Puss in Boots: 8 Original Ways to Die

Chapter 1: Bonfire

(...) After Jack Horner was finally defeated and they were no longer threatened by anything, everyone gathered watched the explosion of the star, which caused it to multiply into millions of small pieces, which, flying across the dark blue sky in its flash, caused everyone to be delighted by the sight.

"Well...this may be silly, but shall we think of a wish?" Asked Kitty, fascinated by the sight. Puss put her arm around Kitty's paw then they made eye contact between them. Her flawless blue eyes were like a bottomless well...they were so beautiful and deep that Puss could stare into them all the time. His other hand landed on her cheek, she involuntarily bent her head towards his hand squeezing it.

"Kitty...my last life spent by your side is all I want," Puss replied. Kitty smiled at his comment and blushed softly. She had finally found the partner she had been looking for for so long! She had found someone she could trust implicitly and be confident that she would not be left alone. She could see that Puss had changed and that he would not commit the same act as during Santa Coloma when he left her alone in the church...

Puss and Kitty sat on the ground, with Perrito still squeezed in between them, who bent his head towards Puss, who began to scratch him behind the ear to his pleasure.

"You know Perrito, about that name...you have to pick one eventually," said Puss thoughtfully.

"Great idea! I think Hefe would suit him!" She suggested the idea to Kitty. Puss and Perrito looked at her with slight confusion when they heard her suggestion. Hefe? It sounded rather strange...

"Hefe? Does he look like Hefe?" Asked Puss, Perrito denied with a shake of his head.

"I was thinking about Coconut...what do you think Perrito? Coconut..." Replied a fascinated Puss. The name would most likely be a reference to Perrito's fur, which bears some resemblance to the texture of this fruit. Perrito, however, did not like this and laughed in denial with a shake of his head.

"You know what, why don't we just stay with Perrito, okay? It's a good name...since my friends call me that" asked the dog modestly. Puss and Kitty looked at each other giving each other an understanding look, they were in agreement on one thing - it was a good idea.

"Well that's Perrito and it's over, that's it" Kitty communicated. The three of them hugged each other and looked at the now fading sky.
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When the star had completely dissipated in the sky and there was no longer a trail on the dark blue mantle of the earth, the three heroes decided to return home to begin their next adventures. Goldilocks and the teddy bears had done so well before them, said goodbye to the cats and went their separate ways. It was a little amusing to Puss that less than half an hour ago they were still fighting each other to the death ready to do cruel deeds to get a star from heaven and in the end they parted in peace. These were rare moments when enmity turns into friendship, usually Puss had to fight to the end, there was no 'concessionary fare' during which an enemy suddenly becomes a friend.

Soon, however, it was time for the three of them to go - it was getting colder and darker, so it was a good time to go home.

"Alright, let's go home...by the time we get out of here it will probably be dawn" Puss communicated. He was the first to get up from the ground shaking off some of the dust that had accumulated from the ground over that time from his fur. He helped to get up for Kitty, and Perrito picked himself up being ready to go back. Before they did, Puss took a quick glance at the star-shaped crater in the ground - there was nothing there but earth. Not a trace of any magic that might have been there. Now the place looked like an ordinary star-shaped crater, a meaningless hole in the ground. No one would believe that the most powerful magic on the entire earth lay there...