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Alexander woke up, the snow falling gently and gracefully outside of his window. Riddled with stickers he had put there some years ago that had had not had the reason to take off. There was a slight chill, and he did not want to get out of bed, pulling his covers closer to him. The alarm clock on his nightstand told him that it was nearing five am. Way to early. The sun had not even started to rise. He groaned and tuned on the lamp next to him, Illuminating the room, and all of the gifts he had gotten. Mostly comics, albums, and figures that he needed to find a place for. He took off his covers, deciding to find something to eat.

He shivered from the winter chill. Grabbing a hoodie from his closet to put over his green lantern pajamas. He slowly opened up his bedroom door, trying to wake his parents. As he to the kitchen he thought he could hear a faint sound, coming from the backyard. It kinda sounded like an animal, and like it was hurt. He grabbed a flashlight from a drawer in the Livingroom. And slipped on a pair of shoes. If it was and animal, and if it was hurt, He would feel awful about leaving it alone in the snow. If it was just his imagination, then no harm done. His parents did let him go in the backyard without asking, so he opened up the backdoor.

The breeze hit him as soon as he did. It was really cold. He took a deep breath, and flicked on the flashlight. *meow*. That was undeniably a cat. He looked around, all over. He needed to find this cat. He heard it again. On the other side of the backyard. He rushed over there, he wanted to find it quick, it was cold, and he wanted to warm up. That was when he saw it. Or well its eyes. Two light, but vibrant eyes. Looking at him. They looked sad. He waled to the cat. And crouched down, looking at the cat. "I dont want to hurt you." He said softly. "Lets get you someplace warm."

As if the cat understood him the cat, hesitated at first but slowly walked to Alex. And let him pick him up. When he did, the snow that covered him melted from the warmth of Alex's hands. Reveling a long-ish. Black coat. He put the flashlight into his hodie pocket, to carry the cat with two hands. As quick and as carful as he could he brought the cat indoors. Got a throw blanket from the living room, and wrapped up the cat. It was shivering, he had never in his life seen a cat shiver.

Holding the cat looking into its eyes, Alex fell in love with the cat. He knew that he should tell his parents about this. But he wanted them to get the most sleep they could, as they had been working hard. And his mom would be waking up soon anyways. As her job needed her to get up early, even when she was on vacation, she always got up. Alex knew this, so he just sat in the living room, feeding the cat a bit of deli meat, seeing as he did not know what he should feed him, this looked like his best bet.

When his mom did get up and out of the room. She looked at Alex, and the cat in his hands. "Hey mom.. so-" Alex started, by the look on her face he could tell that she knew what he wanted to ask. "Can we keep him? I found him outside in the backyard. He was freezing!" He pleaded his case. He could see her thinking about it. After quite a bit of thinking, and some silence, his mom spoke. "I suppose, your father and I have been talking about it." She shook her head, and chuckled a little.

"Really?" He really did not except her to cave that fast. She nodded, the cat was curled up in his lap. Purring quietly. Out of the corner of his eye he saw his mom pull out her phone and call a vet friend of hers. Alex did not pay much mind to what she was saying, just picking up bits here and there, like her saying a few things about if she could take it over there to see if it has its shots. It would be later that day were Alex and his mom would take the cat to the vet, were they found out that the cat was all ok. The vet had guessed it was around a year old, and that it did need it's shots.

When that was done Alex just needed to choose a name. They were in the car on there way to a nearby pet store, "what do you think about star...?" Alex asked not only his mom but the cat. "... No I dont think that fits... Chance?" He, as in the cat, looked up at Alex. He smiled at the cat. "Chance, I think he likes it!" He said with a smile. "You think so?" She asked, "Yep! He looked at me when I said it. So He kinda choose it himself." He replied with a small laugh. He had gone through quite a few names at this point. None of them seeming fitting, all but Chance, Alex liked it, His mom liked it, and well so did Chance.

They pulled into the parking lot, and his mom turned to him in the backseat. she had a smile on her face. "This is the plan, I go after food bowls, cat bed, and you go after a collar and pick out some toys and treats. Sound good?" Alex nodded, with Chance in his arms. (As this store let animals inside) He walked in, grabbed a cart, put chance in the area that's meant for babies or were people put there purses, and made his way to the toy section. He would go for the toys first as that was just the closest isle to him. Chance was looking at everything, even the dog toys, Alex piked up a ball that had a bell or something of the sort inside it. He smirked, his dorm mates back at Hogwarts would 'love' this. That didn't really matter though, Chance looked liked he wanted it, that was good enough for him. So he put it in the cart. Making a mental note to put it in a drawer before bed each night.

He put in a feather toy, and a few other things that Chance seamed to want. With that done he went to get him a collar, Alex thought that a red one would be really cute on him. Until he saw it, a black collar, with studs on it. It of course had a tag loop, but it was studded. He thought that it would be really, really funny. So he put that in the cart. Once he got some treats for him (Witch might have included cat-nip), Alex met up with his mom at the counter, where they checked out and got Chance a tag with his name on it. He was now Hogwarts ready, with his new best friend.

what animal do you wish to purchase? bewitched midnight stalker
what do you want to name it? Chance
is it a boy or a girl? boy
what is your pets date of birth? April 17, 2022