The Demon Prince [BOOK ONE]

Chapter 3: Cat business

Back in the present, Nana adding the final touches to a bunch of carnations in a vase. She was humming to herself while doing so.

Meanwhile, outside the treehouse, Harith and a small leopard cat named Molina were decorating the garden with streamers and probably glitter. But Harith was getting annoyed at how Molina wasn't actually decorating the garden but just making it messier amidst streamers and glitter.

"Molina stop!" Harith tried chasing the cat but it ran faster than him. "Come back!" he dashed forwards and finally caught the fluffy cat. "Stop throwing the decorations around you stupid rabbit."

Molina was enraged. "I AM NOT A RABBIT!"

Harith set her on the ground, then said, "As if, you seem too small and fat to be a cat-"

Too late.

Molina bounced forwards and started to hit every inch of Harith with her soft fists, but even though it didn't hurt him, Harith was greatly annoyed by her attempts.

He heaved Molina off him a little too hard and he flew a great distance away and landed with a thump among the grass.

"I was just a joke Molina, no hard feelings-"

"Just a joke? That was HORRIBLE even for a cat!"

Molina put his tiny palms together and then out came streaks of bright light, they shot towards Harith and turned him into a small leopard cat temporarily, then he changed back.

"Woah stop-"

Molina repeated the action until it annoyed Harith to no end.

"GET OFF IT!"Harith stuck out his right hand and-

-Inside the treehouse-

Nana ut her pile of laundry in a basket then set it down to wash it later.

She let herself fall onto the couch, extremely exhausted.

Suddenly, the treehouse started to shake and Nana heard an explosion only white magic could do. She promptly got up and ran for the nearest window and got her answer.

-Outside the treehouse-

Molina was on her back, she just got knocked off her feet and flew backward for a few feet then landed softly.

Harith, whose hands were still outstretched and smoking was panting due to the explosion he just caused that blew away all the streamers and glitter.

Molina got up and glared at Harith who glared back.

The cat reached out a hand at him, ready to cast a spell-

"Harith! Molina!"

Nana came racing down the treehouse steps, Harith and Molina broke away from their glare and diverted it to Nana.

"What happened?"

"Harith-"

"Molina-"

"One at a time," repeated Nana.

"Molina-"

"Harith-"

Nana was getting miffed.

"I said, what happened-"

"HARITH!" Molina screamed before Harith could interrupt again. Nana looked to Harith for an explanation, and he nodded curtly.

Molina started rambling about what happened and explained even louder with each attempt that Harith made to cut in.