Oh my Oh my... Is this true? I am a cat.... !!!!

What do I do?!

I paced back and forth around my very own chamber, my heart pounding in my chest like a drumbeat of anxiety. There was this unkown certainty that they would chase after me if they would see me like this. The duchy didn't had a cat or a pet dog. I didn't know about this at least and even if they had something like this, they wouldn't certainly let me have one. Now what was I supposed to do if someone would come into the room seeing me like this?!

No person in the room but a damn cat sitting there????

Wouldn't that raise up more than just a couple of questions?

"What if there's no way back?" I muttered to myself, the words echoing as a soft mew off the chamber walls. "What if I'm trapped like this forever?"

My thoughts spiraled in a dizzying whirlwind of fear and uncertainty. I glanced at the ornate mirror, half-expecting to see my human reflection staring back at me, but all I saw was the same beautiful ragdoll cat with icy blue eyes, a constant reminder of my predicament. There was no change in it and I was sure that things wouldn't change as easy back to how they were in. 

Was I still expected to gain the favor of my brothers? Of Winter and Callisto as well as Eckles?

How was I supposed to do that as a cat now?

A sudden knock at the door shattered the silence, and I froze in place, my breath catching in my throat. The sound echoed through the room like a thunderclap, each knock sending a ripple of panic coursing through my veins.

"Miss Penelope?" came Pennel's voice from the other side, low and gravelly. "Are you in there? Is everything alright?"

No, no, no. ... this was definitely one of the worst timing he could have. Why was he even here? Normally they would leave me alone!!! Was this because I refused to come to eat with them? Was this because of the other day where I had exposed the maid for actually playing with my cutlery? Oh no, I was scared. I didn't know what to do right now at all.

What in the world was a cat even supposed to do?

Just like that I remained rooted to the spot, unable to form a coherent response nor move at all. The butler's presence outside the door filled me with a sense of dread. I couldn't let him see me like this.

"Miss Penelope, please answer me," Pennel called out again, his voice tinged with concern. "I'm worried about you."

There was really nothing I could do right now. There was no escaping it as well. The moment I finally got back to my senses was unfortunately also the moment that Penel opened the door to check up on me or deliver a note or whatever he wanted. It was right at that moment that he stopped and looked at me.

Yeah... a pink cat... I know quite the sight.

Well screw this shit! There was no way I would stay here and my mind was already blanking out with my heart racing soo fast too. I had the feeling that it would even break out of my chest and start running away at one point. This was too much and my fight or fly instincts kicked in with me starting to dash at Penel and then through his legs and out to the corridor. It was there that the maids started screaming when they saw me but I didn't stop. 

I ran without knowing where.

My little paws were guiding me and they were certainly fast.

I could even escape this hell like this. Maybe living a life as a cat was not that bad. That was just a second of a thought before reality hit me. I would be a street cat... and I would need to hunt mices. There was no way I would eat raw meat as well.

Hah... as if life really hate me, I dashed around the corner and ended up running into Derrick's leg. That knocked me out quite a bit. I mean, I didn't see that one coming and it was Derrick who picked me up at that point. Of course I was struggling and voicing out my complains but all that came out was a mewing furry of words no one but me could understand.

"Let me go you darn idiot!"

"How about picking up a cat nicely and not like that?"

" Bastard let me go!"

"I swear to god, I will scartch your eyes out if you don't let me go NOW!"

Of course I knew that he couldn't understand me. Still didn't stop me from starting to curse the hell out of him.

..... and what now?

At the end of everything, I was quite out of energy and was only hissing at him as he looked at me in his arms. Yeah... this was definitely my doom. I guess, I didn't had to go through the trouble of actually win their favor over anymore. I could literally see my life flashing past me right there at this moment.