A Pretty Normal Saturday Morning Apart From One Thing.

It's a beautiful morning which makes a change after the rather dreary weather that's been plaguing us this past week.

Everyone is pretty much asleep, Daddy is upstairs he's been working very hard recently, and River although she managed to drag herself downstairs is asleep on the chair while my other Daddy is pottering in the kitchen. A pretty normal Saturday morning then except for one thing.

I've just had a catty powers thought. I call it a catty powers one because it came out of no where, the catty instinct is kicking in.

I've been sitting in the sun just daydreaming when it came to me almost as if I was talking to myself. Why have I not noticed before that things are strange around here. I mean things seem to start to happen and then just suddenly stop for no reason.

Sofia and mean for one, I've not seen her for ages she just comes get my heart all a fluttering and then disappears again.

Flash and Foxy and their threats. Not that long ago I was on high alert for an attack and then nothing.

Theo. I've still not managed to tell him what happened when I met up with Purlean, he keeps on disappearing from radar.

Why?

That's what I keep asking myself now I've thought about it, why? These things seem connected in someway, hey even I seem to have almost forgotten that Greego The Pixie is still asleep upstairs and I have no idea why it keeps on slipping from the front of my mind.

Somehow these things seem connected, I just don't know how. I think I may go and try and find Ginger Cat he was going to help recruit a third Witches Familiar to join me and Theo in forming a new Coven of 3 to try and help Greego but even he seems to have dropped of the planet along with Doublay.

DOUBLAY! Oh my I'd forgotten about him as well, he's disappeared to.

Hang on the more I think about it the more I'm sure. I think Catworld is under some sort of spell.

Pssting At Me From Within The Foliage

"Psst!"

I quickly scanned the garden. Nothing

"PSST!"

It came again, this time my hearing hadn't quiet settled to resting to I was able to pin point the sound to somewhere in the direction of the Peace Garden.

"PSST, PSST, PSST, PSST, PSST!"

Quick as a dash my eyes spotted Sofia pssting at me from within the foliage.

I quickly ran over to her, smile on my face.

"I've missed you, where you been?" Before I could think caution the words were out my mouth. Sofia smiled back at me.

"Me to." She bent her head slightly to hide an independent smile. I smiled out and in, it was lovely to see her.

"Are you OK, I've been worried about you."

No filter this morning for me.

"Yes I'm fine, I just needed to keep a low profile for a while, till some of the heat died down."

I nodded, "Did you hear about George?"

Sofia nodded a sad look over her face. "Yes Mogsie came and told us. He was a nice fellow."

I nodded, "A really good friend to me."

"To all." Sofia chimed in we both nodded a silence joining the wind bristling in the trees.

Sofia broke the silence, "I'm sorry if you were worried but things were getting to out of control with Flash and all that."

"I know, it's been very quiet recently."

"A temporary truce I think Mogsie said, out of respect for George. Chameleon came and delivered the message to Mogsie and Mogsie came and told us."

"That would explain it." I wasn't sure what to say, I suddenly felt very self conscious.

"Doublay's decided he needs to get completely out of the district, did you know."

I shook my head, my lips not moving but inside frustrated, one of the potential new Coven of 3 now gone for sure. I know Ginger Cat was on the case and their were still Theo and me but we needed as many witches familiars as possible to come and help. I still didn't say anything.

"Come, follow me, let's have some fun, we've not done that for a while." Her smile warmed.

"Come on then, what do you have in mind?"

"Whatever comes along."

With that Sofia was off over the back wall, me quickly behind.

I'm Sure She'll Be In It - Her Reputation Proceeds Her

I've just had my chat with Ginger Cat.

I was enjoying the day on the sunshine shed, it's sunny but there's the odd cloud too so I wasn't getting too hot sitting in it when all of a sudden there he was sitting in front of me just staring and smiling.

We exchanged hello's and general chit-chat pleasantries and then he said what I was thinking all along. He had also been to the Time Consciousness and said he saw me there.

I was dumbstruck that he was so upfront about it and relieved at the same time, for so long I've been wanting to ask him if it was him I was there. Now I knew.

I also understand that you've been having a bit of trouble trying to re-form a new Coven of 3.

I nodded and told him how I'd been trying to persuade Theo and that although Doublay had agreed he was now in hiding since all the trouble with Foxy Lectar, Flash and the New Cat Crew.

"I might be able to help you there." He said. "I've contacts far and wide and it just so happens that I know one of them is a witches familiar."

My heart jumped, nervous and excited.

"Really!" I almost jumped to give him a hug.

"No problem." He smiled back. "It might take a little while,ss he lives a bit of a way away but I'm sure she'll be in it. She likes a good challenge."

"Thank you so much. I've been having real problems with this, my friend Greego he's been cursed with a sleep spell ofr over a year now."

"Oh yes I know Greego the Pixie, I think there's very few who haven't either met him or heard of him. His reputation proceeds him." 

He grinned a knowing smile, nodded and jumped down into the gardens at the back of our house. "I'll be in touch."He shouted as he sped away.

Spooky Stuff - Theo Nodded and I Began

I'd been sitting downstairs in the quiet, River and the Daddymummy were still asleep upstairs. I was think about my daddies and wondering what they were up to, they've gone away for Daddy's birthday and we're being looked after by the Daddymummy, when I heard a tap on the window.

Looking down I spotted Theo looking back.

"Go on then," he said, "I'm ready to listen."

I was a little taken aback.

"Listen, what to?" I really hadn't joined the dots together, I guess it was still early on in the day.

"What you was telling me about Purlean, Mogsie and George have both been telling me I should listen to what you had to say before I make my mind up."

I smiled.

"But I should tell you I am very reluctant to get involved in any spooky stuff."

"I'm so glad and no pressure, you make your mind up whenever you feel is the right time for you. I didn't really want to either but my friend Greego needs my help and I can't do it on my own."

Theo nodded and I began...

A Very Important And Exciting Communication

I've just received a very important and exciting communication from Twizzle;

Hi David

I've got some exciting news for you! My Mum was out on the pavement
speaking to the new people who have moved in to E's house. When she came
back in she and my Dad were talking and apparently S and R (the new
people) have got two baby kittens who they call their babies !!! A tabby
one called Fenn and a white and tabby one called Biggles!!! Two little
boys and they're only 9 weeks old so they're a little bit young to come out
yet to play. Well at least we will have two new members of Cat World.
Keep a look out of your window because you might see them first before I do.
You never know when they're big enough they might take their Mummy and Daddy
out for a walk just like I do with my Daddy so that he gets a little bit of
exercise every day.

Lots of purrs and kisses

Your friend Twizzle

xxxxx

Fingers crossed one of the may be another witches familiar, I'm running out of options with Doublay on the hiding list and Theo incredibly reluctant to get himself involved in forming a new Coven of 3. Even if they're not it will be great to have some new friends to play with.

Message Received and Message Sent

I've spent the past couple of days trying to find Theo I need to tell him what I remembered about Purlean and my time in the Time Consciousness but he's nowhere to be seen. The message was received from the universe very clearly and now I know that without fail I must reform the Coven of 3 as quickly as I can. I can't believe so much time has been wasted in folly.

I put a message out to George when I saw him earlier to ask him if he or Mogsie knew where he was. He said no he hadn't but he would ask Mogsie he saw him.

Well Mogsie has just popped over, he said he hadn't seen Theo but asked what the urgency was. Of course I told him that's when he looked at me with a serious eye.

"You've got an even bigger problem that you think."

I looked at him confused.

"You know I put Doublay in hiding?"

I nodded.

"Well he's gone."

"GONE!" I almost shouted at him.

"Yes, but it's OK, a message sent by Doublay has reached me, we have a special code word so I know it was certainly from him. he's OK but he said he's not coming back anytime soon."

"But he must come back." I was crestfallen. "I need three black cats for a Coven of 3 and now there's only me."

"And, Theo." Mogsie jumped in.

"No," I shook my head, "I've not got Theo to agree yet."

Mogsie smiled, "Exactly, yet! That story is not done!"

I nodded, "Do you know any other black cats?"

Mogsie shook his head, "No, not from around here, but don't give up on Doublay yet, my plan to deal with Foxy Lectar and The New Cat Crew is nearly complete, when word gets out I'm sure Doublay will return, the Sparrow Sisters can't help but have a good gossip, it'll get back to him. You just concern yourself with persuading Theo. Do what you can and don't worry about what you can't. Let me deal with that."

I guess I've got not much choice.

Everything Seemed To Fade From My Mind

I've been doing a lot of thinking about what Mogsie said yesterday.

I remembered bit and pieces of our conversation last year and I seem to remember him saying that it was all in my destiny and yet why wouldn't I have remembered something so important before?

It's all very perplexing, something so important almost gone completely from my mind. It's not like it was just a passing comment, it was that which led me to entering the Time Consciousness and everything that happened and yet I came back and slowly everything seemed to fade from my mind.

I know I spent ages telling Theo all about Purlean and Ursa and everything and yet it all seems to have drifted away somewhere.

I've been sitting here all day trying my best to remember what happened. Some of it was so clear, I remember first seeing Purlean and watching her give birth and then getting swept away and losing The Fly and then getting on the raft and then my mind seems to be blank.

No matter how much I try to think what happened I just can't. Somethings seem to be there and yet misty at the same time.

It doesn't feel right, why such important things would leave my mind. I'm going to ask Mogsie and George their advice I'm certain there's something very important that I'm missing.

In the meantime River's finally woken up so I think I'll tend to more current matters i.e. cleaning this mucky little pup up. It astounds me how she manages to get her treats all over her when she has such a hungry little mouth!

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The Hairs On My Shoulder's Were Standing Up

I searched for Mogsie for ages and just couldn't see him anywhere, if fact I couldn't find anyone, guess that's a rainy day for you keeps everyone indoors.

Anyway just as I had given up on him up he pops, there sitting on the front lawn as if he had been there all afternoon.

"Hi," I said, "I've been looking for you."

"So I understand." I was a little taken aback.

"Yes, I wanted to tell you that I saw Chameleon earlier on, he was hiding on your garage. Hang on a second how do you know I was looking for you I didn't see anyone."

"You may not have seen anyone but you were spotted."

"Who?" I was getting little annoyed, I felt I was being berated.

Mogsie's tone softened, "Craig, he saw you, it's my job to have eyes and ears everywhere and thank you for looking out for us, one of the Sparrow Sisters told me about Chameleon, those eyes and ears really are everywhere." He smiled.

"The thing is David, I know I'm asking a lot asking for you to trust in me but I really do know what I'm doing and you are beginning to draw attention to yourself and that will put you in peril. That's the last thing I want, you see you are very special David, more special that you know."

"Am I?" I was confused.

"Yes, David very special, you coming here was foretold to me and you MUST keep yourself safe, there's people out there that have no idea of your specialness and through their own greed they could stop something happening that needs to happen."

"What do you mean?" The hairs on my shoulders were standing up, maybe there was a slight chill in the air.

Mogsie signed, a weight of burden upon him. "I can't tell you any more than I already have, if I do it could influence and changes things, I've probably already said too much but please believe me it's VITAL you find your own path, absolutely vital."

I sat and thought for a while and looking back at Mogsie I nodded;

"OK. I'll do what you say."

Mogsie got up to leave.

"Hang on," I called after him. "Can you at least told me who foretold about me coming here?" I was desperate for some sort of an answer to something, everything was beginning to sound very mysterious and that unnerved me.

Mogsie turned, thought paused him before he spoke.

"OK but please David you must not repeat this to anyone, and I mean anyone."

I nodded, Mogsie looked into my eyes to see the truth of my words. Satisfied he signed once more;

"An old friend of mine, an old friend of all of Catworld, his name." He paused once more before continuing, "My friend, who told me about you coming here, I've mentioned him to you before, his name was Troy Lamore."

Suddenly my mind was all over the place, of course Mogsie had spoken to me about him before and so had George, way back so long ago, way before I entered The Time Consciousness and met Purlene. I'd forgotten all about it until Mogsie spoke his name again but now I remembered and now my catty powers were telling me Troy Lamore was much more important than I'd ever imagined and they were also telling me I needed to work harder at persuading Theo to join me and Doublay in reforming a new Coven of 3 and freeing Greego from his enforced sleep. How could I have been so sidetracked?

Nothing To See Here!

Nice to see Theo out and about, not enjoying the sunshine...

...but on storm inspection patrol. 

Nothing to see here!

Flawed, Cruel And Probably A Bit Deranged

Theo dipped his head, "Can you give me a minute?" He asked.

I nodded back and off he walked and sat near the wall between his house and next door.

I wasn't sure if I had lost him. He'd approached me to find out what happened with Purlean it must have meant he was coming around to the idea of reforming The Coven of 3 and now here he was hearing me saying how I'd grow to, well if not like but at least empathise with Ursa.

I can only be who I am, honest and I really had begun by that stage to see a different side to her. Yes Ursa was flawed, cruel and probably a bit deranged but she was also a victim as well. Things aren't always what they seem.

I sat trying to work out what Theo was thinking but there's very little point in that sort of thing, you can never really know what's going on in someones head. Daddy always says people need time to digest and to give them their space when they need it so that is exactly what I did, no matter how tempting it was for me to call out to him to try and offer words of persuasion. My problem not his.

Eventually he broke his silent musing and lifting his head up he spoke;

"Go on," he said, "What happened next?"

Phew, I thought I'd put him off.

It's Fabulous People Watching

"Three days! Three days? What on earth did you do in that time?" Theo looked surprised. "There's no way I could have kept still for that long."

I smiled back and pushed a Dreamies out of the window.

"It wasn't easy but I'm had plenty of practise sitting very still and not being noticed, I do live with a dog you know."

Theo cracked a grin, "She's quiet cute though."

"Oh yes," I knocked another Dreamies out of the window and Theo popped it in his mouth. "She's lovely but sometimes you just wanna sit in peace and that's a rarity around here."

Theo nodded, "I can image. So what did you do?"

"I listened to their general chit chat, it's fabulous people watching. Bob can really talk, it doesn't really matter to him if anyone's listening he just gets lost in his own world. I heard all about his travels, as did The Darling Darling who I learnt is a surprisingly good listener and according to the general consensus she can do some amazing things with a pile of tofu and fresh berries."

"Um, I love berries." Theo licked his lips and eyed my Dreamies pile, subtle! I knocked a third out of the window.

"Leopold was also a quiet one, preferring to spend his time following Purlean around and playing with his kids but the biggest surprise was Ursa."

Theo's ears pricked up.

"She wasn't as much of a ogre as I first thought. Yes she as a bit of a grumbler and spent half the time wandering around kicking things and barking orders but it didn't seem to bother the others much they just did what they wanted to but every now and then she would sit down next to Purlean and just stroked her. The love in her eyes was obvious, love seeping out not afraid to show it's face and Purlean well she was in ecstasy rubbing her head again Ursa's legs hen she was having a particularly unproductive rant. They were the strangest of best friends."

"You sound like you liked her?" Theo looked quizzical.

"After three days of just watching I must admit I think I understood her a bit more. It couldn't have been nice to have been scorned and accused of being a witch by her villagers. OK it is what she became but what came first the chicken or the egg?"

He looked at me like I was mad.

"Never mind, I guess it wasn't all her own fault what she became although it didn't soften me enough to change my plans. No she had to be stopped and I guess I was the only one now The Fly had disappeared, to be able to do it, Catkind depended on it!"

He Understood, He Was A Cat!

"All the rest of that day and the night when everyone slept and I watched on from a distance the words rang in my head, I had to stop Purleans family from finding her.

I had no idea how I would achieve this but it seemed imperative that it happened. I could worry about that later, my biggest concern was how on earth was I to follow Ursa, The Darling, Darling, Leopold, Purlen and her little kittens across the sea.

Ursa had been busy getting everyone to collect wood and over the course of the night she'd fashioned a raft-cum-boat thing and since daylight had broken Bob had been loading it up with supplied gathered from the forest floor."

Theo, sat up, licked a paw his eyes wide and alert. "What did you do?"

I smiled back. "What us cats do best, I waited until no one was watching and then sneaked myself on, amongst the piles of hay they had gathered as bedding. I buried myself in deep and just prayed that I was still invisible to everyone. Little did I know they'd take another three days to get themselves completely sorted before we left for England. Lucky us cats are also creatures of great patience, although I did feel stiff keeping so still for so long"

Theo nodded, he understood, he was a cat!

"Go On," He Said, "Tell Me What Happened Next, I'm Ready To Hear!"

It's been a lazy day but quiet enjoyable, the suns been out and so have I. No disturbances last night thankfully, I'd not seen Mosgie or George out but I'm sure if there was trouble over the road one of them would have come to let me know so I've been fairly relaxed.

It's nice to sleep in the window and I'd just woken up, I could smell food on the cooker when I heard a hello coming from behind me.

I turned and there smiling back at me was Theo.

"Go on," he said. "Tell me what happened next, I'm ready to hear!"

To Avoid Eye Contact

I spotted Theo lurking around the front garden this afternoon, steadily coming nearer and nearer, although he did have his head down to avoid eye contact.

Daddy always says you have to leave someone alone with their thoughts and if they are ready to come listen, they'll come  listen in their time.

I think he might be right, I think Theo is getting ready to hear about the rest of my time with Purlean, then hopefully he'll be prepared to reform the cat Coven of 3, then, fingers crossed we'll be able to free Greego from the sleeping spell.

Oh I hope so.

Theo. THEO!

"Theo. THEO!"

He's definitely ignoring me and it's so important that we speak again, I need him to understand it's imperative that we form a new Coven of 3 even more so after what George told me about the Little Red Dragon. Oh I've never felt like I've needed Greego more than I do now, and yet we need to form the Coven of 3 so we can release him from this spell cast against him.

"THEO!"

My Heart Was Pumping The Taste Of Adrenaline In My Mouth

"I've something very important to tell you." George's face said he was being serious. "The treasures that Foxy Lectar is after, must not fall into his hands, it's imperative."

George has just come over and by the look on his face he'd been up all night.

"OK, I'm listening." Luckily River was playing out the back with Daddy so I had the house to myself although I didn't know how long I had.

"We've had trouble with this character before, although I thought we'd turned a corner, he worked with us when we had some trouble a while back but it looks like that truce is now over."

George's weepy eye glistened and he wiped a drop forming.

"There's something I should have told you back last Summer when you mentioned it but I thought that I was protecting you by not saying, ignorance can be a good safeguard sometimes but now the time has come to tell you."

My heart was pumping the taste of adrenaline in my mouth.

"The treasures that Foxy Lectar is after you have."

"I have!" I wasn't expecting that.

"Yes," George nodded, "you have. Do you remember back last Summer when you told me about meeting Greego."

I nodded. "Yes, he's still asleep you know I've not been able to get Doublay and Theo to reform the Coven of 3 yet, although I'm still trying."

George smiled and nodded, "You're a good boy David but you must be careful with that stuff it makes me nervous."

I wasn't going to stop trying but I understood where he was coming from.

"You mentioned the Little Red Dragon, that's the treasure that Foxy Lectar is after."

"What!"

"Yes, Lil' found it a while back and kept it safe. None of us knew what it was to begin with but now we know. Mogsie and I have been to see our old friend Ginger Cat and he told us. He saw it happening."

"What did he see happening."

George looked at me, "David you are not the only one who's been to The Time Consciousness, Ginger Cat has also been there."

"But I don't understand I was there and I didn't see anything about a Little Red Dragon."

"No you wouldn't have. Ginger Cat went later into Purlean's story than you ever did, he saw what happened after the events of Parsnip Valley, you'd gone by that time."

"I thought that was the end of Purlean's story."

"Oh no, no it wasn't, something very, very bad happened when they left to go to Manning Tree, something no one saw coming."

"But I don't understand." I was very confused.

"I think you and Ginger Cat need to speak, he can explain better than I can but I can tell you he was with you most of the time, up until you left to go over the sea he said."

"I thought I saw a flash of Ginger and have been trying to meet up with him for ages but events just overtook me and I guess it went to the back of my mind."

George smiled, "Something went wrong with his tour and he jumped in time a lot longer than he should have, The Fly was gone then and to find his way back he had to go to Manning Tree and seek Purlean's help in getting back. I'll get a meeting between you arranged, you two can then talk. But please, please you mustn't let anyone else know that you have the Little Red Dragon, keep it safe, all of our futures depend on it."

I nodded, "Of course I will."

George smiled, "I know you will David, I have complete faith in you."

Better Watch Out

Oh dear, better watch out little wood pigeons, Theo is out and about and he's got his eye on you.

That's right stay high up in that tree, although he does look like he's trying to find an alternative way to get up there and play with you!

Crush

Well it seems a certain someone has developed a crush.

Mogsie has been following Maisie around all over Catworld for the past half an hour, from a respectful distance you understand. I think the attraction is not just one way either, she keeps on turning back and smiling at him.

It's nice to see her coming out of herself, I've hardly seen her about since she and Theo moved in, however something tells me we're now going to be seeing a lot more of her around!

New Kids On The Block

I was glad that it was a usual Saturday, River and Daddy sleeping in, as it meant that I got time alone downstairs just chilling and doing what I felt like, eating and padding Daddy and most importantly getting the opportunity to finally have a decent conversation with Theo.

Yes Theo popped by.

He said he was just on his morning constitutional when he bumped into George who told him that I'd been wanting to speak to him for a while.

He was a little cautious at first, I guess that's the case being one of the new kids on the block, even though he's lived here for a while now, he seems the shy type.

I wasn't sure how to begin, my story seemed a little out there, well not my story the story of Purlean and The Coven of 3 and how Catworld needed his help.

I started to talk to him about what I had experienced, his eyes staring at me, a mixture of disbelief and trepidation. I wasn't sure whether I was explaining it properly as he didn't say anything, nothing being given away by the look in his face.

I just got to the point where we were about to go overseas when I heard the door upstairs and River came running down. I couldn't risk him being scared away by her happy greetings which I know for sure she would have given if she had seen him so I told him I thought it best for us to get together again soon and I could tell him how it finished and he nodded, still saying nothing, and off he went, head down, maybe deep in thought.

Time for River now, she's just woken up and I can tell from the look in her eye she wants playtime. Thinking about it I guess it was a good time for a break in the story, it's a long one and the weirdest part of it, well that was coming and I didn't want to overwhelm him. 

Still at least first contacts now been made.

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Huge Ramifications

Theo has just popped by.

I was sitting waiting in the window, Daddy says nanny is coming over today and I wanted to be the first to see her arrive, I like to tease River sometimes as I know she so loves to be the one to announce when someone has arrived.

Anyway there I was sitting in the window waiting when all of a sudden I heard a "Pst." Coming from C's garden.

Looking down there was Theo.

"I know you said that I shouldn't say anything to anyone about what you told me about the Coven of 3 and all that but I just couldn't hold it in, I told my sister Maisie."

"What!" I wasn't best pleased, what I'd told him could have huge ramifications if it got out and I didn't want to create a sense of panic around here, I just thought he should know, being another witches familiar.

"Why on earth did you do that?" I was more than a little annoyed, I felt betrayed, from one witches familiar to another.

"It's OK she can be trusted, she won't say anything."

"Good." I said, I still wasn't happy but was done was done. "And?"

"And," he began, "She thinks we should try and reform a new coven, a new coven of 3 and try to break the spells."

I was aghast. "You can't meddle in magic, it could cause all sorts of things to happen, look what happened when I did!"

Theo laughed, "But it would be fun don't you think? Just to try, just a little?"

I shook my head as much as I would love to form a new coven of 3 witches familiars, if of course we could persuade Doublay to join in but the thought of trying to break spells scared me, I didn't know enough, I hadn't learnt yet how to master my own magic let alone trying to get inside the spells of others, I wasn't even sure it was possible and I'd been warned from The Fly about what could happen if I did.

However something inside me still wanted to try and undo what I'd done and magic would be the only thing that could do that.