Note: I hope anyone who watches catscratch on nickalodeon minds me using it as a title for my next chapter.
Catscratch
O'Hara entered Jillian's quarters and found that she was not there. Tavy was asleep on her bed, purring as he dreamed a sweet dream. O'Hara approached the cat slowly. He had grown a lot since Jillian found him in that barn. O'Hara reached out slowly and stroked Tavy behind the ears. In aflash, Tavy's cotent purring turned to a threatening growl and he opened his eyes and slashed at O'Hara's hand. Three welts formed in his hand, and then began to bleed rapidly. Tavy continued to spit and growl, causing O'Hara to back out of the room clutching his bloody hand. About a minute after O'Hara disappeared, Jillian came in.
"Tavy what's wrong," she asked when she saw Tavy standing on her bed with an arched back and bared claws and fangs. She went slowly to her cat and reached out and stroked him. He began to pur loudly. Jillian sat down and Tavy jumped onto her lap.
"It was that O'Hara again wasn't it," she asked more to herself then the cat.
"Jillian," Cornwallis's voice echoed down the hall. He sounded angry. Jillian stood up and Tavy started growling again. She wrapped him lightly on the head," Knock it off you."
She went to her Uncle's quarters, and entered slowly," You called me Uncle."
"Yes I did," Cornwallis said," Would you care to explain to me why your cat slashed one of my officers?"
Jillian looked down at Tavy who meowed innocently at her.
"I didn't know he did," Jillian said," Honest I didn't."
"Jillian come sit down," Cornwallis said. She came in further and found Colonel Tavington sitting down as well, and O'Hara by the window having his hand wrapped. Jillian sat down next to Tavington.
"I heard about the events of last night and the things said by General O'Hara," Cornwallis said," I know what he said about you, and I know you are upset about it. That is no reason to train an animal to cut open and officers skin-"
"Train him," Jillian interrupted," I did nothing of the sort, and you of all people should know that."
"I can think of no other explaination to the way Tavy has acted," Cornwallis said," The only way he could have done something like that was if someone trained him to do it."
"Sir," Colonel Tavington said,"You wouldn't honestly think that the Lord Generalsniece would go andmake an animal do something likethat-"
"Colonel TavingtonI don't recall anyone asking your opinion," Cornwallis said," Now Jillian I am telling you right now,undowhat you have taught Tavy todo, or I will have him put down."
"You wouldn't dare," Jillian shouted," How can you believe this..this...powder faced fool over your own niece?"
She got up and ran from the room with Tavy in her arms.
"Jillian," Tavington called.
"Let her go," Cornwallis said," She'll get over it."