It seemed to get darker as they went into the house and Lena showed the guests to their temporary bedrooms. Patch began to sniff around, wondering where he would sleep.
"Think it's comfy enough, buddy?" Atticus knelt beside his puppy.
"It's not like home, but I guess it'll be all right just for tonight." Patch looked back.
"And where will I be placed?" Big Mona asked.
"Rght here," Atticus set her bowl on the nightstand. "Let's just hope I don't accidentally drink you in the middle of the night."
"Please don't, I swim in my own toilet..." Big Mona muttered.
"Ew." Patch winced.
"It's a fish life, kid, you try it." Big Mona grumbled.
Atticus tried out the bed and once he got into it, Patch tried the foot of the bed since that was how they slept back home.
"Aren't you supposed to cook?" Big Mona asked.
"Just breaking in the bed first." Atticus replied.
"I like your bed better..." Patch pouted.
"Then why not test it out?" Atticus asked.
Patch tossed and turned.
"I'm sure you'll adjust, I better get cooking." Atticus pet his puppy before going to the kitchen. "Which way to the kitchen?"
"Let me lead you to the kitchen." Simone said.
"Thanks, Miss Lenoir." Atticus smiled.
"Think nothing of it." Simone smiled as she lead him to the kitchen.
Atticus followed. Patch tried to get comfortable in the bed, but felt no use.
"Dogs sleep outside..." Lena towered over Patch before grabbing him by his new rope collar.
"Hey! Let me go!" Patch growled before teleporting out of the room and then closing the door with his magic and locking it.
"Hey!" Lena growled.
"Crazy head!" Patch grumbled.
"She's evil." Big Mona said.
"Let me out of here!" Lena hissed.
"No way, you're crazy!" Patch growled.
"Wait, did she hiss like a cat?" Big Mona asked.
"That did sound a lot like a cat..." Patch agreed. "But... She can't be a cat... She's a human."
"Or is she?" Big Mona's eyes went shifty.
"Lena, what are you?!" Patch barked.
"OPEN THIS DOOR, MUTT!" Lena roared.
"Not until you answer my question, what are you?!" Patch barked. "How come you can hiss like a cat?!"
"OPEN THIS DOOR!" Lena roared.
"Fine, stay in there!" Patch glared.
"Alright, fine, I'll tell you!" Lena gave in.
"Please do..." Patch narrowed his eyes as he then unlocked the door to free Lena.
Lena would have dragged Patch out just like that, but she knew that if she did it right away then he would have sent her back in the closet so she had to come clean.
"Spill." Patch snarled.
"Do you know anything about werebeasts?" Lena asked.
"Yes, like werewolves, wereponies, werecats, and even werepoodles." Patch said.
Lena snorted. "Werepoodles... What do you think of werecats?" she then asked with a dark smirk which showed fangs and she had cat eyes then.
Patch's eyes widened.
"That's right and soon, the ceremony will begin later tonight." Lena smirked.
"I don't think so, I'll stop you!" Patch glared.
"You can try, but by the time you try and stop us, it'll be too late." Lena smirked.
"I'm never too late..." Patch glared. "No wonder Mo had a bad feeling about you! You leave Atticus alone!"
"No promises." Lena smirked.
Patch snarled and jumped up to her.
"You wouldn't want to be thrown out, would you?" Lena smirked, causing him to stop mid-air.
Patch wiggled in the air as he was stuck right now. "Put me down!"
"I will just as long as you keep our little meeting a secret." Lena smirked.
"And if I don't?" Patch tempted fate.
"I'll make it look like you attacked me for no reason." Lena smirked.
"You wouldn't dare..." Patch glared. "No one would believe you..."
"Wanna bet?" Lena challenged.
Patch growled until he sighed out of defeat.
Lena smirked. "So, you'll keep your muzzle shut."
Patch bowed his head in defeat. "Yes, ma'am."
"Good boy." Lena smirked as the teenage pup soon landed back on the ground.
Patch sighed as he felt reduced to this, but he didn't want to get into trouble.
In the kitchen...
Atticus was cooking the gumbo recipe Darla let him borrow. "I can't guarantee this'll taste like Tiana's, but I'm sure it'll be good for dinner," He soon added the last ingredient to the gumbo to let it be complete. "Now, where is that Tabasco?" He quickly looked around, finding it safe to use his magic since no one was around. "Tabasco... Tabasco..." he whispered as he held out his hands and wiggled his fingers to make a bottle of the hot sauce float over.
Little did he know, Simone secretly saw that.
"Perfect, got it." Atticus smiled once he got the spice he was looking for. He then took the sauce and added it into the mix and stirred it.
"So he is a Wiccan." Simone whispered to herself.
Atticus hummed as he cooked the gumbo.
"I knew it all along..." Simone smirked. "This is just perfect."
After a while, the gumbo was ready.
"Mmm~" Atticus smiled as he let the gumbo sit. "That should do it."
One of Simone's cats went up to Atticus and started to nuzzle his leg.
"WHOO!" Atticus's eyes widened and he looked down and chuckled. "Oh, hi, kitty."
The cat meowed before nuzzling up to him and started to purr.
Atticus knelt down to the cat. "Hey, little guy... Or girl..." He looked into the cat's eyes and he could tell this one was a boy. "Okay, um, boy..." he chuckled.
The cat seemed obsessed with Atticus right now. The cat soon started to smell the scent of the gumbo.
"You like gumbo?" Atticus cooed. "It's very good, it's Cherry's favorite 'cuz of the shrimp."
The cat began to try to climb up to the gumbo.
"Hmm... Is gumbo good for cats?" Atticus turned around to use his phone. He soon started to research.
The cat seemed to be swatting against the gumbo pot to make it fall.
Atticus soon grabbed the cat and got him down before the gumbo could be spilled. "Curiosity killed the cat..." he warned as he held the cat in his arms.
The cat merely mewed and purred like an ordinary cat. Atticus went back to his research while keeping the cat away from the gumbo. The cat then hopped up to push the pot.
"Nooo..." Atticus moved the cat while he did his research.
"This boy is more challenging than I thought." Simone whispered.
The cat hopped down and left the room as Atticus continued to cook and research.
"It's alright, my precious; we'll get him to use his magic somehow." Simone said.
The cat purred to that as he nuzzled against his mistress as they walked off mysteriously in the shadows.
Cherry was sitting on her bed as Discord was bouncing up and down on it while she was trying to read. "DISCORD!" she then yelled once she couldn't take it anymore.
"This bed is so much fun." Discord chuckled.
Cherry groaned, she then picked up her book and left the room. "Why I got stuck with him as my roommate, I'll never know."
"I'm starting to look pretty good, huh?" Drell turned into a spider and climbed up her back.
"SPIDER!" Cherry screamed and hit him over and over again with her book.
Discord soon turned back into his true form. He then walked over.
"I! HATE! SPIDERS!" Cherry kept whacking her book.
"Cherry, it's me!" Drell cried out.
Cherry screamed. "EVEN WORSE!" she then hit harder.
Discord began to laugh at Drell as the strong warlock started to get hit. Drell then turned to his normal self and stood up wobbily over Cherry. Cherry cupped her mouth.
"I need a glass of water..." Drell said before passing out on top of her.
Discord burst out laughing at the sight of this. Cherry poked her head out from underneath Drell.
