Bright sunlight shone into the bedroom. It was morning already. Slowly and reluctantly, Kristen opened her sleepy eyes. 'Huh! Morning already. Time passes so fast! Last night seemed to be just an hour ago!' She got up and went to wash up at the bathroom. The bathroom was very dirty. The basin was very dusty and the shower looked as if it wasn't been used for ages. Cobwebs hung everywhere. The mirror above the basin was dirty too. Kristen couldn't look at herself properly at it.

She opened the tap and a splash of black dirty water came rushing out.

" AHHH! What the heck! The water is sooo dirty! I can't believe I will bathing in this for 3 weeks!"

" It will be okay after a while. Don't worry."

Kristen jumped. She turned round to see who was behind. A black cat stood at the door. It had a red collar with a tiny bell hung in the middle and it had green eyes. It was SMILING at her. Kristen was totally dumbfounded. A cat, speaking English to her.

" Who-who-are-are-you? You-can-can-talk-talk?" Kristen stammered. She was trying her best not to scream and keeping calm.

" You might've not seen me before but I know that you and you parents come here every year. I know that you hate your granny and I know that you've come here to stay for 3 weeks. Actually, I am Mrs. Greenlock's pet cat. I don't like visitors so I will hide in one of these rooms whenever your family comes. I can speak your language because I am not your ordinary house cat. I am a witches cat. My name is 'Sly-eyes'."

Kristen was shocked.

" You mean my grandma is ..a WITCH? Are you kidding ? My grandma couldn't be a witch. She doesn't look like one and she doesn't act like one."

" Ahh. you are wrong. She acts like a witch and looks like a witch. Only that she turns into one when at night. She doesn't want people to know that she's a witch so she only transforms at night. She is a very great witch. She once was the head of the witches society. But, because of her age now, she has retired. Mrs. Greenlocks is a very nice and kind lady. She treats me really well as I am her only companion."

" NICE? Didn't you how she treated us last time whenever we visited her? She was angry at everything me and my parents did. Her character changed only yesterday. She treated me really well last night. '' Kirsten was half amused and half scared talking to a cat.

" She only became really bad when she tried to invent a new spell for me. I had a very strange illness many years back. I began throwing up blood every minute and tiny red spots began growing all over my body. Mrs. Greenlocks was very heartbroken as I was in a very bad state. She went up to the magic library to search for books, hoping to find cure. But even the book of healing spells didn't have such illness. She was devastated so she decided to invent her own. She tried and used my different ingredients but they were not helping. In fact my health deteriorated. Mrs. Greenlocks was really frustrated and worried at the same time. Then, after 4 years of trying, she decided to give up. But inside, she wanted to help me and continue working. She became very stressed and became easily angered. That explains her bad temper and character. When I saw that her temper became from bad to worse, I decided to talk to her. After which, she then became less angry and more happy. Although my illness has improved a bit and most of the red spots have disappeared, it is still not good. I vomit blood sometimes."

.So her grandma wasn't that bad at all. She was helping her pet cat all along. Kristen felt sorry for the cat, she wanted to help it but she didn't know what to do. After washing up, Kristen and Sly-eyes went to the kitchen to have breakfast. Her grandma was already there. She had prepared breakfast for Kristen and Sly-eyes.

" So you've met my cat. Did you two have a nice chat? Hope you did. Sly- eyes is a very talkative cat. Come here Sly-eyes, have your milk. And you too Kristen. Come and have your breakfast." Sly-eyes purred and went over to stroke her mistress leg and she stroked his black furry head. Kristen smiled when she saw how loving her grandma was to her pet.