The little jewel Pet Solo

"I don't want to have McDonalds for lunch! Go away!", a young seer shouted before slamming the door closed. Her parents had saved up some money to take the girls out for a 'nice' lunch, which in their eyes, was McDonalds. Violette had been looking forward to this Saturday all week. After all, it's not often the family had lunch outdoors. Therefore, when she heard that the fancy place they were going was McDonalds, she was disappointed. This was no foreign feeling to her. She didn't remember the last time when her parents said or did something that did not let her down. One would think she would have learned by now.

Tears pooling in her eyes, the dressed-up girl rushed down the street. She didn't have a particular destination in mind, she just wanted to be gone. The girl had gotten all dolled up for this occasion. At her age, this meant that she put on a nice frilly dress in various shades of pink which reached slightly past her knees. Her long, blonde hair was braided into a pretty, thick french braid. She had even popped some pearly decorations into her hair. All in preparation for the extravagant lunch she was expecting.

She was running past different houses, entering one street after the other, until she got tired. Her stamina could use some work. Stopping suddenly, she held onto a wall with her one hand and used her other to fix her side bangs. It was time to catch her breath.

As if by fate, the girl heard a noise louder than her own heartbeat. Not knowing where it came from, she turned around to look for the source, but to no avail. She didn't see anything.

Violette took a deep breath, her body finally recovering from the intense running, when she heard the noise again. Her heartbeat having slowed down, she was now able to identify the noise as a feline noise. It sounded like a cat. But where did the noise come from?

Silently, the girl snuck towards the noise, careful not to disturb the feline which she still couldn't see. The sound seemed to come from a bush. With every step she took, the sounds got louder. As she stood in front of the bush, she still didn't see the cat, but she was sure it was in there. Therefore, she took one last deep breath before calmly pushing some leaves aside.



What she saw surprised her. Well, she could've known she would see a cat, but she didn't expect it to be a cute little kitten. The kitten saw her too but didn't move away. It looked up at her with big curious eyes, now silent. Violette reached out her hand for the kitten to smell, but it didn't make a move. Slowly but surely, the seer reached out to touch the kitten. It responded with a purr.

"You are so.. cute.", young Violette whispered, now petting the top of the kitten's head. "What's your name?"

Obviously the kitten didn't understand her, but it replied with a meowing noise. "You look so beautiful, like a jewel. Do you have a mother? An owner?"

The kitten simply looked at the girl with its eyes as wide as they were before. "You don't understand me, huh..", she said next, feeling a little silly for talking to a cat.

After looking to make sure the kitten didn't have a collar, Violette reached out to grab the kitten. Surprisingly, the soft animal didn't struggle against her grip. "I suppose you are the black sheep too, huh. I'll be your friend, petit bijou."*

Together the two made their way back home. The rest of her family was out, probably to McDonalds. This was perfect. Violette would have the time to get the kitten, who she now called Bijou, situated into her room. Unfortunately, she shared a room with her little sister. She would just have to get used to Bijou.

Violette put the little kitten on the floor in her room, hoping it would be alright by itself for a bit. She grabbed her hidden stash of cash from underneath her bed. "I'm going out, Bijou. You'll have everything you need when I get back. Please wait for me."

Ignoring the soft meow that came from her new kitten, Violette went out to the pet store. Her kitten would be the best groomed cat out there. This was the promise she made to Bijou and herself, one she intended to keep.