Part 2

How dare he call her Snowflake! What utter humiliation! She thought angrily as she chewed on her tuna.

If it hadn't been for the good food Neko-sensei always provided for her she would have left ages ago!

Snowflake, indeed!

Still, a part of her prodded, he wasn't as bad as she had though he was. Thinking back to the day, several months ago there really wasn't anything he had ever done to give her reason to complain. He was a complete gentleman most of the time, and he treated her exactly as he had said that he would.

As a friend.

It was surprising, how easy it would be to become attached to him if she dared allow herself. He had been such a kind master.

He calls you Snowflake. He calls you Snowflake. She reminded herself.

That fact alone was enough to make her furious with him. However, it was getting harder and harder to be angry with him, she had told herself many times that she wanted to never be here, that she wanted to leave. Something inside of her kept her from doing it.

Oh, he was every bit as pathetic as she had pictured him all those months ago, but now, it seemed almost sweet to her.

She stared at the other end of the kitchen, thinking about the situation. It was all right to be loyal to a person who gave you food right? Even if he was weird…

Weird… what a funny word…

Cecilia had come to apply that word to him quite a while back, but as time had passed while she was under his care that word had somehow began to take on a new meaning to her. It didn't feel quite as harsh as it had before.

"Snowflake, I'm home!"

What a stupid name. She grumbled to herself. My name is Cecilia, and if only I could talk to you I'd make sure you knew it!

Neko-sensei leaned over and gently patted her on her head, "And how are you… AHHH!"

He began to rake furiously at his throat. It was as though he couldn't breathe at all. Cecilia was worried. She had never seen him behave in such a manner, what was going on?

That's when she saw it. Black feathers began to grow out of his fur, and his face began to reshape itself in the form of a beak.

"Snow… ka! Ka!"

Why? He had transformed into a raven! What was going on? That's when the first pangs hit her. It felt as though her whole body was on fire, and there was nothing to save her. Cecilia watched as black feathers began to grow from under her white fur, and the pain her face reshaping itself was too much to bear. Her knees collapsed out from under her as she slipped into unconsciousness.

Cecilia was a raven.

Neko-sensei was a raven.

Nothing made sense to her anymore. After all she was just a lonely house cat. It felt like a dream as she attacked the small yellow duck that was dancing. She couldn't control her body as she slammed the small bird again and again into the pavement. All the anger and resentment that she felt was boiling up inside of her as she kept attacking the small bird.

For a moment she wondered if it would be okay to eat it… That was when her eyes fell on Neko-sensei. He danced across from her. They were attacking the small yellow duck in unison and as she watched him, and he her. The two of them could feel something begin to change within them.

That was when they noticed that the small beaten duck had begun to glow.

That light, it was so pure it made her feel warm inside. Somehow her interest in the bird won out and her body stopped moving and only watched.

Her dance wasn't beautiful, but it was so warm. She felt like she could watch it forever.

It felt nothing like the way that Neko-sensei danced when he practiced every Sunday all those months ago and she would watch just because she was there. This was different. It felt warm to her.

Hopeful.

The small ducks dance wasn't boring to her at all. It reflected everything to her, and it made her think back to those days when she had been alone in the world. Those days before Neko-sensei had taken her into his home as his pet.

That feeling of hope made her realize the reason that she stayed.

Sure she hated being called Snowflake. What respectable cat wouldn't, but Neko-sensei had always been there for her during those months.

Perhaps had she… had she grown to perhaps… l…l…. love him a little bit. That thought scared her more than anything. Was it possible?

Her eyes met Neko-sensei on the other side of the circle, and she wondered what the light showed for him?

"And now in the name of…."

The words could barely be heard on the ground, but the ravens knew things were ending. The explosion echoed through the village of Kinkan, and all the animals and people began to transform back into their normal shapes.

Cecilia felt her heart breaking. It was true. A part of her deep down knew it was true that she loved Neko-sensei, but she would always just be his pet.

She watched as he transformed back into his normal body. If cats could cry she would be weeping.

She turned away from her master. She didn't want him to see the expression on her face, and she began to walk away

"Meow!" Snowflake!

That voice it wasn't right.

She hissed back at him. Leave me alone! That was when a thought hit her that was in the language of cats.

She looked back over her shoulder and that was when she saw what had happened.

All the creatures that had been half human and half animal had been split into two creatures.

A part of her didn't understand what was going on but another part of her felt as though something evil had been broken. Had there… could there have been a curse on her town? She thought back on the shapes they had been in mere moments before, and her feline intuition told her that had to be it.

"My name's NOT SNOWFLAKE!" She half screamed half sobbed at him.

Had god actually given her a chance? At first she had despised him, but after months her heart yearned to be with him.

The smiling purple cat didn't even try to dodge as the white cat came flying into him. It was the closest a cat could come to a loving embrace.