I know, I know. It's been a while since my last update. I'm a pretty busy person for somebody with no life...then again, it could be that I've been either glued to Sword of Mana all day or that I've been wrapped up in a book one of my friends lent me that I promised I'd return to her before spring break. Anyways, the story's updated now and that's all that matters.

Disclaimer: I own Talon, Kit, and the cat creature community, nobody else. Got it? Good.

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Chapter 7: Copycat Kitten

Jared slumped against the car seat. He, Simon, and Mallory had all protested against leaving Kit and Talon alone in their house with just Aunt Lucinda there to keep and eye on them. She was waaay too old to fend off a mad ogre by herself, even with Kit and Talon fighting as well. Thimbletake was no help either; it wouldn't take much effort for Mulgarath to bring the poor brownie to his knees. Hogsqueal for certain was no help at all. The only thing he was good for was slinging insults. But their mother had insisted that they go shopping together instead of spending another week stuffed up in doors.

"What's with the sour expressions, you three?" their mother asked as she pulled out of the grocery store parking lot.

"We can't just leave them alone there. Mulgarath could come looking for the guide and when he doesn't find it, he could do who knows what to them!" Simon complained.

"I just have one more stop to make and then we can go home," she said, turning onto the main road.

"Fine," Mallory grumbled. Over the past few days that Talon and Kit had stayed at their house, Mallory had become close friends with Kit, treating the cat creature as though she was just another human. That's kinda how they all felt about their furry friends.

Jared looked out the window of the back seat. His eyes widened. "Kit?" He couldn't believe what he was seeing, the snow white human-cat crossbreed was standing in an alleyway, her amber eyes watching them pass carefully.

"Where?" Mallory asked, nearly crushing her brothers to see out the window. "I don't see her."

"She was just in that alley way. I swear I saw her with my own eyes."

"She's not there now," Mallory replied, slumping back into her seat, much to Simon's great relief for he had been crushed more than his twin.

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When they finally returned home, they found Kit waiting at the front door for them. "'Bout time you got back. Talon's no fun anymore." She smiled warmly at him.

Talon snorted as he came down the stairs. "It not my fault that this place isn't as vast as the forests we once roamed in, Kitten."

"Don't use my full name! You sound like my parents!" she snapped at him.

Talon rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

"Kit, were you…at all…outside the estate today?" Jared asked.

She looked at him oddly. "No. I've been here all day, all week to be exact."

"You're sure?"

She nodded. "You can even ask your aunt."

"That's odd." Jared pondered the possibility that she could be lying, but then again, Talon would've been with her to keep her out of trouble…and to try and drag her back to the safety of the house.

"What's odd?" Talon asked.

"It's just that we saw Kit out in an alley when we were in the city," Simon answered.

"That's impossible. I was with Kit all day and not once did we leave the house."

"But I saw you-"

Mallory cut her brother off, "We can argue about this until the end of time and then some and it's not going to clear anything up."

Four beings sighed.

"You're right."

"But then, who was that out in the city?" Talon asked.

"Most likely Mulgarath, let's keep our eyes peeled. He could've followed us back," Jared replied.

"Right."

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"I'll be back in a little while," Mallory called. She was going out with a couple of her friends from the fencing team, despite her brothers protests that with Mulgarath running loose it wouldn't be wise.

"'Bye, Mallory," Kit called from the top of the stairs. It made sense that her full name was Kit. She was very kitten-like and a tad childish.

"I'll be back later." Mallory opened the front door and walked towards the gates where a car had pulled up. Getting in, she watched as the estate slowly vanished from view. She saw a snow white figure sitting on a tree branch that dangled over the street as they just entered the city. Kit? Impossible! I saw her just five minutes ago. On foot she wouldn't have been able to catch up with us.

The so-called Kit grinned and vanished behind a wall as the car passed.

Mallory shook her head. I must have been imagining things, Kit's at home.

"Everything alright back there?" A blonde girl in the front seat asked Mallory.

"Yeah, fine."

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When the car with Mallory in it was no longer in view, she laughed as her small form changed into that of a mighty creature. "Soon, very soon, I'll have the guide." Mulgarath cackled.

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I don't think this chapter's all that great. Ah well, there's not much I can do about that (Besides trying to break the habit of staying up really late at night so I can't focus the next morning.

Ghost in the Mirror: No duh you're an inspiration! You've been an inspiration to me almost all my life! I told my sis an' she didn't get why you thought what she did for me was a good thing until I told her that she could've taken the money and used it on herself. After telling her that, I don't think I'm gonna trust her with my money anymore! XD

Miss Pookamonga: Thank you. I did a count and including your story and mine, There are four SC stories total, that more than when I first posted mine.

Now then, Spring break begins tomorrow, yay!