Description: Book 1: Of Friendship and Lessons from Kitten's POV

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. Everything belongs to Tamora Pierce.

Author's Note: Alright, this was a bit of silliness I decided to write because I wondered what it would be like to read the books from Kitten's perspective. I am not re-writing them again, but I thought some fun snippets alongside my books might amuse you.

If Kitten's voice sounds a bit like an intelligent three-year-old, then that's because I used my own daughter for inspiration.

Chapter 1

My Mama is dead. I felt her die. She left me alone up here where the bad humans will not find me. My name is Skysong and I am the daughter of Flamewing. I am waiting for my new Mama to come. Her name is Veralidaine Sarrasri. Mama left me her name and an image of her face so I would know my new Mama when I see her. I wish she would come soon. I am hungry.

I am sat on my new Mama's lap surrounded by a lot of humans. One of them gives me a bottle full of white liquid to drink. It isn't food but it's warm and it tastes nice. I do not know any of these humans, but they make a lot of happy noises while they are looking at me. Mama seems to like them so maybe I will too.

They will not give me food! No matter how loudly I screech the humans only bring me the white liquid. I am hungry and I want food! Mama is sad that I won't drink the white liquid and I don't want to make Mama sad. I don't know how to tell her that I'm hungry.

A tall man – a very tall man has brought me food. I like this man; he has a nice voice and he brought me food. The man calls me sweetheart. I like this name, but I do not know his name. He stays with me all night giving me food and singing to me with his soothing voice. When Mama comes in the morning the man tells her about the food. Now the other humans feed me things I can eat not just the white liquid.

The man is called Numair Salmalín. I like this man very much. He spends a lot of time with Mama and me. He is very smart and is teaching Mama all about animals. I like to listen too. I will learn a lot from this man. He is smart like a dragon and reads from books and scrolls.

At night I stay with Numair. He feeds me when I am hungry while Mama sleeps. I think he might be my Papa, but my real Mama did not give me his name or face. He has magic so I think he must be part dragon. He makes little balls of light for me to play with and reads to me from his books. I hope this man is my Papa. Mama certainly likes him a lot.

I have a new name, Kitten. Princess Kally gave it to me and now everyone, except Papa, calls me Kitten. Papa still calls me Skysong or sweetheart and he has a different name for Mama too. He calls Mama magelet. I don't know what it means but Papa is the only one who uses it so it must be a private name.

The first few months of my life I spent in Pirate's Swoop. It is next to the sea, but Mama does not live there. Papa has a tower nearby which he took Mama and me to visit. There are lots of rooms I want to explore but Mama won't take me to see them. As soon as I can walk by myself, I will explore everywhere!

We are now in a place called Corus with a big stone castle and many humans. There are even more places to explore but Mama keeps me in the stables with the horses.

I don't like Mama's horse, Cloud. She tried to bite me, and she isn't very nice. Cloud won't let me ride on her because she says my claws are too sharp and I will scratch her. Papa's horse, Spots, is much nicer. He says I may ride him if I will sit on a saddle.

Mama and Papa do not sleep in the same room, and they sleep very far apart! Mama sleeps in the stables near the horses and Papa has rooms in the castle but we see Papa everyday when he comes to teach us lessons.

I can walk! It's too far to walk between Mama and Papa's rooms but now I can finally explore! The stables are boring. There is only hay and horse poo, but I did find some apples. I shared the apples with Cloud and Spots. Cloud likes me better now, but she still says I cannot ride her. Papa's rooms are far more interesting. There are lots of magical items to play with even though Papa keeps telling me to be careful.

Mama and Papa are angry, and I am hiding. I ate a bad thing, something called myrrh. It tasted interesting but now I can't stop burping.

I have been burping smoke for days. Mama and Papa think it's very funny and aren't angry anymore. Papa put a box in his rooms filled with things I can play with. Mama apologised for shouting and scaring me, but she said I scared her by eating something strange. But, if I don't try it, how do I know if something will taste good or not?

I have decided not to eat myrrh again. I do not like that I can't stop burping. Papa said it will teach me a lesson, but I don't know what that lesson is…