Meryl's Dilemma

Hiya, It's me again with another chapter. This whole chapter is mostly devoted to Meryl and is in her POV, besides when it's with Serena. Ok.... here. we go!!..

When I awoke today, I found myself inside a cage, as if I was some kind of household pet. The funny thing is, when I tried to tell the man and boy standing next to my cage to let me out, all that came out was a "Meow, mew raawm meow, ksss" 'What the heck is going on? What's happened to my voice? All I can do is talk like a-a-A CAT! Ohhhh whoever did this to me is soooo going to pay; I'll make them regret ever laying their hands on me! Who dun it? Was it that boy, hey what the heck is he doing? Stop petting my tail!' "HISSS!!" the hairs on my tail bristled as I warned him not to touch me. And that other man just stood there laughing at my dilemma! 'Wait! I know that man!, he's the one who was in that tree, the one that's going to kidnap Lady Serena. I bet he did this to me. WHY I OUTTAA!!' "REWWWWWW!!" I pounded on the bars of the cage, glaring and hissing at the man who cursed me. Ohh he's going to regret it.

The boy stared at me in wonder, as if he was a man from the mystic moon. 'Humph I bet he is from the Mystic Moon, people from there have no manners what so ever, at least Hitomi and Serena learned not to stare THAT long, he's been watching me since who knows when. Moreover, that stupid man, just laughing his head off. GRR!, hmm but that boy is kinda cute. hey wait what the heck are you thinking?! This is defiantly not the time to be thinking about how cute your captor is!!' "She's beautiful, Ryuzaku, thank you soo much! I love her, she's the best pet yet!" The boy said to man. 'So the guys name is Ryuzaku huh? And who is that kid calling a pet! I'm not some domesticated cat, who wears a collar and performs tricks like a dog!'

The man named Ryuzaku replied, "Your Welcome, Prince Darien, I thought that you might like her. She's a very exotic creature, you don't see many like her anymore, most of them are dead." 'Hmmph that's what HE thinks, the only reason why people see so little cat people are because the people of my kingdom prefers to stay in their hidden kingdom, where they don't have to deal with @$$ holes like you!' I hissed at the man again. 'So the kid's name is Darien. and he's a prince... of where? Where the heck am I anyhow!! ERR this is so aggravating not being able to talk!' The boy-prince laughed when he heard and saw me hiss again, "Feisty little kitty aint she?" 'Who is HE calling a kitty?'

"Does she have to stay in the cage all day?" the boy asked 'ohh yes yes, let me outta this cage, then ill get my hands on you, you friggin pricks!' Ryuzaku replied with a no. "No, she can go out, as long as she has a collar on and a leash, make sure she cant reach you when tied up though because she's pretty rough." 'A leash?! No way!, there's no chance their getting me on a leash!' Next thing I know people are prodding at me through the cage, I try to scratch them and end up getting both my hands held, I try to struggle but there's to many people restraining me. 'Great, just great, now I'm stuck n a collar that wont come off unless you have a key. ohh and guess who has the key? Ding ding ding the PRINCE!' not only was I stuck in a leash, but they attached a chain to the leash as well, and the other end was hammered tightly into the window seal. So now I get to look out the window, and ohhh I can get about 3 feet away from the princes bed. After they had gotten the collar and leash on me, every one excluding Darien left. 'Goody. I'm stuck in a room with a prince, who thinks I'm some stupid animal that can only meow and adores me.' It was obvious the prince loved his new pet, he lay down on his bed, just staring at me, and tisking every time I hissed or tried to reach and scratch him.

~With Serena~

Serena desperately tried to calm Van down. She reassured him that Meryl was fine and that they would find her. It was now nearly sun down, they had realized that Meryl was gone when she didn't show up for lunch, and Meryl never misses lunch. 2 days passed, still no sign of Meryl, search parties were sent out, with absolutely no success. During the night that Meryl disappeared, Zaibok had attacked, making thing even more hectic for Van. Good thing it was only seven guymelifs that attacked. Van, Allen, and a few other soldiers were able to beat them back, and send the packing back to Zaibok. After those 2 days Van gave up, he couldn't keep sending men to look for Meryl, even if he desperately wanted to. The men needed to train, that minor attack was just the beginning, the attacks would get worse, ten fold.

~Mean while with Meryl~

Even though being reduced to a pet still sucked, after 2 days I finally gave up trying to escape, when I had a chance I would. At least they gave me decent food like a human. The prince was astonished when he realized I could use a fork and was even more astonished when I almost speared him with the knife. He didn't think a fork could ever be so deadly, if it hadn't been for Ryuzaku's sudden appearance and miraculous save, that prince would've been called one-eyed Dar from that moment on. Lets just say they don't trust me with anything but a spoon now. The prince did keep trying to get closer to me, and even tried to pet me. He has the nasty bite mark on his hand to prove it to. During the past 2 days, I did get to know him a little better. 'He's not all that bad, though I still don't trust him.' the closest ill let him get to me now is an inch from me, any closer and he gets the bite again. It seems that the kid doesn't get to go out much, and doesn't have any friends. 'Poor kid. not!' Therefore, he calls me his best friend now and talks to me, even if all I can reply with is a meow. I found out that he is the prince of Zaibok, and his half sister is Princess Rikana, the woman who announced war against Van and Fanelia. yeah that's going to make me trust him more.

'Oh man. what about Haruka and Michiru? Ruka will be soo PO'd when she finds out I'm gone!! Err... if she ever find me again, I'm so in for it. She'll kill me even before I get a chance to explain. I can see it already, she'll be mad that I didn't use my powers to defend myself, that I was captured by the enemy! Man is Van in for a surprise when those two pop up looking for me and I'm not there. the horror. hey! Who said you could touch me!!!' "HISSSS!" and CRUNCH, SLASH! 'I think I showed him.. That bite mark should last for a while and those scratches on his face. who know how long they'll stay and put him in pain'

TBC-

Yeah, yeah I know, short but I wanted to make a chapter completely devoted, well almost completely devoted to Meryl, and this is all I could think of right now. I hoped you enjoyed and please R and R!

Falconess