The CAT Meets Sprigg'n...

As luck would have it, while Sprigg'n was asking "... I wonder who will find it [the Dragon] first?", elsewhere in the Shadows' Realm The CAT was sitting in a tree listening to the Twitter birds chat about the lost Wish Dragon.

"Who cares?" thought The CAT as this was The CAT's first of his nine-lives, and he was not in any hurry to be eaten by anything Dragon-like that would start him on life number two.  "Besides," he decided (just like every cat), "I will need all nine lives just to create the mischief I want to do... so many things to annoy and so little time."

Now, as everyone who has ever lived with a cat (you don't own a cat - you just live with it), that a cat has a mind of it's own.  Add a touch of magic, the ability to talk, and a cat attitude - things become even more interesting.  Especially with a cat that has a twisted sense of humor!

Soon the Twitter bird conversation started to turn boring.  It wasn't as fun anymore either to be watching Nemmer poking around in the bushes searching for the Dragon.  The CAT started thinking, "What more opportunities of fun could I  have if I was to find the Dragon myself?" 

It was then that he felt the magical pull... someone (or something) was scrying him.  "Who would be searching for me?" The CAT wondered.  "It's a good thing most don't know that this goes both ways - look at me and I can look at you," smiled The CAT.

​The CAT quickly sauntered (cats do not just walk anywhere) over to the Twitter birds' pond and summoned who could be calling him... ​

It was that wizard Dewin's Spite looking into a mirror.  "Why would she be searching for me?" The CAT pondered.  "I haven't bothered a Spite before..."  As he said this, he realized that this was something new and not boring!!!  Instantly he knew where the Spite was and that it was very close.  "Close enough for just a short magical spring" decided The CAT.

So, as Sprigg'n was deciding whether to search for The CAT or go and tell Dewin what she had discovered (both about the Wish Dragon and her new names), The CAT suddenly appeared sitting on the trail in front of her.  There was no 'POOF' of magic - just a smug looking cat smiling at the Spite like it was soon to be a meal.  "I have heard of you," Spite smiled back, "and your mischief.  What do you want from me?" 

At first The CAT only stared at the Spite, but then he felt it... The CAT's hair started to stand straight out like the time that Efem had rubbed his fur the wrong way and she got an electrical shock from him.  As The CAT felt his fur rising, Sprigg'n also started to feel a strange electrical tingle course over her skin.  It almost tickled in a way and she could tell that the energy was building!  "What are you doing to me?" she suspiciously asked The CAT but he only looked at her wondering the same thing as his hair started to sparkle.