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Thanks to all my reviewers! Sorry it took a while for this chapter to go up (I've been super busy studying for midterms – yuck)

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I was staring into a bright pair of purple eyes. They were looking back at me with a kind of calculated coolness and indifference from the shadows of my bed. I suppose I should have reacted like a normal person and yelled and got the hell out of there. But y'know being a wizard and all, normal isn't exactly in my description. Instead, I slowly eased myself off the floor and sat on the carpet, never breaking eye contact.

Slowly, those eyes moved and a small lithe form slinked out of the shadows. This time I blinked and I'm pretty sure my mouth fell open. There might even have been some drool. It was a kitten. Wait, scratch that. If kittens were a wispy purple, the size of my fist, and covered in black swirls and stripes. If yes, then this was definitely a kitten.

It yawned, showing me its pink mouth and small ivory teeth. On closer inspection, I found out that the peculiar swirls and stripes over its purple fur were not black, but a dark, deep purple. The 'kitten' had rounded ears, tipped with dark purple, and small whiskers. Its paws were rather big and looked weirdly delicate yet powerful.

I guess I shouldn't have been this surprised. I mean, I've been to other planets and seen creatures with toes than cells. But this small thing had me completely floored. Its eyes looked up at me with such intelligence, I almost shivered.

I watched as it made its way smoothly over to the pile of dirty laundry in the corner of my room (hey, give me a break; I was going to clean that up today.) With a swipe of its paw, it pushed away the sleeve of a sweatshirt, showing a small pile of amethyst shards. It sat down beside them and looked at me, curling its stripped tail around its paws.

What the hell had it done to my stone?! It was destroyed! I merely gaped at this small creature staring at me. Then I notice that the shards happen to be the same color as the kitten.

I pulled myself back together quickly. "Did you, um, hatch from that...stone?" I felt extremely stupid talking to this kitten. I was pretty sure I had officially lost it.

Then it looked at the shards, back at me, and I could swear it nodded.

"You came from that?" I asked again, trying to wrap my mind around it. Even if it was small, the kitten was still at least 3 times the size of that stone. It just shot me a look that said 'Well duh.' I recognized this look with a pang of sadness. It was the exact same look Nita used to give me when I asked what she called 'moronic questions.' I seemed to ask those a lot.

So I tried some different questions. "What are you? Why are you here?"

The kitten suddenly pounced, landing on a gum wrapper that had been lying on the floor. It batted it, and then pounced again.

"Um, excuse me?" I said again. It ignored me and pounced again, this time landing close to me. Carefully, I stretched out my hand to touch its fur, half expecting it to whirl on my hand and tear it to shreds. Instead, it leaned towards me, pressing itself against my palm. Its fur was incredibly warm and soft.

I jumped as suddenly the door swung open and Carmella bounded in. Uh oh. I tried to make a grab for the kitten but it hissed and dodged my hand.

Carmela eyed me uncertainly. "What are you doing?"

"Um, I'm just…nothing." I couldn't believe it. Right there in front of her, chasing a gum wrapper across the floor was a miniature purple alien kitten and she didn't even seem to see it.

"Ok….do you have my curling iron?"

"Why in the world would I have that?!"

"How am I supposed to know your motives? I was just checking." Then she left, slamming the door behind her. I turned towards the kitten. It had abandoned the wrapper and was licking its paw with slow strokes.

"Can anyone else see you?" I asked.

The kitten ignored me again, choosing instead to jump up onto my bed and curl into a small ball. It closed its eyes and wrapped its tail around its body. So I had a miniature, purple kitten with stripes and swirls, hatched from a stone who no one but me could see, in my bedroom. Yep, I was definitely loosing it.

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