Felis Domesticus
By: Lynn Osburn
(DISCLAMER: Yeah!! Mozie is going to be a kitty cat!! Ohhhh it's going to be so adorable.)
Mozenrath landed on all fours, tail twitching in the air, nose sniffing at new scents he had been unable to smell as a human, and his eyes catching the slightest movement in the dirt. He poked about gingerly in the sand with his new pink nose as he caught sight of a mirror.
He saw his reflection, a sleek, muscular, black tomcat with bright greenish yellow eyes. ~Well atleast I'm a proper cat. Allah help me I thought I'd end up a disgustingly cute kitten.~ Mozenrath thought of this as some small consolation.
"Oh kitty!" Mozenrath jumped at the voice and turned to see two young women headed towards him.
~Oh shi..~ He gasped as one of them scooped him up and squeezed him, hard.
"Oh my isn't he just the handsomest kitty cat I've ever seen. Who's a pretty kitty?" The girl asked while squeezing his cheeks uncomfortably. "Who's the prettiest kitty ever?"
Mozenrath meowed pathetically. ~Let me go.please let go.~ He whined and pushed away, meowing out again.
"Maria why don't we take him home! We could just cuddle him all night!"
~No no no no no no no!~ Mozenrath whined and batted his claws against the lady holding him.
"Ow! He scratched me!"
Mozenrath suddenly looked at his out-stretched paw with the suddenly realization that there were claws attached. ~Yes.~ With a sudden angry hiss Mozenrath slashed out across the woman's cheek.
She screamed and dropped him. "Dirty little fleabag!" she yelled and grabbed a rotten piece of fruit from a stand, launching it at Mozenrath.
~Hey what happened to pretty little kitty?~ Mozenrath thought and skidded around the corner down an ally-way. ~Great now what do I do?"
"You go to the palace!"
Mozenrath meowed as he collided with a pair of bare feet. ~What the Hell?~ He looked up and groaned loudly. ~Oh no not you.~
Aladdin chuckled bent down. "Yes me. I was informed by an old friend of mine that you would be.spending some time at the palace. Turning over a new leaf as I hear." Obviously, the hero was amused by Mozenrath's predicament.
"And your to be my ward. How nice." Mozenrath jumped back in shock as he realized he was speaking with his mouth. "I can speak."
"Yeah. I can hear you, so can anyone I'm associated with. From Jasmine to Iago. But if you want to talk to anyone else, I'll have to be with you. Otherwise they'll just hear a bunch of meowing and hissing." Aladdin added. "Just a little precaution to make sure you don't go contacting any old associates for help."
"Well they just thought of everything didn't they." Mozenrath said sarcastically as he saw Aladdin's monkey hop down. "What are you looking at?" he snarled.
Abu snickered. "Aww petti ketti!" The monkey garbled out and patted Mozenrath's head. Does da ketti wanna ketti teat!"
Mozenrath snarled and slashed out at Abu, trying anything to get the monkeys tail in his claws. "You little ape! Get back here so I can shred the fez of yours!" he yelled as Abu climbed Aladdin's shoulders.
Aladdin patted his little friend until he calmed down. "Take it easy Mozenrath. Unless you'd rather stay at my hovel until this ordeal is over. I can promise you this isn't what I had planned to do for the next few years either." The ex-street rat began to walk away, turning around for Mozenrath to follow.
"I'm coming. Walking on four legs isn't as easy as it looks." Mozenrath shook out his paws and jogged along beside Aladdin.
"So, what did you do to get this racket?" Aladdin asked in as non-chalet a voice as he could.
"Saved a child." Mozenrath said and scoffed at the hero's surprised look. "I'm not incapable of heroics Aladdin. I just chose not to be like you. The eternal protagonist."
"And look where it got you. Stuck with fleas in your fur and pooping in a litter box until Allah knows when." Aladdin joked.
"Funny, I thought that was what 'you' did." Mozenrath jibbed.
Aladdin gritted his teeth and scratched Abu behind the ears. "Lets just try to get through this with as little confrontation as possible alright Mozenrath."
"Fine with me." Mozenrath said and was quiet for the rest of the walk to the palace.
The first person to greet them was the Sultan of Agrabah himself. The short, pudgy man had a look of utmost serious about him. "I still dislike this idea Aladdin. It is only out of your love for my daughter and your reputation as the savior of my city that I allow this." The Sultan looked down at the black cat. ".feline in my palace."
Aladdin gave a low bow. "I assure you Sultan, I'm not the only one keeping my eye on Mozenrath."
"We shall see." The Sultan gave the black cat that had once been one of Agrabah's greatest enemy's a dark look and continued down the hall.
"Aladdin." The princess Jasmine turned the corner and ran into her loves arms, kissing him warmly as they hugged each other close.
"Oh give me a break. Don't you two have a room to do this in?" Mozenrath scoffed and watched the princess glare at him.
"I see you found him." Jasmine swooped down faster than Mozenrath could react and grabbed the black cat by the scruff of his neck. "Know this Mozenrath, you are here strictly at the request of one of our dearest friends. One slip up, just one and I swear I'll throw you in the dog pound and set all the Dobermans free."
Mozenrath curved his back and nipped Jasmine's arm. "Point taken Princess. I don't want to end up in Lucifer's clutches. I have every intention of fulfilling this little quest of theirs." Mozenrath licked his fur and washed his paw. "In the mean time, I guess I'm stuck here."
"Well if it brings you any comfort, there's plenty of opportunity for good deeds in Agrabah." Jasmine sat down in a chair as Aladdin leaned against a wall. "Not a week goes by we don't have some monster or elemental or evil sorcerer trying to conquer or destroy us."
"Hold on now just one damn minuet!" Mozenrath stopped grooming himself. "I'm a cat now incase you haven't noticed. I can't exactly fire my gauntlet and pop goes the demon anymore."
"That reminds me!" Aladdin snapped his fingers an removed a collar from his fez.
"Oh no! You are NOT putting me in a collar. I may be temporarily living here Aladdin, but no one will ever say they OWNED Mozenrath." He hissed and made a low growl at the collar.
"I wouldn't own you if you were a pure gold statue with emeralds for eyes." Aladdin grabbed Mozenrath, fighting around his bites and claw slashes. "Will you cut it out! This is your gauntlet!"
"My what." Mozenrath stopped in shock just long enough for Aladdin to snap the thing onto him. Mozenrath looked down and noticed the swirling bluish black gem imbedded in the collar.
"Well not all of your gauntlet. Our friend removed about half of the powers from it. Things like the ability to mamluck people and turn them against us. But you can still blast things and make minor changes. I think he said you can still teleport places and disappear. Also, he made a small improvement."
"Such as?" Mozenrath said, pawing the gem in comfort.
"None of your body will turn to bone." Aladdin said and absentmindedly began to stroke Abu. "You'll remain and completely healthy cat until you finish your job."
"What about dieing.again. Will I be killed if say.I get chomped on by an Al- Muddie." He asked.
"I don't think so. I mean, that would negate the purpose of having you come back wouldn't it." Jasmine sipped a cup of pomegranate juice and relaxed.
Mozenrath sighed and shook himself off. "I guess that takes care of any immediate concerns." He hopped down off the couch and began to head out the door. "I think I'll go explore a bit. Get used to these surroundings. I didn't have much time to see this place properly when I was busy trying to destroy it."
"Umm, Mozenrath.just a few extra rules." Jasmine added in. "Don't go into Jafar's lab. Just because we have agreed to take you in doesn't mean we trust you entirely."
Mozenrath started to argue, but thought better of it. If Aladdin spoke the truth about the diminished powers of his, nothing in the old wizards lab would have been useful to him anyhow. "Very well, anything else you'd like to brief me on, like if I'm allowed to lick myself in public."
"I would think your so used to doing it in private an audience would bother you." Aladdin joked and Abu fell off his shoulder laughing.
~One day, when you least expect it, I will sneak into your bedroom and pee on your best vest.~ Mozenrath thought to himself and began to wander the halls of the palace.
By: Lynn Osburn
(DISCLAMER: Yeah!! Mozie is going to be a kitty cat!! Ohhhh it's going to be so adorable.)
Mozenrath landed on all fours, tail twitching in the air, nose sniffing at new scents he had been unable to smell as a human, and his eyes catching the slightest movement in the dirt. He poked about gingerly in the sand with his new pink nose as he caught sight of a mirror.
He saw his reflection, a sleek, muscular, black tomcat with bright greenish yellow eyes. ~Well atleast I'm a proper cat. Allah help me I thought I'd end up a disgustingly cute kitten.~ Mozenrath thought of this as some small consolation.
"Oh kitty!" Mozenrath jumped at the voice and turned to see two young women headed towards him.
~Oh shi..~ He gasped as one of them scooped him up and squeezed him, hard.
"Oh my isn't he just the handsomest kitty cat I've ever seen. Who's a pretty kitty?" The girl asked while squeezing his cheeks uncomfortably. "Who's the prettiest kitty ever?"
Mozenrath meowed pathetically. ~Let me go.please let go.~ He whined and pushed away, meowing out again.
"Maria why don't we take him home! We could just cuddle him all night!"
~No no no no no no no!~ Mozenrath whined and batted his claws against the lady holding him.
"Ow! He scratched me!"
Mozenrath suddenly looked at his out-stretched paw with the suddenly realization that there were claws attached. ~Yes.~ With a sudden angry hiss Mozenrath slashed out across the woman's cheek.
She screamed and dropped him. "Dirty little fleabag!" she yelled and grabbed a rotten piece of fruit from a stand, launching it at Mozenrath.
~Hey what happened to pretty little kitty?~ Mozenrath thought and skidded around the corner down an ally-way. ~Great now what do I do?"
"You go to the palace!"
Mozenrath meowed as he collided with a pair of bare feet. ~What the Hell?~ He looked up and groaned loudly. ~Oh no not you.~
Aladdin chuckled bent down. "Yes me. I was informed by an old friend of mine that you would be.spending some time at the palace. Turning over a new leaf as I hear." Obviously, the hero was amused by Mozenrath's predicament.
"And your to be my ward. How nice." Mozenrath jumped back in shock as he realized he was speaking with his mouth. "I can speak."
"Yeah. I can hear you, so can anyone I'm associated with. From Jasmine to Iago. But if you want to talk to anyone else, I'll have to be with you. Otherwise they'll just hear a bunch of meowing and hissing." Aladdin added. "Just a little precaution to make sure you don't go contacting any old associates for help."
"Well they just thought of everything didn't they." Mozenrath said sarcastically as he saw Aladdin's monkey hop down. "What are you looking at?" he snarled.
Abu snickered. "Aww petti ketti!" The monkey garbled out and patted Mozenrath's head. Does da ketti wanna ketti teat!"
Mozenrath snarled and slashed out at Abu, trying anything to get the monkeys tail in his claws. "You little ape! Get back here so I can shred the fez of yours!" he yelled as Abu climbed Aladdin's shoulders.
Aladdin patted his little friend until he calmed down. "Take it easy Mozenrath. Unless you'd rather stay at my hovel until this ordeal is over. I can promise you this isn't what I had planned to do for the next few years either." The ex-street rat began to walk away, turning around for Mozenrath to follow.
"I'm coming. Walking on four legs isn't as easy as it looks." Mozenrath shook out his paws and jogged along beside Aladdin.
"So, what did you do to get this racket?" Aladdin asked in as non-chalet a voice as he could.
"Saved a child." Mozenrath said and scoffed at the hero's surprised look. "I'm not incapable of heroics Aladdin. I just chose not to be like you. The eternal protagonist."
"And look where it got you. Stuck with fleas in your fur and pooping in a litter box until Allah knows when." Aladdin joked.
"Funny, I thought that was what 'you' did." Mozenrath jibbed.
Aladdin gritted his teeth and scratched Abu behind the ears. "Lets just try to get through this with as little confrontation as possible alright Mozenrath."
"Fine with me." Mozenrath said and was quiet for the rest of the walk to the palace.
The first person to greet them was the Sultan of Agrabah himself. The short, pudgy man had a look of utmost serious about him. "I still dislike this idea Aladdin. It is only out of your love for my daughter and your reputation as the savior of my city that I allow this." The Sultan looked down at the black cat. ".feline in my palace."
Aladdin gave a low bow. "I assure you Sultan, I'm not the only one keeping my eye on Mozenrath."
"We shall see." The Sultan gave the black cat that had once been one of Agrabah's greatest enemy's a dark look and continued down the hall.
"Aladdin." The princess Jasmine turned the corner and ran into her loves arms, kissing him warmly as they hugged each other close.
"Oh give me a break. Don't you two have a room to do this in?" Mozenrath scoffed and watched the princess glare at him.
"I see you found him." Jasmine swooped down faster than Mozenrath could react and grabbed the black cat by the scruff of his neck. "Know this Mozenrath, you are here strictly at the request of one of our dearest friends. One slip up, just one and I swear I'll throw you in the dog pound and set all the Dobermans free."
Mozenrath curved his back and nipped Jasmine's arm. "Point taken Princess. I don't want to end up in Lucifer's clutches. I have every intention of fulfilling this little quest of theirs." Mozenrath licked his fur and washed his paw. "In the mean time, I guess I'm stuck here."
"Well if it brings you any comfort, there's plenty of opportunity for good deeds in Agrabah." Jasmine sat down in a chair as Aladdin leaned against a wall. "Not a week goes by we don't have some monster or elemental or evil sorcerer trying to conquer or destroy us."
"Hold on now just one damn minuet!" Mozenrath stopped grooming himself. "I'm a cat now incase you haven't noticed. I can't exactly fire my gauntlet and pop goes the demon anymore."
"That reminds me!" Aladdin snapped his fingers an removed a collar from his fez.
"Oh no! You are NOT putting me in a collar. I may be temporarily living here Aladdin, but no one will ever say they OWNED Mozenrath." He hissed and made a low growl at the collar.
"I wouldn't own you if you were a pure gold statue with emeralds for eyes." Aladdin grabbed Mozenrath, fighting around his bites and claw slashes. "Will you cut it out! This is your gauntlet!"
"My what." Mozenrath stopped in shock just long enough for Aladdin to snap the thing onto him. Mozenrath looked down and noticed the swirling bluish black gem imbedded in the collar.
"Well not all of your gauntlet. Our friend removed about half of the powers from it. Things like the ability to mamluck people and turn them against us. But you can still blast things and make minor changes. I think he said you can still teleport places and disappear. Also, he made a small improvement."
"Such as?" Mozenrath said, pawing the gem in comfort.
"None of your body will turn to bone." Aladdin said and absentmindedly began to stroke Abu. "You'll remain and completely healthy cat until you finish your job."
"What about dieing.again. Will I be killed if say.I get chomped on by an Al- Muddie." He asked.
"I don't think so. I mean, that would negate the purpose of having you come back wouldn't it." Jasmine sipped a cup of pomegranate juice and relaxed.
Mozenrath sighed and shook himself off. "I guess that takes care of any immediate concerns." He hopped down off the couch and began to head out the door. "I think I'll go explore a bit. Get used to these surroundings. I didn't have much time to see this place properly when I was busy trying to destroy it."
"Umm, Mozenrath.just a few extra rules." Jasmine added in. "Don't go into Jafar's lab. Just because we have agreed to take you in doesn't mean we trust you entirely."
Mozenrath started to argue, but thought better of it. If Aladdin spoke the truth about the diminished powers of his, nothing in the old wizards lab would have been useful to him anyhow. "Very well, anything else you'd like to brief me on, like if I'm allowed to lick myself in public."
"I would think your so used to doing it in private an audience would bother you." Aladdin joked and Abu fell off his shoulder laughing.
~One day, when you least expect it, I will sneak into your bedroom and pee on your best vest.~ Mozenrath thought to himself and began to wander the halls of the palace.