It was late afternoon and Sabriel sat in the palace gardens playing happily with Ellimere. The garden was littered with tiny rainbow painted flowers and ivy crept up the walls of the ancient trellis. Touchstone quickly walled through the garden, carrying a moving bundle of whiteness. He hurried himself when he saw Sabriel and the white bundle jumped on to the mat in front of her. Sabriel leaned forward to see what it was but quickly leaned back as her hand touched the familiar markings of the red collar that bond the Abhorsen's servant.
"Mogget?" She asked as a pair of emerald eyes looked up at her.
"Yes I found him in the kitchen pilfering fish." Touchstone said, "He came as quite a surprise."
Mogget sat up and licked his paw. "I see you've been multiplying since I left." Mogget said glancing over at Ellimere who was trying to make her way over to the white cat.
"Ellimere!" Touchstone said as he sat down and picked her up.
Mogget just sat where he was taking no notice just trying to clean himself like a normal cat, unlike the free magic being he actually was.
"How did you find your way here?" Sabriel said surprised to see the cat so far from the well-protected Abhorsen's house.
"Well I woke up so something must be wrong. Your useless sending wouldn't tell me a thing so I came here hoping you at least would be able to tell me something about the reason I woke up from my nice sleep."
"All you ever do is sleep." Muttered Touchstone.
Mogget sank to his belly as Touchstone looked over at Sabriel wondering what the cat was talking about, but Sabriel looked as mystified as he did.
"Mogget, we don't know what's going on ourselves yet."
But her words never reached Mogget's ears as Ranna had seized control over the cat calling it to sleep.
Touchstone shock his head at the lazy cat put down the screaming Ellimere knowing that Mogget was going to wake any time soon.
Sabriel just sat there deep in thought. What is going on? She asked her self. It must be big for Mogget to come. She was shaken from her thoughts as a small hand tugged on her arm.
"There's not much chance that you may know what's going on then?" she teased her baby handing her a toy doll.
"I see you're as clueless as me then." Touchstone said
Sabriel just nodded. "I had no idea something was going on till Mogget showed up out of the blue."
"It looks like something is going to happen sometime." Touchstone sighed, "I just hope not too soon."
Sabriel nodded again, "I guess we don't know till it happens." Picking up the screaming Ellimere. "It looks like someone is tired." She said getting to her feet. "Maybe I better put some one to bed."
"I think you might have to" Touchstone said picking up stray toys that were scattered over the grassy area. "And I think I might join you before it rains." He said looking up at the grey clouds, which were wrapping themselves the sun. "I don't want to get wet." He said getting to his feet, holding an armful of toys.
Both Sabriel and Touchstone chuckled as a small ringing white blur ran past them in to the dry safety of the palace. Sabriel who had a sleepy Ellimere followed him as the first few raindrops land, splashing the ground.
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A/N: Yay! Another chapter done and I've nearly finished the next one. If I hadn't have left it in my locker I could finish it. Oh well I shall just have to finish it off in class again lol. I thought I'd bring Mogget back; it doesn't seem the same with out him.