Chapter 8:
To The Music Store!
"I can't go any farther," Kitty mewed helplessly.
"Quit complaining Kitty, why don't you just fly?" meowed Talltail then, looking at the cat's undersized wings, he began to wonder if she would even could fly.'
"Well, F.Y.I. These wings are a bit heavy, considering their size, and that I'm not used to having them. Why don't I let you experience this firsthand Talltail?" Kitty flicked her tail in Talltail's general direction and a pair of wings identical to Kitty's appeared on Talltail. With a loud thump Talltail fell to the faded tile of the mall floor.
"Okay…you win!" Talltail gasped, "These are heavy! Take 'em off!"
"Oh quit complaining Talltail!" Kitty mocked. And then with a laugh, Kitty touched her tail to Talltail's feathered wings, causing them to disappear instantly with a small pop. "So then," Kitty got up to her paws, "Now that I've had my fun and a quick rest, let's be on our way!" Kitty mewed excitedly. "To the music store!" she mewed pointing with a paw to the nearest store. The five cats padded into the store all following Kitty's lead. "Okay everyone split up and look for a CD that has your Ultra Super Favorite song on it and bring it back here to meet up with me and the others. This very spot! And when you get here, tell me about what you've got and why…" She mewed to the group all standing in front of one of the checkout counters.
The group did as Kitty asked. The first one to get back to where Kitty was waiting was Aurorapaw, who came back with a CD that Kitty had never seen before in her life. "So, What 'cha got there Aurorapaw?" Kitty mewed, her eyes glued to the CD.
"It's the CD by We Raise Our Spoons to the Dead." She mewed, "They made my favorite song, 'We Eat Zombie Soup.'
"Interesting," Kitty commented awkwardly.
After several more minutes of waiting, with Aurorapaw asking her nonstop questions about how she came to have wings here but not at home. Plasmapaw finally padded up to the two. " What've you got there? And what's your favorite song." Kitty asked Plasmapaw.
"It's called Soque by the band called 'Socks', my favorite song by them is the one they sing about wearing wet socks out in the rain while eating mashed potatoes with cheese while riding pink whales down a river of smoked burritos and the birds are made of baked beans. See? There's a picture of it on the cover. I don't know why, but I absolutely love that song!" He mewed excitedly.
"I found it!" Talltail mewed excitedly as her returned with a Disney CD Titled 'Sing Along With The Disney Favorites'.
"And what have you got there?" Asked Kitty.
"This is the CD with the soundtracks of The Aristocats from the movie. It has my favorite song on it, 'Everybody Wants To Be A Cat'!" He mewed happily
"That doesn't' seem much like you, but who am I to judge?" Kitty mewed quietly to herself. "So where's Stonepelt?" She mewed louder enough to be heard.
"Last time I saw him… he was looking at a CD and a cassette and a record, all of the same music… he couldn't decide which one to choose last time I saw him." Talltail meowed.
Stonepelt padded up to the group holding a CD, " This is 'Country's got Heart' by assorted artists. I like it because my parents used to listen to all of these songs on the radio when I was a kit, to the point that I learned all of the words to these songs." He mewed nervously.
"Okay, now that you've all got your CDs, let's go! I'll just use my V.I.C. (Very Important Cat) card to get all this stuff for free…" Kitty meowed showing her card to the person behind the cash register, and all of them walked out of the store quickly, once again following Kitty's lead.