happened?" Cassandra panicked.

Daniela can only roll her eyes in response. "She's a shapeshifter."

As they now bent down to look for you, you were already gone and out through the gap in the door. This place was huge to a tiny little creature such as yourself. With your current demand, your body took matters into its own hands.

"We're never going to find a mouse in a castle this big! It's like searching for a needle in this place!"

Just as the three burst through the doorway, you had now changed into a puma.

"She's there!"

The three all tried desperately to get out, but ended up colliding with each other, landing as a pile on the floor.

"You two are useless, get off!"

Once they were sorted they followed you on, only to not find you once again.

"What if she turns into a bug?"

"Then don't step on her."

"Why didn't I ever think of that?"

"Because you don't think!"

"I was being sarcastic!"

"You two just shut up and search!"

The three searched high and low, looking for someone that could be anything or anyone.

"You know she could become one of us, right?"

"She wouldn't get very far. She has the intelligence of... You know what, you're perfectly right she could be one of you."

"You're just being sore again."

"Girls!"

The three stopped to look down on their mother, who in fact was holding a wild cat by the scruff of the neck.

"Well at least you found her," Cassandra grinned as they all hurried downstairs.

"What happened?" she asked while looking to the animal dangling in her grip.

"She wandered off to find you," Daniela sighed just as you transformed into a kitten once again to then crawl up Alcina's arm to settle on her shoulder.

Her hand came up to scoop you off to place you on the floor instead.

"Be yourself," she pointed at you.

You meowed at her before changing back into yourself once again.

"Well now that's out of the way, I can continue your training. But first you'll have to dress again."

She headed back into the dining room and sat down. Everyone following on after her. Soon the maids arrived and plates of fresh liver and heart were placed upon the table. You look down on it, raring to get your teeth sunk into your meal. Just as soon as you raised your hands to the plate, they were slapped. You looked to her with a sad expression, wondering what you'd done wrong now.

"Cutlery, my kitten."

She picked hers up and started to cut into the organ on your plate. The three sisters cut into theirs with haste. Alcina was taking her time to aid you first.

"Now you try," she nodded to the plate.

Looking to those things on either side of your plate you took them up in your hands, looking over at Alcina showed you exactly how to use them.

"Good, very good." She smiled. "But try to hold them like this."

She stood to come stand at the back of you, taking your hands in hers. You couldn't help but look up at her.

"You'll not learn by looking at me," she told you while nodding to the plate.

You lower your gaze and watch intently as she teachers you to cut your meat before she brought it to your mouth. You instantly bite down on the fork before slipping the meat off it to then chew on. You haven't had this kind of thing in sometime.

"Good?" Bela asks while tearing into a heart as she now held it in her hands.

"A mother can teach her children only so much before they go back to being primitive."

You want to copy her, but Alcina has taught you to be proper.

"Do as you will," she sighs as she pets you on the head to then sit herself back down to eat.

You take the heart in your hands and tear into it with a smile, but then you notice Alcina eating with her knife and fork.

"Cutlery is proper," you now say as you put the heart back on the plate to then take up the knife and fork.

Alcina smiles at you proudly as you cut your meat up good and proper. After dinner was over, she dabs at the side of her lips with her handkerchief. Looking to you she could clearly see you were shaping up to be as messy as her daughters, though at least you were trying.

"Let me clean your mouth, Kitten."

You watch as she takes your handkerchief to wipe your mouth clean again. You don't understand why her daughters get away with it though. Standing you headed out with the others.

"What should we do, dear sisters?"

"I know what I'd like to do, but I've not had a good man in sometime." Daniela smiles while licking her lips.

"Man blood is the best when they're scared to death," Cassandra adds.

"All the good ones have been chosen for Heisenberg to become those slobbering mindless beasts," Bela frowns.

Alcina who's been looking out the window as her daughters talked, decided to now bring up an idea for them all.

"The sun's low, why don't you play out in the gardens for a while."

"I suppose," Cassandra shrugged.

"Come with us, Kitten."

You'd been sat listening to their conversation, taking all in but understanding nothing of it. Maybe outside would be good. You follow two of them outside, leaving one of the girls to stay with her mother.

"We could climb a tree, or maybe find something to play with?"

Cassandra was straight for the large tree that stood to the right side of the gardens.

"Let's see how far you get," she smiled as she transformed into a swarm to now sit upon the nearest to highest branch.

Knowing you wanted to join her high in the tree you felt your body shape and shift. This time you took the form of a panther. You could hug the tree perfectly with your claws, and pretty soon you were now joining her. You then laid yourself upon it as Cassandra stroked you. Bela took to the branch opposite, sitting one below you.

"She's starting to get quite used to her power," Alcina smiled as Daniela came to stand beside her.

"Then she'll come in handy?" Daniela asked.

Alcina shook her head with a sigh. "No, she's part of the family now."

Daniela couldn't help but smile as Alcina pulled her close to her in a hug.

"She's a part of me," she told her.

Daniela couldn't help but wonder what it would actually be like to fall for someone as her mother had.

"Is it love, mother?" she asked curiously.

Alcina shrugged. "Possibly down the line if I can bring out the true part of her again."

"What's it like?"

"Well for starters there's all kinds of love. The one I feel for you three is motherly, the one for our kitten may be something more."

"The one of kissing and love making and..." She trailed off not wanting to go further in detail. "But don't they always say a lady has to marry a man? That's what my parents wanted to force me into."

"That is something else, you can love whoever. Man or woman, and no I have not felt the need of any man in my life."

"I was happy to have been one of your chosen ones. The only man I will ever have is to feast upon."

"Then we shall have to wait for our new victim to cross our path," she smiled as she hugged Daniela closer as they both listened to the three still playing outside.

oOo

"You'll fall!"

"She's perfectly fine!"

"It wasn't her I was thinking about, it was you!"

"Oh!" was the last thing Bela said before the branch gave way.

The next thing to be heard was laughing before they all ran back inside.

"Enjoy yourselves?" Alcina asked as Daniela lay with her head upon her mother's lap, snoozing soundlessly.

"Yes, mother." Cassandra replied with a giggle as you looked positively dreadful.

Alcina turned around to see you were covered from head to toe in mud.

"Naughty kitten, you'll need a bath before you climb in bed with me."

She awoke Daniela, who groaned but stood up to walk off. She had more interesting things to do anyway.

"Well, let's take a look at you."

You watched as she stood in front of you, hands coming to rest on her hips.

"What a filthy little kitten you are. Come with me I'll run a bath."

You follow her on up the stairs and over to the bathroom. You watch as she runs the bath for you, knowing you'd perhaps like it warm.

"Strip," she says as she takes hold of your dress to pull it up and over your head.

You then slip out of your underwear as she tends to the bath. There's no feeling awkward as you really didn't care before and it's all nothing she hasn't seen already.

"Waters ready," she tells you.

You step closer and climb over the edge, with a little help from Alcina. Once in the tub you sink down into the water. You splash her by accident and she smiles, giving you the chance to play a little with her. Which results in you half soaking her dress.

"Alright I think it's about time I started cleaning you so that I can get out of this wet dress."

She scrubbed the dirt from your skin, though not too hard. Once you were clean, she helped you out to the dry you off on a towel.

"Clean for bed," you smile at her.

"You're getting quite the hang of it, aren't you kitten." She said proudly as she massaged her fingers through your wet hair.

"Make Alcina proud," you say in response. "She likes that."