In Which Sarah Gets A Kitten

By VampireApple

This Means War

Sarah sat on her bed, dangling a string in front of the kitten. She had named her Firepoint VIII. She wasn't quite sure how she felt about the kitten. On one hand she knew her parents -Karen- wanted her to have a normal pet. Sarah snorted. As if the owl was her pet.

Bet He'd get a kicked outta that, she thought.

On the other had, the kitten was so cute! But, Sarah must remain vigilant. This was not the first animal that Karen had tried to get her interested in. The first Christmas He had been with her Karen decided to get Sarah a parakeet, whom Sarah had named Firepoint. Karen has said that if Sarah wanted a bird she must have an acceptable one. Firepoint I had been set up in Sarah's bedroom and had lasted all of two days. Somehow, on December 27th, owl and parakeet had ended up in the same room -Karen and Robert's- unsupervised and made a mess. Firepoint was gone the very next day. For the Easter after that Karen had gotten Sarah a turtle, Firepoint II. Toby had taken that pet for himself, much to Karen's dismay.

The last animal Karen had gotten Sarah was a hamster. When Sarah had seen the little creature she had tried to explain to Karen what, exactly, owls ate. Karen didn't listen thus Firepoint VII joined the family.

Sarah had honestly tried to keep Him away the little creature, but to no avail. Sarah didn't truly believe that He ate the hamster, just returned it to a pet store. Hopefully the kitten was already to big for Him to eat.

Surprisingly He and Merlin got along very well. It was just all the other animals He didn't like.

"I wonder what He'll think," Sarah mused aloud as the kitten tumbled. "Awww."

She picked Firepoint up and brought her eye level. She looked into those cute little green eyes. "Now, I know you're really cute, but I have to be honest with you. My heart belongs to another, so you'll never be first, okay?" The kitten tried to bat her noise. Sarah giggled. "I know you're adorable, but I also know He'll be jealous. Be nice to Him, okay?"

She set the kitten down. Reaching over to her nightstand she grabbed the cat brush to brush Firepoint. Not too long after Sarah started she heard what she'd been waiting for; a hoot at the window. Even though it was spring it was still a bit chilly outside, so she kept her window closed, much to the vexation of the owl.

She got up from the bed and let Him in. He flew up on her outstretched arm. "Hello. I have a little surprise for you. Promise to be nice. I don't think Karen's gotten over Firepoint VII yet." She stroked His head and turned towards the bed. He blinked then gave a hiss of displeasure when He saw what had taken His spot on the bed.

"Be nice. My parents got her for my birthday, so I might as well keep her. And don't eat her."

To reassure Him Sarah brought Him to her chest to cuddle with Him. He snuggled in, but kept glaring at the kitten. Sarah sighed. "This is going to be a looong night."

Everything went well until it was time for Sarah to shower and get ready for bed.

He had refused to leave her arm all afternoon, but she didn't want Him watching her take a shower, or getting dressed. Nor did she want to leave Him alone with Firepoint. He would use the chance to do something evil.

"I'm not letting you in the bathroom with me," she told Him as she tried to pry Him off her arm. He gave her a stubborn look and clutched her arm with His claws.

Finally she was able to get Him off. She grabbed Firepoint and ran into the bathroom. She heard a thunk, then an annoyed hoot.

"You can't come in," she told the door. There was some scratching. Sarah sighed. "I'll be done soon."

The hoots grew louder and more frantic, as did the scratching.

"Sarah!" Karen screeched from the lower level of the house. "Shut that bird up!"

Sarah carefully opened the door, making sure there was no way the bird could get though. "I can't control Him like that, I told you!"

"Then throw it outside!"

"He'll stop when I get out of the shower!"

"Then hurry up, or you won't find it when you're done!"

Sarah muttered curse and a few more choice words bout her stepmother. "Go bother Toby," she told the owl.

The owl glared at her and hooted what Sarah was sure were swear words. Then He flew off to Toby's room.

It was one of the fastest showers she'd ever taken. The kitten faired well. The only moment of worry she had was when Firepoint fell in the toilet while Sarah was washing her hair. Other then getting wet Firepoint was fine.

She dumped the kitten off in her room and went to Toby's. She watched boy and owl play a strange came of tag for a moment from the doorway.

"Alright Toby, its time for bed. Karen will be up in a moment," she said as she picked Toby up and gently tossed him on his bed.

"Awww, do I ave to?" Toby gave her pitifully puppy eyes.

"Yes, not goodnight," she kissed his forehead. He hoped over to Toby to let the boy hug him goodnight. Then He climbed on her arm.

"You're such a softie," she told the owl as she shut Toby's door.

He nipped her finger lightly. Sarah laughed and started to stroke his head.

Getting into bed was another battle. Both the kitten and the owl wanted to snuggle up to Sarah. He was holding His own against the small ball of fluff and Sarah found it slightly amusing. Finally she set Firepoint down at the foot of her bed and brought Him up by her head. When everyone was settled Sarah let herself drift off to sleep.

Shout out to Fabricated Revolution for being the 15th reviewer! I just got hit with a new plot twist for this story, and I'm going to publish that, instead of what I originally had. If people want I can post the different version after I'm done with this one.

Oi. Originally there was going to have four chapters, but now I'm not sue if there will one or two more after this.

Thank you everyone for your reviews! I'll update on Friday if I get 15 reviews again, if not then I'll update next Wednesday.

Here's the score:

Kitten: 2

Jareth: 1

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