Cri tried to keep her mind off of the Notebook and hadn't touched it since when it told her to beware of Artemis. Instead, she had something new to keep her mind on. She had noticed Gemini one night looking a bit fat and lazy. This wasn't Gemini's normal way as she was normally thin and playful. Artemis seemed to have gotten closer to Gemini and now you would barely ever see them without one another.

One night after dinner, Meri and Cri came into the common room together. There were few people in the common room but most were reading or studying for the upcoming exams. "Meri, I can't find Gemini!" Cri told him. She went up to her dorm and when she opened the door her jaw dropped. Gemini sat on Cri's trunk, which was were her bed was, nursing eight tiny kittens. "Meri! MERI! Come HERE!" Cri screamed. "What is it.?" He answered but quickly found the answer to his question. Artemis was lying near Gemini. Some kittens where blue some black and some were bluish gray. Every single kitten had a white star somewhere. One had it on its forehead. One on its belly. One on its back. "Meri, get that book my dad gave you and try to find what Artemis is." Said Cri calmly. He opened his copy of Mysterious Magical Felines. Thirty minutes later, he finally found it. "Artemis is a Maxcan. It says,"

The Maxcan breed is one of the most mysterious magical feline species out there. The kittens are known to be given all sorts of powers, including flight, speech, transfiguration, invisibility, and some are even known for immortality. These felines are still being researched. No one is quite sure what all their powers are. Otherwise, this cat makes a wonderful pet, as they are very friendly.

"Flight, Speech?" Cri said. A large smile came to her face. "They are beautiful kittens aren't they? Lets go to Dumbledoor tomorrow. Good thing tomorrow is Saturday." Meri smiled and left the dorm.

The next morning, Cri got Gemini, the kittens, and Artemis packed up. Meri went with them and they headed for Dumbledoor's office. They said the password and entered.

"Professor Dumbledoor?" Meri called. "Yes?" His voice came from behind them. They turned and saw him. "We wanted to show you Gemini and Artemis' kittens." Said Cri. "Those are going to be hard ones to handle. Have you thought of names yet?" Dumbledoor asked. "No. We didn't know that Maxcans had so many magical powers." Said Meri. "Oh yes. We once had another student who's Maxcan had kittens. They all had the invisibility power. Not a pretty sight.." Dumbledoor laughed.

The weeks dragged and the kittens had stopped nursing. There where five females and three males. They named them; Tira, Luna, Aries, Pisces, and Ica for the females. Leo, Taurus, and Capricorn for the males.

Of all the kittens, Cri loved Ica and Luna the most; Meri on the other hand loved Pisces and Taurus. Meri and Cri decided they would keep those four and give the rest to students who wanted them. They gave Capricorn to Professor Dumbledoor; Tira to Isis; Aires to Professor Kolfero; and Leo to Hagrid.

It took a while to figure out what the kittens that they kept powers were. Ica could fly; Luna could talk; Pisces could transform; and Taurus was immortal. Dumbledoor informed them that Capricorn could fly. Tira could transform, Aires could talk, and Leo didn't seem to have any special powers.

Aires was always in class with Professor Kolfero. On a normal day, you would see Kolfero bend down to talk to her and you'd see her cat like mouth moving in speech.

Ica was the prettiest of all the kittens. Her fur was black like Artemis' and silky like Gemini's. Her star was on her forehead. She would fly around a room until someone would catch her. Luna was blue like Gemini and had long hair on her ears like Artemis. Her star was on her back. Luna loved to sing while watching Ica fly. Pisces was gray with long hair on his ears; he was thin like Gemini. You never really saw Pisces because he would sometimes turn into a dog or a toad. He had turned into an Owl once and Cri thought she had gotten mail. Taurus had long silky, black hair. His star was on his chest. He was the most serious and he most resembled his father.

Cri's mother had sent her new collars of red, black, and blue velvet with each of their names on it. Something still bothered Cri enough that she wasn't in total Euphoria. The Notebook. She hadn't touched it in over two months.