In Which Sarah Gets A Kitten

By VampireApple

First Blood

(Subtitled: The Mummy Owl)

In her head, Sarah could hear the Jaws theme song playing.

When dinner was ready she had locked Firepoint in Toby's room and Him in her room. The abhorrence between the two animals had grown horribly over the past three weeks. It had gotten to the point where she had to separate them often.

She had just gone to Toby's room to find the door cracked open. She slowly walked to her room, dreading what she would find. He door was cracked open as well. The Jaws themed changed to the Psycho theme as she pushed the door open.

There were feathers and fur everywhere. Little drops of brown and red littered her carpet, her furniture and her walls. Sarah let out a horrified gasp and her eyes widened in shock. She looked around madly for the animals.

He was up on her bookcase, his wings spread open in a menacing poise. Sarah ran over to him. "Are you alright? Come down here!"

He more or less fell into her arms. "What is wrong with you?" she demanded. His white feathers had spots of blood on it and there was a nasty cut by His eye. She cuddled Him up to her chest and cooed to Him while He hooted pathetically.

"Poor baby. I can't believe you got beat up by a kitten."

He hooted indigently. She kissed His forehead and set Him on her bed so she good looked for the kitten.

Sarah found the kitten under her desk. She was in a quivering ball and hissed at Sarah when she tried to bring her out. "Poor baby. Was the big mean owl mean to you?"

She calmed Firepoint down by stroking and petting her. The kitten really wasn't that bad off. There were a few scratched on her, but Sarah could tell that He had exercised some restraint.

She pinned Him with a sharp look. "I'll be right back, you stay here." She left the room to find Karen so her stepmother could take care of Firepoint. She found Karen in the kitchen, cleaning up from dinner.

"Karen, Firepoint attacked by owl and she needs to be clean up."

Karen glared at her. "Why can't you do it?"

"Because I need to take care of my owl," Sarah calmed explained and set the kitten on the table.

"Sarah, don't do that! That animal is filthy!"

"Then why did you get her?"

Karen came around and roughly snatched Firepoint off the table, making the kitten mewl. "An owl is not a decent pet!"

"I like Him just fine and so does Toby," with those parting words Sarah headed back up stairs, ignoring Karen's calls.

In her bedroom she found Toby hugging the disgruntled owl. "Toby, you need to let Him go. I have to clean Him up."

"He's not dirty."

"I know, but He's hurt," Sarah said in a coaxing voice. "I have to make Him better. Why don't you help me?"

"Okay!" Toby said, delighted to be able to help his sister and his favorite pet.

Sarah pried Him out of Toby's grasp and He gave her a relived look. She led the way into the bathroom and instructed Toby to find a towel. Sarah then proceeded to find bandages and the hydrogen peroxide. Then she sat on the toilet lid, put the towel on her lap and indicated He should hop on. He gave her a slightly distrustful look, but did as she wanted.

She poured the peroxide on His scrapes and cuts. When He hissed she gave Him a look and said "Baby." Then she wiped away all excess liquid. Toby then helped her apply bandages. In the end He looked somewhat like King Tutankhamen.

Much to Sarah's amusement, Toby insisted on getting a picture and He tried in vain to get away. The siblings ended up getting several pictures of the mummy owl.

"Sarah, how did He get hurt?"

Sarah sighed. "Firepoint went after Him."

"No! That was mean." Toby frowned, then brightened suddenly. "What if she sleeps with me?"

Sarah considered the idea. "Alright. That'll work."

When it was time for Toby's bedtime Sarah locked the kitten in her brother's room.

When it was time for her own bedtime she tucked a relieved owl in with her.

"You poor thing, you've been through a lot, haven't you. I do appreciate you not killed Firepoint however, Toby likes her."

He gave her an annoyed look and settled down.

"Goodnight," she kissed His head.

Hehe, poor Jareth. I think there's only one more chapter coming, but I wont be able to post until Monday at the earliest. Christmas is coming up and I'll be spending it family. Thank you to all my wonderful reviews, I've never been so pleased or inspired by ya'll for any story before. Thank you!

Also, the majority of you still think the kitten will win. What do the rest of you think? I'd like to know!